2006–07 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season

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Bayer 04 Leverkusen
2006–07 season
Manager Michael Skibbe
Stadium BayArena
Bundesliga 5th
DFB-Pokal Second round
UEFA Cup Quarter-finals
  2005–06
2007–08  

During the 2006–07 German football season, Bayer 04 Leverkusen competed in the Bundesliga.

Contents

Season summary

Leverkusen repeated the previous season's fifth-placed finish, qualifying again for the UEFA Cup.

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.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Germany.svg  GER Hans-Jörg Butt
2 DF Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Fredrik Stenman
3 DF Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Roque Júnior
4 DF Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Juan
5 DF Flag of Tunisia.svg  TUN Karim Haggui
6 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Simon Rolfes
7 MF Flag of Switzerland.svg   SUI Tranquillo Barnetta
9 FW Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  BIH Sergej Barbarez
10 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Paul Freier [notes 1]
11 FW Flag of Germany.svg  GER Stefan Kießling
12 FW Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Andriy Voronin
13 MF Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Athirson
16 MF Flag of Switzerland.svg   SUI Pirmin Schwegler
17 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Alexander Meyer
No.Pos.NationPlayer
19 MF Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Marko Babić
20 GK Flag of Germany.svg  GER Benedikt Fernandez
22 GK Flag of Germany.svg  GER René Adler
23 DF Flag of Algeria.svg  ALG Ahmed Reda Madouni [notes 2]
24 DF Flag of Togo.svg  TOG Assimiou Touré [notes 3]
25 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Bernd Schneider
26 FW Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Michal Papadopulos
27 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Gonzalo Castro [notes 4]
28 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Carsten Ramelow
29 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Jan-Ingwer Callsen-Bracker
32 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Pierre de Wit
34 GK Flag of Germany.svg  GER Erik Domaschke
44 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Thomas Hübener

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.NationPlayer
14 FW Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Josip Tadić (to Dinamo Zagreb)

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References

  1. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/ger/2006-2007/bundes/bayerlev.htm

Notes

  1. Freier was born in Bytom, Poland, but was raised in Germany from the age of 11 and represented Germany at U-21 level before making his international debut for Germany in May 2002.
  2. Madouni was born in Casablanca, Morocco, but also qualified to represent Algeria internationally and made his international debut for Algeria in June 2005.
  3. Touré was born in Sokodé, Togo, but also qualified to represent Germany internationally and represented Germany at U-18 level before making his international debut for Togo in 2006.
  4. Castro was born in Wuppertal, West Germany (now Germany), and represented Germany at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Spain internationally through his parents and represented Spain at U-19 level before making his international debut for Germany in March 2007.