2006–07 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season

The 2006–07 season was Tottenham Hotspur's 15th season in the Premier League and 29th successive season in the top division of the English football league system.

Tottenham Hotspur

2006–07 season
Chairman	Daniel Levy
Manager	Martin Jol
FA Premier League	5th
FA Cup	Quarter-finals
League Cup	Semi-finals
UEFA Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Dimitar Berbatov (12) All: Dimitar Berbatov (23)
Highest home attendance	36,162 (vs. West Ham United, 22 October)
Lowest home attendance	34,154 (vs. Middlesbrough, 5 December)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Season summary

Expectations were high at the beginning of the season, after only a bout of food poisoning amongst the squad prevented Spurs from pipping arch-rivals Arsenal to fourth place in the Premiership and UEFA Champions League qualification at the end of the previous season. However, the season was marred by injuries, particularly in defense, with Ledley King, Paul Stalteri, Benoît Assou-Ekotto, Lee Young-pyo, Anthony Gardner, Jermaine Jenas, Steed Malbranque and Teemu Tainio all suffering long-term injuries, while Didier Zokora, Dimitar Berbatov, Robbie Keane and Aaron Lennon all suffered short-term injuries during the season, causing Martin Jol to rarely have a settled first XI to pick for extended periods.

Tottenham's Premiership form in the first half of the season was erratic, although there was a famous home win over reigning champions Chelsea in November amongst the mire of mediocre results. Away form was poor during the first half of the season, but a vast improvement in the second half saw just two away losses from January to the end of the season, including one (narrow) defeat in their final six away games, against Chelsea, just 36 hours after playing a UEFA Cup tie in Spain. The improvement in Spurs' away form, good home performances and an excellent end to the season lifted Spurs into fifth position in the final table and UEFA Cup qualification for the second year running. Tottenham played attractive and effective football as Martin Jol made his mark on the squad, reaching the FA Cup quarter-final before losing 1–2 to Chelsea, having drawn 3–3 away, and the League Cup semi-finals, where they were knocked out by Arsenal after drawing 2–2 at home and losing 3–1 away in extra time. In the UEFA Cup Tottenham progressed to the quarter-finals, where they faced holders and eventual winners Sevilla in the quarter-finals, but were eliminated from the competition 4–3 on aggregate.

On 17 March 2007, Paul Robinson became only the third goalkeeper in Premiership history to score a goal, following his 80-yard lob in the 3–1 victory over Watford.

The highly effective Dimitar Berbatov–Robbie Keane strike partnership was rewarded when they were named joint Player of the Month for April.

Transfers

In

Date	Player	Previous club	Cost
June 2006	Benoît Assou-Ekotto	Lens	£3,500,000
July 2006	Didier Zokora	Saint-Étienne	£8,600,000
July 2006	Dimitar Berbatov	Bayer Leverkusen	£10,900,000
July 2006	Tomáš Pekhart	Slavia Prague	Free
July 2006	Dorian Dervite	Lille	Undisclosed
August 2006	Mido	Roma	Undisclosed
August 2006	Steed Malbranque	Fulham	£2,000,000
August 2006	Pascal Chimbonda	Wigan Athletic	£4,500,000
January 2007	Ben Alnwick	Sunderland	Player exchange
January 2007	Adel Taarabt	Lens	Undisclosed
January 2007	Ricardo Rocha	Benfica	£3,200,000
			Total
			£32,700,000+

Out

Date	Player	New club	Cost
June 2006	Marcel McKie	Released	Contract expiry
June 2006	Noureddine Naybet	Released	Contract expiry
June 2006	Goran Bunjevčević	Released	Contract expiry
June 2006	Mounir El Hamdaoui	Willem II	Free
June 2006	Dean Marney	Hull City	Undisclosed
June 2006	Stephen Kelly	Birmingham City	£750,000
June 2006	Michael Carrick	Manchester United	£18,600,000
August 2006	Andy Reid	Charlton Athletic	£3,000,000
January 2007	Edgar Davids	Ajax	Free
January 2007	Calum Davenport	West Ham United	£3,000,000
January 2007	Márton Fülöp	Sunderland	£500,000[1]
			£25,850,000

