2006–07 Paris Saint-Germain F.C. season

Paris Saint-Germain
2006–07 season
President	Alain Cayzac
Head coach	Guy Lacombe; (until January); Paul Le Guen; (from January 15)
Stadium	Parc des Princes
Ligue 1	15th
Coupe de la Ligue	Round of 16
Coupe de France	Quarter-finals
UEFA Cup	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Pauleta (15); All: ; Pauleta (24)

During the 2006–07 French football season, Paris Saint-Germain competed in Ligue 1.

Season summary

Manager Guy Lacombe was sacked in January with PSG in 17th and in danger of relegation. Former player Paul Le Guen, who had previously won three consecutive titles with Lyon, came as his successor and ensured safety with a 15th-placed finish.

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[1]

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Mickaël Landreau
4	DF	David Rozehnal
5	DF	Bernard Mendy
6	DF	Mario Yepes
7	FW	Péguy Luyindula[notes 1]
8	MF	Édouard Cissé
9	FW	Pauleta
10	MF	Marcelo Gallardo
11	FW	Amara Diané
12	DF	Larrys Mabiala[notes 2]
13	FW	Pierre-Alain Frau
14	FW	David N'Gog
15	MF	Bonaventure Kalou
16	GK	Jérôme Alonzo
17	DF	Sammy Traoré[notes 3]

No.	Position	Player
18	FW	Samuel Piètre
19	FW	Youssouf Mulumbu[notes 4]
20	MF	Clément Chantôme
21	MF	Cristian Rodríguez
22	DF	Sylvain Armand
23	MF	Jérémy Clément
24	MF	David Hellebuyck
25	MF	Jérôme Rothen
26	DF	Boukary Dramé[notes 5]
27	MF	Albert Baning
30	GK	Nicolas Cousin
31	DF	Jean-Yves Mvoto
32	FW	Yannick Boli
33	MF	Granddi Ngoyi[notes 6]
	DF	Mamadou Sakho

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
7	MF	Fabrice Pancrate (on loan to Real Betis)
10	MF	Vikash Dhorasoo (sacked)
12	DF	Jean-Hugues Ateba (to Châteauroux)
19	FW	Franck Dja Djédjé (on loan to GF38)

No.	Position	Player
20	FW	Carlos Bueno (on loan to Sporting CP)
23	MF	Modeste M'bami (to Marseille)
28	DF	Paulo César (to Toulouse)

Competitions

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
13	Nancy	38	13	10	15	37	44	−7	49
14	Lorient	38	12	13	13	33	40	−7	49
15	Paris Saint-Germain	38	12	12	14	42	42	0	48
16	Nice	38	9	16	13	34	40	−6	43
17	Valenciennes	38	11	10	17	36	48	−12	43

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	12	12	14	42	42	0	48	7	5	7	24	23	+1	5	7	7	18	19	−1

Source: LFP.fr

Results by match

Match	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
Ground	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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	D	W	L	L	W	D	L	W	D	W	L	D	L	D	D	L	D	D	L	L	D	D	W	W	L	L	L	L	W	W	D	W	W	D	L	W	W
Position	13	13	10	12	15	14	13	14	12	13	10	12	12	14	13	13	14	15	15	17	17	16	17	16	15	17	18	19	19	17	16	17	15	15	15	15	15	15

Source: LFP.fr
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Coupe de France

7 January 2007 Round of 64	Paris Saint-Germain	3–0	Nîmes Olympique	Paris
15:00	Kalou 9', 58' Pauleta 22'	Report	Poulain 47'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 12,079 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy

21 January 2007 Round of 32	Paris Saint-Germain	1–0	Gueugnon	Paris
15:15	Chantôme 40' Kalou 66'	Report	Touré 24' Bernardet 60'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Saïd Ennjimi

30 January 2007 Round of 16	Paris Saint-Germain	1–0	Valenciennes	Paris
20:45	Rodríguez 55' Yepes 90'	Report	Bratu 32' Haddad 44' Hassli 62'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 15,737 Referee: Philippe Kalt

28 February 2007 Quarter-final	Sochaux	2–1	Paris Saint-Germain	Montbéliard
21:00	Isabey 25' Dagano 40' Afolabi 67' Tošić 72'	Report	Afolabi 75' (o.g.) Rothen 83'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Attendance: 18,054 Referee: Laurent Duhamel

Coupe de la Ligue

20 September 2006 Round of 32	Paris Saint-Germain	3–1	Lorient	Paris
21:00	Pauleta 58', 61' Pancrate 65' Armand 48' Rodríguez 90+1'	Report	Barry 27'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 17,525 Referee: Philippe Malige

25 October 2006 Round of 16	Lyon	2–1	Paris Saint-Germain	Lyon
21:00	Squillaci 25' Vercoutre 57' Wiltord 88', 90'	Report	Rodríguez 15' César 58' (pen.) Mulumbu 84' Chantôme 90'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 35,816 Referee: Stéphane Bré

