2005–06 FA Premier League

Premier League
Season 2005–06
Champions Chelsea
2nd Premier League title
3rd English title
Relegated Birmingham City
West Bromwich Albion
Sunderland
Champions League Chelsea
Manchester United
Liverpool
Arsenal
Matches played 380
Goals scored 944 (2.48 per match)
Top goalscorer Thierry Henry (27 goals)
Biggest home win Arsenal 7–0 Middlesbrough
Biggest away win Everton 0–4 Bolton Wanderers
Middlesbrough 0–4 Aston Villa
Fulham 0–4 Arsenal
Highest scoring Charlton Athletic 2–5 Manchester City
Wigan Athletic 4–3 Manchester City
Arsenal 7–0 Middlesbrough
Blackburn Rovers 4–3 Manchester United
Fulham 6–1 West Bromwich Albion
Middlesbrough 4–3 Bolton Wanderers
(7 goals)
Longest winning run 10 games[1]
Chelsea
Liverpool
Longest unbeaten run 13 games[1]
Chelsea
Longest winless run 14 games[1]
Sunderland
Longest losing run 9 games[1]
Sunderland
Highest attendance 73,006
Manchester United v Charlton Athletic
Lowest attendance 16,550
Fulham v Birmingham City
Average attendance 33,875

The 2005–06 FA Premier League (known as the FA Barclays Premiership for sponsorship reasons) began on 13 August 2005, and concluded on 7 May 2006. The season saw Chelsea F.C. retain their title after defeating Manchester United 3–0 at Stamford Bridge towards the end of April. On the same day, West Bromwich Albion and Birmingham City were relegated, joining Sunderland in the Championship for the following season.

Personnel and kits

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Arsenal Arsène Wenger Thierry Henry Nike O2
Aston Villa David O'Leary Olof Mellberg Hummel DWS Investments
Birmingham City Steve Bruce Kenny Cunningham Lonsdale Flybe.com
Blackburn Rovers Mark Hughes Ryan Nelsen Lonsdale Lonsdale
Bolton Wanderers Sam Allardyce Kevin Nolan Reebok Reebok
Charlton Athletic Alan Curbishley Matt Holland Joma All:Sports[2]
Llanera
Chelsea José Mourinho John Terry Umbro Samsung Mobile
Everton David Moyes David Weir Umbro Chang
Fulham Chris Coleman Luís Boa Morte Puma Pipex
Liverpool Rafael Benítez Steven Gerrard Reebok Carlsberg
Manchester City Stuart Pearce Sylvain Distin Reebok Thomas Cook
Manchester United Sir Alex Ferguson Gary Neville Nike Vodafone
Middlesbrough Steve McClaren Gareth Southgate Erreà 888.com
Newcastle United Glenn Roeder Alan Shearer Adidas Northern Rock
Portsmouth Harry Redknapp Dejan Stefanović Jako OKI Printing Solution
Sunderland Kevin Ball (caretaker) Gary Breen Lonsdale Reg Vardy
Tottenham Hotspur Martin Jol Ledley King Kappa Thomson Holidays
West Bromwich Albion Bryan Robson Kevin Campbell Diadora T-Mobile
West Ham United Alan Pardew Nigel Reo-Coker Reebok JobServe
Wigan Athletic Paul Jewell Arjan de Zeeuw JJB JJB

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Chelsea (C) 38 29 4 5 72 22+50 91 2006–07 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2 Manchester United 38 25 8 5 72 34+38 83
3 Liverpool 38 25 7 6 57 25+32 82 2006–07 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
4 Arsenal 38 20 7 11 68 31+37 67
5 Tottenham Hotspur 38 18 11 9 53 38+15 65 2006–07 UEFA Cup First round
6 Blackburn Rovers 38 19 6 13 51 42+9 63
7 Newcastle United 38 17 7 14 47 42+5 58 2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round
8 Bolton Wanderers 38 15 11 12 49 41+8 56
9 West Ham United 38 16 7 15 52 553 55 2006–07 UEFA Cup First round 1
10 Wigan Athletic 38 15 6 17 45 527 51
11 Everton 38 14 8 16 34 4915 50
12 Fulham 38 14 6 18 48 5810 48
13 Charlton Athletic 38 13 8 17 41 5514 47
14 Middlesbrough 38 12 9 17 48 5810 45
15 Manchester City 38 13 4 21 43 485 43
16 Aston Villa 38 10 12 16 42 5513 42
17 Portsmouth 38 10 8 20 37 6225 38
18Birmingham City (R) 38810202850−2234 Relegation to the 2006–07 Football League Championship
19West Bromwich Albion (R) 3879223158−2730
20Sunderland (R) 3836292669−4315

Source: Barclays Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
For further information on European qualification see Premier League – Qualification for European competitions.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

1.Liverpool had already qualified for the Champions League by league position, as a result, their UEFA Cup berth that they earned through winning the 2005–06 FA Cup, went to West Ham, who were FA Cup runners-up.

