2005–06 RCD Espanyol season

RCD Espanyol
2005–06 season
President	Daniel Sánchez Llibre
Head coach	Miguel Ángel Lotina
Stadium	Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
La Liga	15th
Copa del Rey	Winners
UEFA Cup	Round of 32
	← 2004–05 2006–07 →

The 2005–06 RCD Espanyol season was RCD Espanyol's 12th consecutive season in top-division of the Spanish football league, the La Liga, and the 106th as a football club.

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

17 July 2005 Nanjing International Tournament 1/2 final	Feyenoord	2–1	Espanyol	Nanjing, China
	Kuyt 9', 19'		Pochettino 32'	Stadium: Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
La Liga	28 August 2005	13 May 2006	Matchday 1	15th	38	10	11	17	36	56	−20	026.32
Copa del Rey	4 January 2006	12 April 2006	Round of 16	Winners	7	5	2	0	14	5	+9	071.43
UEFA Cup	15 September 2005	23 February 2006	First round	Round of 32	8	3	3	2	8	8	+0	037.50
Total					53	18	16	19	58	69	−11	033.96

Source: Competitions

La Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
13	Mallorca	38	10	13	15	37	51	−14	43
14	Real Betis	38	10	12	16	34	51	−17	42
15	Espanyol	38	10	11	17	36	56	−20	41	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round^[a]
16	Real Sociedad	38	11	7	20	48	65	−17	40
17	Racing Santander	38	9	13	16	36	49	−13	40

Source: LFP
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th number of goals scored; 7th Fair-play points
Notes:

^ Espanyol qualified for the UEFA Cup first round as the 2005–06 Copa del Rey winners.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	10	11	17	36	56	−20	41	7	4	8	26	24	+2	3	7	9	10	32	−22

Source: La Liga

Results by round

Round	1
Ground
Result
Position

Source: La Liga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

28 August 2005 1

Espanyol

0–2

Getafe

Barcelona

11 September 2005 2

Málaga

1–2

Espanyol

Málaga

18 September 2005 3

Espanyol

1–0

Real Madrid

Barcelona

21 September 2005 4

Racing Santander

1–0

Espanyol

Santander

24 September 2005 5

Espanyol

1–2

Villarreal

Barcelona

2 October 2005 6

Sevilla

1–1

Espanyol

Seville

16 October 2005 7

Espanyol

0–2

Cádiz

Barcelona

23 October 2005 8

Celta Vigo

1–0

Espanyol

Vigo

27 October 2005 11

Alavés

1–1

Espanyol

Vitoria-Gasteiz

30 October 2005 9

Osasuna

2–0

Espanyol

Pamplona

5 November 2005 10

Espanyol

1–1

Athletic Bilbao

Barcelona

20 November 2005 12

Espanyol

2–0

Mallorca

Barcelona

27 November 2005 13

Atlético Madrid

1–1

Espanyol

Madrid

4 December 2005 14

Espanyol

1–3

Valencia

Barcelona

11 December 2005 15

Real Betis

0–0

Espanyol

Seville

18 December 2005 16

Espanyol

2–2

Zaragoza

Barcelona

21 December 2005 17

Deportivo La Coruña

1–2

Espanyol

A Coruña

7 January 2006 18

Espanyol

1–2

Barcelona

Barcelona

15 January 2006 19

Real Sociedad

0–1

Espanyol

San Sebastián

22 January 2006 20

Getafe

5–0

Espanyol

Getafe

29 January 2006 21

Espanyol

3–1

Málaga

Barcelona

4 February 2006 22

Real Madrid

4–0

Espanyol

Madrid

12 February 2006 23

Espanyol

0–2

Racing Santander

Barcelona

18 February 2006 24

Villarreal

4–0

Espanyol

Villarreal

26 February 2006 25

Espanyol

5–0

Sevilla

Barcelona

4 March 2006 26

Cádiz

2–0

Espanyol

Cádiz

11 March 2006 27

Espanyol

2–0

Celta Vigo

Barcelona

19 March 2006 28

Espanyol

2–4

Osasuna

Barcelona

22 March 2006 29

Athletic Bilbao

1–1

Espanyol

Bilbao

26 March 2006 30

Espanyol

0–0

Alavés

Barcelona

2 April 2006 31

Mallorca

0–0

Espanyol

Palma

9 April 2006 32

Espanyol

1–1

Atlético Madrid

Barcelona

16 April 2006 33

Valencia

4–0

Espanyol

Valencia

23 April 2006 34

Espanyol

2–0

Real Betis

Barcelona

30 April 2006 35

Zaragoza

1–1

Espanyol

Zaragoza

3 May 2006 36

Espanyol

1–2

Deportivo La Coruña

Barcelona

6 May 2006 37

Barcelona

2–0

Espanyol

Barcelona

13 May 2006 38

Espanyol

1–0

Real Sociedad

Barcelona

Copa del Rey

Round of 16

4 January 2006 First leg

Getafe

0–1

Espanyol

Getafe

11 January 2006 Second leg	Espanyol	3–3 (4–3 agg.)	Getafe	Barcelona
				Stadium: Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys

Quarter-finals

18 January 2006 First leg

Cádiz

0–2

Espanyol

Getafe

25 January 2006 Second leg	Espanyol	2–0 (4–0 agg.)	Cádiz	Barcelona
				Stadium: Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys

Semi-finals

9 February 2006 First leg	Espanyol	2–1	Deportivo La Coruña	Barcelona
				Stadium: Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys

15 March 2006 Second leg

Deportivo La Coruña

0–0
(1–2 agg.)

Espanyol

A Coruña

Final

12 April 2006 Final	Espanyol	4–1	Zaragoza	Madrid
	Tamudo 2' García 33', 86' Coro 71'		Ewerthon 28'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 78,000 Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo

UEFA Cup

First round

15 September 2005 First leg	Teplice	1–1	Espanyol	Teplice, Czech Republic
18:30				Stadium: Na Stínadlech Attendance: 16,000

29 September 2005 Second leg	Espanyol	2–0 (3–1 agg.)	Teplice	Barcelona, Spain
21:45				Stadium: Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys Attendance: 9,435

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	PAL	ESP	LOK	BRØ	MPT
1	Palermo	4	2	2	0	6	2	+4	8	Advance to knockout stage	—	—	0–0	3–0	—
2	Espanyol	4	2	2	0	4	2	+2	8		1–1	—	—	—	1–0
3	Lokomotiv Moscow	4	2	1	1	8	3	+5	7		—	0–1	—	4–2	—
4	Brøndby	4	1	1	2	5	8	−3	4		—	1–1	—	—	2–0
5	Maccabi Petah Tikva	4	0	0	4	1	9	−8	0		1–2	—	0–4	—	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

19 October 2005 1	Lokomotiv Moscow	0–1	Espanyol	Moscow, Russia
				Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium

24 November 2005 2	Espanyol	1–1	Palermo	Barcelona, Spain
				Stadium: Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys

30 November 2005 3	Brøndby	1–1	Espanyol	Brøndby, Denmark
				Stadium: Brøndby Stadium

15 December 2005 4	Espanyol	1–0	Maccabi Petah Tikva	Barcelona, Spain
				Stadium: Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys

Knockout stage

Round of 32

15 February 2006 First leg	Schalke 04	2–1	Espanyol	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
20:00	Bordon 67' Ernst 88'		García 34'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 53,642 Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)

23 February 2006 Second leg	Espanyol	0–3 (1–5 agg.)	Schalke 04	Barcelona, Spain
21:45			Kurányi 54' Sand 70' Lincoln 73'	Stadium: Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys Attendance: 18,100 Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)

References

^ "Squad of Espanyol 2005-06 First Division". www.bdfutbol.com.

[table_note_res_UC1b0.84625083387189-2] Espanyol qualified for the UEFA Cup first round as the 2005–06 Copa del Rey winners.

[1] "Squad of Espanyol 2005-06 First Division". www.bdfutbol.com.

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