| Club: | Roma |
| Season: | 2006–07 |
| Manager: | Luciano Spalletti |
| Chairman: | Rosella Sensi |
| Chrtitle: | President |
| Stadium: | Stadio Olimpico |
| League: | Serie A |
| League Result: | 2nd |
| Cup1: | Coppa Italia |
| Cup1 Result: | Winners |
| Cup2: | UEFA Champions League |
| Cup2 Result: | Quarter-finals |
| League Topscorer: | Francesco Totti (26) |
| Season Topscorer: | Francesco Totti (32) |
| Highest Attendance: | 61,292 vs Lazio (29 April 2007, Serie A) |
| Average Attendance: | 38,719[1] |
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| Prevseason: | 2005–06 |
| Nextseason: | 2007–08 |
During the 2006–07 football season, Associazione Sportiva Roma played its 74th Serie A league season, finishing 2nd. The club also competed in the UEFA Champions League, finishing as quarter-finalists, and the Coppa Italia, winning the trophy for the eighth time.
The season is mostly remembered for the collapse Roma suffered at the hands of Manchester United in the Champions League quarter-finals, United coming back from a 2–1 defeat in Rome to demolish the Italians 7–1 at Old Trafford.
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;[2] however, after a 0–0 draw at the Stadio Olimpico (with many controversial decisions by English referee Mike Riley, who yellow carded eleven players),[3] 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.[4] 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,[5] was played with animosity and determination by the nerazzurri,[6] 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.
Last updated on 27 May 2007
Appearances include league matches only
| No. | Name | Nat | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age at end of season) | Signed from | Signed in | Apps. | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | |||||||||
| 1 | Gianluca Curci |  | GK | 30 June 2007 | Youth Sector | 2004 | 27 | 0 | |
| 27 | Júlio Sérgio |  | GK | 30 June 2007 | América | 2006 | 0 | 0 | |
| 32 | Doni | | GK | 30 June 2007 | Juventude | 2005 | 60 | 0 | |
| Defenders | |||||||||
| 2 | Christian Panucci (Vice-Captain) | | RB / CB | 30 June 2007 |  Monaco | 2001 | 180 | 12 | |
| 3 | Gilberto Martínez | RB / CB | 30 June 2007 | Brescia | 2006 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5 | Philippe Mexès | | CB | 30 June 2007 | Auxerre | 2004 | 82 | 6 | |
| 13 | Cristian Chivu |  | LB / CB | 30 June 2007 | Ajax | 2003 | 85 | 6 | |
| 19 | Rodrigo Defendi | | CB | 30 June 2007 | Tottenham Hotspur | 2006 | 0 | 0 | |
| 21 | Matteo Ferrari | | CB | 30 June 2007 | Parma | 2004 | 62 | 2 | |
| 22 | Max Tonetto | | LB | 30 June 2007 | Sampdoria | 2006 | 30 | 0 | |
| 28 | Aleandro Rosi | | RB | 30 June 2007 | Youth Sector | 2004 | 37 | 2 | |
| 77 | Marco Cassetti | | RB | 30 June 2007 | Lecce | 2006 | 28 | 2 | |
| Midfielders | |||||||||
| 4 | Christian Wilhelmsson |  | LW | 30 June 2007 | Nantes | 2007 | 19 | 1 | |
| 7 | David Pizarro | CM / DM | 30 June 2007 | Internazionale | 2006 | 32 | 1 | ||
| 8 | Alberto Aquilani | | CM / AM | 30 June 2007 | Youth Sector | 2002 | 67 | 4 | |
| 11 | Rodrigo Taddei | | LM / RM / AM | 30 June 2007 | Siena | 2005 | 67 | 13 | |
| 14 | Ricardo Faty | | DM / CM | 30 June 2007 | Strasbourg | 2006 | 11 | 0 | |
| 16 | Daniele De Rossi | | DM / CM | 30 June 2007 | Youth Sector | 2001 | 121 | 12 | |
| 18 | Valerio Virga | | CM | 30 June 2007 | Youth Sector | 2004 | 10 | 0 | |
| 20 | Simone Perrotta | | LM / CM / AM | 30 June 2007 | Chievo | 2004 | 99 | 16 | |
| 30 | Mancini | | LW / RW / AM | 30 June 2007 | Venezia | 2003 | 123 | 32 | |
| Forwards | |||||||||
| 10 | Francesco Totti (Captain) | | AM / LW / SS / CF / ST | 30 June 2007 | Youth Sector | 1992 | 360 | 139 | |
| 17 | Francesco Tavano | | CF / ST | 30 June 2007 | Empoli | 2007 | 14 | 2 | |
| 23 | Mirko Vučinić |  | CF / ST | 30 June 2007 | Lecce | 2006 | 25 | 2 | |
| 35 | Stefano Okaka | | CF / ST | 30 June 2007 | Youth Sector | 2005 | 14 | 1 | |
| Players transferred during the season | |||||||||
| 9 | Vincenzo Montella | | CF / ST | 30 June 2007 | Sampdoria | 1999 | 180 | 83 | |
| 24 | Carlo Zotti | | GK | 30 June 2007 | Palermo | 2001 | 14 | 0 | |
| 25 | Leandro Cufré |  | LB | 30 June 2007 | Gimnasia La Plata | 2002 | 69 | 1 | |
