2006–07 FC Utrecht season

FC Utrecht

2006–07 season
Manager	Foeke Booy
Eredivisie	9th
KNVB Cup	Quarter final

The 2006–07 season saw FC Utrecht's compete in the Eredivise where they finished in 9th position with 48 points. They entered the end of season play-offs where they won the UEFA Intertoto Cup ticket after beating Vitesse Arnhem.

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	Feyenoord	34	15	8	11	56	66	−10	53	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round playoff
8	Groningen	34	15	6	13	54	54	0	51
9	Utrecht	34	13	9	12	41	44	−3	48
10	NEC	34	12	8	14	36	44	−8	44	Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round playoff
11	NAC Breda	34	12	7	15	43	54	−11	43

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

Results

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Eredivisie

Main article: 2006–07 Eredivisie

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	19 August 2006	Willem II	A	1 – 2	11,300	Fortuné 2'
2	26 August 2006	Sparta Rotterdam	H	2 – 2	19,000	Caluwé (2) 25', 45'
3	10 September 2006	RKC Waalwijk	H	5 – 0	19,000	Fortuné 15', Kopteff (2) 19', 41', Cornelisse 43'
4	16 September 2006	Heracles Almelo	A	0 – 3	8,500
5	24 September 2006	Heerenveen	H	1 – 0	19,000	van Dijk 90'
6	1 October 2006	Ajax	H	2 – 3	24,000	van Dijk 80', Fortuné 85'
7	15 October 2006	Excelsior	A	1 – 0	2,835	van der Gun 45'
8	22 October 2006	ADO Den Haag	H	2 – 0	20,000	Kruys 37', van der Gun 37'
9	26 October 2006	NAC Breda	A	1 – 2	14,834	Fortuné 50'
10	29 October 2006	AZ	A	1 – 5	15,297	Fortuné 90'
11	2 November 2006	Twente	H	0 – 0	19,700
12	12 November 2006	Vitesse Arnhem	A	2 – 4	17,850	Kopteff 71', Nelisse 76'
13	19 November 2006	Roda JC	H	2 – 0	17,250	Kruys 25', van Dijk 69'
14	25 November 2006	PSV Eindhoven	A	0 – 5	33,114
15	3 December 2006	Groningen	H	3 – 0	20,000	Keller 4', van der Gun (2) 32', 52'
16	9 December 2006	NEC	A	0 – 2	12,000
17	17 December 2006	Feyenoord	H	2 – 1	21,750	van Dijk 9', Nelisse 17'
18	24 December 2006	RKC Waalwijk	A	1 – 1	5,000	Caluwé 24'
19	27 December 2006	Heracles Almelo	H	0 – 0	19,500
20	27 December 2006	Heerenveen	A	0 – 0	25,200
21	21 January 2007	Ajax	A	0 – 2	44,940
22	27 January 2007	Excelsior	H	1 – 0	18,500	Somers 42'
23	4 February 2007	ADO Den Haag	A	1 – 1	7,160	Caluwé 17'
24	11 February 2007	NAC Breda	H	1 – 0	18,750	Kopteff 76'
25	18 February 2007	Feyenoord	A	0 – 2	38,000
26	23 February 2007	NEC	H	3 – 0	19,000	Somers 45', Rossini 48', Caluwé 63'
27	4 March 2007	AZ	H	0 – 4	19,000
28	9 March 2007	Roda JC	A	0 – 0	13,823
29	18 March 2007	Vitesse Arnhem	H	2 – 0	21,400	Dickoh 20', Caluwé 51'
30	1 April 2007	Twente	A	0 – 3	13,350
31	8 April 2007	Willem II	H	3 – 0	21,230	Caluwé 14', Somers 29', Cornelisse 66'
32	13 April 2007	Sparta Rotterdam	A	1 – 1	10,000	George 68'
33	22 April 2007	PSV Eindhoven	H	1 – 1	23,000	Schut 86'
34	29 April 2007	Groningen	A	2 – 0	19,500	Loval 6', Keller 33'

UEFA Cup play-offs

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	9 May 2007	Roda JC	H	0 – 0	12,500
2	12 May 2007	Roda JC	A	1 – 1	14,521	Cornelisse 38'
3	17 May 2007	Groningen	H	0 – 2	15,500
4	20 May 2007	Groningen	A	1 – 2	19,345	van Dijk 79'

UEFA Intertoto Cup play-off

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	24 May 2007	Vitesse Arnhem	A	2 – 2	8,750	Rossini 64', Loval 67'
2	27 May 2007	Vitesse Arnhem	H	0 – 0	13,500

KNVB Cup

Main article: 2006–07 KNVB Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1	19 September 2006	AGOVV Apeldoorn	H	3 – 1	5,500	Fortuné 14', Caluwé 43', Dickoh 71'
R2	9 November 2006	Rijnsburgse Boys	H	5 – 0	5,000	van Dijk 37', Kruys 71', Nelisse (2) 73', 78', Fortuné 75'
R3	24 January 2007	RBC Roosendaal	H	1 – 0	7,100	Kruys 68'
QF	28 February 2007	AZ	H	1 – 2	14,500	Loval 54'

Squad statistics

No.	Pos.	Name	Eredivisie		KNVB Cup		Play-offs		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Joost Terol	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	Tim Cornelisse	29	3	4	0	5	1	38	4
3	DF	Leen van Steensel	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
5	DF	Etienne Shew-Atjon	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
6	MF	Jean-Paul de Jong	21	0	2	0	3	0	26	0
7	MF	Darl Douglas	11	0	1	0	0	0	12	0
7	MF	Ali Boussaboun	4	0	1	0	6	0	11	0
8	DF	Joost Broerse	28	0	4	0	3	0	35	0
9	FW	Robin Nelisse	18	2	3	2	3	0	24	4
10	MF	Tom Caluwé	33	7	4	1	6	0	43	8
11	FW	Cedric van der Gun	18	4	2	0	0	0	20	4
12	MF	Dwight Tiendalli	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
12	MF	Lucian Sânmărtean	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
13	GK	Michel Vorm	33	0	4	0	5	0	42	0
14	MF	Peter Kopteff	30	4	3	0	3	0	36	4
15	FW	Marc-Antoine Fortuné	22	5	3	2	0	0	25	7
16	GK	Franck Grandel	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
17	DF	Alje Schut	7	1	0	0	6	0	13	1
18	MF	Gregoor van Dijk	28	4	4	1	6	1	38	6
19	FW	Giuseppe Rossini	17	1	1	0	4	1	22	2
20	FW	Loïc Loval	12	1	1	1	6	1	19	3
20	DF	Edson Braafheid	13	0	2	0	0	0	15	0
21	MF	Rick Kruys	27	2	4	2	3	0	34	4
22	DF	Sander Keller	8	2	0	0	5	0	13	2
23	MF	Hans Somers	31	3	3	0	3	0	37	3
24	FW	Nassir Maachi	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
25	DF	Francis Dickoh	29	1	3	1	5	0	37	2
30	MF	Jasper Bolland	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
36	DF	Erik Pieters	20	0	3	0	6	0	29	0
38	DF	Ramon Leeuwin	8	2	0	0	5	0	13	2
41	MF	Leroy George	3	1	0	0	4	0	7	1

External links

• Utrecht 2006–07 at Voetbal International
• Squad numbers at footballsquads.co.uk