Football League Championship 2006/07

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Football League Championship 2006/07
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master Sunderland AFC
Climbers Sunderland AFC, Birmingham City , Derby County (as play-off winner)
Relegated Southend United , Luton Town , Leeds United
Teams 24
Games 552 + 5 play-off games
Gates 1,439  (ø 2.61 per game)
Top scorer Jamie Cureton , Colchester United
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The Football League Championship 2006/07 was the third season of the English Football League Championship and also the 15th season of the top division of the Football League - after the introduction of the Premier League - as only the second highest English league. The season began on August 5, 2006 with the opening game between Luton Town and Leicester City (final score: 2-0). As a climber came Southend United , Colchester United and Barnsley FC to. Birmingham City , West Bromwich Albion and AFC Sunderland were relegated from the Premier League last year , thus completing the field of 24 teams.

Teams

society city Stadion capacity
Sunderland AFC Sunderland Stage of light 49,000
Birmingham City Birmingham St. Andrew's Stadium 30,000
Cardiff City Cardiff Cardiff City Stadium 26,800
Colchester United Colchester Weston Homes Community Stadium 10.100
Coventry City Coventry Ricoh Arena 32,600
Crystal Palace London Selhurst Park 26,300
Derby County Derby Pride Park Stadium 33,600
Barnsley FC Barnsley Oakwell Stadium 23,000
Burnley FC Burnley Turf Moor 22,600
Southampton FC Southampton St. Mary's Stadium 32,700
Hull City Kingston upon Hull KC Stadium 25,400
Ipswich Town Ipswich Portman Road 30,300
Leeds United Leeds Elland Road 39,500
Leicester City Leicester Walkers Stadium 32,500
Luton Town Luton Kenilworth Road Stadium 10,200
Norwich City Norwich Carrow Road 26,200
Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Home Park 19,500
Preston North End Preston Deepdale 22,200
Queens Park Rangers London Loftus Road 19,100
Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Hillsborough Stadium 39,800
Southend United Southend-on-Sea Roots Hall 12,400
Stoke City Stoke-on-Trent Britannia Stadium 28,400
West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich The Hawthorns 26,500
Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolverhampton Molineux Stadium 28,500

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Sunderland AFC (A)  46  27  7th  12 076:470 +29 88
 2. Birmingham City (A)  46  26th  8th  12 067:420 +25 86
 3. Derby County  46  25th  9  12 062:460 +16 84
 4th West Bromwich Albion (A)  46  22nd  10  14th 081:550 +26 76
 5. Wolverhampton Wanderers  46  22nd  10  14th 059:560  +3 76
 6th Southampton FC  46  21st  12  13 077:530 +24 75
 7th Preston North End  46  22nd  8th  16 064:530 +11 74
 8th. Stoke City  46  19th  16  11 062:410 +21 73
 9. Sheffield Wednesday  46  20th  11  15th 070:660  +4 71
10. Colchester United (N)  46  20th  9  17th 070:560 +14 69
11. Plymouth Argyle  46  17th  16  13 063:620  +1 67
12. Crystal Palace  46  18th  11  17th 059:510  +8 65
13. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Cardiff City  46  17th  13  16 057:530  +4 64
14th Ipswich Town  46  18th  8th  20th 064:590  +5 62
15th Burnley FC  46  15th  12  19th 052:490  +3 57
16. Norwich City  46  16  9  21st 056:710 −15 57
17th Coventry City  46  16  8th  22nd 047:620 −15 56
18th Queens Park Rangers  46  14th  11  21st 054:680 −14 53
19th Leicester City  46  13  14th  19th 049:640 −15 53
20th Barnsley FC (N)  46  15th  5  26th 053:850 −32 50
21st Hull City  44  13  10  21st 051:670 −16 49
22nd Southend United (N)  46  10  12  24 047:800 −33 42
23. Luton Town  46  10  10  26th 053:810 −28 40
24. Leeds United 1  46  13  7th  26th 046:720 −26 36

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored

1 Leeds United were deducted ten points due to financial irregularities.
  • Second division champion and promoted to the Premier League 2007/08
  • Promoted to the Premier League 2007/08
  • defeated participants of the play-off round to participate in the Premier League
  • Play-off winners and promoted to Premier League in 2007/08
  • Relegated to Football League One in 2007/08
    • (A) Relegated from the Premier League 2005/06
    (N) Newcomer from Football League One 2005/06

    Crosstab

    The cross table shows the results of all games this season. The home team is listed in the left column and the visiting team in the top row.

