2005–06 Aston Villa F.C. season

English football club season December 2014 December 2014 Recent history of Aston Villa Aston Villa records and statistics Aston Villa 2005–06 David O'Leary Doug Ellis FA Premier League 16th FA Cup Fifth round League Cup Fourth round Milan Baroš and Luke Moore (8) 34,059 _bow burgundy white _avfc1011h _bow burgundy white _sides_on_white _band_claret 87cefa 8b0000 87cefa 8b0000 87cefa _navylower _thinmidnightbluesides _navylower _yellowsides _yellowtop FFFF33 FFFF33 FFFF33 000066 000066 2004–05 2006–07 Second City Derby 48--36--28 2004–05 2006–07 The 2005–06 English football season was Aston Villa's 14th season in the Premier League After the previous seasons tenth-placed finish Villa never recovered from a poor start which left them at times close to the bottom 3 and despite some impressive wins which ultimately kept Villa in the league discontent among the fans at an uncomfortable relegation battle grew and lead to manager David O'Leary being sacked after the end of the season. There were debut appearances for Gabriel Agbonlahor (341), James Milner (100), Wilfred Bouma (83), Craig Gardner (59), Aaron Hughes (54), Milan Baroš (42), Patrik Berger (29), Gary Cahill (28), Kevin Phillips (23), Eirik Bakke (14), and Stuart Taylor (12).https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/villa-seasons Aston Villa's Seasons AVFC History Kit Supplier Sponsor Hummel DWS Investments Premier League 2005–06 FA Premier League AST Aston Villa's score comes firsthttp://www.statto.com/football/teams/aston-villa/2005-2006/results Aston Villa 2005-2006 Results - statto.com 5 February 2012 23 March 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130323013619/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/aston-villa/2005-2006/results live WinDrawLoss 6 6 7 20 20 4 6 9 22 35 8 October 2021 11v11 May 2006 Results per matchday table b Matchday Ground H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H Result D/L/D/W/D/L/L/L/W/L/L/L/W/W/D/D/L/W/D/D/W/L/D/D/W/L/D/W/L/L/D/L/D/W/L/L/L/W Position 5/12/13/8/14/11/15/16/14/15/16/16/15/14/15/14/15/14/13/13/12/15/15/14/12/15/15/14/14/14/15/16/15/15/15/16/16/16 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss gold silver bronze green1 blue1 red1 7 May 2006 WorldFootball.net May 2006 Matches 13 August 2005 Aston Villa 2–2 Bolton Wanderers D Phillips, Davis 38,026 Report 20 August 2005 Manchester United 1–0 Aston Villa L 67,934 Report 23 August 2005 Portsmouth 1–1 Aston Villa D Hughes (own goal) 19,778 Report 27 August 2005 Aston Villa 1–0 Blackburn Rovers W Baroš 31,010 Report 12 September 2005 West Ham United 4–0 Aston Villa L 29,582 Report 17 September 2005 Aston Villa 1–1 Tottenham Hotspur D Milner 33,686 Report 24 September 2005 Chelsea 2–1 Aston Villa L Moore 42,146 Report 2 October 2005 Aston Villa 2–3 Middlesbrough L Moore, Davis 29,719 Report 16 October 2005 Birmingham City 0–1 Aston Villa W Phillips 29,312 Report 22 October 2005 Aston Villa 0–2 Wigan Athletic L 32,294 Report 31 October 2005 Manchester City 3–1 Aston Villa L Ridgewell 42,069 Report 5 November 2005 Aston Villa 0–2 Liverpool L 42,551 Report 19 November 2005 Sunderland 1–3 Aston Villa W Phillips, Barry, Baroš 