2006 European blackout, Cause
The cause of this major blackout was a planned routine disconnection of the Ems powerline crossing in Northwest Germany to allow a ship to pass beneath the overhead cables. In September, the shipyard had requested the lines, called Conneforde–Diele red and white, to be shut off starting at 01:00 on 5 November. This change was communicated to the neighboring TSOs and they did simulations to ensure stability. As a result, the planned power flow between TSOs was decreased for 00:00 to 06:00 5 November. On 3 November, the shipyard requested the shut-off to be advanced to 22:00 on 4 November.


2006 European blackout, Cause
E.ON Netz thought that this would be more favorable and approved the request. However, this change was not communicated to the neighboring TSOs until very late so a full analysis was not done. Also, the transfer capacity had already been sold and it was not possible to change it except for force majeure.


2006 European blackout, Cause
Once the second circuit was turned off, this caused alarms due to high power flow. Also the Landesbergen–Wehrendorf line was very close to its limit. Over the next half-hour, the power first went down but then it crept back up. E.ON Netz thought that closing a bus tie would decrease this a bit; in fact, it had the opposite effect and once this was performed the line tripped out.


2006 European blackout, Cause
Twenty eight seconds later, an electrical blackout had cascaded across Europe extending from Poland in the north-east, to the Benelux countries and France in the west, through to Portugal, Spain and Morocco in the south-west, and across to Greece and the Balkans in the south-east.


2006 European blackout, Affected areas
In total, over 10 million people in northern Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, and Spain lost power or were affected by the blackout. In northern Germany, more than 100 trains were delayed for more than two hours because of the blackout. Almost all of France was affected except the southeast of the country. In affected areas in France, firefighters were asked to respond to approximately 40 people being stuck in elevators. In Belgium, only the area around Antwerp was seriously affected, as well as Ghent and Liège, leaving the rest of the country with power.


2006 European blackout, Affected areas
Italy, which had experienced a similar blackout in 2003 which left 95% of the country without power, was only affected in a few areas, mainly Piedmont, Liguria in northern Italy, and Puglia in southern Italy. In Spain, the news network Red Electrica was affected, as were the regions of Madrid, Barcelona, Zaragoza, and part of Andalusia.


2006 European blackout, Aftermath
The UCTE (Union for the Coordination of the Transmission of Electricity) and TSO (Transmission System Operator) acted swiftly, and were able to restore electricity shortly, however the event highlighted glaring problems. The UCTE and TSO were victims of enormous backlash from the media and the citizens, and there were threats that both corporations might undergo serious managerial overhauls. This forced both companies to go back to the drawing board, and determine what possible improvements could be made to prevent such a problem in the future.


2006 European blackout, Aftermath
For starters, the UCTE strengthened its defense system by using blackout simulations with the help of numerical analysis, and sophisticated technology. Using these simulations, they were able to bring to life realistic scenarios that could impact these regions in the future, and how the TSO could possibly combat the problems. This initiated the tweaking of the N-1 criterion in Policy 3 of the UCTE Operation Handbook. Essentially, the interconnected power systems were decentralized, wherein different border lines were responsible for the power lines running through them, rather than one general body governing the entire system.


2006 European blackout, Aftermath
This process was later known as Resynchronization, and it was able to increase stability within the UCTE if any problems were to arise. Furthermore, joint-training workshops were established that would assure that regional dispatchers would have the knowledge and skills to operate the power systems, and would have the ability to implement the solutions given by the TSO under any circumstances.


2006 European blackout, Possible political influences, Centralised vs decentralised governments
Although it may seem an abstract concept, the political system may have played a role in this power outage happening. At the time, many EU policy makers pushed for a more centralised form of government. This would give the government as a whole a greater role in regulating Europe's power grids. When the Blackout of 2006 occurred, these policy makers said this event revealed the fragility of Europe's current power grid system and called on a formal centralised government. On the flip-side, however, because the power disturbances were quickly contained and dealt with, the power sector spokesperson cited this event as a confirmation of the reliability of the current, transnational power grids and praised the decentralised governance model in place at the time.


2006 European blackout, Possible political influences, Security
Since the 2003 blackout, the security system had gone unchanged. The security system did not account for an increase of liberalization of electric supply which caused an increase in cross-border trades, which are not properly accounted for when reviewing the security of the system. Also, due to the decentralized form of government at the time, the transmission system operator, or TSO, would each control their own area, and exchange little information with other TSOs. This inevitably resulted in a slow response time to contingencies.


2006 European blackout, Possible political influences, Security
To repair these fallacies so something like this would not occur in the future, a new mode of coordinated operation for real-time security would be needed. But in order to do so, those implementing this would need to overcome a series of psychological, organizational, and legal challenges. The alternative of this would be to risk yet another major blackout or run the current system very conservatively, which would cause an astronomical cost to the consumers.


2006 European cold wave
The 2006 European cold wave was an unusual and deadly cold wave which resulted in abnormal winter conditions over much of Europe. Southern Europe saw cold and snow, while places in northern Norway saw abnormally mild conditions. The phenomenon started in early January 2006, in the Polar Ural regions, with temperatures nosediving below -50°C, and extended to west Russia, then Central Europe where parts of Poland, Slovakia, and Austria saw temperatures drop below -30 °C.


2006 European cold wave
The cold wave resulted in the deaths of up to 50 people in Russia, and a significant death toll in Eastern Europe, including Ukraine, Moldova, and Romania. The abnormal conditions gradually abated towards the end of the month. According to Munich Re reinsurance company, it was the deadliest cold snap between 1980 and 2011, causing 790 fatalities throughout Europe. According to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, there were 884 deaths in Ukraine, 135 in Moscow, 13 in Moldova and 5 in Belarus, and over 20,000 cases of frostbite were treated in the region's hospitals. The damage to Russian crops due to severe frost was estimated at $929 million (equivalent to $1.19 billion in 2020).


2006 European cold wave, Temperatures recorded during the cold snap
Near freezing temperatures were also noted in the Balearic Islands, Western North Africa, and in extreme southern Spain.


2006 European cold wave, Temperatures recorded during the cold snap
Tambov took on a record low temperature of −38 °C (−36 °F) on January 19th.


2006 European cold wave, Temperatures recorded during the cold snap
Village Karajukića Bunari measured −39 °C (−38 °F) on 26 January, setting the minimum temperature record for Serbia.


2006 European cold wave, Snow in southern Europe
The anticyclone responsible for the cold temperatures brought snow to much of southern Europe. Algiers saw their first snow in over forty years and the snow brought icy and slippery conditions on the roads. A large portion of Greece also saw snow and Athens had a significant snowfall which cut off remote outlying areas, and the island of Limnos also received measurable snow.


2006 European cold wave, Snow in southern Europe
The Balearic Islands had snow and freezing temperatures which resulted in the closure of the airport on Majorca.


2006 European cold wave, Snow in southern Europe
On 29 January, snow fell in Lisbon for the first time in 54 years. Snow began falling in the early morning in seaside towns like Figueira da Foz in central Portugal, and the storm reached down to the south to Algarve. Other towns with a record snowfall were Leiria, Santarém, Évora, Setúbal, Portalegre, Sesimbra, Palmela, Fátima, Pombal, Abrantes, Torres Novas and Ourém. Highways and roads were closed, and hundreds of people were evacuated from their vehicles in Montejunto. The storm caused a power-outage in Elvas and other parts of the Alentejo region. In Lisbon, the city government demanded that subway stations remain open overnight, so that homeless people could find shelter. Much of the south remained at 0 °C (32 °F), though by midday the north of the country had temperatures of 5–10 °C (41–50 °F).


2006 European floods
From February to April 2006 many rivers across Europe, especially the Elbe and Danube, swelled due to heavy rain and melting snow and rose to record levels. These are the longest rivers in Central Europe.


2006 European floods, Southeastern Europe
High Danube levels caused significant flooding in parts of Serbia, Bulgaria and Romania, with damage to property and infrastructure in localities near the shores of the river. The effects of high water across Southeastern Europe were blamed on the poor levee systems in the affected countries.


2006 European floods, Southeastern Europe, Bulgaria
In Vidin an industrial district was flooded and over 300 people were evacuated to a tent city about 20 kilometers from the town. In Lom, Bulgaria 25 houses, a hotel, the port (which is the second biggest Bulgarian port on the River Danube), and the Danube Park were flooded. Boruna quarter in the north-western part of the city has declared a state of emergency. Of the 30,000 people who live in Lom, 6,000 people are in danger due to the flooding. The two schools are prepared to accommodate any people if found necessary.


2006 European floods, Southeastern Europe, Bulgaria
A few blocks along the water's edge in the city of Nikopol were flooded. 60 people were evacuated and 57 buildings have been flooded so far as well as the main road from Nikopol west towards Pleven. In Rousse the Danube reached 9 meters, beating the previous record at 8,88 from 1970. In total at least 400 buildings on Bulgaria's northern border have been flooded and several have been completely destroyed.


2006 European floods, Southeastern Europe, Romania
The 2006 European floods were one of the most devastating natural disaster from the History of Romania. Although there were no human victims, the estimated damage is thought to surpass the floods of 1970.


2006 European floods, Southeastern Europe, Romania
By April 16 over 848 houses were reportedly flooded, with 221 destroyed. The height of the Danube at the beginning of the flood was still below the record level registered in 1895. Romanian officials ordered the controlled flooding of thousands of hectares of unused agricultural spaces to prevent further damage in cities across Romania.


2006 European floods, Southeastern Europe, Romania
On April 16, in the localities of Rast and Negoi, Dolj County, more than 800 residents were evacuated, as a dam collapsed due to the rising waters of the Danube. Hundreds of houses were flooded and more than 100 of them collapsed.


2006 European floods, Southeastern Europe, Romania
By April 22, the number of people evacuated from the locality reached 4,000. In the port city of Călărași, a recently opened hotel was flooded on Monday, April 17, causing significant damage to the building and leading to the evacuation of tens of tourists. By this date, the floods had swamped 730 km2 (280 square miles) of land, 400 kilometres (250 mi) of roads and destroyed 20 bridges, while also causing agricultural damage amounting to 4.6 million lei (US$1.5 million). Additionally, five of Romania's nine Danube ports were closed during the flooding period. However, Romanian authorities said on April 22 that the worst of the flooding had passed. Elena Anghel, hydrologist at Romania's National Hydrology Institute stated that, "The forecasts are optimistic. The river will probably remain stable for another two days and then start to fall."