Loaned out

Date	Player	Club	Loan length
August 2006	Wayne Routledge	Fulham	Season
August 2006	Rodrigo Defendi	Roma	Season
August 2006	Mark Yeates	Hull City	Season
November 2006	Charlie Lee	Millwall	Eight months
January 2007	Reto Ziegler	Sampdoria	Six months
January 2007	Robert Burch	Barnet	Six months
March 2007	Charlie Daniels	Chesterfield	One month[2]

First-team squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ENG Paul Robinson 2 DF  FRA Pascal Chimbonda 3 DF  KOR Lee Young-pyo 4 MF  CIV Didier Zokora 6 MF  FIN Teemu Tainio 7 MF  CAN Paul Stalteri 8 MF  ENG Jermaine Jenas 9 FW  BUL Dimitar Berbatov 10 FW  IRL Robbie Keane 11 FW  EGY Mido 12 GK  CZE Radek Černý (on loan from Slavia Prague) 13 MF  ENG Danny Murphy 14 MF  EGY Hossam Ghaly 15 MF  FRA Steed Malbranque[3] 16 DF   SUI Reto Ziegler 17 GK  ENG Ben Alnwick 18 FW  ENG Jermain Defoe

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 MF  FRA Adel Taarabt[4] 20 DF  ENG Michael Dawson 22 MF  ENG Tom Huddlestone 24 MF  ENG Jamie O'Hara 25 MF  ENG Aaron Lennon 26 DF  ENG Ledley King (captain) 28 FW  ENG Lee Barnard 29 DF  ENG Philip Ifil 30 DF  ENG Anthony Gardner 32 DF  FRA Benoît Assou-Ekotto[5] 33 DF  POR Ricardo Rocha 35 DF  FRA Dorian Dervite 38 MF  ENG Charlie Lee 39 FW  ENG Andy Barcham 40 GK  ENG Robert Burch 45 FW  ENG Simon Dawkins

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. Pos. Nation Player 5 MF  NED Edgar Davids (to Ajax) 17 GK  HUN Márton Fülöp (to Sunderland)

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 MF  ENG Wayne Routledge (on loan to Fulham) 27 DF  ENG Calum Davenport (to West Ham United)

Competitions Overview

Competition	Record
	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Win %
Premier League	38	17	9	12	57	54	044.74
FA Cup	6	3	2	1	15	5	050.00
League Cup	5	3	1	1	12	6	060.00
UEFA Cup	10	8	1	1	20	10	080.00
Total	59	31	13	15	104	75	052.54

Results

Premier League

19 August 2006 1	Bolton Wanderers	2–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Bolton, Greater Manchester
	Davies  9' Campo  13'	Report		Stadium: Reebok Stadium Attendance: 22,899 Referee: Phil Dowd

22 August 2006 2	Tottenham Hotspur	2–0	Sheffield United	Haringey, London
	Berbatov  7' Jenas  17'	Report		Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 35,287 Referee: Peter Walton

26 August 2006 3	Tottenham Hotspur	0–2	Everton	Haringey, London
		Report	Davenport  53' (o.g.) Johnson  66'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 35,540 Referee: Mark Halsey

9 September 2006 4	Manchester United	1–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Trafford, Greater Manchester
	Giggs  8'	Report		Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 75,453 Referee: Mike Riley

17 September 2006 5	Tottenham Hotspur	0–0	Fulham	Haringey, London
		Report		Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,131 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

23 September 2006 6	Liverpool	3–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Liverpool, Merseyside
	González  63' Kuyt  73' Riise  89'	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 44,330 Referee: Howard Webb

1 October 2006 7	Tottenham Hotspur	2–1	Portsmouth	Haringey, London
	Murphy  2' Defoe  35' (pen.)	Report	Kanu  40'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,063 Referee: Chris Foy

14 October 2006 8	Aston Villa	1–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Aston, Birmingham
	Barry  81'	Report	Ángel  76' (o.g.)	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 42,551 Referee: Martin Atkinson

22 October 2006 9	Tottenham Hotspur	1–0	West Ham United	Haringey, London
	Mido  45'	Report		Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,162 Referee: Steve Bennett

28 October 2006 10	Watford	0–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Watford, Hertfordshire
		Report		Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 19,660 Referee: Uriah Rennie

