2006–07 Football League Championship

April 2014 April 2014 Football League Championship 2006–07 Sunderland2nd Championship title5th 2nd tier title Direct promotion to Premier League SunderlandBirmingham City Promoted to Premier League through play-offs Derby County Relegated Leeds UnitedLuton TownSouthend United Jamie Cureton (Colchester United), 23https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engtops.html English League Leading Goalscorers RSSSF 31 October 2010 552 1439 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 are automatically promoted to the Premiership and they are joined by the winner of the League Championship play-off. The bottom three teams in the Championship are 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. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_div_1/6602865.stm Luton 0–5 Sunderland 6 May 2007 BBC Sport 12 August 2013 Derby County were promoted through the play-offs. Southend United, Luton Town and Leeds United were relegated. Changes from last season From Championship Promoted to Premier League Reading (1st) Sheffield United (2nd) Watford (3rd Play-offs) Relegated to League One Crewe Alexandra (22nd) Millwall (23rd) Brighton & Hove Albion (24th) To Championship Relegated from Premier League Birmingham City (18th) West Bromwich Albion (19th) Sunderland (20th) Promoted from League One Southend United (1st) Colchester United (2nd) Barnsley (3rd Play-offs) Teams Stadia and locations England right 450 Locations of teams in the 2006–07 Football League Championship England 53.552222 -1.4675 Barnsley right England 52.475703 -1.868189 Birmingham City bottom England 53.789167 -2.230278 Burnley top England 51.472778 -3.203056 Cardiff City top England 51.9234 0.897703 Colchester top England 52.448111 -1.495611 Coventry City top England 51.398333 -0.085556 Crystal Palace bottom England 52.915 -1.447222 Derby County bottom England 53.746111 -0.367778 Hull City right England 52.055061 1.144831 Ipswich Town bottom England 53.777778 -1.572222 Leeds United right England 52.620278 -1.142222 Leicester City bottom England 51.9000 -0.4333 Luton Town left England 52.622128 1.308653 Norwich City left England 50.3881 -4.15083 Plymouth Argyle left England 53.772256 -2.68806 Preston left England 51.509167 -0.232222 Queens Park Rangers left England 53.411389 -1.500556 Sheffield Wednesday bottom England 50.9058 -1.39111 Southampton top England 51.549 0.701558 Southend Utd right England 52.988358 -2.175419 Stoke City England 54.914400 -1.388200 Sunderland England 52.530005 -2.007372 West Brom left England 52.590278 -2.130278 Wolverhampton Wanderers left TeamLocationStadiumCapacityBarnsleyBarnsleyOakwell23,009Birmingham CityBirminghamSt Andrew's Stadium30,009BurnleyBurnleyTurf Moor22,546Cardiff CityCardiffNinian Park22,008Colchester