2005–06 Hibernian F.C. season

September 2020 Hibernian 2005–06 Rod Petrie Tony Mowbray SPL 4th Scottish Cup Semi CIS Cup Quarter UEFA Cup R1 Riordan, 16 Riordan, 20 2004–05 2006–07 17180 10427 13818http://www.fitbastats.com/hibs/club_records_league_attendance.php Average Home League Game Attendances fitbastats.com 4 November 2013 (up 1279) Season 2005–06 was a season of missed opportunities for Hibernian. The team started strongly in the league, winning 10 of their first 14 games, but this form dipped after Christmas. The Scottish Cup seemed to be opening up for Hibs after they defeated Rangers 3–0 at Ibrox in the fourth round, but they then lost 4–0 in an Edinburgh derby semi–final against Hearts. Hibs lost 3–0 in the quarter–final of the Scottish League Cup at Dunfermline, and were well beaten by Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in the UEFA Cup. Pre-season Hibs went on a three match tour of Ireland in early July, beating St Patrick's Athletic and drawing with Cork City and Shamrock Rovers. This was followed by a series of friendly matches against Scottish Football League clubs. Unusually, two of these matches were played on the same day as Hibs split their squad between matches at Ayr United and Queen of the South. Hibs then played a match against Rot-Weiss Essen to mark the 50th anniversary of the first European Cup competition before completing their pre-season schedule with a 1–0 win against Hartlepool United. Results D 3 July 2005 Friendly match 3–3 Cork City O'Callaghan O'Callaghan pen. Behan Hibernian Morrow Fletcher Morrow Turners Cross, Cork W 5 July 2005 Friendly match 0–5 St Patrick's Athletic Hibernian O'Connor O'Connor Morrow O'Connor Shiels Richmond Park, Dublin D 6 July 2005 Friendly match 1–1 Shamrock Rovers O'Neill pen. Hibernian Konte Tolka Park, Dublin W 12 July 2005 Friendly match 1–4 Berwick Rangers Gordon Hibernian Riordan Riordan O'Connor Riordan Shielfield Park, Berwick 1,158 W 13 July 2005 Friendly match 0–2 Stirling Albion Hibernian Morrow Konte Forthbank Stadium, Stirling 1,450 Ian Frickleton D 16 July 2005 Friendly match 1–1 Ayr United Hyslop Hibernian O'Connor Somerset Park, Ayr 1,028 D 16 July 2005 Friendly match 0–0 Queen of the South Hibernian Palmerston Park, Dumfries 1,226 John McKendrick W 22 July 2005 Friendly match 0–3 Rot-Weiss Essen Hibernian Beuzelin O'Connor Caldwell Georg-Melches-Stadion, Essen 5,129 W 26 July 2005 Friendly match 1–0 Hibernian Sproule Hartlepool United Easter Road, Edinburgh 7,072 League season Hibs began the season inauspiciously, drawing 1–1 at home to Dunfermline, although a draw represented something of a recovery having been a goal and a man down at half time. The second match was an Edinburgh derby at Tynecastle, where Hibs felt the full brunt of a powerful new Hearts side under the management of George Burley. Hibs lost 4–0 as Hearts went on to start the season with eight consecutive league wins. thumb|right|Hibs ended Hearts' unbeaten start to the season on 29 October 2005. Hibs themselves then went on a run of form, winning four league games in a row. The obvious highlight of this run was a 3–0 win at Ibrox, which was Hibs' first win there since 1995. Ivan Sproule, who had been thinking of returning to his native Northern Ireland,Hibs delight at Sproule's U-turn, BBC Sport, 30 August 2005. scored all the goals as a second-half substitute for Garry O'Connor. Sproule became the first visiting player to score a hat-trick at Ibrox since Allan Johnston did it for Hearts in 1996,Football: YOU'RE IVAN A LAUGH; Gers slump to fourth after Sproule hits stunning hat-trick Sunday Mail 28 August 2005 2012-10-22 HighBeam Research subscription https://web.archive.org/web/20121022135924/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-135543969.html Glasgow, Scotland usurped https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-135543969.html and the first Hibs player to achieve the feat in more than 100 