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2006–07 UEFA Champions League Tournament details Dates 13 September 2006 – 23 May 2007 Teams 32 (from UEFA confederations) Final positions Champions 
Milan (7th title)Runners-up 
LiverpoolTournament statistics Matches played 125 Goals scored 311 (2.49 per match) Attendance 5,746,346 (45,971 per match) Top scorer(s) 
Kaká
(10 goals)Best player Kaká← 2005–062007–08 →The 2006–07 UEFA Champions League was the 15th season of UEFA's premier European club football tournament, the UEFA Champions League, since it was rebranded from the European Cup, and the 52nd season overall. The final was contested by Milan and Liverpool on 23 May 2007. Beforehand, the match was billed as a repeat of the 2005 final, the only difference being that the 2007 final was to be played at the Olympic Stadium in Athens, Greece. Milan won the match 2–1 to claim their seventh European Cup, with both goals coming from Filippo Inzaghi. Dirk Kuyt scored for Liverpool.
Barcelona were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Liverpool in the first knockout round.
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Later issues
Doubt over matches to be played in Italy
On 8 February, the Italian Government announced that San Siro Stadium in Milan was unsafe for spectators in light of riots that took place during and following an Italian Serie A match in Sicily. As a result, the venues of the first leg of the Inter-Valencia tie scheduled for 21 February and the second leg of the Celtic-Milan tie scheduled for 7 March were thrown into doubt. Various proposals and offers of the use of stadia outside Italy were made,[1][2] but it was finally agreed that the Inter-Valencia tie would be played at the San Siro with a reduced capacity of 36,000. After further work at the San Siro, Italian authorities and UEFA announced that the second leg of Celtic-Milan would go ahead at the stadium, at its full capacity of 85,700. 4,500 seats were reserved for Celtic supporters.[3]
Qualification
Seventy-three teams participated in the 2006–07 UEFA Champions League from UEFA's 50 member associations. Each association enters a certain number of clubs to the Champions League based on its league coefficient; associations with a higher league coefficients may enter more clubs than associations with a lower league coefficient, but no association may enter more than four teams. All UEFA associations are guaranteed to have at least one team qualify, with the exception of Liechtenstein, which competes in the Swiss league system, but has no team in the Swiss Super League.
- Associations 1–3 (Spain, England, and Italy): 4 teams
- Associations 4–6 (France, Germany, and Portugal): 3 teams
- Associations 7–15: 2 teams
- Associations 16–50: 1 team
- Andorra and San Marino do not submit a team for the UEFA Champions League
- First qualifying round (24 teams)
- 24 champions from associations 26–50 (excluding Liechtenstein)
- Second qualifying round (28 teams)
- 12 winners from the first qualifying round
- 10 champions from associations 16–25
- 6 runners-up from associations 10–15
- Third qualifying round (32 teams)
- 14 winners from the second qualifying round
- 6 champions from associations 10–15 (Scotland, Turkey, Czech Republic, Russia, Austria, Ukraine)
- 3 runners-up from associations 7–9 (Netherlands, Greece, Belgium)
- 6 third-place finishers from associations 1–6
- 3 fourth-place finishers from associations 1–3
- Group stage (32 teams)
- Title holders
- 16 winners from the third qualifying round
- 9 champions from associations 1–9
- 6 runners-up from associations 1–6
Group stage 
BarcelonaTH Internazionale
Bayern Munich
PSV Eindhoven Real Madrid Roma Werder Bremen
Olympiacos Chelsea
Lyon
Porto
Anderlecht Manchester United Bordeaux Sporting CP
CelticThird qualifying round Valencia Chievo AEK Athens
CSKA Moscow Osasuna Lille Standard Liège
Austria Wien Liverpool Hamburg
Galatasaray
Shakhtar Donetsk Arsenal Benfica
Slovan Liberec
Maccabi Haifa Milan AjaxSecond qualifying round Hearts Dynamo Kyiv
Levski Sofia
Steaua Bucureşti Fenerbahçe
Red Star Belgrade1
Dinamo Zagreb
Djurgården Mladá Boleslav
Legia Warsaw
Copenhagen
Ružomberok Spartak Moscow
FC Zürich
Debrecen Red Bull Salzburg
VålerengaFirst qualifying round 
Gorica
Sioni Bolnisi
Pyunik
The New Saints
Apollon Limassol
Ekranas
Birkirkara
F91 Dudelange
Široki Brijeg
FH Hafnarfjörður
Elbasani
Baku
Liepājas Metalurgs
Rabotnički
FC TVMK
B36
MyPa
Cork City
Linfield
Aktobe
Sheriff Tiraspol
Shakhtyor1 This club qualified for this season's UEFA competitions as a member of the Football Association of Serbia and Montenegro during the 2005–06 season but is currently a member of the Football Association of Serbia which is the official successor of the previous football association.[4]
TH Title Holders
Qualifying rounds
Main article: 2006–07 UEFA Champions League qualifying roundsFirst qualifying round
The first legs were played on 11 July and 12 July 2006, with the second legs on 18 July and 19 July.
