2005-06 season

2005-06 season
General information
Manager	Rafael Benitez
Captain	Steven Gerrard
Performance
{{{division}}}	3rd
FA Cup	Winners
League Cup	3rd round
Europe	Champions League: Last 16 European Supercup: Winners
Top scorers
League	Gerrard (10)
FA Cup	Gerrard (4)
League Cup	Gerrard (1)
Europe	Champions League: Gerrard (7)
Overall	Gerrard (23)
Attendances
Highest	44,983
Lowest	42,077
Average	44,241

The 2006-07 season was Liverpool's 114th season of football since they were established.

Squad

• 1. Jerzy Dudek
• 2. Jan Kromkamp
• 3. Steve Finnan
• 4 Sami Hyypia
• 5. Daniel Agger
• 5 Milan Baros
• 6. John Arne Riise
• 7. Harry Kewell
• 8. Steven Gerrard
• 9. Djibril Cisse
• 10. Luis Garcia
• 11. Robbie Fowler
• 13. Anthony Le Tallec
• 14. Xabi Alonso
• 15. Peter Crouch
• 16. Dietmar Hamann
• 17. Josemi
• 19. Fernando Morientes
• 20. Scott Carson
• 21. Djimi Traore
• 22. Momo Sissoko
• 23. Jamie Carragher
• 24. Florent Sinama-Pongolle
• 25. Pepe Reina
• 26. Paul Anderson
• 28. Stephen Warnock
• 30. Boudewijn Zenden
• 31. David Raven
• 34. Darren Potter
• 35. Carl Medjani
• 36. Antonio Barragan
• 37. Zak Whitbread

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	Liverpool	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

Group stage

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers

Knockout stages

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers

Other

European Supercup

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

World Club Cup

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers