- 2005–06 Manchester City F.C. season
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Manchester City Season 2005–06 Owner Publicly traded company Chairman John Wardle Manager Stuart Pearce Team captain Sylvain Distin Home stadium City of Manchester Stadium
(a.k.a. Eastlands and CoMS)Premier League Fifteenth League Cup Second round FA Cup Quarter-finals Top goalscorers League: Andy Cole (9 goals)
(20th highest in Premier League)
All comps: Andy Cole (10 goals) and Darius Vassell (10 goals)Season revenue € 89.4 million (17th highest in world)
(7th highest in Premier League)Average home
attendance42,856 – over 19 PL home games
(4th highest in Premier League)Highest home
attendance47,192 Manchester United v
14 January 2006Highest away
attendance67,839 Manchester United v
10 September 2005Lowest home
attendance27,779 Scunthorpe United v
7 January 2006Lowest away
attendance8,228 Doncaster Rovers v
21 September 2005← 2004–05 2006–07 → Results summary - all competitions Wins Draws Losses Win % Home 12 2 9 52.2% Away 4 4 13 19.0% Both 16 6 22 36.4% Results summary - Premier League Wins Draws Losses Win % Home 9 2 8 47.4% Away 4 2 13 21.1% Both 13 4 21 34.2% The 2005–06 season was Manchester City Football Club's fourth consecutive season playing in the Premier League, the top division of English football, and its ninth season since the Premier League was first created with Manchester City as one of the its original 22 founding member clubs. Overall, it was the team's 114th season playing in a division of English football, most of which have been spent in the top flight.
Contents
Season review
Team kit
For this season the shirt sponsor for all of the club's kits continued to be the previous season's sponsor, Thomas Cook, while the team kits were produced by the previous season's supplier, Reebok.
Home (version 1) Home (version 2) Away (version 1) Away (version 2) Third Historical league performance
Prior to this season, the history of Manchester City's performance in the English football league hierarchy since the creation of the Premier League in 1992 is summarised by the following timeline chart – which commences with the last season (1991–92) of the old Football League First Division (from which the Premier League was formed).
Friendly games
Pre-season
15 July 2005 Tranmere Rovers 1 – 0 Manchester City Prenton, England 19:45 BST Davies 90' MCFC report
M.E.N. reportStadium: Prenton Park 16 July 2005 Macclesfield Town 1 – 1 Manchester City Macclesfield, England 15:00 BST Parkin 3' MCFC report
M.E.N. report8' Hussain Stadium: Moss Rose
Attendance: 4,420
Referee: Chris Foy (Merseyside)Premier League Asia Trophy
20 July 2005 Bolton Wanderers 1 – 1
(5 – 4 pen)Manchester City Bangkok, Thailand 21:45 MST
14:45 BSTDavies 47' MCFC report
M.E.N. report
41' Barton Stadium: Rajamangala Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Chris Foy (Merseyside)Penalties Okocha
Diouf
Vaz Tê
Fadiga
CampoBarton
Flood
Sun
Bermingham
B. Wright-Phillips23 July 2005 Everton 1 – 1
(2 – 4 pen)Manchester City Bangkok, Thailand 17:45 MST
10:45 BSTBeattle 51' (pen.) MCFC report
M.E.N. report
24' Cole Stadium: Rajamangala Stadium
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Mark Clattenburg (Tyne & Wear)Penalties Weir
Ferguson
Bent
KilbaneB. Wright-Phillips
Mills
Thatcher
Flood30 July 2005 Stoke City 1 – 2 Manchester City Stoke-on-Trent, England 15:00 BST Dyer 51'
Dyer 68' (pen.)MCFC report
M.E.N. report67' Sun
73' Cole
81' B. Wright-PhillipsStadium: Britannia Stadium
Referee: Phil Dowd (Staffordshire)31 July 2005 Sheffield Wednesday 1 – 1 Manchester City Sheffield, England 15:00 BST Whelan 40' MCFC report 61' Bermingham Stadium: Hillsborough
