2005–06 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season

After relegation struggles during the two previous season, Mark Hughes marked his first full season in club management by taking Blackburn to sixth place - four points off Champions League qualification - and reaching his second successive cup semi-final, in the League Cup, only to be knocked out by the eventual cup winners again, Hughes' old club Manchester United. Blackburn had been in mid-table for much of the season before gathering momentum to put real pressure on Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur in the race for the crucial fourth place, eventually finishing in a UEFA Cup place. Rovers' good form was largely in part down to the good form of Welsh striker Craig Bellamy, a summer signing from Newcastle United, who scored 13 goals in the league. However, Bellamy would then exercise an option to enable him to move for £6 million to a Champions League club, signing for FA Cup winners Liverpool. As his replacement Hughes signed South African striker Benni McCarthy, who had helped fire Porto to the Champions League title two years earlier.

Final league table

Main article: 2005-06 FA Premier League


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Chelsea !Chelsea (C)	38	29	4	5	72	22	+50	91	2006–07 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Manchester United !Manchester United	38	25	8	5	72	34	+38	83	2006–07 UEFA Champions League Group stage
3	Liverpool !Liverpool	38	25	7	6	57	25	+32	82	2006–07 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
4	Arsenal !Arsenal	38	20	7	11	68	31	+37	67	2006–07 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
5	Tottenham Hotspur !Tottenham Hotspur	38	18	11	9	53	38	+15	65	2006–07 UEFA Cup First round
6	Blackburn Rovers !Blackburn Rovers	38	19	6	13	51	42	+9	63	2006–07 UEFA Cup First round
7	Newcastle United !Newcastle United	38	17	7	14	47	42	+5	58	2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round
8	Bolton Wanderers !Bolton Wanderers	38	15	11	12	49	41	+8	56
9	West Ham United !West Ham United	38	16	7	15	52	55	−3	55	2006–07 UEFA Cup First round ¹
10	Wigan Athletic !Wigan Athletic	38	15	6	17	45	52	−7	51
11	Everton !Everton	38	14	8	16	34	49	−15	50
12	Fulham !Fulham	38	14	6	18	48	58	−10	48
13	Charlton Athletic !Charlton Athletic	38	13	8	17	41	55	−14	47
14	Middlesbrough !Middlesbrough	38	12	9	17	48	58	−10	45
15	Manchester City !Manchester City	38	13	4	21	43	48	−5	43
16	Aston Villa !Aston Villa	38	10	12	16	42	55	−13	42
17	Portsmouth !Portsmouth	38	10	8	20	37	62	−25	38
18	Birmingham City (R)	38	8	10	20	28	50	−22	34	Relegation to the 2006–07 Football League Championship
19	West Bromwich Albion (R)	38	7	9	22	31	58	−27	30
20	Sunderland (R)	38	3	6	29	26	69	−43	15

Source: Barclays Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
For further information on European qualification see Premier League – Qualification for European competitions.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

^1.Liverpool had already qualified for the Champions League by league position, as a result, their UEFA Cup berth that they earned through winning the 2005–06 FA Cup, went to West Ham, who were FA Cup runners-up.

