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2006–07 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season

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Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
2006–07 season
ChairmanDaniel Levy
ManagerMartin Jol
FA Premier League5th
FA CupQuarter-finals
League CupSemi-finals
UEFA CupQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Dimitar Berbatov (12)

All:
Dimitar Berbatov (23)
Highest home attendance36,162 (vs. West Ham United, 22 October)
Lowest home attendance34,154 (vs. Middlesbrough, 5 December)

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.

Season summary

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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

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In

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

Out

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

Loaned out

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

First-team squad

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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 England ENG Paul Robinson
2 DF France FRA Pascal Chimbonda
3 DF South Korea KOR Lee Young-pyo
4 MF Ivory Coast CIV Didier Zokora
6 MF Finland FIN Teemu Tainio
7 MF Canada CAN Paul Stalteri
8 MF England ENG Jermaine Jenas
9 FW Bulgaria BUL Dimitar Berbatov
10 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Robbie Keane
11 FW Egypt EGY Mido
12 GK Czech Republic CZE Radek Černý (on loan from Slavia Prague)
13 MF England ENG Danny Murphy
14 MF Egypt EGY Hossam Ghaly
15 MF France FRA Steed Malbranque[3]
16 DF Switzerland SUI Reto Ziegler
17 GK England ENG Ben Alnwick
18 FW England ENG Jermain Defoe
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF France FRA Adel Taarabt[4]
20 DF England ENG Michael Dawson
22 MF England ENG Tom Huddlestone
24 MF England ENG Jamie O'Hara
25 MF England ENG Aaron Lennon
26 DF England ENG Ledley King (captain)
28 FW England ENG Lee Barnard
29 DF England ENG Philip Ifil
30 DF England ENG Anthony Gardner
32 DF France FRA Benoît Assou-Ekotto[5]
33 DF Portugal POR Ricardo Rocha
35 DF France FRA Dorian Dervite
38 MF England ENG Charlie Lee
39 FW England ENG Andy Barcham
40 GK England ENG Robert Burch
45 FW England ENG Simon Dawkins

Left club during season

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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 Netherlands NED Edgar Davids (to Ajax)
17 GK Hungary HUN Márton Fülöp (to Sunderland)
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 MF England ENG Wayne Routledge (on loan to Fulham)
27 DF England ENG Calum Davenport (to West Ham United)

Competitions Overview

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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

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Premier League

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19 August 2006 (2006-08-19) 1 Bolton Wanderers 2–0 Tottenham Hotspur Bolton, Greater Manchester
Davies 9'
Campo 13'
Report Stadium: Reebok Stadium
Attendance: 22,899
Referee: Phil Dowd
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 (2006-09-09) 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 (2006-09-23) 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 (2006-10-14) 8 Aston Villa 1–1 Tottenham Hotspur Aston, Birmingham
Barry 81' Report Ángel 76' (o.g.) Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 42,551
Referee: Martin Atkinson
28 October 2006 (2006-10-28) 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 (2006-11-12) 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 (2006-11-19) 13 Blackburn Rovers 1–1 Tottenham Hotspur Blackburn, Lancashire
Kerimoğlu 23' Report Defoe 62' (pen.) Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 18,083
Referee: Phil Dowd
2 December 2006 (2006-12-02) 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 (2006-12-17) 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 (2006-12-23) 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 (2007-01-01) 22 Portsmouth 1–1 Tottenham Hotspur Portsmouth
Benjani 29' Report Malbranque 50' Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 20,194
Referee: Andre Marriner
20 January 2007 (2007-01-20) 24 Fulham 1–1 Tottenham Hotspur Fulham, London
Montella 84' (pen.) Report Chimbonda 88' Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 23,580
Referee: Mike Dean
10 February 2007 (2007-02-10) 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 (2007-02-21) 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 (2007-03-04) 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 (2007-04-07) 32 Chelsea 1–0 Tottenham Hotspur Fulham, London
Carvalho 41' Report Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 41,864
Referee: Rob Styles
15 April 2007 (2007-04-15) 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 (2007-04-28) 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 (2007-05-07) 36 Charlton Athletic 0–2 Tottenham Hotspur Charlton, London
Report Berbatov 7'
Defoe 90'
Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 26,339
Referee: Mark Halsey

FA Cup

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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

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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

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First round

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Group stage

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification TOT DB LEV BJK BRU
1 England Tottenham Hotspur 4 4 0 0 9 2 +7 12 Advance to knockout stage 3–1 3–1
2 Romania Dinamo București 4 2 1 1 6 6 0 7 2–1 2–1
3 Germany Bayer Leverkusen 4 1 1 2 4 5 −1 4 0–1 2–1
4 Turkey Beşiktaş 4 1 0 3 4 7 −3 3 0–2 2–1
5 Belgium Club Brugge 4 0 2 2 4 7 −3 2 1–1 1–1
Source: [citation needed]

Knockout rounds

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Final Premier League table

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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[a]
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.

