Manchester United F.C. season 2005-06

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The 2005-06 season was Manchester United's 114th season in the Football League, and their 31st consecutive season in the top division of English football.[1] After having finished in third place in both of the previous two seasons, the Red Devils will have been pleased to finish the 2005-06 season in second place, despite finishing 8 points off the lead. However, despite the improvement in their league form, United's European form took a massive blow, with the club failing to reach the knock-out stage of the UEFA Champions League for the first time since 1993-94. The club fared well in the FA Cup, reaching the Fifth Round, but their real success came in the Carling Cup, in which they beat Wigan Athletic 4-0 in the final.

The 2005-06 season also saw the departure of club captain Roy Keane. Keane played his last game for the club on 18 September 2005 in a goalless draw with Liverpool, but was forced withdraw from the match only a couple of minutes before full time. It was later revealed that Keane had picked up a foot injury and he eventually left the club for his boyhood team Celtic on 18 November 2005. Keane was subsequently replaced as captain by his deputy, Gary Neville. The following week, United fans were forced to say farewell to another club legend, when it was announced that George Best had passed away on 25 November, aged only 59.

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[edit] Pre-season and Friendlies

Date Opponents Home/
Away		 Result
F – A		 Scorers Attendance
2005-07-16 Clyde A 5 – 1 Kléberson 31', Scholes 48', van Nistelrooy (2) 58' (pen.), 85', Miller 78' 8,000
2005-07-20 Peterborough United A 6 – 0 van Nistelrooy (3) 55', 70', 83', Ronaldo 64', 89', Rossi 74' 15,460
2005-07-23 Hong Kong XI A 2 – 0 Rossi, Dong
2005-07-26 Beijing Hyundai A 3 – 0 Scholes (2), Park
2005-07-28 Kashima Antlers A 1 – 2 Giggs
2005-07-30 Urawa Red Diamonds A 2 – 0 Rooney (2)
2005-08-02 Wrexham A 3 – 1 Rossi, Miller, Campbell 5,964
2005-08-03 Royal Antwerp A 6 – 1 van Nistelrooy (3), Scholes, Ronaldo, Fletcher
2006-05-09 Celtic H 1 – 0 Ronaldo 55' 69,591

