The 2006–07

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season was the 76th since its establishment. It began on 27 August 2006, and concluded on 17 June 2007.

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won La Liga thanks to a superior head-to-head record against runners-up

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. Celta Vigo,

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and Gimnàstic were relegated. Barcelona was in first place for much of the season while arch-rivals Real Madrid were six points behind and in fourth. However, Barcelona began playing inconsistently after January, while Madrid's form improved in that same period. On 12 May 2007, Real Madrid took the league lead for the first time all season after defeating Espanyol 4–3, coming back from a 3–1 first-half deficit. The following Sunday, Barcelona dropped points with a 1–1 draw to struggling

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. By virtue of their superior head-to-head record, Madrid sat at the top of La Liga with both teams having four league games lef

On the penultimate day of the season, Barcelona failed to overcome city rivals Espanyol in the Barcelona derby, drawing 2–2. In the final La Liga matches, Barcelona thrashed Gimnàstic 5–1, but Madrid came back from a 1–0 deficit to beat

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3–1 and clinch the title thanks to head-to-head superiority.

Teams

Twenty teams competed in the league – the top seventeen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the

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. The promoted teams were Recreativo, Gimnàstic and Levante, returning to the top flight after an absence of three, fifty-six and one years respectively. They replaced Alaves,

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(both teams relegated after a season's presence) and

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(ending their seven-year top flight spell).

Stadiums

(*) Promoted from

Personnel and kits

League table

Results

Awards

Pichichi Trophy

The

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is awarded to the player who scores the most goals in a season. Source
LFP

Zamora Trophy

The Ricardo Zamora Trophy is awarded to the goalkeeper with the lowest ratio of goals conceded to matches played

Fair Play award

* Source: Guia Diario AS, As de La Liga 2007–08, p. 140 (

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)

Pedro Zaballa award

Cuco Ziganda (

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head coach) and David Belenguer (

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footballer)

Overall

* Most wins –

(23) * Fewest wins – Gimnàstic (7) * Most draws – Betis (16) * Fewest draws –

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(6) * Most losses – Gimnàstic (24) * Fewest losses –

(6) * Most goals scored –

(78) * Fewest goals scored –

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and

(32) * Most goals conceded – Gimnàstic (69) * Fewest goals conceded –

and

(33)

References

External links

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There was a national record