2006 European floods, Southeastern Europe, Romania
However, by April 28, after several weeks of pressure, key levées along the Danube began collapsing in the counties of Dolj, Călărași, Constanța, Tulcea and Galați. The authorities carried out further evacuations in these regions, the number of evacuated people rising to 16,000. By this date, over 300 houses were completely destroyed with more than 150 villages and towns being directly affected by the floods.


2006 European floods, Southeastern Europe, Serbia
On April 16, 2006, a state of emergency was declared in 10 regions of Serbia. The areas around Serbia's second largest city Novi Sad were particularly vulnerable. A dozen cities were damaged and hundreds of people were evacuated. Near Veliko Gradište, the Danube reached heights as high as 9.65 meters (over 30 ft). Many people left the regions because water could not be purified.


2006 European floods, Southeastern Europe, Other countries
Floods were also reported in the Republic of Macedonia, where several villages were flooded in Macedonia's Pelagonija Valley.


2006 European floods, Germany and Czech Republic
The Elbe River also rose 13 centimeters higher than in 2002 in some areas, creating 150-year-record-highs. In Germany, the medieval town of Hitzacker had water levels of 7.63 meters, destroying many buildings and causing considerable damage to other private property. Also affected was the town of Lauenburg. The German federal state of Saxony and the Czech Republic were not as affected, because in the four years after the record floodings of 2002, the two partners built a stronger levee system along the Elbe. On April 17, all states of emergencies in all counties of the German federal states of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Brandenburg were rescinded.


2006 European floods, Hungary
The Danube river was at its peak 865 cm (28 ft 4 in) high in Budapest, Hungary, higher than the previous record of 848 cm in 2002. During the floods, approximately 11,000 buildings were in danger of flood damage, 32,000 people were threatened by the water, and 1.72 square kilometres (475 acres) of land were actually under water. Officials also placed most of the area near the Danube under a Level 3 Alert (on a 3-level scale). The flood was so severe that it threatened to spill into the underground in Budapest, through the Batthyány tér station — this, however, did not occur. The underground train stations Batthyány tér and Margit híd (HÉV) were closed out of precaution.


2006 European floods, Hungary
The timing of the flood, incidentally, coincided with the Hungarian general elections.


2006 European floods, Causes
Many dikes and levees breached because of a poor construction by local and national officials and of an unusual long and hard winter in Central Europe. The snowfall lasted well into April and many areas were frozen, so frost emerged, soaking the earth full of water.


2006 European floods, Humanitarian aid
The Red Cross sent humanitarian aid in the form of blankets and mattresses to affected areas.


2006 European heat wave
The 2006 European heat wave was a period of exceptionally hot weather that arrived at the end of June 2006 in certain European countries. The United Kingdom, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Italy, Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Germany and western parts of Russia were most affected. Several records were broken. In the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Ireland and the United Kingdom, July 2006 was the warmest month since official measurements began.


2006 European heat wave, Country-by-country, Belgium
Belgium experienced two heat waves in July 2006. Before 1990, a heat wave occurred about once every 8 years. Currently, the country averages one heat wave per year. On 19 July 2006, temperatures throughout the entire country rose to 36.2 °C (97.2 °F), causing it, at that moment, to be the hottest July day since 1947. The highest temperatures were recorded at the stations of Kleine Brogel and Genk, which measured 37.5 °C (99.5 °F) and 38.3 °C (100.9 °F), respectively.


2006 European heat wave, Country-by-country, Belgium
In some regions, more particularly Limburg, 36 consecutive days of temperatures above 25 °C (77 °F) have been measured in one continuous local heat wave instead of two separate periods of hot weather (according to the official Belgian rules for registering a heat wave). In most other parts of the country, the second heat wave lasted for 17 days.


2006 European heat wave, Country-by-country, Belgium
July 2006 became the warmest month in Belgian history, with an all-time high mean temperature of 23.0 °C (73.4 °F).


2006 European heat wave, Country-by-country, United Kingdom
At 14:32 BST on Wednesday, 19 July 2006, it was confirmed that 36.5 °C (97.7 °F) had been recorded at Wisley, Surrey. This confirmed that the period of prolonged warm weather was a true heat wave. However, despite some predictions, the United Kingdom's all-time temperature high of 38.5 °C (101.3 °F) attained at Faversham, Kent, on 10 August 2003 was not reached. Whilst a disputed 42.0 °C (107.6 °F) was recorded at Wisley Airfield on 18 July, this figure has never been accepted and the figure of 36.5 °C (97.7 °F) from 19 July is the highest acceptable value.


2006 European heat wave, Country-by-country, United Kingdom
This figure is generally deemed to be erroneous and it has been suggested that the recorded temperature was in fact 32.0 °C (89.6 °F). Another theory is that the 42.0 °C (107.6 °F) record on 18 July 2006 was recorded in the sunshine, not in standard 'shaded' areas. Similar temperatures were recorded in the sunshine during a brief heatwave at Wimbledon on 1 July 2015.


2006 European heat wave, Country-by-country, United Kingdom
The heatwave even warmed the normally cool and wet Scottish summer, with Glasgow having a July high of 22.7 °C (72.9 °F) and low of 13.7 °C (56.7 °F), which made it the warmest month on record. Because of the northerly location and marine nature, it was not a heat wave in a general sense, but rather unusually warm weather.


2006 European heat wave, Country-by-country, United Kingdom
Drought was an issue in many parts of the United Kingdom after a very dry winter. There was warning of drought occurring from the early months of 2006. Following the dry winter, with extreme temperatures occurring in the country and little rain, increasing strain  was put on water supplies, and hose-pipe bans were issued in many counties. The Environment Agency claimed that the UK may have had the most severe drought in 100 years.


2006 European heat wave, Country-by-country, United Kingdom
Some power cuts also occurred, some after lightning strikes and some due to large amounts of electricity used by air conditioners. In Central London on 27 July 2006 a series of power cuts hit Piccadilly Circus, Regent Street, Turner Broadcasting UK and Oxford Circus causing the closure of shops and businesses, when pre-existing faults were worsened by heavy demand.


2006 European heat wave, Country-by-country, United Kingdom
The Met Office confirmed that July 2006 was the warmest July, as well as the warmest single month, overall, across the UK, and a number of regional records were also broken.


2006 European heat wave, Country-by-country, United Kingdom
The tarmac on some roads melted in England, requiring application of crushed rock dust.


2006 European heat wave, Country-by-country, Germany
In Germany most of the July temperature average records were broken. In Mannheim/Ludwigshafen a July average of 26 °C (79 °F) was recorded, which means a temperature anomaly of 6 °C (11 °F), which is a new record for a monthly average in Germany (in the same cities high temperatures reached over 40 °C (104 °F)). In Berlin an average temperature of 25 °C (77 °F) was recorded (7 °C (13 °F) above normal). Such numbers were recorded all over Germany. The biggest problem was the precipitation, which mostly fell in intense thunderstorms. At least 20 people died in this heatwave.


2006 European heat wave, Country-by-country, Denmark
Denmark experienced the warmest July ever with an average temperature (day and night) of 19.8 °C (67.6 °F), breaking a record of 19.5 °C (67.1 °F) set in 1994. It was the second-warmest month ever, behind August 1997 at 20.4 °C (68.7 °F). It was also the sunniest July ever, and the second-sunniest ever, at 321 hours. In fact, the previous July record was 290 hours. Since Denmark escaped the extremes seen further south, it is now known as one of the best summer months in history.


2006 European heat wave, Country-by-country, France
High temperatures in France destroyed many crops, just days before the harvest period, while French officials said at least 40 people were confirmed to have been killed by the heat wave directly. Temperatures as high as 37 °C (99 °F) were recorded in Paris during the heatwave. July 2006 was in many regions the warmest July ever recorded (and often the second warmest month after August 2003). In many regions weather was particularly stormy. In Nice, the all-time high temperature record was beaten with a 37.7 °C (99.9 °F) recorded on 1 August.


2006 European heat wave, Country-by-country, Ireland
Ireland was affected from the heat wave from the start of June, and the warm weather continued until the end of July.


2006 European heat wave, Country-by-country, Ireland
Temperatures were well above average for both months. The highest recorded in June was 27.1 °C (80.8 °F) at Ardfert, County Kerry on 9 June. In Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, there were 29 consecutive days in July with temperatures over 20.0 °C (68.0 °F), and nine of these days had temperatures over 25.0 °C (77.0 °F). July 2006 was the warmest July in Ireland since records began. By the end of July, temperatures returned to average figures.


2006 European heat wave, Country-by-country, Ireland
On 18 July, a temperature of 30.1 °C (86.2 °F) was recorded in Birr, County Offaly; the same day, 30.2 °C (86.4 °F) was recorded at Kilkenny Castle, County Kilkenny and Shannon Airport, County Clare. However, temperatures again rose to 31.0 °C (87.8 °F) at Casement Aerodrome, Dublin; and 32.3 °C (90.1 °F) at Elphin, County Roscommon on the 19 July – this is the warmest temperature recorded in Ireland since 1976.


2006 European heat wave, Country-by-country, Ireland
Temperatures over 30.0 °C (86.0 °F) are rare in Ireland, being recorded about once or twice every decade – 1976, 1983, 1989, 1995, 2003 and now 2006 are the most recent times of such high temperatures. The highest ever recorded in Ireland was 33.3 °C (91.9 °F) at Kilkenny Castle, County Kilkenny on 26 June 1887.


2006 European heat wave, Country-by-country, Ireland
The highest mean temperatures during the heatwave were recorded at Merrion Square in Dublin city centre both months – 16.3 °C (61.3 °F) in June (average 14.6 °C (58.3 °F)) and 18.7 °C (65.7 °F) in July (average 16.3 °C (61.3 °F)).


2006 European heat wave, Country-by-country, Ireland
To put this into context, average daily maxima in Ireland in only vary from 15 to 20 °C (59 to 68 °F) in June; and 16 to 23 °C (61 to 73 °F) in July.


2006 European heat wave, Country-by-country, Ireland
Despite the high daytime temperatures, night time temperatures were sometimes below average (6 to 11 °C (43 to 52 °F) in June; 8 to 13 °C (46 to 55 °F) in July). Grass temperatures as low as −2.3 °C (27.9 °F) were recorded at Birr, County Offaly on 23 June; however, the lowest air temperature recorded was 2.0 °C (35.6 °F) at Straide, County Mayo on 14 June. The cool night time temperatures are thought to have made the heat wave more bearable there.