Statistics

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Appearances

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Last updated: 26 May 2007.
Source: premierleague.com

No. Pos. Name Premier League FA Cup League Cup UEFA Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK England Paul Robinson 38 1 4 0 3 0 9 0 54 1
12 GK Czech Republic Radek Černý 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 5 0
Defenders
2 DF France Pascal Chimbonda 33 1 4 0 2 0 10 0 49 1
3 DF South Korea Lee Young-Pyo 20+1 0 5 0 1 0 4 0 30+1 0
7 DF Canada Paul Stalteri 1+5 1 2+1 0 2 0 2+1 0 7+7 1
16 DF Switzerland Reto Ziegler 0+1 0 0 0 1 0 1+1 0 2+2 0
20 DF England Michael Dawson 37 1 6 0 4+1 0 10 0 57+1 1
26 DF England Ledley King 21 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 27 0
29 DF England Phil Ifil 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
30 DF England Anthony Gardner 6+2 0 2+2 0 3 0 1 0 12+4 0
32 DF Cameroon Benoît Assou-Ekotto 16 0 1 0 3 0 5 0 25 0
33 DF Portugal Ricardo Rocha 9 0 3 0 0+1 0 0 0 12+1 0
35 DF France Dorian Dervite 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Midfielders
4 MF Ivory Coast Didier Zokora 26+5 0 5 0 2 0 9 0 42+5 0
6 MF Finland Teemu Tainio 20+1 2 3+1 0 1 0 5+1 0 29+3 2
8 MF England Jermaine Jenas 24+1 6 2 1 1 0 6 1 33+1 8
13 MF England Danny Murphy 5+7 2 1 0 3 0 2+1 0 11+8 2
14 MF Egypt Hossam Ghaly 17+4 1 2+2 1 2+1 0 3+3 1 24+10 3
15 MF France Steed Malbranque 18+7 2 4+2 1 4 0 4+2 2 30+11 5
19 MF Morocco Adel Taarabt 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+2 0
22 MF England Tom Huddlestone 15+6 1 2+1 0 4+1 2 4+2 0 25+10 3
25 MF England Aaron Lennon 22+4 3 5+1 1 1+2 0 7+1 1 35+8 5
Forwards
9 FW Bulgaria Dimitar Berbatov 30+3 12 4+1 3 1+2 1 8 7 43+6 23
10 FW Republic of Ireland Robbie Keane 18+9 11 4+1 5 1+2 1 8+1 5 31+13 22
11 FW Egypt Mido 7+5 1 2+1 1 2+2 3 2+2 0 13+10 5
18 FW England Jermain Defoe 20+14 10 2+3 1 5 4 2+3 3 29+20 18
39 FW England Andy Barcham 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Players transferred out during the season
5 MF Netherlands Edgar Davids 6+3 0 0 0 2+1 0 0+1 0 8+5 0
27 MF England Calum Davenport 8+2 1 1 0 2 0 1+1 0 12+3 1

Goal scorers

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Last updated: 26 July 2020.
Source: premierleague.com

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Rnk Pos No. Player Premier League FA Cup League Cup UEFA Cup Total
1 FW 9 Bulgaria Dimitar Berbatov 12 3 1 7 23
2 FW 10 Republic of Ireland Robbie Keane 11 5 1 5 22
3 FW 18 England Jermain Defoe 10 1 4 3 18
4 MF 8 England Jermaine Jenas 6 1 0 1 8
5 FW 11 Egypt Mido 1 1 3 0 5
MF 15 France Steed Malbranque 2 1 0 2 5
MF 25 England Aaron Lennon 3 1 0 1 5
8 MF 14 Egypt Hossam Ghaly 1 1 0 1 3
MF 22 England Tom Huddlestone 1 0 2 0 3
10 MF 6 Finland Teemu Tainio 2 0 0 0 2
MF 13 England Danny Murphy 2 0 0 0 2
12 GK 1 England Paul Robinson 1 0 0 0 1
DF 2 France Pascal Chimbonda 1 0 0 0 1
DF 7 Canada Paul Stalteri 1 0 0 0 1
DF 20 England Michael Dawson 1 0 0 0 1
DF 27 England Calum Davenport 1 0 0 0 1
TOTALS 56 14 11 20 101

Clean sheets

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Last updated: 26 July 2020.
Source: premierleague.com

The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.

Rnk No. Player Premier League FA Cup League Cup UEFA Cup Total
1 1 England Paul Robinson 6 3 1 4 14
2 12 Czech Republic Radek Černý 0 0 1 0 1
TOTALS 6 3 2 4 15

References

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  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.
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