years.Hardie, David. As Hibs get ready to take on Rangers, Sproule looks back on his favourite Ibrox moment – and it's not the one you might think.., Edinburgh Evening News, 2 February 2008. Although Hibs then lost home matches to Celtic and Inverness immediately after their European ties, they then went on another run of victories, this time five in succession. The highlight of this run was the 2–0 Edinburgh derby win against Hearts, which ended their unbeaten start to the season.Leslie, Colin. Hibernian 2–0 Hearts: Derby day countdown: Capital's SPL Classics Part IV, The Scotsman, 17 October 2008. Despite a home defeat by Falkirk where Hibs had led 2–0, a convincing 2–1 win against Rangers led to media speculation that Hibs could challenge for the league title, which Tony Mowbray played down.Mowbray denies title credentials, BBC Sport, 27 November 2005. Results D 30 July 2005 SPL 1–1 Hibernian O'Connor 74 Dunfermline Athletic Shields 12 Easter Road, Edinburgh 13,010 Charlie Richmond L 7 August 2005 SPL 4–0 Heart of Midlothian Skacel 12 Hartley 58 pen. Simmons 71 Mikoliunas 83 Hibernian Tynecastle, Edinburgh 16,459 Stuart Dougal W 13 August 2005 SPL 3–0 Hibernian Murphy 40 Shiels 42 O'Connor 53 Livingston Easter Road, Edinburgh 11,341 G Turner W 20 August 2005 SPL 0–2 Falkirk Hibernian Brown 36 Riordan 63 pen. Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk 6,268 Brian Winter W 27 August 2005 SPL 0–3 Rangers Hibernian Sproule 67 86 90 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow 49,754 Iain Brines W 10 September 2005 SPL 2–1 Hibernian O'Connor 18 pen. Sproule 70 Dundee United Brebner 14 Easter Road, Edinburgh 12,062 Kenny Clark L 18 September 2005 SPL 0–1 Hibernian Celtic Petrov 5 Easter Road, Edinburgh 15,649 Craig Thomson W 24 September 2005 SPL 1–3 Motherwell Foran 83 pen. Hibernian Beuzelin 20 Stewart 68 Riordan 80 Fir Park, Motherwell 6,461 Dougie McDonald L 2 October 2005 SPL 1–2 Hibernian Fletcher 82 Inverness CT Proctor 49 Wyness 65 Easter Road, Edinburgh 11,683 Brian Winter W 15 October 2005 SPL 4–2 Hibernian Caldwell 53 Beuzelin 61 80 Riordan 81 Kilmarnock Ford 7 Fowler 40 Easter Road, Edinburgh 11,731 Alan Freeland W 22 October 2005 SPL 0–1 Aberdeen Hibernian Riordan 55 Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen 13,375 Mike McCurry W 26 October 2005 SPL 1–2 Dunfermline Athletic Mason 87 Hibernian O'Connor 48 83 East End Park, Dunfermline 6,853 Craig Mackay W 29 October 2005 SPL 2–0 Hibernian Beuzelin 78 O'Connor 80 Heart of Midlothian Easter Road, Edinburgh 17,180 John R. Underhill W 5 November 2005 SPL 1–2 Livingston Strong 42 Hibernian Shiels 83 O'Connor 86 Almondvale, Livingston 8,390 Dougie McDonald L 19 November 2005 SPL 2–3 Hibernian Riordan 1 33 Falkirk Duffy 48 73 Gow 55 Easter Road, Edinburgh 13,092 Steve Conroy W 27 November 2005 SPL 2–1 Hibernian Riordan 18 O'Connor 25 Rangers Ferguson 59 Easter Road, Edinburgh 16,958 Stuart Dougal L 3 December 2005 SPL 1–0 Dundee United Samuel 61 Hibernian Tannadice Park, Dundee 7,976 Brian Winter L 10 December 2005 SPL 3–2 Celtic Hartson 40 65 Maloney 57 Hibernian Beuzelin 47 Fletcher 53 Celtic Park, Glasgow 59,895 Kenny Clark W 17 December 2005 SPL 2–1 Hibernian Fletcher 3 Riordan 90 Motherwell McDonald 17 Easter Road, Edinburgh 11,926 Charlie Richmond L 26 December 2005 SPL 2–0 Inverness CT Wilson 8 Dargo 11 Hibernian Caley Stadium, Inverness 7,017 Alan Freeland D 2 January 2006 SPL 2–2 Kilmarnock Naismith 30 Wales 90 Hibernian Hogg 60 O'Connor 85 Rugby Park, Kilmarnock 9,224 Brian Winter L 14 January 2006 SPL 1–2 Hibernian Whittaker 90 Aberdeen Crawford 4 Mackie 14 Easter Road, Edinburgh 14,572 Dougie McDonald W 21 January 2006 SPL 3–1 Hibernian Riordan 17 71 Fletcher 89 Dunfermline Athletic Donnelly 35 Easter Road, Edinburgh 13,316 Stuart Dougal L 28 January 2006 SPL 4–1 Heart of Midlothian Hartley 27 44 pen. Skacel 41 Elliot 50 Hibernian O'Connor 58 Tynecastle, Edinburgh 17,371 Mike McCurry W 8 