Results

Blackburn Rovers' score comes first^[3]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
13 August 2005	West Ham United	A	1–3	33,305	Todd
20 August 2005	Fulham	H	2–1	16,953	Pedersen, Tugay
24 August 2005	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0–0	22,375
27 August 2005	Aston Villa	A	0–1	31,010
11 September 2005	Bolton Wanderers	A	0–0	24,405
18 September 2005	Newcastle United	H	0–3	20,725
24 September 2005	Manchester United	A	2–1	67,765	Pedersen (2)
1 October 2005	West Bromwich Albion	H	2–0	26,310	Kuqi (2)
15 October 2005	Liverpool	A	0–1	44,697
22 October 2005	Birmingham City	H	2–0	18,341	Dickov (pen), Bellamy
29 October 2005	Chelsea	A	2–4	41,553	Bellamy (2, 1 pen)
5 November 2005	Charlton Athletic	H	4–1	17,691	Emerton, Dickov, Hughes, Pedersen, Bellamy
19 November 2005	Manchester City	A	0–0	44,032
26 November 2005	Arsenal	A	0–3	38,192
3 December 2005	Everton	H	0–2	22,064
10 December 2005	West Ham United	H	3–2	20,370	Dickov (2, 1 pen), Kuqi
17 December 2005	Fulham	A	1–2	20,138	Knight (own goal)
26 December 2005	Middlesbrough	A	2–0	29,881	Kuqi (2)
31 December 2005	Wigan Athletic	A	3–0	20,639	Pedersen, Reid, Bellamy
2 January 2006	Portsmouth	H	2–1	19,521	Pedersen, Dickov
14 January 2006	Bolton Wanderers	H	0–0	18,180
21 January 2006	Newcastle United	A	1–0	51,323	Pedersen
1 February 2006	Manchester United	H	4–3	25,484	Bentley (3), Neill (pen)
4 February 2006	West Bromwich Albion	A	0–2	23,993
11 February 2006	Everton	A	0–1	35,615
15 February 2006	Sunderland	H	2–0	18,220	Bellamy (2)
25 February 2006	Arsenal	H	1–0	22,504	Pedersen
5 March 2006	Tottenham Hotspur	A	2–3	36,080	Sinama-Pongolle, Bellamy
11 March 2006	Aston Villa	H	2–0	21,932	Todd, Bellamy
18 March 2006	Middlesbrough	H	3–2	18,681	Bellamy (2), Pedersen
25 March 2006	Sunderland	A	1–0	29,593	Reid
3 April 2006	Wigan Athletic	H	1–1	20,410	Kuqi
8 April 2006	Portsmouth	A	2–2	20,048	Bellamy (2)
16 April 2006	Liverpool	H	0–1	29,142
19 April 2006	Birmingham City	A	1–2	25,287	Savage
29 April 2006	Charlton Athletic	A	2–0	26,254	Reid, Powell (own goal)
2 May 2006	Chelsea	H	1–0	20,243	Reid
7 May 2006	Manchester City	H	2–0	25,731	Khizanishvili, Kuqi

FA Cup

Main article: 2005–06 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	7 January 2006	Queens Park Rangers	H	3–0	12,705	Todd, Bellamy (2)
R4	28 January 2006	West Ham United	A	2–4	23,700	Bentley, Neill

League Cup

Main article: 2005–06 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2	21 September 2005	Huddersfield Town	H	3–1	11,755	Bellamy (2), Khizanishvili
R3	25 October 2005	Leeds United	H	3–0	15,631	Emerton, Dickov, Neill
R4	30 November 2005	Charlton Athletic	A	3–2	14,093	Kuqi, Thompson, Bentley
R5	21 December 2005	Middlesbrough	A	1–0	14,710	Dickov
SF 1st Leg	11 January 2006	Manchester United	H	1–1	24,348	Pedersen
SF 2nd Leg	25 January 2006	Manchester United	A	1–2 (lost 2-3 on agg)	61,637	Reid

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[4]

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Brad Friedel
2	DF	Lucas Neill
3	DF	Zurab Khizanishvili
4	DF	Andy Todd
6	DF	Ryan Nelsen (captain)
7	MF	Brett Emerton
8	MF	Robbie Savage
9	FW	Shefki Kuqi^[5]
10	FW	Paul Dickov
11	FW	Craig Bellamy
12	MF	Morten Gamst Pedersen
13	GK	Peter Enckelman
14	MF	Steven Reid^[6]
15	MF	Aaron Mokoena
16	MF	Tugay Kerimoğlu
17	FW	Florent Sinama-Pongolle (on loan from Liverpool)

No.	Position	Player
18	DF	Vratislav Greško
20	FW	Paul Gallagher
21	DF	Dominic Matteo
23	DF	Lorenzo Amoruso
24	DF	Jay McEveley^[7]
25	FW	Jemal Johnson
26	DF	Andy Taylor
27	FW	Matt Derbyshire
28	MF	Gary Harkins
29	FW	David Bentley
30	GK	Richard Lee (on loan from Watford)
31	MF	Sergio Peter
32	DF	Eddie Nolan
33	DF	Michael Gray
34	DF	Tony Kane

