2005–06 FC Artmedia Bratislava season

Artmedia Bratislava 2005–06 SVK Vladimír Weiss Stadium FC Petržalka 1898 (domestic games)Tehelné pole (European matches) Superliga 2nd Slovak Cup Semi-finals Champions League Group stage UEFA Cup Round of 32 2004–05 2006–07 During the 2005–06 Slovak football season, Artmedia Bratislava competed in the Superliga. Season summary Artmedia reached the group stages of the UEFA Champions League after wins over Kairat Almaty, Celtic and Partizan Belgrade. They beat Almaty 4–3 on aggregate in the first qualifying round despite a 2–0 defeat in the first leg. However it was on 27 July 2005 that they made their mark on the tournament, producing one of the shock results of Champions League history as they beat 2003 UEFA Cup finalists and 1967 European Cup winners Celtic 5–0 in the first leg of their Champions League second qualifying round match. The stunned Celtic side could not quite recover, only managing to win the return leg 4–0, and Artmedia held on to progress in the tournament. On 23 August 2005 they clinched a place in the group stages after overcoming Serbian powerhouse Partizan Belgrade 4–3 on penalties after a 0–0 aggregate scoreline, thus becoming the second Slovak club after 1. FC Košice in 1997–98 to reach the coveted Champions League group stages. Their success was even more remarkable considering Artmedia's entire annual budget was just over £1 million. Artmedia also made history by becoming one of the first two clubs ever to advance from the first qualifying round into the Champions League group stage. The other club to do so was 2004–05 winners Liverpool, who were given a special entry into the first qualifying round of the 2005–06 tournament and managed to progress to the group stage. Artmedia played their Champions League fixtures at the Tehelné pole ground of crosstown rivals Slovan Bratislava because their own ground did not meet UEFA standards for Champions League play. On 28 September 2005, Artmedia made history once again by becoming the first Slovak side to collect a point in the Champions League group stage. In another famous upset, they came back from a 2–0 first-half deficit to defeat 2004 Champions League winners Porto 3–2 at Porto's home ground. Eventually, they finished third in the group, parachuting them into the UEFA Cup, but not before missing a late chance to score a goal in the return fixture against Porto that would have sent them to the round of 16 at Rangers' expense. In December 2005, goalkeeper Juraj Čobej underwent brain surgery to remove a malign tumor. He made a full recovery. Artmedia lost the home leg of their UEFA Cup round of 32 tie with Levski Sofia 1–0 and were knocked out of the tournament after an away defeat of 2–0. After the successful season, coach Vladimír Weiss left for FC Saturn Ramenskoe.Weiss ends Artmedia adventure Several players left the club, including Ján Ďurica (to FC Saturn Ramenskoe), Balázs Borbély (to Kaiserslautern) and Blažej Vaščák (to Treviso). Competitions Superliga 2005–06 Slovak Superliga ART Slovak Cup 2005–06 Slovak Cup August 31: Inter Bratislava 0-2 Artmedia Bratislava October 5: Artmedia Bratislava 1-0 FC Senec II October 25: FC Senec II 1-1 Artmedia Bratislava March 29: MFK Ružomberok 2-0 Artmedia Bratislava April 29: Artmedia Bratislava 0-2 MFK Ružomberok Champions League 2005–06 UEFA Champions League First qualifying round L 12 July 2005 15:30 Kairat Almaty KAZ 2–0 Report MatchCentre SVK Artmedia Bratislava Fomenka 39Artemov 70 Central Stadium, Almaty René Rogalla (Switzerland) W 20 July 2005 20:00 Artmedia Bratislava SVK 4–1 yes Report https://archive.today/20130814164710/http://2000.