[edit] Premier League

Date Opponents H / A Result

F – A

 Scorers Attendance League

position
13 August 2005 Everton A 2 – 0 van Nistelrooy 43', Rooney 46' 38,610 4th
20 August 2005 Aston Villa H 1 – 0 van Nistelrooy 66' 67,934 4th
28 August 2005 Newcastle United A 2 – 0 Rooney 66', van Nistelrooy 90' 52,327 4th
10 September 2005 Manchester City H 1 – 1 van Nistelrooy 45' 67,839 4th
18 September 2005 Liverpool A 0 – 0 44,917 3rd
24 September 2005 Blackburn Rovers H 1 – 2 van Nistelrooy 67' 67,765 6th
1 October 2005 Fulham A 3 – 2 van Nistelrooy (2) 16' (pen.), 44', Rooney 17' 21,862 4th
15 October 2005 Sunderland A 3 – 1 Rooney 40', van Nistelrooy 76', Rossi 87' 39,085 3rd
22 October 2005 Tottenham Hotspur H 1 – 1 Silvestre 7' 67,856 5th
29 October 2005 Middlesbrough A 1 – 4 Ronaldo 90' 30,579 7th
6 November 2005 Chelsea H 1 – 0 Fletcher 31' 67,864 4th
19 November 2005 Charlton Athletic A 3 – 1 Smith 37', van Nistelrooy (2) 70', 85' 26,730 3rd
27 November 2005 West Ham United A 2 – 1 Rooney 47', O'Shea 56' 34,755 2nd
3 December 2005 Portsmouth H 3 – 0 Scholes 20', Rooney 80', van Nistelrooy 84' 67,684 2nd
11 December 2005 Everton H 1 – 1 Giggs 15' 67,831 3rd
14 December 2005 Wigan Athletic H 4 – 0 Ferdinand 30', Rooney (2) 35', 55', van Nistelrooy 70' (pen.) 67,793 2nd
17 December 2005 Aston Villa A 2 – 0 van Nistelrooy 10', Rooney 51' 37,128 2nd
26 December 2005 West Bromwich Albion H 3 – 0 Scholes 35', Ferdinand 45', van Nistelrooy 63' 67,972 2nd
28 December 2005 Birmingham City A 2 – 2 van Nistelrooy 4', Rooney 53' 28,459 2nd
31 December 2005 Bolton Wanderers H 4 – 1 N'Gotty 8' (o.g.), Saha 44', Ronaldo (2) 68', 90' 67,858 2nd
3 January 2006 Arsenal A 0 – 0 38,313 2nd
14 January 2006 Manchester City A 1 – 3 van Nistelrooy 76' 47,192 2nd
22 January 2006 Liverpool H 1 – 0 Ferdinand 90' 67,874 2nd
1 February 2006 Blackburn Rovers A 3 – 4 Saha 37', van Nistelrooy (2) 63', 65' 25,484 2nd
4 February 2006 Fulham H 4 – 2 Park 6', Ronaldo (2) 14', 86', Saha 23' 67,844 2nd
11 February 2006 Portsmouth A 3 – 1 van Nistelrooy 18', Ronaldo (2) 38', 45' 20,206 2nd
6 March 2006 Wigan Athletic A 2 – 1 Ronaldo 74', Chimbonda 90' (o.g.) 23,524 2nd
12 March 2006 Newcastle United H 2 – 0 Rooney (2) 8', 12' 67,858 2nd
18 March 2006 West Bromwich Albion A 2 – 1 Saha (2) 16', 64' 27,623 2nd
26 March 2006 Birmingham City H 3 – 0 Taylor 3' (o.g.), Giggs 15', Rooney 83' 69,070 2nd
29 March 2006 West Ham United H 1 – 0 van Nistelrooy 45' 69,522 2nd
1 April 2006 Bolton Wanderers A 2 – 1 Saha 33', van Nistelrooy 79' 27,718 2nd
9 April 2006 Arsenal H 2 – 0 Rooney 54', Park 78' 70,908 2nd
14 April 2006 Sunderland H 0 – 0 72,519 2nd
17 April 2006 Tottenham Hotspur A 2 – 1 Rooney (2) 8', 36' 36,141 2nd
29 April 2006 Chelsea A 0 – 3 42,219 2nd
1 May 2006 Middlesbrough H 0 – 0 69,531 2nd
7 May 2006 Charlton Athletic H 4 – 0 Saha 19', Ronaldo 23', Euell 34' (o.g.), Richardson 58' 73,006 2nd


Pos
Club
Pld
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
 Chelsea
38
29
4
5
72
22
+50
91
2
 Manchester United
38
25
8
5
72
34
+38
83
3
 Liverpool
38
25
7
6
57
25
+32
82

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

[edit] FA Cup

Date Round Opponents H / A Result

F – A

 Scorers Attendance
8 January 2006 Round 3 Burton Albion A 0 – 0 6,191
18 January 2006 Round 3
Replay		 Burton Albion H 5 – 0 Saha 7', Rossi 23', 90', Richardson 52', Giggs 68' 53,654
29 January 2006 Round 4 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 3 – 0 Richardson (2) 6', 52', Saha 45' 28,333
18 February 2006 Round 5 Liverpool A 0 – 1 44,039

[edit] Carling Cup

Date Round Opponents H / A Result

F – A

 Scorers Attendance
26 October 2005 Round 3 Barnet H 4 – 1 Miller 4', Richardson 19', Rossi 51', Ebanks-Blake 89' 43,673
30 November 2005 Round 4 West Bromwich Albion H 3 – 1 Ronaldo 12' (pen.), Saha 16', O'Shea 56' 48,294
20 December 2005 Round 5 Birmingham City A 3 – 1 Saha (2) 46', 63', Park 50' 20,454
11 January 2006 Semi-final
First leg		 Blackburn Rovers A 1 – 1 Saha 30' 24,348
25 January 2006 Semi-final
Second leg		 Blackburn Rovers H 2 – 1 van Nistelrooy 8', Saha 51' 61,637
26 February 2006 Final Wigan Athletic Millennium Stadium 4 – 0 Rooney (2) 33', 61', Saha 55', Ronaldo 59' 66,866