UnitedColchesterLayer Road6,320Coventry CityCoventryRicoh Arena32,609Crystal PalaceLondon (Croydon)Selhurst Park26,309Derby CountyDerbyPride Park Stadium33,597Hull CityKingston upon HullKC Stadium25,586Ipswich TownIpswichPortman Road30,311Leeds UnitedLeedsElland Road37,792Leicester CityLeicesterWalkers Stadium32,261Luton TownLutonKenilworth Road10,356Norwich CityNorwichCarrow Road26,034Plymouth ArgylePlymouthHome Park19,500Preston North EndPrestonDeepdale24,500Queens Park RangersLondon (White City)Loftus Road19,128Southend UnitedSouthend-on-SeaRoots Hall12,392Sheffield WednesdaySheffieldHillsborough39,814SouthamptonSouthamptonSt Mary's Stadium32,689Stoke CityStoke-on-TrentBrittania Stadium27,500SunderlandSunderlandStadium of Light49,000West Bromwich AlbionWest BromwichThe Hawthorns26,688Wolverhampton WanderersWolverhamptonMolineux28,525 Personnel and sponsoring TeamManagerKit makerMain sponsorBarnsleyWAL Simon DaveyJakoBarnsley Building SocietyBirmingham CityENG Steve BruceLonsdaleflybe.comBurnleyENG Steve CotterillErreàHunters Estate AgentsCardiff CityENG Dave JonesJomaCommunications DirectColchester UnitedWAL Geraint WilliamsDiadoraMutualPoints.com (H) / Smart Energy (A)Coventry CityENG Iain DowiePumaCassidy GroupCrystal PalaceENG Peter TaylorDiadoraGAC LogisticsDerby CountySCO Billy DaviesJomaThe DerbyshireHull CityENG Phil BrownDiadoraBonus ElectricalIpswich TownNIR Jim MagiltonPunchE.ONLeeds UnitedENG Dennis WiseAdmiralBet24Leicester CityNIR Nigel WorthingtonJJBAlliance & LeicesterLuton TownENG Kevin BlackwellDiadoraElectroluxNorwich CitySCO Peter GrantXaraflybe.comPlymouth ArgyleENG Ian HollowayPumaGinstersPreston North EndENG Paul SimpsonDiadoraEnterprise plcQueens Park RangersENG John GregoryLe Coq SportifCargiantSouthend UnitedENG Steve TilsonNikeInsureandGoSheffield WednesdayENG Brian LawsDiadoraPlusnetSouthamptonSCO George BurleySaintsflybe.comStoke CityWAL Tony PulisPumaBritannia Building SocietySunderlandIRE Roy KeaneLonsdaleReg VardyWest Bromwich AlbionENG Tony MowbrayUmbroT-MobileWolverhampton WanderersIRL Mick McCarthyLe Coq SportifChaucer Consulting League table main WDL 5 PQR SUN Sunderland BIR Birmingham City DER Derby County WBA West Bromwich Albion WOL Wolverhampton Wanderers SOU Southampton PNE Preston North End STK Stoke City SHW Sheffield Wednesday COL Colchester United PLY Plymouth Argyle CRY Crystal Palace CAR Cardiff City IPS Ipswich Town BUR Burnley NWC Norwich City COV Coventry City QPR Queens Park Rangers LEI Leicester City BAR Barnsley HUL Hull City SEU Southend United LUT Luton Town LEE Leeds United 27 7 12 76 47 CP 26 8 12 67 42 P 25 9 12 62 46 OP 22 10 14 81 55 22 10 14 59 56 21 12 13 77 53 22 8 16 64 53 19 16 11 62 41 20 11 15 70 66 20 9 17 70 56 17 16 13 63 62 18 11 17 59 51 17 13 16 57 53 18 8 20 64 59 15 12 19 52 