2006–07 A.C. Milan season

Milan
2006–07 season
President Silvio Berlusconi
Manager Carlo Ancelotti
Stadium San Siro
Serie A 4th
Coppa Italia Semi-finals
UEFA Champions League Winners
Top goalscorer League:
Alberto Gilardino (12)

All:
Kaká (18)
Average home league attendance 47,117[1]
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

The 2006–07 season has had its ups and downs for Milan. Having started the season with an 8-point penalty due to the Italian football scandal, a bad run of results where Milan failed to win for 9 matches in a row left them in a lowly 15th place on only 11 points. After two consecutive losses against Atalanta and Roma, Milan had a streak of seven consecutive matches without defeat. Two wins against Catania and Udinese left Milan only 6 points behind fourth place and qualification for the Champions League. Milan eventually finished fourth in the league, behind Lazio. After showing a bad physical condition throughout most of the autumn, the team took a January retreat in Malta, to regain condition and try to achieve a fourth-place finish in Serie A and further progression in the Champions League.

Milan's performances in the Champions League were a different story. Drawn in a group described as easy by some pundits, with AEK Athens, Lille and Anderlecht, Milan comfortably won the group. Milan eventually won the Champions League, overcoming Celtic in the round of 16, Bayern Munich in the quarter-finals, Manchester United in the semi-finals and Liverpool in the final. Kaká was in strong form for Milan in the Champions League, scoring 10 goals in 12 matches and winning that year's Champions League Golden Boot.

Squad statistics

Starting line-up. The so-called Christmas Tree which led Milan to their seventh European title.
No. Pos Nat Player TotalSerie A Champions League Coppa Italia
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Brazil Dida 41 0 25 0 13 0 3 0
2 DF Brazil Cafu 35 0 21+3 0 4+4 0 3 0
3 DF Italy Paolo Maldini 27 1 16+2 1 9 0 0 0
4 DF Georgia (country) Kakha Kaladze 26 1 14+4 1 5+2 0 1 0
5 DF Italy Alessandro Costacurta 11 1 3 1 3 0 5 0
7 FW Brazil Ricardo Oliveira 37 5 16+10 3 4+2 0 5 2
8 MF Italy Gennaro Gattuso 47 1 24+6 1 12+1 0 4 0
9 FW Italy Filippo Inzaghi 37 11 11+9 2 10+2 6 5 3
10 MF Netherlands Clarence Seedorf 51 10 26+6 7 12+2 3 5 0
11 FW Italy Alberto Gilardino 45 16 25+5 12 7+4 2 4 2
13 DF Italy Alessandro Nesta 22 0 12+2 0 8 0 0 0
15 FW Italy Marco Borriello 14 3 4+5 1 1+2 0 2 2
16 GK Australia Zeljko Kalac 16 0 10 0 2+1 0 3 0
17 DF Croatia Dario Šimić 34 0 17+5 0 5+1 0 6 0
18 DF Czech Republic Marek Jankulovski 50 3 26+7 3 11+2 0 4 0
19 DF Italy Giuseppe Favalli 22 2 12+3 2 1+3 0 3 0
20 MF France Yoann Gourcuff 34 2 9+12 1 5+4 1 4 0
21 MF Italy Andrea Pirlo 52 3 31+3 2 13+1 1 4 0
22 MF Brazil Kaká 48 18 30+1 8 14+1 10 2 0
23 MF Italy Massimo Ambrosini 34 3 19 3 12 0 3 0
24 DF Argentina Leandro Grimi 4 0 1+2 0 0 0 1 0
25 DF Italy Daniele Bonera 36 0 23+2 0 4+2 0 5 0
26 GK Italy Marco Storari 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
27 DF Brazil Serginho 9 0 4+2 0 2+1 0 0 0
28 MF Italy Alex Guerci 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
29 GK Italy Valerio Fiori 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 DF Italy Luca Antonelli 3 0 0+1 0 0 0 2 0
32 MF Italy Cristian Brocchi 42 2 25+4 1 4+4 0 5 1
33 FW Italy Davide Di Gennaro 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
34 MF Italy Gastone Bottini 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
36 DF Italy Matteo Darmian 2 0 0+1 0 0 0 1 0
38 MF Italy Matteo Lunati 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
44 DF Italy Massimo Oddo 18 1 8+2 1 7 0 1 0
99 FW Brazil Ronaldo 18 9 12+2 7 4 2 0 0

Competitions

Serie A

Main article: 2006–07 Serie A

Matches

Coppa Italia

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Group H
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Italy Milan 631284+410
France Lille 623185+39
Greece AEK Athens 622269−38
Belgium Anderlecht 6042711−44

Knockout phase

Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final

Coppa Italia

Round of 16

Milan advance 6–3 on aggregate

Quarter-finals

Milan advance 2 - 1 on aggregate

Semi-finals

Roma advance 5–3 on aggregate
Milan knocked out of Coppa Italia

References

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