2006–07 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season

2006–07 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season
2006–07 season
Manager Mark Hughes
FA Premier League 10th
FA Cup Semi-finals
League Cup Third round
UEFA Cup Round of 32
Top goalscorer League:
Benni McCarthy (18)
All:
Benni McCarthy (24)[1]
Highest home attendance 29,342 (vs. Liverpool, 26 December 2006)
Lowest home attendance 16,035 (vs. Watford, 18 April 2007)
Average home league attendance 21,275[2]
← 2005–06 2007–08 →

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, NLP expert Jimmy Petruzzi had delivered an NLP training workshop to the coaches during Blackburn Rovers loss of form and coincided with the club turning their season around achieving a top-half finish for the second season running. 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.

After a history of European underachievement, Rovers had a relatively successful UEFA Cup campaign, beating Red Bull Salzburg in the first round and topping Group E in the next stage, before succumbing to Bayer Leverkusen in the Round of 32. The club continued their recent habit of reaching cup semi-finals to be eliminated by the cup winners, being knocked out of the FA Cup semi-final by eventual winners Chelsea.

Squad

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

No. Position Player
1 United States GK Brad Friedel
3 Georgia (country) DF Zurab Khizanishvili
4 England DF Andy Todd
5 Turkey MF Tugay Kerimoğlu
6 New Zealand DF Ryan Nelsen (captain)
7 Australia MF Brett Emerton
8 Wales MF Robbie Savage
9 Democratic Republic of the Congo FW Shabani Nonda[4] (on loan from Roma)
10 South Africa FW Benni McCarthy
11 England FW David Bentley
12 Norway MF Morten Gamst Pedersen
14 Republic of Ireland MF Steven Reid[5]
15 South Africa MF Aaron Mokoena
No. Position Player
16 Switzerland DF Stéphane Henchoz
18 Scotland FW Paul Gallagher
19 England MF David Dunn
20 Netherlands DF André Ooijer
21 Republic of the Congo DF Christopher Samba[6]
22 England DF Stephen Warnock
23 Wales GK Jason Brown[7]
25 Switzerland DF Bruno Berner
27 England FW Matt Derbyshire
30 Grenada FW Jason Roberts[8]
31 Germany MF Sergio Peter
32 Republic of Ireland DF Eddie Nolan
33 England DF Michael Gray

Left club during season

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

No. Position Player
2 Australia DF Lucas Neill (to West Ham United)
9 Finland FW Shefki Kuqi[9] (to Crystal Palace)
17 England FW Francis Jeffers (on loan to Ipswich Town)
No. Position Player
21 Scotland DF Dominic Matteo (to Stoke City)
22 Republic of Ireland MF Jonathan Douglas (to Leeds United)
24 Scotland DF Jay McEveley[10] (to Derby County)

Reserve squad

The following players did not appear for the senior team this season.

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

No. Position Player
13 Finland GK Peter Enckelman
22 Republic of Ireland MF Jonathan Douglas
26 England DF Andy Taylor
28 England GK Frank Fielding
29 Republic of Ireland MF Keith Treacy
34 Republic of Ireland DF Tony Kane[11]
England GK Zak Jones
England DF Dean Winnard
Sweden DF Martin Olsson
No. Position Player
England MF Josh O'Keefe
Scotland MF Bryan Hodge (on loan to Mansfield Town)
Republic of Ireland MF Alan Judge
Italy MF Raffaele De Vita
Australia MF Rostyn Griffiths
England FW Keith Barker (on loan to Rochdale)
England FW Jamie Clarke
England FW Joe Garner (on loan to Carlisle United)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player TotalPremier League FA Cup League Cup UEFA Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK United States Brad Friedel 53 0 38 0 6 0 1 0 8 0
23 GK Wales Jason Brown 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
3 DF Georgia (country) Zurab Khizanishvili 30 0 17+1 0 3+2 0 1 0 6 0
4 DF England Andy Todd 13 0 6+3 0 1+1 0 0 0 1+1 0
6 DF New Zealand Ryan Nelsen 19 0 12 0 5 0 0 0 2 0
7 DF Australia Brett Emerton 47 0 32+2 0 5+1 0 1 0 6 0
16 DF Switzerland Stéphane Henchoz 16 0 10+2 0 1+1 0 1 0 1 0
20 DF Netherlands André Ooijer 27 0 20 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
21 DF Republic of the Congo Christopher Samba 19 2 13+1 2 4+1 0 0 0 0 0
22 DF England Stephen Warnock 20 1 13 1 5 0 0 0 2 0
25 DF Switzerland Bruno Berner 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
32 DF Republic of Ireland Eddie Nolan 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
33 DF England Michael Gray 13 0 10+1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Midfielders
5 MF Turkey Tugay Kerimoğlu 40 2 26+4 1 3 0 0 0 7 1
8 MF Wales Robbie Savage 27 2 21 0 0 0 0 0 6 2
11 MF England David Bentley 51 7 36 4 6 0 1 0 8 3
12 MF Norway Morten Gamst Pedersen 49 8 36 6 5 2 1 0 6+1 0
14 MF Republic of Ireland Steven Reid 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 MF South Africa Aaron Mokoena 40 1 18+9 0 6 1 1 0 2+4 0
19 MF England David Dunn 16 0 7+4 0 2+1 0 0 0 2 0
31 MF Germany Sergio Peter 16 0 1+8 0 0+2 0 0+1 0 1+3 0
Forwards
9 FW Democratic Republic of the Congo Shabani Nonda 36 8 17+9 7 2 0 1 0 4+3 1
10 FW South Africa Benni McCarthy 50 24 36 18 3+2 3 1 0 7+1 3
18 FW Scotland Paul Gallagher 22 2 2+14 1 1+1 1 0 0 2+2 0
27 FW England Matt Derbyshire 30 9 8+14 5 4+2 4 0 0 2 0
30 FW Grenada Jason Roberts 25 5 9+9 4 1+2 1 0+1 0 1+2 0
Players transferred out during the season
2 DF Australia Lucas Neill 26 1 20 0 0 0 1 0 5 1
9 MF Finland Shefki Kuqi 2 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
17 FW England Francis Jeffers 15 1 3+7 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 0+3 1
24 DF England Jay McEveley 7 0 3+1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0

