2006–07 FC Schalke 04 season
# 2006–07 FC Schalke 04 season

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

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 | BRA | Gustavo |
| 3 | DF | GEO | Levan Kobiashvili |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Marcelo Bordon |
| 6 | MF | TUR | Hamit Altıntop |
| 7 | MF | URU | Gustavo Varela |
| 8 | MF | GER | Fabian Ernst |
| 9 | FW | DEN | Søren Larsen |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Lincoln |
| 11 | FW | DEN | Peter Løvenkrands |
| 12 | GK | GER | Manuel Neuer |
| 14 | FW | GER | Gerald Asamoah |
| 15 | MF | GER | Timo Kunert |
| 16 | DF | URU | Darío Rodríguez |
| 17 | MF | GER | Mesut Özil |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | DF | BRA | Rafinha |
| 19 | MF | TUR | Halil Altıntop |
| 20 | DF | SRB | Mladen Krstajić |
| 22 | FW | GER | Kevin Kurányi |
| 24 | DF | GER | Christian Pander |
| 25 | MF | BIH | Zlatan Bajramović |
| 27 | DF | GER | Tim Hoogland |
| 28 | MF | GER | Markus Heppke |
| 29 | FW | GER | Christian Erwig |
| 30 | GK | GER | Dennis Lamczyk |
| 31 | DF | GER | Sebastian Boenisch |
| 32 | GK | GER | Ralf Fährmann |
| 33 | GK | GER | Toni Tapalović |
| 38 | DF | 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 | GER | Frank Rost (to Hamburg) |
| 4 | DF | GER | Mathias Abel (on loan to Hamburg) |
| 21 | MF | GER | Alexander Baumjohann (to Borussia Mönchengladbach) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 26 | DF | GER | Niko Bungert (to Kickers Offenbach) |
| 34 | MF | GER | Mario Klinger (to KSV Hessen Kassel) |

## Transfers

### In

* Gustavo Franchin Schiavolin - Paraná, January

### Out

* Christian Poulsen - released, June

## Competitions

### Bundesliga

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 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 |
| 5 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 54 | 49 | +5 | 51 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |

* ↑ 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
