# 2006–07 Bundesliga

The 2006–07 Bundesliga was the 44th season of the Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. It began on 11 August 2006 and ended on 19 May 2007. Bayern Munich were the defending champions.

## Team changes from 2005–06

Three teams from the 2. Bundesliga were promoted at the end of previous season:
* VfL Bochum (champions)
* Alemannia Aachen (runners-up)
* Energie Cottbus
The three teams relegated were:
* 1. FC Kaiserslautern
* 1. FC Köln
* MSV Duisburg

## Season overview

VfB Stuttgart began the campaign with the youngest squad of the Bundesliga and were widely seen as a competitor for an UEFA Cup berth. They began their season with a 0–3 home defeat against 1. FC Nürnberg and even dropped in reach of the relegation zone after another home defeat against Borussia Dortmund during the third round.
During the rest of the season the team managed to stabilize in the upper third of the table, eventually winning the last eight games of the season while competitors Schalke 04, Werder Bremen and Bayern Munich struggled. Stuttgart went on to claim their third championship in the Bundesliga and fifth German championship overall with a 2–1 home victory against Energie Cottbus during the last round of the season.
One week after winning the league championship, Stuttgart failed to win the Double after losing the 2007 DFB-Pokal Final against Nürnberg with a score of 2–3.
Manager Armin Veh who claimed his first championship as a Bundesliga coach was elected German Football Manager of the Year, while striker Mario Gómez was named Footballer of the Year (Germany) in 2007.

## Team overview
### Stadia and locations

| Team | Location | Venue | Capacity |
| Alemannia Aachen | Aachen | Tivoli | 21,300 |
| Arminia Bielefeld | Bielefeld | Schüco Arena | 28,008 |
| Bayer Leverkusen | Leverkusen | BayArena | 22,500 |
| Bayern Munich | Munich | Allianz Arena | 69,901 |
| VfL Bochum | Bochum | Ruhrstadion | 31,328 |
| Borussia Dortmund | Dortmund | Signal Iduna Park | 80,708 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | Mönchengladbach | Borussia-Park | 54,067 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | Frankfurt | Commerzbank-Arena | 52,300 |
| Energie Cottbus | Cottbus | Stadion der Freundschaft | 22,450 |
| Hamburger SV | Hamburg | HSH Nordbank Arena | 57,274 |
| Hannover 96 | Hanover | AWD-Arena | 49,000 |
| Hertha BSC | Berlin | Olympic Stadium | 74,228 |
| Mainz 05 | Mainz | Stadion am Bruchweg | 20,300 |
| 1. FC Nürnberg | Nuremberg | Easy Credit Stadion | 47,559 |
| Schalke 04 | Gelsenkirchen | Veltins-Arena | 61,673 |
| VfB Stuttgart | Stuttgart | Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion | 58,000 |
| Werder Bremen | Bremen | Weserstadion | 42,358 |
| VfL Wolfsburg | Wolfsburg | Volkswagen Arena | 30,122 |

### Personnel and kits

| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| Alemannia Aachen | Michael Frontzeck | Reiner Plaßhenrich | Jako | AachenMünchener |
| Arminia Bielefeld | Ernst Middendorp | Mathias Hain | Saller | Krombacher |
| Bayer Leverkusen | Michael Skibbe | Carsten Ramelow | Adidas | RWE |
| Bayern Munich | Ottmar Hitzfeld | Oliver Kahn | Adidas | Deutsche Telekom |
| VfL Bochum | Marcel Koller | Dariusz Wosz | Nike | DWS Group |
| Borussia Dortmund | Thomas Doll | Christian Wörns | Nike | ! |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | Jos Luhukay | Kasey Keller | Lotto | Kyocera |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | Friedhelm Funkel | Markus Weissenberger | Jako | Fraport |
| Energie Cottbus | Petrik Sander | Kevin McKenna | Saller | enviaM |
| Hamburger SV | Huub Stevens | Rafael van der Vaart | Puma | Fly Emirates |
| Hannover 96 | Dieter Hecking | Altin Lala | Diadora | TUI Group |
| Hertha BSC | Karsten Heine | Arne Friedrich | Nike | Deutsche Bahn |
| Mainz 05 | Jürgen Klopp | Dimo Wache | Lotto | DBV-Winterthur |
| 1. FC Nürnberg | Hans Meyer | Raphael Schäfer | Adidas | mister*lady Jeans |
| Schalke 04 | Mirko Slomka | Marcelo Bordon | Adidas | Victoria Versicherung/Gazprom |
| VfB Stuttgart | Armin Veh | Fernando Meira | Puma | EnBW |
| Werder Bremen | Thomas Schaaf | Torsten Frings | Kappa | Bwin |
| VfL Wolfsburg | Klaus Augenthaler | Kevin Hofland | Nike | Volkswagen/Tiguan |
* ↑ As a result of restructuring, the RAG business areas of chemicals, energy and real estate were transferred to a new business entity, but the company name was still unknown at that time. The placeholder during 2005–2006 was an artwork of an exclamation mark of the painter Otmar Alt.
* ↑ The slogan "we win!" was featured on the shirt due to a ban on the promotion of commercial betting firms imposed by the City Municipality of Bremen.

## Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Date of departure | Replaced by | Date of Appointment |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | Horst Köppel | 30 June 2006 | Jupp Heynckes | 1 July 2006 |
| Hannover 96 | Peter Neururer | 30 August 2006 | Dieter Hecking | 10 September 2006 |
| Alemannia Aachen | Dieter Hecking | 7 September 2006 | Michael Frontzeck | 12 September 2006 |
| Borussia Dortmund | Bert van Marwijk | 18 December 2006 | Jürgen Röber | 19 December 2006 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | Jupp Heynckes | 31 January 2007 | Jos Luhukay | 1 February 2007 |
| Bayern Munich | Felix Magath | 31 January 2007 | Ottmar Hitzfeld | 1 February 2007 |
| Hamburger SV | Thomas Doll | 1 February 2007 | Huub Stevens | 3 February 2007 |
| Arminia Bielefeld | Thomas von Heesen | 11 February 2007 | Frank Geideck | 12 February 2007 |
| Borussia Dortmund | Jürgen Röber | 12 March 2007 | Thomas Doll | 13 March 2007 |
| Arminia Bielefeld | Frank Geideck | 13 March 2007 | Ernst Middendorp | 14 March 2007 |
| Hertha BSC | Falko Götz | 10 April 2007 | Karsten Heine | 11 April 2007 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | VfB Stuttgart (C) | 34 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 61 | 37 | +24 | 70 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Schalke 04 | 34 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 53 | 32 | +21 | 68 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Werder Bremen | 34 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 76 | 40 | +36 | 66 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Bayern Munich | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 55 | 40 | +15 | 60 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 54 | 49 | +5 | 51 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 34 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 43 | 32 | +11 | 48 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 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 | |
| 12 | Arminia Bielefeld | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 47 | 49 | −2 | 42 | |
| 13 | Energie Cottbus | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 38 | 49 | −11 | 41 | |
| 14 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 46 | 58 | −12 | 40 | |
| 15 | VfL Wolfsburg | 34 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 37 | 45 | −8 | 37 | |
| 16 | Mainz 05 (R) | 34 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 34 | 57 | −23 | 34 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |
| 17 | Alemannia Aachen (R) | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 46 | 70 | −24 | 34 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |
| 18 | Borussia Mönchengladbach (R) | 34 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 44 | −21 | 26 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |
* 1 2 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.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AAC | BSC | DSC | BOC | SVW | FCE | BVB | SGE | HSV | H96 | B04 | M05 | BMG | FCB | FCN | S04 | VFB | WOB |
| Alemannia Aachen | — | 0–4 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 2–2 |
| Hertha BSC | 2–1 | — | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| Arminia Bielefeld | 5–1 | 2–2 | — | 1–3 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 |
| VfL Bochum | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | — | 0–6 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 |
| Werder Bremen | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 |
| Energie Cottbus | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 3–2 |
| Borussia Dortmund | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 4–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 2–6 | 1–3 | 1–1 | — | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 0–0 |
| Hamburger SV | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 1–0 |
| Hannover 96 | 0–3 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Mainz 05 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–6 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | — | 3–0 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 |
| Bayern Munich | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| 1. FC Nürnberg | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | — | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 |
| Schalke 04 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| VfB Stuttgart | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 3–0 | — | 0–0 |
| VfL Wolfsburg | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | — |

## Statistics
### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Theofanis Gekas | VfL Bochum | 20 |
| 2 | Alexander Frei | Borussia Dortmund | 16 |
| 2 | Roy Makaay | Bayern Munich | 16 |
| 4 | Kevin Kurányi | Schalke 04 | 15 |
| 5 | Mario Gómez | VfB Stuttgart | 14 |
| 5 | Marko Pantelić | Hertha BSC | 14 |
| 5 | Sergiu Radu | Energie Cottbus | 14 |
| 5 | Mohamed Zidan | Mainz 05 | 14 |
| 9 | Cacau | VfB Stuttgart | 13 |
| 9 | Diego | Werder Bremen | 13 |
| 9 | Miroslav Klose | Werder Bremen | 13 |