5 November 2006 11	Tottenham Hotspur	2–1	Chelsea	Haringey, London
	Dawson  25' Lennon  52'	Report	Makélélé  15'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,070 Referee: Graham Poll

12 November 2006 12	Reading	3–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Reading, Berkshire
	Shorey  38' Sidwell  45' Doyle  79'	Report	Keane  24' (pen)	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 24,110 Referee: Rob Styles

19 November 2006 13	Blackburn Rovers	1–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Blackburn, Lancashire
	Kerimoğlu  23'	Report	Defoe  62' (pen.)	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 18,083 Referee: Phil Dowd

26 November 2006 14	Tottenham Hotspur	3–1	Wigan Athletic	Haringey, London
	Defoe  43' Berbatov  44' Lennon  90'	Report	Camara  25'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 35,205 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

2 December 2006 15	Arsenal	3–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Holloway, London
	Adebayor  20' Silva  42' (pen.), 72' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,115 Referee: Graham Poll

5 December 2006 16	Tottenham Hotspur	2–1	Middlesbrough	Haringey, London
	Berbatov  48' Keane  84'	Report	Huth  80'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 34,154 Referee: Mark Halsey

9 December 2006 17	Tottenham Hotspur	5–1	Charlton Athletic	Haringey, London
	Berbatov  31', 66' Tainio  33' Malbranque  55' Defoe  63'	Report	Dawson  43' (o.g.)	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 35,565 Referee: Mike Dean

17 December 2006 18	Manchester City	1-2	Tottenham Hotspur	Manchester
	Barton  64'	Report	Davenport  16' Huddlestone  24'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 39,825 Referee: Rob Styles

23 December 2006 19	Newcastle United	3–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Newcastle upon Tyne
	Dyer  2' Martins  7' Parker  34'	Report	Murphy  15'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 52,079 Referee: Alan Wiley

26 December 2006 20	Tottenham Hotspur	2–1	Aston Villa	Haringey, London
	Defoe  58' (77)	Report	Barry  81'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 35,293 Referee: Uriah Rennie

30 December 2006 21	Tottenham Hotspur	0–1	Liverpool	Haringey, London
		Report	García  45'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,170 Referee: Mark Halsey

1 January 2007 22	Portsmouth	1–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Portsmouth
	Benjani  29'	Report	Malbranque  50'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 20,194 Referee: Andre Marriner

14 January 2007 23	Tottenham Hotspur	2–3	Newcastle United	Haringey, London
	Defoe  14' Berbatov  54'	Report	Huntington  16' Martins  72' Butt  73'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 35,942 Referee: Steve Bennett

20 January 2007 24	Fulham	1–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Fulham, London
	Montella  84' (pen.)	Report	Chimbonda  88'	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 23,580 Referee: Mike Dean

4 February 2007 25	Tottenham Hotspur	0–4	Manchester United	Haringey, London
		Report	Ronaldo  45' (pen.) Vidić  48' Scholes  54'br>Giggs  77'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,146 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

10 February 2007 26	Sheffield United	2–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Sheffield, South Yorkshire
	Hulse  27' Jagielka  62' (pen.)	Report	Jenas  2'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 32,144 Referee: Martin Atkinson

21 February 2007 27	Everton	1–2	Tottenham Hotspur	Walton, Merseyside
	Arteta  42'	Report	Berbatov  35' Jenas  89'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 34,121 Referee: Uriah Rennie

25 February 2007 28	Tottenham Hotspur	4–1	Bolton Wanderers	Haringey, London
	Keane  11', 22' Jenas  19' Lennon  90'	Report	Speed  37' (pen.)	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 35,747 Referee: Graham Poll

4 March 2007 29	West Ham United	3–4	Tottenham Hotspur	Upton Park, London
	Noble  16' Tevez  41' Zamora  85'	Report	Defoe  51' (pen.) Tainio  33' Berbatov  89' Stalteri  90'	Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 34,966 Referee: Mike Dean

17 March 2007 30	Tottenham Hotspur	3–1	Watford	Haringey, London
	Jenas  41' Robinson  63' Ghaly  85'	Report	Henderson  89'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,051 Referee: Mark Halsey