2006 European heat wave, Country-by-country, Ireland
Sunshine levels were very high all over the country, with 257 hours (~8.6 hours a day) of sunshine recorded at Cork Airport, County Cork in June (making it the sunniest June since records began) and 283 hours (~9.1 hours a day) of sunshine at Rosslare, County Wexford in July (sunniest July since 1990). The sunniest day during the two months (and indeed, the year) was on 25 June, when Malin Head, County Donegal, recorded 15.8 hours of sunshine.


2006 European heat wave, Country-by-country, Ireland
Rainfall levels were also quite low, with only 13.2 millimetres (0.52 in) of rain at Derrygreenagh, County Offaly and Fermoy, County Cork in June and 13.0 millimetres (0.51 in) of rain recorded at Merrion Square, Dublin in July. Parts of Munster and Leinster also recorded 21 days between 28 May and 17 June where no rainfall was recorded. There was also a period between 9 July and 27 July when no rainfall was recorded in Greater Dublin. Despite the low rainfall, drought was not an issue in Ireland.


2006 European heat wave, Country-by-country, Ireland
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2006 European heat wave, Country-by-country, Ireland
The months of June and July 2006 are regarded as one of the best summers ever due to the high levels of sunshine, warm temperatures and low rainfall. Drought and health problems were not an issue in Ireland, unlike many parts of Europe – mostly because the heat was not as severe there.


2006 European heat wave, Country-by-country, Netherlands
With a monthly average of 22.3 °C (72.1 °F), KNMI statistics show July 2006 was the warmest-ever month on record for the Netherlands. Around 500 or 1,000 more people than usual died in July 2006.


2006 European heat wave, Country-by-country, Netherlands
Earlier, the Four Day Marches of Nijmegen had been cancelled after only one day as hundreds of people collapsed the first day, two of them eventually dying due to fatal heat stroke. The walking people had to walk on open roads without any shade and there was not enough water for everyone. Paramedics had their hands full with hundreds of people who fainted due to the heat. The walking people had to deal with temperatures in the sun of 42 °C (108 °F). The air-temperatures on the first day of the four-day march was about 36 °C (97 °F). Forecasts showed even higher temperatures of 37 °C (99 °F) for the next day, causing the organisation to cancel the remainder of the event.


2006 European heat wave, Country-by-country, Netherlands
The highest temperature was recorded on 19 July (see picture), when temperatures reached for most of the country the mid- to upper 30s °C (mid- to upper 90s °F), Especially in the south-east. The all-time record for the month of July was broken; temperatures soared to 37.2 °C (99.0 °F). A few hundred meters across the border into Germany, at the weather station Kalkar, located at the airport in Weeze, near Nijmegen, a maximum of 38.6 °C (101.5 °F) was recorded on 19 July.


2006 European heat wave, Country-by-country, Netherlands
At some places especially in the south-east of the Netherlands temperatures passed 30 °C (86 °F) for 15 or 16 days, and the average daytime month temperature was 30 °C (86 °F) again in the south-east of the Netherlands and the lowest daytime temperature was at some locations 34.1 °C (93.4 °F). for the whole month of July. For two days daytime temperatures were below 25 °C (77 °F), making 29 days with temperatures of 25 °C (77 °F) and higher.


2006 European heat wave, Country-by-country, Netherlands
During days when temperatures reached 30 °C (86 °F) or higher, and on days without wind, the smog level was very high. Warnings were broadcast on television and radio, advising people to stay indoors as much as possible because the air pollution was very unhealthy, the smog was very strong and it was dangerously hot.


2006 European heat wave, Country-by-country, Netherlands
The Netherlands also had to deal with extreme drought in June and July. The rainfall in June was at some locations as low as 0.5 centimetres (0.20 in), July was also extremely dry. Because of the extreme heat and drought vegetation was very dry, and the humidity levels were very low, causing brushfires.


2006 European heat wave, Country-by-country, Netherlands
On 30 January 2007, the United Nations published a report of all countries in the world with the most deaths related to natural disasters for 2006. The Netherlands appeared fourth place, with 1,000 heat-related deaths.


2006 European heat wave, Country-by-country, Poland
July 2006 was the warmest in Poland since the beginning of the meteorological measurements (i.e. 1779). For most of the month, the maximum temperature exceeded 30 °C (86 °F) – even at night it rarely fell below 20 °C (68 °F). The average temperature was more than 5 °C (9.0 °F) higher than normal, for example in Warsaw the average temperature in July 2006 is usually 23.5 °C (74.3 °F), in Wrocław 23.8 °C (74.8 °F), and in Poznań 24.2 °C (75.6 °F). The highest temperature was recorded in Słubice, near the German border 36.5 °C (97.7 °F). After the hot days, the temperature at night dropped very slowly. On 16 July in Słubice the temperature at night was 27.4 °C (81.3 °F) and it was the warmest night in the entire history of meteorological measurements.


2006 European heat wave, Country-by-country, Poland
July 2006 was also extremely dry. In many regions it did not rain for 3–4 weeks. The river water levels were the lowest ever reported in Polish history and in the absence of rain, many crops dried up.


2006 European heat wave, Country-by-country, Poland
July 2006 in most Polish cities saw 300–350 sunshine hours (normally 220–240 sunshine hours): the highest number being in Poznań (373 sunshine hours) and in Warsaw (355 sunshine hours).


2006 European heat wave, Country-by-country, Poland
July 2007 was AGAIN normal month in Poland. Temperature rarely exceed 30 °C (86 °F) and it was warm, wet and wild. In many regions, including Elblag rained and it was stormy. Many crops returned to normal business, temperature rarely at night exceed 20 °C (68 °F) and it was Cloudy, and sunny.


2006 European heat wave, Country-by-country, Sweden
According to the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI), the city of Lund in Skåne in southern Sweden had the highest average temperatures (day and night: 21.7 °C (71.1 °F)) for the month of July since records began in 1859. The rest of Sweden has however not broken the daily average temperatures from the record year 1994.


2006 European heat wave, Country-by-country, Sweden
The highest temperature in Sweden in July 2006 was recorded in Målilla in Småland, where a temperature of 34.2 °C (93.6 °F) was recorded on 6 July. This is the highest temperature recorded in the country since July 1994 when Kalmar and Söderhamn had 35.1 °C (95.2 °F). Målilla and Ultuna are the places where the highest temperature ever in Sweden was recorded, 38 °C (100 °F), in 1947 and 1933 respectively.


2006 European heat wave, Country-by-country, Sweden
Målilla was the warmest location during daytime, averaging 28.3 °C (82.9 °F), but with average lows being normal at 11.1 °C (52.0 °F) fell a whole degree short of Lund's aforementioned value, where the average high was 27.8 °C (82.0 °F) and low 15.6 °C (60.1 °F). The summer was warmer than usual in all of Sweden, but north of Stockholm and the Mälar valley the temperatures fell quickly, with the exception of the usual hotspot of Falun where the average high was 26.3 °C (79.3 °F) in spite of its location a bit north of 60 degrees latitude.


2006 European heat wave, Period after the heat wave
Due to the extreme heat in July 2006, the ocean water reached a temperature normally reached in September. This increase in water temperature led to faster evaporation of ocean waters, making August one of the cloudiest and wettest months in recorded history in various western European countries. Many weather experts report this to be a direct consequence of the heat wave, as the high evaporation rate caused the atmosphere to generate many low pressure areas.


2006 European heat wave, Period after the heat wave
Despite this, September 2006 was again the warmest September on record, in the UK and elsewhere, due to high ocean temperatures, altered atmospheric pressure zones, and consequent different wind directions over Europe. The pressure zone changes were a consequence of the extra-tropical remnants of Atlantic hurricanes settling over the British Isles.


2006 European heat wave, Period after the heat wave
The Met Office announced on 16 October 2006 that the extended summer of May to September 2006 was the hottest summer ever recorded, the Central England temperature mean temperature of 16.2 °C (61.2 °F) for this summer was 2 °C (3.6 °F) warmer than the average temperatures of 1961–1990.


2006 European heat wave, Period after the heat wave, In the Netherlands
Just two months after July 2006, September 2006 became the warmest September since official measurements started. Additionally, October 2006 and November 2006 broke several temperature records. October was one of the warmest Octobers since measurements began, and November went into the record books as the second warmest November since official measurements started three hundred years prior. With temperatures from the north of the Netherlands to the south of Belgium ranging between 16 to 18 °C (61 to 64 °F) at the end of November, previous records were shattered. The autumn of 2006 was the warmest autumn in history, breaking the old record of just one year prior (2005) by 1.4 °C (34.5 °F). The winter of 2006/2007 was the warmest in three hundred years as well, and so was the following spring.


2006 European heat wave, Period after the heat wave, In the Netherlands
With the exception of August 2006, every month from April 2006 to June 2007 saw temperatures above average, the most bizarre months being January 2007, which noted an average temperature of 7.1 °C (44.8 °F) rather than 2.8 °C (37.0 °F), and April 2007, with 13.1 °C (55.6 °F) as opposed to 8.1 °C (46.6 °F). Temperatures reached a record-breaking 29.7 °C (85.5 °F) as early as 15 April. The average April daytime maximum in the Netherlands is around 12 °C (54 °F).


2006 European heat wave, Period after the heat wave, In the Netherlands
Such a sequence of events is unheard of in the Netherlands meteorological history, estimated to happen every 8,000 years when not taking global warming into account. It's been a result of a unique mixture of the hot summer increasing marine temperatures and Northern Atlantic hurricanes settling as depressions off the coast of Scotland, giving the European continent a constant stream of southern, fast winds rendering it unable to cool down from the Mediterranean through to northern Europe.


2006 European heat wave, Period after the heat wave, In Belgium
After the record-breaking month of July, August broke records on the opposite end. August 2006 was extremely rainy. Some places registered more than 200 millimetres (7.9 in) of rain and received a total sunshine amount of only 90 hours, which is less than half the expected sunshine for a typical August month and a record low for any summer month in Uccle. The average temperature was about 16.3 °C (61.3 °F).


2006 European heat wave, Period after the heat wave, In Belgium
September 2006 has been the warmest autumn month in Belgian history, with an average temperature of 18.4 °C (65.1 °F), while the normal temperature is 14.6 °C (58.3 °F) (1971-2000 normals), exceptionally preceding a much colder August month. October 2006 has been the second warmest in history with an average temperature of 14.2 °C (57.6 °F) (normal average for 1971-2000: 10.5 °C (50.9 °F)). November 2006 has been the 4th warmest month in history, with an average temperature of 9.1 °C (48.4 °F) (normal average for 1971-2000: 6.1 °C (43.0 °F)). December 2006 continued the warm trend.