February 2006 SPL 7–0 Hibernian Killen 19 Riordan 33 pen. 64 O'Connor 48 Mackay 70 o.g. Fletcher 89 90 Livingston Easter Road, Edinburgh 12,170 Charlie Richmond D 11 February 2006 SPL 0–0 Falkirk Hibernian Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk 5,937 Craig Mackay L 18 February 2006 SPL 2–0 Rangers Boyd 40 Ferguson 74 Hibernian Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow 49,720 Iain Brines W 4 March 2006 SPL 3–1 Hibernian Riordan 6 Archibald 25 o.g. Killen 33 Dundee United Goodwillie 89 Easter Road, Edinburgh 16,266 Brian Winter L 12 March 2006 SPL 1–2 Hibernian Riordan 24 Celtic Maloney 36 pen. McManus 60 Easter Road, Edinburgh 16,985 Alan Freeland D 18 March 2006 SPL 2–2 Motherwell O'Donnell 40 Craigan 90 Hibernian Killen 48 Glass 78 Fir Park, Motherwell 6,724 Mike McCurry L 25 March 2006 SPL 0–2 Hibernian Inverness CT Dods 58 Wilson 79 pen. Easter Road, Edinburgh 12,745 Mike Ritchie W 5 April 2006 SPL 2–1 Hibernian Riordan 80 Dalglish 87 Kilmarnock Wales 19 Easter Road, Edinburgh 10,427 Calum Murray L 8 April 2006 SPL 1–0 Aberdeen Severin 21 Hibernian Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen 14,110 Iain Brines D 16 April 2006 SPL 1–1 Celtic Zurawski 76 Hibernian Fletcher 35 Celtic Park, Glasgow 60,047 Kevin Toner W 22 April 2006 SPL 2–1 Hibernian Riordan 16 Benjelloun 78 Heart of Midlothian Bednar 45 Easter Road, Edinburgh 16,654 Charlie Richmond L 29 April 2006 SPL 4–0 Aberdeen Crawford 4 Lovell 30 54 Foster 65 Hibernian Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen 10,490 Brian Winter L 2 May 2006 SPL 1–2 Hibernian Hemdani 72 o.g. Rangers Boyd 36 74 Easter Road, Edinburgh 14,933 Mike McCurry L 7 May 2006 SPL 3–1 Kilmarnock Naismith 48 pen. Greer 72 Nish 75 Hibernian Fletcher 5 Rugby Park, Kilmarnock 5,732 Alan Freeland Final table HIB UEFA Cup Having finished third in the Scottish Premier League table in the previous season, Hibs qualified directly into the first round proper of the UEFA Cup. They were drawn against Ukrainian Premier League side Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, with Hibs due to play at home first. The match at Easter Road was a goalless draw, although Hibs hit the woodwork twice.Hibernian 0–0 Dnipro, BBC Sport, 15 September 2005. Dnipro took the lead early in the return match thanks to a deflected goal, but Derek Riordan equalised midway through the first half. Hibs conceded two goals before half-time, however, and Dnipro added two more late goals on the counter-attack.Dnipro 5–1 Hibernian (agg 5–1), BBC Sport, 29 September 2005. This eliminated Hibs at the first hurdle, as they had been in their previous entry in 2001. Results D 15 September 2005 UEFA Cup 0–0 Hibernian Dnipro Easter Road, Edinburgh 16,861 Knud Erik Fisker L 29 September 2005 UEFA Cup 5–1 Dnipro Nazarenko 1 Shershun 26 Shelayev 39 pen. Melaschenko 87 90 Hibernian Riordan 24 Meteor, Dnipropetrovsk Fritz Stuchlik Scottish League Cup As one of the European qualifiers from the previous season, Hibs were given a bye to the last 16 of the competition. In that round they defeated Ayr United 2–1 at Somerset Park. In the quarter-final, Hibs were drawn to play Dunfermline Athletic at East End Park. Dunfermline were struggling in the SPL and had recently lost at home to Hibs in the league, but they turned this form on its head to comfortably beat Hibs 3–0 in the League Cup, ending Hibs' involvement in the competition. Results W 21 September 2005 Scottish League Cup 1–2 Ayr United Wardlaw 86 Hibernian Riordan 37 41 Somerset Park, Ayr 2,598 Steve Conroy L 8 November 2005 Scottish League Cup 3–0 Dunfermline Athletic Burchill 15 45 Mason 90 Hibernian East End Park, Dunfermline 6,005 Stuart Dougal Scottish Cup Hibs had a straightforward win in the last 32 of the Scottish Cup at home to Arbroath. In the last 16 they were given the daunting task of facing Rangers at Ibrox, although Hibs had won 3–0 at Ibrox earlier in the season thanks to Ivan Sproule's