Championship 2006/07

Sunderland won the 2006/07 Championship with 88 points, 2 points ahead of Birmingham. Sunderland, Birmingham and Derby were promoted. Southend, Luton and Leeds were relegated. 2.61 goals per game over 552 matches; home sides won 48% and 22% were drawn.

Final table

		P		D	L					Outcome
1	Sunderland · Champions	46	27	7	12	76	47	+29	88	Champions
2	Birmingham · Promoted	46	26	8	12	67	42	+25	86	Promoted
3	Derby · Promoted	46	25	9	12	62	46	+16	84	Promoted
4	West Brom	46	22	10	14	81	55	+26	76
5	Wolves	46	22	10	14	59	56	+3	76
6	Southampton	46	21	12	13	77	53	+24	75
7	Preston	46	22	8	16	64	53	+11	74
8	Stoke	46	19	16	11	62	41	+21	73
9	Sheffield Wednesday	46	20	11	15	70	66	+4	71
10	Colchester	46	20	9	17	70	56	+14	69
11	Plymouth	46	17	16	13	63	62	+1	67
12	Crystal Palace	46	18	11	17	59	51	+8	65
13	Cardiff	46	17	13	16	57	53	+4	64
14	Ipswich	46	18	8	20	64	59	+5	62
15	Burnley	46	15	12	19	52	49	+3	57
16	Norwich	46	16	9	21	56	71	-15	57
17	Coventry	46	16	8	22	47	62	-15	56
18	QPR	46	14	11	21	54	68	-14	53
19	Leicester	46	13	14	19	49	64	-15	53
20	Barnsley	46	15	5	26	53	85	-32	50
21	Hull	46	13	10	23	51	67	-16	49
22	Southend · Relegated	46	10	12	24	47	80	-33	42	Relegated
23	Luton · Relegated	46	10	10	26	53	81	-28	40	Relegated
24	Leeds · Relegated	46	13	7	26	46	72	-26	36	Relegated

Watch the season unfold Where teams in each position finished

Where this season ranks

2.61 goals per game: 14th highest of 34 complete Championship seasons on file.
Champions’ 88 points: 5th lowest of 34 seasons with 24 clubs.

Season in numbers

Measure	2006/07	League average
Goals per game	2.61	2.57
Home wins	48%	44%
Draws	22%	28%
Away wins	30%	28%
Goalless draws	6%	8%
Home advantageHome minus away points per game	0.56 pts/game	0.49 pts/game
Champions’ points	88	94
Most points relegated	42	46
Fewest points safe	49	49

League average: every complete Championship season on file except this one; points thresholds only from seasons with 24 clubs.