2005–06 Borussia Dortmund season

Borussia Dortmund
2005–06 season
Manager	Bert van Marwijk
Stadium	Westfalenstadion
Bundesliga	7th
DFB-Pokal	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Ebi Smolarek (13); All: Ebi Smolarek (13)
	← 2004–05 2006–07 →

During the 2005–06 German football season, Borussia Dortmund competed in the Bundesliga.

Season summary

Another mediocre season saw Dortmund repeat last season's seventh-place finish, albeit with nine fewer points.

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
1	GK	GER	Roman Weidenfeller
3	DF	GER	Markus Brzenska
4	DF	GER	Christian Wörns
5	MF	GER	Sebastian Kehl
6	MF	GER	Florian Kringe
7	MF	RSA	Delron Buckley
8	FW	GHA	Matthew Amoah
9	FW	CZE	Jan Koller
10	MF	CZE	Tomáš Rosický
11	MF	GER	David Odonkor
13	MF	COD	Kosi Saka
14	FW	POL	Ebi Smolarek
15	FW	GER	Marcus Steegmann
16	FW	NED	Cedric van der Gun
17	DF	BRA	Dedê
18	MF	GER	Lars Ricken


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	MF	TUR	Mehmet Akgün^{[notes 1]}
20	GK	GER	Bernd Meier
21	DF	GER	Christoph Metzelder
22	MF	GER	Marc-André Kruska
23	DF	SUI	Philipp Degen
24	MF	TUR	Nizamettin Çalışkan^{[notes 2]}
25	MF	TUR	Nuri Şahin^{[notes 3]}
26	MF	GER	Marc Heitmeier
27	DF	GER	Uwe Hünemeier
28	MF	GER	Sebastian Tyrała^{[notes 4]}
29	MF	GER	Sascha Rammel
30	GK	NED	Dennis Gentenaar
32	GK	GER	Sascha Samulewicz
33	FW	GER	Salvatore Gambino
34	GK	GER	Sören Pirson
39	MF	GER	Marcel Großkreutz

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Bayer Leverkusen	34	14	10	10	64	49	+15	52	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
6	Hertha BSC	34	12	12	10	52	48	+4	48	Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
7	Borussia Dortmund	34	11	13	10	45	42	+3	46
8	1. FC Nürnberg	34	12	8	14	49	51	−2	44
9	VfB Stuttgart	34	9	16	9	37	39	−2	43

Source: kicker.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

22 August 2005	Eintracht Braunschweig	2 – 1	Borussia Dortmund	Braunschweig
20:30	Rische 41' Graf 84'	report (in German)	Koller 28'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 22.200 Referee: Peter Sippel (Munich)

^ Akgün was born in Bielefeld, Germany, but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and represented them at U-17 level.
^ Çalışkan was born in Hagen, Germany, but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and represented them at U-17 and U-19 level.
^ Şahin was born in Lüdenscheid, Germany, but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally through his parents and represented them at U-16, U-17, U-19 and U-21 level before making his international debut for Turkey in 2005.
^ Tyrała was born in Racibórz, Poland, but also qualified to represent Germany internationally and represented them at U-19 level before making his international debut for Poland in December 2008.