2005-06 season

2005-06 season
General information
Manager	Rafael Benitez
Captain	Steven Gerrard
Performance
Premier League	3rd
FA Cup	Winners
League Cup	3rd round
Europe	Champions League: Last 16; European Super Cup: Winners
Top scorers
League	Steven Gerrard (10)
FA Cup	Steven Gerrard (4)
League Cup	Steven Gerrard (1)
Europe	Champions League: Gerrard (7)
Overall	Steven Gerrard (23)
Attendances
Highest	44,983
Lowest	42,077
Average	44,241
←2004-05	2006-07→

The 2005-06 season was Liverpool's 114th season of football since they were established. This was a successful season for Liverpool as they managed to win the FA Cup, the UEFA Super Cup, and finish as runners up in the World Club Cup.

Competition performance[]

Competition	Result
Premier League	3rd
UEFA Champions League	Last 16
FA Cup	Winners
FIFA Club World Cup	Runners-up
League Cup	3rd round
UEFA Super Cup	Winners

Squad[]

Friendlies[]

Pre-season[]

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
9 July 2005	Wrexham	4-3	Morientes (16, 41), Milan Baros (51, 71)
16 July 2005	Bayern Leverkusen	3-0	Cisse (25, 26), Baros (56)
23 July 2005	Olympiacos	4-3	Garcia (31), Morientes (49), Baros (53, 59)

Results[]

League[]

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
13 August 2005	Middlesbrough	0-0
20 August 2005	Sunderland	1-0	Alonso (24)
10 September 2005	Tottenham	0-0
18 September 2005	Man Utd	0-0
24 September 2005	Birmingham	2-2	Garcia (68), Cisse (pen 85)
2 October 2005	Chelsea	1-4	Gerrard (36)
15 October 2005	Blackburn	1-0	Cisse (75)
22 October 2005	Fulham	0-2
29 October 2005	West Ham	2-0	Alonso (18), Zenden (82)
5 November 2005	Aston Villa	2-0	Gerrard (pen 85), Alonso (89)
19 November 2005	Portsmouth	3-0	Zenden (23), Cisse (39), Morientes (80)
26 November 2005	Man City	1-0	Arne Riise (61)
30 November 2005	Sunderland	2-0	Garcia (30), Gerrard (45)
3 December 2005	Wigan	3-0	Crouch (19, 42), Garcia (70)
10 December 2005	Middlesbrough	2-0	Morientes (72, 77)
26 December 2005	Newcastle	2-0	Gerrard (14), Crouch (43)
28 December 2005	Everton	3-1	Crouch (11), Gerrard (18), Cisse (47)
31 December 2005	West Brom	1-0	Crouch (52)
2 January 2006	Bolton	2-2	Gerrard (pen 67), Garcia (82)
14 January 2006	Tottenham	1-0	Kewell (59)
22 January 2006	Man Utd	0-1
1 February 2006	Birmingham	1-1	Gerrard (62)
5 February 2006	Chelsea	0-2
8 February 2006	Charlton	0-2
11 February 2006	Wigan	1-0	Hyypia (30)
14 February 2006	Arsenal	1-0	Garcia (87)
26 February 2006	Man City	1-0	Kewell (40)
4 March 2006	Charlton	0-0
12 March 2006	Arsenal	1-2	Garcia (76)
15 March 2006	Fulham	5-1	Fowler (16), Brown (og 34), Morientes (71), Crouch (89), Warnock (90)
19 March 2006	Newcastle	3-1	Crouch (10), Gerrard (35), Cisse (pen 52)
25 March 2006	Everton	3-1	Neville (og 45), Garcia (47), Kewell (84)
1 April 2006	West Brom	2-0	Fowler (7), Cisse (38)
9 April 2006	Bolton	1-0	Fowler (45)
16 April 2006	Blackburn	1-0	Fowler (29)
26 April 2006	West Ham	2-1	Cisse (19, 54)
29 April 2006	Aston Villa	3-1	Morientes (4), Gerrard (61, 66)
7 May 2006	Portsmouth	3-1	Fowler (52), Crouch (84), Cisse (89)

FA Cup[]

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
3	7 January 2006	Luton	5-3	Gerrard (16), Sinama-Pongolle (62, 74), Alonso (69, 90)
4	29 January 2006	Portsmouth	2-1	Gerrard (pen 37), Arne Riise (41)
5	18 February 2006	Man Utd	1-0	Crouch (19)
Quarter-final	21 March 2006	Birmingham	7-0	Hyypia (1), Crouch (5, 38), Morientes (59), Arne Riise (70), Tebily (og 77), Cisse (89)
Semi-final	22 April 2006	Chelsea	2-1	Arne Riise (21), Garcia (53)
Final	13 May 2006	West Ham	3-3	Cisse (32), Gerrard (54, 90)

League Cup[]

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
3	25 October 2005	Crystal Palace	1-2	Gerrard (40)

Champions League[]

Qualifying stages[]

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
1 (1st leg)	13 July 2005	TNS	3-0	Gerrard (8, 21, 89)
1 (2nd leg)	19 July 2005	TNS	3-0	Cisse (26), Gerrard (85, 86)
2 (1st leg)	26 July 2005	FBK Kaunas	3-1	Cisse (27), Carragher (30), Gerrard (pen 54)
2 (2nd leg)	2 August 2005	FBK Kaunas	2-0	Gerrard (77), Cisse (86)
3 (1st leg)	10 August 2005	CSKA Sofia	3-1	Cisse (25), Morientes (31, 58)
3 (2nd leg	23 August 2005	CSKA Sofia	0-1