Attendance: 12,796Thomas Cook Trophy
6 August 2005 Manchester City 3 – 1 Olympiacos Manchester, England 15:00 BST Vassell 65'
B. Wright-Phillips 75' 79'MCFC report
M.E.N. report27' Touré Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: ~20,000Competitive games
Premier League
Position in final standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 13 Charlton Athletic 38 13 8 17 41 55 −14 47 14 Middlesbrough 38 12 9 17 48 58 −10 45 15 Manchester City 38 13 4 21 43 48 −5 43 16 Aston Villa 38 10 12 16 42 55 −13 42 17 Portsmouth 38 10 8 20 37 62 −25 38 Updated to games played on 7 May 2006 (end of season)
Source: Premier League 2005-06
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.Results summary
Overall Home Away Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD 38 13 4 21 43 48 −5 43 9 2 8 23 20 +3 4 2 13 20 28 −8 Last updated: 7 May 2006 (end of season)
Source: Premier League results 2005-06Points breakdown
Points at home: 29
Points away from home: 14Points against "Big Four" teams: 4
Points against promoted teams: 9- 6 points: Aston Villa, Birmingham City, Charlton Athletic, Sunderland
- 4 points: Manchester United
- 3 points: Everton, Newcastle United, Portsmouth, West Ham United
- 1 point: Blackburn Rovers, Middlesbrough, West Bromwich Albion
- 0 points: Arsenal, Bolton Wanderers, Chelsea, Fulham, Liverpool,
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- Tottenham Hotspur, Wigan Athletic
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Biggest & smallest
Biggest home wins: 4–1 vs. Birmingham City, 17 December 2005
3–0 vs. Newcastle United, 1 February 2006
Biggest home defeats: 1–3 vs. Arsenal, 4 May 2006
0–2 vs. Tottenham Hotspur, 4 January 2006
Biggest away win: 2–5 vs. Charlton Athletic, 4 December 2005
Biggest away defeats: 2–0 vs. West Bromwich Albion, 10 December 2005
& vs. Bolton Wanderers, 21 January 2006 & vs. Chelsea, 25 March 2006
& vs. Blackburn Rovers, 7 May 2006
Biggest home attendance: 47,192 vs. Manchester United, 14 January 2006
Smallest home attendance: 40,256 vs. Middlesbrough, 2 April 2006
Biggest away attendance: 67,839 vs. Manchester United, 10 September 2005
Smallest away attendance: 19,556 vs. Portsmouth, 11 March 2006Results by round
Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 Ground H A A H A H A H H A H A H H A A H A H A H H A H A H A H A H A H A A A H H A Result D W W W D L L W W L W L D L W L W L L D L W L W L W L W L L L L L L W L L L Last updated: 7 May 2006 (end of season).
Source: Premier League results 2005-06
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.Individual match reports
13 August 2005
15:00Manchester City 0 – 0 West Bromwich Albion City of Manchester Stadium
Manchester
Attendance: 42,983
Referee: C J FoyGuardian report
20 August 2005
17:15Birmingham City 1 – 2 Manchester City St Andrews
Birmingham
Attendance: 26,366
Referee: M ClattenburgButt 7' Guardian report 20' Barton
46' Cole
23 August 2005
19:45Sunderland 1 – 2 Manchester City Stadium of Light
Sunderland
Attendance: 33,357
Referee: P WaltonLe Tallec 41' Guardian report 9' Vassell
35' Sinclair
27 August 2005
15:00Manchester City 2 – 1 Portsmouth City of Manchester Stadium
Manchester
Attendance: 41,022
Referee: A WileyReyna 66'
Cole 69'Guardian report
BBC Sport report52' Viafara
10 September 2005
15:00Manchester United 1 – 1 Manchester City Old Trafford
Manchester
Attendance: 67,839
Referee: S Bennettvan Nistelrooy 45' Guardian report 75' Barton
18 September 2005
16:00Manchester City 0 – 1 Bolton Wanderers City of Manchester Stadium
