Football League Championship 2006-07 | ||
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Season information | ||
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Winners | Sunderland (5th second tier title) | |
Promoted | Sunderland Birmingham City Derby County | |
Relegated | Leeds United, Luton Town, Southend United | |
Season statistics | ||
Matches played | 552 | |
Goals scored | 1439 | |
Top goalscorer | Jamie Cureton (23) | |
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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. Derby County were promoted through the play-offs. Southend United, Luton Town and Leeds United were relegated.
Changes from last (2005–06) 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)
League table[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | F | A | GD | Pts | Notes | ||||
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1 | Sunderland | 46 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 38 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 38 | 29 | 76 | 47 | + 29 | 88 | |||||
2 | Birmingham City | 46 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 37 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 30 | 24 | 67 | 42 | + 25 | 86 | |||||
3 | Derby County | 46 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 33 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 29 | 27 | 62 | 46 | + 16 | 84 | |||||
4 | West Bromwich Albion | 46 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 51 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 30 | 31 | 81 | 55 | + 26 | 76 | |||||
5 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 46 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 28 | 59 | 56 | + 3 | 76 | |||||
6 | Southampton | 46 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 36 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 41 | 33 | 77 | 53 | + 24 | 75 | |||||
7 | Preston North End | 46 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 38 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 26 | 36 | 64 | 53 | + 11 | 74 | |||||
8 | Stoke City | 46 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 35 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 27 | 25 | 62 | 41 | + 21 | 73 | |||||
9 | Sheffield Wednesday | 46 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 38 | 36 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 30 | 70 | 66 | + 4 | 71 | |||||
10 | Colchester United | 46 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 46 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 24 | 37 | 70 | 56 | + 14 | 69 | |||||
11 | Plymouth Argyle | 46 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 36 | 26 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 27 | 36 | 63 | 62 | + 1 | 67 | |||||
12 | Crystal Palace | 46 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 33 | 22 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 26 | 29 | 59 | 51 | + 8 | 65 | |||||
13 | Cardiff City | 46 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 33 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 35 | 57 | 53 | + 4 | 64 | |||||
14 | Ipswich Town | 46 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 40 | 29 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 30 | 64 | 59 | + 5 | 62 | |||||
15 | Burnley | 46 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 35 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 26 | 52 | 49 | + 3 | 57 | |||||
16 | Norwich City | 46 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 25 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 27 | 46 | 56 | 71 | – 15 | 57 | |||||
17 | Coventry City | 46 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 37 | 47 | 62 | – 15 | 56 | |||||
18 | Queens Park Rangers | 46 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 31 | 29 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 39 | 54 | 68 | – 14 | 53 | |||||
19 | Leicester City | 46 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 26 | 31 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 33 | 49 | 64 | – 15 | 53 | |||||
20 | Barnsley | 46 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 27 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 26 | 56 | 53 | 85 | – 32 | 50 | |||||
21 | Hull City | 46 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 33 | 32 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 35 | 51 | 67 | – 16 | 49 | |||||
22 | Southend United | 46 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 29 | 38 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 42 | 47 | 80 | – 33 | 42 | |||||
23 | Luton Town | 46 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 33 | 40 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 41 | 53 | 81 | – 28 | 40 | |||||
24 | Leeds United | 46 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 27 | 30 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 19 | 42 | 46 | 72 | – 26 | 36 |
- Pld = Matches ; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
- NB: In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).
Key | |
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Football League Champions, promoted to FA Premier League | |
Promoted to FA Premier League | |
Participated in play-offs | |
Promoted to Premier League through play-offs | |
Relegated |
Top scorers[]
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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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[]
Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
6 | Southampton | 1 3 (4) (3)* | |||||||||||
3 | Derby County | 2 2 (4) (4)* | |||||||||||
3 | Derby County | 1 | |||||||||||
4 | West Bromwich Albion | 0 | |||||||||||
5 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2 0 (2) | |||||||||||
4 | West Bromwich Albion | 3 1 (4) |
- *After extra time and penalties.
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