hat-trick. Their preparations for the game were not helped when Rangers made an offer to sign Derek Riordan, Hibs' top scorer, in the week before the match. Hibs rejected Rangers' offer, but accepted offers from foreign clubs that Riordan himself turned down. This transfer activity led Tony Mowbray to decide to leave Riordan on the bench for the match at Ibrox, just as he had done before the previous match at that ground that season. Riordan ended up making a cameo appearance, setting up the third goal for Chris Killen in a second 3–0 win for Hibs at Ibrox, and their third victory in all over Rangers that season. Garry O'Connor and Sproule had scored Hibs' first two goals early in the second half, with Simon Brown gaining some credit for producing an excellent save from Bob Malcolm during the first half. With Celtic having already been eliminated in a shock defeat by Clyde in the last 32, the Scottish Cup had been opened up for a first winner from outside the Old Firm since Hearts in 1998. The first Scottish Cup Final without an Old Firm club present since 1997 was also guaranteed by those two results. In the quarter-final, Hibs were drawn to play SPL club Falkirk away. Hibs progressed through to the semi-final after a 5–1 victory at the Falkirk Stadium. Hibs were joined in the semi-finals by Edinburgh derby rivals Hearts and Scottish Football League clubs Dundee and Gretna. Gretna beat Dundee 3–0 in the first semi-final, leaving Hibs and Hearts to contest the right to face a Second Division side in a Cup Final where they would be heavy favourite. The problem for Hibs was that they had been seriously weakened by the time of that semi-final. Derek Riordan had not been sold in the January window, but was suspended for the semi-final after collecting a second yellow card of the competition against Falkirk.Hibernian 0–4 Hearts, BBC Sport, 2 April 2006. Garry O'Connor had been sold to Lokomotiv Moscow straight after the quarter-final win. Chris Killen had failed a late fitness test and Paul Dalglish was cup-tied to Livingston. Midfielders Scott Brown and Michael Stewart were also unavailable due to injury. These selection problems, particularly in attack, meant that Mowbray drafted in Moroccan youngster Abdessalam Benjelloun for his debut, and also started with youngster Steven Fletcher in attack. He also juggled the other areas of the team by moving Gary Caldwell into midfield and bringing Chris Hogg into defence. The makeshift Hibs side lost the match 4–0 and had Sproule and Gary Smith sent off. Former Hibs player Paul Hartley scored a hat-trick, leaving Mowbray to wonder whether Hibs would have won if the absent players had been available.Mowbray vows to come back better, BBC Sport, 2 April 2006. Results W 7 January 2006 Scottish Cup 6–0 Hibernian Brown 40 78 Sproule 45 Stewart 63 O'Connor 74 Fletcher 85 Arbroath Easter Road, Edinburgh 10,523 William Collum W 4 February 2006 Scottish Cup 0–3 Rangers Hibernian O'Connor 50 Sproule 59 Killen 78 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow 40,722 Stuart Dougal W 25 February 2006 Scottish Cup 1–5 Falkirk McBreen 70 Hibernian Riordan 9 O'Connor 64 Sproule 74 Caldwell 77 Fletcher 88 Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk 6,259 Kenny Clark L 2 April 2006 Scottish Cup 0–4 Hibernian Heart of Midlothian Hartley 28 59 88 pen. Jankauskas 81 Hampden Park, Glasgow 43,180 Stuart Dougal Transfers Hibs did not make many major changes from the squad that had finished third in the SPL in the previous season. Captain Ian Murray moved to Rangers under freedom of contract, while Hibs signed Michael Stewart, who had been on loan at Hearts. Tony Mowbray also signed Zbigniew Małkowski to play in goal, as Simon Brown had made some errors towards the end of the previous season. During the winter, Hibs brought in Chris Killen, Oumar Kondé and Paul Dalglish in an attempt to strengthen a squad that was being stretched by injuries. The only