2005–06 FC Schalke 04 season
During the 2005–06 German football season, FC Schalke 04 competed in the Bundesliga.
2005-06 season | |
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Manager | |
Stadium | Veltins-Arena |
Bundesliga | 4th |
DFB-Pokal | Last 16 |
UEFA Champions League | Group stage |
UEFA Cup | Semi-finals |
Season summary
The 2005-06 season was one of ups and downs for Schalke. The club only dropped two points more compared to the previous season, but this was only good enough to see Schalke finish in 4th. Schalke also exited the Champions League at the group stage, though there was little shame in elimination given that they were placed in the same group as last season's runners-up AC Milan and semi-finalists PSV Eindhoven. Schalke compensated with a great run to the UEFA Cup semi-final, with eventual champions Sevilla needing extra time to overcome the Germans. Less flattering was Schalke's domestic cup form, with the club thrashed by eventual finalists Frankfurt 6-0 in the second round. This humiliation, along with the mediocre league form, saw coach Ralf Rangnick sacked in December, with Mirko Slomka appointed as his replacement in early January.
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 |
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1 | GK | Frank Rost | |
2 | MF | Christian Poulsen | |
3 | DF | Levan Kobiashvili | |
4 | DF | Thomas Kläsener | |
5 | DF | Marcelo Bordon | |
6 | MF | Hamit Altıntop[notes 1] | |
7 | MF | Mimoun Azaouagh[notes 2] | |
8 | MF | Fabian Ernst | |
9 | FW | Søren Larsen | |
10 | MF | Lincoln | |
11 | FW | Ebbe Sand | |
12 | DF | Marco van Hoogdalem | |
13 | GK | Christofer Heimeroth | |
14 | FW | Gerald Asamoah[notes 3] | |
15 | DF | Tomasz Wałdoch | |
16 | DF | Darío Rodríguez |
No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
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18 | DF | Rafinha | |
19 | MF | Gustavo Varela | |
20 | DF | Mladen Krstajić[notes 4] | |
21 | MF | Alexander Baumjohann | |
22 | FW | Kevin Kurányi[notes 5] | |
24 | DF | Christian Pander | |
25 | MF | Zlatan Bajramović[notes 6] | |
26 | DF | Niko Bungert | |
27 | DF | Tim Hoogland | |
29 | GK | Manuel Neuer | |
31 | DF | Sebastian Boenisch[notes 7] | |
33 | FW | Joseph Laumann | |
34 | MF | Mario Klinger | |
35 | MF | David Müller | |
36 | MF | Bilal Aziz |
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 |
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23 | MF | Simon Cziommer (on loan to Roda JC) |
Results
DFB-Pokal
First round
20 August 2005 | FC Bremerhaven | 0–3 | Schalke 04 | Bremerhaven |
18:00 | report (in German) | Larsen Bajramović |
Stadium: Nordseestadion Attendance: 9,900 Referee: Thorsten Schriever (Otterndorf) |
Second round
25 October 2005 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 6–0 | Schalke 04 | Frankfurt am Main |
19:30 | Meier Huggel Spycher Copado Ochs |
report (in German) | Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 33,200 Referee: Felix Brych (Munich) |
Champions League
Group stage
13 September 2005 | PSV Eindhoven | 1–0 | Philips Stadion, Eindhoven | |
20:45 | Vennegoor of Hesselink |
Report | Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Yuri Baskakov (Russia) |
28 September 2005 | Schalke 04 | 2–2 | Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen | |
20:45 | Larsen Altıntop |
Report | Seedorf Shevchenko |
Attendance: 53,425 Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark) |
19 October 2005 | Fenerbahçe | 3–3 | Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul | |
20:45 | Fábio Márcio Appiah |
Report | Lincoln Kurányi |
Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg) |
1 November 2005 | Schalke 04 | 2–0 | Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen | |
20:45 | Kurányi Sand |
Report | Attendance: 53,425 Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain) |
23 November 2005 | Schalke 04 | 3–0 | Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen | |
20:45 | Kobiashvili |
Report | Attendance: 54,000 Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia) |
6 December 2005 | Milan | 3–2 | San Siro, Milan | |
20:45 | Pirlo Kaká |
Report | Poulsen Lincoln |
Attendance: 43,800 Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain) |
UEFA Cup
Round of 32
15 February 2006 | Schalke 04 | 2–1 | Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen | |
20:00 | Bordon Ernst |
Report | García |
Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy) |
23 February 2006 | Espanyol | 0–3 | Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, Barcelona | |
21:45 | Report | Kurányi Sand Lincoln |
Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway) |
Schalke 04 won 5–1 on aggregate.
Round of 16
9 March 2006 | Palermo | 1–0 | Stadio Renzo Barbera, Palermo | |
18:00 | Brienza |
Report | Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands) |
16 March 2006 | Schalke 04 | 3–0 | Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen | |
20:30 | Kobiashvili Larsen Azaouagh |
Report | Referee: Graham Poll (England) |
Schalke 04 won 3–1 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals
30 March 2006 | Levski Sofia | 1–3 | Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia | |
19:00 | Borimirov |
Report | Varela Lincoln Asamoah |
Referee: Mike Riley (English) |
6 April 2006 | Schalke 04 | 1–1 | Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen | |
20:30 | Lincoln |
Report | Angelov |
Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland) |
Schalke 04 won 4–2 on aggregate.
Semi-finals
20 April 2006 | Schalke 04 | 0–0 | Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen | |
20:30 | Report | Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway) |
27 April 2006 | Sevilla | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium, Seville | |
21:30 | Puerta |
Report | Referee: Massimo De Santis (Italy) |
Sevilla won 1–0 on aggregate.
Notes
- Altıntop was born in Gelsenkirchen, West Germany, but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and represented them at U-18, U-20 and U-21 level before making his international debut for Turkey in 2004.
- Azaouagh was born in Beni Sidel, Morocco, but also qualified to represent Germany internationally and represented them at U-21 level.
- Asamoah was born in Mampong, Ghana, but was raised in Germany from the age of 12 and made his international debut for Germany in May 2001.
- Krstajić was born in Zenica, SFR Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina), but was raised in Serbia and Montenegro (now Serbia) and made his international debut for Serbia and Montenegro in 1999.
- Kurányi was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, but also qualified to represent Germany internationally through his father and Panama through his mother and represented Germany at U-21 and B level before making his international debut for Germany in March 2003.
- Bajramović was born in Hamburg, West Germany, but also qualified to represent Bosnia and Herzegovina internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2002.
- Boenisch was born in Gliwice, Poland, but was raised in Germany from the age of 1 and represented them at U-20 and U-21 level. He would later change his allegiance to Poland and make his international debut for Poland in September 2010.