1 April 2007 31	Tottenham Hotspur	1–0	Reading	Haringey, London
	Keane  41' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,067 Referee: Alan Wiley

7 April 2007 32	Chelsea	1–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Fulham, London
	Carvalho  41'	Report		Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 41,864 Referee: Rob Styles

15 April 2007 33	Wigan Athletic	3–3	Tottenham Hotspur	Wigan, Greater Manchester
	Heskey  2' Baines  30' Kilbane  60'	Report	Berbatov  4' Keane  35', 68'	Stadium: JJB Stadium Attendance: 16,506 Referee: Graham Poll

21 April 2007 34	Tottenham Hotspur	2–2	Arsenal	Haringey, London
	Keane  30' Jenas  90'	Report	Touré  64' Adebayor  78'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,050 Referee: Mike Dean

28 April 2007 35	Middlesbrough	2–3	Tottenham Hotspur	Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire
	Viduka  66' Pogatetz  89'	Report	Keane  12', 83' Berbatov  47'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 27,861 Referee: Lee Mason

7 May 2007 36	Charlton Athletic	0–2	Tottenham Hotspur	Charlton, London
		Report	Berbatov  7' Defoe  90'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 26,339 Referee: Mark Halsey

10 May 2007 37	Tottenham Hotspur	1–1	Blackburn Rovers	Haringey, London
	Defoe  67'	Report	McCarthy  32'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 35,974 Referee: Rob Styles

13 May 2007 38	Tottenham Hotspur	2–1	Manchester City	Haringey, London
	Keane  10' Berbatov  32'	Report	Mpenza  40'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 35,426 Referee: Steve Bennett

FA Cup

7 January 2007 3rd Round	Cardiff City	0–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Leckwith, Cardiff
		Report		Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 20,376 Referee: Howard Webb

17 January 2007 3rd Round (R)	Tottenham Hotspur	4–0	Cardiff City	Haringey, London
	Lennon  27' Keane  30' Malbranque  41' Defoe  81'	Report		Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 27,641 Referee: Mike Riley

27 January 2007 4th Round	Tottenham Hotspur	3–1	Southend United	Haringey, London
	Keane  12' Jenas  50' Mido  76'	Report	Eastwood  69' (pen.)	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 33,406 Referee: Rob Styles

18 February 2007 5th Round	Fulham	0–4	Tottenham Hotspur	Fulham, London
		Report	Keane  6', 68' Berbatov  77', 90'	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 18,655 Referee: Mark Halsey

11 March 2007 6th Round	Chelsea	3–3	Tottenham Hotspur	Fulham, London
	Lampard  22', 71' Kalou  86'	Report	Berbatov  5' Essien  28' (o.g.) Ghaly  36'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 41,517 Referee: Mike Riley

19 March 2007 6th Round (R)	Tottenham Hotspur	1–2	Chelsea	Haringey, London
	Keane  79' (pen.)	Report	Shevchenko  55' Wright-Phillips  61'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 35,519 Referee: Martin Atkinson

League Cup

25 October 2006 3rd Round	MK Dons	0–5	Tottenham Hotspur	Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
		Report	Mido  36', 60' Defoe  44', 51' Keane  90'	Stadium: Stadium mk Attendance: 8,306 Referee: Keith Stroud

8 November 2006 4th Round	Tottenham Hotspur	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Port Vale	Haringey, London
	Huddlestone  80', 99' Defoe  107'	Report	Constantine  64'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 34,560 Referee: Steve Bennett

20 December 2006 5th Round	Tottenham Hotspur	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Southend United	Haringey, London
	Defoe  115'	Report		Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 35,811 Referee: Phil Dowd

24 January 2007 SF (1st Leg)	Tottenham Hotspur	2–2	Arsenal	Haringey, London
	Berbatov  12' Baptista  21' (o.g.)	Report	Baptista  64', 77'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 35,485 Referee: Graham Poll

31 January 2007 SF (2nd Leg)	Arsenal	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Tottenham Hotspur	Holloway, London
	Adebayor  77' Aliadière  105' Chimbonda  113' (o.g.)	Report	Mido  85'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,872 Referee: Alan Wiley

