La Liga 2006-07

La Liga 2006-07 season, the 76th since its establishment, started on August 27, 2006 and finished on June 17, 2007. Real Madrid won La Liga on the better head to head against Barcelona in one of its most thrilling seasons to date. Celta de Vigo, Real Sociedad and Gimnàstic de Tarragona were relegated.

Barça was in first place for much of the season while arch-rivals Real Madrid were six points behind and in fourth. However Barça began playing inconsistently after January, while Madrid's form improved in that same period. On May 12, 2007, Real Madrid took the league lead for the first time all season by defeating Espanyol 4-3, coming back from 1-3 first half deficit. The Sunday after Madrid won their epic battle with Espanyol, Barca dropped points with a 1-1 draw to struggling Real Betis. By virtue of their superior head to head record, Madrid sat at the top of La Liga with both teams having four league games left. [http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7007688383] On the penultimate day of the season, Barca failed to overcome city-rivals Espanyol in the Catalonia derby, drawing 2-2 thanks in part to a one-game suspension to Ronaldinho. In the final La Liga match, Barca thrashed Gimnastic 5-1, but Madrid came back from a 0-1 deficit to beat Mallorca 3-1 and clinch the title on head-to-head superiority.

Final League Table

"Last updated June 17, 2007"

Promoted to La Liga

* Real Valladolid
* Real Murcia
* UD Almería

=Top goal scorers (El Pichichi)=

"Last updated June 17, 2007" [http://www.lfp.es/competiciones/2006-07/primera/goleadores.asp?c=1]

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