| Competition: | Bundesliga |
| Season: | 2006–07 |
| Dates: | 11 August 2006 – 19 May 2007 |
| Winners: | VfB Stuttgart 3rd Bundesliga title 5th German title |
| Runners-Up: | Schalke 04 |
| Relegated: | Mainz 05 Alemannia Aachen Borussia M'gladbach |
| Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | VfB Stuttgart Schalke 04 Werder Bremen |
| Continentalcup2: | UEFA Cup |
| Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | Bayern Munich Bayer Leverkusen 1. FC Nürnberg (via domestic cup) |
| Continentalcup3: | Intertoto Cup |
| Continentalcup3 Qualifiers: | Hamburger SV |
| League Topscorer: | Theofanis Gekas (20) |
| Biggest Home Win: | Hannover 5–0 Hertha |
| Biggest Away Win: | Bochum 0–6 Bremen |
| Highest Scoring: | Frankfurt 2–6 Bremen |
| Matches: | 306 |
| Total Goals: | 837 |
| Prevseason: | 2005–06 |
| Nextseason: | 2007–08 |
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.[1] Bayern Munich were the defending champions.
Three teams from the 2. Bundesliga were promoted at the end of previous season:
The three teams relegated were:
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.[2]
| Team | Location | Venue | Capacity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aachen | Tivoli | 21,300 | ||
| Bielefeld | Schüco Arena | 28,008 | ||
| Leverkusen | BayArena | 22,500 | ||
| Munich | Allianz Arena | 69,901 | ||
| Bochum | Ruhrstadion | 31,328 | ||
| Dortmund | Signal Iduna Park | 80,708 | ||
| Mönchengladbach | Borussia-Park | 54,067 | ||
| Frankfurt | Commerzbank-Arena | 52,300 | ||
| Cottbus | Stadion der Freundschaft | 22,450 | ||
| Hamburg | HSH Nordbank Arena | 57,274 | ||
| Hanover | AWD-Arena | 49,000 | ||
| Berlin | Olympic Stadium | 74,228 | ||
| Mainz | Stadion am Bruchweg | 20,300 | ||
| Nuremberg | Easy Credit Stadion | 47,559 | ||
| Gelsenkirchen | Veltins-Arena | 61,673 | ||
| Stuttgart | Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion | 58,000 | ||
| Bremen | Weserstadion | 42,358 | ||
| Wolfsburg | Volkswagen Arena | 30,122 |
| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| data-sort-value="Augsburg" | data-sort-value="Thorup, Jess" | Michael Frontzeck | data-sort-value="Demirovic, Ermedin" | Reiner Plaßhenrich | Jako | AachenMünchener | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| data-sort-value="Berlin, Union" | data-sort-value="Bjelica, Nenad" | Ernst Middendorp | data-sort-value="Trimmel, Christopher" | Mathias Hain | Saller | Krombacher | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| data-sort-value="Bochum" | data-sort-value="Letsch, Thomas" | Michael Skibbe | data-sort-value="Losilla, Anthony" | Carsten Ramelow | Adidas | RWE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| data-sort-value="Bremen" | data-sort-value="Werner, Ole" | Ottmar Hitzfeld | data-sort-value="Friedl, Marco" | Oliver Kahn | Adidas | Deutsche Telekom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| data-sort-value="Darmstadt" | data-sort-value="Lieberknecht, Torsten" | Marcel Koller | data-sort-value="Holland, Fabian" | Dariusz Wosz | Nike | DWS Group | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| data-sort-value="Dortmund" | data-sort-value="Terzic, Edin" | Thomas Doll | data-sort-value="Can, Emre" | Christian Wörns | Nike | !Managerial changes
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