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2005–06 Aston Villa F.C. season

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Aston Villa
2005–06 season
ChairmanDoug Ellis
ManagerDavid O'Leary
FA Premier League16th
FA CupFifth round
League CupFourth round
Top goalscorerMilan Baroš and Luke Moore (8)
Average home league attendance34,059

During the 2005–06 English football season, Aston Villa competed in the FA Premier League.

Season summary

After a disappointing campaign saw Villa narrowly avoid relegation with a 16th place finish, manager David O'Leary was sacked,[1] to be replaced by Northern Irishman Martin O'Neill.[2]

Final league table

Main article: 2005–06 FA Premier League
P W D L F A GD Pts
C 1 Chelsea 38 29 4 5 72 22 +50 91
CLG 2 Manchester United 38 25 8 5 72 34 +38 83
CLQ 3 Liverpool 38 25 7 6 57 25 +32 82
CLQ 4 Arsenal 38 20 7 11 68 31 +37 67
UC 5 Tottenham Hotspur 38 18 11 9 53 38 +15 65
UC 6 Blackburn Rovers 38 19 6 13 51 42 +9 63
INTO. 7 Newcastle United 38 17 7 14 47 42 +5 58
  8 Bolton Wanderers 38 15 11 12 49 41 +8 56
UC 9 West Ham United 38 16 7 15 52 55 −3 55
  10 Wigan Athletic 38 15 6 17 45 52 −7 51
  11 Everton 38 14 8 16 34 49 −15 50
  12 Fulham 38 14 6 18 48 58 −10 48
  13 Charlton Athletic 38 13 8 17 41 55 −14 47
  14 Middlesbrough 38 12 9 17 48 58 −10 45
  15 Manchester City 38 13 4 21 43 48 −5 43
  16 Aston Villa 38 10 12 16 42 55 −13 42
  17 Portsmouth 38 10 8 20 37 62 −25 38
R 18 Birmingham City 38 8 10 20 28 50 −22 34
R 19 West Bromwich Albion 38 7 9 22 31 58 −27 30
R 20 Sunderland 38 3 6 29 26 69 −43 15

Pre-season

Date Opponents Home/
Away 		Result
F – A 		Scorers Competition
18 July 2005 Wycombe Wanderers A 2 – 0 Friendly
20 July 2005 Gallstad FK A 14 – 0 Friendly
23 July 2005 Jonkopings Sodra A 1 – 1 Friendly
26 July 2005 GAIS A 3 – 3 Friendly
30 July 2005 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 1 – 2 Friendly
2 August 2005 Walsall A 3 – 0 Friendly
5 August 2005 FC Utrecht A 2 – 1 Friendly

Results

Aston Villa's score comes first[3]

Legend

Win Draw Loss

FA Premier League

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
13 August 2005 Bolton Wanderers H 2–2 38,026 Phillips, Davis
20 August 2005 Manchester United A 0–1 67,934
23 August 2005 Portsmouth A 1–1 19,778 Hughes (own goal)
27 August 2005 Blackburn Rovers H 1–0 31,010 Baroš
12 September 2005 West Ham United A 0–4 29,582
17 September 2005 Tottenham Hotspur H 1–1 33,686 Milner
24 September 2005 Chelsea A 1–2 42,146 Moore
2 October 2005 Middlesbrough H 2–3 29,719 Moore, Davis
16 October 2005 Birmingham City A 1–0 29,312 Phillips
22 October 2005 Wigan Athletic H 0–2 32,294
31 October 2005 Manchester City A 1–3 42,069 Ridgewell
5 November 2005 Liverpool H 0–2 42,551
19 November 2005 Sunderland A 3–1 39,707 Phillips, Barry, Baroš
26 November 2005 Charlton Athletic H 1–0 30,023 Davis
3 December 2005 Newcastle United A 1–1 18,255 McCann
10 December 2005 Bolton Wanderers A 1–1 23,646 Angel
17 December 2005 Manchester United H 0–2 37,128
26 December 2005 Everton H 4–0 32,432 Baroš (2), Delaney, Angel
28 December 2005 Fulham A 3–3 20,446 Moore, Ridgewell (2)
31 December 2005 Arsenal H 0–0 37,114
2 January 2006 West Bromwich Albion A 2–1 27,073 Davis, Baroš (pen)
14 January 2006 West Ham United H 1–2 36,700 Hendrie
21 January 2006 Tottenham Hotspur A 0–0 36,243
1 February 2006 Chelsea H 1–1 38,562 Moore
4 February 2006 Middlesbrough A 4–0 27,299 Moore (3), Phillips
11 February 2006 Newcastle United H 1–2 37,140 Moore
25 February 2006 Charlton Athletic A 0–0 26,594
4 March 2006 Portsmouth H 1–0 30,194 Baroš
11 March 2006 Blackburn Rovers A 0–2 21,932
18 March 2006 Everton A 1–4 36,507 Agbonlahor
25 March 2006 Fulham H 0–0 32,605
1 April 2006 Arsenal A 0–5 38,183
9 April 2006 West Bromwich Albion H 0–0 33,303
16 April 2006 Birmingham City H 3–1 31,229 Baroš (2), Cahill
18 April 2006 Wigan Athletic A 2–3 17,330 Angel, Ridgewell
25 April 2006 Manchester City H 0–1 26,422
29 April 2006 Liverpool A 1–3 44,479 Barry
7 May 2006 Sunderland H 2–1 33,820 Barry, Ridgewell

