2006–07 Kilmarnock F.C. season

Kilmarnock
2006–07 season
Chairman	Michael Johnston
Manager	Jim Jefferies
Stadium	Rugby Park
SPL	Fifth place
Scottish Cup	Third round
League Cup	Runners-Up
Top goalscorer	League: Steven Naismith (15); All: Steven 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
	← 2005–06 2007–08 →

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.

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	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 Athletic	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	Heart of Midlothian	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 Athletic	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	Heart of Midlothian	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 Athletic	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	Heart of Midlothian	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	Heart of Midlothian	H	1–0	11,030	Naismith 82’ (Pen.)

Scottish League Cup

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
Second Round	22 August 2006	Queen of the South	A	2–1(a.e.t.)^[4]	2,452	Murray 75' Naismith 113'
Third Round	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
Third Round	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
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	SCO	Alan Combe	13	0	11+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
2	MF	SCO	James Fowler	44	0	38+0	0	5+0	0	1+0	0
3	DF	SCO	Garry Hay	33	1	28+0	1	4+0	0	1+0	0
4	DF	SCO	David Lilley	7	0	7+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
5	DF	SCO	Gordon Greer	39	2	33+0	1	5+0	1	1+0	0
6	DF	JAM	Simon Ford	20	0	12+4	0	2+1	0	1+0	0
7	FW	SCO	Steven Naismith	43	19	35+2	15	5+0	4	1+0	0
8	MF	SCO	Gary Locke	15	0	4+8	0	0+3	0	0+0	0
9	FW	SCO	Colin Nish	39	14	24+9	13	4+1	0	1+0	1
10	FW	SCO	Gary Wales	34	5	21+7	4	2+3	1	1+0	0
11	FW	AUS	Danny Invincible	28	3	24+1	2	2+0	1	1+0	0
12	MF	SCO	Allan Johnston	34	0	25+3	0	4+1	0	1+0	0
13	GK	SCO	Graeme Smith	31	0	27+0	0	3+0	0	1+0	0
14	DF	SCO	Frazer Wright	41	4	35+0	1	5+0	3	1+0	0
15	DF	SCO	Grant Murray	30	1	27+0	0	3+0	1	0+0	0
16	MF	SCO	Rhian Dodds	9	0	3+6	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
17	FW	SCO	Andrew Barrowman	3	0	0+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
17	MF	SCO	Willie Gibson	7	0	1+6	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
18	FW	SCO	Paul Di Giacomo	24	6	8+14	6	1+1	0	0+0	0
19	MF	SCO	Stevie Murray	16	0	3+9	0	1+2	0	0+1	0
20	FW	ESP	David Fernández	19	0	7+10	0	1+1	0	0+0	0
21	DF	SCO	Ryan O'Leary	7	0	5+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
22	MF	SCO	Peter Leven	31	1	20+7	1	4+0	0	0+0	0
23	MF	SCO	Jamie Hamill	4	0	2+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
24	FW	SCO	Robert Campbell	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
25	MF	SCO	Jamie Adams	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
26	GK	SCO	Cameron Bell	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
27	FW	GUI	Momo Sylla	12	0	10+1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
28	DF	SCO	Iain Campbell	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
29	MF	SCO	Rocco Quinn	7	0	6+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
38	MF	SCO	Iain Flannigan	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
43	DF	FRA	Eric Skora	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
44	GK	RSA	Chad Harpur	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
46	FW	CIV	Aimé Koudou	5	0	2+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^[a]
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:

^ 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

^ "Scottish Premiership Table 2006-07". espnfc.com. ESPN FC. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
^ "Kilmarnock 1-5 Hibernian". BBC Sport. BBC. 18 March 2007. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
^ "Morton 3-1 Kilmarnock". BBC Sport. BBC. 6 January 2007. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
^ "Queen of the South 1-2 Kilmarnock". BBC Sport. BBC. 22 August 2006. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
^ "Kilmarnock 2-1 Livingston". BBC Sport. BBC. 19 September 2006. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
^ "Kilmarnock 3-2 Motherwell". BBC Sport. BBC. 7 November 2006. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
^ "Kilmarnock 3-0 Falkirk". BBC Sport. BBC. 30 January 2007. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
^ "Kilmarnock 1-5 Hibernian". BBC Sport. BBC. 18 March 2007. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
^ "Morton 3-1 Kilmarnock". BBC Sport. BBC. 6 January 2007. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
^ "Kilmarnock 2006/07 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
^ "Scottish Premiership 2006/2007". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
^ "Murray completes move to Killie". BBC Sport. BBC. 12 July 2006. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
^ "Kilmarnock sign Striker Barrowman". BBC Sport. BBC. 26 July 2006. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
^ "Kilmarnock wrap up Fernandez deal". BBC Sport. BBC. 18 August 2006. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
^ "Killie sign up Campbell from Pars". BBC Sport. BBC. 30 August 2006. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
^ "South African keeper joins Killie". BBC Sport. BBC. 8 September 2006. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
^ "Kilmarnock sign Leicester's Sylla". BBC Sport. BBC. 11 January 2007. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
^ "Quinn relishes Killie loan move". BBC Sport. BBC. 19 January 2007. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
^ "Killie sign Koudou, monitor Skora". BBC Sport. BBC. 13 February 2007. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
^ "Kilmarnock snap up winger Gibson". BBC Sport. BBC. 27 January 2007. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
^ "Oldham sign Killie star McDonald". BBC Sport. BBC. 18 June 2006. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
^ "Campbell replaces McManus at Dens". BBC Sport. BBC. 7 August 2006. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
^ "What's the story over mourning Rory". dailyrecord.co.uk. Daily Record. 9 August 2006. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
^ "Killie's Barrowman on Queens loan". BBC Sport. BBC. 21 September 2006. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
^ "Kilmarnock snap up winger Gibson". BBC Sport. BBC. 27 January 2007. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
^ "Kilmarnock snap up winger Gibson". BBC Sport. BBC. 27 January 2007. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
^ "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)

