2006–07 FC Energie Cottbus season

Energie Cottbus
2006–07 season
ManagerPetrik Sander
StadiumStadion der Freundschaft
Bundesliga13th
DFB-PokalFirst round
Top goalscorerLeague: Sergiu Radu (14)
All: Sergiu Radu (14)

The 2006–07 season was the 41st season in the history of FC Energie Cottbus and the club's first season back in the Bundesliga. Cottbus finished 13th in the Bundesliga, the highest league finish for the club following German reunification,[1] and were eliminated in the first round of the DFB-Pokal.

Background and pre-season

The club were managed by Petrik Sander, who was appointed in November 2004, and delivered promotion to the Bundesliga in his first full season as manager, the 2005–06 season.[2]

Review

Competitions

Bundesliga

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
11 Hannover 96 34 12 8 14 41 50 −9 44
12 Arminia Bielefeld 34 11 9 14 47 49 −2 42
13 Energie Cottbus 34 11 8 15 38 49 −11 41
14 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 9 13 12 46 58 −12 40
15 VfL Wolfsburg 34 8 13 13 37 45 −8 37
Source: kicker.de
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Match details

Bundesliga match details
Round Date Time Opponent Venue Result
F–A
Scorers Attendance League
position
Ref.
1 12 August 2006 15:30 Borussia Mönchengladbach A 0–2 47,638 15th [3]
2 19 August 2006 15:30 Hamburger SV H 2–2 Munteanu 56' pen., Radu 69' 21,000 14th [4]
3 26 August 2006 15:30 VfL Bochum A 1–0 da Silva 85' 21,666 10th [5]
4 16 September 2006 15:30 Mainz 05 H 2–0 Radu 49', Munteanu 60' 13,000 4th [6]
5 24 September 2006 17:00 1. FC Nürnberg H 1–1 Baumgart 83' 16,900 6th [7]
6 30 September 2006 15:30 Arminia Bielefeld A 1–3 Munteanu 22' 17,543 11th [8]
7 15 October 2006 17:00 Borussia Dortmund H 2–3 da Silva 3', Munteanu 89' 19,699 13th [9]
8 21 October 2006 15:30 Alemannia Aachen A 2–1 Munteanu 65', Rost 75' 19,873 11th [10]
9 28 October 2006 15:30 Hertha BSC H 2–0 Gunkel 66', Shao 83' 17,525 6th [11]
10 4 November 2006 15:30 Werder Bremen A 1–1 Kioyo 49' 39,222 7th [12]
11 8 November 2006 20:00 Eintracht Frankfurt H 0–1 12,755 11th [13]
12 11 November 2006 15:30 VfL Wolfsburg A 0–0 18,641 9th [14]
13 18 November 2006 15:30 FC Schalke 04 H 2–4 Radu 28', 31' 17,210 10th [15]
14 26 November 2006 18:00 Bayer Leverkusen A 1–3 Munteanu 51' 22,500 12th [16]
15 2 December 2006 15:30 Hannover 96 H 0–1 11,345 13th [17]
16 9 December 2006 15:30 Bayern Munich A 1–2 Baumgart 53' 69,000 14th [18]
17 16 December 2006 15:30 VfB Stuttgart H 0–0 13,650 15th [19]
18 27 January 2007 15:30 Borussia Mönchengladbach H 3–1 Radu 33', 39', Munteanu 89' 13,044 10th [20]
19 31 January 2007 20:00 Hamburger SV A 1–1 Radu 9' 52,484 11th [21]
20 3 February 2007 15:30 VfL Bochum H 0–0 11,650 12th [22]
21 10 February 2007 15:30 Mainz 05 A 1–4 Radu 20' 20,000 13th [23]
22 18 February 2007 17:00 1. FC Nürnberg A 0–1 40,580 16th [24]
23 24 February 2007 15:30 Arminia Bielefeld H 2–1 Kukiełka 62', Radu 66' 12,227 12th [25]
24 4 March 2007 17:00 Borussia Dortmund A 3–2 Munteanu 6', 56' pen., Shao 65' 64,100 11th [26]
25 10 March 2007 15:30 Alemannia Aachen H 0–2 15,200 14th [27]
26 16 March 2007 20:30 Hertha BSC A 1–0 Radu 47' 51,831 11th [28]
27 31 March 2007 15:30 Werder Bremen H 0–0 20,344 12th [29]
28 7 April 2007 15:30 Eintracht Frankfurt A 3–1 Radu 58', Preuß 76' o.g., Munteanu 90+1' 45,074 8th [30]
29 14 April 2007 15:30 VfL Wolfsburg H 3–2 Radu 20', Munteanu 56', Kioyo 57' 16,293 7th [31]
30 21 April 2007 15:30 FC Schalke 04 A 0–2 61,058 8th [32]
31 29 April 2007 17:00 Bayer Leverkusen H 2–1 Radu 7', Gunkel 84' 18,904 8th [33]
32 4 May 2007 20:30 Hannover 96 A 0–2 43,509 11th [34]
33 12 May 2007 15:30 Bayern Munich H 0–3 22,450 13th [35]
34 19 May 2007 15:30 VfB Stuttgart A 1–2 Radu 19' 56,000 13th [36]