Results

Home ╲ Away ARS AST BIRBLBBOLCHACHEEVEFULLIVMCIMUNMIDNEWPORSUNTOTWBAWHUWIG
Arsenal 50 10 30 11 30 02 20 41 21 10 00 70 20 40 31 11 31 23 42
Aston Villa 00 31 10 22 10 11 40 00 02 01 02 23 12 10 21 11 00 12 02
Birmingham City 02 01 21 10 01 00 01 10 22 12 22 03 00 50 10 02 11 12 20
Blackburn Rovers 10 20 20 00 41 10 02 21 01 20 43 32 03 21 20 00 20 32 11
Bolton Wanderers 20 11 10 00 41 02 01 21 22 20 12 11 20 10 20 10 20 41 11
Charlton Athletic 01 00 20 02 01 02 00 11 20 25 13 21 31 21 20 23 00 20 10
Chelsea 10 21 20 42 51 11 30 32 20 20 30 10 30 20 20 21 40 41 10
Everton 10 41 00 10 04 31 11 31 13 10 02 10 10 01 22 01 22 12 01
Fulham 04 33 00 21 21 21 10 10 20 21 23 10 10 13 21 10 61 12 10
Liverpool 10 31 11 10 10 00 14 31 51 10 00 20 20 30 10 10 10 20 30
Manchester City 13 31 41 00 01 32 01 20 12 01 31 01 30 21 21 02 00 21 01
Manchester United 20 10 30 12 41 40 10 11 42 10 11 00 20 30 00 11 30 10 40
Middlesbrough 21 04 10 02 43 03 30 01 32 00 00 41 12 11 02 33 22 20 23
Newcastle United 10 11 10 01 31 00 10 20 11 13 10 02 22 20 32 31 30 00 31
Portsmouth 11 11 11 22 11 12 02 01 10 13 21 13 10 00 21 02 10 11 02
Sunderland 03 13 01 01 00 13 12 01 21 02 12 13 03 14 14 11 11 11 01
Tottenham Hotspur 11 00 20 32 10 31 02 20 10 00 21 12 20 20 31 32 21 11 22
West Bromwich Albion 21 12 23 20 00 12 12 40 00 02 20 12 02 03 21 01 20 01 12
West Ham United 00 40 30 31 12 00 13 22 21 12 10 12 21 24 24 20 21 10 02
Wigan Athletic 23 32 11 03 21 30 01 11 10 01 43 12 11 10 12 10 12 01 12

Source: Barclays Premier League
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Season summary

For the second time in two seasons, José Mourinho's Chelsea triumphed in the Premier League, with a home win over closest rivals Manchester United confirming them as champions after a record setting albeit tense season.

Chelsea's early season form with 15 wins out of 16 gave the champions an unequivocal head start. With Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool falling way short of their expectations before Christmas, Chelsea had effectively became champions-elect by early 2006. However, a sudden collapse in form by mid-March caused their seemingly unassailable lead of 18 points to be cut to just 7 in two weeks due to the impressive late run of form of Manchester United, who went on a ten-match winning streak scoring over 30 goals. However, a shock home draw with bottom of the table Sunderland at Old Trafford killed United's title hopes. The momentum was back with Chelsea who didn't need a second bite at the apple with wins over Bolton, Everton and finally Manchester United giving the west Londoners their second successive championship under Mourinho.

The top two clubs at the end of the season earned the right to participate in the UEFA Champions League group stages, while the third- and fourth-placed clubs get places in the Champions League Third Qualifying Round (where they progress to the Champions League group stages if they win or the UEFA Cup if they lose). However, if an English team wins the Champions League, but finishes outside the top four, then they get the final Champions League spot instead of the fourth-placed club, who have to settle for a place in the UEFA Cup. This could have been the case with Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur, but Arsenal pipped Spurs to fourth place in the final matchday of the season before losing 2–1 to FC Barcelona in the final of the UEFA Champions League.

The fifth-placed club always earns a spot in the UEFA Cup. The winners of the FA Cup also earn a place in the UEFA Cup. If they have already qualified for European competition by their league position or winning the League Cup, then the FA Cup runners-up get their place. If the runners-up, too, have already qualified, then the highest league finisher who have not already qualified for Europe (normally sixth place) are given the place. This season, the FA Cup final featured Liverpool and West Ham. Since Liverpool finished third they were assured of a spot in the Champions League qualifying round, which in turn meant that West Ham received the cup winner's UEFA Cup place.

The League Cup winners also qualify for the UEFA Cup. If they have already qualified for European competition through other means then their place is, unlike the FA Cup, not awarded to the runner-up, but instead the highest league finisher who has not qualified for Europe. League Cup winners Manchester United finished second, placing them directly into the Champions League group stage. This meant that the sixth-placed club, Blackburn Rovers, qualified for the UEFA Cup. The team directly after the UEFA Cup places, goes into the UEFA Intertoto Cup which means in turn, if the team – Newcastle United this season – wins a 2-legged match means they earn a place in the qualifying round of the UEFA Cup.

