2005–06 Valencia CF season

August 2017 Valencia CF 2005-06 Quique Sánchez Flores Mestalla Stadium La Liga 3rd Copa del Rey Quarter-finals Intertoto Cup Runners-up David Villa (25) David Villa (28) _valencia0506h _valencia0506h _valencia0506h FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 000000 FFFFFF _valencia0506a _valencia0506a _valencia0506a 0000DD 0000DD 0000DD FF7F00 0000DD _valencia0405a _valencia0405A _valencia0405a 0000DD f7fc1b 0000DD 0000DD 0000DD 2004–05 2006–07 During the 2005–06 Spanish football season, Valencia CF competed in La Liga. Season summary Valencia opened a new chapter in its history with the appointment of Spanish high-rated coach Quique Sánchez Flores, who had been successful managing Getafe. The most significant player during the season was new striker David Villa, signed from Real Zaragoza in the summer, who netted 25 goals over the full season but losing the topscoring battle of La Liga to Barcelona's Samuel Eto'o with 26 strikes, which was a near low-record. Valencia ended a league season finished 3rd place, just a single point behind Real Madrid and secured UEFA Champions League third qualifying round in the following season. To make matters worse, Valencia had endured a worst UEFA Intertoto Cup run, being beaten 1–0 later eliminated in the final UEFA Intertoto Cup by German club Hamburg and thus failed to qualify for UEFA Cup. This was only their earliest exit from European competitions for the first time. Most notable new players also include Dutch veteran Patrick Kluivert, Spanish young defence starlet Raúl Albiol, Brazilian Edu and Juan Mora. First-team squad Squad at end of seasonhttps://www.footballsquads.co.uk/spain/2005-2006/laliga/valencia.htm FootballSquads - Valencia - 2005/06 1 ESP GK Santiago Cañizares 2 POR DF Miguel 3 BRA DF Fábio Aurélio 4 ARG DF Roberto Ayala 5 ESP DF Carlos Marchena 6 ESP MF David Albelda 7 ESP FW David Villa 8 ESP MF Rubén Baraja 9 NED FW Patrick Kluivert 10 ESP MF Miguel Ángel Angulo 11 URU MF Mario Regueiro 13 ESP GK Juan Mora 14 ESP MF Vicente 15 ITA 2003 DF Amedeo Carboni 16 POR MF Hugo Viana 17 ESP DF David Navarro 18 ESP MF Jorge López 19 ESP MF Francisco Rufete 20 ESP FW Mista 21 ARG MF Pablo Aimar 22 BRA MF EduEdu previously wore number 18 during the season. 23 ESP DF Curro Torres 24 ITA 2003 DF Emiliano Moretti 25 FRA GK Ludovic Butelle 27 ESP MF Pablo Hernández 33 ESP DF Raúl Albiol Left club during season 12 POR DF Marco Caneira on loan to Sporting CP 18 URU MF Gonzalo de los Santos released 22 ITA 2003 FW Marco Di Vaio on loan to AS Monaco Results La Liga VCF Copa del Rey Quarter-final L 19 January 2006 22:00 CET Deportivo 1–0 Report es Valencia Sergio 78 pen. Riazor A Coruña 20,000 Eduardo Iturralde González Basque Country D 25 January 20061 February 2006The match was suspended at the 44th minute because a linesman was hit by a coin. The rest of the match was played one week later behind closed doors. 22:00 CET22:00 CET Valencia 1–1 Report esReport es Deportivo Villa 43 Víctor 69 pen Mestalla Valencia 32,000 / 0 Megía Dávila Madrid Intertoto Cup Third round D 17 July 2005 Gent BEL 0–0 ESP Valencia Jules Ottenstadion, Ghent 9,000 Paolo Dondarini (Italy) W 23 July 2005 Valencia ESP 2–0 BEL Gent Villa 6Kluivert 80 Mestalla Stadium, Valencia 17,000 Ruud Bossen (Netherlands) Valencia won 2–0 on aggregate. Semi-final W 27 July 2005 22:00 Valencia ESP 4–0 Report NED Roda Rufete 36 41 50Moretti 83 Mestalla Stadium, Valencia 22,000 Markus Nobs (Switzerland) D 3 August 2005 20:00 Roda NED 0–0 Report ESP Valencia Parkstad Limburg Stadion, Kerkrade 5,000 Espen Berntsen (Norway) Valencia won 4–0 on aggregate. Final L 2005 8 9 y 20:15 Hamburg GER ESP Valencia 1–0 Barbarez 50 AOL Arena, Hamburg 55,386 Stuart Dougal (Scotland) Report D 2005 8 23 y 22:00 Valencia ESP GER Hamburg 0–0 Mestalla Stadium, Valencia 40,000 Laurent Duhamel (France) Report Hamburg won 1–0 on aggregate. References Notes notes Category:Valencia CF seasons Valencia CF Category:2005–06 La Liga Category:2005 in the Valencian Community Category:2006 in Valencia