2006 European heat wave, Period after the heat wave, In Belgium
The autumn of 2006, at that moment, had been the warmest autumn season in recorded history with an average temperature of 13.9 °C (57.0 °F), which was 3 °C (37 °F) above the normal average for the climatological period 1971-2000. As of 2021, this record still stands firmly.


2006 European heat wave, Period after the heat wave, In Belgium
2007 has broken many records as well. January 2007 broke every temperature record (minimum, maximum and average). The average temperature was 7.2 °C (45.0 °F), while the normal was just 2.6 °C (36.7 °F). February 2007 set some daily records and was 2 °C warmer than normal.


2006 European heat wave, Period after the heat wave, In Belgium
The winter of 2007, just like the previous autumn season, has also been the warmest in recorded history.


2006 European heat wave, Period after the heat wave, In Belgium
March 2007 was the 6th warmest month in history, just 0.8 °C less than the record at that time. April 2007 broke the all-time temperature records once again, as the average temperature had been 5 °C warmer than normal. Kleine Brogel had two tropical days on 15 and 16 April 2007 (30 °C (86 °F) and 30.7 °C (87.3 °F)), which have been the earliest dates any place in Belgium had ever seen temperatures at or over 30°C. May started warmer than normal, but a 9-month warmth streak eventually came to an end when June returned to average temperatures around normal.


2006 European heat wave, Period after the heat wave, In Finland
The summer of 2006 was around 2 °C warmer than the 1971–2000 average. While the heat was not record breaking, the drought was: less than half of the average summer rainfall was received in large areas, and almost all of the country received less than 75% of the usual rain. In many localities (such as Jokioinen, Kajaani and Rovaniemi, it was the driest summer on record. Autumn 2006 was also 1 to 2 °C (34 to 36 °F) warmer than the average. While this didn't break any records, an unprecedented period of mild weather began around the middle of November.


2006 European heat wave, Period after the heat wave, In Finland
December 2006 was the warmest December ever recorded in Finland. In Helsinki, the December mean temperature was 4 °C (39 °F), beating the previous record of 2.9 °C (37.2 °F) set in 1929. Similar records were broken across the southern and central parts of the country, while in the north the old records narrowly remained in place. On 6 December, an all time December high of 10.8 °C (51.4 °F) was recorded at Salo.


2006 European heat wave, Period after the heat wave, In Finland
The mild weather continued well into January 2007. On January 10, many places in southern Finland observed record highs for January. These included Helsinki-Vantaa at 8.2 °C (46.8 °F), Turku at 8.4 °C (47.1 °F), and Lappeenranta at 7 °C (45 °F). (The national record high for January, 10.9 °C (51.6 °F) set at Mariehamn in 1973, remained in place.) As a whole, the two months leading to 16 January were the mildest such period ever recorded in Finland.


2006 European heat wave, Period after the heat wave, In Finland
In Helsinki, the mean temperature for this period was 4.1 °C (39.4 °F), beating the previous record of 2.2 °C (36.0 °F) set in 1982–83. In Sodankylä, it was −4.7 °C (23.5 °F) (previous record −5.3 °C (22.5 °F) set in 1972/73). In the second half of January, temperatures plunged  and February 2007 was well below the average over 1971 to 2000.


2006 European heat wave, Period after the heat wave, In France
After the unusually hot July, August brought a big contrast with cool weather, cloudy skies and pretty wet weather patterns all around the country, with the exception of the Mediterranean coast.


2006 European heat wave, Period after the heat wave, In France
September however turned to be very warm and sunny and in many parts of France it was the warmest in 50 years. October too was very warm and so was November, triggering in many regions the warmest autumn in recorded history. A very rare föhn-like warm spell affected northern and western France on 25 November and brought temperature as high as 18 °C (64 °F) at 7 in the morning in Paris.


2006 European heat wave, Period after the heat wave, In France
December, January and February also brought extremely mild weather making the winter of 2006/2007 the warmest in recorded history.


2006 European heat wave, Period after the heat wave, In France
March was relatively uneventful with average temperatures and precipitations. However April broke the record for the warmest April on record. In many regions it was also the sunniest (with almost uninterrupted sunshine for the whole 30 days) and the driest April on record. In northern and north-eastern France the departure from the normal of the average temperature was as high as 5 °C (9 °F). May was too very warm making the spring 2007 the warmest in recorded history for some regions.


2006 European heat wave, Period after the heat wave, In the United Kingdom
Like the rest of Western Europe, August 2006 saw a dramatic turnaround, being a cloudy and wet month in many parts with daytime maxima below average – although the Central England Temperature (CET) was close to the long-term average, due to the cloud keeping night minima higher than normal. The month was notable for its lack of heat waves, being the first August since 1993 when 30 °C (86 °F)) was not recorded anywhere in the country. However, August 2008, which followed a much cooler July, was even duller and wetter. August 2010 again followed a similar pattern.


2006 European heat wave, Period after the heat wave, In the United Kingdom
September 2006 was just as record-breaking as July, being the warmest on record and just as exceptionally, warmer than August had been. October and November, although not beating the records for the warmest set in 2001 and 1994 respectively, were also much warmer than average.


2006 European heat wave, Period after the heat wave, In the United Kingdom
April 2007 was another record-breaker, with a CET of 11.2 °C (52.2 °F) the warmest in over 300 years of temperature records and by a large margin (10.6c being previous record) remarkably this was smashed just 4 years later in 2011 with a CET of 11.8 °C (53.2 °F)! Temperatures were widely above 20 °C (68 °F), with over 200 hours of sunshine for much of the country. Parts of south-eastern Britain had no rain all month.


2006 European heat wave, Period after the heat wave, In Poland
After a hot and dry July, August 2006 was cold and very rainy. The average temperature hovered slightly below the long-term standards. At the beginning of the month in the west of the country experienced torrential rains and violent storms. In Wrocław decreased 292 millimetres (11.5 in) of water; that is 4 times more than usual. As a result of heavy rains came the floods, which affected mainly Lower Silesia.


2006 European heat wave, Period after the heat wave, In Poland
For a change September 2006 was warm and dry. In the west, that month was more than 4 °C (7.2 °F) warmer than the norm. In Słubice the average temperature was until 18.0 °C (64.4 °F). Early September brought gusty winds in Poland, near Bydgoszcz in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship tornado passed, which escaped with the roots of several hundred trees.


2006 European heat wave, Period after the heat wave, In Poland
October 2006 is also inscribed as one of the warmer in the history of meteorological measurements, as well as very dry. For many days the temperature exceeded 20 °C (68 °F) degrees, reaching up to 26 °C (79 °F) at the south of the country. It was also very sunny month, because reported about 150 sunshine hours.


2006 European heat wave, Period after the heat wave, In Poland
November 2006 in Poland was the warmest from 10 years. The daily temperature reached up to 20 °C (68 °F) and at night rarely dropped below 0 °C (32 °F). November was very wet, usually dropped 100 millimetres (3.9 in) of water, and the standard is approximately 40 millimetres (1.6 in). Like in October the wind was blowing strongly, particularly on the coast of the Baltic Sea. At the end of the month, thick fog blocked airports in Warsaw, Kraków and Wrocław to 3 days.


2006 European heat wave, Period after the heat wave, In Poland
Winter 2006/2007 was extremely warm and rainy, in many cities, the snow lay only a few days, and rain fell for MANY days. At night the temperature increased up to 14 °C (57 °F) degrees, which at this time of year, it was an unprecedented phenomenon. In January 2007, the maximum temperature increased to 20 °C (68 °F), especially in the south, where often blow halny – a foehn wind, and in Elblag during the day 13 °C (55 °F), and at night 10 °C (50 °F).


2006 European heat wave, Period after the heat wave, In Poland
The average temperature in winter 2006/2007 in eastern Poland was about 2.5 °C (36.5 °F), normally −2.5 °C (27.5 °F) and in western Poland 4.5 °C (40.1 °F), normally 1 °C (34 °F). This conclusion was the warmest winter since the measurements. In March 2007, in Elblag this month was snow-less, but it rained and the temperature reached up to 17 °C (63 °F), and at night of 22nd of March 8 °C (46 °F). Summer 2007 was not that dry. It rained A LOT, Temperatures reached down to −1 °C (30 °F) in the Polish-Czech/Tatra hills, temps reached up to 35 °C (95 °F), but it lasted for only 2-3 days, and temperature fell down.


2006 European heat wave, Period after the heat wave, In Russia
December 2006 and January 2007 were the warmest months in Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Kazan and other cities of European Russia.


2006 European heat wave, Period after the heat wave, In Russia
March 2007 was the warmest month in Moscow (+4.1 °C (39.4 °F)) with a record maximum +17.5 °C (63.5 °F)


2006 European heat wave, Period after the heat wave, In Russia
In May 2007 the absolute maximum of month in many cities has been established:


2006 European heat wave, Period after the heat wave, In Russia
2007 and 2008 became the warmest years in Moscow history with average year temperatures +7.1 °C (44.8 °F) (2nd) and +7.3 °C (45.1 °F) (1st).


2006 Euroseries 3000
The 2006 Euroseries 3000 was the eighth Euro Formula 3000 season. The series was won by Italian Giacomo Ricci for the FMS International team.


2006 Euroseries 3000, Race calendar
Rounds denoted with a blue background are a part of the Italian Formula 3000 Championship.


2006 Eurospeedway Lausitz Superbike World Championship round
The 2006 Eurospeedway Lausitz Superbike World Championship round was the tenth round of the 2006 Superbike World Championship season. It took place on the weekend of September 8–10, 2006 at the EuroSpeedway Lausitz.


2006 Exeter City Council election
The 2006 Exeter City Council election took place on 4 May 2006, to elect members of Exeter City Council in Devon, England. The election was held concurrently with other local elections in England. One third of the council was up for election and the council remained under no overall control.


2006 F1 Powerboat World Championship
The 2006 UIM F1 World Championship was the 23rd season of Formula 1 Powerboat racing. The calendar consisted of six events, beginning in Doha, Qatar on 15 April 2006, and ending in Sharjah, UAE on 15 December 2006. Scott Gillman, driving for the Emirates F1 Team, clinched his fourth and ultimately last F1 championship which remains the second highest total in the sport's history.


2006 F1 Powerboat World Championship, Season calendar
A six-race calendar was maintained from the 2005 season, with just one change: the incident-packed race from the previous year in Singapore was replaced by the return of China to the schedule after a year's absence. The venue chosen was Chongzhou where F1 would visit for the first time. The 2006 season marked a watershed for Italy's presence in the sport. Whilst Italian teams and drivers have gone on to participate in the series for years to follow, 2006 is the last time an Italian round has featured on the calendar to date. It was therefore somewhat fitting that on the 25th anniversary of the first championship season the venue was Lake Como where the first F1 race, and the first Grand Prix of Italy, had been held in 1981.


