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2006–07 Football League Championship

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Football League Championship
Season2006–07
ChampionsSunderland
2nd Championship title
5th 2nd tier title
Direct promotion to Premier LeagueSunderland
Birmingham City
Promoted to Premier League through play-offsDerby County
RelegatedLeeds United,
Luton Town,
Southend United
Matches played552
Goals scored1,439 (2.61 per match)
Top goalscorerJamie Cureton (Colchester United), 23[1]

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 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 season

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From Championship

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Promoted to Premier League

Relegated to League One

To Championship

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Relegated from Premier League

Promoted from League One

Teams

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Stadia and locations

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Team Location Stadium Capacity
Barnsley Barnsley Oakwell 23,009
Birmingham City Birmingham St Andrew's Stadium 30,009
Burnley Burnley Turf Moor 22,546
Cardiff City Cardiff Ninian Park 22,008
Colchester United Colchester Layer Road 6,320
Coventry City Coventry Ricoh Arena 32,609
Crystal Palace London (Croydon) Selhurst Park 26,309
Derby County Derby Pride Park Stadium 33,597
Hull City Kingston upon Hull KC Stadium 25,586
Ipswich Town Ipswich Portman Road 30,311
Leeds United Leeds Elland Road 37,792
Leicester City Leicester Walkers Stadium 32,261
Luton Town Luton Kenilworth Road 10,356
Norwich City Norwich Carrow Road 26,034
Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Home Park 19,500
Preston North End Preston Deepdale 24,500
Queens Park Rangers London (White City) Loftus Road 19,128
Southend United Southend-on-Sea Roots Hall 12,392
Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Hillsborough 39,814
Southampton Southampton St Mary's Stadium 32,689
Stoke City Stoke-on-Trent Brittania Stadium 27,500
Sunderland Sunderland Stadium of Light 49,000
West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich The Hawthorns 26,688
Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolverhampton Molineux 28,525

Personnel and sponsoring

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Team Manager Kit maker Main sponsor
Barnsley Wales Simon Davey Jako Barnsley Building Society
Birmingham City England Steve Bruce Lonsdale flybe.com
Burnley England Steve Cotterill Erreà Hunters Estate Agents
Cardiff City England Dave Jones Joma Communications Direct
Colchester United Wales Geraint Williams Diadora MutualPoints.com (H) / Smart Energy (A)
Coventry City England Iain Dowie Puma Cassidy Group
Crystal Palace England Peter Taylor Diadora GAC Logistics
Derby County Scotland Billy Davies Joma The Derbyshire
Hull City England Phil Brown Diadora Bonus Electrical
Ipswich Town Northern Ireland Jim Magilton Punch E.ON
Leeds United England Dennis Wise Admiral Bet24
Leicester City Northern Ireland Nigel Worthington JJB Alliance & Leicester
Luton Town England Kevin Blackwell Diadora Electrolux
Norwich City Scotland Peter Grant Xara flybe.com
Plymouth Argyle England Ian Holloway Puma Ginsters
Preston North End England Paul Simpson Diadora Enterprise plc
Queens Park Rangers England John Gregory Le Coq Sportif Cargiant
Southend United England Steve Tilson Nike InsureandGo
Sheffield Wednesday England Brian Laws Diadora Plusnet
Southampton Scotland George Burley Saints flybe.com
Stoke City Wales Tony Pulis Puma Britannia Building Society
Sunderland Republic of Ireland Roy Keane Lonsdale Reg Vardy
West Bromwich Albion England Tony Mowbray Umbro T-Mobile
Wolverhampton Wanderers Republic of Ireland Mick McCarthy Le Coq Sportif Chaucer Consulting

League table

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Pos 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]
Source: RSSSF
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:
  1. ^ Leeds United had 10 points deducted for entering financial administration.

Results

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Home \ Away 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 2–0 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
Updated to match(es) played on 7 September 2020. Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

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Rank 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

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Play-offs

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Semi-finals
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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
Derby County1–0West Bromwich Albion
Pearson 61' (Details)
Attendance: 74,993
Referee: Graham Poll

References

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  1. ^ "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
  2. ^ "Luton 0–5 Sunderland". BBC Sport. 6 May 2007. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  3. ^ "ESPN". Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2012.