2005–06 Aston Villa F.C. season

Main article: History of Aston Villa F.C. (1961–present)

During the 2005–06 season, Aston Villa competed in the FA Premier League.

Aston Villa

2005–06 season
Chairman	Doug Ellis
Manager	David O'Leary
FA Premier League	16th
FA Cup	Fifth round
League Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	Milan Baroš and Luke Moore (8)
Average home league attendance	34,059
Home colours Away colours
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Second City Derby

48--36--28

← 2004–05 2006–07 →

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).^[1]

Kit

Kit Supplier	Sponsor
Hummel	DWS Investments

Transfers

Transferred in

Date	Pos	Player	From	Fee
20 May 2005	RB	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	Patrik Berger	Portsmouth	Free transfer
23 August 2005	CF	Milan Baroš	Liverpool	£6,500,000
30 August 2005	LB	Wilfred Bouma	PSV Eindhoven	£3,500,000
				£13,000,000

Loaned in

Date	Pos	Player	From	Loan End
31 August 2005	RM	James Milner	Newcastle United	31 May 2006
31 August 2005	CM	Eirik Bakke	Leeds United	17 January 2006

Transferred out

Date	Pos	Player	To	Fee
1 July 2005	CM	Stephen Cooke	Bournemouth	Free transfer
1 July 2005	LM	Thomas Hitzlsperger	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	Nolberto Solano	Newcastle United	£1,500,000
6 January 2006	GK	Stefan Postma	Wolverhampton Wanderers	£500,000
20 January 2006	GK	Wayne Henderson	Brighton & Hove Albion	£60,000
31 August 2005	CM	Steven Foley-Sheridan	Bournemouth	£20,000
				£4,080,000

Loaned out

Date	Pos	Player	To	Loan End
19 August 2005	GK	Stefan Postma	Wolverhampton Wanderers	5 January 2006
25 August 2005	CM	Mathieu Berson	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 2006	CF	Sam Williams	Wrexham	31 May 2006

Overall transfer activity

Expenditure £13,000,000

Income £4,080,000

Balance £8,920,000

Final league table

Main article: 2005–06 FA Premier League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
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
18	Birmingham City (R)	38	8	10	20	28	50	−22	34	Relegation to the Football League Championship

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Pre-season

Date	Opponents	Home/ Away	Result F – A	Scorers	Competition
18 July 2005	Wycombe Wanderers	A	2 – 0[permanent dead link]		Friendly
20 July 2005	Gallstad FK	A	14 – 0		Friendly
23 July 2005	Jonkopings Sodra	A	1 – 1[permanent dead link]		Friendly
26 July 2005	GAIS	A	3 – 3[permanent dead link]		Friendly
30 July 2005	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1 – 2[permanent dead link]		Friendly
2 August 2005	Walsall	A	3 – 0[permanent dead link]		Friendly
5 August 2005	Utrecht	A	2 – 1[permanent dead link]		Friendly

Results

Aston Villa's score comes first^[2]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

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	10	12	16	42	55	−13	42	6	6	7	20	20	0	4	6	9	22	35	−13

Last updated: 8 October 2021.
Source: 11v11

Results per matchday

Matchday	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	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

Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2006. Source: WorldFootball.net
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
13 August 2005	Bolton Wanderers	H	2–2	38,026	Phillips, Davis
20 August 2005	Manchester United	A	0–1	67,934
23 August 2005	Portsmouth	A	1–1	19,778	Hughes (own goal)
27 August 2005	Blackburn Rovers	H	1–0	31,010	Baroš
12 September 2005	West Ham United	A	0–4	29,582
17 September 2005	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1–1	33,686	Milner
24 September 2005	Chelsea	A	1–2	42,146	Moore
2 October 2005	Middlesbrough	H	2–3	29,719	Moore, Davis
16 October 2005	Birmingham City	A	1–0	29,312	Phillips
22 October 2005	Wigan Athletic	H	0–2	32,294
31 October 2005	Manchester City	A	1–3	42,069	Ridgewell
5 November 2005	Liverpool	H	0–2	42,551
19 November 2005	Sunderland	A	3–1	39,707	Phillips, Barry, Baroš
26 November 2005	Charlton Athletic	H	1–0	30,023	Davis
3 December 2005	Newcastle United	A	1–1	18,255	McCann
10 December 2005	Bolton Wanderers	A	1–1	23,646	Angel
17 December 2005	Manchester United	H	0–2	37,128
26 December 2005	Everton	H	4–0	32,432	Baroš (2), Delaney, Angel
28 December 2005	Fulham	A	3–3	20,446	Moore, Ridgewell (2)
31 December 2005	Arsenal	H	0–0	37,114
2 January 2006	West Bromwich Albion	A	2–1	27,073	Davis, Baroš (pen)
14 January 2006	West Ham United	H	1–2	36,700	Hendrie
21 January 2006	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0–0	36,243
1 February 2006	Chelsea	H	1–1	38,562	Moore
4 February 2006	Middlesbrough	A	4–0	27,299	Moore (3), Phillips
11 February 2006	Newcastle United	H	1–2	37,140	Moore
25 February 2006	Charlton Athletic	A	0–0	26,594
4 March 2006	Portsmouth	H	1–0	30,194	Baroš
11 March 2006	Blackburn Rovers	A	0–2	21,932
18 March 2006	Everton	A	1–4	36,507	Agbonlahor
25 March 2006	Fulham	H	0–0	32,605
1 April 2006	Arsenal	A	0–5	38,183
9 April 2006	West Bromwich Albion	H	0–0	33,303
16 April 2006	Birmingham City	H	3–1	40,158	Baroš (2), Cahill
18 April 2006	Wigan Athletic	A	2–3	17,330	Angel, Ridgewell
25 April 2006	Manchester City	H	0–1	26,422
29 April 2006	Liverpool	A	1–3	44,479	Barry
7 May 2006	Sunderland	H	2–1	33,820	Barry, Ridgewell

FA Cup

Main article: 2005–06 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	7 January 2006	Hull City	A	1–0	17,051	Barry
R4	28 January 2006	Port Vale	H	3–1	30,434	Baroš (2), Davis
R5	19 February 2006	Manchester City	H	1–1	23,847	Baroš
R5R	14 March 2006	Manchester City	A	1–2	33,006	Davis

League Cup

Main article: 2005–06 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2	20 September 2005	Wycombe Wanderers	A	8–3	5,365	Davis (2), Baroš, Milner (2), Easton (own goal), Barry (2, 1 pen)
R3	22 October 2005	Burnley	H	1–0	26,872	Phillips
R4	29 November 2005	Doncaster Rovers	A	0–3	10,590

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[3][4]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  DEN Thomas Sørensen 2 DF  WAL Mark Delaney 3 DF  ENG Jlloyd Samuel[5] 4 DF  SWE Olof Mellberg 5 DF  DEN Martin Laursen 6 MF  ENG Gareth Barry 7 MF  ENG Lee Hendrie 8 MF  ENG Gavin McCann 9 FW  COL Juan Pablo Ángel 10 FW  CZE Milan Baroš 11 MF  ENG James Milner (on loan from Newcastle United) 12 MF  NIR Steven Davis 13 GK  ENG Stuart Taylor

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 MF  CMR Eric Djemba-Djemba 15 DF  ECU Ulises de la Cruz 16 DF  NED Wilfred Bouma 17 MF  ENG Peter Whittingham 18 DF  NIR Aaron Hughes 19 DF  ENG Liam Ridgewell 20 FW  ENG Kevin Phillips 21 DF  ENG Gary Cahill 22 FW  ENG Luke Moore 23 MF  CZE Patrik Berger 26 MF  ENG Craig Gardner 30 FW  ENG Gabriel Agbonlahor

