2006–07 Manchester City F.C. season

Manchester City
Season 2006-07
Owner	Publicly traded company
Chairman	John Wardle
Manager	Stuart Pearce
Team captain	Richard Dunne
Home stadium	City of Manchester Stadium (a.k.a. Eastlands and CoMS)
Premier0League	Fourteenth
League Cup	Second round
FA Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: 0 Joey Barton (6 goals) All comps: 0 Joey Barton (7 goals)
Season revenue	(ranked outside the world's top 20 revenue earning clubs this season)
Average home attendance	39,997 – over 19 PL home games (6th highest in Premier League)
Highest home attendance	47,244 0v0 Manchester United 5 May 2007
Highest away attendance	75,858 0v0 Manchester United 9 December 2006
Lowest home attendance	25,621 0v0 Sheffield Wednesday 16 January 2007
Lowest away attendance	7,960 0v0 Chesterfield 20 September 2006
← 2005–06 0 0 0 0 0 0 2007–08 →

Results summary - all competitions
	Wins	Draws	Losses	Win %
Home	7	6	8	33.3%
Away	7	4	12	30.4%
Both	14	10	20	31.8%

Results summary - Premier League
	Wins	Draws	Losses	Win %
Home	5	6	8	26.3%
Away	6	3	10	31.6%
Both	11	9	18	28.9%

The 2006–07 season was Manchester City Football Club's fifth consecutive season playing in the Premier League, the top division of English football, and its tenth season since the Premier League was first created with Manchester City as one of the its original 22 founding member clubs. Overall, it was the team's 115th season playing in a division of English football, most of which have been spent in the top flight.

Season review

The 2006–07 season proved tough for club which skirmished with relegation from the Premier League and ended up fourtheenth.^[1] The club were again eliminated from the League Cup by a League One team, this time by Chesterfield early on in the season. Ben Thatcher's elbow challenge on Pedro Mendes whilst playing Portsmouth shocked many - a challenge which prompted City to take unprecedented action and banned Thatcher for six matches by the club and a six weeks fine. Pearce called the challenge "indefensible"^[2] and the Football Association banned Thatcher for a further eight matches. The side also scored just 10 goals at home in the league, and none after New Years Day in 2007, a record low in top-flight English football.^[3]

In December 2006, the club issued a statement regarding a possible takeover,^[4] and on 21 June, the Manchester City board accepted an £81.6 million offer for the club from Thaksin Shinawatra.^[5] One of his first moves was to schedule a press conference to announce former-England manager Sven-Göran Eriksson as his new manager - Eriksson's first job since leaving international duty.^[6]

Team kit

For this season the shirt sponsor for all of the club's kits continued to be the previous season's sponsor, Thomas Cook, while the team kits were produced by the previous season's supplier, Reebok.

Home

Away (version 1)

Away (version 2)

Third

Goalkeeper strip 1

Goalkeeper strip 2

Goalkeeper strip 3

Historical league performance

Prior to this season, the history of Manchester City's performance in the English football league hierarchy since the creation of the Premier League in 1992 is summarised by the following timeline chart – which commences with the last season (1991-92) of the old Football League First Division (from which the Premier League was formed).

Friendly games

This season not all of the team's friendly games were played during the preparatory run-in to the official start of the new league campaign, with a couple of friendly games taking place during the course of the active season. The first of these games was perhaps just a "belated pre-season friendly" that was played with the season still only nine days old, while the other one against Blackpool in February was more of a mutually arranged scrimmage behind closed doors, with one of its intended purposes being to provide a "friendly competitive" tryout for the 28-year-old Belgian international striker, Émile Mpenza, who at the time the Manchester club was considering signing. This impromptu scrimmage served as a key part of Mpenza's brief trial with City and saw him perform well enough, with his scoring of the second goal in the 3-0 win, that he was subsequently signed by City two days later (his unattached free agent status permitting him to be signed outside of the January transfer window). The extemporaneous Valentine's Day friendly also gave some City players in need of match fitness, such as Didi Hamann and Stephen Jordan, a chance to get a full 90 minutes of play under their belts.

