title: 2006–07 FC Schalke 04 season
text: # 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
  