Last updated: 15 May 2007
Source: Competitions

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions[12]
Considering a 4-4-2 formation

Transfers

In

Out

Results

Premier League

League Cup

FA Cup

UEFA Cup

First round

Group stage

Round of 32

Top scorers

Premier League

League Cup

FA Cup

UEFA Cup

References

  1. ↑ "Blackburn Rovers | Match | Club Statistics | Goalscorers". Rovers.co.uk. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
  2. ↑ "Blackburn Rovers | Match | Club Statistics | Attendance". Rovers.co.uk. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
  3. ↑ "Blackburn Rovers 2006-2007 Home". statto.com. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ Kuqi was born in Vushtrri, Kosovo (then SFR Yugoslavia).
  10. ↑ McEveley was born in Liverpool, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and would make his full international debut for Scotland in August 2007.
  11. ↑ 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.
  12. ↑ "All Blackburn Rovers players: 2007". 11v11.com. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
  13. ↑ "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Blackburn Rovers | Gills keeper seals Blackburn move". BBC News. 26 June 2006. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
  14. ↑ "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Blackburn Rovers | Blackburn snap up striker Jeffers". BBC News. 3 July 2006. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
  15. ↑ "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Blackburn Rovers | Blackburn sign Roberts from Wigan". BBC News. 3 July 2006. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
  16. ↑ "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Blackburn Rovers | Blackburn sign striker McCarthy". BBC News. 28 July 2006. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  17. ↑ "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Blackburn Rovers | Blackburn snap up defender Ooijer". BBC News. 23 August 2006. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  18. ↑ "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Blackburn Rovers | Rovers take Roma striker on loan". BBC News. 31 August 2006. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
  19. ↑ "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Blackburn Rovers | Henchoz moves back to Blackburn". BBC News. 8 September 2006. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  20. ↑ "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Blackburn Rovers | Blackburn bring in defender Samba". BBC News. 25 January 2007. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  21. ↑ "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Blackburn Rovers | Blackburn complete Warnock deal". BBC News. 22 January 2007. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  22. ↑ "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Blackburn Rovers | Defender Berner joins Blackburn". BBC News. 30 January 2007. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  23. ↑ "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Liverpool | Liverpool wrap up Bellamy switch". BBC News. 22 June 2006. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  24. ↑ "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Crystal Palace | Striker Kuqi makes move to Palace". BBC News. 1 September 2006. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  25. ↑ "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Stoke City | Stoke seal Griffin & Matteo deals". BBC News. 19 January 2007. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  26. ↑ "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | West Ham Utd | West Ham confirm capture of Neill". BBC News. 22 January 2007. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  27. ↑ "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Derby County | Rams sign McEveley from Blackburn". BBC News. 29 January 2007. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  28. ↑ "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Ipswich Town | Jeffers moves to Ipswich on loan". BBC News. 2 March 2007. Retrieved 19 August 2012.

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