Pre-season

19 July 2006	Wrexham	3 – 3	Manchester City	Wrexham, Wales
19:45 BST	Llewellyn  35' Done  59' Distin  82' (o.g.)	MCFC report	6' Miller  52',  65' Samaras	Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 3,588 Referee: Mike Jones

22 July 2006	Rochdale	2 – 3	Manchester City	Rochdale, England
15:00 BST	Lambert  4' Brown  12'	MCFC report	43' Samaras  60' (pen) Barton  64' (pen) Dickov	Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 5,963

26 July 2006	Port Vale	0 – 3	Manchester City	Burslem, England
19:45 BST		MCFC report	8'  31'  40' Barton	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 3,769

29 July 2006	Bradford City	0 – 1	Manchester City	Bradford, England
15:00 BST		MCFC report	7' Reyna	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 3,172 Referee: Anthony Taylor

4 August 2006	Shanghai Shenhua	0 – 1	Manchester City	Shanghai, China
20:30 BST	Du Wei	MCFC report	18' Barton  35' Samaras 53'  78' Thatcher	Stadium: Hongkou Stadium

6 August 2006	Kashima Antlers	4 – 3	Manchester City	Shanghai, China
11:15 BST	Iwamasa  10' Motoyama  39' Chumbinho  61' Pashiro  68'	MCFC report	30' Sibierski  64' Samaras  72' Barton	Stadium: Hongkou Stadium

Thomas Cook Trophy

12 August 2006	Manchester City	0 – 1	F.C. Porto	Manchester, England
15:00 BST		MCFC report M.E.N. report	43' Adriano	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 20,375 Referee: Andre Marriner (England)

Mid-season

29 August 2006	Ballymena United	1 – 3	Manchester City	Ballymena, Northern Ireland
19:45 BST	Haveron  40'	BUFC report	14' Sibierski  83' Corradi  90' D. Mills	Stadium: The Showgrounds Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Michael Ross (Carrickfergus)

14 February 2007	Blackpool	0 – 3	Manchester City	Blackpool, England
19:45 GMT		Report (404 error)	40' Sturridge  48' Mpenza  75' Johnson	Stadium: Bloomfield Road

Competitive games

Premier League

Position in final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
12	Middlesbrough	38	12	10	16	44	49	−5	46
13	Newcastle United	38	11	10	17	38	47	−9	43
14	Manchester City	38	11	9	18	29	44	−15	42
15	West Ham United	38	12	5	21	35	59	−24	41
16	Fulham	38	8	15	15	38	60	−22	39

Updated to games played on 13 May 2007 (end of season)
Source: Premier League 2006-07
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	11	9	18	29	44	−15	42	5	6	8	10	16	−6	6	3	10	19	28	−9

Last updated: 13 May 2007 (end of season)
Source: Premier League results 2006-07

Points breakdown Points at home: 21 Points away from home: 21 Points against "Big Four" teams: 4 Points against promoted teams: 6 6 points: Fulham, Middlesbrough, West Ham United 4 points: Everton, Newcastle United, Sheffield United 3 points: Arsenal, Aston Villa 2 points: Watford 1 point: 0Bolton Wanderers, Charlton Athletic, Liverpool, Portsmouth 0 points: Blackburn Rovers, Chelsea, Manchester United, Reading, 0Tottenham Hotspur, Wigan Athletic

Biggest & smallest Biggest home wins: 3–1 vs. Fulham, 18 November 2006 000000000000000002–0 vs. West Ham United, 23 September 2006 Biggest home defeat: 0–3 vs. Blackburn Rovers, 20 January 2007 Biggest away wins: 1–3 vs. Aston Villa, 29 November 2006 & vs. Fulham, 9 April 2007 0000000000000000 0–2 vs. Middlesbrough, 17 March 2007 Biggest away defeat: 4–0 vs. Wigan Athletic, 21 October 2006 Biggest home attendance: 47,244 vs. Manchester United, 5 May 2007 Smallest home attendance: 35,776 vs. Fulham, 18 November 2006 Biggest away attendance: 75,858 vs. Manchester United, 9 December 2006 Smallest away attendance: 16,235 vs. Wigan Athletic, 21 October 2006

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A
Result	L	D	W	L	L	W	D	D	L	W	L	D	W	L	W	D	L	L	L	W	W	W	D	L	L	L	L	L	W	W	D	W	D	L	D	L	L	L

Last updated: 13 May 2007 (end of season).
Source: Premier League results 2006-07
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Individual match reports

20 August 2006 16:00	Chelsea	3 – 0	Manchester City	Stamford Bridge London Attendance: 41,953 Referee: Steve Bennett
	Terry  35' Lampard  59' Drogba  82'	MCFC report	Corradi  62'

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23 August 2006 19:45	Manchester City	0 – 0	Portsmouth	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 37,214 Referee: Dermot Gallagher
		MCFC report

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26 August 2006 17:15	Manchester City	1 – 0	Arsenal	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 40,699 Referee: Uriah Rennie
	Barton  41'	MCFC report

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11 September 2006 20:00	Reading	1 – 0	Manchester City	Madejski Stadium Reading Attendance: 24,092 Referee: Howard Webb
	Ingimarsson  23'	MCFC report

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17 September 2006 15:00	Blackburn Rovers	4 – 2	Manchester City	Ewood Park Blackburn Attendance: 18,403 Referee: Martin Atkinson
	Sinclair  18' (o.g.) Pedersen  43' McCarthy  66' Gallagher  89'	MCFC report	Barton  38' Ooijer  44' (o.g.)

