2005–06 FC Schalke 04 season

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FC Schalke 04
2005-06 season
ManagerGermany Ralf Rangnick (until 12 December)
Germany Oliver Reck (caretaker)
Germany Mirko Slomka (from 4 January)
StadiumVeltins-Arena
Bundesliga4th
DFB-PokalLast 16
UEFA Champions LeagueGroup stage
UEFA CupSemi-finals

During the 2005–06 German football season, FC Schalke 04 competed in the Bundesliga.

Season summary[edit]

The 2005-06 season was one of ups and downs for Schalke. The club only dropped two points more compared to the previous season, but this was only good enough to see Schalke finish in 4th. Schalke also exited the Champions League at the group stage, though there was little shame in elimination given that they were placed in the same group as last season's runners-up AC Milan and semi-finalists PSV Eindhoven. Schalke compensated with a great run to the UEFA Cup semi-final, with eventual champions Sevilla needing extra time to overcome the Germans. Less flattering was Schalke's domestic cup form, with the club thrashed by eventual finalists Frankfurt 6-0 in the second round. This humiliation, along with the mediocre league form, saw coach Ralf Rangnick sacked in December, with Mirko Slomka appointed as his replacement in early January.

First-team squad[edit]

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 Germany GER Frank Rost
2 MF Denmark DEN Christian Poulsen
3 DF Georgia (country) GEO Levan Kobiashvili
4 DF Germany GER Thomas Kläsener
5 DF Brazil BRA Marcelo Bordon
6 MF Turkey TUR Hamit Altıntop[notes 1]
7 MF Germany GER Mimoun Azaouagh[notes 2]
8 MF Germany GER Fabian Ernst
9 FW Denmark DEN Søren Larsen
10 MF Brazil BRA Lincoln
11 FW Denmark DEN Ebbe Sand
12 DF Netherlands NED Marco van Hoogdalem
13 GK Germany GER Christofer Heimeroth
14 FW Germany GER Gerald Asamoah[notes 3]
15 DF Poland POL Tomasz Wałdoch
16 DF Uruguay URU Darío Rodríguez
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF Brazil BRA Rafinha
19 MF Uruguay URU Gustavo Varela
20 DF Serbia and Montenegro SCG Mladen Krstajić[notes 4]
21 MF Germany GER Alexander Baumjohann
22 FW Germany GER Kevin Kurányi[notes 5]
24 DF Germany GER Christian Pander
25 MF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Zlatan Bajramović[notes 6]
26 DF Germany GER Niko Bungert
27 DF Germany GER Tim Hoogland
29 GK Germany GER Manuel Neuer
31 DF Germany GER Sebastian Boenisch[notes 7]
33 FW Morocco MAR Joseph Laumann
34 MF Germany GER Mario Klinger
35 MF Germany GER David Müller
36 MF Lebanon LBN Bilal Aziz

Left club during season[edit]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
23 MF Germany GER Simon Cziommer (on loan to Roda JC)

Competitions[edit]

Bundesliga[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 Werder Bremen 34 21 7 6 79 37 +42 70 Qualification to Champions League group stage
3 Hamburger SV 34 21 5 8 53 30 +23 68 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4 Schalke 04 34 16 13 5 47 31 +16 61 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5 Bayer Leverkusen 34 14 10 10 64 49 +15 52
6 Hertha BSC 34 12 12 10 52 48 +4 48 Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
Source: kicker.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

DFB-Pokal[edit]

First round[edit]

20 August 2005 FC Bremerhaven 0–3 Schalke 04 Bremerhaven
18:00 Report
Stadium: Nordseestadion
Attendance: 9,900
Referee: Thorsten Schriever (Otterndorf)

Second round[edit]

25 October 2005 Eintracht Frankfurt 6–0 Schalke 04 Frankfurt am Main
19:30
Report Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena
Attendance: 33,200
Referee: Felix Brych (Munich)

UEFA Champions League[edit]

