2006–07 Kilmarnock F.C. season

The 2006–07 season was Kilmarnock's eighth consecutive season in the Scottish Premier League, having competed in it since its inauguration in 1998–99. Kilmarnock also competed in the Scottish Cup, and reached the League Cup final.

Kilmarnock

2006–07 season
Chairman	Michael Johnston
Manager	Jim Jefferies
Stadium	Rugby Park
SPL	Fifth place
Scottish Cup	Third round, lost to Greenock Morton
League Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Naismith (15) All: Naismith (19)
Highest home attendance	13,623 v Celtic, SPL, 22 April 2007
Lowest home attendance	4,750 v Dunfermline Athletic, SPL, 2 December 2006
Average home league attendance	7,564
Home colours Away colours

Summary

Season

Kilmarnock finished fifth in the Scottish Premier League with 55 points, the same standing and points tally as the previous season.[1] They reached the final of the Scottish League Cup, but were beaten by Hibernian.[2] Kilmarnock also reached the third round of the Scottish Cup, losing to Greenock Morton.[3]

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-Season

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
11 July 2006	Queen of the South F.C.	A	2–2		Invincible Naismith
15 July 2006	Elgin City	A	3–0	650	Di Giacomo, Barrowman (Trialist)
16 July 2006	Ross County	A	0–1
20 July 2006	West Bromwich Albion	H	2–1		Di Giacomo, Nish
22 July 2006	Preston North End	H	1–1	2,255	Di Giacomo

Scottish Premier League

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	29 July 2006	Celtic	A	1–4	54,620	Naismith 87’
2	5 August 2006	Hibernian	H	2–1	6,299	Nish 48’ Naismith 72’
3	12 August 2006	Dundee United	H	0–0	5,328
4	19 August 2006	Falkirk	A	2–1	5,022	Wales 45’ Di Giacomo 87’
5	27 August 2006	Rangers	H	2–2	13,506	Wright 63’ Naismith 90’ (Pen.)
6	9 September 2006	Dunfermline	A	2–3	4,510	Invincible 9’ Wales 52’
7	16 September 2006	St Mirren	A	1–0	5,277	Broadfoot (o.g.) 70’
8	23 September 2006	Inverness CT	H	1–1	4,809	Nish 7’
9	30 September 2006	Motherwell	A	0–5	4,765
10	14 October 2006	Aberdeen	H	1–0	5,744	Wales 69’
11	21 October 2006	Hearts	A	2–0	16,849	Invincible 28’ Wales 35’
12	29 October 2006	Celtic	H	1–2	10,083	Nish 49’
13	4 November 2006	Hibernian	A	2–2	13,510	Martis 49’ (o.g.) 18’ Naismith 65’
14	11 November 2006	Dundee United	A	0–1	5,815
15	18 November 2006	Falkirk	H	2–1	5,666	Hay 59’ O’Donnell 70’ (o.g.) 70’
16	26 November 2006	Rangers	A	0–3	48,289
17	2 December 2006	Dunfermline	H	5–1	4,750	Greer 7’ Di Giacomo 19’, 25’ Nish 27’, 72
18	9 December 2006	St Mirren	H	1–1	5,978	Di Giacomo 54’
19	16 December 2006	Inverness CT	A	4–3	3,728	Naismith 29’, 68’ (Pen.) Nish 35’, 50’
20	23 December 2006	Motherwell	H	1–2	5,576	Naismith 38’
21	26 December 2006	Aberdeen	A	1–3	11,887	Naismith 89’
22	30 December 2006	Hearts	H	0–0	7,302
23	2 January 2007	Celtic	A	0–2	57,236
24	15 January 2007	Hibernian	H	0–2	4,963
25	20 January 2007	Dundee United	H	1–0	5,169	Leven 61’
26	27 January 2007	Falkirk	A	2–0	4,696	Nish 22’ Naismith 28’
27	11 February 2007	Rangers	H	1–3	11,894	Naismith 73’
28	17 February 2007	Dunfermline	A	1–1	4,500	Naismith 10’
29	3 March 2007	St Mirren	A	2–0	4,778	Nish 59’, 79
30	10 March 2007	Inverness CT	H	3–2	7,630	Di Giacomo 17’, 27’ Naismith 40’
31	31 March 2007	Aberdeen	H	1–2	7,236	Naismith 86’
32	3 April 2007	Motherwell	A	1–0	3,784	Nish 90’
33	7 April 2007	Hearts	A	0–1	17,019
34	22 April 2007	Celtic	H	1–2	13,623	Nish 50’
35	28 April 2007	Aberdeen	A	0–3	10,046
36	5 May 2007	Hibernian	A	1–0	10,674	Nish 49’
37	13 May 2007	Rangers	A	1–0	50,085	Naismith 53’
38	20 May 2007	Hearts	H	1–0	11,030	Naismith 82’ (Pen.)

