2006–07 Kilmarnock F.C. season

In the 2006–07 season Kilmarnock Football Club competed in their seventh Scottish Premier League campaign, and also in the Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup. Kilmarnock's competitive season opened with a 4–1 defeat against league champions Celtic, and drew to a close with a 1–0 win against Hearts on 20 May. Kilmarnock finished in 5th place for the second consecutive season, and enjoyed both a win and a draw against Rangers, both their first under manager Jim Jefferies.

In the Scottish Cup they were beaten 3–1 by First Division club Morton in the 3rd round, although results fared better in the League Cup. They reached their first final since 2001, although they were resoundly beaten 5–1 by Hibernian.

Results

Kilmarnock's score is first. Opponents listed in bold refer to a match played at home. Opponents listed in italics refer to a match played at a neutral ground.

Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Competition	Kilmarnock scorer(s)
11 July	Palmerston Park, Dumfries	Queen of the South	2–2	Friendly	Invincibile, Naismith
15 July	Borough Briggs, Elgin	Elgin City	3–0	Friendly	Di Giacomo (2), Barrowman (Trialist)
16 July	Victoria Park, Dingwall	Ross County	0–1	Friendly
20 July	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock	West Bromwich Albion	2–1	Friendly	Di Giacomo, Nish
22 July	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock	Preston North End	1–1	Friendly	Di Giacomo
29 July	Celtic Park, Glasgow	Celtic	1–4	SPL Match 1	Naismith
5 August	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock	Hibernian	2–1	SPL Match 2	Nish, Naismith
12 August	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock	Dundee United	0–0	SPL Match 3
19 August	Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk	Falkirk	2–1	SPL Match 4	Wales, Di Giacomo
22 August	Palmerston Park, Dumfries	Queen of the South	2–1 AET	SLC 2nd Round	G Murray, Naismith
27 August	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock	Rangers	2–2	SPL Match 5	F Wright, Naismith
9 September	East End Park, Dunfermline	Dunfermline Athletic	2–3	SPL Match 6	Invincibile, Wales
16 September	St. Mirren Park, Paisley	St. Mirren	1–0	SPL Match 7	Broadfoot (O.G.)
19 September	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock	Livingston	2–1 AET	SLC 3rd Round	Wales, F Wright
23 September	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock	Inverness C.T.	1–1	SPL Match 8	Nish
30 September	Fir Park, Motherwell	Motherwell	0–5	SPL Match 9
14 October	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock	Aberdeen	1–0	SPL Match 10	Wales
21 October	Tynecastle, Edinburgh	Heart of Midlothian	2–0	SPL Match 11	Invincibile, Wales
29 October	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock	Celtic	1–2	SPL Match 12	Nish
4 November	Easter Road, Edinburgh	Hibernian	2–2	SPL Match 13	Martis (O.G.), Naismith
7 November	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock	Motherwell	3–2	SLC Quarter-final	F Wright (2), Invincibile
11 November	Tannadice Park, Dundee	Dundee United	0–1	SPL Match 14
18 November	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock	Falkirk	2–1	SPL Match 15	Hay, O'Donnell (O.G.)
26 November	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow	Rangers	0–3	SPL Match 16
2 December	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock	Dunfermline Athletic	5–1	SPL Match 17	Hay, Di Giacomo (2), Nish (2)
9 December	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock	St. Mirren	1–1	SPL Match 18	Di Giacomo
16 December	Caledonian Stadium, Inverness	Inverness C.T.	4–3	SPL Match 19	Naismith (2), Nish (2)
23 December	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock	Motherwell	1–2	SPL Match 20	Naismith
26 December	Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen	Aberdeen	1–3	SPL Match 21	Naismith
30 December	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock	Heart of Midlothian	0–0	SPL Match 22
2 January	Celtic Park, Glasgow	Celtic	0–2	SPL Match 23
6 January	Cappielow Park, Greenock	Morton	1–3	SFA 3rd Round	Nish
15 January	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock	Hibernian	0–2	SPL Match 24
20 January	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock	Dundee United	1–0	SPL Match 25	Leven
27 January	Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk	Falkirk	2–0	SPL Match 26	Nish, Naismith
30 January	Fir Park, Motherwell	Falkirk	3–0	SLC Semi-final	Naismith (3)
11 February	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock	Rangers	1–3	SPL Match 27	Naismith
17 February	East End Park, Dunfermline	Dunfermline Athletic	1–1	SPL Match 28	Naismith
3 March	St. Mirren Park, Paisley	St. Mirren	2–0	SPL Match 29	Nish (2)
10 March	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock	Inverness C.T.	3–2	SPL Match 30	Di Giacomo (2), Naismith
18 March	Hampden Park, Glasgow	Hibernian	1–5	SLC Final	Greer
31 March	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock	Aberdeen	1–2	SPL Match 31	Naismith
3 April	Fir Park, Motherwell	Motherwell	1–0	SPL Match 32	Nish
7 April	Tynecastle, Edinburgh	Heart of Midlothian	0–1	SPL Match 33
22 April	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock	Celtic	1–2	SPL Match 34	Nish
28 April	Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen	Aberdeen	0–3	SPL Match 35
5 May	Easter Road, Edinburgh	Hibernian	1–0	SPL Match 36	Nish
13 May	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow	Rangers	1–0	SPL Match 37	Naismith
20 May	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock	Heart of Midlothian	1–0	SPL Match 38	Naismith

• SPL - Scottish Premier League SLC - Scottish League Cup SFA - Scottish Cup

Goalscorers

Stats for competitive matches only

	Name	SPL	SFA	SLC	Total
1	Steven Naismith	15	0	4	19
2	Colin Nish	13	1	0	14
3	Paul Di Giacomo	6	0	0	6
4	Gary Wales	4	0	1	5
5	Frazer Wright	1	0	3	4
6	Danny Invincibile	2	0	1	3
7	Garry Hay	2	0	0	2
8	Gordon Greer	0	0	1	1
8	Peter Leven	1	0	0	1
8	Grant Murray	0	0	1	1
-	Own Goals	3	0	0	3

Final table

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Celtic (C)	38	26	6	6	65	34	+31	84
2	Rangers	38	21	9	8	61	32	+29	72
3	Aberdeen	38	19	8	11	56	37	+19	65
4	Hearts	38	17	10	11	47	35	+10	61
5	Kilmarnock	38	16	7	15	47	54	−7	55
6	Hibernian	38	13	10	15	56	46	+10	49
7	Falkirk	38	15	5	18	49	47	2	50
8	Inverness CT	38	11	13	14	42	48	−6	47
9	Dundee United	38	10	12	16	40	59	−19	42
10	Motherwell	38	10	8	20	44	57	−13	38
11	St. Mirren	38	8	12	18	31	51	−20	36
12	Dunfermline (R)	38	8	8	22	26	55	−29	32