Group stage[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Italy Milan 6 3 2 1 12 6 +6 11 Advance to knockout stage
2 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 6 3 1 2 4 6 −2 10
3 Germany Schalke 04 6 2 2 2 12 9 +3 8 Transfer to UEFA Cup
4 Turkey Fenerbahçe 6 1 1 4 7 14 −7 4
Source: RSSSF
13 September 2005 1 PSV Eindhoven Netherlands 1–0 Germany Schalke 04 Eindhoven, Netherlands
20:45 Report Stadium: Philips Stadion
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Yuri Baskakov (Russia)
28 September 2005 2 Schalke 04 Germany 2–2 Italy Milan Gelsenkirchen, Germany
20:45 Report Stadium: Arena AufSchalke
Attendance: 53,425
Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)
19 October 2005 3 Fenerbahçe Turkey 3–3 Germany Schalke 04 Istanbul, Turkey
20:45
Report
Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)
1 November 2005 4 Schalke 04 Germany 2–0 Turkey Fenerbahçe Gelsenkirchen, Germany
20:45
Report Stadium: Arena AufSchalke
Attendance: 53,425
Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)
23 November 2005 5 Schalke 04 Germany 3–0 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven Gelsenkirchen, Germany
20:45
Report Stadium: Arena AufSchalke
Attendance: 54,000
Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)
6 December 2005 6 Milan Italy 3–2 Germany Schalke 04 Milan, Italy
20:45
Report
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 43,800
Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

UEFA Cup[edit]

Knockout phase[edit]

Round of 32[edit]
15 February 2006 First leg Schalke 04 Germany 2–1 Spain Espanyol Gelsenkirchen, Germany
20:00
Report
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 53,642
Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)
23 February 2006 Second leg Espanyol Spain 0–3
(1–5 agg.)
Germany Schalke 04 Barcelona, Spain
21:45 Report
Stadium: Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
Attendance: 18,100
Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)
Round of 16[edit]
9 March 2006 First leg Palermo Italy 1–0 Germany Schalke 04 Palermo, Italy
18:00
Report Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera
Attendance: 10,581
Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)
16 March 2006 Second leg Schalke 04 Germany 3–0
(3–1 agg.)
Italy Palermo Gelsenkirchen, Germany
20:30 Report Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 52,151
Referee: Graham Poll (England)
Quarter-finals[edit]
30 March 2006 First leg Levski Sofia Bulgaria 1–3 Germany Schalke 04 Sofia, Bulgaria
19:00 Report
Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Mike Riley (England)
6 April 2006 Second leg Schalke 04 Germany 1–1
(4–2 agg.)
Bulgaria Levski Sofia Gelsenkirchen, Germany
20:30
Report
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 52,973
Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)
Semi-finals[edit]
20 April 2006 First leg Schalke 04 Germany 0–0 Spain Sevilla Gelsenkirchen, Germany
20:30 Report Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 53,551
Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)
27 April 2006 Second leg Sevilla Spain 1–0 (a.e.t.)
(1–0 agg.)
Germany Schalke 04 Seville, Spain
21:30
Report Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium
Attendance: 46,000
Referee: Massimo De Santis (Italy)

References[edit]

  1. ^ "FootballSquads - FC Schalke 04 - 2005/06".

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Altıntop was born in Gelsenkirchen, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and represented Turkey at U-18, U-20 and U-21 level before making his international debut for Turkey in 2004.
  2. ^ Azaouagh was born in Beni Sidel, Morocco, but also qualified to represent Germany internationally and represented Germany at U-21 level.
  3. ^ Asamoah was born in Mampong, Ghana, but was raised in Germany from the age of 12 and made his international debut for Germany in May 2001.
  4. ^ Krstajić was born in Zenica, SFR Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina), but was raised in Serbia and Montenegro (now Serbia) and made his international debut for Serbia and Montenegro in 1999.
  5. ^ Kurányi was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, but also qualified to represent Germany internationally through his father and Panama through his mother and represented Germany at U-21 and B level before making his international debut for Germany in March 2003.
  6. ^ Bajramović was born in Hamburg, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Bosnia and Herzegovina internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2002.
  7. ^ Boenisch was born in Gliwice, Poland, but was raised in Germany from the age of 1 and represented Germany at U-20 and U-21 level before changing his allegiance to Poland and making his international debut for Poland in September 2010.