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 11 MF  PER Nolberto Solano (to Newcastle United) 16 MF  FRA Mathieu Berson (on loan to Auxerre) 24 MF  NOR Eirik Bakke (on loan from Leeds United)

No. Pos. Nation Player 25 GK  IRL Wayne Henderson (to Brighton & Hove Albion) — GK  NED Stefan Postma (to Wolverhampton Wanderers) — MF  IRL Steven Foley (to AFC Bournemouth)

Reserve squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  ENG Steven Clancy — DF  ENG Lee Grant — DF  ENG Paul Green — DF  ENG Matthew Roome

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  BEL Christian Tshimanga Kabeya[notes 1] — FW  ENG Shane Paul — FW  NIR Jamie Ward[notes 2] —   Daniel Bridges

Youth squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 39 GK  AUT Bobby Olejnik — GK  IRL Lee Boyle — GK  IRL Stephen Henderson — DF  ENG Ciaran Clark[notes 3] — DF  ENG Jordan Collins — DF  IRL Danny Earls — DF  IRL Shane Lowry[notes 4] — DF  IRL Stephen O'Halloran — DF  SWE Erik Lund — MF  ENG Marc Albrighton — MF  ENG Morgan Evans — MF  ENG Phil Green — MF  ENG Jonathan Hogg

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ENG Dan McDonald — MF  ENG Isaiah Osbourne — MF  HUN Zoltán Stieber — MF  AUS Chris Herd — FW  ENG Scott Bridges — FW  ENG Sam Williams — FW  NIR Adam McGurk — FW  SWE 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.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  IRL David Bevan — GK  ENG Elliot Parish — DF  ENG Jordan Collins

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   Rowan Caney —   Ashley Carew

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of end of season^[6]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premiership		FA Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	DEN	Thomas Sørensen	43	0	36	0	4	0	3	0
13	GK	ENG	Stuart Taylor	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	WAL	Mark Delaney	16	1	12	1	3	0	1	0
3	DF	TRI	Jlloyd Samuel	24	0	14+5	0	2	0	3	0
4	DF	SWE	Olof Mellberg	33	0	27	0	4	0	2	0
5	DF	DEN	Martin Laursen	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	ECU	Ulises de la Cruz	8	0	4+3	0	0	0	0+1	0
16	DF	NED	Wilfred Bouma	21	0	20	0	1	0	0	0
18	DF	NIR	Aaron Hughes	41	0	35	0	4	0	2	0
19	DF	ENG	Liam Ridgewell	37	5	30+2	5	1+1	0	3	0
21	DF	ENG	Gary Cahill	8	1	6+1	1	0	0	1	0
Midfielders
6	MF	ENG	Gareth Barry	42	6	36	3	3	1	3	2
7	MF	ENG	Lee Hendrie	19	1	7+9	1	2	0	0+1	0
8	MF	ENG	Gavin McCann	38	1	32	1	4	0	2	0
11	MF	ENG	James Milner	33	3	27	1	3	0	3	2
12	MF	NIR	Steven Davis	42	8	34+1	4	4	2	3	2
14	MF	CMR	Eric Djemba-Djemba	4	0	0+4	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF	ENG	Peter Whittingham	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF	CZE	Patrik Berger	9	0	3+5	0	0	0	1	0
26	MF	ENG	Craig Gardner	9	0	3+5	0	0+1	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW	COL	Juan Pablo Ángel	37	4	12+19	3	2+1	1	3	0
10	FW	CZE	Milan Baroš	30	11	24+1	8	3	2	2	1
20	FW	ENG	Kevin Phillips	27	5	20+3	4	1+1	0	1+1	1
22	FW	ENG	Luke Moore	32	8	16+11	8	3	0	0+2	0
30	FW	ENG	Gabriel Agbonlahor	9	1	3+6	1	0	0	0	0
Players who left club during season
11	MF	PER	Nolberto Solano	3	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0
24	MF	NOR	Eirik Bakke	14	0	8+6	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 31 June 2006
Source: Competitions