Manchester
Attendance: 43,137
Referee: M L DeanGuardian report 93' Speed
24 September 2005
15:00Newcastle United 1 – 0 Manchester City St James' Park
Newcastle
Attendance: 52, 280
Referee: G PollOwen 18' Guardian report
2 October 2005
11:15Manchester City 2 – 0 Everton City of Manchester Stadium
Manchester
Attendance: 42,681
Referee: M HalseyMills 72'
Vassell 92'Guardian report
16 October 2005
16:00Manchester City 2 – 1 West Ham United City of Manchester Stadium
Manchester
Attendance: 43, 647
Referee: M ClattenburgCole 17' 55' Guardian report 90' Zamora
22 October 2005
15:00Arsenal 1 – 0 Manchester City Highbury
London
Attendance: 38,119
Referee: Mike RileyPirès 61' (pen.) Guardian report
31 October 2005
20:00Manchester City 3 – 1 Aston Villa City of Manchester Stadium
Manchester
Attendance: 42,069
Referee: D J GallagherVassell 4' 26'
Cole 82'Guardian report 64' Ridgewell
5 November 2005
15:00Fulham 2 – 1 Manchester City Craven Cottage
London
Attendance: 22,241
Referee: R StylesMalbranque 6' 44' Guardian report 20' Croft
19 November 2005
15:00Manchester City 0 – 0 Blackburn Rovers City of Manchester Stadium
Manchester City
Attendance: 44,092
Referee: M AtkinsonGuardian report
26 November 2005
15:00Manchester City 0 – 1 Liverpool City of Manchester Stadium
Manchester
Attendance: 47,105
Referee: A G WileyGuardian report 60' Riise
4 December 2005
16:00Charlton Athletic 2 – 5 Manchester City The Valley
London
Attendance: 25,289
Referee: P DowdBent 36'
Bothroyd 73'Guardian report 25' 84' Cole
37' Sinclair
69' Barton
79' Vassell
10 December 2005
15:00West Bromwich Albion 2 – 0 Manchester City The Hawthorns
West Bromwich
Attendance: 25,472
Referee: M DeanKamara 36'
Campbell 73'Guardian report
BBC Sport report87' Cole
17 December 2005
17:15Manchester City 4 – 1 Birmingham City City of Manchester Stadium
Manchester
Attendance: 41,343
Referee: S BennettSommeil 1'
Barton 13' (pen.)
Sibierski 39'
Wright-Phillips 69'Guardian report 73' Jarošík
90' Vaesen
26 December 2005
15:00Wigan Athletic 4 – 3 Manchester City JJB Stadium
Wigan
Attendance: 25,017
Referee: D GallagherRoberts 11' 44'
McCulloch 22'
Camara 70'Guardian report 2' Sibierski
76' Barton
87' Cole
28 December 2005
19:45Manchester City 0 – 1 Chelsea City of Manchester Stadium
Manchester
Attendance: 46,587
Referee: U RennieGuardian report 79' Cole
31 December 2005
15:00Middlesbrough 0 – 0 Manchester City Riverside Stadium
Middlesbrough
Attendance: 28,022
Referee: M AtkinsonGuardian report
4 January 2006
20:00Manchester City 0 – 2 Tottenham Hotspur City of Manchester Stadium
Manchester
Attendance: 40,808
Referee: A WileyGuardian report 30' Mido
83' Keane
14 January 2006
12:45Manchester City 3 – 1 Manchester United City of Manchester Stadium
Manchester
Attendance: 47,192
Referee: S BennettSinclair 32'
Vassell 39'
Fowler 93'Guardian report 76' van Nistelrooy
66' Ronaldo
21 January 2006
15:00Bolton Wanderers 2 – 0 Manchester City Reebok Stadium
Bolton
Attendance: 26,466
Referee: R StylesBorgetti 32'
Nolan 39'Guardian report
1 February 2006
19:45Manchester City 3 – 0 Newcastle United City of Manchester Stadium
Manchester
Attendance: 42,413
Referee: C FoyRiera 14'
Cole 38'
Vassell 62'Guardian report
BBC Sport report
4 February 2006
15:00Everton 1 – 0 Manchester City Goodison Park
Liverpool
Attendance: 37,827
Referee: A MarrinerWeir 7' Guardian report 90' Jordan
12 February 2006
15:00Manchester City 3 – 2 Charlton Athletic City of Manchester Stadium
Manchester
Attendance: 41,347
Referee: M. DeanDunne 22'
Samaras 53'
Barton 63'Guardian report 50' D. Bent
66' M. Bent
26 February 2006