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23 September 2006 15:00	Manchester City	2 – 0	West Ham United	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 41,073 Referee: Chris Foy
	Samaras  50'  63'	MCFC report

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30 September 2006 15:00	Everton	1 – 1	Manchester City	Goodison Park Liverpool Attendance: 38,250 Referee: Andre Marriner
	Johnson  44'	MCFC report	Richards  90'

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14 October 2006 15:00	Manchester City	0 – 0	Sheffield United	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 42,192 Referee: Mike Dean
		MCFC report

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21 October 2006 12:45	Wigan Athletic	4 – 0	Manchester City	JJB Stadium Wigan Attendance: 16,235 Referee: Phil Dowd
	Heskey  1' Dunne  3' (o.g.) Camara  65' Valencia  67'	MCFC report

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30 October 2006 20:00	Manchester City	1 – 0	Middlesbrough	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 36,720 Referee: Howard Webb
	Dunne  23'	MCFC report

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4 November 2006 15:00	Charlton Athletic	1 – 0	Manchester City	The Valley London Attendance: 26,011 Referee: Chris Foy
	Bent  28'	BBC Sport report MCFC report

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11 November 2006 12:45	Manchester City	0 – 0	Newcastle United	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 40,571 Referee: Graham Poll
		MCFC report

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18 November 2006 12:45	Manchester City	3 – 1	Fulham	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 35,776 Referee: Alan Wiley
	Corradi  12'  32' Barton  45'	MCFC report	John  62'

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25 November 2006 15:00	Liverpool	1 – 0	Manchester City	Anfield Liverpool Attendance: 44,061 Referee: Rob Styles
	Gerrard  67'	MCFC report

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29 November 2006 19:45	Aston Villa	1 – 3	Manchester City	Villa Park Birmingham Attendance: 30,124 Referee: Mike Dean
	McCann  65'	MCFC report	Vassell  19' Barton  32' Distin  75'

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4 December 2006 20:00	Manchester City	0 – 0	Watford	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 35,915 Referee: Mark Clattenburg
		MCFC report

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9 December 2006 12:45	Manchester United	3 – 1	Manchester City	Old Trafford Manchester Attendance: 75,858 Referee: Graham Poll
	Rooney  6' Saha  45' Ronaldo  85'	MCFC report	Trabelsi  72' Corradi  90'

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17 December 2006 15:00	Manchester City	1 – 2	Tottenham Hotspur	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 39,285 Referee: Rob Styles
	Barton  63'	MCFC report	Davenport  16' Huddlestone  24'

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23 December 2006 15:00	Manchester City	0 – 2	Bolton Wanderers	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 40,157 Referee: Mike Riley
	Barton  87'	MCFC report	Anelka  8'  25'

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26 December 2006 15:00	Sheffield United	0 – 1	Manchester City	Bramall Lane Sheffield Attendance: 32,591 Referee: Mark Clattenburg
		MCFC report	Ireland  77'

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30 December 2006 15:00	West Ham United	0 – 1	Manchester City	Boleyn Ground Upton Park Attendance: 34,574 Referee: Steve Bennett
		MCFC report	Beasley  82'

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1 January 2007 15:00	Manchester City	2 – 1	Everton	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 39,836 Referee: Uriah Rennie
	Samaras  50'  72'	MCFC report	Osman  84'

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13 January 2007 15:00	Bolton Wanderers	0 – 0	Manchester City	Reebok Stadium Horwich Attendance: 22,334 Referee: Andre Marriner
		MCFC report

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20 January 2007 17:15	Manchester City	0 – 3	Blackburn Rovers	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 36,950 Referee: Phil Dowd
		MCFC report	Pedersen  44'  62' Derbyshire  90'

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3 February 2007 15:00	Manchester City	0 – 2	Reading	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 38,676 Referee: Howard Webb
		BBC Sport report MCFC report	Lita  79'  89'

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10 February 2007 17:15	Portsmouth	2 – 1	Manchester City	Fratton Park Portsmouth Attendance: 19,244 Referee: Mike Dean
	Mendes  4' Kanu  80'	MCFC report	Corradi  62'

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3 March 2007 15:00	Manchester City	0 – 1	Wigan Athletic	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 39,923 Referee: Howard Webb
		MCFC report	Folan  18'

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14 March 2007 20:00	Manchester City	0 – 1	Chelsea	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 39,429 Referee: Alan Wiley
		BBC Sport report MCFC report	Lampard  28' (pen.)