2006 F1 Powerboat World Championship, Results and standings
Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers. A maximum of two boats per team were eligible for points in the teams' championship.


2006 F1 Powerboat World Championship, Results and standings, Teams standings
Only boats with results eligible for points counting towards the teams' championship are shown here.


2006 F3000 International Masters
The 2006 F3000 International Masters season was the second International Formula Master series season. The season consisted of sixteen races at seven rounds, beginning on 1 April at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza and finishing on 22 October at the Autódromo do Estoril. 11 teams and 30 drivers competed. In this one-make formula all drivers had to utilize Lola chassis and Zytek engines.


2006 F3000 International Masters, Championship Standings, Drivers
Points were awarded to the top eight classified finishers using the following structure:


2006 FA Community Shield
The 2006 FA Community Shield was the 84th staging of the FA Community Shield, an annual football match played between the winners of the Premier League and FA Cup. The match was played between 2005–06 FA Cup winners Liverpool and 2005–06 Premier League champions Chelsea on 13 August 2006 at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff. Chelsea were appearing in the competition for the sixth time, while Liverpool were making their 21st appearance. It was the final Community Shield to be held at the Millennium Stadium following the reconstruction of Wembley Stadium.


2006 FA Community Shield
Chelsea, the Shield holders, qualified for the match as a result of winning the Premier League, which was their second successive league championship. Liverpool entered the competition after winning the FA Cup final against West Ham United 3–1 on penalties.


2006 FA Community Shield
Watched by a crowd of 56,275, John Arne Riise opened the scoring for Liverpool early in the first half, only for Chelsea's recently signed forward Andriy Shevchenko to equalise shortly before half-time. Both sides had chances to win the match in the second half, but a Peter Crouch goal late in the half ensured Liverpool won the match 2–1, to win the Community Shield for the 15th time.


2006 FA Community Shield, Background
Founded in 1908 as a successor to the Sheriff of London Charity Shield, the FA Community Shield began as a contest between the respective champions of the Football League and Southern League, although in 1913, it was played between an Amateurs XI and a Professionals XI. In 1921, it was played by the league champions of the top division and FA Cup winners for the first time. Wembley Stadium acted as the host of the Shield from 1974. Cardiff's Millennium Stadium was hosting the Shield for the sixth and final time; it took over as the venue for the event while Wembley Stadium underwent a six-year renovation between 2001 and 2006.


2006 FA Community Shield, Background
Chelsea qualified for the Community Shield by winning the Premier League – their second successive championship. They finished eight points clear of second-placed Manchester United. Chelsea beat Liverpool in both their league meetings during the season. A 4–1 win away at Liverpool's home ground Anfield, was followed by a 2–0 victory in the corresponding fixture at their home ground, Stamford Bridge. The sides met in the semi-final of the FA Cup, a match Liverpool won 2–1 to progress to the final. A 3–2 victory by Liverpool in a penalty shootout, after the 2006 FA Cup Final finished 3–3 with West Ham United, ensured the club's participation in the match.


2006 FA Community Shield, Background
Chelsea were appearing in the Community Shield for the sixth time and were the holders, after beating Arsenal 2–1 in the 2005 edition. Including this victory they had won the competition three times, in 1955 and 2000. In contrast, Liverpool were appearing in their 21st match in the competition. They had won eight outright (1966, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1988, 1989, 2001), shared five (1964, 1965, 1974, 1977, 1986, 1990) and lost six (1922, 1971, 1983, 1984, 1992, 2002). This was the first meeting between the two sides in the competition.


2006 FA Community Shield, Background
The match would normally be the first of the season for both clubs, however as a result of finishing third in the Premier League, Liverpool were entered into third qualifying round for the UEFA Champions League. They won the first of two legs against Israeli team Maccabi Haifa 2–1, courtesy of goals from new signings Craig Bellamy and Mark González. In addition to the signings of Bellamy and González, Liverpool had also purchased defender Fábio Aurélio and midfielder Jermaine Pennant. Chelsea had also brought in a number of players, despite winning successive league titles. Foremost among them was striker Andriy Shevchenko, who signed for a club record £30 million from Milan, manager José Mourinho was adamant that he would fit into the club's style of play: "Everybody knows him as a player, tactically he can play in the Chelsea system no doubt."


2006 FA Community Shield, Background
Chelsea were expected to start their new signings Shevchenko and Michael Ballack, however they would be without midfielder Claude Makélélé, who had been allowed extra time to recover from playing for France in the 2006 FIFA World Cup. They would be without goalkeeper Petr Čech and midfielder Joe Cole, who had knee and shoulder injuries respectively. Liverpool were expected to be without striker Robbie Fowler and defender Aurélio for the match, who were suffering from knee and calf injuries respectively. Manager Rafael Benítez stated 'we would rather wait until next weekend', before playing the pair.


2006 FA Community Shield, Match, Summary
Chelsea lined up in a 4–3–3 formation while Liverpool, who kicked off the match, lined up in a 4–4–2. Within nine minutes Liverpool had taken the lead. Defender John Arne Riise ran with the ball from his own half and hit a shot from 25 yards (23 m), which beat Chelsea goalkeeper Carlo Cudicini. Chelsea midfielder Ballack received the first booking of the match in the 7th minute after he kicked Liverpool midfielder Momo Sissoko, and his partner Frank Lampard was given a yellow card eight minutes later for kicking Boudewijn Zenden.


2006 FA Community Shield, Match, Summary
Liverpool almost extended their lead in the 22nd minute, when Paulo Ferreira's pass to Cudicini caught him unaware, however, the ball went wide of the Chelsea goal and out for a corner. Chelsea made the first substitution of the match in the 26th minute, when debutant Salomon Kalou replaced the injured Ballack. Cudicini kept the score at 1–0 in the 42nd minute, when he made saves to deny González and then a subsequent Peter Crouch shot. Chelsea scored two minutes later when Lampard passed the ball cross-field to striker Shevchenko who controlled the ball on his chest and shot past Liverpool goalkeeper Pepe Reina to level the score at 1–1.


2006 FA Community Shield, Match, Summary
The first chance of the second half fell to Liverpool, but midfielder Zenden sent his shot wide of the Chelsea goal. The first substitution of the half came in the 54th minute when Chelsea replaced Geremi with Wayne Bridge. A minute later, they had two chances to take the lead. Reina saved a shot by Didier Drogba and from the resulting corner, he saved a Shevchenko header.


2006 FA Community Shield, Match, Summary
Liverpool made their first substitutions of the match within the first 15 minutes of the second half as Aurélio replaced González, before a double-change saw Steven Gerrard and Xabi Alonso come on for Zenden and Pennant. Alonso received a yellow card two minutes after coming on for a challenge on Michael Essien. Two more substitutions were made in the coming minutes with Chelsea replacing Arjen Robben with Lassana Diarra and Bellamy replacing Luis García for Liverpool. Diarra was shown a yellow card soon after for a foul on Alonso. The resulting free-kick saw Alonso pass the ball to Aurélio, but his subsequent pass to Bellamy was blocked.


2006 FA Community Shield, Match, Summary
Chelsea had the best of the chances after this, with Shevchenko controlling a long pass with his chest before passing to Kalou, but his subsequent attempt went wide of the Liverpool goal. Then two minutes later Shaun Wright-Phillips, who had replaced Drogba, ran down the right-hand side of the pitch. He passed the ball to Kalou, but he was unable to pass to Shevchenko in the Liverpool penalty area, after being blocked by the Liverpool defence.


2006 FA Community Shield, Match, Summary
Minutes later, Liverpool took the lead again; Bellamy advanced with the ball down the left-hand side of the pitch, his pass found Crouch, who headed into the Chelsea goal to make it 2–1. The lead was almost extended minutes later, as a Gerrard pass found Aurélio in the Chelsea penalty area, but his shot was saved by Cudicini. Chelsea had a final chance in stoppage time from a Lampard free-kick, but the ball was cleared from the Liverpool penalty area by Sissoko.


2006 FA Community Shield, Post-match
Liverpool manager Benítez was confident that victory in the match would provide his side with a boost ahead of their opening match of the 2006–07 FA Premier League with Sheffield United: "This will give us a lot of confidence I am sure, to play one of the best sides in the world and to beat them, this should give us more confidence going into what will be an interesting season."


2006 FA Community Shield, Post-match
He also defended his decision to players such as Gerrard and Alonso on the bench: "It was my idea to start with the players that had the most fitness and have played the most minutes. Then I wanted to bring the other players on towards the end. It worked and it showed that we have a great squad – better than last season." Crouch, scorer of the winning goal, was also confident the result would boost the Liverpool squad: "There is a bit of rivalry between the sides and it is great to get an early one over them. Make no bones about it, this is a big game to win and it certainly could give us a psychological edge this season."


2006 FA Community Shield, Post-match
Chelsea manager Mourinho was primarily concerned with the fitness of his squad in the aftermath of the match, in particular Ballack, who was substituted with an injury early in the match: "He had a kick in the muscle and he couldn't run but I hope he will be back soon, we have quite a few players not in condition and we need players back, so I hope it's not a big deal."


2006 FA Community Shield, Post-match
He felt that the fitness of the two squads was the decisive factor in the match: "Today our bench was not very good, with some kids, Liverpool could inject fresh blood at the same time as some of my players became really tired. They were broken. They were in better condition than us, you could see the difference between Frank Lampard and Sissoko." Mourinho was also unconcerned about his team's form heading into the start of the season: "Liverpool had more intensity and pace, qualities that make a team better. They had that and we didn't.


2006 FA Community Shield, Post-match
We had a big percentage of the ball possession, but Liverpool defended with intensity and looked dangerous when they counter-attacked. I keep saying they are a difficult team to beat and they can go to every game with an ambition to win. They are a good team but over 10 months of competition we will be there."


2006 FA Cup Final
The 2006 FA Cup Final was a football match played between Liverpool and West Ham United on 13 May 2006 at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff. It was the final match of the 2005–06 FA Cup, the 125th season of the world's oldest football knockout competition, the FA Cup. Liverpool were participating in their 13th final, they had previously won six and lost six. West Ham were appearing in their fifth final, they had previously won three and lost once. This was the last final to be held at the Millennium Stadium while Wembley Stadium was rebuilt. Liverpool had won the first final to be held at the Millennium Stadium in 2001, when they beat Arsenal 2–1. The match has been called The Gerrard Final and is widely regarded as one of the greatest cup finals in the history of the competition.


