2005–06 Everton F.C. season

Everton

2005-06 season
Chairman	Bill Kenwright
Manager	David Moyes
Premier League	11th
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Third round
Champions League	Third qualifying round
UEFA Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Beattie (10) All: Beattie (11)
Average home league attendance	36,860
← 2004-05 2006-07 →

During the 2005–06 English football season, Everton competed in the Premier League.

Season summary

Despite finishing in the coveted fourth place last season, Everton suffered a downturn this season. Early exits from both the Champions League and the UEFA Cup took their toll on player morale, and at the end of October the Toffees stood in the relegation zone. The club eventually rallied to secure a safe eleventh place in the final table - not high enough for any further European adventures the next season, and somewhat embarrassing for a side which had achieved so much last season.

The end of the season saw the retirement of Scottish striker Duncan Ferguson, the highest scoring Scotsman ever in the Premier League's history.

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Chelsea (C)	38	29	4	5	72	22	+50	91	2006–07 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Manchester United	38	25	8	5	72	34	+38	83
3	Liverpool	38	25	7	6	57	25	+32	82	2006–07 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
4	Arsenal	38	20	7	11	68	31	+37	67
5	Tottenham Hotspur	38	18	11	9	53	38	+15	65	2006–07 UEFA Cup First round
6	Blackburn Rovers	38	19	6	13	51	42	+9	63
7	Newcastle United	38	17	7	14	47	42	+5	58	2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round
8	Bolton Wanderers	38	15	11	12	49	41	+8	56
9	West Ham United	38	16	7	15	52	55	−3	55	2006–07 UEFA Cup First round 1
10	Wigan Athletic	38	15	6	17	45	52	−7	51
11	Everton	38	14	8	16	34	49	−15	50
12	Fulham	38	14	6	18	48	58	−10	48
13	Charlton Athletic	38	13	8	17	41	55	−14	47
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 2006–07 Football League Championship
19	West Bromwich Albion (R)	38	7	9	22	31	58	−27	30
20	Sunderland (R)	38	3	6	29	26	69	−43	15

Source: Barclays Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
For further information on European qualification see Premier League – Qualification for European competitions.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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

^1.Liverpool had already qualified for the Champions League by league position, as a result, their UEFA Cup berth that they earned through winning the 2005–06 FA Cup, went to West Ham, who were FA Cup runners-up.

Results

Everton's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
13 August 2005	Manchester United	H	0–2	38,610
21 August 2005	Bolton Wanderers	A	1–0	25,608	Bent
27 August 2005	Fulham	A	0–1	17,169
10 September 2005	Portsmouth	H	0–1	36,831
19 September 2005	Arsenal	A	0–2	38,121
24 September 2005	Wigan Athletic	H	0–1	37,189
2 October 2005	Manchester City	A	0–2	42,681
15 October 2005	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0–2	36,247
23 October 2005	Chelsea	H	1–1	36,042	Beattie (pen)
29 October 2005	Birmingham City	A	1–0	26,554	Davies
6 November 2005	Middlesbrough	H	1–0	34,349	Beattie
19 November 2005	West Bromwich Albion	A	0–4	24,784
27 November 2005	Newcastle United	H	1–0	36,207	Yobo
3 December 2005	Blackburn Rovers	A	2–0	22,064	McFadden, Arteta
11 December 2005	Manchester United	A	1–1	67,831	McFadden
14 December 2005	West Ham United	H	1–2	35,704	Beattie
17 December 2005	Bolton Wanderers	H	0–4	34,500
26 December 2005	Aston Villa	A	0–4	32,432
28 December 2005	Liverpool	H	1–3	40,158	Beattie
31 December 2005	Sunderland	A	1–0	30,576	Cahill
2 January 2006	Charlton Athletic	H	3–1	34,333	Beattie, Cahill (2)
14 January 2006	Portsmouth	A	1–0	20,094	Osman
21 January 2006	Arsenal	H	1–0	36,920	Beattie
31 January 2006	Wigan Athletic	A	1–1	21,731	Thompson (own goal)
4 February 2006	Manchester City	H	1–0	37,827	Weir
11 February 2006	Blackburn Rovers	H	1–0	35,615	Beattie
25 February 2006	Newcastle United	A	0–2	51,916
4 March 2006	West Ham United	A	2–2	34,866	Osman, Beattie
11 March 2006	Fulham	H	3–1	36,515	Beattie (2, 1 pen), McFadden
18 March 2006	Aston Villa	H	4–1	36,507	McFadden, Cahill (2), Osman
25 March 2006	Liverpool	A	1–3	44,923	Cahill
1 April 2006	Sunderland	H	2–2	38,093	Osman, McFadden
8 April 2006	Charlton Athletic	A	0–0	26,954
15 April 2006	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0–1	39,856
17 April 2006	Chelsea	A	0–3	41,765
22 April 2006	Birmingham City	H	0–0	35,420
29 April 2006	Middlesbrough	A	1–0	29,224	McFadden
7 May 2006	West Bromwich Albion	H	2–2	39,671	Anichebe, Ferguson

