2005–06 West Ham United F.C. season

This is a complete list of appearances by members of the professional playing squad of West Ham United F.C. during the 2005-2006 season, in which they made a strong return to the Premier League following promotion and finished ninth.

They almost claimed their first major trophy since 1980 when they reached the FA Cup final and took a 2-0 lead against Liverpool in the first half, and despite a fightback by Liverpool, West Ham had a 3-2 lead with 90 minutes showing on the clock, only for Liverpool's Steven Gerrard to equalise one minute into injury time and force extra time. With the scores still level at the end of extra time, the match went to penalties and Liverpool won the game.

No.	Player	Position	Lge Apps	Lge Gls	FAC Apps	FAC Gls	LC Apps	LC Gls	Tot Apps	Tot Gls	Date Signed	Previous Club
First XI (Most appearances)
34	Shaka Hislop	GK	16	-	7	-	2	-	25	-	29 July 2005	Portsmouth
2	Tomáš Repka	RB	19	-	1	-	2	-	22	'	14 September 2001	Fiorentina
3	Paul Konchesky	LB	36(1)	1	7	1	1	-	44(1)	2	5 July 2005	Charlton Athletic
4	Danny Gabbidon	CB	31(1)	-	2	-	-	-	38(1)	-	5 July 2005	Cardiff City
5	Anton Ferdinand	CB	32(1)	2	5	-	-	-	37(1)	2	14 December 2002	Academy
17	Hayden Mullins	CM	35	-	6	1	1	-	42	1	23 October 2003	Crystal Palace
15	Yossi Benayoun	RM	30(4)	5	6	-	-	-	36(4)	5	16 July 2005	Racing Santander
20	Nigel Reo-Coker	CM	31	5	7	-	-	-	38	5	22 January 2004	Wimbledon
25	Bobby Zamora	CF	17(17)	6	2 (5)	2	1	2	20(22)	10	2 February 2004	Tottenham Hotspur
10	Marlon Harewood	CF	31(6)	14	4 (1)	3	2	-	37(7)	16	25 November 2003	Nottingham Forest
11	Matthew Etherington	LM	33	2	7	1	-	-	40	3	4 August 2003	Tottenham Hotspur
Players with 10+ appearances
1	Roy Carroll	GK	19	-	-	-	-	-	19	-	15 June 2005	Manchester United
19	James Collins	CB	13(1)	2	3	-	2	-	18(1)	2	5 July 2005	Cardiff City
8	Teddy Sheringham	CF	15(11)	6	1 (2)	1 (1)	1	-	17(14)	7	14 July 2004	Portsmouth
2	Lionel Scaloni	RB	13	-	3(1)	-	-	-	16(1)		31 January 2006	On loan from Deportivo
9	Dean Ashton	CF	9 (2)	3	5	3	-	-	14(2)	6	23 January 2006	Norwich
26	Shaun Newton	RM	8(18)	1	1(1)	-	1 (1)	-	10(20)	1	10 March 2005	Wolves
7	Christian Dailly	D/CM	6(16)	-	2 (4)	-	2	1	10(20)	1	17 January 2001	Blackburn Rovers
6	Carl Fletcher	CM	6 (6)	1	1 (3)	-	0 (1)	-	7 (10)	1	31 August 2004	Bournemouth
Other players with appearances
24	Mark Noble	M	4 (1)	-	-	-	1	-	5 (1)	-	1 July 2003	Academy
22	Elliott Ward	CB	3 (1)	-	-	-	2	-	5 (1)	-	1 August 2001	Academy
21	David Bellion	CF	2 (6)	-	-	-	1 (1)	1	3 (7)	1	17 August 2005	Manchester United
23	Jimmy Walker	GK	3	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	10 June 2004	Walsall
30	Clive Clarke	LB	2	-	-	-	1	-	3	-	31 July 2005	Stoke City
18	Yaniv Katan	CF	2 (4)	-	0 (2)	-	-	-	2 (6)	-	3 January 2006	Maccabi Haifa
39	Jérémie Aliadière	CF	1 (6)	-	-	-	0 (1)	-	1 (7)	-	25 August 2005	Arsenal
35	Kyel Reid	M	1 (1)	-	-	-	-	-	1 (1)	-	1 July 2004	Academy
14	Chris Cohen	LB/LM	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	1 July 2003	Academy
16	Gavin Williams	M	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	December 2004	Yeovil
13	Stephen Bywater	GK	0 (1)	-	-	-	-	-	0 (1)	-	20 February 1998	Rochdale
29	Hogan Ephraim	M	-	-	-	-	0 (1)	-	0 (1)	-	1 July 2004	Academy
31	Tony Stokes	M	-	-	-	-	0 (1)	-	0 (1)	-	1 July 2005	Academy

