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2005–06 Aston Villa F.C. season

Main article: History of Aston Villa F.C. (1961–present)

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

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
Second City Derby
48--36--28

After the previous seasons tenth placed finish Villa never recovered from a poor start which left them at times close to the bottom 3 and despite some impressive wins which ultimately kept Villa in the league discontent among the fans at an uncomfortable relegation battle grew and lead to manager David O'Leary being sacked after the end of the season.

There were debut appearances for Gabriel Agbonlahor (341), James Milner (100), Wilfred Bouma (83), Craig Gardner (59), Aaron Hughes (54), Milan Baroš (42), Patrik Berger (29), Gary Cahill (28), Kevin Phillips (23), Eirik Bakke (14), and Stuart Taylor (12).[1]

Kit edit

Kit Supplier Sponsor
Hummel DWS Investments

Transfers edit

Transferred in edit

Date Pos Player From Fee
20 May 2005 RB   Aaron Hughes Fulham £1,000,000
27 June 2005 GK Stuart Taylor Arsenal £1,000,000
29 June 2005 CF Kevin Phillips Southampton £1,000,000
1 July 2005 LM   Patrik Berger Portsmouth Free transfer
23 August 2005 CF   Milan Baroš Liverpool £6,500,000
30 August 2005 LB   Wilfred Bouma   PSV Eindhoven £3,500,000
£13,000,000

Loaned in edit

Date Pos Player From Loan End
31 August 2005 RM James Milner Newcastle United 31 May 2006
31 August 2005 CM   Eirik Bakke Leeds United 17 January 2006

Transferred out edit

Date Pos Player To Fee
1 July 2005 CM Stephen Cooke Bournemouth Free transfer
1 July 2005 LM   Thomas Hitzlsperger   Stuttgart Free transfer
1 July 2005 CF Stefan Moore Queens Park Rangers Free transfer
27 July 2005 CF Darius Vassell Manchester City £2,000,000
31 August 2005 RM   Nolberto Solano Newcastle United £1,500,000
6 January 2006 GK   Stefan Postma Wolverhampton Wanderers £500,000
20 January 2006 GK   Wayne Henderson Brighton & Hove Albion £60,000
31 August 2005 CM   Steven Foley-Sheridan Bournemouth £20,000
£4,080,000

Loaned out edit

Date Pos Player To Loan End
19 August 2005 GK   Stefan Postma Wolverhampton Wanderers 5 January 2006
25 August 2005 CM   Mathieu Berson   Auxerre 31 May 2006
14 September 2005 RM Peter Whittingham Notts County 19 November 2005
22 September 2005 CF Gabriel Agbonlahor Watford 22 October 2005
28 October 2005 CF Gabriel Agbonlahor Sheffield Wednesday 28 december 2005
20 January 2006 CF Sam Williams   Wrexham 31 May 2006

Overall transfer activity edit

Final league table edit

Main article: 2005–06 FA Premier League
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
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
18 Birmingham City (R) 38 8 10 20 28 50 −22 34 Relegation to the Football League Championship
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Pre-season edit

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

Results edit

Aston Villa's score comes first[2]

Legend edit

Win Draw Loss

Results summary edit

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 12 16 42 55  −13 42 6 6 7 20 20  0 4 6 9 22 35  −13

Last updated: 8 October 2021.
Source: 11v11

Results per matchday edit

Matchday1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAHAH
ResultDLDWDLLLWLLLWWDDLWDDWLDDWLDWLLDLDWLLLW
Position51213814111516141516161514151415141313121515141215151414141516151515161616
Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2006. Source: WorldFootball.net
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

FA Premier League edit

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 40,158 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 edit

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 edit

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

Players edit

First-team squad edit

Squad at end of season[3][4]

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

Left club during season edit

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

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

Reserve squad edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF   ENG Steven Clancy
— DF   ENG Lee Grant
— DF   ENG Paul Green
— DF   ENG Matthew Roome
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF   BEL Christian Tshimanga Kabeya[notes 1]
— FW   ENG Shane Paul
— FW   NIR Jamie Ward[notes 2]
—    Daniel Bridges

Youth squad edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
39 GK   AUT Bobby Olejnik
— GK   IRL Lee Boyle
— GK   IRL Stephen Henderson
— DF   ENG Ciaran Clark[notes 3]
— DF   ENG Jordan Collins
— DF   IRL Danny Earls
— DF   IRL Shane Lowry[notes 4]
— DF   IRL Stephen O'Halloran
— DF   SWE Erik Lund
— MF   ENG Marc Albrighton
— MF   ENG Morgan Evans
— MF   ENG Phil Green
— MF   ENG Jonathan Hogg
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF   ENG Dan McDonald
— MF   ENG Isaiah Osbourne
— MF   HUN Zoltán Stieber
— MF   AUS Chris Herd
— FW   ENG Scott Bridges
— FW   ENG Sam Williams
— FW   NIR Adam McGurk
— FW   SWE Tobias Mikaelsson
— DF    Seyi Morgan
— DF    Matt Saunders
—    Lee McGuire
—    Lee Mussell
—    Reuben Reid

Other players edit

The following players did not play for any Aston Villa team this 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
— GK   IRL David Bevan
— GK   ENG Elliot Parish
— DF   ENG Jordan Collins
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF    Rowan Caney
—    Ashley Carew

Statistics edit

Appearances and goals edit

As of end of season[6]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Premiership FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK   DEN Thomas Sørensen 43 0 36 0 4 0 3 0
13 GK   ENG Stuart Taylor 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
2 DF   WAL Mark Delaney 16 1 12 1 3 0 1 0
3 DF   TRI Jlloyd Samuel 24 0 14+5 0 2 0 3 0
4 DF   SWE Olof Mellberg 33 0 27 0 4 0 2 0
5 DF   DEN Martin Laursen 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
15 DF   ECU Ulises de la Cruz 8 0 4+3 0 0 0 0+1 0
16 DF   NED Wilfred Bouma 21 0 20 0 1 0 0 0
18 DF   NIR Aaron Hughes 41 0 35 0 4 0 2 0
19 DF   ENG Liam Ridgewell 37 5 30+2 5 1+1 0 3 0
21 DF   ENG Gary Cahill 8 1 6+1 1 0 0 1 0
Midfielders
6 MF   ENG Gareth Barry 42 6 36 3 3 1 3 2
7 MF   ENG Lee Hendrie 19 1 7+9 1 2 0 0+1 0
8 MF   ENG Gavin McCann 38 1 32 1 4 0 2 0
11 MF   ENG James Milner 33 3 27 1 3 0 3 2
12 MF   NIR Steven Davis 42 8 34+1 4 4 2 3 2
14 MF   CMR Eric Djemba-Djemba 4 0 0+4 0 0 0 0 0
17 MF   ENG Peter Whittingham 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
23 MF   CZE Patrik Berger 9 0 3+5 0 0 0 1 0
26 MF   ENG Craig Gardner 9 0 3+5 0 0+1 0 0 0
Forwards
9 FW   COL Juan Pablo Ángel 37 4 12+19 3 2+1 1 3 0
10 FW   CZE Milan Baroš 30 11 24+1 8 3 2 2 1
20 FW   ENG Kevin Phillips 27 5 20+3 4 1+1 0 1+1 1
22 FW   ENG Luke Moore 32 8 16+11 8 3 0 0+2 0
30 FW   ENG Gabriel Agbonlahor 9 1 3+6 1 0 0 0 0
Players who left club during season
11 MF   PER Nolberto Solano 3 0 2+1 0 0 0 0 0
24 MF   NOR Eirik Bakke 14 0 8+6 0 0 0 0 0

Last updated: 31 June 2006
Source: Competitions

References edit

  1. ^ "Aston Villa's Seasons". AVFC History.
  2. ^ "Aston Villa 2005-2006 Results - statto.com". Archived from the original on 23 March 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
  3. ^ "FootballSquads - Aston Villa - 2005/06".
  4. ^ "Aston Villa Player Database".
  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. ^ "Aston Villa players: Premier League 2006".

Notes edit

  1. ^ Kabeya was born in Kinshasa, Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo), but also qualifies to represent Belgium internationally and represented them at U-16, U-17, U-18 and U-19 level.
  2. ^ Ward was born in Birmingham, England, but also qualifies to represent Northern Ireland internationally through his grandfather and represented them at U-19 and U-21 level before making his international debut for Northern Ireland in August 2011.
  3. ^ Clark was born in Harrow, England, and represented them at U-17, U-18, U-19, and U-20 level, but also qualifies to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and would make his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in February 2011.
  4. ^ Lowry was born in Perth, Australia, but also qualifies to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his parents and represented them at U-17, U-19, and U-21 level before switching his international allegiance to Australia.

External links edit

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