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. Bayern Munich were the defending champions.

Team changes from 2005–06

Three teams from the 2. Bundesliga were promoted at the end of previous season:
The three teams relegated were:
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.

Team overview

TeamLocationVenueCapacity
AachenTivoli21,300
BielefeldSchüco Arena28,008
LeverkusenBayArena22,500
MunichAllianz Arena69,901
BochumRuhrstadion31,328
DortmundSignal Iduna Park80,708
MönchengladbachBorussia-Park54,067
FrankfurtCommerzbank-Arena52,300
CottbusStadion der Freundschaft22,450
HamburgHSH Nordbank Arena57,274
HanoverAWD-Arena49,000
BerlinOlympic Stadium74,228
MainzStadion am Bruchweg20,300
NurembergEasy Credit Stadion47,559
GelsenkirchenVeltins-Arena61,673
StuttgartGottlieb-Daimler-Stadion58,000
BremenWeserstadion42,358
WolfsburgVolkswagen Arena30,122

Managerial changes

League table

Results

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Champion squad