Season 2006–07 Top goalscorer Theofanis Gekas (20) Dates 11 Aug 2006 – 19 May 2007 Matches played 306 | Intertoto Cup Hamburger SV Champion VfB Stuttgart Goals scored 837 | |
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Champions VfB Stuttgart
3rd Bundesliga title
5th German title Champions League VfB Stuttgart
Schalke 04
Werder Bremen UEFA Cup Bayern Munich
Bayer Leverkusen
1. FC Nürnberg (via domestic cup) Relegated 1. FSV Mainz 05, Alemannia Aachen, Borussia Mönchengladbach Similar 2005–06 Bundesliga, 2007–08 Bundesliga, 2008–09 Bundesliga, 2003–04 Bundesliga, 2009–10 Bundesliga | ||
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.
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Team changes from 2005–06
Three teams from the 2. Bundesliga were promoted at the end of previous 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 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 German Footballer of the Year in 2007.
League table
Source: kicker.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1 1. FC Nürnberg won the 2006–07 DFB-Pokal 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
Source:
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.