2005–06 Kilmarnock F.C. season

The 2005–06 season was Kilmarnock's seventh consecutive season in the Scottish Premier League, having competed in it since its inauguration in 1998–99. Kilmarnock also competed in the Scottish Cup and the League Cup.

Kilmarnock
2005–06 season
ManagerJim Jefferies
StadiumRugby Park
SPLFifth place
Scottish CupThird round
League CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague: Kris Boyd (15)
All: Kris Boyd (17)
Highest home attendance12,426 v Rangers, SPL, 11 December 2005
Lowest home attendance4,644 v Livingston, SPL, 27 August 2005
Average home league attendance7,071

Summary

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Season

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Kilmarnock finished fifth in the Scottish Premier League with 55 points.[1] They reached the third round of the League Cup, losing to Dunfermline[2] and the third round of the Scottish Cup, losing to Hearts.[3]

Results and fixtures

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Scottish Premier League

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Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
1 30 July 2005 Heart of Midlothian H 2–4 7,487 Naismith 12’ Greer 74’
2 6 August 2005 Aberdeen A 2–1 13,661 Johnston 1’ Naismith 72’
3 13 August 2005 Motherwell H 4–1 5,035 Johnston 12’ Boyd 19’, 73’ McDonald 61’
4 20 August 2005 Inverness CT A 2–2 4,854 Nish 71’ Boyd 74’
5 27 August 2005 Livingston H 3–0 4,644 Nish 28’, 35’, 43’
6 10 September 2005 Dunfermline Athletic H 3–2 4,737 Dodds 8’ Boyd 33’ Invincible 90’
7 17 September 2005 Rangers A 0–3 49,076
8 24 September 2005 Falkirk H 1–1 5,507 Boyd 23’ (Pen.)
9 1 October 2005 Dundee United A 0–0 6,915
10 15 October 2005 Hibernian A 2–4 11,731 Ford 7’ Fowler 40’
11 23 October 2005 Celtic H 0–1 10,544
12 26 October 2005 Heart of Midlothian A 0–1 16,536
13 29 October 2005 Aberdeen H 4–2 5,798 Ford 18’ Invincible 19’ Boyd 47’, 57’
14 5 November 2005 Motherwell A 2–2 4,979 Boyd 9’, 90’
15 19 November 2005 Inverness CT H 2–2 4,708 Boyd 54’ Naismith 56’
16 26 November 2005 Livingston A 3–0 3,446 Boyd 26’, 82’ Naismith 29’
17 3 December 2005 Dunfermline Athletic A 1–0 4,319 Boyd 41’
18 11 December 2005 Rangers H 2–3 12,426 McDonald 61’ Boyd 82’
19 17 December 2005 Falkirk A 2–1 4,804 Fowler 50’ Boyd 90’
20 26 December 2005 Dundee United H 2–1 5,749 McDonald 38’ Wales 90’
21 2 January 2006 Hibernian H 2–2 9,224 Naismith 30’ Wales 90’
22 14 January 2006 Celtic A 2–4 59,995 Naismith 24’ (Pen.) Invincible 51’
23 21 January 2006 Heart of Midlothian H 1–0 8,811 Invincible 46’
24 28 January 2006 Aberdeen A 2–2 10,540 Naismith 24’ (Pen.) 31’ Lilley 85’
25 8 February 2006 Motherwell H 2–0 5,169 Wales 34’, 51’
26 11 February 2006 Inverness CT A 3–3 3,618 Naismith 27’ Wales 69’, 85’
27 18 February 2006 Livingston H 3–1 5,266 Wales 22’ Naismith 27’ invincible 59’
28 4 March 2006 Dunfermline Athletic H 1–0 5,507 Invincible 9’
29 11 March 2006 Rangers A 0–4 49,442
30 18 March 2006 Falkirk H 2–1 5,443 Invincible 3’ Naismith 74’
31 25 March 2006 Dundee United A 2–2 5,830 Naismith 13’, 18’
32 5 April 2006 Hibernian A 1–2 10,427 Wales 19’
33 9 April 2006 Celtic H 1–4 10,978 Nish 89’
34 15 April 2006 Heart of Midlothian A 0–2 16,497
35 22 April 2006 Aberdeen A 0–0 10,634
36 29 April 2006 Rangers A 1–3 11,583 Nish 27’
37 3 May 2006 Celtic A 0–2 48,649
38 7 May 2006 Hibernian H 3–1 5,732 Naismith 48’ (Pen.) Greer 72’ Nish 75’