12:15Liverpool 1 – 0 Manchester City Anfield
Liverpool
Attendance: 44,121
Referee: D GallagherKewell 40' Guardian report 52' Barton
5 March 2006
13:30Manchester City 2 – 1 Sunderland City of Manchester Stadium
Manchester
Attendance: 42,200
Referee: C. FoySamaras 8' 10' Guardian report 24' Kyle
85' Breen
11 March 2006
15:00Portsmouth 2 – 1 Manchester City Fratton Park
Portsmouth
Attendance: 19,556
Referee: M HalseyMendes 30' 90+3' Guardian report 81' Dunne
18 March 2006
15:00Manchester City 0 – 1 Wigan Athletic City of Manchester Stadium
Manchester
Attendance: 42,444
Referee: M AtkinsonGuardian report 55' McCulloch
25 March 2006
15:00Chelsea 2 – 0 Manchester City Stamford Bridge
London
Attendance: 42,321
Referee: R StylesDrogba 30' 33' Guardian report 45' Distin
2 April 2006
15:00Manchester City 0 – 1 Middlesbrough City of Manchester Stadium
Manchester
Attendance: 40,256
Referee: M RileyGuardian report 42' Cattermole
8 April 2006
12:45Tottenham Hotspur 2 – 1 Manchester City White Hart Lane
London
Attendance: 36,167
Referee: D. GallagherStalteri 43'
Carrick 49'Guardian report 51' Samaras
15 April 2006
15:00West Ham United 1 – 0 Manchester City Boleyn Ground
London
Attendance: 34,305
Referee: Steve BennettNewton 15' Guardian report
25 April 2006
19:45Aston Villa 0 – 1 Manchester City Villa Park
Birmingham
Attendance: 26,422
Referee: C FoyGuardian report
Guardian match facts71' Vassell
29 April 2006
15:00Manchester City 1 – 2 Fulham City of Manchester Stadium
Manchester
Attendance: 41,128
Referee: P WaltonDunne 69' Guardian report
BBC Sport report83' John
90' Malbranque
4 May 2006
19:45Manchester City 1 – 3 Arsenal City of Manchester Stadium
Manchester
Attendance: 41,875
Referee: G PollSommeil 38' Guardian report 29' Ljungberg
77' 84' Reyes
7 May 2006
15:00Blackburn Rovers 2 – 0 Manchester City Ewood Park
Blackburn
Attendance: 25,731
Referee: H WebbKhizanishvili 35'
Kuqi 53'
Tugay 59'Guardian report
League Cup
Second round
21 September 2005
19:45Doncaster Rovers (0) 1 – 1 (0) Manchester City Earth Stadium
Doncaster
Attendance: 8,228
Referee: G SalisburyMcIndoe 118' (pen.) Guardian report
BBC Sport report95' (pen.) Vassell
106' Onuoha (rescinded at end of game)Penalties McIndoe
Coppinger
Heffeman3 – 0 Vassell
Sibierski
Dunne
FA Cup
Third round
7 January 2006
15:00Manchester City 3 – 1 Scunthorpe United City of Manchester Stadium
Manchester
Attendance: 27,779
Referee: A R HallFowler 47' 56' 64' (pen.) Guardian report 17' Keogh Fourth round
28 January 2006
15:00Manchester City 1 – 0 Wigan Athletic City of Manchester Stadium
Manchester
Attendance: 30,811
Referee: H WebbCole 83' Guardian report Fifth round
19 February 2006
18:30Aston Villa 1 – 1 Manchester City Villa Park
Birmingham
Attendance: 23,847
Referee: G PollBaroš 72' Guardian report 90+3' Richards Fifth round replay
14 March 2006
19:45Manchester City 2 – 1 Aston Villa City of Manchester Stadium
Manchester
Attendance: 33,006
Referee: P DowdSamaras 17'
Vassell 49'Guardian report 85' Davis Quarter-final
20 March 2006
20:05Manchester City 1 – 2 West Ham United City of Manchester Stadium
Manchester
Attendance: 39,357
Referee: H WebbSun 56'
Musampa 85'Guardian report 41' 69' Ashton First-team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
