2006–07 Bundesliga
Season | 2006–07 |
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Dates | 11 August 2006 – 19 May 2007 |
Champions | VfB Stuttgart 3rd Bundesliga title 5th German title |
Relegated | Mainz 05 Alemannia Aachen Borussia M'gladbach |
Champions League | VfB Stuttgart Schalke 04 Werder Bremen |
UEFA Cup | Bayern Munich Bayer Leverkusen 1. FC Nürnberg (via domestic cup) |
Intertoto Cup | Hamburger SV |
Matches played | 306 |
Goals scored | 837 (2.74 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Theofanis Gekas (20) |
Biggest home win | Hannover 5–0 Hertha |
Biggest away win | Bochum 0–6 Bremen |
Highest scoring | Frankfurt 2–6 Bremen |
← 2005–06 2007–08 → |
The 2006–07 Bundesliga was the 44th season of the Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. It began on 11 August 2006 and ended on 19 May 2007.[1] Bayern Munich were the defending champions.
Team changes from 2005–06
Three teams from the 2. Bundesliga were promoted at the end of previous season:
- VfL Bochum (champions)
- Alemannia Aachen (runners-up)
- Energie Cottbus
The three teams relegated were:
Season overview
VfB Stuttgart began the campaign with the youngest squad of the Bundesliga and were widely seen as a competitor for an UEFA Cup berth. They began their season with a 0–3 home defeat against 1. FC Nürnberg and even dropped in reach of the relegation zone after another home defeat against Borussia Dortmund during the third round.
During the rest of the season the team managed to stabilize in the upper third of the table, eventually winning the last eight games of the season while competitors Schalke 04, Werder Bremen and Bayern Munich struggled. Stuttgart went on to claim their third championship in the Bundesliga and fifth German championship overall with a 2–1 home victory against Energie Cottbus during the last round of the season.
One week after winning the league championship, Stuttgart failed to win the Double after losing the 2007 DFB-Pokal Final against Nürnberg with a score of 2–3.
Manager Armin Veh who claimed his first championship as a Bundesliga coach was elected German Football Manager of the Year, while striker Mario Gómez was named Footballer of the Year (Germany) in 2007.[2]
Team overview
Stadia and locations
Team | Standort | Venue | Capacity |
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Alemannia Aachen | Aachen | Tivoli | 21,300 |
Arminia Bielefeld | Bielefeld | Schüco Arena | 28,008 |
Bayer Leverkusen | Leverkusen | BayArena | 22,500 |
Bayern Munich | Munich | Allianz Arena | 69,901 |
VfL Bochum | Bochum | Ruhrstadion | 31,328 |
Borussia Dortmund | Dortmund | Signal Iduna Park | 80,708 |
Borussia Mönchengladbach | Mönchengladbach | Borussia-Park | 54,067 |
Eintracht Frankfurt | Frankfurt | Commerzbank-Arena | 52,300 |
Energie Cottbus | Cottbus | Stadion der Freundschaft | 22,450 |
Hamburger SV | Hamburg | HSH Nordbank Arena | 57,274 |
Hannover 96 | Hanover | AWD-Arena | 49,000 |
Hertha BSC | Berlin | Olympic Stadium | 74,228 |
Mainz 05 | Mainz | Stadion am Bruchweg | 20,300 |
1. FC Nürnberg | Nuremberg | Easy Credit Stadion | 47,559 |
Schalke 04 | Gelsenkirchen | Veltins-Arena | 61,673 |
VfB Stuttgart | Stuttgart | Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion | 58,000 |
Werder Bremen | Bremen | Weserstadion | 42,358 |
VfL Wolfsburg | Wolfsburg | Volkswagen Arena | 30,122 |
Personnel and kits
- ^ As a result of restructuring, the RAG business areas of chemicals, energy and real estate were transferred to a new business entity, but the company name was still unknown at that time. The placeholder during 2005–2006 was an artwork of an exclamation mark of the painter Otmar Alt.[3]
- ^ The slogan "we win!" was featured on the shirt due to a ban on the promotion of commercial betting firms imposed by the City Municipality of Bremen.
