Manchester City | |
Season 2005–06 | |
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Owner | Publicly traded company |
Chairman | John Wardle |
Manager | Stuart Pearce |
Team captain | Sylvain Distin |
Home stadium | City of Manchester Stadium (a.k.a. Eastlands and CoMS) |
Premier League | Fifteenth |
League Cup | Second round |
FA Cup | Quarter-finals |
Top goalscorers | League: Andy Cole (9 goals) (20th highest in Premier League) All comps: Andy Cole (10 goals) and Darius Vassell (10 goals) |
Season revenue | € 89.4 million (7th highest in Premier League) | (17th highest in world)
Average home attendance |
42,856 – over 19 PL home games (4th highest in Premier League) |
Highest home attendance |
47,192 Manchester United 14 January 2006 | v
Highest away attendance |
67,839 Manchester United 10 September 2005 | v
Lowest home attendance |
27,779 Scunthorpe United 7 January 2006 | v
Lowest away attendance |
8,228 Doncaster Rovers 21 September 2005 | v
← 2004–05 2006–07 → |
Results summary - all competitions | ||||
Wins | Draws | Losses | Win % | |
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Home | 12 | 2 | 9 | 52.2% |
Away | 4 | 4 | 13 | 19.0% |
Both | 16 | 6 | 22 | 36.4% |
Results summary - Premier League | ||||
Wins | Draws | Losses | Win % | |
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Home | 9 | 2 | 8 | 47.4% |
Away | 4 | 2 | 13 | 21.1% |
Both | 13 | 4 | 21 | 34.2% |
The 2005–06 season was Manchester City Football Club's fourth consecutive season playing in the Premier League, the top division of English football, and its ninth season since the Premier League was first created with Manchester City as one of the its original 22 founding member clubs. Overall, it was the team's 114th season playing in a division of English football, most of which have been spent in the top flight.
Season review
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Team kit
editFor this season the shirt sponsor for all of the club's kits continued to be the previous season's sponsor, Thomas Cook, while the team kits were produced by the previous season's supplier, Reebok.
This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (November 2010) |
Historical league performance
editPrior to this season, the history of Manchester City's performance in the English football league hierarchy since the creation of the Premier League in 1992 is summarised by the following timeline chart – which commences with the last season (1991-92) of the old Football League First Division (from which the Premier League was formed).
Friendly games
editPre-season
edit15 July 2005 | Tranmere Rovers | 1 – 0 | Manchester City | Prenton, England |
19:45 BST | Davies 90' | MCFC report M.E.N. report |
Stadium: Prenton Park |
16 July 2005 | Macclesfield Town | 1 – 1 | Manchester City | Macclesfield, England |
15:00 BST | Parkin 3' | MCFC report M.E.N. report |
8' Hussain | Stadium: Moss Rose Attendance: 4,420 Referee: Chris Foy (Merseyside) |
20 July 2005 | Bolton Wanderers | 1 – 1 (5 – 4 p) | Manchester City | Bangkok, Thailand |
21:45 MST 14:45 BST |
Davies 47' | MCFC report M.E.N. report |
41' Barton | Stadium: Rajamangala Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Chris Foy (Merseyside) |
Penalties | ||||
Okocha Diouf Vaz Tê Fadiga Campo |
Barton Flood Sun Bermingham B. Wright-Phillips |
23 July 2005 | Everton | 1 – 1 (2 – 4 p) | Manchester City | Bangkok, Thailand |
17:45 MST 10:45 BST |
Beattle 51' (pen.) | MCFC report M.E.N. report |
24' Cole | Stadium: Rajamangala Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Mark Clattenburg (Tyne & Wear) |
Penalties | ||||
Weir Ferguson Bent Kilbane |
B. Wright-Phillips Mills Thatcher Flood |
30 July 2005 | Stoke City | 1 – 2 | Manchester City | Stoke-on-Trent, England |
15:00 BST | Dyer 51' Dyer 68' (pen.) |
MCFC report M.E.N. report |
67' Sun 73' Cole 81' B. Wright-Phillips |
Stadium: Britannia Stadium Referee: Phil Dowd (Staffordshire) |
31 July 2005 | Sheffield Wednesday | 1 – 1 | Manchester City | Sheffield, England |
15:00 BST | Whelan 40' | MCFC report | 61' Bermingham | Stadium: Hillsborough Attendance: 12,796 |
6 August 2005 | Manchester City | 3 – 1 | Olympiacos | Manchester, England |
15:00 BST | Vassell 65' B. Wright-Phillips 75' 79' |
MCFC report M.E.N. report |
27' Touré | Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: ~20,000 |
Competitive games
editPosition in final standings
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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13 | Charlton Athletic | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 41 | 55 | −14 | 47 |
14 | Middlesbrough | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 48 | 58 | −10 | 45 |
15 | Manchester City | 38 | 13 | 4 | 21 | 43 | 48 | −5 | 43 |
16 | Aston Villa | 38 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 42 | 55 | −13 | 42 |
17 | Portsmouth | 38 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 37 | 62 | −25 | 38 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Results summary
editOverall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
38 | 13 | 4 | 21 | 43 | 48 | −5 | 43 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 23 | 20 | +3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 20 | 28 | −8 |
Last updated: 7 May 2006 (end of season).