2006 FA Cup Final
As both teams were in the highest tier of English football, the Premier League, they entered the competition in the third round. Matches up to the semi-final were contested on a one-off basis, with a replay taking place if the match ended in a draw. Liverpool's matches varied from close affairs to comfortable victories. They beat Manchester United 1–0 in the fifth round, while they won 7–0 against Birmingham City in the sixth round. The majority of West Ham's matches were close, with their only match to be decided by more than one goal being their 4–2 victory against Blackburn Rovers in the fourth round.


2006 FA Cup Final
Watched by a crowd of 71,140, West Ham took the lead in the first half when Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher scored an own goal, and striker Dean Ashton scored a few minutes later to make it 2–0 to West Ham. Liverpool scored, courtesy of Djibril Cissé, to make the score 2–1 at half time. They equalised not long after the restart via a Steven Gerrard goal. However, ten minutes later West Ham defender Paul Konchesky gave his team a 3–2 lead.


2006 FA Cup Final
With the match in injury time, Gerrard equalised from distance to make the score 3–3 and force the game into extra time. No further goals were scored in extra time meaning the match was to be decided by a penalty shoot-out. West Ham missed three of their four penalties while Liverpool converted three of four to win the shoot-out 3–1.


2006 FA Cup Final
The victory meant Liverpool won the FA Cup for the seventh time. They later played against league champions Chelsea in the 2006 FA Community Shield. Given Liverpool had already qualified for Europe via their league position, their UEFA Cup spot was awarded to runners-up West Ham.


2006 FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Liverpool
Liverpool entered the competition in the third round, as one of the twenty teams from the Premier League. They were drawn against Football League Championship side Luton Town, at Luton's home ground Kenilworth Road. Despite trailing 3–1 at the interval, four goals in the second half, including one from behind the halfway line by Xabi Alonso, meant Liverpool recovered to win the match 5–3 and progress to the fourth round. There, they were drawn against fellow top division club Portsmouth.


2006 FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Liverpool
The match held at Portsmouth's ground, Fratton Park, saw Liverpool take the lead in the first half when captain Steven Gerrard scored a penalty following a handball by Portsmouth defender Dejan Stefanović, and John Arne Riise scored again before half time to make it 2–0. Portsmouth got a goal back through midfielder Sean Davis in the second half, but no more goals were scored and Liverpool won 2–1 to go through to the fifth round.


2006 FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Liverpool
Fellow Premier League team Manchester United were the opposition in the fifth round. With the match held at Liverpool's home ground Anfield, they won 1–0, courtesy of a Peter Crouch goal in the 19th minute. This was the first time in 85 years that Liverpool had defeated United in the FA Cup. Liverpool were drawn against another Premier League team, Birmingham City in the sixth round.


2006 FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Liverpool
Liverpool took the lead in the match held at Birmingham's home ground St Andrew's in the first minute when defender Sami Hyypiä headed in, and two more goals in the first half from Crouch saw Liverpool finish the first half with a 3–0 lead. Four more goals in the second half from Fernando Morientes, Riise, Djibril Cissé and an own goal from Birmingham defender Olivier Tébily meant Liverpool won 7–0 to progress to the semi-final.


2006 FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Liverpool
Chelsea, also of the Premier League, were the opposition in the semi-final. The match was held at a neutral venue Old Trafford, the home ground of Manchester United. Liverpool took the lead in the first half. Chelsea defender John Terry committed a foul on Luis García, which resulted in a Liverpool free kick, from which Riise scored. They extended their lead soon after the start of the second half, when a goal by García from 20 yards (18 m), after he received the ball from a William Gallas header, gave them a 2–0 lead. Chelsea scored late in the half through striker Didier Drogba, but they were unable to achieve an equaliser and Liverpool won the match 2–1 to progress to the final.


2006 FA Cup Final, Route to the final, West Ham United
West Ham entered the competition in the third round, where they were drawn against Championship team Norwich City. Before the game Norwich's top scorer, Dean Ashton, was withdrawn from their squad amid speculation that he was about to be sold. Although the sale was denied by manager Nigel Worthington, Ashton joined West Ham soon after for £7.2 million. The match played at Norwich's home ground, Carrow Road, saw West Ham take the lead in the sixth minute through midfielder Hayden Mullins, and double it in the second half from striker Bobby Zamora.


2006 FA Cup Final, Route to the final, West Ham United
Norwich found a consolation with a Paul McVeigh penalty, but they lost 2–1 and West Ham progressed to the fourth round. Fellow Premier League team Blackburn Rovers were the opposition in the fourth round. West Ham went a goal down in the first minute when David Bentley scored, but they subsequently scored four goals from Teddy Sheringham, Matthew Etherington, Bobby Zamora and an own goal from Zurab Khizanishvili to win the match 4–2 and go through to the fifth round.


2006 FA Cup Final, Route to the final, West Ham United
West Ham were again drawn against Premier League opposition in the fifth round, facing Bolton Wanderers away at the Reebok Stadium. It ended in a 0–0 draw, necessitating a replay. A Jussi Jääskeläinen own goal in the 10th minute gave West Ham the lead in the replay at their home ground Upton Park. Bolton equalised through striker Kevin Davies and with the score 1–1 at full time the match went to extra time. A goal from striker Marlon Harewood in the 96th minute gave West Ham a 2–1 victory and meant they progressed to the sixth round.


2006 FA Cup Final, Route to the final, West Ham United
Premier League team Manchester City were the opposition in the sixth round, and West Ham went ahead in the 41st minute when striker Dean Ashton scored. They extended their lead, in the match held at City's ground, the City of Manchester Stadium, in the 69th minute with Ashton's second of the match. A goal from Kiki Musampa in the 85th minute for City was not enough to prevent West Ham and they won 2–1 to go through to the semi-final.


2006 FA Cup Final, Route to the final, West Ham United
Middlesbrough, also from the Premier League, were the opposition in the semi-final at the neutral venue of Villa Park in Birmingham. Before the game both players and supporters paused to remember the life of West Ham's recently deceased former manager, John Lyall. The first half saw Middlesbrough dominate, but they were unable to convert any of their chances into goals. They also lost goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer to injury. A long pass by defender Anton Ferdinand was headed down by Ashton to Harewood, whose goal ensured a 1–0 victory for West Ham and a place in the final.


2006 FA Cup Final, Background
The match was Liverpool's 13th appearance in the final. They had won on six occasions (1965, 1974, 1986, 1989, 1992, 2001) and lost six times (1914, 1950, 1971, 1977, 1988, 1996). West Ham were appearing in their fifth final, they had previously won three (1964, 1975, 1980) and lost once in the 1923 FA Cup Final. Liverpool had won both the meetings between the teams in the Premier League during the season. A 2–0 home victory at the end of October, was followed by a 2–1 win at the end of April. The latter match saw Liverpool midfielder Luis García and West Ham defender Hayden Mullins sent off, which meant they would both be suspended for the final.


2006 FA Cup Final, Background
A week before the final, Liverpool played Portsmouth in the 2005–06 Premier League – it was their last match before the final, and they won 3–1. The win was Liverpool's ninth straight in the competition and meant they finished the season in third place. One area of concern was the fitness of midfielder Xabi Alonso, who injured his ankle in the match and was a doubt for the final. They were also without striker Robbie Fowler, who was cup-tied after playing for Manchester City earlier in the competition. Captain Steven Gerrard was determined not to let complacency affect Liverpool; "We have beaten fantastic sides like Manchester United and Chelsea to get to the final, but it is always on your mind that after going on such a successful run you might not get over that last hurdle."


2006 FA Cup Final, Background
West Ham's final game before the final was against Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League, and a 2–1 win meant they finished the season in ninth place. West Ham also had injury concerns ahead of the final, with midfielder Matthew Etherington and striker Dean Ashton both doubts to be fit for the match. However, manager Alan Pardew was optimistic they would be available for selection stating: "You expect everyone to put their life on the line for the final."


2006 FA Cup Final, Background
Pardew was also optimistic about his team's chances in the final, despite them being considered as the underdogs: We're up against a technical team who are better than us, Liverpool have got more experience and more international players, too. But everyone also knows that we attack teams and that we've got a big punch."


2006 FA Cup Final, Background
The match was originally scheduled to be played on 20 May. However, England manager Sven-Göran Eriksson wanted a four-week break before the start of the 2006 FIFA World Cup, so that if any England players were involved (Liverpool's Steven Gerrard, Jamie Carragher and Peter Crouch all later made his squad) would get a decent rest before the tournament. The final was scheduled to be held at Wembley Stadium, however the stadium had fallen behind in its rebuild and would not be completed in time for the final. The final would instead be played at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, where it had been held since 2001. Mike Dean was originally appointed to referee the final, but questions about his impartiality were raised as he resided close to Liverpool. He was replaced by Alan Wiley.


2006 FA Cup Final, Background
In the week before the Final, a block of 1,600 tickets in the Liverpool supporters' seating area was stolen in the postal system. The stadium authorities refused to reissue the tickets on crowd safety grounds, and threatened to eject anyone found sitting in the block from the stadium and possibly prosecute them for receiving stolen goods. Liverpool F.C. arranged for most of the affected fans to receive tickets from an allocation that had been held back for a lottery among their supporters. The day after the final, South Wales Police seized 100 stolen tickets. Three people were arrested after 15 forged tickets were found ahead of the match.


2006 FA Cup Final, Match, Pre-match
Michael Ball sang the national anthem, "God Save the Queen", on the pitch before the game, with Lesley Garrett singing the traditional cup final hymn, "Abide with Me". Before the match, both teams received a boost as Ashton and Etherington for West Ham and Alonso for Liverpool were deemed fit enough to start the final.


2006 FA Cup Final, Match, First half
West Ham kicked the match off, as both teams lined up in a 4–4–2 formation. West Ham committed the first foul of the match in the first minute as Paul Konchesky brought down Steven Gerrard, but Liverpool were unable to capitalise on the resulting free kick. A few minutes later, West Ham midfielder Yossi Benayoun advanced down the right hand side of the pitch and passed the ball into the penalty area, but Liverpool defender Sami Hyypiä was able to intercept the ball before Ashton or Harewood received it. Harewood had the first shot on goal for West Ham in the 12th minute, but it was deflected out for a corner.


2006 FA Cup Final, Match, First half
Liverpool's first opportunity came a minute later, after West Ham midfielder Carl Fletcher conceded a free kick for a foul on Gerrard. However, the resulting free kick was hit into the wall of players in front of the West Ham penalty area. A few minutes later, West Ham scored the first goal of the match; Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso gave the ball away to Benayoun, who played it inside to Ashton.