[11] 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.

[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.

[3] "Morton 3-1 Kilmarnock". BBC Sport. BBC. 6 January 2007. Retrieved 15 April 2020.

[4] "Queen of the South 1-2 Kilmarnock". BBC Sport. BBC. 22 August 2006. Retrieved 15 April 2020.

[5] "Kilmarnock 2-1 Livingston". BBC Sport. BBC. 19 September 2006. Retrieved 15 April 2020.

[6] "Kilmarnock 3-2 Motherwell". BBC Sport. BBC. 7 November 2006. Retrieved 15 April 2020.

[7] "Kilmarnock 3-0 Falkirk". BBC Sport. BBC. 30 January 2007. Retrieved 15 April 2020.

[8] "Kilmarnock 1-5 Hibernian". BBC Sport. BBC. 18 March 2007. Retrieved 15 April 2020.

[9] "Morton 3-1 Kilmarnock". BBC Sport. BBC. 6 January 2007. Retrieved 15 April 2020.

[stats-10] "Kilmarnock 2006/07 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 14 October 2020.

[12] "Scottish Premiership 2006/2007". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 22 April 2020.

[13] "Murray completes move to Killie". BBC Sport. BBC. 12 July 2006. Retrieved 22 April 2020.

[14] "Kilmarnock sign Striker Barrowman". BBC Sport. BBC. 26 July 2006. Retrieved 22 April 2020.

[15] "Kilmarnock wrap up Fernandez deal". BBC Sport. BBC. 18 August 2006. Retrieved 22 April 2020.

[16] "Killie sign up Campbell from Pars". BBC Sport. BBC. 30 August 2006. Retrieved 16 October 2020.

[17] "South African keeper joins Killie". BBC Sport. BBC. 8 September 2006. Retrieved 24 April 2020.

[18] "Kilmarnock sign Leicester's Sylla". BBC Sport. BBC. 11 January 2007. Retrieved 22 April 2020.

[19] "Quinn relishes Killie loan move". BBC Sport. BBC. 19 January 2007. Retrieved 22 April 2020.

[20] "Killie sign Koudou, monitor Skora". BBC Sport. BBC. 13 February 2007. Retrieved 22 April 2020.

[21] "Kilmarnock snap up winger Gibson". BBC Sport. BBC. 27 January 2007. Retrieved 22 April 2020.

[22] "Oldham sign Killie star McDonald". BBC Sport. BBC. 18 June 2006. Retrieved 22 April 2020.

[23] "Campbell replaces McManus at Dens". BBC Sport. BBC. 7 August 2006. Retrieved 22 April 2020.

[24] "What's the story over mourning Rory". dailyrecord.co.uk. Daily Record. 9 August 2006. Retrieved 22 April 2020.

[25] "Killie's Barrowman on Queens loan". BBC Sport. BBC. 21 September 2006. Retrieved 22 April 2020.

[26] "Kilmarnock snap up winger Gibson". BBC Sport. BBC. 27 January 2007. Retrieved 22 April 2020.

[27] "Kilmarnock snap up winger Gibson". BBC Sport. BBC. 27 January 2007. Retrieved 22 April 2020.

[28] "Montrose 0-2 Queen's Park". BBC Sport. BBC. 17 March 2007. Retrieved 22 April 2020.

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v t e 2006–07 in Scottish football
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Domestic leagues	Premier League Football League First Division Second Division Third Division Highland League Women's Premier League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Final Challenge Cup Final Junior Cup Women's Cup Women's League Cup
European competitions	Champions League UEFA Cup Final Intertoto Cup
Related to national team	Results Euro 2008 qualifying
Club seasons
Premier League	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Inverness Caledonian Thistle Kilmarnock Motherwell Rangers St Mirren
First Division	Airdrie United Clyde Dundee Gretna Hamilton Academical Livingston Queen of the South Partick Thistle Ross County St. Johnstone
Second Division	Alloa Athletic Ayr United Brechin City Cowdenbeath Forfar Athletic Greenock Morton Peterhead Raith Rovers Stirling Albion Stranraer
Third Division	Albion Rovers Arbroath Berwick Rangers Dumbarton East Fife East Stirlingshire Elgin City Montrose Queen's Park Stenhousemuir
Major transfer deals 2006–07