| 99 | Mido |  | CF / ST | 30 June 2007 | Marseille | 2004 | 8 | 0 |
| style=text-align:center; width:150px; | Competition | style=text-align:center; width:100px; | Started round | style=text-align:center; width:100px; | Final position | style=text-align:center; width:150px; | First match | style=text-align:center; width:140px; | Last match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style=text-align:left; | Serie A | Matchday 1 | style=background:#B2BEB5; | Runners-up | 9 September 2006 | 27 May 2007 | |||
| style=text-align:left; | Supercoppa Italiana | Final | style=background:#B2BEB5; | Runners-up | 26 August 2006 | ||||
| style=text-align:left; | Coppa Italia | style=background:#FFD700; | Winners | 8 November 2006 | 17 May 2007 | ||||
| style=text-align:left; | Champions League | Group stage | Quarter-finals | 12 September 2006 | 10 April 2007 | ||||
Last updated: 27 May 2007
See main article: 2006 Supercoppa Italiana.
See main article: 2006–07 Serie A.
See main article: 2006–07 Coppa Italia.
See main article: 2007 Coppa Italia Final.
See main article: 2006–07 UEFA Champions League.
See main article: 2006–07 UEFA Champions League knockout stage.
|-! colspan=14 style="background:#B21B1C; color:#FFD700; text-align:center"| Goalkeepers|-! colspan=14 style="background:#B21B1C; color:#FFD700; text-align:center"| Defenders|-! colspan=14 style="background:#B21B1C; color:#FFD700; text-align:center"| Midfielders|-! colspan=14 style="background:#B21B1C; color:#FFD700; text-align:center"| Forwards|-! colspan=14 style="background:#B21B1C; color:#FFD700; text-align:center"| Players transferred out during the season
| width=15 | width=15 | width=15 | width=15 | width=145 | Name | width=80 | Serie A | width=80 | Supercoppa | width=80 | Coppa Italia | width=80 | UEFA CL | width=80 | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | FW | | Francesco Totti | 26 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 32 | ||||||||||
| 2 | 20 | MF | | Simone Perrotta | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 13 | ||||||||||
| 30 | MF | | Mancini | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 13 | |||||||||||
| 4 | 2 | DF | | Christian Panucci | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||||
| 5 | 11 | MF | | Rodrigo Taddei | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | ||||||||||
| 6 | 9 | FW | | Vincenzo Montella | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 16 | MF | | Daniele De Rossi | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 8 | 7 | MF | David Pizarro | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 9 | 5 | DF | | Philippe Mexès | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 8 | MF | | Alberto Aquilani | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 23 | FW | | Mirko Vučinić | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 12 | 17 | FW | | Francesco Tavano | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 21 | DF | | Matteo Ferrari | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 28 | MF | | Aleandro Rosi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 77 | DF | | Marco Cassetti | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 16 | 4 | MF | | Christian Wilhelmsson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 18 | MF | | Valerio Virga | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 35 | FW | | Stefano Okaka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Own goal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 74 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 110 | ||||||||||||||
Last updated: 27 May 2007
| width=15 | width=15 | width=15 | width=15 | width=145 | Name | width=80 | Serie A | width=80 | Supercoppa | width=80 | Coppa Italia | width=80 | UEFA CL | width=80 | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 32 | GK | | Doni | 13 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | GK | | Gianluca Curci | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 14 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 20 | ||||||||||||||
Last updated: 27 May 2007
| Name | Serie A | Supercoppa | Coppa Italia | UEFA CL | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
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