    2006/07 Sunderland AFC Birmingham City Preston North End Leeds United Crystal Palace Wolverhampton Wanderers Coventry City Norwich City Luton Town Cardiff City Southampton FC Stoke City Plymouth Argyle Ipswich Town Leicester City Burnley FC HUL Sheffield Wednesday Derby County Queens Park Rangers Southend United COL BAR
    Sunderland AFC 0: 1 2-0 0: 1 2-0 0-0 2: 1 2-0 1-0 2: 1 1: 2 1: 1 2: 2 2: 3 1-0 1: 1 3: 2 2-0 1-0 2: 1 2: 1 4-0 3: 1 2-0
    Birmingham City 1: 1 2-0 3: 1 1-0 2: 2 1: 1 3-0 0: 1 2: 2 1-0 2: 1 1-0 3-0 2: 2 1: 1 0: 1 2: 1 2-0 1-0 2: 1 1: 3 2: 1 2-0
    West Bromwich Albion 1: 2 1: 1 4: 2 4: 2 2: 3 3-0 5-0 0: 1 3: 2 1-0 1: 1 1: 3 2: 1 2-0 2-0 3-0 2-0 0: 1 1-0 3: 3 1: 1 2: 1 7-0
    Preston North End 4: 1 1-0 1-0 4: 1 0-0 0: 1 1: 1 2: 1 3-0 2: 1 3: 1 3: 2 3-0 1-0 0: 1 2-0 2: 1 0-0 1: 2 1: 1 2: 3 1-0 1-0
    Leeds United 0: 3 3: 2 2: 3 2: 1 2: 1 0: 1 2: 1 1-0 1-0 0: 1 0: 3 0: 4 2: 1 1: 1 1: 2 1-0 0-0 2: 3 0: 1 0-0 2-0 3-0 2: 2
    Crystal Palace 1-0 0: 1 0: 2 3-0 1-0 2: 2 1-0 3: 1 2: 1 1: 2 0: 2 0: 1 0: 1 2-0 2-0 2: 2 1: 1 1: 2 2-0 3-0 3: 1 1: 3 2-0
    Wolverhampton Wanderers 1: 1 2: 3 1-0 1: 3 1-0 1: 1 1-0 2: 2 1-0 1: 2 0: 6 2-0 2: 2 1-0 1: 2 2: 1 3: 1 2: 2 0: 1 2-0 3: 1 1-0 2-0
    Coventry City 2: 1 0: 1 0: 1 0: 4 1-0 2: 4 2: 1 3-0 1-0 2: 2 2: 1 0-0 0: 1 1: 2 0-0 1-0 2-0 3: 1 1: 2 0: 1 1: 1 2: 1 4: 1
    Norwich City 1-0 1-0 1: 2 2-0 2: 1 0: 1 0: 1 1: 1 3: 2 1-0 0: 1 1-0 1: 3 1: 1 3: 1 1: 4 1: 1 1: 2 1: 2 1-0 0-0 1: 1 5: 1
    Luton Town 0: 5 3: 2 2: 2 2-0 5: 1 2: 1 2: 3 3: 1 2: 3 0-0 0: 2 2: 2 1: 2 0: 2 2-0 0: 2 1: 2 3: 2 0: 2 2: 3 0-0 1: 1 0: 2
    Cardiff City 0: 1 2-0 1: 1 4: 1 1-0 0-0 4-0 1-0 1-0 4: 1 1-0 1: 1 2: 2 2: 2 3: 2 1-0 0: 1 1: 2 2: 2 0: 1 0: 1 0-0 2-0
    Southampton FC 1: 2 4: 3 0-0 1: 1 1-0 1: 1 2-0 2-0 2: 1 2: 1 2: 2 1-0 1-0 1-0 2-0 0-0 0-0 2: 1 0: 1 1: 2 4: 1 1: 2 5: 2
    Stoke City 2: 1 0-0 1-0 1: 1 3: 1 2: 1 1: 1 1-0 5-0 0-0 3-0 2: 1 1: 1 0-0 4: 2 0: 1 1: 1 1: 2 2-0 1-0 1: 1 3: 1 0: 1
    Plymouth Argyle 0: 2 0: 1 2: 2 2-0 1: 2 1-0 1: 1 3: 2 3: 1 1-0 3: 3 1: 1 1: 1 1: 1 3-0 0-0 1-0 1: 2 3: 1 1: 1 2: 1 3-0 2: 4
    Ipswich Town 3: 1 1-0 1: 5 2: 3 1-0 1: 2 0: 1 2: 1 3: 1 5-0 3: 1 2: 1 0: 1 3-0 0: 2 1: 1 0-0 0: 2 2: 1 2: 1 0: 2 3: 2 5: 1