39,707 Report 26 November 2005 Aston Villa 1–0 Charlton Athletic W Davis 30,023 Report 3 December 2005 Newcastle United 1–1 Aston Villa D McCann 18,255 Report 10 December 2005 Bolton Wanderers 1–1 Aston Villa D Angel 23,646 Report 17 December 2005 Aston Villa 0–2 Manchester United L 37,128 Report 26 December 2005 Aston Villa 4–0 Everton W Baroš (2), Delaney, Angel 32,432 Report 28 December 2005 Fulham 3–3 Aston Villa D Moore, Ridgewell (2) 20,446 Report 31 December 2005 Aston Villa 0–0 Arsenal D 37,114 Report 2 January 2006 West Bromwich Albion 1–2 Aston Villa W Davis, Baroš (pen) 27,073 Report 14 January 2006 Aston Villa 1–2 West Ham United L Hendrie 36,700 Report 21 January 2006 Tottenham Hotspur 0–0 Aston Villa D 36,243 Report 1 February 2006 Aston Villa 1–1 Chelsea D Moore 38,562 Report 4 February 2006 Middlesbrough 0–4 Aston Villa W Moore (3), Phillips 27,299 Report 11 February 2006 Aston Villa 1–2 Newcastle United L Moore 37,140 Report 25 February 2006 Charlton Athletic 0–0 Aston Villa D 26,594 Report 4 March 2006 Aston Villa 1–0 Portsmouth W Baroš 30,194 Report 11 March 2006 Blackburn Rovers 2–0 Aston Villa L 21,932 Report 18 March 2006 Everton 4–1 Aston Villa L Agbonlahor 36,507 Report 25 March 2006 Aston Villa 0–0 Fulham D 32,605 Report 1 April 2006 Arsenal 5–0 Aston Villa L 38,183 Report 9 April 2006 Aston Villa 0–0 West Bromwich Albion D 33,303 Report 16 April 2006 Aston Villa 3–1 Birmingham City W Baroš (2), Cahill 40,158 Report 18 April 2006 Wigan Athletic 3–2 Aston Villa L Angel, Ridgewell 17,330 Report 25 April 2006 Aston Villa 0–1 Manchester City L 26,422 Report 29 April 2006 Liverpool 3–1 Aston Villa L Barry 44,479 Report 7 May 2006 Aston Villa 2–1 Sunderland W Barry, Ridgewell 33,820 Report FA Cup 2005–06 FA Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR37 January 2006 Hull CityA1–017,051BarryR428 January 2006 Port ValeH3–130,434Baroš (2), DavisR519 February 2006 Manchester CityH1–123,847BarošR5R14 March 2006 Manchester CityA1–233,006Davis League Cup 2005–06 Football League Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR220 September 2005 Wycombe WanderersA8–35,365Davis (2), Baroš, Milner (2), Easton (own goal), Barry (2, 1 pen)R322 October 2005 BurnleyH1–026,872PhillipsR429 November 2005 Doncaster RoversA0–310,590 Players First-team squad Squad at end of seasonhttp://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2005-2006/faprem/avilla.htm FootballSquads - Aston Villa - 2005/06http://www.astonvillaplayerdatabase.com/2005-06.html Aston Villa Player Databasehttps://www.11v11.com/teams/aston-villa/tab/players/season/2006/comp/1/ Aston Villa players: Premier League 2006 Premiership FA Cup League Cup |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers 1 Thomas Sørensen GK DEN 36 0 4 0 3 0 13 Stuart Taylor GK ENG 2 0 0 0 0 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders 2 Mark Delaney DF WAL 12 1 3 0 1 0 3 Jlloyd Samuel DF ENG 14+5 0 2 0 3 0 4 Olof Mellberg DF SWE 27 0 4 0 2 0 5 Martin Laursen DF DEN 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 Ulises de la Cruz DF ECU 4+3 0 0 0 0+1 0 16 Wilfred Bouma DF NED 20 0 1 0 0 0 18 Aaron Hughes DF NIR 35 0 4 0 2 0 19 Liam Ridgewell DF ENG 30+2 5 