major transfer during the season was the sale of Garry O'Connor to Lokomotiv Moscow at the start of March 2006. This transfer went ahead outside of the normal British transfer windows because the Russian Premier League transfer window was still open.Gordon, Phil. Lokomotiv express desire to capture O'ConnorSeptember 2024 medicmedic, The Times, 28 February 2006. O'Connor's transfer started a trend of Hibs selling players, as Kevin Thomson, Scott Brown, Steven Whittaker and David Murphy all moved for fees in excess of £1.5M over the course of the next two years. Players in PlayerFromFeeScotland Michael StewartManchester UnitedFreePoland Zbigniew MałkowskiFeyenoordFreeNetherlands Humphrey RudgeApollon LimassolFreeSwitzerland Oumar KondéHansa RostockFreeNew Zealand Chris KillenOldham AthleticFreeScotland Paul DalglishLivingstonNominal FeeScotland Andrew McNeilSouthamptonFree Players out PlayerToFeeScotland Ian MurrayRangersFreeScotland Stephen DobbieSt JohnstoneFreeAustria Alen OrmanFC ThunFreeScotland Garry O'ConnorLokomotiv Moscow£1,600,000Netherlands Humphrey RudgeRoda JCFree Loans in Loans out PlayerToScotland Jay ShieldsBerwick RangersScotland Jonathan BaillieAyr UnitedEngland Kevin McDonaldAirdrie UnitedNorthern Ireland Sam MorrowLivingston Player stats During the 2005–06 season, Hibs used 31 different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.http://www.soccerbase.com/squad_season.sd?teamid=1227 Hibernian 2005/2006 player appearances Soccerbase 24 November 2008 SPL Scottish Cup League Cup UEFA Cup Simon Brown GK England 7 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 Zibi Malkowski GK Poland 32 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 Gary Caldwell DF Scotland 34 1 4 1 1 0 2 0 Chris Hogg DF England 23 1 3 0 2 0 2 0 Oumar Kondé DF Switzerland 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 David Murphy DF England 30 1 4 0 1 0 2 0 Humphrey Rudge DF Netherlands 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 Jay Shields DF Scotland 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gary Smith DF Scotland 20 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 Steven Whittaker DF Scotland 34 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 Guillaume Beuzelin MF France 21 5 0 0 2 0 2 0 Scott Brown MF Scotland 20 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 Stephen Glass MF Scotland 28 1 4 0 1 0 1 0 Sean Lynch MF Scotland 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jamie McCluskey MF Scotland 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 Kevin McDonald MF England 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Antonio Murray MF England 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dean Shiels MF Northern Ireland 16 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 Ivan Sproule MF Northern Ireland 32 4 4 3 2 0 2 0 Lewis Stevenson MF Scotland 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Michael Stewart MF Scotland 25 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 Kevin Thomson MF Scotland 31 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 Abdessalam Benjelloun FW Morocco 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Ross Campbell FW Scotland 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Paul Dalglish FW Scotland 11 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 Steven Fletcher FW Scotland 34 8 4 2 2 0 1 0 Chris Killen FW New Zealand 7 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 Amadou Konte FW Mali 13 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 Sam Morrow FW Northern Ireland 8 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 Garry O'Connor FW Scotland 26 11 3 3 1 0 2 0 Derek Riordan FW Scotland 36 16 3 1 2 2 1 1 |} See also List of Hibernian F.C. seasons References 30em External links First Team Fixtures 2005/2006, Hibernian F.C. official site Hibernian 2005/2006 results and fixtures, Soccerbase Category:Hibernian F.C. seasons Hibernian