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 are automatically promoted to the Premiership and they are joined by the winner of the League Championship play-off. The bottom three teams in the Championship are 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
TeamLocationStadiumCapacityBarnsleyBarnsleyOakwell23,009Birmingham CityBirminghamSt Andrew's Stadium30,009BurnleyBurnleyTurf Moor22,546Cardiff CityCardiffNinian Park22,008Colchester UnitedColchesterLayer Road6,320Coventry CityCoventryRicoh Arena32,609Crystal PalaceLondon (Croydon)Selhurst Park26,309Derby CountyDerbyPride Park Stadium33,597Hull CityKingston upon HullKC Stadium25,586Ipswich TownIpswichPortman Road30,311Leeds UnitedLeedsElland Road37,792Leicester CityLeicesterWalkers Stadium32,261Luton TownLutonKenilworth Road10,356Norwich CityNorwichCarrow Road26,034Plymouth ArgylePlymouthHome Park19,500Preston North EndPrestonDeepdale24,500Queens Park RangersLondon (White City)Loftus Road19,128Southend UnitedSouthend-on-SeaRoots Hall12,392Sheffield WednesdaySheffieldHillsborough39,814SouthamptonSouthamptonSt Mary's Stadium32,689Stoke CityStoke-on-TrentBrittania Stadium27,500SunderlandSunderlandStadium of Light49,000West Bromwich AlbionWest BromwichThe Hawthorns26,688Wolverhampton WanderersWolverhamptonMolineux28,525
Personnel and sponsoring TeamManagerKit makerMain sponsorBarnsley Simon DaveyJakoBarnsley Building SocietyBirmingham City Steve BruceLonsdaleflybe.comBurnley Steve CotterillErreàHunters Estate AgentsCardiff City Dave JonesJomaCommunications DirectColchester United Geraint WilliamsDiadoraMutualPoints.com (H) / Smart Energy (A)Coventry City Iain DowiePumaCassidy GroupCrystal Palace Peter TaylorDiadoraGAC LogisticsDerby County Billy DaviesJomaThe DerbyshireHull City Phil BrownDiadoraBonus ElectricalIpswich Town Jim MagiltonPunchE.ONLeeds United Dennis WiseAdmiralBet24Leicester City Nigel WorthingtonJJBAlliance & LeicesterLuton Town Kevin BlackwellDiadoraElectroluxNorwich City Peter GrantXaraflybe.comPlymouth Argyle Ian HollowayPumaGinstersPreston North End Paul SimpsonDiadoraEnterprise plcQueens Park Rangers John GregoryLe Coq SportifCargiantSouthend United Steve TilsonNikeInsureandGoSheffield Wednesday Brian LawsDiadoraPlusnetSouthampton George BurleySaintsflybe.comStoke City Tony PulisPumaBritannia Building SocietySunderland Roy KeaneLonsdaleReg VardyWest Bromwich Albion Tony MowbrayUmbroT-MobileWolverhampton Wanderers Mick McCarthyLe Coq SportifChaucer Consulting
League table
Results
Top scorers Rank Player Club Goals1 Jamie Cureton Colchester United 232 Michael Chopra Cardiff City 223 Diomansy Kamara West Bromwich Albion 214 Robert Earnshaw Norwich City 195 Chris Iwelumo Colchester United 18= Grzegorz Rasiak Southampton 187 Steve Howard Derby County 16= Alan Lee Ipswich Town 16= Kevin Phillips West Bromwich Albion 1610 David Nugent Preston North End 15
Play-offs Semi-finals
Final
Attendances
Source:
No. Club Average Change Highest Lowest 1 Sunderland 31,887 -5.9% 44,448 24,242 2 Derby County 25,945 7.4% 31,920 21,295 3 Norwich City 24,545 -1.6% 25,476 23,311 4 Sheffield Wednesday 23,638 -4.9% 29,103 18,752 5 Southampton 23,556 -0.2% 32,008 18,736 6 Leicester City 23,206 4.4% 30,457 18,677 7 Ipswich Town 22,445 -7.5% 28,355 19,337 8 Birmingham City 22,274 -18.7% 29,431 15,854 9 Leeds United 21,613 -3.3% 31,269 16,268 10 Wolverhampton Wanderers 20,968 -11.2% 28,016 16,772 11 West Bromwich Albion 20,472 -19.4% 26,606 17,417 12 Coventry City 20,342 -4.5% 27,212 16,178 13 Hull City 18,758 -5.5% 25,512 14,895 14 Crystal Palace 17,541 -9.8% 21,523 15,985 15 Stoke City 15,749 9.1% 23,017 11,626 16 Cardiff City 15,223 29.9% 20,109 11,549 17 Preston North End 14,430 -1.3% 19,603 11,601 18 Plymouth Argyle 13,012 -5.5% 17,088 9,841 19 Queens Park Rangers 12,936 -3.8% 16,741 10,811 20 Barnsley 12,733 40.8% 21,253 9,479 21 Burnley 11,956 -4.1% 15,061 9,681 22 Southend United 10,024 24.5% 11,415 7,901 23 Luton Town 8,580 -6.1% 10,260 7,441 24 Colchester United 5,466 37.7% 6,065 4,249
References