FA Cup

Main article: 2005–06 FA Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R3 7 January 2006 Hull City A 1–0 17,051 Barry
R4 28 January 2006 Port Vale H 3–1 30,434 Baroš (2), Davis
R5 19 February 2006 Manchester City H 1–1 23,847 Baroš
R5R 14 March 2006 Manchester City A 1–2 33,006 Davis

League Cup

Main article: 2005–06 Football League Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R2 20 September 2005 Wycombe Wanderers A 8–3 5,365 Davis (2), Baroš, Milner (2), Easton (own goal), Barry (2, 1 pen)
R3 22 October 2005 Burnley H 1–0 26,872 Phillips
R4 29 November 2005 Doncaster Rovers A 0–3 10,590

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Denmark DEN Thomas Sorensen
2 DF Wales WAL Mark Delaney
3 DF England ENG Jlloyd Samuel[5]
4 DF Sweden SWE Olof Mellberg
5 DF Denmark DEN Martin Laursen
6 MF England ENG Gareth Barry
7 MF England ENG Lee Hendrie
8 MF England ENG Gavin McCann
9 FW Colombia COL Juan Pablo Angel
10 FW Czech Republic CZE Milan Baroš
11 MF England ENG James Milner (on loan from Newcastle United)
12 MF Northern Ireland NIR Steven Davis
13 GK England ENG Stuart Taylor
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF Cameroon CMR Eric Djemba-Djemba
15 DF Ecuador ECU Ulises De la Cruz
16 DF Netherlands NED Wilfred Bouma
17 MF England ENG Peter Whittingham
18 DF Northern Ireland NIR Aaron Hughes
19 DF England ENG Liam Ridgewell
20 FW England ENG Kevin Phillips
21 DF England ENG Gary Cahill
22 FW England ENG Luke Moore
23 MF Czech Republic CZE Patrik Berger
26 FW England ENG Craig Gardner
30 FW England ENG Gabriel Agbonlahor

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
11 MF Peru PER Nolberto Solano (to Newcastle United)
16 MF France FRA Mathieu Berson (on loan to Auxerre)
24 MF Norway NOR Eirik Bakke (on loan from Leeds United)
No. Pos. Nation Player
25 GK Republic of Ireland IRL Wayne Henderson (to Brighton & Hove Albion)
— GK Netherlands NED Stefan Postma (to Wolverhampton Wanderers)
— MF Republic of Ireland IRL Steven Foley (to Bournemouth)

Reserve squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
39 GK Austria AUT Bobby Olejnik

Statistics

Transfers

Main articles: List of English football transfers summer 2005 and List of English football transfers winter 2005–06

In

Date Position Player name Previous club League Transfer fee Notes
27 June 2005 GK England Stuart Taylor England Arsenal FA Premier League Undisclosed

Out

Loan out

References

  1. ^ "O'Leary parts company with Villa". BBC Sport. 19 July 2006. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
  2. ^ "O'Neill named Aston Villa manager". BBC Sport. 4 August 2006. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
  3. ^ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/aston-villa/2005-2006/results
  4. ^ http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2005-2006/faprem/avilla.htm
  5. ^ Samuel was born in San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago, but also qualified to represent England internationally and has represented them at U-21 level. However, he later chose to represent the country of his birth and made his full international debut for Trinidad and Tobago in September 2009
  6. ^ "Berger set for Aston Villa move". BBC. 17 May 2005. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
  7. ^ Hughes completes switch to Villa
  8. ^ "Phillips completes Villa switch". BBC Sport. 29 June 2005. Retrieved 25 September 2007.
  9. ^ "Baros completes transfer to Villa". BBC Sport. 23 August 2005. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
  10. ^ "Villa land Dutch defender Bouma". BBC Sport. 30 August 2005. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
  11. ^ "Transfers - August 2005". BBC News. 1 September 2005.
  12. ^ "Stuttgart seal Hitzlsperger deal". BBC Sport. 13 April 2005. Retrieved 23 April 2008.
  13. ^ "Villa striker makes switch to QPR". BBC Sport. 13 June 2005. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
  14. ^ "Man City complete Vassell signing". BBC. 26 September 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2007.
  15. ^ "Solano makes return to Newcastle". BBC Sport. 31 August 2005. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
  16. ^ "Postma extends his stay at Wolves". BBC News. 6 January 2006.
  17. ^ "Wolves sign keeper Postma on loan". BBC News. 19 August 2005.
  18. ^ "Villa's Berson loaned to Auxerre". BBC News. 25 August 2005.
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