2006–07 Southampton F.C. season

Southampton F.C.

2006–07 season
Chairman	Rupert Lowe
Manager	George Burley
Stadium	St Mary's
Championship	6th (qualified for playoffs)
Play-offs	Semi-finals
FA Cup	Fourth round proper
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Grzegorz Rasiak (18) All: Grzegorz Rasiak (20)
Highest home attendance	32,008 (vs. Southend United, 6 May)
Lowest home attendance	18,736 (vs. Colchester United, 16 March)
Average home league attendance	23,556
← 2005–06 2007–08 →

During the 2006–07 English football season, Southampton Football Club competed in the Football League Championship.

Season summary

Southampton improved in their second consecutive season in the Championship, although their overall form was inconsistent and they were soon out of the race for automatic promotion. Their inconsistency threatened to put them out of the play-off picture too, but eventually Southampton scraped to sixth position in the final table. Southampton were drawn against manager George Burley's old club Derby County, who managed to defeat Southampton 4–3 in a penalty shootout after a 4–4 aggregate draw over two legs.

Final League table (extract)

Pos	Team	Pld		W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A		F	A	GD		Pts
4	West Bromwich Albion	46		14	4	5	51	24		8	6	9	30	31		81	55	+ 26		76
5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46		12	5	6	33	28		10	5	8	26	28		59	56	+ 3		76
6	Southampton	46		13	6	4	36	20		8	6	9	41	33		77	53	+ 24		75
7	Preston North End	46		15	4	4	38	17		7	4	12	26	36		64	53	+ 11		74
8	Stoke City	46		12	8	3	35	16		7	8	8	27	25		62	41	+ 21		73

Championship

Note: Southampton score given first

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
6 August 2006	Derby County	A	2–2	21,939	Bale, Wright-Phillips
9 August 2006	Coventry City	H	2–0	21,088	Bale, Rasiak
12 August 2006	West Bromwich Albion	H	0–0	24,322
19 August 2006	Barnsley	A	2–2	11,306	Rasiak (2)
26 August 2006	Preston North End	H	1–1	20,712	Rasiak
9 September 2006	Ipswich Town	A	1–2	21,422	Jones
12 September 2006	Crystal Palace	A	2–0	17,084	Jones, Rasiak
16 September 2006	Plymouth Argyle	H	1–0	22,514	Rasiak
23 September 2006	Burnley	A	3–2	13,051	Rasiak (2), Skacel
30 September 2006	Queens Park Rangers	H	1–2	25,185	Wright-Phillips
14 October 2006	Leicester City	A	2–3	21,347	Viafara, Idiakez
17 October 2006	Cardiff City	A	0–1	19,345
21 October 2006	Stoke City	H	1–0	20,531	Licka
28 October 2006	Colchester United	A	0–2	5,893
1 November 2006	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2–0	18,979	Wright-Phillips, Jones
4 November 2006	Hull City	H	0–0	20,560
11 November 2006	Sunderland	A	1–1	25,667	Bale
18 November 2006	Leeds United	A	3–0	19,647	Rasiak (2), Skacel
25 November 2006	Luton Town	H	2–1	20,482	Baird, Rasiak
29 November 2006	Birmingham City	H	4–3	21,889	Jones (2), Skacel, Wright-Phillips
2 December 2006	Hull City	A	4–2	15,697	Rasiak (2), Bale, Wright-Phillips
9 December 2006	Southend United	A	1–2	10,867	Rasiak
16 December 2006	Norwich City	H	2–1	25,919	Jones, Bale
23 December 2006	Sheffield Wednesday	A	3–3	23,739	Rasiak, Jones, Wright-Phillips
26 December 2006	Crystal Palace	H	1–1	30,548	Baird
30 December 2006	Leicester City	H	2–0	24,447	Pele, Prutton
1 January 2007	Plymouth Argyle	A	1–1	15,377	Rasiak
13 January 2007	Burnley	H	0–0	20,486
20 January 2007	Queens Park Rangers	A	2–0	14,686	Rasiak, Wright-Phillips
31 January 2007	Sheffield Wednesday	H	2–1	20,230	Jones (2)
2 February 2007	Derby County	H	0–1	27,656
10 February 2007	West Bromwich Albion	A	1–1	21,138	Jones
17 February 2007	Barnsley	H	5–2	22,460	Surman (3), Jones (2)
20 February 2007	Coventry City	A	1–2	17,194	Saganowski
24 February 2007	Ipswich Town	H	1–0	27,974	Saganowski
5 March 2007	Preston North End	A	1–3	13,060	Rasiak
10 March 2007	Stoke City	A	1–2	13,404	Saganowski
13 March 2007	Cardiff City	H	2–2	20,383	Baird, Wright-Phillips
16 March 2007	Colchester United	H	1–2	18,736	Saganowski
31 March 2007	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	6–0	24,804	Saganowski (3), Breen o.g., Best, Surman
7 April 2007	Luton Town	A	2–0	9,171	Viafara, Saganowski
9 April 2007	Sunderland	H	1–2	25,766	Saganowski
14 April 2007	Birmingham City	A	1–2	19,754	Saganowski
21 April 2007	Leeds United	H	1–0	29,012	Wright-Phillips
28 April 2007	Norwich City	A	1–0	25,437	Best
6 May 2007	Southend United	H	4–1	32,008	Jones (2), Best (2)