Scottish League Cup

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R2	22 August 2006	Queen of the South	A	2–1(a.e.t.)[4]	2,452	Murray 75' Naismith 113'
R3	19 September 2006	Livingston	H	2–1(a.e.t.)[5]	3,573	Wales 57’ Wright 115’
Quarter–Final	7 November 2006	Motherwell	H	3–2[6]	5,601	Wright 7’, 45’ Invincible 71’
Semi–Final	30 January 2007	Falkirk	N	3–0[7]	10,722	Naismith 30’, 71’, 78’ (Pen.)
Final	18 March 2007	Hibernian	N	1–5[8]	52,000	Greer 77’

Scottish Cup

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R3	6 January 2007	Greenock Morton	A	1–3[9]	6,649	Nish 47’

Player statistics

As of 20 May 2007 (UTC)[10]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		League Cup		Scottish Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Alan Combe	13	0	11+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
2	MF		James Fowler	44	0	38+0	0	5+0	0	1+0	0
3	DF		Garry Hay	33	1	28+0	1	4+0	0	1+0	0
4	DF		David Lilley	7	0	7+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
5	DF		Gordon Greer	39	2	33+0	1	5+0	1	1+0	0
6	DF		Simon Ford	20	0	12+4	0	2+1	0	1+0	0
7	FW		Steven Naismith	43	19	35+2	15	5+0	4	1+0	0
8	MF		Gary Locke	15	0	4+8	0	0+3	0	0+0	0
9	FW		Colin Nish	39	14	24+9	13	4+1	0	1+0	1
10	FW		Gary Wales	34	5	21+7	4	2+3	1	1+0	0
11	FW		Danny Invincible	28	3	24+1	2	2+0	1	1+0	0
12	MF		Allan Johnston	34	0	25+3	0	4+1	0	1+0	0
13	GK		Graeme Smith	31	0	27+0	0	3+0	0	1+0	0
14	DF		Frazer Wright	41	4	35+0	1	5+0	3	1+0	0
15	DF		Grant Murray	30	1	27+0	0	3+0	1	0+0	0
16	MF		Rhian Dodds	9	0	3+6	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
17	FW		Andrew Barrowman	3	0	0+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
17	MF		Willie Gibson	7	0	1+6	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
18	FW		Paul Di Giacomo	24	6	8+14	6	1+1	0	0+0	0
19	MF		Stevie Murray	16	0	3+9	0	1+2	0	0+1	0
20	FW		David Fernández	19	0	7+10	0	1+1	0	0+0	0
21	DF		Ryan O'Leary	7	0	5+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
22	MF		Peter Leven	31	1	20+7	1	4+0	0	0+0	0
23	MF		Jamie Hamill	4	0	2+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
24	FW		Robert Campbell	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
25	MF		Jamie Adams	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
26	GK		Cameron Bell	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
27	FW		Momo Sylla	12	0	10+1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
28	DF		Iain Campbell	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
29	MF		Rocco Quinn	7	0	6+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
38	MF		Iain Flannigan	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
43	DF		Eric Skora	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
44	GK		Chad Harpur	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
46	FW		Aimé Koudou	5	0	2+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
3	Aberdeen	38	19	8	11	55	38	+17	65	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4	Heart of Midlothian	38	17	10	11	47	35	+12	61
5	Kilmarnock	38	16	7	15	47	54	−7	55
6	Hibernian	38	13	10	15	56	46	+10	49
7	Falkirk	38	15	5	18	49	47	+2	50

Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Notes:

1. Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.

Division summary

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
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	A	H
Result	L	W	D	W	D	L	W	D	L	W	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	D	W	L	L	D	L	L	W	W	L	D	W	W	L	W	L	L	L	W	W	W
Position	12	6	7	6	5	7	6	5	6	4	4	6	6	7	6	6	5	6	4	6	6	6	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	5

Source: [11]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers

Players in Player From Fee Grant Murray Partick Thistle Free[12] Andrew Barrowman Walsall Free[13] David Fernández Dundee United Free[14] Iain Campbell Dunfermline Athletic Undisclosed[15] Chad Harpur Dundee Free[16] Momo Sylla Leicester City Free[17] Rocco Quinn Celtic Loan[18] Aimé Koudou Airdrie United Free[19] Willie Gibson Queen of the South Undisclosed[20]

Players out Player To Fee Gary McDonald Oldham Athletic Free[21] Georgios Fotakis Egaleo Free Robert Campbell Dundee Loan[22] Rory Loy Rangers £20,000[23] Andrew Barrowman Queen of the South Loan[24] Jamie Adams Queen of the South Loan[25] Stevie Murray Queen of the South Loan[26] Cameron Bell Montrose Loan[27]

References

1. "Scottish Premiership Table 2006-07". espnfc.com. ESPN FC. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
2. "Kilmarnock 1-5 Hibernian". BBC Sport. BBC. 18 March 2007. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
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8. "Kilmarnock 1-5 Hibernian". BBC Sport. BBC. 18 March 2007. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
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11. "Scottish Premiership 2006/2007". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
12. "Murray completes move to Killie". BBC Sport. BBC. 12 July 2006. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
13. "Kilmarnock sign Striker Barrowman". BBC Sport. BBC. 26 July 2006. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
14. "Kilmarnock wrap up Fernandez deal". BBC Sport. BBC. 18 August 2006. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
15. "Killie sign up Campbell from Pars". BBC Sport. BBC. 30 August 2006. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
16. "South African keeper joins Killie". BBC Sport. BBC. 8 September 2006. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
17. "Kilmarnock sign Leicester's Sylla". BBC Sport. BBC. 11 January 2007. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
18. "Quinn relishes Killie loan move". BBC Sport. BBC. 19 January 2007. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
19. "Killie sign Koudou, monitor Skora". BBC Sport. BBC. 13 February 2007. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
20. "Kilmarnock snap up winger Gibson". BBC Sport. BBC. 27 January 2007. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
21. "Oldham sign Killie star McDonald". BBC Sport. BBC. 18 June 2006. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
22. "Campbell replaces McManus at Dens". BBC Sport. BBC. 7 August 2006. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
23. "What's the story over mourning Rory". dailyrecord.co.uk. Daily Record. 9 August 2006. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
24. "Killie's Barrowman on Queens loan". BBC Sport. BBC. 21 September 2006. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
25. "Kilmarnock snap up winger Gibson". BBC Sport. BBC. 27 January 2007. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
26. "Kilmarnock snap up winger Gibson". BBC Sport. BBC. 27 January 2007. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
27. "Montrose 0-2 Queen's Park". BBC Sport. BBC. 17 March 2007. Retrieved 22 April 2020.

External links

• Kilmarnock 2006–07 at Soccerbase.com (select relevant season from dropdown list)