No. Position Player 1 GK David James 2 DF David Sommeil 3 DF Ben Thatcher 4 MF Tuomas Haapala 5 DF Sylvain Distin 6 MF Claudio Reyna 8 MF Joey Barton 9 FW Andrew Cole 10 MF Antoine Sibierski 11 FW Darius Vassell 12 GK Nicky Weaver 14 MF Kiki Musampa (on loan from Atlético Madrid) 16 DF Nedum Onuoha 17 DF Sun Jihai 18 DF Danny Mills 19 MF Albert Riera (on loan from Espanyol) No. Position Player 20 FW Georgios Samaras 22 DF Richard Dunne 25 GK Geert De Vlieger 26 DF Matt Mills 27 DF Mikkel Bischoff 28 MF Trevor Sinclair 33 GK Kasper Schmeichel 36 FW Karl Bermingham 37 MF Ian Bennett 38 MF Stephen Ireland 40 MF Lee Croft 41 DF Stephen Jordan 42 FW Bradley Wright-Phillips 43 FW Ishmael Miller 44 MF Willo Flood 45 DF Micah Richards Left club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
No. Position Player 7 FW Robbie Fowler (to Liverpool) 20 MF Yasser Hussein (released) No. Position Player 31 MF Jonathan D'Laryea (to Mansfield Town) Starting 11
- Only considering Premiership starts
- GK: #1, David James, 38
- RB: #18, Danny Mills, 18
- CB: #22, Richard Dunne, 31
- CB: #5, Sylvain Distin, 31
- LB: #3, Ben Thatcher, 18 (#41, Stephen Jordan also has 18 starts)
- RM: #28, Trevor Sinclair, 29
- CM: #8, Joey Barton, 31
- CM: #6, Claudio Reyna, 22
- LM: #14, Kiki Musampa, 24
- CF: #11, Darius Vassell, 36
- CF: #9, Andrew Cole, 20
Goal scorers
All competitions
Scorer Goals Andy Cole 10 Darius Vassell Joey Barton 6 Georgios Samaras 5 Robbie Fowler 4 Richard Dunne 3 Trevor Sinclair Antoine Sibierski 2 David Sommeil Lee Croft 1 Danny Mills Kiki Musampa Claudio Reyna Micah Richards Albert Riera Bradley Wright-Phillips Premier League
Scorer Goals Andy Cole 9 Darius Vassell 8 Joey Barton 6 Georgios Samaras 4 Richard Dunne 3 Trevor Sinclair Antoine Sibierski 2 David Sommeil Lee Croft 1 Robbie Fowler Danny Mills Claudio Reyna Albert Riera Bradley Wright-Phillips League Cup
Scorer Goals Darius Vassell 1 FA Cup
Scorer Goals Robbie Fowler 3 Andy Cole 1 Kiki Musampa Micah Richards Georgios Samaras Darius Vassell Information current as of 7 May 2006 (end of season)
Transfers and loans
Transfers in
Date Pos. Player From club Transfer fee 20 July 2005 FW Andy Cole Fulham Free[1][2] 27 July 2005 FW Darius Vassell Aston Villa £2 million[3][4] 16 Aug. 2005 MF Yasser Hussein Al-Sadd Club Unattached[5][6] 01 Jan. 2006 MF Tuomas Haapala MyPa-47 Free[7][8] 30 Jan. 2006 FW Georgios Samaras Heerenveen £6 million[9][10] 30 Jan. 2006 DF Matthew Mills Southampton Undisclosed[11] Transfers out
Exit date Pos. Player To club Transfer fee 2 June 2005 FW Jon Macken Crystal Palace 11 June 2005 GK Kevin Stuhr-Ellegaard Hertha BSC 1 July 2005 MF Paul Bosvelt Heerenveen 8 July 2005 MF Christian Negouai Standard Liège 18 July 2005 MF Shaun Wright-Phillips Chelsea £21 million[12] 01 Jan. 2006 MF Yasser Hussein Al-Sadd Club Released 23 Jan. 2006 DF Danny Warrender Blackpool Undisc.[13] 27 Jan. 2006 FW Robbie Fowler Liverpool Free[14] 31 Jan. 2006 MF Jonathan D'Laryea Mansfield Town Nominal fee[15] 11 May 2006 MF Tuomas Haapala Sandefjord Fotball Released[16] 11 May 2006 FW Karl Bermingham Newry City Released[16] 11 May 2006 Ian Bennett Released[16] 11 May 2006 Paul Collins Released[16] 11 May 2006 Michael Ward Released[16] Loans in
Start date End date Pos. Player From club 5 June 2005 11 May 2006 MF Kiki Musampa Atlético Madrid[16][17][18] 05 Jan. 2006 11 May 2006 MF Albert Riera Espanyol[16][19] Loans out
Start date End date Pos. Player To club 17 Aug. 2005 18 Oct. 2005 FW Karl Bermingham Burnley 17 Aug. 2005 18 Oct. 2005 MF Willo Flood Coventry City 21 Oct. 2005 22 Jan. 2006 MF Jonathan D'Laryea Mansfield Town 21 Oct. 2005 22 Jan. 2006 DF Danny Warrender Blackpool 04 Nov. 2005 26 Jan. 2006 GK Nicky Weaver Sheffield Wednesday 13 Jan. 2006 30 Jan. 2006 GK Kasper Schmeichel Darlington 23 Feb. 2006 30 May 2006 GK Kasper Schmeichel Bury 10 Mar. 2006 30 May 2006 DF Mikkel Bischoff Sheffield Wednesday See also
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