# 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.
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 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

| 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

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

## League table

| 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 | Promotion to the Premier League |
| 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 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |
| 5 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 46 | 22 | 10 | 14 | 59 | 56 | +3 | 76 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |
| 6 | Southampton | 46 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 77 | 53 | +24 | 75 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |
| 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 | Relegation to Football League One |
| 24 | Leeds United (R) | 46 | 13 | 7 | 26 | 46 | 72 | −26 | 36 | Relegation to Football League One |
* ↑ Leeds United had 10 points deducted for entering financial administration.

## Results

| 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 | |

## Top scorers

| 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 |

## Play-offs
### 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 |