2006–07 FC Energie Cottbus season
| 2006–07 season | |
|---|---|
| Manager | Petrik Sander |
| Stadium | Stadion der Freundschaft |
| Bundesliga | 13th |
| DFB-Pokal | First round |
| Top goalscorer | League: 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
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
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
| 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
| 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
- ^ "Energie Cottbus | Vereinshistorie". kicker (in German). Retrieved 8 February 2026.
- ^ "Petrik Sander: Stur und stumm zum Star" (in German). Retrieved 8 February 2026 – via Tagesspiegel.
- ^ "Glücklicher Fohlen-Sieg". kicker (in German). Retrieved 8 February 2026.
- ^ "Cottbus erkämpft einen Punkt gegen den HSV". kicker (in German). Retrieved 8 February 2026.
- ^ "Da Silva schockt den VfL". kicker (in German). Retrieved 8 February 2026.
- ^ "Energie hat harmlose Mainzer im Griff". kicker (in German). Retrieved 8 February 2026.
- ^ "Baumgart belohnt Kampfgeist". kicker (in German). Retrieved 8 February 2026.
- ^ "Arminia dreht das Spiel". kicker (in German). Retrieved 8 February 2026.
- ^ "Frei-Knaller bringt Vorentscheidung". kicker (in German). Retrieved 8 February 2026.
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- ^ "Sieg im Ost-Derby geht an Cottbus". kicker (in German). Retrieved 2026-02-08.
- ^ "Kioyo schockt Werder". kicker (in German). Retrieved 2026-02-08.
- ^ "Auswärtssieg für die Eintracht". kicker (in German). Retrieved 2026-02-08.
- ^ "Nullnummer in Wolfsburg". kicker (in German). Retrieved 2026-02-10.
- ^ "Schalke an der Spitze". kicker (in German). Retrieved 2026-02-10.
- ^ "Rolfes schockt die Cottbuser". kicker (in German). Retrieved 2026-02-10.
- ^ "96 entführt die Punkte aus Cottbus". kicker (in German). Retrieved 2026-02-12.
- ^ "Arbeitssieg für müde Bayern". kicker (in German). Retrieved 2026-02-12.
- ^ "Energie holt Punkt gegen VfB". kicker (in German). Retrieved 2026-02-12.
- ^ "Radu macht den Sack früh zu". kicker (in German). Retrieved 2026-02-22.
- ^ "HSV am Tabellenende angekommen". kicker (in German). Retrieved 2026-02-22.
- ^ "Keine Tore in der Lausitz". kicker (in German). Retrieved 2026-02-22.
- ^ "Zidan dreifacher Torschütze". kicker (in German). Retrieved 2026-02-22.
- ^ "Beauchamp bedankt sich bei Piplica". kicker (in German). Retrieved 2026-02-22.
- ^ "Energie-Leistung im Abstiegskrimi". kicker (in German). Retrieved 2026-02-22.
- ^ "Radu glänzt als Vorbereiter". kicker (in German). Retrieved 2026-02-22.
- ^ "Pinto entscheidet spät das Spiel". kicker (in German). Retrieved 2026-02-22.
- ^ "Radu verschärft Herthas Krise". kicker (in German). Retrieved 2026-02-22.
- ^ "Unentschieden zu wenig für Werder". kicker (in German). Retrieved 2026-02-22.
- ^ "Cottbus auf dem Weg zum Klassenerhalt". kicker (in German). Retrieved 2026-02-22.
- ^ "Cottbus` Riesenschritt zum Klassenerhalt". kicker (in German). Retrieved 2026-02-10.
- ^ "Schalke hilflos - Rost hilft". kicker (in German). Retrieved 2026-02-10.
- ^ "Gunkel macht alles klar". kicker (in German). Retrieved 2026-02-12.
- ^ "Bruggink lässt vom UI-Cup träumen". kicker (in German). Retrieved 2026-02-12.
- ^ "Cottbus überlässt Bayern die Punkte". kicker (in German). Retrieved 2026-02-12.
- ^ "Khedira köpft VfB zur Meisterschaft". kicker (in German). Retrieved 2026-02-22.
- ^ "Joker Lorenz sticht". kicker (in German). Retrieved 8 February 2026.
- ^ "FootballSquads - Energie Cottbus - 2006/07". FootballSquads.co.uk. Retrieved 8 February 2026.
- ^ "2006-2007 Energie Cottbus Stats, All Competitions". FBref.com. Retrieved 8 February 2026.
- ^ "Spielschema | Rot-Weiss Essen - Energie Cottbus 1:0 | 1. Runde | DFB-Pokal 2006/07". kicker (in German). Retrieved 8 February 2026.