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17 March 2007 15:00	Middlesbrough	0 – 2	Manchester City	Riverside Stadium Middlesbrough Attendance: 26,427 Referee: Keith Stroud
		MCFC report	Distin  64' Mpenza  74'

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31 March 2007 15:00	Newcastle United	0 – 1	Manchester City	St James' Park Newcastle Attendance: 52,004 Referee: Graham Poll
		MCFC report	Mpenza  80'

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6 April 2007 17:15	Manchester City	0 – 0	Charlton Athletic	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 41,424 Referee: Alan Wiley
		MCFC report

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9 April 2007 15:00	Fulham	1 – 3	Manchester City	Craven Cottage London Attendance: 22,435 Referee: Steve Bennett
	Bocanegra  74'	MCFC report	Barton  20' Beasley  36' Vassell  59'

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14 April 2007 15:00	Manchester City	0 – 0	Liverpool	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 45,883 Referee: Uriah Rennie
		MCFC report

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17 April 2007 19:45	Arsenal	3 – 1	Manchester City	Emirates Stadium London Attendance: 59,913 Referee: Mark Halsey
	Rosický  12' Fàbregas  73' Baptista  80'	MCFC report	Beasley  40'

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21 April 2007 15:00	Watford	1 – 1	Manchester City	Vicarage Road Watford Attendance: 18,537 Referee: Rob Styles
	Priskin  75'	MCFC report	Vassell  53'

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28 April 2007 15:00	Manchester City	0 – 2	Aston Villa	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 40,799 Referee: Mark Halsey
		MCFC report	Carew  24' Maloney  75'

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5 May 2007 12:45	Manchester City	0 – 1	Manchester United	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 47,244 Referee: Rob Styles
		MCFC report	Ronaldo  33' (pen.)

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13 May 2007 15:00	Tottenham Hotspur	2 – 1	Manchester City	White Hart Lane Tottenham Attendance: 35,426 Referee: Steve Bennett
	Keane  10' Berbatov  32'	MCFC report	Mpenza  40'

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League Cup

Second round

20 September 2006 19:45	Chesterfield	2 – 1	Manchester City	Saltergate Chesterfield Attendance: 7,960 Referee: K Wright
	Folan  51' Niven  67'	MCFC report	Samaras  40'

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FA Cup

Third round

7 January 2007 15:00	Sheffield Wednesday	1 – 1	Manchester City	Hillsborough Sheffield Attendance: 28,847 Referee: Graham Poll
	MacLean  78'	MCFC report	Samaras  77' (pen.)

Third round replay

16 January 2007 19:45	Manchester City	2 – 1	Sheffield Wednesday	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 25,621 Referee: Mike Dean
	Ireland  44' Vassell  56'	MCFC report	Bullen  51'

Fourth round

28 January 2007 15:00	Manchester City	3 – 1	Southampton	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 26,496 Referee: Mark Clattenburg
	Vassell  26' Barton  45' Beasley  70'	MCFC report	Jones  23'

Fifth round

18 February 2007 13:10	Preston North End	1 – 3	Manchester City	Deepdale Preston Attendance: 18,890 Referee: Mike Riley
	Nugent  8'	MCFC report	Ball  35' Hill  84' (o.g.) Ireland  90'

Sixth round

11 March 2007 16:00	Blackburn Rovers	2 – 0	Manchester City	Ewood Park Blackburn Attendance: 27,743 Referee: Mike Dean
	Mokoena  27' Derbyshire  90'	MCFC report

First-team squad

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Andreas Isaksson 2 DF Micah Richards 3 DF Michael Ball 4 DF Stephen Jordan 5 MF Ousmane Dabo 7 MF Stephen Ireland 8 MF Joey Barton 9 FW Emile Mpenza 10 MF Djamel Abdoun (on loan from Ajaccio) 11 FW Darius Vassell 12 GK Nicky Weaver 14 FW Paul Dickov 15 DF Sylvain Distin 16 DF Nedum Onuoha 17 DF Sun Jihai 18 DF Danny Mills 19 GK Kasper Schmeichel 20 FW Georgios Samaras 21 MF Dietmar Hamann

