2006–07 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.^[1] Bayern Munich were the defending champions.

Bundesliga

Season	2006–07
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 →

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:

• 1. FC Kaiserslautern
• 1. FC Köln
• MSV Duisburg

Season overview

VfB Stuttgart began the campaign with the youngest squad of the Bundesliga and were widely seen as a competitor for a 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

Aachen

Hertha BSC

Bielefeld

Bochum

Bremen

Cottbus

Dortmund

Frankfurt

Hamburg

Hannover

Leverkusen

Mainz

Mönchengladbach

Bayern

Nürnberg

Schalke

Stuttgart

Wolfsburg

Location of teams in the 2006–07 Fußball-Bundesliga

Stadia and locations

Team	Location	Venue	Capacity
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

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Alemannia Aachen	Michael Frontzeck	Reiner Plaßhenrich	Jako	AachenMünchener
Arminia Bielefeld	Ernst Middendorp	Mathias Hain	Saller	Krombacher
Bayer Leverkusen	Michael Skibbe	Carsten Ramelow	Adidas	RWE
Bayern Munich	Ottmar Hitzfeld	Oliver Kahn	Adidas	Deutsche Telekom
VfL Bochum	Marcel Koller	Dariusz Wosz	Nike	DWS Group
Borussia Dortmund	Thomas Doll	Christian Wörns	Nike	![a]
Borussia Mönchengladbach	Jos Luhukay	Kasey Keller	Lotto	Kyocera
Eintracht Frankfurt	Friedhelm Funkel	Markus Weissenberger	Jako	Fraport
Energie Cottbus	Petrik Sander	Kevin McKenna	Saller	enviaM
Hamburger SV	Huub Stevens	Rafael van der Vaart	Puma	Fly Emirates
Hannover 96	Dieter Hecking	Altin Lala	Diadora	TUI Group
Hertha BSC	Karsten Heine	Arne Friedrich	Nike	Deutsche Bahn
Mainz 05	Jürgen Klopp	Dimo Wache	Lotto	DBV-Winterthur
1. FC Nürnberg	Hans Meyer	Raphael Schäfer	Adidas	mister*lady Jeans
Schalke 04	Mirko Slomka	Marcelo Bordon	Adidas	Victoria Versicherung/Gazprom
VfB Stuttgart	Armin Veh	Fernando Meira	Puma	EnBW
Werder Bremen	Thomas Schaaf	Torsten Frings	Kappa	Bwin[b]
VfL Wolfsburg	Klaus Augenthaler	Kevin Hofland	Nike	Volkswagen/Tiguan

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

Source: kicker.de
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. 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

Home \ Away	AAC	BSC	DSC	BOC	SVW	FCE	BVB	SGE	HSV	H96	B04	M05	BMG	FCB	FCN	S04	VFB	WOB
Alemannia Aachen	—	0–4	2–0	2–1	2–2	1–2	1–4	2–3	3–3	1–4	2–3	2–1	4–2	1–0	1–1	0–1	2–4	2–2
Hertha BSC	2–1	—	1–1	3–3	1–4	0–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	4–0	2–3	1–2	2–1	2–3	2–1	2–0	2–2	2–1
Arminia Bielefeld	5–1	2–2	—	1–3	3–2	3–1	1–0	2–4	1–1	3–1	0–0	1–0	0–2	2–1	3–2	0–1	2–3	0–0
VfL Bochum	2–2	1–3	2–1	—	0–6	0–1	2–0	4–3	2–1	2–0	1–3	0–1	2–0	1–2	0–2	2–1	2–3	0–1
Werder Bremen	3–1	3–1	3–0	3–0	—	1–1	1–3	1–2	0–2	3–0	2–1	2–0	3–0	3–1	1–0	0–2	2–3	2–1
Energie Cottbus	0–2	2–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	—	2–3	0–1	2–2	0–1	2–1	2–0	3–1	0–3	1–1	2–4	0–0	3–2
Borussia Dortmund	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–3	—	2–0	1–0	2–2	1–2	1–1	1–0	3–2	0–0	2–0	0–1	1–0
Eintracht Frankfurt	4–0	1–2	0–3	0–3	2–6	1–3	1–1	—	2–2	2–0	3–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–2	1–3	0–4	0–0
Hamburger SV	4–0	1–1	1–1	0–3	1–1	1–1	3–0	3–1	—	0–0	0–0	2–2	1–1	1–2	0–0	1–2	2–4	1–0
Hannover 96	0–3	5–0	1–1	0–2	2–4	2–0	4–2	1–1	0–0	—	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	0–3	1–1	1–2	2–2
Bayer Leverkusen	3–0	2–1	1–2	1–4	0–2	3–1	2–1	2–2	1–2	0–1	—	1–1	1–0	2–3	2–0	3–1	3–1	1–1
Mainz 05	1–3	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–6	4–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–2	1–3	—	3–0	0–4	2–1	0–3	0–0	1–2
Borussia Mönchengladbach	0–0	3–1	1–0	0–2	2–2	2–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	0–2	1–1	—	1–1	0–0	0–2	0–1	3–1
Bayern Munich	2–1	4–2	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	2–0	1–2	0–1	2–1	5–2	1–1	—	0–0	2–0	2–1	2–1
1. FC Nürnberg	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–0	1–1	2–2	0–2	3–1	3–2	1–1	1–0	3–0	—	0–0	4–1	1–1
Schalke 04	2–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	0–2	2–1	0–1	4–0	2–0	2–2	1–0	—	1–0	2–0
VfB Stuttgart	3–1	0–0	3–2	1–0	4–1	2–1	1–3	1–1	2–0	2–1	3–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	0–3	3–0	—	0–0
VfL Wolfsburg	1–2	0–0	2–3	3–1	0–2	0–0	0–2	2–2	1–0	1–2	3–2	3–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	—

Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Top goalscorers

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