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. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF  BRA Gustavo
3 DF  GEO Levan Kobiashvili
5 DF  BRA Marcelo Bordon
6 MF  TUR Hamit Altıntop[notes 1]
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[notes 2]
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[notes 3]
20 DF  SRB Mladen Krstajić[notes 4]
22 FW  GER Kevin Kurányi[notes 5]
24 DF  GER Christian Pander
25 MF  BIH Zlatan Bajramović[notes 6]
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[notes 7]
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

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, 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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