2006 FA Cup Final, Match, First half
Ashton then played a through-ball to Lionel Scaloni on the right flank, before the Argentine's low cross was put into his own goal by Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher to give West Ham a 1–0 lead. Seven minutes later, West Ham extended their lead, when Liverpool goalkeeper Pepe Reina fumbled a shot from Etherington into the path of Ashton, who squeezed the rebound under Reina into the far corner to make it 2–0. Liverpool looked to have reduced the defect in the 30th minute, but Peter Crouch's shot from a Gerrard free kick was disallowed as Crouch was offside.


2006 FA Cup Final, Match, First half
However, Liverpool did score from their next attack. Gerrard played a ball into the West Ham penalty area, which went over the head of defender Scaloni and was met by striker Djibril Cissé, who scored to make it 2–1. Ashton came close to extending West Ham's lead in the 37th minute, but his effort went wide of the post after beating goalkeeper Reina. The last chance of the half came in the 44th minute when Liverpool defender Steve Finnan sliced a clearance straight to striker Harewood, however his shot went out for a throw-in.


2006 FA Cup Final, Match, Second half
Liverpool got the second half under way, but it was West Ham who had the first attack of the half. Etherington advanced down the right hand side of the pitch and passed to Harewood, whose shot was saved by Reina, who also saved a subsequent shot from Benayoun. Liverpool had a chance immediately afterwards as Cissé passed to Alonso, but his shot was blocked and went out for a corner. A minute later, Liverpool made the first substitution of the match, as the injured Harry Kewell was replaced by Fernando Morientes. Liverpool equalised in the 54th minute, when Gerrard volleyed home a knock-down header from Crouch. The first yellow card of the match went to Ashton after he fouled Finnan in the 60th minute. Three minutes later, Carragher also received a yellow card for a foul on Ashton.


2006 FA Cup Final, Match, Second half
A minute later, West Ham went ahead again; defender Paul Konchesky received the ball on the left flank, and played a ball into the Liverpool penalty area, only to see it sail over goalkeeper Reina and into the goal. Three minutes later, Liverpool made another substitution, as Alonso went off with an injury to be replaced by defender Jan Kromkamp. Minutes later, West Ham captain Nigel Reo-Coker had an attempt to score, but his shot went over the Liverpool goal. West Ham subsequently made their first substitution of the match, as Ashton was replaced by fellow striker Bobby Zamora. Liverpool also replaced Crouch with midfielder Dietmar Hamann.


2006 FA Cup Final, Match, Second half
West Ham made their second substitution of the match in the 77th minute, as they replaced Fletcher with Christian Dailly. They also changed formation to a 4–5–1 in an attempt to hang onto their lead. Morientes headed a Cissé pass wide in the last 10 minutes as Liverpool looked to score an equaliser. West Ham made their final substitution of the match in the 85th minute, as striker Teddy Sheringham replaced Etherington. Sheringham's first involvement in the match was to concede a free kick for handball, which was subsequently put wide by Gerrard.


2006 FA Cup Final, Match, Second half
With the match entering injury time, Liverpool played the ball into the West Ham penalty area, where it was cleared but only as far as Gerrard, 35 yards (32 m) from goal; the Liverpool captain hit the ball on the volley and it flew along a low trajectory past goalkeeper Shaka Hislop into the bottom corner of the West Ham goal. West Ham had another chance before full-time, but Konchesky's shot was saved by Reina. With the scores level at 3–3, the match went into extra time after the referee brought an end to the 90 minutes of play.


2006 FA Cup Final, Match, Extra time
Liverpool got the first half of extra time under way, but the start was slow as players suffered with cramp, Carragher in particular. In the 97th minute, Liverpool won a corner, which West Ham cleared to Liverpool defender John Arne Riise on the edge of the penalty area, but his shot went over the crossbar. Liverpool won another corner in the 99th minute, which was cleared by West Ham; the ball came back into the penalty area and Morientes headed down for Cissé, but he was unable to control the ball. Before the end of the half, Hyypiä had a chance to score after running past Scaloni and Harewood, but his shot went wide of the West Ham goal.


2006 FA Cup Final, Match, Extra time
Just after the start of the second half of extra time, Liverpool had the first chance. Kromkamp advanced down the right wing, but his shot went wide of the West Ham goal. West Ham won a corner in the 109th minute, but it came to nothing as Zamora was penalised for a foul on Reina. Players continued to struggle with cramp as Gerrard, Mohamed Sissoko, Finnan and Harewood all went down in quick succession.


2006 FA Cup Final, Match, Extra time
West Ham won a free kick in the 114th minute, after Zamora was tripped by Hyypiä, but Benayoun's effort was cleared and almost resulted in a chance for Liverpool, before Morientes was tackled by Anton Ferdinand 6 yards (5.5 m) from the West Ham goal. Two minutes from the end, Hamann was booked for a foul on Zamora; the subsequent free kick was met by Reo-Coker, whose shot was turned onto the post by Reina. The ball rebounded to Harewood, but his shot went wide of the goal. Neither team scored before the end of extra time, and the referee brought the match to an end with the scores level, resulting in a penalty shoot-out.


2006 FA Cup Final, Match, Penalty shoot-out
The shoot-out took place at the end where the West Ham fans were seated, with Liverpool taking the first penalty. Hamann stepped up first and scored high to the right of Hislop. Zamora took the first penalty for West Ham, but his shot was saved by Reina. Hyypiä took the next penalty for Liverpool, but he also missed, as Hislop saved his shot. Substitute Sheringham took West Ham's next penalty and scored, his shot beating Reina high to his left to level the shoot-out at 1–1.


2006 FA Cup Final, Match, Penalty shoot-out
Liverpool captain Gerrard took their next penalty and scored to make it 2–1, while Konchesky's shot was saved by Reina. Riise took the next penalty for Liverpool and scored to extend their lead to 3–1. Ferdinand was next and needed to score to keep West Ham in the shoot-out, but his penalty was saved by Reina, which meant Liverpool won the shoot-out 3–1 to win the FA Cup for the seventh time.


2006 FA Cup Final, Post-match
Liverpool's victory meant they won the FA Cup for the seventh time, the club's manager Rafael Benítez stated that neither side deserved to lose the match: "It was difficult to say we deserved to win or the other team. It was a magnificent final. We knew that they could score goals but that we could also. We needed to keep going but after 63 games it was really difficult."


2006 FA Cup Final, Post-match
Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard also praised West Ham, stating: "West Ham were brilliant, they gave us a really good game but we had a never-say-die attitude and we stuck in there, our best chance was on penalties as we did not have any energy left."


2006 FA Cup Final, Post-match
Due to the nature of the comeback, the match has come to be regarded as The Gerrard Final, teammate Peter Crouch summed up the effect Gerrard had on the match: "When the injury-time board went up we thought our chance had gone, but it is always good to have a player like Steven Gerrard in your team." A BBC Sport poll in May 2015 deemed Gerrard's goal to be the best in an FA Cup Final from the past 50 years.


2006 FA Cup Final, Post-match
West Ham manager Alan Pardew described the defeat as hard to take: "It felt like a defeat when the third goal went in. We rallied and had a great chance in extra time. We had to dig in. This was a top team we were playing, but I felt we were going to win. Only a 35-yard Gerrard smasher was going to change that. The players have been magnificent – we are proud of the way we played."


2006 FA Cup Final, Post-match
Captain Nigel Reo-Coker found defeat hard to take as he felt they had done enough to win the final: "I can't describe it how I feel at the moment – gutted because I think we deserved to win this game. The players put in a fantastic effort, but it just wasn't to be for us. It was a marvellous FA Cup final and we gave all we could. I hope everyone was proud – it just wasn't our day."


2006 FA Cup Final, Post-match
Liverpool's victory set up a Community Shield match against Chelsea, winners of the 2005–06 Premier League. As FA Cup winners, Liverpool would have been awarded qualification into the UEFA Cup, but because they had qualified for the UEFA Champions League via their league position, the UEFA Cup place was passed to runners-up, West Ham.


2006 FA Trophy Final
The 2006 FA Trophy Final, was the final match of the 2005-06 FA Trophy. It was the 37th season of the competition for teams from the Conference and other semi-professional teams below this level. The match was held on Sunday 14 May 2006 at Boleyn Ground, London, and was contested by Grays Athletic and Woking. Both sides had won all their previous appearances in the FA Trophy Final. Woking had previously won the competition in 1994, 1995 & 1997. Grays entered this game as holders of the Trophy winning the 2005 final.


2006 FA Trophy Final
Goals from Dennis Oli (41st minute) and Glenn Poole (45th minute) in front of 13,997 spectators secured a 2–0 victory for Grays, who became only the fourth side to retain the FA Trophy.


2006 FA Women's Cup Final
The 2006 FA Women's Cup Final was the 36th final of the FA Women's Cup, England's primary cup competition for women's football teams. It was the 13th final to be held under the direct control of the Football Association (FA). The final was contested between Arsenal and Leeds United on 1 May 2006. Arsenal won the game 5–0 to secure their seventh FA Cup triumph.


2006 FAI Cup
The FAI Cup 2006 was the 86th staging of The Football Association of Ireland Challenge Cup or FAI Cup. This season's competition was the last to be sponsored by Carlsberg. It officially kicked off in late April, when twenty clubs from the junior and intermediate leagues battled it out for the chance to face League of Ireland opposition in the second round. The ten winners of those ties were joined in the second round by the 22 League of Ireland clubs. The competition ran until early December, with the final taking place on Sunday, December 3.


2006 FAI Cup, Second round
Matches played on the weekend of Sunday, 28 May 2006.


2006 FAI Cup, Third round
Matches played on the weekend of Sunday, 27 August 2006.


2006 FAI Cup, Final
The 2006 FAI Cup Final was the last at the old Lansdowne Road.


2006 FAI Cup Final
The 2006 FAI Cup Final was a soccer match held at Lansdowne Road, Dublin on 3 December 2006 and was the final match of the 2006 FAI Cup competition. The match was the 83rd FAI Cup Final, and the last to be held at the old Lansdowne Road before it shut for redevelopment. It was also the last soccer match to be held at the old Lansdowne Road venue. The match was contested by Derry City and St Patrick's Athletic, with Derry City winning 4–3 after extra time. and it was the fourth time Derry City had won the trophy. Damien Hancock was the referee for the match, attended by a crowd of 16,022.


2006 FAI Cup Final
The winning team qualified for the 2007–08 UEFA Cup and the 2007 Setanta Sports Cup. The match was broadcast live on RTÉ Two.


