Every 2006-07 EFL Championship race charted day by day: promotion and relegation race. Final standings, from a season that ran August 5, 2006 to May 6, 2007. In 2006-07 this division was called the Football League Championship. It has been the EFL Championship since 2016.
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EFL Championship standings, 2006-07
Team
W
D
L
GD
PTS
L10
Streak
Sunderland (SUN)c
27
7
12
+29
88
8-1-1
W2
Birmingham City (BIR)a
26
8
12
+25
86
5-1-4
L1
Derby County (DER)o
25
9
12
+16
84
4-3-3
W1
West Bromwich Albion (WBA)o
22
10
14
+26
76
4-1-5
W2
Wolverhampton Wanderers (WOL)o
22
10
14
+3
76
4-2-4
W2
Southampton (SOU)o
21
12
13
+24
75
5-1-4
W3
Preston North End (PNE)
22
8
16
+11
74
4-0-6
W1
Stoke City (STK)
19
16
11
+21
73
5-4-1
D1
Sheffield Wednesday (SHW)
20
11
15
+4
71
7-2-1
W1
Colchester United (COL)
20
9
17
+14
69
5-2-3
L2
Plymouth Argyle (PLY)
17
16
13
+1
67
6-0-4
W5
Crystal Palace (CRY)
18
11
17
+8
65
5-1-4
W2
Cardiff City (CAR)
17
13
16
+4
64
1-2-7
L3
Ipswich Town (IPS)
18
8
20
+5
62
5-2-3
W1
Burnley (BUR)
15
12
19
+3
57
5-1-4
L2
Norwich City (NOR)
16
9
21
-15
57
4-1-5
L2
Coventry City (COV)
16
8
22
-15
56
3-2-5
W1
Queens Park Rangers (QPR)
14
11
21
-14
53
5-2-3
D1
Leicester City (LEI)
13
14
19
-15
53
2-2-6
L1
Barnsley (BAR)
15
5
26
-32
50
4-0-6
L2
Hull City (HUL)
13
10
23
-16
49
4-2-4
L1
Southend United (SEN)r
10
12
24
-33
42
3-1-6
L4
Luton Town (LUT)r
10
10
26
-28
40
1-1-8
L1
Leeds United (LEE)r
13
7
26
-26
36
4-3-3
L1
The three dashed lines are the automatic promotion pace, the play-off pace, and the relegation line. Leeds United were docked 10 points on May 4, 2007.
Clinch key
o
clinched a play-off place
a
promoted automatically
c
clinched the title
r
relegated
Turning points
The lead changed hands 21 times.
Sunderland trailed by as many as 16 points on October 17, 2006.
Sunderland took first place for good on May 6, 2007.
Derby County and Wolverhampton Wanderers each won 6 games in a row, the longest run of the race.
Birmingham City led by 9 points as late as December 29, 2006.
Sunderland went 6-1-0 from March 10, 2007 to April 14, 2007, turning a deficit of 7 points into a lead of 4 points.
The top two ended the day within three points of each other on 87 of the 111 days played.
Nine clubs held or shared first place.
Sunderland spent 15 of the season's 275 charted days in first place.