[edit] Champions League

[edit] Qualifying stage

Date Round Opponents H / A Result

F – A

 Scorers Attendance
9 August 2005 Third Qualifying Round
First leg		 Debreceni VSC H 3 – 0 Rooney 7', van Nistelrooy 49', Ronaldo 63' 51,701
24 August 2005 Third Qualifying Round
Second leg		 Debreceni VSC A 3 – 0 Heinze (2) 20', 61', Richardson 65' 27,000

[edit] Group stage

Date Opponents H / A Result

F – A

 Scorers Attendance Group

position
14 September 2005 Villarreal A 0 – 0 22,000 2nd
27 September 2005 SL Benfica H 2 – 1 Giggs 39', van Nistelrooy 85' 66,112 1st
18 October 2005 LOSC Lille Metropole H 0 – 0 60,626 1st
2 November 2005 LOSC Lille Metropole A 0 – 1 65,000 3rd
22 November 2005 Villarreal H 0 – 0 67,471 3rd
7 December 2005 SL Benfica A 1 – 2 Scholes 6' 61,000 4th
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Flag of Spain Villarreal 6 2 4 0 3 1 +2 10
2 Flag of Portugal Benfica 6 2 2 2 5 5 0 8
3 Flag of France Lille 6 1 3 2 1 2 -1 6
4 Flag of England Manchester United 6 1 3 2 3 4 -1 6

[edit] Squad statistics

No. Pos. Name League FA Cup Carling Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Flag of the United States Tim Howard 0(1) 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 5(1) 0
2 DF Flag of England Gary Neville (vc) 24(1) 0 2(1) 0 5 0 3(1) 0 34(3) 0
3 DF Flag of France Patrice Evra 7(4) 0 0(1) 0 1(1) 0 0 0 8(6) 0
4 DF Flag of Argentina Gabriel Heinze 2(2) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 4(2) 2
5 DF Flag of England Rio Ferdinand 37 3 1(1) 0 4(1) 0 8 0 50(2) 3
6 DF Flag of England Wes Brown 17(2) 0 4 0 5 0 3 0 29(2) 0
7 MF Flag of Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo 24(9) 9 1(1) 0 4 2 8 1 37(10) 11
8 FW Flag of England Wayne Rooney 34(2) 16 2(1) 0 3(1) 2 5 1 44(4) 19
9 FW Flag of France Louis Saha 12(7) 7 3(1) 2 5 6 0(2) 0 20(10) 15
10 FW Flag of the Netherlands Ruud van Nistelrooy 28(7) 21 2 0 1(1) 1 8 2 39(8) 24
11 MF Flag of Wales Ryan Giggs 22(5) 2 1(1) 1 3 0 4(1) 1 30(7) 4
13 MF Flag of South Korea Park Ji-Sung 23(11) 1 1(1) 0 3 1 0(6) 0 27(18) 2
14 FW Flag of England Alan Smith 15(6) 1 0(2) 0 1(1) 0 7(1) 0 23(10) 1
15 DF Flag of Serbia Nemanja Vidić 9(2) 0 2 0 0(2) 0 0 0 11(4) 0
16 MF Flag of Ireland Roy Keane (c) 4(1) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5(1) 0
17 MF Flag of Ireland Liam Miller 0(1) 0 0 0 1 1 0(1) 0 1(2) 1
18 MF Flag of England Paul Scholes 18(2) 2 0 0 0 0 7 1 25(2) 3
19 GK Flag of the Netherlands Edwin van der Sar 38 0 2 0 3 0 8 0 51 0
20 FW Flag of Norway Ole Gunnar Solskjær 0(3) 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2(3) 0
22 DF Flag of Ireland John O'Shea 34 1 2 0 3(1) 1 7 0 46(1) 2
23 MF Flag of England Kieran Richardson 12(10) 1 4 3 4(1) 1 2(3) 1 22(14) 5
24 MF Flag of Scotland Darren Fletcher 23(4) 1 2(1) 0 4 0 7 0 36(5) 1
25 MF Flag of South Africa Quinton Fortune 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 DF Flag of France Mikaël Silvestre 30(3) 1 4 0 4(1) 0 6 0 44(4) 1
28 DF Flag of Spain Gerard Piqué 1(2) 0 2 0 1(1) 0 0 0 4(3) 0
40 FW Flag of England Sylvan Ebanks-Blake 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1
42 FW Flag of Italy Giuseppe Rossi 1(4) 1 2 2 3 1 0(2) 0 6(6) 4
44 DF Flag of England Adam Eckersley 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
46 MF Flag of England Lee Martin 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
49 MF Flag of England Richard Jones 0 0 1 0 1(2) 0 0 0 2(2) 0
50 MF Flag of Ireland Darron Gibson 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0 0(1) 0

