2006–07 Bundesliga

Bundesliga
Season 2006–07
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 Nuremberg (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

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. Bayern Munich were the defending champions.

Team changes from 2005–06

Three teams from the 2nd Bundesliga were promoted at the end of last season:

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 started up with a 0–3 home defeat against Nuremberg 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 domestic cup Final against Nuremberg 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 Gomez was named German Footballer of the Year in 2007.

Team overview

Team Venue Capacity
Alemannia Aachen Tivoli 21,300
Hertha BSC Olympic Stadium 74,228
Arminia Bielefeld Schüco Arena 28,008
VfL Bochum Ruhrstadion 31,328
SV Werder Bremen Weserstadion 42,358
FC Energie Cottbus Stadion der Freundschaft 22,450
Borussia Dortmund Signal Iduna Park 80,708
Eintracht Frankfurt Commerzbank-Arena 52,300
Hamburger SV HSH Nordbank Arena 57,274
Hannover 96 AWD-Arena 49,000
Bayer 04 Leverkusen BayArena 22,500
1. FSV Mainz 05 Stadion am Bruchweg 20,300
Borussia Mönchengladbach Borussia-Park 54,067
FC Bayern Munich Allianz Arena 69,901
1. FC Nuremberg Easy Credit Stadion 47,559
FC Schalke 04 Veltins-Arena 61,673
VfB Stuttgart Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion 58,000
VfL Wolfsburg Volkswagen Arena 30,122

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Date of departure Replaced by Date of Appointment
Borussia Mönchengladbach Germany Horst Köppel 30 June 2006[1] Germany Jupp Heynckes 1 July 2006[2]
Hannover 96 Germany Peter Neururer 30 August 2006[3] Germany Dieter Hecking 10 September 2006[4]
Alemannia Aachen Germany Dieter Hecking 7 September 2006[4] Germany Michael Frontzeck 12 September 2006[5]
Borussia Dortmund Netherlands Bert van Marwijk 18 December 2006[6] Germany Jürgen Röber 19 December 2006[7]
Borussia Mönchengladbach Germany Jupp Heynckes 31 January 2007[2] Netherlands Jos Luhukay 1 February 2007[8]
Bayern Munich Germany Felix Magath 31 January 2007[9] Germany Ottmar Hitzfeld 1 February 2007[10]
Hamburger SV Germany Thomas Doll 1 February 2007[11] Netherlands Huub Stevens 3 February 2007[12]
Arminia Bielefeld Germany Thomas von Heesen 11 February 2007[13] Germany Frank Geideck 12 February 2007[14]
Borussia Dortmund Germany Jürgen Röber 12 March 2007[7] Germany Thomas Doll 13 March 2007[11]
Arminia Bielefeld Germany Frank Geideck 13 March 2007[14] Germany Ernst Middendorp 14 March 2007[15]
Hertha BSC Germany Falko Götz 10 April 2007[16] Germany Karsten Heine 11 April 2007[17]

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 2007–08 UEFA 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 2007–08 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
4 Bayern Munich 34 18 6 10 55 40+15 60 2007–08 UEFA Cup First round
5 Bayer Leverkusen 34 15 6 13 54 49+5 51
6 1. FC Nürnberg 34 11 15 8 43 32+11 48 2007–08 UEFA Cup First round 1
7 Hamburger SV 34 10 15 9 43 37+6 45 2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round
8 VfL Bochum 34 13 6 15 49 501 45
9 Borussia Dortmund 34 12 8 14 41 432 44
10 Hertha BSC 34 12 8 14 50 555 44
11 Hannover 96 34 12 8 14 41 509 44
12 Arminia Bielefeld 34 11 9 14 47 492 42
13 Energie Cottbus 34 11 8 15 38 4911 41
14 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 9 13 12 46 5812 40
15 VfL Wolfsburg 34 8 13 13 37 458 37
16 Mainz 05 (R) 34 8 10 16 34 5723 34 Relegation to 2. Fußball-Bundesliga
17 Alemannia Aachen (R) 34 9 7 18 46 7024 34
18 Borussia Mönchengladbach (R) 34 6 8 20 23 4421 26

