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 |
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| 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
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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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 1 |  Villarreal |
6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 10 |
| 2 |  Benfica |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 |  Lille |
6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 6 |
| 4 |  Manchester United |
6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 6 |
[edit] Squad statistics
| No. | Pos. | Name | League | FA Cup | Carling Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| 1 | GK |  Tim Howard |
0(1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5(1) | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Gary Neville (vc) |
24(1) | 0 | 2(1) | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3(1) | 0 | 34(3) | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Patrice Evra |
7(4) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8(6) | 0 |
| 4 | DF |  Gabriel Heinze |
2(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4(2) | 2 |
| 5 | DF | Rio Ferdinand |
37 | 3 | 1(1) | 0 | 4(1) | 0 | 8 | 0 | 50(2) | 3 |
| 6 | DF | Wes Brown |
17(2) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 29(2) | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Cristiano Ronaldo |
24(9) | 9 | 1(1) | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 37(10) | 11 |
| 8 | FW | Wayne Rooney |
34(2) | 16 | 2(1) | 0 | 3(1) | 2 | 5 | 1 | 44(4) | 19 |
| 9 | FW | Louis Saha |
12(7) | 7 | 3(1) | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0(2) | 0 | 20(10) | 15 |
| 10 | FW |  Ruud van Nistelrooy |
28(7) | 21 | 2 | 0 | 1(1) | 1 | 8 | 2 | 39(8) | 24 |
| 11 | MF |  Ryan Giggs |
22(5) | 2 | 1(1) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4(1) | 1 | 30(7) | 4 |
| 13 | MF |  Park Ji-Sung |
23(11) | 1 | 1(1) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0(6) | 0 | 27(18) | 2 |
| 14 | FW | Alan Smith |
15(6) | 1 | 0(2) | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 7(1) | 0 | 23(10) | 1 |
| 15 | DF |  Nemanja Vidić |
9(2) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11(4) | 0 |
| 16 | MF |  Roy Keane (c) |
4(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5(1) | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Liam Miller |
0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0(1) | 0 | 1(2) | 1 |
| 18 | MF | Paul Scholes |
18(2) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 25(2) | 3 |
| 19 | GK | Edwin van der Sar |
38 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 51 | 0 |
| 20 | FW |  Ole Gunnar Solskjær |
0(3) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2(3) | 0 |
| 22 | DF | John O'Shea |
34 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3(1) | 1 | 7 | 0 | 46(1) | 2 |
| 23 | MF | Kieran Richardson |
12(10) | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4(1) | 1 | 2(3) | 1 | 22(14) | 5 |
| 24 | MF |  Darren Fletcher |
23(4) | 1 | 2(1) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 36(5) | 1 |
| 25 | MF |  Quinton Fortune |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Mikaël Silvestre |
30(3) | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4(1) | 0 | 6 | 0 | 44(4) | 1 |
| 28 | DF | Gerard Piqué |
1(2) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4(3) | 0 |
| 40 | FW | Sylvan Ebanks-Blake |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 42 | FW |  Giuseppe Rossi |
1(4) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0(2) | 0 | 6(6) | 4 |
| 44 | DF | Adam Eckersley |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 46 | MF | Lee Martin |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 49 | MF | Richard Jones |
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2(2) | 0 |
| 50 | MF | 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 | Edwin van der Sar |
Fulham | Undisclosed |
| 2005-07-08 | MF | Park Ji-Sung |
PSV Eindhoven | £4m |
| 2005-09-19 | GK | Ben Foster |
Stoke City | Undisclosed |
| 2006-01-05 | DF |  Nemanja Vidić |
Spartak Moscow | Undisclosed |
| 2006-01-10 | DF | Patrice Evra |
AS Monaco | Undisclosed |
[edit] Out
| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005-08-04 | DF | Phil Neville |
Everton | Undisclosed |
| 2005-08-11 | MF |  Kléberson |
Beşiktaş | £2.5m |
| 2005-11-18 | MF | Roy Keane |
Unattached | Free |
| 2006-01-17 | FW |  Jami Puustinen |
Unattached | Free |
| 2006-01-18 | MF | David Fox |
Unattached | Free |
| 2006-01-19 | FW | Kenny Cooper |
Unattached | Free |
| 2006-01-31 | FW | Colin Heath |
Unattached | Free |
| 2006-06-01 | MF | Quinton Fortune |
Unattached | Free |
[edit] Loan out
[edit] References
- ^ Manchester United Season 2005/06. StretfordEnd.co.uk. Retrieved on 2007-10-08.
[edit] See also
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