[edit] Transfers

[edit] In

Date Pos. Name From Fee
2005-07-01 GK Flag of the Netherlands Edwin van der Sar Fulham Undisclosed
2005-07-08 MF Flag of South Korea Park Ji-Sung PSV Eindhoven £4m
2005-09-19 GK Flag of England Ben Foster Stoke City Undisclosed
2006-01-05 DF Flag of Serbia and Montenegro Nemanja Vidić Spartak Moscow Undisclosed
2006-01-10 DF Flag of France Patrice Evra AS Monaco Undisclosed

[edit] Out

Date Pos. Name To Fee
2005-08-04 DF Flag of England Phil Neville Everton Undisclosed
2005-08-11 MF Flag of Brazil Kléberson Beşiktaş £2.5m
2005-11-18 MF Flag of Ireland Roy Keane Unattached Free
2006-01-17 FW Flag of Finland Jami Puustinen Unattached Free
2006-01-18 MF Flag of England David Fox Unattached Free
2006-01-19 FW Flag of the United States Kenny Cooper Unattached Free
2006-01-31 FW Flag of England Colin Heath Unattached Free
2006-06-01 MF Flag of South Africa Quinton Fortune Unattached Free

[edit] Loan out

Date From Date To Position Name To
2005-07-05 2006-05-14 FW Flag of England Eddie Johnson Crewe Alexandra
2005-07-11 2006-05-11 DF Flag of the United States Jonathan Spector Charlton Athletic
2005-07-27 2005-12-31 MF Flag of England Chris Eagles Sheffield Wednesday
2005-07-31 2006-05-21 GK Flag of England Ben Foster Watford
2005-08-03 2006-01-01 MF Flag of England David Jones Preston North End
2005-08-04 2006-05-14 DF Flag of Ireland Paul McShane Brighton & Hove Albion
2005-08-17 2006-01-13 FW Flag of France David Bellion West Ham United
2005-08-17 2006-05-28 DF Flag of England Phil Picken Chesterfield
2005-08-18 2006-01-01 FW Flag of England Colin Heath Swindon Town
2005-08-18 2006-01-01 GK Flag of England Tom Heaton Swindon Town
2005-08-31 2005-12-31 FW Flag of Denmark Mads Timm Lyn Oslo
2005-11-04 2006-05-14 MF Flag of Ireland Liam Miller Leeds United
2006-01-01 2006-05-31 MF Flag of England Lee Martin Royal Antwerp
2006-01-06 2006-05-21 MF Flag of England Chris Eagles Watford
2006-01-06 2006-05-31 FW Flag of Denmark Mads Timm Walsall
2006-01-09 2006-05-31 DF Flag of England Adam Eckersley Royal Antwerp
2006-01-09 2006-05-31 MF Flag of England Ritchie Jones Royal Antwerp
2006-01-12 2006-05-31 FW Flag of England Sylvan Ebanks-Blake Royal Antwerp
2006-01-12 2006-05-31 DF Flag of England Danny Simpson Royal Antwerp
2006-01-12 2006-06-01 MF Flag of England David Jones NEC Nijmegen
2006-01-13 2006-06-30 FW Flag of France David Bellion OGC Nice
2006-01-18 2006-04-20 GK Flag of England Tommy Lee Macclesfield Town
2006-01-31 2006-05-31 GK Flag of England Tom Heaton Royal Antwerp
2006-04-16 2006-04-30 DF Flag of England Phil Bardsley Burnley

[edit] References

  1. ^ Manchester United Season 2005/06. StretfordEnd.co.uk. Retrieved on 2007-10-08.

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