Source: Premier League results 2005-06
Points breakdownedit
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Biggest & smallesteditBiggest home wins: 4–1 vs. Birmingham City, 17 December 2005 |
Results by round
editA = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Individual match reports
editBirmingham City | 1 – 2 | Manchester City |
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Butt 7' | Guardian report | 20' Barton 46' Cole |
Sunderland | 1 – 2 | Manchester City |
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Le Tallec 41' | Guardian report | 9' Vassell 35' Sinclair |
Manchester City | 2 – 1 | Portsmouth |
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Reyna 66' Cole 69' |
Guardian report BBC Sport report |
52' Viafara |
Manchester United | 1 – 1 | Manchester City |
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van Nistelrooy 45' | Guardian report | 75' Barton |
Manchester City | 0 – 1 | Bolton Wanderers |
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Guardian report | 93' Speed |
Newcastle United | 1 – 0 | Manchester City |
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Owen 18' | Guardian report |
Manchester City | 2 – 0 | Everton |
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Mills 72' Vassell 92' |
Guardian report |
Manchester City | 2 – 1 | West Ham United |
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Cole 17' 55' | Guardian report | 90' Zamora |
Arsenal | 1 – 0 | Manchester City |
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Pirès 61' (pen.) | Guardian report |
Manchester City | 3 – 1 | Aston Villa |
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Vassell 4' 26' Cole 82' |
Guardian report | 64' Ridgewell |
Fulham | 2 – 1 | Manchester City |
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Malbranque 6' 44' | Guardian report | 20' Croft |
Manchester City | 0 – 1 | Liverpool |
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Guardian report | 60' Riise |
Charlton Athletic | 2 – 5 | Manchester City |
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Bent 36' Bothroyd 73' |
Guardian report | 25' 84' Cole 37' Sinclair 69' Barton 79' Vassell |
West Bromwich Albion | 2 – 0 | Manchester City |
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Kamara 36' Campbell 73' |
Guardian report BBC Sport report |
87' Cole |
Manchester City | 4 – 1 | Birmingham City |
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Sommeil 1' Barton 13' (pen.) Sibierski 39' Wright-Phillips 69' |
Guardian report | 73' Jarošík 90' Vaesen |
Wigan Athletic | 4 – 3 | Manchester City |
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Roberts 11' 44' McCulloch 22' Camara 70' |
Guardian report | 2' Sibierski 76' Barton 87' Cole |
Manchester City | 0 – 1 | Chelsea |
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Guardian report | 79' Cole |
Manchester City | 0 – 2 | Tottenham Hotspur |
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Guardian report | 30' Mido 83' Keane |
Manchester City | 3 – 1 | Manchester United |
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Sinclair 32' Vassell 39' Fowler 93' |
Guardian report | 76' van Nistelrooy 66' Ronaldo |
Bolton Wanderers | 2 – 0 | Manchester City |
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Borgetti 32' Nolan 39' |
Guardian report |
Manchester City | 3 – 0 | Newcastle United |
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Riera 14' Cole 38' Vassell 62' |
Guardian report BBC Sport report |
Everton | 1 – 0 | Manchester City |
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Weir 7' | Guardian report | 90' Jordan |
Manchester City | 3 – 2 | Charlton Athletic |
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Dunne 22' Samaras 53' Barton 63' |
Guardian report | 50' D. Bent 66' M. Bent |
Liverpool | 1 – 0 | Manchester City |
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Kewell 40' | Guardian report | 52' Barton |
Manchester City | 2 – 1 | Sunderland |
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Samaras 8' 10' | Guardian report | 24' Kyle 85' Breen |
Portsmouth | 2 – 1 | Manchester City |
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Mendes 30' 90+3' | Guardian report | 81' Dunne |
Chelsea | 2 – 0 | Manchester City |
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Drogba 30' 33' | Guardian report | 45' Distin |
Tottenham Hotspur | 2 – 1 | Manchester City |
