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{{Short description|11th season of National Football League}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2022}}
{{Infobox football league season
| competition = [[National Football League (India)|National Football League]]
| season = 2006–07
| dates = 5 January – 19 May 2007
| winners = [[Dempo S.C.|Dempo]] 2nd NFL title 2nd [[List of Indian football champions|Indian title]]
| runners-up = [[JCT F.C.|JCT]]
| relegated = [[Mohammedan S.C. (Kolkata)|Mohammedan Sporting]] [[Hindustan Aeronautics Limited S.C.|Hindustan Aeronautics Limited]]
| continentalcup1 =
| continentalcup1 qualifiers =
| continentalcup2 = [[2008 AFC Cup|AFC Cup]]
| continentalcup2 qualifiers = [[Dempo SC|Dempo]] [[East Bengal FC|East Bengal]]
| continentalcup3 =
| continentalcup3 qualifiers =
| league topscorer = [[Odafa Onyeka Okolie]] (18 goals)<ref>{{cite web |title= From the History Book|url=https://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=1965 |website=All India Football Federation |publisher=the-aiff.com |access-date=19 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140717033518/https://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=1965 |archive-date=17 July 2014}}</ref>
| biggest home win = [[Mahindra United F.C.|Mahindra United]] 9–0 [[Mohammedan S.C. (Kolkata)|Mohammedan Sporting]] {{small|(18 May 2007)}}<ref name="9-0">{{cite news |last1=Rodrigues |first1=Mario |title=Mahindra thrash Mohammedan Sporting |url=http://www.rediff.com/sports/2007/may/18nfl.htm |access-date=20 October 2018 |work=Rediff.com |date=19 May 2007}}</ref>
| biggest away win = {{nobreak|Mohammedan Sporting 1–4 [[Churchill Brothers S.C.|Churchill Brothers]]}} {{small|(2 May 2007)}}<ref>{{cite news |title=JCT shock Mahindra United |url=http://www.rediff.com/sports/2007/may/02nfl.htm |access-date=20 October 2018 |work=Rediff.com |date=2 May 2007}}</ref>
| highest scoring = Mahindra United 9–0 Mohammedan Sporting {{small|(18 May 2007)}}<ref name="9-0"/>
| total goals =
| average goals =
| longest wins =
| longest unbeaten =
| longest losses =
| highest attendance = 50,000<ref name="attendances">{{cite news |title=Sunil Chetri named best NFL player |url=http://www.rediff.com/sports/2007/may/27nfl.htm |access-date=21 October 2018 |work=Rediff.com |date=27 May 2007}}</ref>
| lowest attendance = 200<ref name="attendances"/>
| attendance = 3,58,050<ref name="attendances"/>
| average attendance = 3,978<ref name="attendances"/>
| prevseason = [[2005–06 National Football League (India)|2005–06]]
| nextseason = [[2007–08 I-League|I-League 2007–08]]
}}
The '''2006–07 National Football League''' was the 11th and last season of the [[National Football League (India)|National Football League]], the top Indian professional league for association football clubs, before it is rebranded as [[I-League]] from [[2007–08 I-League|2007–08]] season as part of turning the league into a professional league.

==Overview==
It was contested by 10 teams, and [[Dempo S.C.|Dempo]] won the championship under the coach Armando Colaco. It was their second title. JCT came second and Mahindra came third. Mohammedan and HAL (Hindustan Aeronotics Limited) and were relegated from the league for the next edition of National Football League 2007-08.

==League standings==
<onlyinclude>{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|res_col_header=Q
|show_limit=5
|sortable_table=y

|team1=DEM|name_DEM=[[Dempo S.C.|Dempo]]
|team2=JCT|name_JCT=[[JCT F.C.|JCT]]
|team3=MAH|name_MAH=[[Mahindra United F.C.|Mahindra United]]
|team4=CB |name_CB =[[Churchill Brothers S.C.|Churchill Brothers]]
|team5=EB |name_EB =[[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]]
|team6=SCG|name_SCG=[[Sporting Clube de Goa|Sporting Goa]]
|team7=AI |name_AI =[[Air India F.C.|Air India]]
|team8=MB |name_MB =[[Mohun Bagan A.C.|Mohun Bagan]]
|team9=MOH|name_MOH=[[Mohammedan S.C. (Kolkata)|Mohammedan]]
|team10=HAL|name_HAL=[[Hindustan Aeronautics Limited S.C.|HAL]]

