2006–07 Football League Championship

Football League Championship
Season	2006–07
Champions	Sunderland (5th second tier title)
Direct promotion to Premier League	Sunderland, Birmingham City
Promoted to Premier League through play-offs	Derby County
Relegated	Leeds United, Luton Town, Southend United
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1439 (2.61 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jamie Cureton (Colchester United), 23^[1]
← 2005–06 2007–08 →

The 2006–07 Football League Championship (known as the Coca-Cola Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the third season of the league under its current title and fifteenth season under its current league division format.

The Football League is contested through three Divisions. The top divisions of these is the League Championship. The winner and the runner up of the League Championship will be automatically promoted to the Premiership and they will be joined by the winner of the League Championship playoff. The bottom three teams in the Championship will be relegated to the second division, League One.

Sunderland finished top of the league with 88 points, closely followed by Birmingham City who had 86 points.^[2] Derby County were promoted through the play-offs. Southend United, Luton Town and Leeds United were relegated.

Changes from last (2005–06) season

From Championship

Promoted to Premier League

Reading (1st)
Sheffield United (2nd)
Watford (3rd Play-offs)

Relegated to League One

To Championship

Relegated from Premier League

Promoted from League One

Southend United (1st)
Colchester United (2nd)
Barnsley (3rd Play-offs)

Stadia and locations

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Locations of teams in the 2012–13 Football League Championship

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Sunderland	46	15	4	4	38	18	12	3	8	38	29	76	47	+ 29	88
2	Birmingham City	46	15	5	3	37	18	11	3	9	30	24	67	42	+ 25	86
3	Derby County	46	13	6	4	33	19	12	3	8	29	27	62	46	+ 16	84
4	West Bromwich Albion	46	14	4	5	51	24	8	6	9	30	31	81	55	+ 26	76
5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	12	5	6	33	28	10	5	8	26	28	59	56	+ 3	76
6	Southampton	46	13	6	4	36	20	8	6	9	41	33	77	53	+ 24	75
7	Preston North End	46	15	4	4	38	17	7	4	12	26	36	64	53	+ 11	74
8	Stoke City	46	12	8	3	35	16	7	8	8	27	25	62	41	+ 21	73
9	Sheffield Wednesday	46	10	6	7	38	36	10	5	8	32	30	70	66	+ 4	71
10	Colchester United	46	15	4	4	46	19	5	5	13	24	37	70	56	+ 14	69
11	Plymouth Argyle	46	10	8	5	36	26	7	8	8	27	36	63	62	+ 1	67
12	Crystal Palace	46	12	3	8	33	22	6	8	9	26	29	59	51	+ 8	65
13	Cardiff City	46	11	7	5	33	18	6	6	11	24	35	57	53	+ 4	64
14	Ipswich Town	46	13	2	8	40	29	5	6	12	24	30	64	59	+ 5	62
15	Burnley	46	10	6	7	35	23	5	6	12	17	26	52	49	+ 3	57
16	Norwich City	46	10	5	8	29	25	6	4	13	27	46	56	71	– 15	57
17	Coventry City	46	11	4	8	30	25	5	4	14	17	37	47	62	– 15	56
18	Queens Park Rangers	46	9	6	8	31	29	5	5	13	23	39	54	68	– 14	53
19	Leicester City	46	6	8	9	26	31	7	6	10	23	33	49	64	– 15	53
20	Barnsley	46	9	4	10	27	29	6	1	16	26	56	53	85	– 32	50
21	Hull City	46	8	3	12	33	32	5	7	11	18	35	51	67	– 16	49
22	Southend United	46	6	6	11	29	38	4	6	13	18	42	47	80	– 33	42
23	Luton Town	46	7	5	11	33	40	3	5	15	20	41	53	81	– 28	40
24	Leeds United	46	10	4	9	27	30	3	3	17	19	42	46	72	– 26	36	^{[notes 1]}

Pld = Matches ; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
NB: In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).

↑ Leeds United had 10 points deducted for entering financial administration.

