2006–07 FC Girondins de Bordeaux season
# 2006–07 FC Girondins de Bordeaux season

The 2006–07 season is the 126th season in the existence of FC Girondins de Bordeaux and the club's 44th consecutive season in the top-flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Bordeaux participated in this season's editions of the Coupe de France, the Coupe de la Ligue, the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup.

## First-team squad

    Squad at end of season

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

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | GK | FRA | Kévin Olimpa |
| 2 | DF | FRA | Paul Baysse |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Henrique |
| 4 | MF | ARG | Christian Peruchini |
| 5 | MF | BRA | Fernando Menegazzo |
| 6 | DF | FRA | Franck Jurietti |
| 7 | FW | ARG | Fernando Cavenaghi |
| 8 | MF | ARG | Alejandro Alonso |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Jean-Claude Darcheville |
| 10 | MF | ARG | Juan Pablo Francia |
| 11 | MF | CZE | Vladimír Šmicer |
| 12 | FW | COL | Edixon Perea |
| 13 | DF | TUN | David Jemmali |
| 14 | MF | FRA | Johan Micoud |
| 15 | FW | BRA | Jussiê (on loan from Lens) |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Ulrich Ramé |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | BRA | Wendel |
| 18 | MF | FRA | Julien Faubert |
| 19 | MF | FRA | Pierre Ducasse |
| 20 | MF | FRA | Stéphane Dalmat |
| 21 | DF | NGA | Joseph Enakarhire (on loan from Dynamo Moscow) |
| 23 | DF | FRA | Florian Marange |
| 24 | MF | FRA | Rio Mavuba |
| 25 | DF | FRA | Gérald Cid |
| 26 | MF | FRA | Gabriel Obertan |
| 27 | DF | FRA | Marc Planus |
| 28 | DF | FRA | Benoît Trémoulinas |
| 29 | FW | MAR | Marouane Chamakh |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Mathieu Valverde |
| 34 | DF | FRA | Romain Brégerie |
| 40 | GK | FRA | Damien Dropsy |

### 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. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 4 | DF | POR | Beto (on loan to Recreativo de Huelva) |
| 7 | FW | FRA | Lilian Laslandes (to Nice) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | MF | FRA | Ted Lavie (on loan to Gueugnon) |

## Competitions

### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Ligue 1 | 5 August 2006 | 26 May 2007 | Matchday 1 | 6th | 38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 39 | 35 | +4 | 042.11 |
| Coupe de France | 6 January 2007 | 31 January 2007 | Round of 64 | Round of 16 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 033.33 |
| Coupe de la Ligue | 25 October 2006 | 31 March 2007 | Round of 16 | Winners | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 100.00 |
| Champions League | 25 October 2006 | 17 January 2006 | Group stage | Group stage | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 033.33 |
| UEFA Cup | 14 February 2007 | 22 February 2007 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 53 | 23 | 13 | 17 | 57 | 49 | +8 | 043.40 |

Source: Competitions

### Ligue 1

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 | Rennes | 38 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 38 | 30 | +8 | 57 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Lens | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 47 | 41 | +6 | 57 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round |
| 6 | Bordeaux | 38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 39 | 35 | +4 | 57 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 7 | Sochaux | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 46 | 48 | −2 | 57 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 8 | Auxerre | 38 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 54 | |

* ↑ Bordeaux, the winner of the Coupe de la Ligue, is awarded entry to the 2007–08 UEFA Cup. The winners of the Coupe de France, Sochaux also have been awarded entry to the 2007–08 UEFA Cup.

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

Source: Ligue 1

**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 |
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| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A |
| Result | W | W | L | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | D | W | W | L | L | D | W | D | W | L | L | W | L | W | D | W | D | W | D | D | W | W | D | L | D | L |
| Position | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 |

### Champions League

**Group stage**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Liverpool | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 13 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | PSV Eindhoven | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Bordeaux | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 7 | Transfer to UEFA Cup |
| 4 | Galatasaray | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 4 | |
