During the 2006–07 English football season, Blackburn Rovers F.C. competed in the FA Premier League.

Season summary

A run of only 5 wins from their first 18 games[3] killed off Blackburn's hopes of improving on the previous season's 6th place to qualify for the Champions League, but the club's form was markedly improved in the second half of the season. Rovers overcame the sale of Craig Bellamy to Liverpool, with his replacement, former Porto striker Benni McCarthy, scoring 18 league goals to finish as the Premier League's second-highest scorer behind Didier Drogba.

The Rovers had a successful UEFA Cup campaign, defeating Red Bull Salzburg in the first round and topping Group E in the next stage, before falling to Bayer Leverkusen in the Round of 32. The club also continued its recent trend of reaching cup semi-finals only to be eliminated by the eventual winners, exiting the FA Cup semi-final at the hands of Chelsea.

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
8 Reading 38 16 7 15 52 47 +5 55
9 Portsmouth 38 14 12 12 45 42 +3 54
10 Blackburn Rovers 38 15 7 16 52 54 2 52 Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round[a]
11 Aston Villa 38 11 17 10 43 41 +2 50
12 Middlesbrough 38 12 10 16 44 49 5 46
Source: Barclays Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. The highest-placed team who applied for the Intertoto Cup and not in an automatic UEFA Cup spot was awarded with a place in that competition. Blackburn Rovers occupied the Intertoto place, because Portsmouth and Reading did not apply.[4] A further place in the UEFA Cup was up for grabs via the Premiership Fair Play League. The winner is placed into a draw with the winners of Fair Play leagues in other countries. The representatives from the two countries that come out of the hat first are given a place in the UEFA Cup first qualifying round. Since the winners of the Premiership Fair Play League, Tottenham Hotspur, had already qualified for the UEFA Cup by virtue of their league position, their place in the Fair Play draw was given to Aston Villa. However, the places in the UEFA Cup were awarded to the representatives from Finland and Norway.

Squad

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player TotalPremier LeagueFA CupLeague CupUEFA Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Goalkeepers
1 GK United States USA Brad Friedel 530380601080
23 GK Wales WAL Jason Brown 100+10000000
Defenders
3 DF Georgia (country) GEO Zurab Khizanishvili 30017+103+201060
4 DF England ENG Andy Todd 1306+301+10001+10
6 DF New Zealand NZL Ryan Nelsen 190120500020
7 DF Australia AUS Brett Emerton 47032+205+101060
16 DF Switzerland SUI Stéphane Henchoz 16010+201+101010
20 DF Netherlands NED André Ooijer 270200100060
21 DF Republic of the Congo CGO Christopher Samba 19213+124+100000
22 DF England ENG Stephen Warnock 201131500020
25 DF Switzerland SUI Bruno Berner 2010100000
32 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Eddie Nolan 100000000+10
33 DF England ENG Michael Gray 13010+10000020
Midfielders
5 MF Turkey TUR Tugay Kerimoğlu 40226+41300071
8 MF Wales WAL Robbie Savage 272210000062
11 MF England ENG David Bentley 517364601083
12 MF Norway NOR Morten Gamst Pedersen 49836652106+10
14 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Steven Reid 3030000000
15 MF South Africa RSA Aaron Mokoena 40118+9061102+40
19 MF England ENG David Dunn 1607+402+100020
31 MF Germany GER Sergio Peter 1601+800+200+101+30
Forwards
9 FW Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Shabani Nonda 36817+9720104+31
10 FW South Africa RSA Benni McCarthy 502436183+23107+13
18 FW Scotland SCO Paul Gallagher 2222+1411+11002+20
27 FW England ENG Matt Derbyshire 3098+1454+240020
30 FW Grenada GRN Jason Roberts 2559+941+210+101+20
Players transferred out during the season
2 DF Australia AUS Lucas Neill 261200001051
9 FW Finland FIN Shefki Kuqi 200+1000000+10
17 FW England ENG Francis Jeffers 1513+700+100+100+31
24 DF England ENG Jay McEveley 703+10101010

Last updated: 15 May 2007
Source: Competitions

Transfers

In

Out

Results

Premier League

Results by matchday

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GroundAHHAHAHAHAAHHAHHAAHHAHAAAHAHAHAHHAHAAH
ResultLDLDWWWDLLLLDLWLWLWWWLWLLWLWWLLLWDWWDD
Position18162019131099101113151517141716171514111210121210111010101011101010101010
Source: worldfootball.net
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
22 October 2006 9 Blackburn Rovers 0–1 Bolton Wanderers Blackburn
Iván Campo 62' Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 27,662 (7,700 away)