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Elbasani 1–3 Ekranas1–0 0–3 FC TVMK 3–4 FH Hafnarfjörður2–3 1–1 Liepājas Metalurgs 2–1 Aktobe1–0 1–1 MyPa 2–0 The New Saints1–0 1–0 Cork City 2–1 Apollon Limassol1–0 1–1 Sioni Bolnisi 2–1 Baku2–0 0–1 F91 Dudelange 0–1 Rabotnički0–1 0–0 Shakhtyor 0–2 Široki Brijeg0–1 0–1 Birkirkara 2–5 B360–3 2–2 Linfield 3–5 Gorica1–3 2–2 Pyunik 0–2 Sheriff Tiraspol0–0 0–2 Second qualifying round
The first legs were played on 25 July and 26 July 2006, with the second legs on 1 August and 2 August.
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Gorica 0–5 Steaua Bucureşti0–2 0–3 Levski Sofia 4–0 Sioni Bolnisi2–0 2–0 FC Zürich 2–3 Red Bull Salzburg2–1 0–2 Djurgården 2–3 Ružomberok1–0 1–3 Debrecen 2–5 Rabotnički1–1 1–4 Cork City 0–4 Red Star Belgrade0–1 0–3 Fenerbahçe 9–0 B364–0 5–0 Mladá Boleslav 5–3 Vålerenga3–1 2–2 Sheriff Tiraspol 1–1(a) Spartak Moscow1–1 0–0 Liepājas Metalurgs 1–8 Dynamo Kyiv1–4 0–4 FH Hafnarfjörður 0–3 Legia Warsaw0–1 0–2 Copenhagen 4–2 MyPa2–0 2–2 Ekranas 3–9 Dinamo Zagreb1–4 2–5 Hearts 3–0 Široki Brijeg3–0 0–0 Third qualifying round
The first legs were played on 8 August and 9 August 2006, with the second legs on 22 August and 23 August.
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Slovan Liberec 1–2 Spartak Moscow0–0 1–2 Shakhtar Donetsk 4–2 Legia Warsaw1–0 3–2 Red Bull Salzburg 1–3 Valencia1–0 0–3 Levski Sofia 4–2 Chievo2–0 2–2 Hearts 1–5 AEK Athens1–2 0–3 CSKA Moscow 5–0 Ružomberok3–0 2–0 Milan 3–1 Red Star Belgrade1–0 2–1 Galatasaray 6–3 Mladá Boleslav5–2 1–1 Standard Liège 3–4 Steaua Bucureşti2–2 1–2 Austria Wien 1–4 Benfica1–1 0–3 Dinamo Zagreb 1–5 Arsenal0–3 1–2 Copenhagen 3–2 Ajax1–2 2–0 Hamburg 1–1 (a) Osasuna0–0 1–1 Dynamo Kyiv 5–3 Fenerbahçe3–1 2–2 Liverpool 3–2 Maccabi Haifa2–1 1–1* Lille 4–0 Rabotnički3–0 1–0 The teams eliminated in this round qualified for the first round of the UEFA Cup.
* Due to the armed conflict going on in Israel, UEFA decided that no European matches could be staged in the country until further notice.[5] The match was played at Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium in Kiev, Ukraine.[6]
Group stage
Main article: 2006–07 UEFA Champions League group stageThe draw for this round was held on 24 August 2006 in Monaco. The first matches were played on 12 September 2006, and the stage concluded on 6 December.
The top two teams in each group advanced to the knockout stage, and the third-placed teams entered the round of 32 of the UEFA Cup. Based on paragraph 4.05 in the UEFA regulations for the current season, if two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:
- higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;
- superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question;
- higher number of goals scored away from home in the group matches played among the teams in question;
- superior goal difference from all group matches played;
- higher number of goals scored in all group matches played;
- higher number of coefficient points accumulated by the club in question, as well as its association, over the previous five seasons.
Levski Sofia and Copenhagen made their debut appearance in the group stage.
