Oliver's Almanack of World Football

2007 Edition

The Almanack of World Football 2007 was published in September 2006 and covers world football in the 2005 and 2005-06 seasons. Naturally it covers the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals in Germany in amazing detail, along with all the matches in the final year of qualifying.

For every match in Germany there is information such as line-ups, bookings, scorers, attendances, number of shots on goal, fouls committed and so on along with a quote from each coach after the game.

This was the year Barcelona won the UEFA Champions League for the second time, beating Arsenal in the final. Re-trace their journey to Paris through our comprehensive coverage of the tournament. The 2006 Copa Libertadores saw yet another all-Brazil final with Internacional beating defending champions São Paulo, while in Africa Egypt’s Al Ahly won a fourth title in the CAFChampions League. The Almanack of World Football 2007 has in-depth coverage of all of the continental club competitions played during the 12 months to September 2006.

The breadth of our coverage of domestic football around the world is unrivalled. In this edition find out how Bayern München did the double in Germany under Felix Magath in 2006; how Gamba Osaka pipped Urawa Reds to the 2005 J.League title but salvaged some pride by beating Shimizu in the Emperor’s Cup final; or how Cotonsport completed a hat-trick of titles in Cameroon. You will find all the results and tables for these nations and for many, many more in the Almanack of World Football 2007.