Season | 2006β07 |
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Champions |
Sunderland 2nd Championship title 5th 2nd tier title |
Direct promotion to Premier League |
Sunderland Birmingham City |
Promoted to Premier League through play-offs | Derby County |
Relegated |
Leeds United, Luton Town, Southend United |
Matches played | 552 |
Goals scored | 1,439 (2.61 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Jamie Cureton ( Colchester United), 23 [1] |
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The 2006β07 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. [2] Derby County were promoted through the play-offs. Southend United, Luton Town and Leeds United were relegated.
See the map on the right
Promoted to Premier League
Relegated to League One
Relegated from Premier League
Promoted from League One
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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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 | |
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 | |
5 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 46 | 22 | 10 | 14 | 59 | 56 | +3 | 76 | |
6 | Southampton | 46 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 77 | 53 | +24 | 75 | |
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 | |
24 | Leeds United (R) | 46 | 13 | 7 | 26 | 46 | 72 | −26 | 36 [a] |
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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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 |
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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6th Southampton | 4β4 (3β4 pens) | Derby County 3rd | 1β2 | 3β2 aet |
5th Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2β4 | West Bromwich Albion 4th | 2β3 | 0β1 |
Derby County | 1β0 | West Bromwich Albion |
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