No. Position Player 22 DF Richard Dunne 24 MF DaMarcus Beasley (on loan from PSV) 25 GK Joe Hart 26 DF Matt Mills 27 DF Hatem Trabelsi 28 MF Trevor Sinclair 30 FW Bernardo Corradi 31 GK Laurence Matthewson 32 DF Nathan D'Laryea 33 MF Michael Johnson 34 DF Sam Williamson 35 MF Ashley Williams 36 FW Daniel Sturridge 37 MF Kelvin Etuhu 38 DF Shaleum Logan 39 MF Marc Laird 41 MF Ashley Grimes 43 FW Ishmael Miller

Left club during season

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

No. Position Player 3 DF Ben Thatcher (to Charlton Athletic) 6 MF Claudio Reyna (to New York Red Bulls)

No. Position Player 9 FW Andrew Cole (to Portsmouth) 10 MF Antoine Sibierski (to Newcastle United)

Goal scorers

All competitions Scorer Goals Joey Barton 7 Georgios Samaras 6 Darius Vassell 5 DaMarcus Beasley 4 Bernardo Corradi 3 Stephen Ireland Emile Mpenza Sylvain Distin 2 Michael Ball 1 Richard Dunne Micah Richards Hatem Trabelsi

Premier League Scorer Goals Joey Barton 6 Georgios Samaras 4 DaMarcus Beasley 3 Bernardo Corradi Emile Mpenza Darius Vassell Sylvain Distin 2 Richard Dunne 1 Stephen Ireland Micah Richards Hatem Trabelsi

League Cup Scorer Goals Georgios Samaras 1

FA Cup Scorer Goals Stephen Ireland 2 Darius Vassell Michael Ball 1 Joey Barton DaMarcus Beasley Georgios Samaras

Information current as of 13 May 2007 (end of season)

Transfers and loans

Transfers in Date Pos. Player From club Transfer fee 22 May 2006 GK Joe Hart Shrewsbury Town £1.5m[7][8][9] 26 May 2006 FW Paul Dickov Blackburn Rovers Free[10] 20 June 2006 MF Ousmane Dabo Lazio Free[11] 12 July 2006 MF Dietmar Hamann Liverpool Free[12] 20 July 2006 FW Bernardo Corradi Valencia Undisclosed[13] 10 Aug. 2006 DF Hatem Trabelsi Ajax Amsterdam Bosman ruling[14] 15 Aug. 2006 GK Andreas Isaksson Rennais £2m[15] 31 Jan. 2007 DF Michael Ball PSV Eindhoven Undisclosed[16] 16 Feb. 2007 FW Émile Mpenza Unattached free agent[17]

Transfers out Exit date Pos. Player To club Transfer fee 24 May 06 DF David Sommeil Sheffield United Free[18][19] 12 June 06 DF Mikkel Bischoff Coventry City Free[18][20] 14 June 06 GK Geert de Vlieger Zulte Waregem Free[18][21] 05 July 06 FW Bradley Wright-Phillips Southampton £500,000[22] 31 July 06 MF Lee Croft Norwich City £600,000[23] 02 Aug. 06 MF Willo Flood Cardiff City £200,000[24] 14 Aug. 06 GK David James Portsmouth £1.2m[25] 31 Aug. 06 FW Andy Cole Portsmouth £500,000[26] 31 Aug. 06 MF Antoine Sibierski Newcastle United Undisc.[27] 11 Jan. 07 DF Ben Thatcher Charlton Athletic £500,000[28] 23 Jan. 07 MF Claudio Reyna Red Bull New York Free[29][30]

Loans in Start date End date Pos. Player From club 31 Aug. 2006 15 May 2007 MF DaMarcus Beasley PSV Eindhoven[31][32] 11 Jan. 2007 15 May 2007 MF Djamel Abdoun AC Ajaccio[33][32]

Loans out Start date End date Pos. Player To club 25 Aug. 2006 02 Dec. 2006 GK Kasper Schmeichel Bury 15 Sep. 2006 18 Nov. 2006 DF Danny Mills Hull City 01 Jan. 2007 29 Jan. 2007 GK Joe Hart Tranmere Rovers 05 Jan. 2007 05 Feb. 2007 FW Kelvin Etuhu Rochdale 11 Jan. 2007 21 May 2007 GK Kasper Schmeichel Falkirk 20 Jan. 2007 17 Feb. 2007 DF Nathan D'Laryea Macclesfield 25 Jan. 2007 24 Feb. 2007 MF Marc Laird Northampton Town 25 Jan. 2007 19 Mar. 2007 DF Matthew Mills Colchester United 22 Mar. 2007 07 May 2007 MF Ashley Grimes Swindon Town 07 Apr. 2007 07 May 2007 GK Joe Hart Blackpool

See also

• Manchester City F.C. seasons

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