2006–07 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season

During the 2006–07 English football season, Blackburn Rovers F.C. competed in the FA Premier League.

Season summary
A run of only 5 wins from their first 18 games killed off Blackburn's hopes of improving on the previous season's 6th place to qualify for the Champions League, but the club's form was markedly improved in the second half of the season, NLP expert Jimmy Petruzzi had delivered an NLP training workshop to the coaches during Blackburn Rovers loss of form and coincided with the club turning their season around achieving a top-half finish for the second season running. Rovers overcame the sale of Craig Bellamy to Liverpool, with his replacement, former Porto striker Benni McCarthy, scoring 18 league goals to finish as the Premier League's second-highest scorer behind Didier Drogba.

After a history of European underachievement, Rovers had a relatively successful UEFA Cup campaign, beating Red Bull Salzburg in the first round and topping Group E in the next stage, before succumbing to Bayer Leverkusen in the Round of 32. The club continued their recent habit of reaching cup semi-finals to be eliminated by the cup winners, being knocked out of the FA Cup semi-final by eventual winners Chelsea.

Reserve squad

 * The following players did not appear for the senior team this season.

Appearances and goals
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers

! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders

! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders

! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards

! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players transferred out during the season

In

 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Jason Brown – 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Gillingham, free, 26 June
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Francis Jeffers – 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Charlton Athletic, free, 3 July
 * 🇬🇩 Jason Roberts – 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Wigan Athletic, 3 July, undisclosed
 * Benni McCarthy – Porto, 28 July, undisclosed (believed to be £2,500,000)
 * André Ooijer – PSV Eindhoven, 23 August, £2,000,000
 * Shabani Nonda – 🇮🇹 Roma, season loan, 31 August
 * Stéphane Henchoz – 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Wigan Athletic, free, 8 September
 * 🇨🇩 Christopher Samba – 🇩🇪 Hertha Berlin, £450,000, 25 January
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 David Dunn – 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Birmingham City, £2,200,000, 17 January
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Stephen Warnock – 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Liverpool, undisclosed (believed to be £2,500,000), 22 January
 * Bruno Berner – FC Basel, 30 January, nominal

Out

 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Craig Bellamy – 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Liverpool, undisclosed (thought to be £6,000,000), 22 June
 * 🇫🇮 Shefki Kuqi – 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Crystal Palace, £2,500,000, 1 September
 * Dominic Matteo – 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Stoke City, free, 19 January
 * 🇦🇺 Lucas Neill – 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 West Ham United, £1,500,000, 22 January
 * Jay McEveley – 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Derby County, £600,000, 29 January
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Francis Jeffers – 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ipswich Town, loan, 2 March

Premier League

 * Benni McCarthy 18
 * Shabani Nonda 7
 * 🇳🇴 Morten Gamst Pedersen 6
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Matt Derbyshire 5
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 David Bentley 4
 * Jason Roberts 4

League Cup

 * n/a

FA Cup

 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Matt Derbyshire 4
 * Benni McCarthy 3

UEFA Cup

 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 David Bentley 3
 * Benni McCarthy 3