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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

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 P W D L GS GC Top Scorer
Premier League 3rd 38 25 7 6 57 25 Steven Gerrard (10)
Champions League Last 16 8 3 3 2 6 4 Garcia and Cisse (2)
Champions League (Q) Qualified 6 5 0 1 14 3 Steven Gerrard (7)
FA Cup Winners 6 5 1 0 20 8 Steven Gerrard (4)
League Cup 3rd Round 1 0 0 1 1 2 Steven Gerrard (1)
FIFA Club World Cup Runners-Up 2 1 0 1 3 1 Peter Crouch (2)
UEFA Super Cup Winners 1 1 0 0 3 1 Djibril Cisse (2)
Overall - 62 40 11 11 104 44 Steven Gerrard (23)

Squad[]

LiverpoolSquad2005-2006

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

FA Cup[]

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

League Cup[]

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

Champions League[]

Qualifying stages[]

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

Group stage[]

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

Knockout stages[]

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

Other[]

UEFA Super Cup:

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

FIFA Club World Cup:

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

Player stats[]

No. Pos. Name League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
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[]

  1. ↑ Liverpool won 3-1 on penalties.
  2. ↑ Prior to his transfer


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