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	7 January 2006	Millwall	A	1–1	16,440	Osman
R3R	18 January 2006	Millwall	H	1–0	25,800	Cahill
R4	28 January 2006	Chelsea	H	1–1	29,742	McFadden
R4R	8 February 2006	Chelsea	A	1–4	39,301	Arteta (pen)

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	25 October 2005	Middlesbrough	H	0–1	25,844

UEFA Champions League

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
QR3 1st Leg	9 August 2005	Villarreal	H	1–2	37,685	Beattie
QR3 2nd Leg	24 August 2005	Villarreal	A	1–2 (lost 2-4 on agg)	22,000	Arteta

UEFA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	15 September 2005	Dinamo Bucureşti	A	1–5	11,500	Yobo
R1 2nd Leg	29 September 2005	Dinamo Bucureşti	H	1–0 (lost 2-5 on agg)	21,843	Cahill

Squad

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Richard Wright 3 DF Gary Naysmith 4 DF Joseph Yobo 5 DF David Weir (captain) 6 MF Mikel Arteta 8 FW James Beattie 9 FW Duncan Ferguson 10 MF Simon Davies 11 FW James McFadden 12 MF Li Tie 13 GK Iain Turner 14 MF Kevin Kilbane[2] 15 DF Alan Stubbs 16 MF Lee Carsley[3] 17 MF Tim Cahill 18 MF Phil Neville 19 DF Nuno Valente 20 DF Matteo Ferrari[4] (on loan from Roma)

No. Position Player 21 MF Leon Osman 22 DF Tony Hibbert 23 DF Alessandro Pistone 25 GK Nigel Martyn 27 MF Andy van der Meyde 29 FW James Vaughan 30 GK John Ruddy 31 DF Mark Hughes 32 DF Stephen Wynne 33 MF Christian Sergeant 34 DF Sean Wright 35 FW Paul Hopkins 36 DF Patrick Boyle 37 MF Jay Harris 38 FW Victor Anichebe 39 MF Laurence Wilson 41 MF Bjarni Vidarsson

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. Position Player 2 DF Per Krøldrup (to Fiorentina) 7 FW Marcus Bent (to Charlton Athletic)

No. Position Player 26 GK Sander Westerveld (on loan from Portsmouth) MF Anderson de Silva (on loan to Málaga)

Statistics

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions^[5]

• GK: #25, Nigel Martyn, 27
• RB: #22, Tony Hibbert, 38
• CB: #5, David Weir, 40
• CB: #4, Joseph Yobo, 34
• LB: #18, Phil Neville, 43
• RM: #21, Leon Osman, 32
• CM: #6, Mikel Arteta, 35
• CM: #17, Tim Cahill, 39
• LM: #14, Kevin Kilbane, 29
• CF: #8, James Beattie, 33
• CF: #11, James McFadden, 29

Transfers

In

• Simon Davies - Tottenham Hotspur, 26 May, £3,500,000
• Per Krøldrup - Udinese, 27 June, £5,000,000^[6]
• Phil Neville - Manchester United, 4 August, £3,500,000^[7]
• Matteo Ferrari - Roma, 26 August, season-long loan^[8]
• Andy van der Meyde - Inter Milan, 31 August, £2,000,000^[9]
• Sander Westerveld - Portsmouth, 24 February, 28-day loan^[10]

Out

• Marcus Bent - Charlton Athletic, 17 January, £2,000,000^[11]
• Per Krøldrup - Fiorentina, 31 January, £3,600,000^[12]

References

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