49 16 9 21 56 71 16 8 22 47 62 14 11 21 54 68 13 14 19 49 64 15 5 26 53 85 13 10 23 51 67 10 12 24 47 80 R 10 10 26 53 81 R 13 7 26 46 72 R -10 Leeds United had 10 points deducted for entering financial administration. green1 Promotion to the Premier League P P yellow1 Qualification for Championship play-offs QP QP QP QP red1 Relegation to Football League One R R R In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference (GD). complete RSSSF Results main FBR grey BAR BIR BUR CAR COL COV CRY DER HUL IPS LEE LEI LUT NWC PLY PNE QPR SHW SOU SEU STK SUN WBA WOL Barnsley 1-0 1-0 1-2 0-3 0-1 2-0 1-2 3-0 1-0 3-2 0-1 1-2 1-3 2-2 0-1 2-0 0-3 2-2 2-0 2-2 0-2 1-1 1-0 Birmingham City 2-0 0-1 1-0 2-1 3-0 2-1 1-0 2-1 2-2 1-0 1-1 2-2 0-1 3-0 3-1 2-1 2-0 2-1 1-3 1-0 1-1 2-0 1-1 Burnley 4-2 1-2 2-0 1-2 1-2 1-1 0-0 2-0 1-0 2-1 0-1 0-0 3-0 4-0 3-2 2-0 1-1 2-3 0-0 0-1 2-2 3-2 0-1 Cardiff City 2-0 2-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 2-2 0-1 2-2 1-0 3-2 4-1 1-0 2-2 4-1 0-1 1-2 1-0 0-1 1-1 0-1 1-1 4-0 Colchester United 1-2 1-1 0-0 3-1 0-0 0-2 4-3 5-1 1-0 2-1 1-1 4-1 3-0 0-1 1-0 2-1 4-0 2-0 3-0 3-0 3-1 1-2 2-1 Coventry City 4-1 0-1 1-0 2-2 2-1 2-4 1-2 2-0 1-2 1-0 0-0 1-0 3-0 0-1 0-4 0-1 3-1 2-1 1-1 0-0 2-1 0-1 2-1 Crystal Palace 2-0 0-1 2-2 1-2 1-3 1-0 2-0 1-1 2-0 1-0 2-0 2-1 3-1 0-1 3-0 3-0 1-2 0-2 3-1 0-1 1-0 0-2 2-2 Derby County 2-1 0-1 1-0 3-1 5-1 1-1 1-0 2-2 2-1 2-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 1-1 1-1 1-0 2-2 3-0 0-2 1-2 2-1 0-2 Hull City 2-3 2-0 2-0 4-1 1-1 0-1 1-1 1-2 2-5 1-2 1-2 0-0 1-2 1-2 2-0 2-1 2-1 2-4 4-0 0-2 0-1 0-1 2-0 Ipswich Town 5-1 1-0 1-1 3-1 3-2 2-1 1-2 2-1 0-0 1-0 0-2 5-0 3-1 3-0 2-3 2-1 0-2 2-1 0-2 0-1 3-1 1-5 0-1 Leeds United 2-2 3-2 1-0 0-1 3-0 2-1 2-1 0-1 0-0 1-1 1-2 1-0 1-0 2-1 2-1 0-0 2-3 0-3 2-0 0-4 0-3 2-3 0-1 Leicester City 2-0 1-2 0-1 0-0 0-0 3-0 1-1 1-1 0-1 3-1 1-1 1-1 1-2 2-2 0-1 1-3 1-4 3-2 1-0 2-1 0-2 1-1 1-4 Luton Town 0-2 3-2 0-2 0-0 1-1 3-1 2-1 0-2 1-2 0-2 5-1 2-0 2-3 1-2 2-0 2-3 3-2 0-2 0-0 2-2 0-5 2-2 2-3 Norwich City 5-1 1-0 1-4 1-0 1-1 1-1 0-1 1-2 1-1 1-1 2-1 3-1 3-2 1-3 2-0 1-0 1-2 0-1 0-0 1-0 0-1 1-2 0-1 Plymouth Argyle 2-4 0-1 2-0 3-3 3-0 3-2 1-0 3-1 1-0 1-1 1-2 3-0 1-0 3-1 2-0 1-1 1-2 1-1 2-1 1-1 0-2 2-2 1-1 Preston North End 1-0 1-0 2-0 2-1 1-0 1-1 0-0 1-2 2-1 1-0 4-1 0-1 3-0 2-1 3-0 1-1 0-0 3-1 2-3 3-2 4-1 1-0 0-1 Queens Park Rangers 1-0 0-2 3-1 1-0 1-0 0-1 4-2 1-2 2-0 1-3 2-2 1-1 3-2 3-3 1-1 1-0 1-1 0-2 2-0 1-1 1-2 1-2 0-1 Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 0-3 1-1 0-0 2-0 2-1 3-2 1-2 1-2 2-0 0-1 2-1 0-1 3-2 1-1 1-3 3-2 3-3 3-2 1-1 2-4 3-1 2-2 Southampton 5-2 4-3 0-0 2-2 1-2 0-0 1-1 0-1 0-0 1-0 1-0 2-0 2-1 2-1 1-0 1-1 1-2 2-1 4-1 1-0 1-2 0-0 2-0 Southend United 1-3 0-4 1-0 0-3 1-3 2-3 0-1 0-1 2-3 1-3 1-1 2-2 1-3 3-3 1-1 0-0 5-0 0-0 2-1 1-0 3-1 3-1 0-1 Stoke City 