League Cup

Round 3 Blackburn Rovers 0–2 Chelsea
Joe Cole
Kalou
Attendance: 14,732

FA Cup

7 January 2007 Round 3 Everton 1–4 Blackburn Rovers
Johnson (pen) Derbyshire
Pedersen
Gallagher
McCarthy
Attendance: 24,426
27 January 2007 Round 4 Luton Town 0–4 Blackburn Rovers
Report Derbyshire (2)
McCarthy
Pedersen
Attendance: 5,887
Round 5 Arsenal 0–0 Blackburn Rovers
Report Attendance: 56,761
Round 5
Replay
Blackburn Rovers 1–0 Arsenal
McCarthy Report Attendance: 18,882
11 March 2007 Round 6 Blackburn Rovers 2–0 Manchester City Blackburn
16:00 Mokoena 28'
Derbyshire 90'
Report Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 27,743
Referee: Mike Dean
15 April 2007 Semi
Final
Blackburn Rovers 1–2 (a.e.t.) Chelsea Manchester
16:00 GMT Roberts 64' Report Lampard 16'
Ballack 109'
Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 50,559
Referee: Alan Wiley

UEFA Cup

First round

14 September 2006 Red Bull Salzburg 2–2 Blackburn Rovers Wals-Siezenheim, Austria
19:45 Zickler 32'
Janko 90'
Savage 32'
McCarthy 39'
Attendance: 17,000 (529 away)
Referee: Tomasz Mikulski (Poland)
28 September 2006 Blackburn Rovers 2–0 Red Bull Salzburg Blackburn, England
McCarthy 32'
Bentley 56'
Report Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 18,888
Referee: Joao Francisco Lopes Ferreira (Portugal)

Group stage

19 October 2006 Wisła Kraków 1–2 Blackburn Rovers Kraków, Poland
Cantoro 28' Report Savage 56'
Bentley 90'
Stadium: Stadion Miejski
Attendance: 14,000 (400 away)
Referee: Sweden Stefan Johannesson
2 November 2006 Blackburn Rovers 3–0 FC Basel Blackburn, England
Tugay 75'
Jeffers 89' (pen.)
McCarthy 90'
Report Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 13,789
Referee: Ukraine Oleh Oriekhov
23 November 2006 Feyenoord 0–0 Blackburn Rovers Rotterdam, Netherlands
Report Stadium: De Kuip
Attendance: 35,000 (2,500 away)
Referee: Germany Knut Kircher
12 December 2006 Blackburn Rovers 1–0 Nancy Blackburn, England
Neill 90' Report Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 12,568
Referee: Austria Gerald Lehner

Round of 32

14 February 2007 Bayer Leverkusen 3–2 Blackburn Rovers Leverkusen, Germany
18:15 Callsen-Bracker 18'
Ramelow 43'
Schneider 56'
Report Bentley 38'
Nonda 87'
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 22,500 (1,125 away)
Referee: Pieter Vink (Netherlands)
22 February 2007 Blackburn Rovers 0–0 Bayer Leverkusen Blackburn, England
19:00 Report Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 25,124 (450 away)
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

Top scorers

Premier League

League Cup

  • n/a

FA Cup

UEFA Cup

Notes

  1. Nonda was born in Bujumbura, Burundi, but also qualified to represent the DR Congo internationally and made his international debut for the DR Congo in 2000.
  2. Reid was born in Kingston upon Thames, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his father, and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in 2001.
  3. Samba was born in Créteil, France, but also qualified to represent the Republic of the Congo internationally and made his international debut for the Congo in 2004.
  4. Brown was born in Southwark, London, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally, and made his full international debut for Wales in May 2006.
  5. Roberts was born in Park Royal, London, England, but also qualified to represent Grenada internationally through his father, and made his international debut for Grenada in 1999.
  6. Kuqi was born in Vushtrri, Kosovo (then SFR Yugoslavia).
  7. McEveley was born in Liverpool, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and would make his international debut for Scotland in August 2007.
  8. Kane was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and has represented Northern Ireland at youth level, but later chose to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally at level. He would however later switch allegiances back and was called up to the Northern Ireland squad in November 2007.

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