Key to colours in group tables Teams that progressed to the first knockout round Teams that progressed to the UEFA Cup Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Chelsea6 4 1 1 10 4 +6 13 Barcelona6 3 2 1 12 4 +8 11 Werder Bremen6 3 1 2 7 5 +2 10 Levski Sofia6 0 0 6 1 17 −16 0 BAR CHL LEV BRM Barcelona – 2–2 5–0 2–0 Chelsea 1–0 – 2–0 2–0 Levski Sofia 0–2 1–3 – 0–3 Werder Bremen 1–1 1–0 2–0 – Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Bayern Munich6 3 3 0 10 3 +7 12 Internazionale6 3 1 2 5 5 0 10 Spartak Moscow6 1 2 3 7 11 −4 5 Sporting CP6 1 2 3 3 6 −3 5 BAY INT SPK SCP Bayern Munich – 1–1 4–0 0–0 Internazionale 0–2 – 2–1 1–0 Spartak Moscow 2–2 0–1 – 1–1 Sporting CP 0–1 1–0 1–3 – Group C
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Liverpool6 4 1 1 11 5 +6 13 PSV Eindhoven6 3 1 2 6 6 0 10 Bordeaux6 2 1 3 6 7 −1 7 Galatasaray6 1 1 4 7 12 −5 4 BDX GAL LIV PSV Bordeaux – 3–1 0–1 0–1 Galatasaray 0–0 – 3–2 1–2 Liverpool 3–0 3–2 – 2–0 PSV Eindhoven 1–3 2–0 0–0 – Group D
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Valencia6 4 1 1 12 6 +6 13 Roma6 3 1 2 8 4 +4 10 Shakhtar Donetsk6 1 3 2 6 11 −5 6 Olympiacos6 0 3 3 6 11 −5 3 OLY ROM SHK VAL Olympiacos – 0–1 1–1 2–4 Roma 1–1 – 4–0 1–0 Shakhtar Donetsk 2–2 1–0 – 2–2 Valencia 2–0 2–1 2–0 – Group E
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Lyon6 4 2 0 12 3 +9 14 Real Madrid6 3 2 1 14 8 +6 11 Steaua Bucureşti6 1 2 3 7 11 −4 5 Dynamo Kyiv6 0 2 4 5 16 −11 2 DYN LYO STE RM Dynamo Kyiv – 0–3 1–4 2–2 Lyon 1–0 – 1–1 2–0 Steaua Bucureşti 1–1 0–3 – 1–4 Real Madrid 5–1 2–2 1–0 – Group F
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Manchester United6 4 0 2 10 5 +5 12 Celtic6 3 0 3 8 9 −1 9 Benfica6 2 1 3 7 8 −1 7 Copenhagen6 2 1 3 5 8 −3 7 BEN CEL COP MU Benfica – 3–0 3–1 0–1 Celtic 3–0 – 1–0 1–0 Copenhagen 0–0 3–1 – 1–0 Manchester United 3–1 3–2 3–0 – Group G
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Arsenal6 3 2 1 7 3 +4 11 Porto6 3 2 1 9 4 +5 11 CSKA Moscow6 2 2 2 4 5 −1 8 Hamburg6 1 0 5 7 15 −8 3 ARS CSK HAM POR Arsenal – 0–0 3–1 2–0 CSKA Moscow 1–0 – 1–0 0–2 Hamburg 1–2 3–2 – 1–3 Porto 0–0 0–0 4–1 – Group H
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Milan6 3 1 2 8 4 +4 10 Lille6 2 3 1 8 5 +3 9 AEK Athens6 2 2 2 6 9 −3 8 Anderlecht6 0 4 2 7 11 −4 4 AEK AND LIL MIL AEK Athens – 1–1 1–0 1–0 Anderlecht 2–2 – 1–1 0–1 Lille 3–1 2–2 – 0–0 Milan 3–0 4–1 0–2 – (KEY: Pts= Points; Pld= Matches Played; W= Matches Won; D= Matches Drawn; L= Matches Lost; GF= Goals For; GA= Goals Against; GD= Goal Difference)
Knockout stage
Main article: 2006–07 UEFA Champions League knockout stageAll knockout rounds are two-legged, except for the final. In the event of aggregate scores being equal after normal time in the second leg, the winning team will be that which scored more goals on their away leg: if the scores in the two matches were identical, extra time is played. The away goals rule also applies if scores are equal at the end of extra time. If there are no goals scored in extra time, the tie is decided on a penalty shoot out.