1 Premier League
- 1.1 Matches
- 1.2 Top Scorers
2 FA Cup

Premier League

Matches

1 13 August 2003	West Ham United	3–1	Blackburn Rovers	London
	Sheringham 46' Reo-Coker 62' Etherington 80'	Report	Todd 18' Dickov 81'	Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 33,305 Referee: Alan Wiley

2 20 August 2005	Newcastle United	0–0	West Ham United	Newcastle-upon-Tyne
		Report	Konchesky 55'	Stadium: St. James' Park Attendance: 51,620 Referee: Dermot Gallagher

3	Everton	1–2	West Ham United	Liverpool
	Beattie 9'		Weir 19' (o.g.) Zamora 67'	Stadium: Goodison Park

4	West Ham	1–2	Bolton
	Sheringham 90' (pen.)		Nolan 59' Iván Campo 85'

5	West Ham	4–0	Aston Villa
	Harewood 25', 29', 50' Benayoun 89'

6	Fulham	1–2	West Ham
	Boa Morte 66'		Harewood 46' Warner 52' (o.g.)

7	West Ham	0–0	Arsenal

8	Sunderland	1–1	West Ham
	Miller 45'		Benayoun 72'

9	Manchester City	2–1	West Ham
	A. Cole 18', 56'		Zamora 90'

10	West Ham	2–1	Middlesbrough
	Sheringham 66' Queudrue 87' (o.g.)		Riggott 74'

11	Liverpool	2–0	West Ham
	Alonso 18' Zenden 82'

12	West Ham	1–0	West Bromwich
	Sheringham 57'

13	Tottenham	1–1	West Ham
	Mido 16'		Ferdinand 90'

14 27 November 2005	West Ham United	1–2	Manchester United	London
	Harewood 2'	Report	Rooney 47' O'Shea 56'	Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 34,755 Referee: Steve Bennett

15	Birmingham	1–2	West Ham
	Heskey 11'		Zamora 36' Harewood 45'

16	Blackburn	3–2	West Ham
	Dickov 56' (pen.) Kuqi 76'		Zamora 45' Harewood 63'

17	West Ham	2–4	Newcastle
	Solano 20' (o.g.) Harewood 73' (pen.)		Owen 5', 43', 90' Shearer 66'

18	Portsmouth	1–1	West Ham
	O'Neil 17'		Collins 56'

19	West Ham	0–2	Wigan
			Roberts 43' Camara 45'

20	Charlton	2–0	West Ham
	Bartlett 21' D. Bent 63'

21	West Ham	1–3	Chelsea
	Harewood 46'		Lampard 25' Crespo 61' Drogba 80'

22	Aston Villa	1–2	West Ham
	Hendrie 27'		Zamora 51' Harewood 60'

23	West Ham United	2–1	Fulham
	Ferdinand 17' Benayoun 28'		Helguson 52'

24	Arsenal	2–3	West Ham
	Henry 45' Pirès 89'		Reo-Coker 25' Zamora 32' Etherington 80'

25	West Ham	2–0	Sunderland
	Ashton 81' Konchesky 87'

26	West Ham	3–0	Birmingham
	Harewood 11', 63' Ashton 65'

27	Manchester United	1–0	West Ham
	van Nistelrooy 45'

28	West Ham	2–2	Everton
	Harewood 10' Ashton 23'		Osman 18' Beattie 71'

29	Bolton	4–1	West Ham
	Stelios 12', 33' Speed 45' Pedersen 81'		Sheringham 79'

30	West Ham	2–4	Portsmouth
	Sheringham 69' Benayoun 90'		LuaLua 19' Davis 25' Mendes 42' Todorov 77'

31	Wigan	1–2	West Ham
	McCulloch 45'		Harewood 52' Reo-Coker 90'

32	West Ham	0–0	Charlton

33	Chelsea	4–1	West Ham
	Drogba 28' Crespo 31' Terry 54' Gallas 69'		Collins 10'

34	West Ham	1–0	Manchester City
	Newton 15'

35	Middlesbrough	2–0	West Ham
	Hasselbaink 41' Maccarone 57' (pen.)

36	West Ham	1–2	Liverpool
	Reo-Coker 46'		Cissé 19', 54'

37	West Bromwich	0–1	West Ham
			Reo-Coker 42'

38	West Ham United	2–1	Tottenham Hotspur	London
	Fletcher 10' Benayoun 80'	Report	Defoe 35'	Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 34,970 Referee: Chris Foy

