2005–06 Borussia Dortmund season

During the 2005–06 German football season, Borussia Dortmund competed in the Bundesliga.

Borussia Dortmund

2005–06 season
Manager	Bert van Marwijk
Stadium	Westfalenstadion
Bundesliga	7th
DFB-Pokal	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Ebi Smolarek (13) All: Ebi Smolarek (13)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Season summary

Another mediocre season saw Dortmund repeat last season's seventh-place finish, albeit with nine fewer points.

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  GER Roman Weidenfeller 3 DF  GER Markus Brzenska 4 DF  GER Christian Wörns 5 MF  GER Sebastian Kehl 6 MF  GER Florian Kringe 7 MF  RSA Delron Buckley 8 FW  GHA Matthew Amoah 9 FW  CZE Jan Koller 10 MF  CZE Tomáš Rosický 11 MF  GER David Odonkor 13 MF  COD Kosi Saka 14 FW  POL Ebi Smolarek 15 FW  GER Marcus Steegmann 16 FW  NED Cedric van der Gun 17 DF  BRA Dedê 18 MF  GER Lars Ricken

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 MF  TUR Mehmet Akgün[notes 1] 20 GK  GER Bernd Meier 21 DF  GER Christoph Metzelder 22 MF  GER Marc-André Kruska 23 DF  SUI Philipp Degen 24 MF  TUR Nizamettin Çalışkan[notes 2] 25 MF  TUR Nuri Şahin[notes 3] 26 MF  GER Marc Heitmeier 27 DF  GER Uwe Hünemeier 28 MF  GER Sebastian Tyrała[notes 4] 29 MF  GER Sascha Rammel 30 GK  NED Dennis Gentenaar 32 GK  GER Sascha Samulewicz 33 FW  GER Salvatore Gambino 34 GK  GER Sören Pirson 39 MF  GER Marcel Großkreutz

Competitions

Bundesliga

Main article: 2005–06 Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Bayer Leverkusen	34	14	10	10	64	49	+15	52	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
6	Hertha BSC	34	12	12	10	52	48	+4	48	Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
7	Borussia Dortmund	34	11	13	10	45	42	+3	46
8	1. FC Nürnberg	34	12	8	14	49	51	−2	44
9	VfB Stuttgart	34	9	16	9	37	39	−2	43

Source: kicker.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2005–06 DFB-Pokal

First round

Eintracht Braunschweig v Borussia Dortmund

22 August 2005	Eintracht Braunschweig	2 – 1	Borussia Dortmund	Braunschweig
20:30	Rische 41' Graf 84'	report (in German)	Koller 28'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 22.200 Referee: Peter Sippel (Munich)

References

1. "FootballSquads - Borussia Dortmund - 2005/06".

Notes

1. Akgün was born in Bielefeld, Germany, but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and represented them at U-17 level.
2. Çalışkan was born in Hagen, Germany, but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and represented them at U-17 and U-19 level.
3. Şahin was born in Lüdenscheid, Germany, but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally through his parents and represented them at U-16, U-17, U-19 and U-21 level before making his international debut for Turkey in 2005.
4. Tyrała was born in Racibórz, Poland, but also qualified to represent Germany internationally and represented them at U-19 level before making his international debut for Poland in December 2008.