2005–06 Villarreal CF season

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Villarreal CF
2005–06 season
ManagerChile Manuel Pellegrini
StadiumEl Madrigal
La Liga7th
Champions LeagueSemi-finals
Copa del ReyRound of 16
Top goalscorerJuan Román Riquelme (12)

During the 2005–06 Spanish football season, Villarreal CF competed in La Liga.

Season summary

Villarreal reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League, being knocked out by eventual runners-up Arsenal 1-0 on aggregate, with Arsenal keeper Jens Lehmann saving a last-minute Juan Román Riquelme penalty, in the second leg, that would have taken the tie to extra time in front of Villarreal's home support.

Despite Villarreal's excellent form in Europe, the continental success was not translated to the domestic stage. Villarreal finished seventh, consigning them to Intertoto Cup football.

Squad

Squad at end of season[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Spain ESP Javier López Vallejo
2 DF Argentina ARG Gonzalo Rodríguez
3 DF Argentina ARG Rodolfo Arruabarrena
4 DF Spain ESP César Arzo Amposta
5 FW Uruguay URU Diego Forlán
6 MF Spain ESP Josico
7 FW Spain ESP Antonio Guayre
8 MF Argentina ARG Juan Román Riquelme
9 FW Mexico MEX Guillermo Franco[2]
10 MF Spain ESP Roger
11 MF Spain ESP Javier Calleja
12 DF Argentina ARG Juan Pablo Sorín
13 GK Uruguay URU Sebastián Viera
14 MF Spain ESP Héctor Font
16 DF Spain ESP Quique Álvarez
17 DF Spain ESP Javi Venta
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF Italy ITA Alessio Tacchinardi (on loan from Juventus)
19 MF Spain ESP Marcos Senna[3]
21 MF Spain ESP Santi Cazorla
22 DF Bolivia BOL Juan Manuel Peña
23 FW Spain ESP José Mari
24 DF Spain ESP Josemi
25 GK Argentina ARG Mariano Barbosa
26 FW Spain ESP Xisco Nadal
29 FW Spain ESP Jony
30 DF Spain ESP Carlos Alcántara
31 GK Spain ESP Juan Carlos
32 MF Spain ESP José Javier Rubio
35 DF Spain ESP Nino
36 FW Spain ESP Oscar López
44 MF Spain ESP Marquitos
46 MF Spain ESP David Fuster

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
9 FW Argentina ARG Luciano Figueroa (on loan to River Plate)
15 DF Netherlands NED Jan Kromkamp (to Liverpool)
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF Ecuador ECU Luis Antonio Valencia (on loan to Recreativo de Huelva)

Results

Champions League

Third qualifying round

9 August 2005 Everton England 1–2 Spain Villarreal Goodison Park, Liverpool
21:05 Beattie 42' Report MatchCentre Figueroa 27'
Josico 45+1'
Attendance: 37,685
Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)
24 August 2005 Villarreal Spain 2–1 England Everton Estadio El Madrigal, Villarreal
22:00 Sorín 21'
Forlán 90+2'
Report MatchCentre Arteta 69' Attendance: 21,500
Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

Group stage

27 September 2005 Lille France 0–0 Spain Villarreal Stade de France, Paris
20:45 Report MatchCentre Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden)
18 October 2005 Villarreal Spain 1–1 Portugal Benfica Estadio El Madrigal, Villarreal
20:45 Riquelme 72' (pen.) Report MatchCentre Fernandes 77' Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)
2 November 2005 Benfica Portugal 0–1 Spain Villarreal Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
20:45 Report MatchCentre Senna 81' Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)
7 December 2005 Villarreal Spain 1–0 France Lille Estadio El Madrigal, Villarreal
20:45 Guayre 67' Report MatchCentre Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)

First knockout round

22 February 2006 Rangers Scotland 2–2 Spain Villarreal Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
Løvenkrands 22'
Peña 82' (o.g.)
Report MatchCentre Riquelme 8' (pen.)
Forlán 35'
Attendance: 49,375
Referee: Eric Poulat (France)

Quarter-finals

Internazionale 2–2 Villarreal on aggregate. Villarreal won on away goals.

Semi-finals

19 April 2006 Arsenal England 1–0 Spain Villarreal Highbury, London
Touré 41' Report MatchCentre Attendance: 35,450
Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)

Arsenal won 1–0 on aggregate.

References

  1. ^ http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/spain/2005-2006/laliga/villar.htm
  2. ^ Franco was born in Corrientes, Argentina, but became a naturalised Mexican citizen in 2004 and made his international debut for Mexico in 2005.
  3. ^ Senna was born in São Paulo, Brazil, but obtained Spanish citizenship in 2006 and made his international debut for Spain in March 2006.