Group stage[]

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
13 September 2005	Real Betis	2-1	Sinama-Pongolle (2), Garcia (14)
28 September 2005	Chelsea	0-0
19 October 2005	Anderlecht	1-0	Cisse (20)
1 November 2005	Anderlecht	3-0	Morientes (34), Garcia (61), Cisse (89)
23 November 2005	Real Betis	0-0
6 December 2005	Chelsea	0-0

Knockout stages[]

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
Last 16 (1st leg)	21 February 2006	Benfica	0-1
Last 16 (2nd leg)	8 March 2006	Benfica	0-2

Other[]

European Supercup:

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
26 August 2005	CSKA Moscow	3-1^[1]	Cisse (82, 102), Garcia (109)

World Club Cup:

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
Semi-final	15 December 2005	Saprissa	3-0	Crouch (3, 58), Gerrard (32)
Final	18 December 2005	Sao Paulo	0-1

Player stats[]

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
No.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Jerzy Dudek	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
2	DF	Jan Kromkamp	13	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	17	0
3	DF	Steve Finnan	33	0	6	0	0	0	13	0	52	0
4	DF	Sami Hyypia	36	1	6	1	1	0	16	0	59	2
5^[2]	FW	Milan Baros	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
5	DF	Daniel Agger	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
6	DF	John Arne Riise	32	1	6	3	0	0	14	0	52	4
7	MF	Harry Kewell	27	3	6	0	1	0	7	0	41	3
8	MF	Steven Gerrard	32	10	6	4	1	1	14	8	53	23
9	FW	Djibril Cisse	33	9	6	2	0	0	15	8	54	19
10	MF	Luis Garcia	31	7	3	1	1	0	15	3	50	11
11	FW	Robbie Fowler	14	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	16	5
13	FW	Anthony Le Tallec	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
14	MF	Xabi Alonso	35	3	5	2	0	0	13	0	53	5
15	FW	Peter Crouch	32	8	6	3	1	0	10	2	49	13
16	MF	Dietmar Hamann	17	0	2	0	1	0	12	0	32	0
17	DF	Josemi	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	12	0
19	FW	Fernando Morientes	28	5	5	1	1	0	12	3	46	9
20	GK	Scott Carson	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	4	0
21	DF	Djimi Traore	15	0	2	0	1	0	6	0	24	0
22	MF	Momo Sissoko	26	0	6	0	0	0	13	0	45	0
23	DF	Jamie Carragher	36	0	6	0	0	0	15	1	57	1
24	FW	Florent Sinama-Pongolle	7	0	1	2	1	0	6	1	15	3
25	GK	Pepe Reina	33	0	5	0	0	0	15	0	53	0
28	DF	Stephen Warnock	20	1	2	0	1	0	7	0	30	1
30	MF	Boudewijn Zenden	7	2	0	0	0	0	10	0	17	2
31	DF	David Raven	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
34	MF	Darren Potter	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	7	0
36	DF	Antonio Barragan	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
37	DF	Zak Whitbread	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	3	0

Tables[]

League[]

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
2	Manchester United	38	25	8	5	72	34	38	83
3	Liverpool	38	25	7	6	57	25	32	82
4	Arsenal	38	20	7	11	68	3	37	67

Europe[]

Champions League group stage

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Liverpool	6	3	3	0	6	1	5	12
2	Chelsea	6	3	2	1	7	1	6	11
3	Real Betis	6	2	1	3	3	7	−4	7
4	Anderlecht	6	1	0	5	1	8	−7	3

Transfers[]

In[]

Player	From	Fee	Date
Antonio Barragan	Sevilla	£240,000	4 July 2005
Boudewijn Zenden	Free Transfer	Free	4 July 2005
Pepe Reina	Villarreal	£6,000,000	4 July 2005
Momo Sissoko	Valencia	£5,600,000	14 July 2005
Peter Crouch	Southampton	£7,000,000	20 July 2005
Miki Roque	Lleida	Unknown	15 August 2005
Jack Hobbs	Lincoln	£150,000	18 August 2005
Besian Idrizaj	LASK Linz	£190,000	22 August 2005
Mark Gonzalez	Albacete	£1,500,000	20 October 2005
Paul Anderson	Hull	Swap	1 January 2006
Jan Kromkamp	Villareal	Swap	4 January 2006
David Martin	MK Dons	£250,000	12 January 2006
Daniel Agger	Brondby	£5,800,000	12 January 2006
Robbie Fowler	Man City	Free	27 January 2006

Out[]

Player	To	Fee	Date
Vladimir Smicer	Bordeaux	Free	13 June 2005
El Hadji Diouf	Bolton	£3,500,000	15 June 2005
Mauricio Pellegrino	Alaves	Free	17 June 2005
Alou Diarra	Lens	£2,000,000	23 June 2005
Igor Biscan	Panathinaikos	Free	1 July 2005
Jon Otsemobor	Rotherham	Free	1 July 2005
Mark Smyth	—	Released	1 July 2005
Paul Harrison	—	Released	1 July 2005
Richie Partridge	—	Released	1 July 2005
Patrice Luzi	—	Released	1 July 2005
Gregory Vignal	Portsmouth	Free	1 July 2005
Antonio Nunez	Celta Vigo	£2,000,000	29 July 2005
Milan Baros	Aston Villa	£6,500,000	23 August 2005
John Welsh	Hull	Swap	1 January 2006
Josemi	Villarreal	Swap	2 January 2006

Notes[]

↑ After extra time.
↑ Prior to his transfer

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[1] After extra time.

[2] Prior to his transfer

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