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Championship Play-off Semi-final

Main article: 2007 Football League play-offs

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
12 May 2007	Derby County	H	1–2	30,602	Surman
15 May 2007	Derby County	A	3–2	31,569	Viafara (2), Rasiak

FA Cup

Main article: 2006–07 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	6 January 2007	Torquay United	A	2–0	5,396	Rasiak (2)
R4	28 January 2007	Manchester City	A	1–3	26,496	Jones

League Cup

Main article: 2006–07 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	23 August 2006	Yeovil Town	H	5–2	20,653	Cohen o.g., Skacel, Wright-Phillips, Dyer, Jones
R2	19 September 2006	Millwall	A	4–0	5,492	Belmadi (2), Wright-Phillips, McGoldrick
R3	24 October 2006	Notts County	A	0–2	6,731

Kit

The season's kit was manufactured by the club's own brand, Saints; a new kit was introduced for the season. The kit was sponsored by English airline FlyBe.

First-team squad

Squad at end of season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Kelvin Davis 2 DF Alexander Östlund 3 DF Pelé 4 FW Marek Saganowski (on loan from Troyes) 5 DF Claus Lundekvam 6 DF Darren Powell 7 MF Rudi Skácel 8 FW Bradley Wright-Phillips 9 FW Grzegorz Rasiak 10 MF Jermaine Wright 11 DF Michael Svensson 11 MF Mario Lička 14 MF Iñigo Idiakez 15 FW Kenwyne Jones 16 DF Martin Cranie 17 MF Djamel Belmadi

No. Position Player 18 MF Nathan Dyer 19 DF Chris Makin 20 MF David Prutton 21 DF Chris Baird 22 DF Gareth Bale 23 MF Jhon Viáfara 24 MF Danny Guthrie (on loan from Liverpool) 25 GK Michael Poke 26 GK Kevin Miller 27 FW Leon Best 28 GK Bartosz Białkowski 29 MF Andrew Surman 34 MF Lloyd James 35 FW David McGoldrick 36 MF Simon Gillett 41 MF Adam Lallana

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 4 MF Marcelo Sarmiento (on loan from Argentinos Juniors) 14 FW Ricardo Fuller (to Stoke City) 24 FW Dexter Blackstock (to Queens Park Rangers)

No. Position Player 37 MF Tim Sparv (to Halmstads) 45 DF Kyle Critchell (to Chesterfield)

Notes

• ^a Southampton lost 4–3 on penalties.
• ^b Belmadi was born in Champigny-sur-Marne, France.
• ^c James was born in Bristol, England.

External links

• Southampton Football Club match record: 2006–07