Source: kicker.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1 1. FC Nuremberg won the DFB Cup 2006-07 and thus qualified for the First Round of UEFA Cup 2007–08.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home ╲ Away AAC BSC BIEBOCBRECOTDORFRAHAMH96LEVMAIMGLFCBNURS04STUWOL
Alemannia Aachen 04 20 21 22 12 14 23 33 14 23 21 42 10 11 01 24 22
Hertha BSC 21 11 33 14 01 01 10 21 40 23 21 12 23 21 20 22 21
Arminia Bielefeld 51 22 13 32 31 10 24 11 31 00 10 02 21 32 01 23 00
VfL Bochum 22 13 21 06 01 20 43 21 20 13 01 20 12 02 21 23 01
Werder Bremen 31 31 30 30 11 13 12 02 30 21 20 30 31 10 02 23 21
Energie Cottbus 02 21 20 00 00 23 01 22 01 21 20 31 03 11 24 00 32
Borussia Dortmund 00 12 11 11 02 23 20 10 22 12 11 10 32 00 20 01 10
Eintracht Frankfurt 40 12 03 03 26 13 11 22 20 31 00 10 10 22 13 04 00
Hamburger SV 40 11 11 03 11 11 30 31 00 00 22 11 12 00 12 24 10
Hannover 96 03 50 11 02 24 20 42 11 00 11 10 12 12 03 11 12 22
Bayer Leverkusen 30 21 12 14 02 31 21 22 12 01 11 10 23 20 31 31 11
Mainz 05 13 11 10 21 16 41 10 11 00 12 13 30 04 21 03 00 12
Borussia Mönchengladbach 00 31 10 02 22 20 10 11 01 01 02 11 11 00 02 01 31
Bayern Munich 21 42 10 00 11 21 20 20 12 01 21 52 11 00 20 21 21
1. FC Nürnberg 10 21 11 11 12 10 11 22 02 31 32 11 10 30 00 41 11
Schalke 04 21 20 21 21 20 20 31 11 02 21 01 40 20 22 10 10 20
VfB Stuttgart 31 00 32 10 41 21 13 11 20 21 30 20 10 20 03 30 00
VfL Wolfsburg 12 00 23 31 02 00 02 22 10 12 32 32 10 10 11 22 11

Source:
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Greece Theofanis Gekas VfL Bochum 20
2 Switzerland Alexander Frei Borussia Dortmund 16
Netherlands Roy Makaay Bayern Munich
4 Germany Kevin Kurányi Schalke 04 15
5 Germany Mario Gómez VfB Stuttgart 14
Serbia Marko Pantelić Hertha BSC
Romania Sergiu Radu Energie Cottbus
Egypt Mohamed Zidan 1. FSV Mainz 05
9 Brazil Cacau VfB Stuttgart 13
Brazil Diego Werder Bremen
Germany Miroslav Klose Werder Bremen

Champion squad

VfB Stuttgart

Goalkeepers: Timo Hildebrand (33); Michael Langer Austria (1).
Defenders: Matthieu Delpierre France (33); Ricardo Osorio Mexico (27 / 1); Serdar Tasci (26 / 2); Ludovic Magnin Switzerland (22 / 1); Fernando Meira Portugal (20 / 3); Arthur Boka Ivory Coast (19 / 1); Andreas Beck (4); Markus Babbel (2).
Midfielders: Roberto Hilbert (34 / 7); Pável Pardo Mexico (33 / 1); Thomas Hitzlsperger (30 / 7); Antônio da Silva Brazil (28); Sami Khedira (22 / 4); Christian Gentner (15); Daniel Bierofka (12); Alexander Farnerud Sweden (9); Silvio Meißner (1).
Forwards: Cacau Brazil (32 / 13); Marco Streller Switzerland (27 / 5); Mario Gómez (25 / 14); Benjamin Lauth (11 / 1); Jon Dahl Tomasson Denmark (4); Bernd Nehrig (1).
(league appearances and goals listed in parentheses)

Manager: Armin Veh.

On the roster but have not played in a league game: Dirk Heinen; Alexander Stolz; Heiko Gerber; Danijel Ljuboja Serbia.

Transferred out during the season: Silvio Meißner (to 1. FC Kaiserslautern); Danijel Ljuboja Serbia (on loan to Hamburger SV); Bernd Nehrig (on loan to SpVgg Unterhaching); Jon Dahl Tomasson Denmark (on loan to Villarreal).

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