DFB-Pokal

DFB-Pokal match details
Round Date Time Opponent Venue Result
F–A
Scorers Attendance Ref.
First round 9 September 2006 15:30 Rot-Weiss Essen A 0–1 11,487 [37]

Players

Appearances and goals

Source:[38][39][40]
Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.
Players with names struck through and marked † left the club during the playing season.
Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Darmstadt.
Key to positions: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward
Players who made at least one appearance
No. Pos. Nat. Name Bundesliga DFB-Pokal Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK GER Gerhard Tremmel 1 0 1 0 2 0
2 FW GER Steffen Baumgart 12 (21) 2 1 0 13 (21) 2
3 DF BRA Sidney 1 0 0 0 1 0
4 DF CAN Kevin McKenna 29 0 1 0 30 0
5 DF POL Mariusz Kukiełka 32 1 1 0 33 1
6 DF BRA Vragel da Silva 21 (4) 2 1 0 22 (4) 2
7 MF GER Timo Rost 31 1 0 0 31 1
8 MF GHA Lawrence Aidoo 1 0 1 0 2 0
9 FW CMR Francis Kioyo 26 (3) 2 1 0 27 (3) 2
10 MF CRO Stiven Rivić 0 (7) 0 0 0 0 (7) 0
11 MF ALB Ervin Skela 4 (3) 0 0 0 4 (3) 0
14 DF HUN Zoltán Szélesi 19 (3) 0 0 (1) 0 19 (4) 0
15 FW GER Lars Jungnickel 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 (1) 0
16 MF ROU Vlad Munteanu 33 11 0 0 33 11
17 MF GER Daniel Ziebig 17 (7) 0 1 0 18 (7) 0
19 DF GER Benjamin Schöckel 1 0 0 0 1 0
20 MF CHN Shao Jiayi 11 (18) 2 0 0 11 (18) 2
21 MF POL Tomasz Bandrowski 4 (8) 0 0 0 4 (8) 0
22 DF GER Arne Feick 1 (1) 0 0 0 1 (1) 0
23 GK BIH Tomislav Piplica 33 0 0 0 33 0
24 DF MKD Igor Mitreski 27 0 1 0 28 0
27 MF GER Daniel Gunkel 10 (17) 1 1 0 11 (17) 1
29 FW ROU Sergiu Radu 34 14 0 0 34 14
30 FW GER Marco Küntzel 9 (7) 0 1 0 10 (7) 0
33 DF CRO Mario Cvitanović 17 0 0 0 17 0

Transfers

In

Date Pos. Player From Fee Ref.

Loans in

Date from Pos. Player From Date until Ref.

Out

Date Pos. Player To Fee Ref.

Loans out

Date from Pos. Player To Date until Ref.

References

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  2. ^ "Petrik Sander: Stur und stumm zum Star" (in German). Retrieved 8 February 2026 – via Tagesspiegel.
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