2005–06 Swansea City A.F.C. season

April 2022 May 2026 Kenny Jackett Liberty StadiumThe stadium was branded as New Stadium Swansea until 18 October, when Liberty Properties Inc. won the stadium's naming rights. League One 6th (qualified for play-offs) Play-offs Runners-up FA Cup First round League Cup First round Football League Trophy Winners 2004–05 2006–07 During the 2005–06 English football season, Swansea City competed in Football League One. Season summary Swansea had a good season in League One, finishing in sixth place to take the last play-off spot. After beating Brentford 3–1 on aggregate in the semi-final, the Swans faced Barnsley in the final. After a 2–2 draw at the end of extra time, Barnsley won the penalty shoot-out 4–3. This form did not translate to the cup competitions, being knocked out in the first round of both. First-team squad Squad at end of season 1 IRL GK Brian Murphy 2 WAL DF Sam RickettsRicketts was born in Aylesbury, England and represented the England C team, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally through his grandmother, and made his debut for Wales in February 2005. 3 TRI DF Kevin AustinAustin was born in Hackney, England, but also qualified to represent Trinidad and Tobago internationally and made his debut for Trinidad and Tobago in 2000. 4 WAL DF Kristian O'Leary 5 ENG DF Alan Tate 6 ESP MF Roberto Martínez 7 ENG MF Leon Britton 8 ENG FW Kevin Nugent 9 ENG FW Adebayo Akinfenwa 10 ENG FW Lee Trundle 11 ENG MF Adrian Forbes 12 ENG FW Lee Thorpe 14 ENG MF Kevin McLeod 15 CYP MF Tom WilliamsWilliams was born in Sutton, England, but also qualified to represent Cyprus internationally and made his debut for Cyprus in 2006. 16 ENG DF Garry Monk 18 ENG MF Andy Robinson 19 ENG MF Darren Way 22 ENG DF Izzy Iriekpen 23 WAL MF Owain Tudur Jones 24 ENG FW Leon Knight 25 WAL FW Mark Pritchard 26 WAL MF Chad Bond 27 Guadeloupe GK Willy Guéret 28 WAL MF Shaun MacDonald 29 NZ FW Rory FallonFallon was born in Gisborne, New Zealand, but also qualified to represent England internationally and represented them at U-16, U-17, U18, U-19, and U-20 level, before making his international debut for New Zealand in September 2009. 30 SCO DF Steven Watt Left club during season 15 ENG MF Gary Fisken to Newport County 17 ENG FW Paul Connor to Leyton Orient 17 ENG DF Keith Lowe on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers 19 ENG DF Andy Gurney to Swindon Town 20 ENG MF Marc Goodfellow to Grimsby Town 21 ENG DF Ijah Anderson released 24 WAL DF Christian Edwards on loan from Bristol Rovers 29 ENG MF Marcus BeanBean was born in Hammersmith and Fulham, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and would make his international debut for Jamaica in October 2011. on loan from Queens Park Rangers League table League One SWA References 2005-06 Category:Welsh football clubs 2005–06 season Category:2005–06 Football League One by team