# 2006–07 Borussia Dortmund season

During the 2006–07 German football season, Borussia Dortmund competed in the Bundesliga.

## Season summary

Dortmund finished the season in 9th place, their worst finish in 7 years.

## Players
### First-team squad

    Squad at end of season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | GER | Roman Weidenfeller |
| 2 | DF | GER | Martin Amedick |
| 3 | DF | GER | Markus Brzenska |
| 4 | DF | GER | Christian Wörns |
| 5 | MF | GER | Sebastian Kehl |
| 6 | MF | GER | Florian Kringe |
| 7 | MF | BRA | Tinga |
| 8 | FW | GHA | Matthew Amoah |
| 9 | FW | PAR | Nelson Valdez |
| 10 | MF | RSA | Steven Pienaar |
| 13 | FW | SUI | Alexander Frei |
| 14 | FW | POL | Ebi Smolarek |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | MF | COD | Kosi Saka |
| 17 | DF | BRA | Dedê |
| 18 | MF | GER | Lars Ricken |
| 20 | GK | GER | Bernd Meier |
| 21 | DF | GER | Christoph Metzelder |
| 22 | MF | GER | Marc-André Kruska |
| 23 | DF | SUI | Philipp Degen |
| 25 | MF | TUR | Nuri Şahin |
| 27 | DF | GER | Uwe Hünemeier |
| 28 | MF | GER | Sebastian Tyrała |
| 43 | MF | GER | Daniel Gordon |

### Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 7 | MF | RSA | Delron Buckley (on loan to FC Basel) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 11 | MF | GER | David Odonkor (to Real Betis) |

## Borussia Dortmund II

    The following players were assigned a number for the first team, but did not make an appearance this season.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 26 | MF | GER | Marc Heitmeier |
| 30 | MF | TUR | Mehmet Akgün |
| 31 | DF | IRL | Patrick Kohlmann |
| 33 | DF | GER | David Vržogić |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 34 | GK | GER | Sören Pirson |
| 36 | MF | GER | Abdenour Amachaibou |
| 38 | DF | GER | Nico Hillenbrand |

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of end of season
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | GER | Roman Weidenfeller | 36 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | GK | GER | Sören Pirson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | GER | Martin Amedick | 19 | 2 | 12+6 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | GER | Markus Brzenska | 26 | 3 | 21+4 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | GER | Christian Wörns | 26 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | BRA | Dedê | 32 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | GER | Christoph Metzelder | 19 | 0 | 17+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | SUI | Philipp Degen | 29 | 0 | 24+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | GER | Uwe Hünemeier | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 5 | MF | GER | Sebastian Kehl | 6 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | GER | Florian Kringe | 36 | 2 | 34 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | BRA | Tinga | 33 | 5 | 31 | 4 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | RSA | Steven Pienaar | 27 | 0 | 20+5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | COD | Kosi Saka | 6 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | GER | Lars Ricken | 14 | 0 | 5+8 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | GER | Marc-André Kruska | 33 | 1 | 29+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | TUR | Nuri Şahin | 25 | 0 | 11+13 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | GER | Sebastian Tyrała | 6 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | MF | GER | Daniel Gordon | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 8 | FW | GHA | Matthew Amoah | 9 | 0 | 1+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | PAR | Nelson Valdez | 31 | 2 | 20+9 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 13 | FW | SUI | Alexander Frei | 34 | 17 | 31+1 | 16 | 2 | 1 |
| 14 | FW | POL | Ebi Smolarek | 32 | 9 | 25+5 | 9 | 1+1 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 7 | MF | RSA | Delron Buckley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | GER | David Odonkor | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 30 May 2007 Source: Competitions

## Transfers
### In

* Nelson Valdez - Werder Bremen, July, €4,700,000

### Out

* Tomáš Rosický - Arsenal, 23 May, undisclosed
* Delron Buckley - FC Basel, season-long loan
* David Odonkor - Real Betis, €6,000,000

## Competitions
### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 7 | Hamburger SV | 34 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 43 | 37 | +6 | 45 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round |
| 8 | VfL Bochum | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 49 | 50 | −1 | 45 | |
| 9 | Borussia Dortmund | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 41 | 43 | −2 | 44 | |
| 10 | Hertha BSC | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 50 | 55 | −5 | 44 | |
| 11 | Hannover 96 | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 41 | 50 | −9 | 44 | |
* ↑ Since 1. FC Nürnberg won the 2006–07 DFB-Pokal, thus qualifying for the UEFA Cup first round, Hamburger SV entered the Intertoto Cup third round.

#### Matches

* Bayern Munich 2-0 Borussia Dortmund
* Borussia Dortmund 3-2 Bayern Munich
* Schalke 04 3-1 Borussia Dortmund
* VfL Wolfsburg 0-2 Borussia Dortmund