    Leicester City 0: 2 1: 2 1: 1 0: 1 1: 1 1: 1 1: 4 3-0 1: 2 1: 1 0-0 3: 2 2: 1 2: 2 3: 1 0: 1 0: 1 1: 4 1: 1 1: 3 1-0 0-0 2-0
    Burnley FC 2: 2 1: 2 3: 2 3: 2 2: 1 1: 1 0: 1 1: 2 3-0 0-0 2-0 2: 3 0: 1 4-0 1-0 0: 1 2-0 1: 1 0-0 2-0 0-0 1: 2 4: 2
    Hull City 0: 1 2-0 0: 1 2-0 1: 2 1: 1 2-0 0: 1 1: 2 0-0 4: 1 2: 4 0: 2 1: 2 2: 5 1: 2 2-0 2: 1 1: 2 2: 1 4-0 1: 1 2: 3
    Sheffield Wednesday 2: 4 0: 3 3: 1 1: 3 0: 1 3: 2 2: 2 2: 1 3: 2 0: 1 0-0 3: 3 1: 1 1: 1 2-0 2: 1 1: 1 1: 2 1: 2 3: 2 3: 2 2-0 2: 1
    Derby County 1: 2 0: 1 2: 1 1: 1 2-0 1-0 0: 2 1: 1 0-0 1-0 3: 1 2: 2 0: 2 1-0 2: 1 1-0 1-0 2: 2 1-0 1: 1 3-0 5: 1 2: 1
    Queens Park Rangers 1: 2 0: 2 1: 2 1-0 2: 2 4: 2 0: 1 0: 1 3: 3 3: 2 1-0 0: 2 1: 1 1: 1 1: 3 1: 1 3: 1 2-0 1: 1 1: 2 2-0 1-0 1-0
    Southend United 3: 1 0: 4 3: 1 0-0 1: 1 0: 1 0: 1 2: 3 3: 3 1: 3 0: 3 2: 1 1-0 1: 1 1: 3 2: 2 1-0 2: 3 0-0 0: 1 5-0 0: 3 1: 3
    Colchester United 3: 1 1: 1 1: 2 1-0 2: 1 0: 2 2: 1 0-0 3-0 4: 1 3: 1 2-0 3-0 0: 1 1-0 1: 1 0-0 5: 1 4-0 4: 3 2: 1 3-0 1: 2
    Barnsley FC 0: 2 1-0 1: 1 0: 1 3: 2 2-0 1-0 0: 1 1: 3 1: 2 1: 2 2: 2 2: 2 2: 2 1-0 0: 1 1-0 3-0 0: 3 1: 2 2-0 2-0 0: 3

    Play-off games

      Semi-finals (first leg / second leg / total) Final at Wembley Stadium
                         
    6th  Southampton FC 1 3 4th    
    3  Derby County 2 02 * 4th  
    3  Derby County 1
      4th  West Bromwich Albion 0
    5  Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 0 2
    4th  West Bromwich Albion 3 1 4th  
    • Derby County won 4-3 on penalties.

    List of goalscorers

    player society Gates
    1 EnglandEngland Jamie Cureton Colchester United 23
    2 EnglandEngland Michael Chopra Cardiff City 22nd
    3 SenegalSenegal Diomansy Kamara West Bromwich Albion 20th
    4th WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Robert Earnshaw Norwich City 19th
    5 ScotlandScotland Chris Iwelumo Colchester United 18th
    = PolandPoland Grzegorz Rasiak Southampton FC =
    7th EnglandEngland Steve Howard Derby County 16
    = IrelandIreland Alan Lee Ipswich Town =
    = EnglandEngland Kevin Phillips West Bromwich Albion =
    10 EnglandEngland David Nugent Preston North End 15th

    See also

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