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Stalteri 43' Carrick 49' |
Guardian report | 51' Samaras |
West Ham United | 1 – 0 | Manchester City |
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Newton 15' | Guardian report |
Manchester City | 1 – 2 | Fulham |
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Dunne 69' | Guardian report BBC Sport report |
83' John 90' Malbranque |
Manchester City | 1 – 3 | Arsenal |
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Sommeil 38' | Guardian report | 29' Ljungberg 77' 84' Reyes |
Blackburn Rovers | 2 – 0 | Manchester City |
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Khizanishvili 35' Kuqi 53' Tugay 59' |
Guardian report |
Second round
editDoncaster Rovers | (0) 1 – 1 (0) | Manchester City |
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McIndoe 118' (pen.) | Guardian report BBC Sport report |
95' (pen.) Vassell 106' Onuoha (rescinded at end of game) |
Penalties | ||
McIndoe Coppinger Heffeman |
3 – 0 | Vassell Sibierski Dunne |
Third round
editManchester City | 3 – 1 | Scunthorpe United |
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Fowler 47' 56' 64' (pen.) | Guardian report | 17' Keogh |
Fourth round
editManchester City | 1 – 0 | Wigan Athletic |
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Cole 83' | Guardian report |
Fifth round
editAston Villa | 1 – 1 | Manchester City |
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Baroš 72' | Guardian report | 90+3' Richards |
Fifth round replay
editManchester City | 2 – 1 | Aston Villa |
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Samaras 17' Vassell 49' |
Guardian report | 85' Davis |
Quarter-final
editManchester City | 1 – 2 | West Ham United |
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Sun 56' Musampa 85' |
Guardian report | 41' 69' Ashton |
Goal scorers
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All competitionsedit |
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Transfers and loans
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See also
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References
edit- ^ "Cole flies out to join Blues". menmedia.co.uk. Manchester Evening News. 2005-07-19. Retrieved 2010-12-20.
- ^ "Andrew Cole transfer from Fulham complete". mcfc.co.uk. (Manchester City Football Club). 2005-07-20. Retrieved 2011-01-21.
- ^ "City complete Vassell deal". menmedia.co.uk. Manchester Evening News. 2005-07-27. Retrieved 2010-12-20.
- ^ "Next level for Darius Vassell". mcfc.co.uk. (Manchester City Football Club). 2005-07-28. Retrieved 2011-01-21.
- ^ "Man City sign Qatar star Hussein". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 2005-08-16. Retrieved 2011-01-21.
- ^ "Yasser in training". mcfc.co.uk. (Manchester City Football Club). 2005-08-16. Retrieved 2011-01-21.
- ^ "Man City extend Haapala's trial". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 2005-11-21. Retrieved 2011-01-21.
- ^ "Haapala earns a deal at Man City". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 2005-12-12. Retrieved 2011-01-21.
- ^ "Samaras seals £6m Man City switch". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 2006-01-30. Retrieved 2010-12-21.
- ^ "City: Samaras looks for a fresh start". menmedia.co.uk. Manchester Evening News. 2006-01-31. Retrieved 2011-01-21.
- ^ "Blues complete Mills deal". menmedia.co.uk. Manchester Evening News. 2006-01-31. Retrieved 2011-01-21.
- ^ "SWP completes Chelsea move". menmedia.co.uk. Manchester Evening News. 2005-07-18. Retrieved 2010-12-20.
- ^ "Blackpool sign Birmingham's Kuqi". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 2006-01-23. Retrieved 2011-01-21.
- ^ "Liverpool make shock Fowler swoop". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 2006-01-27. Retrieved 2011-01-21.
- ^ "Mansfield get D'Laryea and Wilson". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 2006-01-31. Retrieved 2011-01-21.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Sommeil heads Man City clear-out". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 2006-05-11. Retrieved 2011-01-21.
- ^ "Kiki to stay on". menmedia.co.uk. Manchester Evening News. 2005-06-06. Retrieved 2010-12-21.
- ^ "Musampa stays at Man City on loan". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 2005-06-05. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
- ^ "Riera clinches Man City loan move". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 2006-01-05. Retrieved 2011-03-04.