2005–06 Swansea City A.F.C. season

During the 2005–06 English football season, Swansea City competed in Football League One.

2005–06 Swansea City A.F.C. season

Manager	Kenny Jackett
Stadium	Liberty Stadium[1]
League One	6th (qualified for play-offs)
Play-offs	Runners-up
FA Cup	First round
League Cup	First round
Football League Trophy	Winners
← 2004–05 2006–07 →

Season summary

Swansea had a good season in League One, finishing in sixth place to take the last play-off spot. After beating Brentford 3–1 on aggregate in the semi-final, the Swans faced Barnsley in the final. After a 2–2 draw at the end of extra time, Barnsley won the penalty shoot-out 4–3. This form did not translate to the cup competitions, being knocked out in the first round of both.

First-team squad

Squad at end of season

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  IRL Brian Murphy 2 DF  WAL Sam Ricketts[2] 3 DF  TRI Kevin Austin[3] 4 DF  WAL Kristian O'Leary 5 DF  ENG Alan Tate 6 MF  ESP Roberto Martínez 7 MF  ENG Leon Britton 8 FW  ENG Kevin Nugent 9 FW  ENG Adebayo Akinfenwa 10 FW  ENG Lee Trundle 11 MF  ENG Adrian Forbes 12 FW  ENG Lee Thorpe 14 MF  ENG Kevin McLeod

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 MF  CYP Tom Williams[4] 16 DF  ENG Garry Monk 18 MF  ENG Andy Robinson 19 MF  ENG Darren Way 22 DF  ENG Izzy Iriekpen 23 MF  WAL Owain Tudur Jones 24 FW  ENG Leon Knight 25 FW  WAL Mark Pritchard 26 MF  WAL Chad Bond 27 GK  GLP Willy Guéret 28 MF  WAL Shaun MacDonald 29 FW  NZL Rory Fallon[5] 30 DF  SCO Steven Watt

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 MF  ENG Gary Fisken (to Newport County) 17 FW  ENG Paul Connor (to Leyton Orient) 17 DF  ENG Keith Lowe (on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers) 19 DF  ENG Andy Gurney (to Swindon Town)

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF  ENG Marc Goodfellow (to Grimsby Town) 21 DF  ENG Ijah Anderson (released) 24 DF  WAL Christian Edwards (on loan from Bristol Rovers) 29 MF  ENG Marcus Bean[6] (on loan from Queens Park Rangers)

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Huddersfield Town	46	19	16	11	72	59	+13	73	Qualification for the League One play-offs
5	Barnsley (O, P)	46	18	18	10	62	44	+18	72
6	Swansea City	46	18	17	11	78	55	+23	71
7	Nottingham Forest	46	19	12	15	67	52	+15	69
8	Doncaster Rovers	46	20	9	17	55	51	+4	69

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

References

1. The stadium was branded as New Stadium Swansea until 18 October, when Liberty Properties Inc. won the stadium's naming rights.
2. Ricketts was born in Aylesbury, England and represented the England C team, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally through his grandmother, and made his debut for Wales in February 2005.
3. Austin was born in Hackney, England, but also qualified to represent Trinidad and Tobago internationally and made his debut for Trinidad and Tobago in 2000.
4. Williams was born in Sutton, England, but also qualified to represent Cyprus internationally and made his debut for Cyprus in 2006.
5. Fallon was born in Gisborne, New Zealand, but also qualified to represent England internationally and represented them at U-16, U-17, U18, U-19, and U-20 level, before making his international debut for New Zealand in September 2009.
6. Bean was born in Hammersmith and Fulham, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and would make his international debut for Jamaica in October 2011.