2005–06 Dunfermline Athletic F.C. season

The 2005–06 season saw Dunfermline Athletic compete in the Scottish Premier League where they finished in 11th position with 33 points.[1] They also reached the 2006 Scottish League Cup Final where they lost 3–0 to Celtic.

Dunfermline Athletic

Scottish Premier League	11th
Scottish Cup	Third Round
Scottish League Cup	Runner-up

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
1	Celtic	38	28	7	3	93	37	+56	91	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Heart of Midlothian	38	22	8	8	71	31	+40	74	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3	Rangers	38	21	10	7	67	37	+30	73	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4	Hibernian	38	17	5	16	61	56	+5	56	Qualification for the UEFA Intertoto Cup second round[lower-alpha 2]
5	Kilmarnock	38	15	10	13	63	64	−1	55
6	Aberdeen	38	13	15	10	46	40	+6	54
7	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	38	15	13	10	51	38	+13	58
8	Motherwell	38	13	10	15	55	61	−6	49
9	Dundee United	38	7	12	19	41	66	−25	33
10	Falkirk	38	8	9	21	35	64	−29	33
11	Dunfermline Athletic	38	8	9	21	33	68	−35	33
12	Livingston	38	4	6	28	25	79	−54	18	Relegation to the Scottish First Division

Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Notes:

1. Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.
2. Hibernian qualified for the 2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup by being the highest place applicant for the competition.

Results

Dunfermline Athletic's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Scottish Premier League

Main article: 2005–06 Scottish Premier League

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	30 July 2005	Hibernian	A	1–1	13,010	Shields 12'
2	6 August 2005	Motherwell	A	0–1	4,649
3	13 August 2005	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	H	0–1	5,005
4	20 August 2005	Livingston	A	1–1	4,522	Makel 44'
5	28 August 2005	Celtic	H	0–4	9,244
6	10 September 2005	Kilmarnock	A	2–3	4,737	Burchill 4', Young 67'
7	17 September 2005	Aberdeen	H	0–2	6,387
8	24 September 2005	Dundee United	H	2–1	8,361	Tod 60', Ross 75'
9	1 October 2005	Rangers	A	1–5	48,374	Hunt 54'
10	15 October 2005	Falkirk	H	0–1	7,068
11	22 October 2005	Heart of Midlothian	A	0–2	16,500
12	26 October 2005	Hibernian	H	1–2	6,853	Mason 87'
13	29 October 2005	Motherwell	H	0–3	4,421
14	5 November 2005	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	A	1–2	3,728	Makel 73'
15	19 November 2005	Livingston	H	0–1	6,016
16	26 November 2005	Celtic	A	1–0	58,203	Ross 17'
17	3 December 2005	Kilmarnock	H	0–1	4,319
18	10 December 2005	Aberdeen	A	0–0	9,881
19	20 December 2005	Dundee United	A	1–2	5,889	Wilson 31'
20	26 December 2005	Rangers	H	3–3	9,481	Tod 16', Burchill 23', Young 90'
21	31 December 2005	Falkirk	A	2–1	6,235	Burchill 45', Hunt 58'
22	14 January 2006	Heart of Midlothian	H	1–4	8,277	Burchill 58'
23	21 January 2006	Hibernian	A	1–3	13,316	Donnelly 35'
24	28 January 2006	Motherwell	H	1–1	4,961	Young 11'
25	8 February 2006	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	H	2–2	3,354	Hunt 9', Burchill 11'
26	11 February 2006	Livingston	A	1–0	4,371	Burchill 12'
27	19 February 2006	Celtic	H	1–8	9,015	Tod 14'
28	25 February 2006	Dundee United	H	1–1	4,694	Burchill 14'
29	4 March 2006	Kilmarnock	A	0–1	5,507
30	11 March 2006	Aberdeen	H	1–0	5,308	Burchill 48'
31	25 March 2006	Rangers	A	0–1	49,017
32	1 April 2006	Falkirk	H	1–1	6,836	Burchill 50'
33	8 April 2006	Heart of Midlothian	A	0–4	16,973
34	15 April 2006	Falkirk	A	0–0	5,413
35	22 April 2006	Livingston	H	3–2	5,795	Burchill (2) 38', 78', Hunt 85'
36	29 April 2006	Motherwell	A	3–2	3,621	Campbell 21', Burchill 30', Mason 50'
37	2 May 2006	Dundee United	A	1–0	5,034	Daquin 78'
38	6 May 2006	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	H	0–1	5,354

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2005–06 Scottish Cup

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R3	7 January 2006	Airdrie United	H	3–4	3,805	Mason 16', Hunt 23', Young 56'

Scottish League Cup

Main articles: 2005–06 Scottish League Cup and 2006 Scottish League Cup Final

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R2	23 August 2005	Gretna	A	1–0	1,405	Burchill 17'
R3	20 September 2005	Kilmarnock	A	4–3	3,191	McCunnie 7', Young (3) 8', 16', 64'
QF	8 November 2005	Hibernian	H	3–0	6,005	Burchill (2) 15', 45', Mason 90'
SF	25 January 2006	Livingston	N	1–0	4,630	Young 37'
Final	19 March 2006	Celtic	N	0–3	50,090

References

1. "Scotland 2005/06". RSSSF.

External links

• Dunfermline Athletic 2005–06 at Soccerbase.com (select relevant season from dropdown list)