2006–07 FC Schalke 04 season

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

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

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. Position Player
2 DF Gustavo
3 DF Levan Kobiashvili
5 DF Marcelo Bordon
6 MF Hamit Altıntop[notes 1]
7 MF Gustavo Varela
8 MF Fabian Ernst
9 FW Søren Larsen
10 MF Lincoln
11 FW Peter Løvenkrands
12 GK Manuel Neuer
14 FW Gerald Asamoah[notes 2]
15 MF Timo Kunert
16 DF Darío Rodríguez
17 MF Mesut Özil
No. Position Player
18 DF Rafinha
19 MF Halil Altıntop[notes 3]
20 DF Mladen Krstajić[notes 4]
22 FW Kevin Kurányi[notes 5]
24 DF Christian Pander
25 MF Zlatan Bajramović[notes 6]
27 DF Tim Hoogland
28 MF Markus Heppke
29 FW Christian Erwig
30 GK Dennis Lamczyk
31 DF Sebastian Boenisch[notes 7]
32 GK Ralf Fährmann
33 GK Toni Tapalović
38 DF 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. Position Player
1 GK Frank Rost (to Hamburg)
4 DF Mathias Abel (on loan to Hamburg)
21 MF Alexander Baumjohann (to Borussia Mönchengladbach)
No. Position Player
26 DF Niko Bungert (to Kickers Offenbach)
34 MF Mario Klinger (to KSV Hessen Kassel)

Transfers

In

Out

Results

Bundesliga
  • Schalke 04 3-1 Borussia Dortmund

References
  1. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/ger/2006-2007/bundes/schalke.htm

Notes
  1. Altıntop was born in Gelsenkirchen, West Germany (now 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, West Germany (now 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, West Germany (now 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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