2006–07 FC Schalke 04 season

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FC Schalke 04
2006–07 season
ManagerMirko Slomka
StadiumVeltins-Arena
Bundesliga2nd
DFB-PokalSecond round
UEFA CupFirst round
Top goalscorerKevin Kurányi (15)

During the 2006–07 German football season, FC Schalke 04 competed in the Bundesliga.

Season summary[]

Schalke finished 2nd, two points behind champions Stuttgart.

First-team squad[]

Squad at end of season[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Brazil BRA Gustavo
3 DF Georgia (country) GEO Levan Kobiashvili
5 DF Brazil BRA Marcelo Bordon
6 MF Turkey TUR Hamit Altıntop[notes 1]
7 MF Uruguay URU Gustavo Varela
8 MF Germany GER Fabian Ernst
9 FW Denmark DEN Søren Larsen
10 MF Brazil BRA Lincoln
11 FW Denmark DEN Peter Løvenkrands
12 GK Germany GER Manuel Neuer
14 FW Germany GER Gerald Asamoah[notes 2]
15 MF Germany GER Timo Kunert
16 DF Uruguay URU Darío Rodríguez
17 MF Germany GER Mesut Özil
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF Brazil BRA Rafinha
19 MF Turkey TUR Halil Altıntop[notes 3]
20 DF Serbia SRB Mladen Krstajić[notes 4]
22 FW Germany GER Kevin Kurányi[notes 5]
24 DF Germany GER Christian Pander
25 MF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Zlatan Bajramović[notes 6]
27 DF Germany GER Tim Hoogland
28 MF Germany GER Markus Heppke
29 FW Germany GER Christian Erwig
30 GK Germany GER
31 DF Germany GER Sebastian Boenisch[notes 7]
32 GK Germany GER Ralf Fährmann
33 GK Germany GER Toni Tapalović
38 DF Germany GER Willi Landgraf

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
1 GK Germany GER Frank Rost (to Hamburg)
4 DF Germany GER Mathias Abel (on loan to Hamburg)
21 MF Germany GER Alexander Baumjohann (to Borussia Mönchengladbach)
No. Pos. Nation Player
26 DF Germany GER Niko Bungert (to Kickers Offenbach)
34 MF Germany GER Mario Klinger (to KSV Hessen Kassel)

Transfers[]

In[]

Out[]

Competitions[]

Bundesliga[]

Main article: 2006–07 Bundesliga

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
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[a]
5 Bayer Leverkusen 34 15 6 13 54 49 +5 51
Source: kicker.de
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champion
Notes:
  1. ^ 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[]

  • Schalke 04 3-1 Borussia Dortmund

References[]

  1. ^ "FootballSquads - FC Schalke 04 - 2006/07".

Notes[]

  1. ^ Altıntop was born in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and represented them at U-18, U-20 and U-21 level before making his international debut for Turkey in 2004.
  2. ^ Asamoah was born in Mampong, Ghana, but was raised in Germany from the age of 12 and made his international debut for Germany in May 2001.
  3. ^ Altıntop was born in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and represented them at U-18, U-20 and U-21 level before making his international debut for Turkey in 2005.
  4. ^ Krstajić was born in Zenica, SFR Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina), but was raised in Serbia and made his international debut for Serbia in 1999.
  5. ^ Kurányi was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, but also qualified to represent Germany internationally through his father and Panama through his mother and represented Germany at U-21 and B level before making his international debut for Germany in March 2003.
  6. ^ Bajramović was born in Hamburg, Germany, but also qualified to represent Bosnia and Herzegovina internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2002.
  7. ^ Boenisch was born in Gliwice, Poland, but was raised in Germany from the age of 1 and represented them at U-20 and U-21 level. He would later change his allegiance to Poland and make his international debut for Poland in September 2010.
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