Top scorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 France Thierry Henry Arsenal 27
2 Netherlands Ruud van Nistelrooy Manchester United 21
3 England Darren Bent Charlton 18
4 Republic of Ireland Robbie Keane Tottenham Hotspur 16
England Frank Lampard Chelsea 16
England Wayne Rooney Manchester United 16
7 England Marlon Harewood West Ham United 14
8 Wales Craig Bellamy Blackburn Rovers 13
Nigeria Yakubu Aiyegbeni Middlesbrough 13
10 Senegal Henri Camara Wigan Athletic 12
Ivory Coast Didier Drogba Chelsea 12

Awards

Monthly awards

MonthManager of the MonthPlayer of the Month
August England Stuart Pearce (Manchester City) England Darren Bent (Charlton Athletic)
September England Paul Jewell (Wigan Athletic) England Danny Murphy (Charlton Athletic)
October England Paul Jewell (Wigan Athletic) England Frank Lampard (Chelsea)
November Spain Rafael Benítez (Liverpool) Netherlands Robin van Persie (Arsenal)
December Spain Rafael Benítez (Liverpool) England Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)
January Scotland David Moyes (Everton) England Anton Ferdinand (West Ham United)
February England Alan Pardew (West Ham United) England Kevin Nolan (Bolton Wanderers)
March Scotland Alex Ferguson (Manchester United) England Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)
April England Harry Redknapp (Portsmouth) England Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)

Annual awards

PFA Players' Player of the Year

The PFA Players' Player of the Year award for 2006 was won by Steven Gerrard[3]

The shortlist for the PFA Players' Player of the Year award was as follows:

PFA Young Player of the Year

The PFA Young Player of the Year award was won by Wayne Rooney.[4]

The shortlist for the award was as follows:

PFA Team of the Year

Goalkeeper: Shay Given (Newcastle United)
Defence: Pascal Chimbonda (Wigan Athletic), Jamie Carragher (Liverpool), John Terry, William Gallas (both Chelsea)
Midfield: Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United), Frank Lampard (Chelsea), Joe Cole (Chelsea)
Attack: Thierry Henry (Arsenal), Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)

PFA Fans' Player of the Year

Wayne Rooney, was named the PFA Fans' Player of the Year for 2006.

FWA Footballer of the Year

The Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year award for 2006 was won by Thierry Henry for a record third time. No other player has won the accolade on as many occasions as the Arsenal player in the award's long history.[5]

Barclays Player of the season

Chelsea's Frank Lampard won this award for the second time.

Barclays Manager of the season

José Mourinho was awarded the manager of the season award[6] after he led Chelsea FC to their second premier league title in two years, their third league title in their history. This title was also his second time of winning the award in as many seasons.

Barclays Golden Boot Award

Thierry Henry was named the winner of the Barclays Golden Boot Award. The Arsenal striker scored 27 goals in the league and was presented with the award at Arsenal's last ever game at Highbury.[7][8]

Barclays Golden Glove Award

Liverpool goalkeeper Pepe Reina won the Premier League's golden glove award for the first time. He achieved clean sheets in 20 Premier League games.[9]

Barclays Fair Play League

The Barclays Fair Play League was won by Charlton, ahead of fellow London team Arsenal. The least sporting side was Blackburn Rovers.[10]

Notable events

Arsenal
Aston Villa
Chelsea
Everton
Fulham
Liverpool
Middlesbrough
Portsmouth
Sunderland
Tottenham
Locations of the Premier League 2005–06 teams

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "English Premier League 2005–06". statto.com. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  2. Charlton changed sponsors during the season, as previous sponsors All:Sports went into administration.
  3. "GERRARD NAMED PFA PLAYER OF THE YEAR". Sporting Life. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
  4. "Gerrard named player of the year". BBC News. 23 April 2006. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
  5. "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Arsenal | Henry picks up award from writers". BBC News. 27 April 2006. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
  6. Premier League Manager of the Season#Winners
  7. Wallace, Sam (8 May 2006). "Arsenal 4 Wigan Athletic 2: Highbury story ends with last act of sublime skill from Henry – Premier League, Football". The Independent (UK). Retrieved 14 January 2011.
  8. "Thierry Henry with his Golden Boot Award. Arsenal 4:2 Wigan Athletic. Arsenal FC, Arsenal v Wigan 2005/06". Arsenalpics.com. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
  9. "Reina collects Barclays Golden Glove Award". Premierleague.com. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
  10. http://web.archive.org/web/20060923111427/http://www.premierleague.com/public/downloads/publications/Fair_Play_May_06.pdf
  11. "Henry delight at Highbury finale". BBC News. 7 May 2006. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
  12. "Bergkamp given rousing farewell". BBC News. 22 July 2006. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
  13. "Hotel cleared over Spurs illness". BBC News. 16 May 2006. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
  14. "Middlesbrough 4-1 Man Utd". BBC News. 29 October 2005.

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