0-1 0-0 0-1 3-0 3-1 1-0 2-1 2-0 1-1 0-0 3-1 4-2 0-0 5-0 1-1 1-1 1-0 1-2 2-1 1-1 2-1 1-0 1-1 Sunderland 2-0 0-1 3-2 1-2 3-1 2-0 0-0 2-1 2-0 1-0 2-0 1-1 2-1 1-0 2-3 0-1 2-1 1-0 1-1 4-0 2-2 2-0 2-1 West Bromwich Albion 7-0 1-1 3-0 1-0 2-1 5-0 2-3 1-0 2-0 2-0 4-2 2-0 3-2 0-1 2-1 4-2 3-3 0-1 1-1 1-1 1-3 1-2 3-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-0 2-3 2-1 1-2 1-0 1-0 1-1 0-1 3-1 1-0 1-0 1-2 1-0 2-2 2-2 1-3 2-0 2-2 0-6 3-1 2-0 1-1 1-0 7 September 2020 source Top scorers Rank Player Club Goals1ENG Jamie Cureton Colchester United 232ENG Michael Chopra Cardiff City 223SEN Diomansy Kamara West Bromwich Albion 214WAL Robert Earnshaw Norwich City 195SCO Chris Iwelumo Colchester United 18=POL Grzegorz Rasiak Southampton 187SCO Steve Howard Derby County 16=IRL Alan Lee Ipswich Town 16=ENG Kevin Phillips West Bromwich Albion 1610ENG David Nugent Preston North End 15 http://soccernet.espn.go.com/stats/scorers/_/league/eng.2/year/2006/english-league-championship?cc=5739 English League Championship Stats: Top Goal Scorers - Final ESPN FC 27 March 2012 24 October 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121024195226/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/stats/scorers/_/league/eng.2/year/2006/english-league-championship?cc=5739 dead Play-offs Semi-finals 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 2007 Football League Championship play-off Final 28 May 2007 Derby County 1–0 (Details) West Bromwich Albion Pearson 61 Wembley Stadium, London 74,993 Graham Poll Attendances Source: Archive England 2006-2007 https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/eng/aveeng2007.htm European Football Statistics 11 December 2025 No. Club Average Change Highest Lowest 1 Sunderland 31,887 -5.9% 44,448 24,242 2 Derby County 25,945 7.4% 31,920 21,295 3 Norwich City 24,545 -1.6% 25,476 23,311 4 Sheffield Wednesday 23,638 -4.9% 29,103 18,752 5 Southampton 23,556 -0.2% 32,008 18,736 6 Leicester City 23,206 4.4% 30,457 18,677 7 Ipswich Town 22,445 -7.5% 28,355 19,337 8 Birmingham City 22,274 -18.7% 29,431 15,854 9 Leeds United 21,613 -3.3% 31,269 16,268 10 Wolverhampton Wanderers 20,968 -11.2% 28,016 16,772 11 West Bromwich Albion 20,472 -19.4% 26,606 17,417 12 Coventry City 20,342 -4.5% 27,212 16,178 13 Hull City 18,758 -5.5% 25,512 14,895 14 Crystal Palace 17,541 -9.8% 21,523 15,985 15 Stoke City 15,749 9.1% 23,017 11,626 16 Cardiff City 15,223 29.9% 20,109 11,549 17 Preston North End 14,430 -1.3% 19,603 11,601 18 Plymouth Argyle 13,012 -5.5% 17,088 9,841 19 Queens Park Rangers 12,936 -3.8% 16,741 10,811 20 Barnsley 12,733 40.8% 21,253 9,479 21 Burnley 11,956 -4.1% 15,061 9,681 22 Southend United 10,024 24.5% 11,415 7,901 23 Luton Town 8,580 -6.1% 10,260 7,441 24 Colchester United 5,466 37.7% 6,065 4,249 References 2006–07 1 England