UEFA Cup

First round

14 September 2006 First leg	Derry City	0–0	Paris Saint-Germain	Derry, Northern Ireland
20:00		Report		Stadium: Brandywell Stadium Referee: Richard Havrilla (Slovakia)

28 September 2006 Second leg	Paris Saint-Germain	2–0 (2–0 agg.)	Derry City	Paris, France
21:00	Cissé 7' Pauleta 42'	Report		Stadium: Parc des Princes Referee: Oleh Oriekhov (Ukraine)

Group stage

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Panathinaikos	4	2	1	1	3	4	−1	7
Paris Saint-Germain	4	1	2	1	6	4	+2	5
Hapoel Tel Aviv	4	1	2	1	7	7	0	5
Rapid București	4	0	4	0	3	3	0	4
Mladá Boleslav	4	0	3	1	2	3	−1	3

Source:

19 October 2006 1	Rapid București	0–0	Paris Saint-Germain	Bucharest, Romania
20:00		Report		Stadium: Stadionul Giulești-Valentin Stănescu Referee: Nikolai Ivanov (Russia)

23 November 2006 2	Paris Saint-Germain	2–4	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Paris, France
20:45	Frau 14' Pauleta 25'	Report	Tuama 2', 6' Badir 44' Barda 57'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Referee: Michael Weiner (Germany)

30 November 2006 3	Mladá Boleslav	0–0	Paris Saint-Germain	Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic
20:45		Report		Stadium: Městský stadion Referee: Novo Panić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

13 December 2006 4	Paris Saint-Germain	4–0	Panathinaikos	Paris, France
20:45	Pauleta 29', 47' Kalou 52', 54'	Report		Stadium: Parc des Princes Referee: Carlos Megía Dávila (Spain)

Knockout phase

Round of 32

14 February 2007 First leg	AEK Athens	0–2	Paris Saint-Germain	Athens, Greece
20:45		Report	Traoré 45+1' Mendy 88'	Stadium: OACA Spyro Louis Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)

22 February 2007 Second leg	Paris Saint-Germain	2–0 (4–0 agg.)	AEK Athens	Paris, France
20:45	Frau 42' Mendy 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Parc des Princes Referee: Gianluca Paparesta (Italy)

Round of 16

8 March 2007 First leg	Paris Saint-Germain	2–1	Benfica	Paris, France
20:45	Pauleta 36' Frau 41'	Report	Simão 9'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 43,000 Referee: Graham Poll (England)

15 March 2007 Second leg	Benfica	3–1 (4–3 agg.)	Paris Saint-Germain	Lisbon, Portugal
22:00	Simão 12', 88' (pen.) Petit 27'	Report	Pauleta 32'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 58,800 Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)

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References

http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/france/2006-2007/ligue1/psg.htm

Notes

Luyindula was born in Kinshasa, Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo, but also qualified to represent France internationally and represented them at U-21 level before making his international debut for France in 2004.
Mabiala was born in Montfermeil, France, and represented them at U-21 level, but also qualifies to represent the Democratic Republic of the Congo internationally and would make his international debut for the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2008.
Traoré was born in Créteil, France, but also qualified to represent Mali internationally and made his international debut for Mali in 2001.
Mulumbu was born in Kinshasa, Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo, but also qualified to represent France internationally and represented them at U-20 and U-21 level before making his international debut for the Democratic Republic of the Congo in March 2008.
Dramé was born in Villepinte, France, but also qualified to represent Senegal internationally and made his international debut for Senegal in 2005.
Ngoyi was born in Melun, France, and represented them at U-21 and U-19 level, but also qualifies to represent the Democratic Republic of the Congo internationally and would make his international debut for the Democratic Republic of the Congo in July 2011.

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[1] ttp://www.footballsquads.co.uk/france/2006-2007/ligue1/psg.htm

[2] Luyindula was born in Kinshasa, Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo, but also qualified to represent France internationally and represented them at U-21 level before making his international debut for France in 2004.

[3] Mabiala was born in Montfermeil, France, and represented them at U-21 level, but also qualifies to represent the Democratic Republic of the Congo internationally and would make his international debut for the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2008.

[4] Traoré was born in Créteil, France, but also qualified to represent Mali internationally and made his international debut for Mali in 2001.

[5] Mulumbu was born in Kinshasa, Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo, but also qualified to represent France internationally and represented them at U-20 and U-21 level before making his international debut for the Democratic Republic of the Congo in March 2008.

[6] Dramé was born in Villepinte, France, but also qualified to represent Senegal internationally and made his international debut for Senegal in 2005.

[7] Ngoyi was born in Melun, France, and represented them at U-21 and U-19 level, but also qualifies to represent the Democratic Republic of the Congo internationally and would make his international debut for the Democratic Republic of the Congo in July 2011.

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