Scottish League Cup

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Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
Second Round 23 August 2005 Stirling Albion H 4–1 3,124 Dodds 42’ Invincible 56’ Wales 75’ Di Giacomo 90’
Third Round 20 September 2005 Dunfermline Athletic H 3–4 3,193 Boyd 53’, 90+3 Wilson (o.g.) 73’

Scottish Cup

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Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
Third Round 7 January 2006 Heart of Midlothian A 1–2 12,831 Nish 86’

Player statistics

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As of 7 May 2006 (UTC)[4]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Premier League League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   SCO Alan Combe 35 0 32+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
2 MF   SCO James Fowler 40 2 38+0 2 1+0 0 1+0 0
3 DF   SCO Garry Hay 37 0 35+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
4 DF   SCO David Lilley 13 1 8+3 1 0+1 0 1+0 0
5 DF   SCO Gordon Greer 30 2 27+0 2 2+0 0 1+0 0
6 DF   JAM Simon Ford 35 2 32+0 2 2+0 0 1+0 0
7 MF   SCO Gary McDonald 28 4 16+11 3 1+0 1 0+0 0
8 MF   SCO Gary Locke 16 0 10+5 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
9 FW   SCO Kris Boyd 20 17 18+1 15 1+0 2 0+0 0
10 FW   SCO Gary Wales 32 9 18+12 8 0+1 1 1+0 0
11 FW   AUS Danny Invincible 39 8 34+3 7 2+0 1 0+0 0
12 MF   SCO Allan Johnston 39 2 36+1 2 1+0 0 1+0 0
13 GK   SCO Graeme Smith 7 0 6+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
14 FW   SCO Steven Naismith 41 13 34+4 13 1+0 0 1+1 0
15 FW   SCO Colin Nish 37 8 25+9 7 2+0 0 1+0 1
16 MF   SCO Rhian Dodds 13 2 6+5 1 2+0 1 0+0 0
17 MF   FRA Eric Skora 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
18 DF   SCO Frazer Wright 28 0 27+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
19 MF   SCO Stevie Murray 18 0 1+14 0 1+1 0 0+1 0
20 FW   SCO Paul Di Giacomo 14 1 2+10 0 0+1 1 0+1 0
21 DF   AUS Lindsay Wilson 13 0 11+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
22 MF   SCO Peter Leven 8 0 4+2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
23 MF   SCO Jamie Hamill 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
24 FW   SCO Robert Campbell 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
25 MF   GRE Georgios Fotakis 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
26 GK   SCO Cameron Bell 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
30 MF   SCO Jamie Adams 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
31 FW   SCO Tommy Coyne 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
33 FW   SCO Rory Loy 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
38 MF   SCO Iain Flannigan 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
41 DF   SCO Ryan O'Leary 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Final league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
3 Rangers 38 21 10 7 67 37 +30 73 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4 Hibernian 38 17 5 16 61 56 +5 56 Qualification for the UEFA Intertoto Cup second round[b]
5 Kilmarnock 38 15 10 13 63 64 −1 55
6 Aberdeen 38 13 15 10 46 40 +6 54
7 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 38 15 13 10 51 38 +13 58
Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.
  2. ^ Hibernian qualified for the 2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup by being the highest place applicant for the competition.

Division summary

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Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAAHAAHAH
ResultLWWDWWLDDLLLWDDWWLWWDLWDWDWWLWDLLLDLLW
Position107443354555655554454555555555445555665
Source: [5]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers

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References

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  1. ^ "Scottish Premiership Table 2005-06". espnfc.com. ESPN FC. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Kilmarnock vs. Dunfermline". espnfc.com. ESPN. 20 September 2005. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Hearts vs. Rangers". espnfc.com. ESPN. 7 January 2006. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Kilmarnock 2005/06 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  5. ^ "Scottish Premiership 2005/2006". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  6. ^ "Kilmarnock complete Wright move". BBC Sport. BBC. 28 June 2005. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  7. ^ "Killie bolster squad with Fotakis". BBC Sport. BBC. 26 January 2006. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  8. ^ "Skora completes Kilmarnock return". BBC Sport. BBC. 30 January 2006. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  9. ^ "Killie give Wilson World Cup hope". BBC Sport. BBC. 2 February 2006. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  10. ^ "Striker Dargo moves to Inverness". BBC Sport. BBC. 13 June 2005. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  11. ^ "Samson wins a Tannadice contract". BBC Sport. BBC. 29 July 2005. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  12. ^ "Striker Boyd seals Rangers move". BBC Sport. BBC. 22 December 2005. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
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