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2005/matches/live/day=-9/session=1/match=81177/matchcenterlight/index.html MatchCentre KAZ Kairat Almaty Borbély 21Tchuř 52Kozák 94 pen.Staňo 120+ Bogomolov 91 Národné tréningové centrum, Senec Siarhei Shmolik (Belarus) Second qualifying round W 27 July 2005 20:00 Artmedia Bratislava SVK 5–0 Report MatchCentre SCO Celtic Halenár 43 76 89Vaščák 57Mikulič 78 Tehelné pole, Bratislava Selçuk Dereli (Turkey) L 2 August 2005 20:45 Celtic SCO 4–0 Report MatchCentre SVK Artmedia Bratislava Thompson 21 pen.Hartson 44McManus 54Beattie 82 Celtic Park, Glasgow Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain) Third qualifying round D 10 August 2005 20:00 Artmedia Bratislava SVK 0–0 Report https://archive.today/20130814160619/http://2000.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2005/matches/live/day=-3/session=1/match=81584/matchcenterlight/index.html MatchCentre SCG Partizan Tehelné pole, Bratislava Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden) D 23 August 2005 20:00 Partizan SCG 0–0 yes Report MatchCentre SVK Artmedia Bratislava Nađ Mirković Bajić Vukčević Boya Brnović 3–4 Fodrek Kozák Halenár Fabio Gomes Debnár Ďurica Partizan Stadium, Belgrade Steve Bennett (England) Group stage L 13 September 2005 20:45 Artmedia Bratislava SVK 0–1 https://archive.today/20131020051716/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2005/matches/round=2201/match=1100265/index.html Report MatchCentre ITA Internazionale Cruz 17 Tehelné pole, Bratislava 27,000 Eric Poulat (France) W 28 September 2005 20:45 Porto POR 2–3 Report https://archive.today/20130814152127/http://2000.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2005/matches/live/day=2/session=2/match=1100281/matchcenterlight/index.html MatchCentre SVK Artmedia Bratislava Lucho González 32Diego 39 P. Petráš 45+1Ján Kozák 54Borbély 74 Estádio do Dragão, Porto 35,000 Massimo Busacca (Switzerland) D 19 October 2005 20:45 Rangers SCO 0–0 Report MatchCentre SVK Artmedia Bratislava Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow 49,000 Arturo Daudén Ibáñez (Spain) D 1 November 2005 20:45 Artmedia Bratislava SVK 2–2 https://archive.today/20131020051725/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2005/matches/round=2201/match=1100313/index.html Report MatchCentre SCO Rangers Borbély 8Ján Kozák 59 Pršo 3Thompson 44 Tehelné pole, Bratislava 26,525 Florian Meyer (Germany) L 23 November 2005 20:45 Internazionale ITA 4–0 Report MatchCentre SVK Artmedia Bratislava Figo 28Adriano 41 59 74 San Siro, Milan Closed doors Mike Riley (England) D 6 December 2005 20:45 Artmedia Bratislava SVK 0–0 Report MatchCentre POR Porto Tehelné pole, Bratislava 25,000 Markus Merk (Germany) UEFA Cup 2005–06 UEFA Cup Round of 32 L 15 February 2006 17:30 Artmedia Bratislava SVK 0–1 https://archive.today/20130105004439/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/uefacup/history/season=2005/round=2210/match=82453/report=lu.html Report BUL Levski Sofia E. Angelov 9 Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava Laurent Duhamel (France) L 23 February 2006 17:00 Levski Sofia BUL 2–0 https://archive.today/20130105063912/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/uefacup/history/season=2005/round=2210/match=82454/report=lu.html Report SVK Artmedia Bratislava E. Angelov 14 27 Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia Gerald Lehner (Austria) First-team squad Squad at end of season 1 SVK GK Juraj Čobej 2 SVK DF Ondrej Debnár 3 SVK DF Pavol Staňo 4 SVK DF Ján Ďurica 5 CZE DF Aleš Hellebrand 6 SVK MF Andrej Hanták 7 SVK MF Jozef Kotula 8 SVK MF Blažej Vaščák 9 BRA FW Fábio Gomes 10 SVK FW Martin Mikulič 11 SVK MF Anton Šoltis 12 SVK MF Branislav Obžera 13 SVK MF Daniel Tchuř 14 SVK FW Juraj Halenár 15 SVK MF Vratislav Gajdoš 16 CZE FW Lukáš Hartig 17 SVK MF Balázs Borbély captain 18 SVK GK Ľuboš Kamenár 19 SCG FW Milorad Bukvić 20 SVK MF Branislav Fodrek 21 SVK DF Peter Petráš 22 CZE DF Aleš Urbánek 23 SVK DF Roman Konečný 24 SVK DF Peter Burák 25 SVK MF Ján Kozák 30 SVK GK Štefan Kollár References Category:FC Petržalka Artmedia