|win_DEM=11|draw_DEM=3|loss_DEM=4|gf_DEM=37|ga_DEM=21
|win_JCT=9|draw_JCT=4|loss_JCT=5|gf_JCT=31|ga_JCT=19
|win_MAH=8|draw_MAH=6|loss_MAH=4|gf_MAH=29|ga_MAH=14
|win_CB =7|draw_CB =8|loss_CB =3|gf_CB =30|ga_CB =23
|win_EB =7|draw_EB =5|loss_EB =6|gf_EB =29|ga_EB =29
|win_SCG=6|draw_SCG=7|loss_SCG=5|gf_SCG=23|ga_SCG=19
|win_AI =4|draw_AI =9|loss_AI =5|gf_AI =20|ga_AI =23
|win_MB =5|draw_MB =6|loss_MB =7|gf_MB =15|ga_MB =21
|win_MOH=2|draw_MOH=6|loss_MOH=10|gf_MOH=17|ga_MOH=42
|win_HAL=2|draw_HAL=4|loss_HAL=12|gf_HAL=12|ga_HAL=32

|col_C=#ACE1AF|result1=C|text_C=Champions
|col_R=#FFCCCC|text_R=Relegated
|result9=R|result10=R

|update=complete|source=[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/india07.html rsssf.com]
}}
</onlyinclude>

== Season statistics ==

=== Top scorers ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Rank
!Player
!Club
!Goals<ref>{{cite web |title=11th Indian National Football League 2007 |url=http://www.rediff.com/sports/nfl07.html |website=Rediff.com |access-date=20 October 2018}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="1"|1
|align="left"|{{flagicon|NGA}} [[Odafa Onyeka Okolie]]
|align="left"|Churchill Brothers
|rowspan="1"|18
|-
|rowspan="1"|2
|align="left"|{{flagicon|NGA}} [[Ranti Martins]]
|align="left"|Dempo
|rowspan="1"|16
|-
|rowspan="2"|3
|align="left"|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Edmilson Marques Pardal]]
|align="left"|East Bengal
|rowspan="2"|13
|-
|align="left"|{{flagicon|NGA}} [[Dudu Omagbemi]]
|align="left"|Sporting Clube
|-
|rowspan="2"|5
|align="left"|{{flagicon|NGA}} [[Chidi Edeh]]
|align="left"|JCT
|rowspan="2"|12
|-
|align="left"|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Sunil Chhetri]]
|align="left"|JCT
|-
|rowspan="1"|7
|align="left"|{{flagicon|GHA}} [[Andrews Pomeyie Mensah]]
|align="left"|Mahindra United
|rowspan="1"|11
|-
|rowspan="1"|8
|align="left"|{{flagicon|KEN}} [[Boniface Ambani]]
|align="left"|East Bengal
|rowspan="1"|7
|-
|rowspan="2"|9
|align="left"|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Anthony Pereira]]
|align="left"|Dempo
|rowspan="2"|6
|-
|align="left"|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Samson Singh (footballer)|Samson Singh]]
|align="left"|Air India
|}

===Hat-tricks===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Player !! For !! Against !! style="text-align:center"| Result !! Date !! {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
| [[Mohammed Rafi (footballer)|Mohammed Rafi]] || Mahindra United || Mohammedan Sporting || 9–0 (H) || 19 May 2007 || <ref name="9-0"/>
|}
:'''Note:''' (H) – Home; (A) – Away

== Season awards ==
{| class=wikitable
! Award
! Recipient<ref name="attendances"/>
! Club
|-
| Best Player
| [[Sunil Chhetri]]
| JCT FC
|-
| Best Midfielder
| [[Roberto Mendes Silva]]
| Dempo
|-
| Best Goalkeeper
| Sandip Nandy
| Mahindra United
|-
| Best Defender
| [[Mahesh Gawli]]
| Mahindra United
|-
| Fair Play
| JCT FC
|
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/india07.html 11th National Football League] at [[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation]]
* [http://www.rediff.com/sports/nfl07.html Season home] at [[Rediff.com]]

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