2006–07 Football League Championship
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.
Season | 2006–07 |
---|---|
Champions | Sunderland 2nd Championship title 5th 2nd tier title |
Direct promotion to Premier League | Sunderland Birmingham City |
Promoted to Premier League through play-offs | Derby County |
Relegated | Leeds United, Luton Town, Southend United |
Matches played | 552 |
Goals scored | 1,439 (2.61 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Jamie Cureton (Colchester United), 23[1] |
← 2005–06 2007–08 → |
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 will be automatically promoted to the Premiership and they will be joined by the winner of the League Championship playoff. The bottom three teams in the Championship will be 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.[2] Derby County were promoted through the play-offs. Southend United, Luton Town and Leeds United were relegated.
Changes from last (2005–06) season
editStadia and locations
editSee the map on the right
From Championship
editPromoted 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
editRelegated 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)
League table
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Sunderland (C, P) | 46 | 27 | 7 | 12 | 76 | 47 | +29 | 88 | Promotion to the Premier League |
2 | Birmingham City (P) | 46 | 26 | 8 | 12 | 67 | 42 | +25 | 86 | |
3 | Derby County (O, P) | 46 | 25 | 9 | 12 | 62 | 46 | +16 | 84 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |
4 | West Bromwich Albion | 46 | 22 | 10 | 14 | 81 | 55 | +26 | 76 | |
5 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 46 | 22 | 10 | 14 | 59 | 56 | +3 | 76 | |
6 | Southampton | 46 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 77 | 53 | +24 | 75 | |
7 | Preston North End | 46 | 22 | 8 | 16 | 64 | 53 | +11 | 74 | |
8 | Stoke City | 46 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 62 | 41 | +21 | 73 | |
9 | Sheffield Wednesday | 46 | 20 | 11 | 15 | 70 | 66 | +4 | 71 | |
10 | Colchester United | 46 | 20 | 9 | 17 | 70 | 56 | +14 | 69 | |
11 | Plymouth Argyle | 46 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 63 | 62 | +1 | 67 | |
12 | Crystal Palace | 46 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 58 | 50 | +8 | 65 | |
13 | Cardiff City | 46 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 57 | 53 | +4 | 64 | |
14 | Ipswich Town | 46 | 18 | 8 | 20 | 64 | 59 | +5 | 62 | |
15 | Burnley | 46 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 52 | 49 | +3 | 57 | |
16 | Norwich City | 46 | 16 | 9 | 21 | 56 | 71 | −15 | 57 | |
17 | Coventry City | 46 | 16 | 8 | 22 | 47 | 62 | −15 | 56 | |
18 | Queens Park Rangers | 46 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 54 | 68 | −14 | 53 | |
19 | Leicester City | 46 | 13 | 14 | 19 | 49 | 64 | −15 | 53 | |
20 | Barnsley | 46 | 15 | 5 | 26 | 53 | 85 | −32 | 50 | |
21 | Hull City | 46 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 51 | 67 | −16 | 49 | |
22 | Southend United (R) | 46 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 47 | 80 | −33 | 42 | Relegation to Football League One |
23 | Luton Town (R) | 46 | 10 | 10 | 26 | 53 | 81 | −28 | 40 | |
24 | Leeds United (R) | 46 | 13 | 7 | 26 | 46 | 72 | −26 | 36[a] |
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ Leeds United had 10 points deducted for entering financial administration.
Results
editTop scorers
editRank | Player | Club | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Jamie Cureton | Colchester United | 23 |
2 | Michael Chopra | Cardiff City | 22 |
3 | Diomansy Kamara | West Bromwich Albion | 21 |
4 | Robert Earnshaw | Norwich City | 19 |
5 | Chris Iwelumo | Colchester United | 18 |
= | Grzegorz Rasiak | Southampton | 18 |
7 | Steve Howard | Derby County | 16 |
= | Alan Lee | Ipswich Town | 16 |
= | Kevin Phillips | West Bromwich Albion | 16 |
10 | David Nugent | Preston North End | 15 |
Play-offs
edit- Semi-finals
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
---|---|---|---|---|
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
References
edit- ^ "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
- ^ "Luton 0–5 Sunderland". BBC Sport. 6 May 2007. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
- ^ "ESPN". Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2012.