1+1 0 3 0 21 Gary Cahill DF ENG 6+1 1 0 0 1 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders 6 Gareth Barry MF ENG 36 3 3 1 3 2 7 Lee Hendrie MF ENG 7+9 1 2 0 0+1 0 8 Gavin McCann MF ENG 32 1 4 0 2 0 11 James Milner MF ENG 27 1 3 0 3 2 12 Steven Davis MF NIR 34+1 4 4 2 3 2 14 Eric Djemba-Djemba MF CMR 0+4 0 0 0 0 0 17 Peter Whittingham MF ENG 4 0 0 0 0 0 23 Patrik Berger MF CZE 3+5 0 0 0 1 0 26 Craig Gardner MF ENG 3+5 0 0+1 0 0 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards 9 Juan Pablo Ángel FW COL 12+19 3 2+1 1 3 0 10 Milan Baroš FW CZE 24+1 8 3 2 2 1 20 Kevin Phillips FW ENG 20+3 4 1+1 0 1+1 1 22 Luke Moore FW ENG 16+11 8 3 0 0+2 0 30 Gabriel Agbonlahor FW ENG 3+6 1 0 0 0 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players who left club during season 11 Nolberto Solano MF PER 2+1 0 0 0 0 0 24 Eirik Bakke MF NOR 8+6 0 0 0 0 0 |- 31 June 2006 Competitions October 2017 1 DEN GK Thomas Sørensen 2 WAL DF Mark Delaney 3 ENG DF Jlloyd SamuelSamuel was born in San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago, but also qualified to represent England internationally and has represented them at U-21 level. However, he later chose to represent the country of his birth and made his full international debut for Trinidad and Tobago in September 2009 4 SWE DF Olof Mellberg 5 DEN DF Martin Laursen 6 ENG MF Gareth Barry 7 ENG MF Lee Hendrie 8 ENG MF Gavin McCann 9 COL FW Juan Pablo Ángel 10 CZE FW Milan Baroš 11 ENG MF James Milner on loan from Newcastle United 12 NIR MF Steven Davis 13 ENG GK Stuart Taylor 14 CMR MF Eric Djemba-Djemba 15 ECU DF Ulises de la Cruz 16 NED DF Wilfred Bouma 17 ENG MF Peter Whittingham 18 NIR DF Aaron Hughes 19 ENG DF Liam Ridgewell 20 ENG FW Kevin Phillips 21 ENG DF Gary Cahill 22 ENG FW Luke Moore 23 CZE MF Patrik Berger 26 ENG MF Craig Gardner 30 ENG FW Gabriel Agbonlahor Transfers Left club during season 11 PER MF Nolberto Solano to Newcastle United 16 FRA MF Mathieu Berson on loan to Auxerre 24 NOR MF Eirik Bakke on loan from Leeds United 25 IRL GK Wayne Henderson to Brighton & Hove Albion NED GK Stefan Postma to Wolverhampton Wanderers IRL MF Steven Foley to AFC Bournemouth Transferred in DatePosPlayerFromFee 20 May 2005 RB NIR Aaron Hughes Newcastle United £1,000,000 27 June 2005 GK Stuart Taylor Arsenal £1,000,000 29 June 2005 CF Kevin Phillips Southampton £1,000,000 1 July 2005 LM CZE Patrik Berger Portsmouth Free transfer 23 August 2005 CF CZE Milan Baroš Liverpool £6,500,000 30 August 2005 LB NED Wilfred Bouma NED PSV Eindhoven £3,500,000£13,000,000 Loaned in DatePosPlayerFromLoan End 31 August 2005 RM James Milner Newcastle United 31 May 2006 31 August 2005 CM NOR Eirik Bakke Leeds United 17 January 2006 Transferred out DatePosPlayerToFee 1 July 2005 CM Stephen Cooke Bournemouth Free transfer 1 July 2005 LM GER Thomas Hitzlsperger GER Stuttgart Free transfer 1 July 2005 CF Stefan Moore Queens Park Rangers Free transfer 27 July 2005 CF Darius Vassell Manchester City £2,000,000 31 August 2005 RM PER Nolberto Solano Newcastle United £1,500,000 6 January 2006 GK NED Stefan Postma Wolverhampton Wanderers £500,000 20 January 2006 GK IRL Wayne Henderson Brighton & Hove Albion £60,000 31 August 