Key
	Football League Champions, promoted to FA Premier League
	Promoted to FA Premier League
	Participated in play-offs
	Promoted to Premier League through play-offs
	Relegated

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Jamie Cureton	Colchester United	23
2	Michael Chopra	Cardiff City	22
3	Diomansy Kamara	West Bromwich Albion	21
4	Robert Earnshaw	Norwich City	19
5	Chris Iwelumo	Colchester United	18
=	Grzegorz Rasiak	Southampton	18
7	Steve Howard	Derby County	16
=	Alan Lee	Ipswich Town	16
=	Kevin Phillips	West Bromwich Albion	16
10	David Nugent	Preston North End	15

^[3]

Play-offs

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
6th Southampton	4–4 (3–4 pens)	Derby County 3rd	1–2	3–2 aet
5th Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–4	West Bromwich Albion 4th	2–3	0–1

Final

Main article: 2007 Football League Championship play-off Final

Derby County v West Bromwich Albion

28 May 2007

Derby County	1–0	West Bromwich Albion
Pearson 61'	(Details)

Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 74,993
Referee: Graham Poll

References

↑ "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
↑ "Luton 0–5 Sunderland". BBC Sport. 6 May 2007. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
↑ soccernet.espn.go.com

Football League Championship

2015–16 teams	Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Burnley Cardiff City Charlton Athletic Derby County Fulham Huddersfield Town Hull City Ipswich Town Leeds United Middlesbrough Milton Keynes Dons Nottingham Forest Preston North End Queens Park Rangers Reading Rotherham United Sheffield Wednesday Wolverhampton Wanderers

Former clubs	AFC Bournemouth Barnsley Blackpool Colchester United Coventry City Crewe Alexandra Crystal Palace Doncaster Rovers Gillingham Leicester City Luton Town Millwall Newcastle United Norwich City Oldham Athletic Peterborough United Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Scunthorpe United Sheffield United Southampton Southend United Stoke City Sunderland Swansea City Swindon Town Watford West Bromwich Albion West Ham United Wigan Athletic Yeovil Town

Competition	Seasons Teams (winners) Players (foreign) (International Caps) Managers (current) Stadia Referees

Statistics and awards	Record Football League Awards Golden Boot Golden Glove Manager of the Month Player of the Month Hat-tricks Young Player of the Month

Finances	Club Owners Premier League–Football League gulf

Sponsors	Coca-Cola (2004–10) Npower (2010–13) Sky Bet (2013–18)

Associated competitions	FA Cup Football League Cup Play-offs

Seasons	2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Prospects	Promotion to Premier League; Relegation to Football League One

2006–07 in English football

« 2005–06

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FA competitions

Premier League and
Football League

Football Conference

Football Conference (National, North, South)

Lower leagues

European competitions

Related to national team

Other events

2006 allegations of corruption in English football

Club seasons

FA Premier League	Arsenal Aston Villa Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Charlton Athletic Chelsea Everton Fulham Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Newcastle United Portsmouth Reading Sheffield United Tottenham Hotspur Watford West Ham United Wigan Athletic

Championship	Barnsley Birmingham City Burnley Cardiff City Colchester United Coventry City Crystal Palace Derby County Hull City Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City Luton Town Norwich City Plymouth Argyle Preston North End Queens Park Rangers Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Southend United Stoke City Sunderland West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers

League One	Blackpool Bournemouth Bradford City Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Carlisle United Cheltenham Town Chesterfield Crewe Alexandra Doncaster Rovers Gillingham Huddersfield Town Leyton Orient Millwall Northampton Town Nottingham Forest Oldham Athletic Port Vale Rotherham United Scunthorpe United Swansea City Tranmere Rovers Yeovil Town

League Two	Accrington Stanley Barnet Boston United Bristol Rovers Bury Chester City Darlington Grimsby Town Hartlepool United Hereford United Lincoln City Macclesfield Town Mansfield Town Milton Keynes Dons Notts County Peterborough United Rochdale Shrewsbury Town Stockport County Swindon Town Torquay United Walsall Wrexham Wycombe Wanderers

Conference National	Aldershot Town Altrincham Burton Albion Cambridge United Crawley Town Dagenham & Redbridge Exeter City Forest Green Rovers Gravesend & Northfleet Grays Athletic Halifax Town Kidderminster Harriers Morecambe Northwich Victoria Oxford United Rushden & Diamonds Southport St Albans City Stafford Rangers Stevenage Borough Tamworth Weymouth Woking York City

Others	AFC Wimbledon Gateshead Newport County

Second level English football league seasons

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Football League First Division	1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04

Football League Championship	2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

List of champions

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