UEFA Cup

First Round

14 September 2006 1R (1L)	Slavia Prague	0–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Vršovice, Prague
		Report	Jenas  37'	Stadium: Stadion Evžena Rošického Attendance: 14,869 Referee: Herve Piccirillo

28 September 2006 1R (2L)	Tottenham Hotspur	1–0	Slavia Prague	Haringey, London
	Keane  80'	Report		Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 35,191 Referee: Tommy Skjerven

Group Stage

19 October 2006 Group B	Beşiktaş	0–2	Tottenham Hotspur	Beşiktaş, Istanbul
		Report	Ghaly  32' Berbatov  63'	Stadium: BJK İnönü Stadium Attendance: 26,800 Referee: Nicolai Vollquartz

2 November 2006 Group B	Tottenham Hotspur	3–1	Club Brugge	Haringey, London
	Berbatov  17', 73' Keane  63'	Report	Salou  14'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 35,716 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

23 November 2006 Group B	Bayer Leverkusen	0–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia
		Report	Berbatov  36'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 22,500 Referee: Martin Hansson

14 December 2006 Group B	Tottenham Hotspur	3–1	Dinamo București	Haringey, London
	Berbatov  17' Defoe  39', 50'	Report	Mendy  90'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 34,004 Referee: Bernhard Brugger

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Tottenham Hotspur	4	4	0	0	9	2	+7	12
Dinamo București	4	2	1	1	6	6	0	7
Bayer Leverkusen	4	1	1	2	4	5	−1	4
Beşiktaş	4	1	0	3	4	7	−3	3
Club Brugge	4	0	2	2	4	7	−3	2

Source:

Knockout Rounds

Last 32 (1L)

Feyenoord

(w/o)

Tottenham Hotspur

Last 32 (2L)

Tottenham Hotspur

(w/o)

Feyenoord

8 March 2007 Last 16 (1L)	Braga	2-2	Tottenham Hotspur	Real, Dume e Semelhe, Braga
	Paulo Jorge  76' Zé Carlos  81'	Report	Keane  59' Malbranque  72'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Yuri Baskakov

14 March 2007 Last 16 (2L)	Tottenham Hotspur	3–2	Braga	Haringey, London
	Berbatov  28', 42' Huddlestone  76'	Report	Huddlestone  24' (o.g.) Andrade  61'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 33,761 Referee: Laurent Duhamel

5 April 2007 QF (1L)	Sevilla	2–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Seville, Andalusia
	Kanouté  19' (pen.) Kerzhakov  35'	Report	Keane  2'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Alain Hamer

12 April 2007 QF (2L)	Tottenham Hotspur	2–2	Sevilla	Haringey, London
	Defoe  65' Lennon 67'	Report	Malbranque  3' (o.g.) Kanouté  8'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 35,284 Referee: Konrad Plautz

Final Premier League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Liverpool	38	20	8	10	57	27	+30	68	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4	Arsenal	38	19	11	8	63	35	+28	68
5	Tottenham Hotspur	38	17	9	12	57	54	+3	60	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[lower-alpha 1]
6	Everton	38	15	13	10	52	36	+16	58
7	Bolton Wanderers	38	16	8	14	47	52	−5	56

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

1. Since both finalists of the FA Cup (Manchester United and Chelsea) and the League Cup winners (Chelsea) were qualified for the Champions League, their UEFA Cup spots were given to the 6th- and 7th-placed Premier League teams.

