2006–07 AS Roma season

Season review

Roma finished the 2005–06 Serie A in fifth place, but after the sentences of the 2006 Italian football scandal that deducted all of Juventus's points and thirty each from Milan and Fiorentina, Roma finished second, behind Internazionale, thus gaining the qualification to the Champions League group stage.

The summer transfer window brought some changes in the Roma tactical formation, the most important being the signing of David Pizarro, a deep-lying playmaker that coach Luciano Spalletti had managed at Udinese, and considered fundamental for Roma's passing play. Another important signing was Max Tonetto, who took the place of left-back Leandro Cufré, who was sold to Monaco. Other players such as Mirko Vučinić, Matteo Ferrari, Marco Cassetti and Ricardo Faty were signed to boost the squad.

The first match of the season was the Supercoppa Italiana, against Inter, played on 26 August 2006 at the San Siro. In the 34th minute Roma were leading 3–0 with two goals by Alberto Aquilani and one by Mancini. However, the physical condition of the giallorossi was still weak and so, the nerazzurri succeeded in reaching the draw with two goals by Patrick Vieira and one by Hernán Crespo; in extra-time Inter scored the fourth and winning goal with a free kick by Luís Figo.

In the first part of the season Roma, Inter and Palermo raced to the top of the league early, but Inter started to lead the Serie A and kept first place until the end.

During the winter transfer window, Vincenzo Montella was loaned to English club Fulham as he was lacking game time and wanted to try his luck in the Premier League. He was replaced by Francesco Tavano and Christian Wilhelmsson, both signed on loan.

Roma were drawn into Group D of the 2006–07 UEFA Champions League, along with Valencia, Shakhtar Donetsk and Olympiacos. They finished second, behind Valencia, with 10 points (three wins, one draw and two defeats).

In the first knockout round Roma were drawn against Lyon, who had already won 6 consecutive French championships and were the favourites to pass the round; however, after a 0–0 draw at the Stadio Olimpico (with many controversial decisions by English referee Mike Riley, who yellow carded eleven players), Roma won 2–0 in the Stade de Gerland with goals from Francesco Totti and Mancini, the latter of whom scored a sensational goal, performing a total of five stepovers in front of Lyon's dazed defender Anthony Réveillère. In the quarter-finals Roma faced Manchester United. They won the first leg 2–1 with goals from Rodrigo Taddei and Mirko Vučinić, but, in the second leg, having been undefeated in 10 games in all competitions previously and having the then-best performing defense of the tournament, they suffered an amazing 7–1 defeat at Old Trafford.

Roma won their eighth Coppa Italia after beating Triestina, Parma, Milan and finally Internazionale. Roma won the two final games with an aggregate result of 7–4; the first leg ended with a surprising 6–2 win while the second leg, though Inter's president Massimo Moratti claimed that they didn't care about the Coppa Italia, was played with animosity and determination by the nerazzurri, but the 2–1 final score gave the trophy to Roma.

Roma ended the 2006–07 Serie A season as runners-up, securing second place with three games to go, behind Internazionale. Although the nerazzurri dominated the championship, they lost the match against 'giallorossi' 3–1 at San Siro, the same stadium in which Roma also beat the 2007 Champions League winner Milan 2–1, with two goals from Francesco Totti. Totti scored a total of 32 goals in the season, and became the Serie A topscorer with 26 goals. He also won the European Golden Shoe, the trophy awarded to the top league goalscorer in Europe.

Players

Squad information

:Last updated on 27 May 2007 :Appearances include league matches only

Competitions

Overall

Last updated: 27 May 2007

Supercoppa Italiana

Main article: 2006 Supercoppa Italiana

Crespo Figo Aquilani

Serie A

Main article: 2006–07 Serie A

League table

Results summary

Results by round

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Matches

Tonetto Mancini Aquilani Balleri Chiesa Antonini Bertotto Frick Pizarro Okaka , Mexès Perrotta Crespo Júlio César Ciaramitaro Contini Ferrari Perrotta Rosi Doni Aquilani Montella Amoruso , Tedesco Amerini Aronica Esteves Rosi Cassetti Chivu Ferrari Zanchetta Sicignano De Rossi Perrotta Pizarro Mexès Perrulli Pesce Năstase Bjelanović Pagliuca Zapata Muntari Zenoni Ferrari , Chivu Mexès De Rossi Taddei Perrotta Mutu Oliveira De Rossi Mancini Pizarro Mancini , Perrotta Montella Totti Stovini Baiocco Parola Zenoni Flachi Chivu De Rossi Perrotta Panucci Mexès Cassetti Bellini Loria Donati Bombardini Cribari Ledesma Mudingayi Oddo Zauri Mauri Totti Mancini , Totti Pisano Simplício Bresciano Gallo Rosina Balestri Cassetti Montella Mancini Ferrari Mancini Mexès Biondini Parisi , De Rossi Pizarro Wilhelmsson Filippini Kuffour Pasquale Galante Wilhelmsson Totti Panucci Rinaudo Locatelli Cassetti Perrotta Taddei Rossi Bolaño Contini Couto Tosto Pratali Almirón Pizarro Tavano Panucci Totti Mesto Bianchi Semioli D'Anna Moro Mexès Pizarro Perrotta Ferrari Soncin , Budyanskiy Năstase Eleftheropoulos Wilhelmsson Perrotta Obodo Gyan Mutu De Rossi Cassetti Chivu Pizarro Cafu Gilardino Edusei Mascara Vargas Tavano Faty Perrotta Vučinić De Rossi Ferrari Panucci Accardi Zanetti Materazzi , Stanković Doni Mancini Pizarro Mexès Totti Cassetti Doni , Zampagna , Panucci Vučinić Perrotta Cassetti Ferrari De Rossi Wilhelmsson Mudingayi Behrami Zauri Tedesco Brienza Cassetti Panucci Ferrari Franceschini Di Loreto Ardito Ogbonna Balestri Biondini Marchini Mexès Aquilani Mancini Rosi Masiello Córdova Pestrin

Coppa Italia

Main article: 2006–07 Coppa Italia

Round of 16

Montella

Quarter-finals

Totti Pizarro

Semi-finals

Inzaghi Pizarro Perrotta Pizarro

Final

Main article: 2007 Coppa Italia final

De Rossi Perrotta Mancini Panucci Cruz

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2006–07 UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Main article: 2006–07 UEFA Champions League group stage#Group D

Taddei Totti De Rossi Pizarro Tymoshchuk Hübschman Ayala Villa Albelda Ferrari De Rossi Pizarro Perrotta Pizarro Kostoulas Konstantinou Đorđević Nikopolidis Mexès Cassetti Pizarro

Knockout phase

Main article: 2006–07 UEFA Champions League knockout stage

Round of 16

Panucci Pizarro Mancini Taddei Totti Tonetto De Rossi Govou Toulalan Cris Källström Fred Mancini Perrotta Pizarro

Quarter-finals

Taddei Vučinić Rooney Solskjær Heinze Smith , Rooney Ferdinand Ronaldo Evra Cassetti Mexès

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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Goalscorers

Last updated: 27 May 2007

Clean sheets

Last updated: 27 May 2007

Disciplinary record

Last updated:

References

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