2005 CM IRL Steven Foley-Sheridan Bournemouth £20,000£4,080,000 Loaned out DatePosPlayerToLoan End 19 August 2005 GK NED Stefan Postma Wolverhampton Wanderers 5 January 2006 25 August 2005 CM FRA Mathieu Berson FRA Auxerre 31 May 2006 14 September 2005 RM Peter Whittingham Notts County 19 November 2005 22 September 2005 CF Gabriel Agbonlahor Watford 22 October 2005 28 October 2005 CF Gabriel Agbonlahor Sheffield Wednesday 28 December 2005 20 January 2006CF Sam Williams WAL Wrexham 31 May 2006 Overall transfer activity Expenditure £13,000,000 Income £4,080,000 Balance £8,920,000 Reserve & youth squad ENG DF Steven Clancy ENG DF Lee Grant ENG DF Paul Green ENG DF Matthew Roome BEL MF Christian Tshimanga KabeyaKabeya was born in Kinshasa, Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo), but also qualifies to represent Belgium internationally and represented them at U-16, U-17, U-18 and U-19 level. ENG FW Shane Paul NIR FW Jamie WardWard was born in Birmingham, England, but also qualifies to represent Northern Ireland internationally through his grandfather and represented them at U-19 and U-21 level before making his international debut for Northern Ireland in August 2011. Daniel Bridges Youth squad 39 AUT GK Bobby Olejnik IRL GK Lee Boyle IRL GK Stephen Henderson ENG DF Ciaran ClarkClark was born in Harrow, England, and represented them at U-17, U-18, U-19, and U-20 level, but also qualifies to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and would make his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in February 2011. ENG DF Jordan Collins IRL DF Danny Earls IRL DF Shane LowryLowry was born in Perth, Australia, but also qualifies to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his parents and represented them at U-17, U-19, and U-21 level before switching his international allegiance to Australia. IRL DF Stephen O'Halloran SWE DF Erik Lund ENG MF Marc Albrighton ENG MF Morgan Evans ENG MF Phil Green ENG MF Jonathan Hogg ENG MF Dan McDonald ENG MF Isaiah Osbourne HUN MF Zoltán Stieber AUS MF Chris Herd ENG FW Scott Bridges ENG FW Sam Williams NIR FW Adam McGurk SWE FW Tobias Mikaelsson DF Seyi Morgan DF Matt Saunders Lee McGuire Lee Mussell Reuben Reid Other players The following players did not play for any Aston Villa team this season. IRL GK David Bevan ENG GK Elliot Parish ENG DF Jordan Collins MF Rowan Caney Ashley Carew Pre-season DateOpponentsHome/AwayResultF – AScorersCompetition18 July 2005Wycombe WanderersA2 – 0May 2022 InternetArchiveBot yes Friendly20 July 2005Gallstad FK SWEA14 – 0Friendly23 July 2005Jonkopings Sodra SWEA1 – 1May 2022 InternetArchiveBot yes Friendly26 July 2005GAIS SWEA3 – 3May 2022 InternetArchiveBot yes Friendly30 July 2005Wolverhampton WanderersA1 – 2May 2022 InternetArchiveBot yes Friendly2 August 2005WalsallA3 – 0May 2022 InternetArchiveBot yes Friendly5 August 2005Utrecht NEDA2 – 1May 2022 InternetArchiveBot yes Friendly Notes notes References External links Aston Villa official website avfchistory.co.uk 2005–06 season https://web.archive.org/web/20210724202450/https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/2005-06-season 24 July 2021 Category:Aston Villa F.C. seasons Aston Villa