Left club during season

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

No.		Position	Player
5		MF	Garry Flitcroft (to Sheffield United)
17		FW	Matt Jansen (to Bolton Wanderers)

No.		Position	Player
19		MF	David Thompson (to Wigan Athletic)
22		MF	Jonathan Douglas (on loan to Leeds United)

Reserve squad

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

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Steven Drench

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Brad Friedel	46	0	38	0	2	0	6	0
Defenders
2	DF		Lucas Neill	42	3	35	1	2	1	5	1
3	DF		Zurab Khizanishvili	32	2	24+2	1	2	0	4	1
4	DF		Andy Todd	28	3	20+2	2	2	1	4	0
6	DF		Ryan Nelsen	36	0	31	0	0	0	5	0
18	DF		Vratislav Greško	3	0	1+2	0	0	0	0	0
21	DF		Dominic Matteo	7	0	6	0	1	0	0	0
33	DF		Michael Gray	37	0	30	0	1	0	6	0
Midfielders
7	MF		Brett Emerton	37	2	17+13	1	0+1	0	3+3	1
8	MF		Robbie Savage	42	1	34	1	2	0	6	0
12	MF		Morten Gamst Pedersen	42	10	34	9	1+1	0	5+1	1
14	MF		Steven Reid	39	5	31+3	4	1	0	2+2	1
15	MF		Aaron Mokoena	26	0	4+18	0	1	0	0+3	0
16	MF		Tugay Kerimoğlu	34	1	23+4	1	1+1	0	5	0
29	MF		David Bentley	35	5	23+6	3	1	1	5	1
31	MF		Sergio Peter	10	0	1+7	0	1	0	0+1	0
Forwards
9	FW		Shefki Kuqi	41	8	15+18	7	1+1	0	4+2	1
10	FW		Paul Dickov	26	7	17+4	5	1	0	3+1	2
11	FW		Craig Bellamy	32	17	22+5	13	1	2	3+1	2
17	FW		Florent Sinama-Pongolle	10	1	8+2	1	0	0	0	0
20	FW		Paul Gallagher	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
25	FW		Jemal Johnson	4	0	0+3	0	0+1	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
5	MF		Garry Flitcroft	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
17	FW		Matt Jansen	5	0	1+3	0	0	0	0+1	0
19	MF		David Thompson	8	1	2+4	0	1	0	0+1	1

Last updated: 19 May 2006
Source: Competitions

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions^[8]

Considering a 4-4-2 formation

GK: #1, Brad Friedel, 46
RB: #2, Lucas Neill, 42
CB: #3, Zurab Khizanishvili, 30
CB: #6, Ryan Nelsen, 36
LB: #33, Michael Gray, 37
RM: #29, David Bentley, 29
CM: #8, Robbie Savage, 42
CM: #14, Steven Reid, 34
LM: #12, Morten Gamst Pedersen, 40
CF: #10, Paul Dickov, 21 (#16, Tugay Kerimoğlu, has 29 starts)
CF: #11, Craig Bellamy, 26

Top scorers

FA Premier League

References

↑ http://origin-www.rovers.co.uk/page/Goalscorers/0,,10303~200510303,00.html
↑ http://origin-www.rovers.co.uk/page/Attendance/0,,10303~200510303,00.html
↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/blackburn-rovers/2005-2006/results
↑ http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2005-2006/faprem/blackbrn.htm
↑ Kuqi was born in Vushtrri, Kosovo (then SFR Yugoslavia).
↑ Reid was born in Kingston upon Thames, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his father, and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in 2001.
↑ McEveley was born in Liverpool, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and would make his full international debut for Scotland in August 2007.
↑ http://origin-www.rovers.co.uk/page/Appearances/0,,10303~200510303,00.html

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