2006 FAI Cup Final
In 2013, this final was voted as the Greatest Ever FAI Cup Final.


2006 FAI Cup Final, Team news
Derry City were without suspended midfielder Ciarán Martyn. Their manager Stephen Kenny was returning from his exodus to Dunfermline Athletic. St Patrick's Athletic had central defender Darragh Maguire suspended and two players cup-tied, midfielder Keith Fahey and striker Mark Rooney. Michael Foley returned to partner Dave Mulcahy in the middle with veteran Mark Rutherford, in what was his eighth final, on the left. The team had not won the cup since 1961, losing the last five finals in which they have played, and had not beaten Derry since April 2003, 14 matches previously.


2006 FC Dallas season
The 2006 FC Dallas season was the tenth season of the Major League Soccer team. It was the most successful regular season in franchise history, and was the only time that the team secured the #1 seed in the Western Conference. After an elimination against the Colorado Rapids in a shootout in Game 2 of the Western Conference Semifinals, head coach Colin Clarke was fired and replaced by Steve Morrow. It was also the final season under owner Lamar Hunt, who died soon thereafter.


2006 FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok season
The 2006 Luch-Energiya Vladivostok season was the club's 2nd season in the Russian Premier League, and their first since 1993. Luch-Energiya Vladivostok finished the season in 7th, reached the Round of 16 in the 2005–06 Russian Cup, and in the 2006–07 Russian Cup they were knocked out at the Round of 32 stage by Dynamo Makhachkala.


2006 FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok season, Squad, On loan
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2006 FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok season, Squad, Left club during season
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2006 FC Moscow season
The 2006 FC Moscow season was the club's 3rd season in existence after taking over the licence of Torpedo-Metallurg in 2004. They finished the season in 6th place, reached the Round of 16 in the 2005–06 Russian Cup, and in the 2006–07 Russian Cup they progressed to the Round of 16 which took place during the 2007 season.


2006 FC Moscow season, Squad, On loan
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2006 FC Moscow season, Squad, Left club during season
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2006 FC Moscow season, Competitions, Russian Cup, 2006–07
The Round of 16 games took place during the 2007 season.


2006 FC Rubin Kazan season
The 2006 FC Rubin Kazan season was the club's 4th season in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia. They finished the season in fifth position, qualifying for the Second Round of 2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup and progressed to the Round 16 in the Russian Cup.


2006 FC Rubin Kazan season, Squad, On loan
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2006 FC Rubin Kazan season, Squad, Left club during season
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2006 FC Rubin Kazan season, Competitions, Russian Cup, 2006-07
The Round of 16 games took place during the 2007 season.


2006 FC Seoul season, Players, Team squad
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2006 FC Seoul season, Players, Out on loan & military service
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2006 FC Seoul season, Tactics, Starting eleven and formation
This section shows the most used players for each position considering a 4-4-2 formation.


2006 FC Seoul season, Tactics, Starting eleven and formation
Source: Squad stats and Start formations. Only competitive matches. Using the most used start formation. Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).


2006 FC Seoul season, Tactics, Substitutes
Source: Squad stats and Start formations. Only competitive matches. Using the most used start formation. Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).


2006 FC Spartak Moscow season
The 2006 FC Spartak Moscow season was the club's 15th season in the Russian Premier League season. Spartak finished the season in 2nd position, qualifying for the 2006–07 UEFA Champions League Third Qualifying Round. In the 2005–06 Russian Cup, Spartak finished as Runners Up to CSKA Moscow whilst progressing to the Last 16 of the 2006–07 Russian Cup which took place during the 2007 season. In the UEFA Champions League, Spartak reached the Group Stage, facing Bayern Munich, Internazionale and Sporting CP, before finishing third and progressing to the 2006–07 UEFA Cup Round of 32 against Celta Vigo.


2006 FC Spartak Moscow season, Season events
On 26 April, Aleksandrs Starkovs resigned as manager, with Vladimir Fedotov being appointed as his replacement the following day.


2006 FC Spartak Moscow season, Squad, On loan
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2006 FC Spartak Moscow season, Squad, Left club during season
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2006 FC Terek Grozny season
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2006 FC Terek Grozny season
The 2006 Terek Grozny season was the 1st season that the club played back in the Russian Football National League following their relegation from the Russian Premier League at the end of the 2005 Season.


2006 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg season
The 2006 Zenit St.Petersburg season was the club's twelfth season in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia.


2006 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg season, Season events
On 26 June, Dick Advocaat was appointed as Zenit's new manager.


2006 FCSL season
The 2006 FCSL season was the third season in the history of the Florida Collegiate Summer League, a wood bat collegiate summer baseball league operating in the southeastern United States region of central Florida. The league's Winter Haven, Florida franchise, the Winter Haven Warthogs, moved to Winter Pines, Florida and became the Winter Pines Warthogs. The league's Zephyrhills, Florida franchise, the Zephyrhills Snappers, moved to Altamonte Springs, Florida and became the Zephyrhills Snappers. The league added a franchise in Orlando, Florida, the Orlando Hammers.


2006 FCSL season
In the championship game, the Winter Park Diamond Dawgs defeated the Altamonte Springs Snappers 4-3 to win the FCSL title.


2006 FCSL season, Playoffs, Play-in round
Playoff seeds were determined by the regular season standings, with clubs being seeded #1 through #6. The top two seeds, the Altamonte Springs Snappers and the Winter Park Diamond Dawgs, received byes into the double elimination playoff round. The bottom four seeds were required to play a play-in round to reach the double-elimination round. In the first matchup of the play-in round, the third-seeded Orlando Shockers defeated the sixth-seeded Orlando Hammers 7-1. In the second game, the fifth-seeded Sanford River Rats defeated the fourth-seeded Winter Pines Warthogs 6-0.


2006 FCSL season, Playoffs, Double-elimination playoff
Four teams advanced to the double elimination playoff round, the first-seeded Altamonte Springs Snappers, the second-seeded Winter Park Diamond Dawgs, the third-seeded Orlando Shockers, and the fifth-seeded Sanford River Rats. After two teams had suffered two losses in this round, the remaining two teams moved on to the championship game.


2006 FCSL season, Playoffs, Championship game
Sunday, August 6, 2006 at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida


2006 FCSL season, Playoffs, Championship game
Robby Perez of Winter Park was named the playoff MVP. Perez went 7-16 (.438) with 4 RBI and 3 runs scored in the playoffs.


2006 FCSL season, League Awards, D-Bat Pitcher/Player of the Week
The FCSL presented a weekly award to the most outstanding player and pitcher of the league. These awards were presented by the baseball equipment company D-Bat.


2006 FCSL season, League Awards, Season-end Awards
The league presented several season-end awards to players exhibiting outstanding play for the entire season. Awards were presented either by vote of league officials or by a player's leadership of a statistical category.


2006 FEI World Equestrian Games
The 2006 FEI World Equestrian Games were held in Aachen, Germany from August 20 to September 3, 2006. They were the 5th edition of the games which are held every four years and run by the FEI. It was held in the Soers, a district of Aachen. The main stadium of this event was the Hauptstadion.


2006 FEI World Equestrian Games, Host selection
On September 18, 2002 in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain, the FEI awarded the 2006 Games to Aachen. The only other host city applicant was Lexington, Kentucky, United States (which was later awarded the following edition of the Games in 2010).


2006 FEI World Equestrian Games, Participating nations
59 National Equestrian Federations sent athletes to the Aachen games.


2006 FEI World Equestrian Games, Broadcasting rights
The television broadcasting rights to the 2006 Games were held by the following networks:


2006 FESPIC Games
The 2006 FESPIC Games, officially known as the 9th and Final FESPIC Games, was an Asia-Pacific disabled multi-sport event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 25 November to 1 December 2006.


2006 FESPIC Games
It was the first and last time Malaysia hosted the games. Malaysia is the eighth and the last FESPIC organisation member to host the FESPIC games after Japan, Australia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, China, Thailand, and South Korea. Around 3,641 athletes from 46 nations competed at the games which featured 19 sports. The games was opened by Prime Minister of Malaysia, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi at the KLFA stadium.


2006 FESPIC Games
The final medal tally was led by China, followed by Thailand, South Korea, and host Malaysia. Several games and national records were broken during the games. The games were deemed generally successful with the rising standard of disabled sports competition among the Pacific and Asian nations for other active sports tournaments. With the games concluded, the FESPIC organisation was officially defunct, and since then, the Asian Countries participate at the Asian Para Games held after every Asian Games, beginning with the 2010 Asian Para Games in Guangzhou, China.


2006 FESPIC Games, Host city
Four cities: Doha, Kuala Lumpur, Hong Kong and New Delhi submitted their bid for the games by 30 June 2000. Prior to the voting, a 4-member Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) evaluation committee headed by then vice-president of the association Muhammad Latif Butt inspected Doha on 13 and 14 July 2000, New Delhi on 15 and 16 July 2000, Kuala Lumpur on 17 and 18 July 2000, and Hong Kong on 19 and 20 July 2000.


2006 FESPIC Games, Host city
On 12 November 2000, voting for the 2006 venue took place during the 19th Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) General Assembly held in Busan, South Korea. The voting involved the 41 members of the Olympic Council of Asia and consisted of three rounds, each round eliminating one of the bidding cities. After the first round, New Delhi was eliminated, with only two votes. The second round of voting, with three remaining candidates, gave Doha as the result.


2006 FESPIC Games, Host city
During this bid process Malaysia and Hong Kong was proposed to host the FESPIC Games if win the bid for the Asian Games. But this did not happen, as Qatar was not a member of the Asia-Pacific region of the IPC, the holding of the FESPIC Games in the country has become unviable (the IPC until 2004 had six regions and the country was part of the Middle East and North Africa Region) and unlike the three previous editions, the FESPIC Games would no longer be held in the country that hosted the Asian Games.


2006 FESPIC Games, Host city
This situation motivated FESPIC to open a second election process, in which Hong Kong and Malaysia recycled their projects and a third interested appeared, which was New Zealand. Subsequently, both New Zealand and Hong Kong voluntarily withdrawn your bids and thus, Kuala Lumpur was hailed as the games host city. With the structural changes implemented by the IPC in 2004, this was the last edition of the Games held in this format, since after the opening ceremony, FESPIC was dissolved and its members were absorbed by 3 areas of the IPC (Asia, Europe and Oceania). Thus, the subsequent edition of the Games would be held in Guangzhou in the People's Republic of China and they would be called Asian Para Games and the recount would start from there.