Football : Season Details : 2006

Final English Top Division Football (soccer) Table and Cup Final(s)

Position	Club	Points	History	Notes
1	Chelsea	91	7-17
2	Manchester United	83	6-31	LC-W
3	Liverpool	82	4-44	FAC-W
4	Arsenal	67	2-80	EC-F
5	Tottenham Hotspur	65	5-28
6	Blackburn Rovers	63	5-5
7	Newcastle United	58	5-13
8	Bolton Wanderers	56	10-5
9	West Ham United	55	6-1	FAC-F
10	Wigan Athletic	51	1-1	LC-F
11	Everton	50	3-52
12	Fulham	48	3-5
13	Charlton Athletic	47	4-6
14	Middlesbrough	45	8-8	UEFA-F
15	Manchester City	43	11-4
16	Aston Villa	42	5-18
17	Portsmouth	38	3-3
18	Birmingham City	34	10-4
19	West Bromwich Albion	30	8-2
20	Sunderland	15	8-1

Legend and Abbreviations
Points: 3 for a win : 1 for a draw. Clubs: Blue Qualified for Europe Red Relegated
History is in the form A-B: A is the number of occasions that the club has been in the Top Division. B is the current number of consecutive seasons in the Top Division.
Notes: FAC FA Cup; LC League Cup; EC European Cup; UEFA UEFA Cup; W Winners - F Finalists

League Cup Final	Manchester United 4 Wigan Athletic 0
FA Cup Final	Liverpool 3 West Ham United 3 aet (pens: 3 - 1)

European Cup Final	Barcelona 2 Arsenal 1
UEFA Cup Final	Seville 4 Middlesbrough 0

aet After Extra Time
pens Penalties

Chelsea retain the Championship after leading all season.

Sunderland are relegated with the lowest points total, breaking a record set in 1985.

Liverpool become the second club to win the FA Cup on penalties.

Arsenal become the first London club to reach a European Cup final and the third English club to have played in all three European finals.

Middlesbrough reach their first European final.

Wigan Athletic reach their first final (the League Cup) in their debut top division season.

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