Squad statistics

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		UEFA Cup		Total		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Paul Robinson	38	1	4	0	3	0	9	0	54	1	1	0
2	DF	Pascal Chimbonda	33	1	4	0	2	0	10	0	49	1	8	0
3	DF	Lee Young-pyo	20+1	0	5	0	1	0	4	0	30+1	0	4	0
4	MF	Didier Zokora	26+5	0	5	0	2	0	9	0	42+5	0	5	1
5	MF	Edgar Davids	6+3	0	0	0	2+1	0	0+1	0	8+5	0	1	0
6	MF	Teemu Tainio	20+1	2	3+1	0	1	0	5+1	0	29+3	2	3	1
7	MF	Paul Stalteri	1+5	1	2+1	0	2	0	2+1	0	7+7	1	2	0
8	MF	Jermaine Jenas	24+1	6	2	1	1	0	6	1	33+1	8	8	0
9	FW	Dimitar Berbatov	30+3	12	4+1	3	1+2	1	8	7	43+6	23	3	0
10	FW	Robbie Keane	18+9	11	4+1	5	1+2	1	8+1	5	31+13	22	4	1
11	FW	Mido	7+5	1	2+1	1	2+2	3	2+2	0	13+10	5	4	0
12	GK	Radek Černý	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	5	0	1	0
13	MF	Danny Murphy	5+7	1	1	0	3	0	2+1	0	11+8	1	0	0
14	MF	Hossam Ghaly	17+4	1	2+2	1	2+1	0	3+3	1	24+10	3	8	1
15	MF	Steed Malbranque	18+7	2	4+2	1	4	0	4+2	2	30+11	5	7	0
16	MF	Reto Ziegler	0+1	0	0	0	1	0	1+1	0	2+2	0	0	0
18	FW	Jermain Defoe	20+14	10	2+3	1	5	4	2+3	3	29+20	18	5	0
19	MF	Adel Taarabt	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0	0	0
20	DF	Michael Dawson	37	1	6	0	4+1	0	10	0	57+1	1	8	0
22	MF	Tom Huddlestone	15+6	1	2+1	0	4+1	2	4+2	0	25+10	3	2	0
25	MF	Aaron Lennon	22+4	3	5+1	1	1+2	0	7+1	1	35+8	5	0	0
26	DF	Ledley King	21	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	27	0	1	0
27	DF	Calum Davenport	8+2	1	1	0	2	0	1+1	0	12+3	1	1	0
29	DF	Philip Ifil	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
30	DF	Anthony Gardner	6+2	0	2+2	0	3	0	1	0	12+4	0	3	0
32	DF	Benoît Assou-Ekotto	16	0	1	0	3	0	5	0	25	0	2	0
33	DF	Ricardo Rocha	9	0	3	0	0+1	0	2	0	12+1	0	2	0
35	DF	Dorian Dervite	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
39	FW	Andy Barcham	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0

Top scorers

P	Player	Position	Premier League	FA Cup	League Cup	UEFA Cup	Total
1	Dimitar Berbatov	Forward	12	3	1	7	23
2	Robbie Keane	Forward	11	5	1	5	22
3	Jermain Defoe	Forward	10	1	4	3	18
4	Jermaine Jenas	Midfielder	6	1	0	1	8
5	Mido	Forward	1	1	3	0	5

Most appearances

P	Player	Position	Premier League	FA Cup	League Cup	UEFA Cup	Total
1	Michael Dawson	Defender	37	6	4	10	57
2	Paul Robinson	Goalkeeper	38	4	3	9	54
3	Pascal Chimbonda	Defender	33	4	4	10	51
4	Jermain Defoe	Forward	33	5	5	5	48
5	Robbie Keane	Forward	27	5	3	9	44

Starting 11

Considering a 4-4-2 formation

• GK: #1, Paul Robinson, 54
• RB: #2, Pascal Chimbonda, 49
• CB: #20, Michael Dawson, 57
• CB: #26, Ledley King, 27
• LB: #3, Lee Young-pyo, 30
• RM: #25, Aaron Lennon, 35
• CM: #8, Jermaine Jenas, 33
• CM: #4, Didier Zokora, 42
• LM: #15, Steed Malbranque, 30
• CF: #10, Robbie Keane, 31
• CF: #9, Dimitar Berbatov, 43

References

1. "Alnwick joins Spurs in swap move". BBC Sport. 2 January 2007.
2. Spurs (23 May 2008). "Player transfers". Spurs. Retrieved 23 May 2008.
3. Malbranque was born in Mouscron, Belgium, but has represented France at U-21 level and has been called up for the senior squad, although he has not been capped.
4. Taarabt was born in Fes, Morocco, but grew up in France and has represented France at youth level. He would later opt to represent the country of his birth and make his full international debut for Morocco in February 2009.
5. Assou-Ekotto was born in Arras, France, but also qualified to represent Cameroon at international level and would make his full international debut for Cameroon in February 2009.

External links

• Official Club site
• BBC Tottenham Homepage