The 2006 European Rally Championship season was the 54th season of the FIA European Rally Championship. Italian driver Giandomenico Basso won his first European rally championship after winning 4 rallies.

The calendar of the 2006 European rally championship season consisted of 9 events.^[1]

Round	Date	Event	Winner ERC
1	20–22 April	Rally 1000 Miglia	Paolo Andreucci
2	13–14 May	Rally Istanbul	Giandomenico Basso
3	9–11 June	Rally Poland	Leszek Kuzaj
4	23–24 June	Ypres Rally	Giandomenico Basso
5	6–8 July	Rally Bulgaria	Giandomenico Basso
6	3–5 August	Rally Vinho da Madeira	Giandomenico Basso
7	25–27 August	Barum Rally Zlín	Roman Kresta
8	15–17 September	ELPA Rally	Dimitar Iliev [bg]
9	20–22 October	Rallye Antibes Côte d'Azur	Bryan Bouffier

Notable entry list
Constructor	Car	Team	Driver	Co-driver	Rounds
FIAT	Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000	N-Technology	Andrea Navarra	Guido D'Amore	1
			Paolo Andreucci	Anna Andreussi	1
			Giandomenico Basso	Mitia Dotta	1-3
		Giandomenico Basso			4-6
		Gass Racing	Umberto Scandola	Luigi Pirollo	4, 6
Citroën	Citroën C2	Citroën Total WRT	Kris Meeke	Glenn Patterson	3
Mitsubishi	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	Boyla Automotorsport	Dimitar Iliev [bg]	Yanaki Yanakiev	1-3, 5, 7-9