Top Scorers

FA Cup

3rd Round

Norwich	1–2	West Ham
McVeigh 72' (pen.)		Mullins 6' Zamora 57'

4th Round

West Ham	4–2	Blackburn
Sheringham 33' (pen.) Etherington 39' Khizanishvili 59' (o.g.) Zamora 63'		Bentley 1' Neill 65'

5th Round

Bolton	0–0	West Ham

West Ham	2–1 (AET)	Bolton
Jääskeläinen 10' (o.g.) Harewood 96'		K. Davies 31'

Quarter Final

Manchester City	1–2	West Ham
Musampa 85'		Ashton 41, 69'

Semi Final

Middlesbrough	0–1	West Ham	Birmingham
		Harewood 78'	Stadium: Villa Park

Final

13 May 2006	Liverpool	3–3 (3–2 pen.)	West Ham	Cardiff
	Cissé 32' Gerrard 54', 90', pen.' Hamann pen.' Riise pen.'		Carragher 21' (o.g.) Ashton 28' Konchesky 64' Sheringham pen.'	Stadium: Millennium Stadium Attendance: 71,140 Referee: Alan Wiley

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2005–06 in English football

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FA competitions	FA Cup (Qualifying Rounds · Final) · Community Shield · FA Trophy (Final)

Premier League and Football League	Premier League · Football League (Championship · League One · League Two) · League Cup (Final) · Football League Trophy (Final) · Play-offs (Championship Final · League One Final · League Two Final)

Football Conference	Football Conference (National · North · South)

Lower leagues	Northern Premier League · Southern Football League · Isthmian League

European competitions	Champions League (Final) · UEFA Cup (Final) · Intertoto Cup · Super Cup

Related to national team	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA Group 6) · Sven-Göran Eriksson

Other events	2006 English football corruption investigation

Club seasons

Premier League	Arsenal · Aston Villa · Birmingham City · Blackburn Rovers · Bolton Wanderers · Charlton Athletic · Chelsea · Everton · Fulham · Liverpool · Manchester City · Manchester United · Middlesbrough · Newcastle United · Portsmouth · Sunderland · Tottenham Hotspur · West Bromwich Albion · West Ham United · Wigan Athletic

Championship	Brighton & Hove Albion · Burnley · Cardiff City · Coventry City · Crewe Alexandra · Crystal Palace · Derby County · Hull City · Ipswich Town · Leeds United · Leicester City · Luton Town · Millwall · Norwich City · Plymouth Argyle · Preston North End · Queens Park Rangers · Reading · Sheffield United · Sheffield Wednesday · Southampton · Stoke City · Watford · Wolverhampton Wanderers

League One	Barnsley · Blackpool · Bournemouth · Bradford City · Brentford · Bristol City · Chesterfield · Colchester United · Doncaster Rovers · Gillingham · Hartlepool United · Huddersfield Town · Milton Keynes Dons · Nottingham Forest · Oldham Athletic · Port Vale · Rotherham United · Scunthorpe United · Southend United · Swansea City · Swindon Town · Tranmere Rovers · Walsall · Yeovil Town

League Two	Barnet · Boston United · Bristol Rovers · Bury · Carlisle United · Cheltenham Town · Chester City · Darlington · Grimsby Town · Leyton Orient · Lincoln City · Macclesfield Town · Mansfield Town · Northampton Town · Notts County · Oxford United · Peterborough United · Rochdale · Rushden & Diamonds · Shrewsbury Town · Stockport County · Torquay United · Wrexham · Wycombe Wanderers

Conference National	Accrington Stanley · Aldershot Town · Altrincham · Burton Albion · Cambridge United · Canvey Island · Crawley Town · Dagenham & Redbridge · Exeter City · Forest Green Rovers · Gravesend & Northfleet · Grays Athletic · Halifax Town · Hereford United · Kidderminster Harriers · Morecambe · Scarborough · Southport · Stevenage Borough · Tamworth · Woking · York City

Conference South	Newport County

Northern Premier League	Gateshead

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