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Date of departure | Replaced by | Date of Appointment |
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Borussia Mönchengladbach | ![]() |
30 June 2006[4] | ![]() |
1 July 2006[5] |
Hannover 96 | ![]() |
30 August 2006[6] | ![]() |
10 September 2006[7] |
Alemannia Aachen | ![]() |
7 September 2006[7] | ![]() |
12 September 2006[8] |
Borussia Dortmund | ![]() |
18 December 2006[9] | ![]() |
19 December 2006[10] |
Borussia Mönchengladbach | ![]() |
31 January 2007[5] | ![]() |
1 February 2007[11] |
Bayern Munich | ![]() |
31 January 2007[12] | ![]() |
1 February 2007[13] |
Hamburger SV | ![]() |
1 February 2007[14] | ![]() |
3 February 2007[15] |
Arminia Bielefeld | ![]() |
11 February 2007[16] | ![]() |
12 February 2007[17] |
Borussia Dortmund | ![]() |
12 March 2007[10] | ![]() |
13 March 2007[14] |
Arminia Bielefeld | ![]() |
13 March 2007[17] | ![]() |
14 March 2007[18] |
Hertha BSC | ![]() |
10 April 2007[19] | ![]() |
11 April 2007[20] |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | VfB Stuttgart (C) | 34 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 61 | 37 | +24 | 70 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
2 | Schalke 04 | 34 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 53 | 32 | +21 | 68 | |
3 | Werder Bremen | 34 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 76 | 40 | +36 | 66 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
4 | Bayern Munich | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 55 | 40 | +15 | 60 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round[a] |
5 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 54 | 49 | +5 | 51 | |
6 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 34 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 43 | 32 | +11 | 48 | |
7 | Hamburger SV | 34 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 43 | 37 | +6 | 45 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round[a] |
8 | VfL Bochum | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 49 | 50 | −1 | 45 | |
9 | Borussia Dortmund | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 41 | 43 | −2 | 44 | |
10 | Hertha BSC | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 50 | 55 | −5 | 44 | |
11 | Hannover 96 | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 41 | 50 | −9 | 44 | |
12 | Arminia Bielefeld | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 47 | 49 | −2 | 42 | |
13 | Energie Cottbus | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 38 | 49 | −11 | 41 | |
14 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 46 | 58 | −12 | 40 | |
15 | VfL Wolfsburg | 34 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 37 | 45 | −8 | 37 | |
16 | Mainz 05 (R) | 34 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 34 | 57 | −23 | 34 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |
17 | Alemannia Aachen (R) | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 46 | 70 | −24 | 34 | |
18 | Borussia Mönchengladbach (R) | 34 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 44 | −21 | 26 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ a b Since 1. FC Nürnberg won the 2006–07 DFB-Pokal, thus qualifying for the UEFA Cup first round, Hamburger SV entered the Intertoto Cup third round.
Results
Statistics
Top goalscorers
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | ![]() |
VfL Bochum | 20 |
2 | ![]() |
Borussia Dortmund | 16 |
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Bayern Munich | ||
4 | ![]() |
Schalke 04 | 15 |
5 | ![]() |
VfB Stuttgart | 14 |
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Hertha BSC | ||
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Energie Cottbus | ||
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Mainz 05 | ||
9 | ![]() |
VfB Stuttgart | 13 |
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Werder Bremen | ||
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Werder Bremen |
References
- ^ "Bundesliga 2006/2007 » Schedule". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
- ^ "Mario Gomez: 10 things on the VfB Stuttgart star". Retrieved 27 January 2019.
- ^ "BVB präsentiert neues Trikot – Die RAG setzt (Ausrufe-)Zeichen" (in German). Borussia Dortmund. Archived from the original on 8 February 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
- ^ Horst Köppel at fussballdaten.de (in German)
- ^ a b Jupp Heynckes at fussballdaten.de (in German)
- ^ Peter Neururer at fussballdaten.de (in German)
- ^ a b Dieter Hecking at fussballdaten.de (in German)
- ^ Michael Frontzeck at fussballdaten.de (in German)
- ^ Bert van Marwijk at fussballdaten.de (in German)
- ^ a b Jürgen Röber at fussballdaten.de (in German)
- ^ 2006–07 Bundesliga at fussballdaten.de (in German)
- ^ Felix Magath at fussballdaten.de (in German)
- ^ 2006–07 Bundesliga at fussballdaten.de (in German)
- ^ a b Thomas Doll at fussballdaten.de (in German)
- ^ Huub Stevens at fussballdaten.de (in German)
- ^ Thomas von Heesen at fussballdaten.de (in German)
- ^ a b Frank Geideck at fussballdaten.de (in German)
- ^ Ernst Middendorp at fussballdaten.de (in German)
- ^ Falko Götz at fussballdaten.de (in German)
- ^ Karsten Heine at fussballdaten.de (in German)
External links
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- Official site of the DFB (in German)
- Kicker.de (in German)
- Official site of the Bundesliga (in German)
- Official site of the Bundesliga Archived 3 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine