2005–06 Aston Villa F.C. season

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

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

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

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Kit Supplier Sponsor
Hummel DWS Investments

Transfers

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Transferred in

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Date Pos Player From Fee
20 May 2005 RB Northern Ireland 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 Czech Republic Patrik Berger Portsmouth Free transfer
23 August 2005 CF Czech Republic Milan Baroš Liverpool £6,500,000
30 August 2005 LB Netherlands Wilfred Bouma Netherlands PSV Eindhoven £3,500,000
£13,000,000

Loaned in

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

Transferred out

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Date Pos Player To Fee
1 July 2005 CM Stephen Cooke Bournemouth Free transfer
1 July 2005 LM Germany Thomas Hitzlsperger Germany 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 Peru Nolberto Solano Newcastle United £1,500,000
6 January 2006 GK Netherlands Stefan Postma Wolverhampton Wanderers £500,000
20 January 2006 GK Republic of Ireland Wayne Henderson Brighton & Hove Albion £60,000
31 August 2005 CM Republic of Ireland Steven Foley-Sheridan Bournemouth £20,000
£4,080,000

Loaned out

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Date Pos Player To Loan End
19 August 2005 GK Netherlands Stefan Postma Wolverhampton Wanderers 5 January 2006
25 August 2005 CM France Mathieu Berson France 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 Wales Wrexham 31 May 2006

Overall transfer activity

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Final league table

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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

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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 Sweden A 14 – 0 Friendly
23 July 2005 Jonkopings Sodra Sweden A 1 – 1[permanent dead link] Friendly
26 July 2005 GAIS Sweden 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 Netherlands A 2 – 1[permanent dead link] Friendly

Results

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Aston Villa's score comes first[2]

Legend

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Win Draw Loss

Results summary

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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First-team squad

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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 Denmark DEN Thomas Sørensen
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 Ángel
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 MF England ENG Craig Gardner
30 FW England ENG Gabriel Agbonlahor

Left club during season

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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 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 AFC Bournemouth)

Reserve squad

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

Youth squad

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

Other players

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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 Republic of Ireland IRL David Bevan
— GK England ENG Elliot Parish
— DF England ENG Jordan Collins
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF   Rowan Caney
—   Ashley Carew

Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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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 Denmark DEN Thomas Sørensen 43 0 36 0 4 0 3 0
13 GK England ENG Stuart Taylor 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
2 DF Wales WAL Mark Delaney 16 1 12 1 3 0 1 0
3 DF Trinidad and Tobago TRI Jlloyd Samuel 24 0 14+5 0 2 0 3 0
4 DF Sweden SWE Olof Mellberg 33 0 27 0 4 0 2 0
5 DF Denmark DEN Martin Laursen 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
15 DF Ecuador ECU Ulises de la Cruz 8 0 4+3 0 0 0 0+1 0
16 DF Netherlands NED Wilfred Bouma 21 0 20 0 1 0 0 0
18 DF Northern Ireland NIR Aaron Hughes 41 0 35 0 4 0 2 0
19 DF England ENG Liam Ridgewell 37 5 30+2 5 1+1 0 3 0
21 DF England ENG Gary Cahill 8 1 6+1 1 0 0 1 0
Midfielders
6 MF England ENG Gareth Barry 42 6 36 3 3 1 3 2
7 MF England ENG Lee Hendrie 19 1 7+9 1 2 0 0+1 0
8 MF England ENG Gavin McCann 38 1 32 1 4 0 2 0
11 MF England ENG James Milner 33 3 27 1 3 0 3 2
12 MF Northern Ireland NIR Steven Davis 42 8 34+1 4 4 2 3 2
14 MF Cameroon CMR Eric Djemba-Djemba 4 0 0+4 0 0 0 0 0
17 MF England ENG Peter Whittingham 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
23 MF Czech Republic CZE Patrik Berger 9 0 3+5 0 0 0 1 0
26 MF England ENG Craig Gardner 9 0 3+5 0 0+1 0 0 0
Forwards
9 FW Colombia COL Juan Pablo Ángel 37 4 12+19 3 2+1 1 3 0
10 FW Czech Republic CZE Milan Baroš 30 11 24+1 8 3 2 2 1
20 FW England ENG Kevin Phillips 27 5 20+3 4 1+1 0 1+1 1
22 FW England ENG Luke Moore 32 8 16+11 8 3 0 0+2 0
30 FW England ENG Gabriel Agbonlahor 9 1 3+6 1 0 0 0 0
Players who left club during season
11 MF Peru PER Nolberto Solano 3 0 2+1 0 0 0 0 0
24 MF Norway NOR Eirik Bakke 14 0 8+6 0 0 0 0 0

Last updated: 31 June 2006
Source: Competitions

References

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  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

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  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.
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