2005–06 Everton F.C. season

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

Main article: 2005-06 FA Premier League


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Chelsea !Chelsea (C)	38	29	4	5	72	22	+50	91	2006–07 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Manchester United !Manchester United	38	25	8	5	72	34	+38	83	2006–07 UEFA Champions League Group stage
3	Liverpool !Liverpool	38	25	7	6	57	25	+32	82	2006–07 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
4	Arsenal !Arsenal	38	20	7	11	68	31	+37	67	2006–07 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
5	Tottenham Hotspur !Tottenham Hotspur	38	18	11	9	53	38	+15	65	2006–07 UEFA Cup First round
6	Blackburn Rovers !Blackburn Rovers	38	19	6	13	51	42	+9	63	2006–07 UEFA Cup First round
7	Newcastle United !Newcastle United	38	17	7	14	47	42	+5	58	2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round
8	Bolton Wanderers !Bolton Wanderers	38	15	11	12	49	41	+8	56
9	West Ham United !West Ham United	38	16	7	15	52	55	−3	55	2006–07 UEFA Cup First round ¹
10	Wigan Athletic !Wigan Athletic	38	15	6	17	45	52	−7	51
11	Everton !Everton	38	14	8	16	34	49	−15	50
12	Fulham !Fulham	38	14	6	18	48	58	−10	48
13	Charlton Athletic !Charlton Athletic	38	13	8	17	41	55	−14	47
14	Middlesbrough !Middlesbrough	38	12	9	17	48	58	−10	45
15	Manchester City !Manchester City	38	13	4	21	43	48	−5	43
16	Aston Villa !Aston Villa	38	10	12	16	42	55	−13	42
17	Portsmouth !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

Main article: 2005–06 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

Main article: 2005–06 Football League Cup


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

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2005–06 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

Main article: 2005–06 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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