Bracket
First knockout round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final Roma0 2 2 Lyon0 0 0 Roma2 1 3 Manchester United1 7 8 Lille0 0 0 Manchester United1 1 2 Manchester United3 0 3 Milan2 3 5 Celtic0 0 0 Milan (a.e.t.)0 1 1 Milan2 2 4 Bayern Munich2 0 2 Real Madrid3 1 4 Bayern Munich (a)2 2 4 Milan2 Liverpool1 Porto1 1 2 Chelsea1 2 3 Chelsea1 2 3 Valencia1 1 2 Internazionale2 0 2 Valencia (a)2 0 2 Chelsea1 0 1(1) Liverpool (p)0 1 1(4) PSV Eindhoven1 1 2 Arsenal0 1 1 PSV Eindhoven0 0 0 Liverpool3 1 4 Barcelona1 1 2 Liverpool (a)2 0 2 First knockout round
The draw for the first knockout round of the competition took place on 15 December 2006 in Nyon, Switzerland.[7] The team first out of the hat in each tie plays the first leg of their tie at home, and the second leg away. This team is denoted as "Team #1" below.
The first legs were played on 20 February and 21 February 2007, with the second legs on 6 March and 7 March.
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Porto 2–3 Chelsea1–1 1–2 Celtic 0–1 Milan0–0 0–1 (aet) PSV Eindhoven 2–1 Arsenal1–0 1–1 Lille 0–2 Manchester United0–1 0–1 Roma 2–0 Lyon0–0 2–0 Barcelona 2–2 (a) Liverpool1–2 1–0 Real Madrid 4–4 (a) Bayern Munich3–2 1–2 Internazionale 2–2 (a) Valencia2–2 0–0 Quarter-finals
The draw for the final stages, including the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final, was held on Friday, 9 March 2007 in Athens, Greece. The draw was conducted by ad interim UEFA CEO Gianni Infantino, assisted by Friedrich Stickler, chairman of the UEFA Club Competitions Committee. Theodoros Zagorakis, the captain of Greece in Euro 2004, was appointed ambassador for the final.
The first legs were played on 3 April and 4 April, and the second legs were played on 10 April and 11 April 2007.
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Milan 4–2 Bayern Munich2–2 2–0 PSV Eindhoven 0–4 Liverpool0–3 0–1 Roma 3–8 Manchester United2–1 1–7 Chelsea 3–2 Valencia1–1 2–1 Semi-finals
The first legs were played on 24 April and 25 April, with the second legs on 1 May and 2 May 2007.
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Chelsea 1–1 (1–4 p) Liverpool1–0 0–1 Manchester United 3–5 Milan3–2 0–3 Final
Main article: 2007 UEFA Champions League FinalThe Final took place on 23 May 2007 at the Olympic Stadium in Athens, Greece. Unlike the other knockout rounds, the final was played over just one match, with extra time in case of a draw after 90 minutes. If the teams were still level following extra time, a penalty shootout would have determined the winner.
Milan scored first through Filippo Inzaghi just before half time. Inzaghi scored again in the 82nd minute, before Dirk Kuyt scored a late consolation goal a minute before full time.
Milan went on to represent Europe at the 2007 FIFA Club World Cup.
23 May 2007
20:45 CESTMilan 2 – 1 LiverpoolOlympic Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 74,000
Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)[8]Inzaghi 
45', 82'(Report) Kuyt 89'2006–07 UEFA Club Football Player Awards
- Club Goalkeeper of the Year: Petr Čech
- Club Defender of the Year: Paolo Maldini
- Club Midfielder of the Year: Clarence Seedorf
- Club Forward of the Year: Kaká
- Club Footballer of the Year: Kaká
Top goalscorers
The top scorers from the 2006–07 UEFA Champions League (group stage and knockout stage only) are as follows:
Rank Name Team Goals Appearances Minutes played 1 Kaká AC Milan10 14 1082' 2 Peter Crouch Liverpool6 12 576' Ruud van Nistelrooy Real Madrid6 7 584' Fernando Morientes Valencia6 8 620' 
Didier Drogba Chelsea6 12 1055' 6 Raúl González Real Madrid5 7 603' 7 Nicolae Dică Steaua Bucureşti4 6 532' Louis Saha Manchester United4 8 464' 
Claudio Pizarro Bayern Munich4 10 620' Filippo Inzaghi Milan4 10 673' David Villa Valencia4 9 702' Francesco Totti Roma4 9 800' Wayne Rooney Manchester United4 12 1062' - Source: Top Scorers - Final - Wednesday 23 May 2007 (after match) (accessed 23 May 2007)
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External links
- UEFA Champions League at uefa.com
- "Regulations of the UEFA Champions League 2006/07". March 2006. Archived from the original on 12 March 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070312003915/http://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/19071.pdf. Retrieved 16 July 2008.
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