2005–06 Manchester City F.C. season
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 (17th highest in world) (7th highest in Premier League) |
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.
Team kit
For 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.
Historical league performance
Prior 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
Pre-season
15 July 2005 | Tranmere Rovers | 1 – 0 | Manchester City | Prenton, England |
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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 |
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15:00 BST | Parkin 3' | MCFC report M.E.N. report |
8' Hussain | Stadium: Moss Rose Attendance: 4,420 Referee: Chris Foy (Merseyside) |
Premier League Asia Trophy
20 July 2005 | Bolton Wanderers | 1 – 1 (5 – 4 p) |
Manchester City | Bangkok, Thailand |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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15:00 BST | Whelan 40' | MCFC report | 61' Bermingham | Stadium: Hillsborough Attendance: 12,796 |
Thomas Cook Trophy
6 August 2005 | Manchester City | 3 – 1 | Olympiacos | Manchester, England |
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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
Premier League
Position in final standings
Pos |
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 |
Updated to games played on 7 May 2006 (end of season).
Source: Premier League 2005-06
Rules for classification:
1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(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.
Results summary
Overall | 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 breakdown
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Biggest & smallestBiggest home wins: 4–1 vs. Birmingham City, 17 December 2005 |
Results by round
Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
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Ground | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | H | A |
Result | D | W | W | W | D | L | L | W | W | L | W | L | D | L | W | L | W | L | L | D | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | L |
Last updated: 7 May 2006 (end of season).
Source: Premier League results 2005-06
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.
Individual match reports
20 August 2005 17:15 |
Birmingham City | 1 – 2 | Manchester City |
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Butt 7' | Guardian report | 20' Barton 46' Cole |
23 August 2005 19:45 |
Sunderland | 1 – 2 | Manchester City |
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Le Tallec 41' | Guardian report | 9' Vassell 35' Sinclair |
27 August 2005 15:00 |
Manchester City | 2 – 1 | Portsmouth |
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Reyna 66' Cole 69' |
Guardian report BBC Sport report |
52' Viafara |
10 September 2005 15:00 |
Manchester United | 1 – 1 | Manchester City |
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van Nistelrooy 45' | Guardian report | 75' Barton |
31 October 2005 20:00 |
Manchester City | 3 – 1 | Aston Villa |
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Vassell 4' 26' Cole 82' |
Guardian report | 64' Ridgewell |
4 December 2005 16:00 |
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 |
10 December 2005 15:00 |
West Bromwich Albion | 2 – 0 | Manchester City |
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Kamara 36' Campbell 73' |
Guardian report BBC Sport report |
87' Cole |
17 December 2005 17:15 |
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 |
26 December 2005 15:00 |
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 |
14 January 2006 12:45 |
Manchester City | 3 – 1 | Manchester United |
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Sinclair 32' Vassell 39' Fowler 93' |
Guardian report | 76' van Nistelrooy 66' Ronaldo |
1 February 2006 19:45 |
Manchester City | 3 – 0 | Newcastle United |
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Riera 14' Cole 38' Vassell 62' |
Guardian report BBC Sport report |
12 February 2006 15:00 |
Manchester City | 3 – 2 | Charlton Athletic |
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Dunne 22' Samaras 53' Barton 63' |
Guardian report | 50' D. Bent 66' M. Bent |
5 March 2006 13:30 |
Manchester City | 2 – 1 | Sunderland |
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Samaras 8, 10' | Guardian report | 24' Kyle 85' Breen |
8 April 2006 12:45 |
Tottenham Hotspur | 2 – 1 | Manchester City |
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Stalteri 43' Carrick 49' |
Guardian report | 51' Samaras |
25 April 2006 19:45 |
Aston Villa | 0 – 1 | Manchester City |
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Guardian report Guardian match facts |
71' Vassell |
29 April 2006 15:00 |
Manchester City | 1 – 2 | Fulham |
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Dunne 69' | Guardian report BBC Sport report |
83' John 90' Malbranque |
4 May 2006 19:45 |
Manchester City | 1 – 3 | Arsenal |
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Sommeil 38' | Guardian report | 29' Ljungberg 77' 84' Reyes |
7 May 2006 15:00 |
Blackburn Rovers | 2 – 0 | Manchester City |
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Khizanishvili 35' Kuqi 53' Tugay 59' |
Guardian report |
League Cup
Second round
21 September 2005 19:45 |
Doncaster 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 |
FA Cup
Third round
7 January 2006 15:00 |
Manchester City | 3 – 1 | Scunthorpe United |
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Fowler 47, 56, 64' | Guardian report | 17' Keogh |
Fourth round
Fifth round
Fifth round replay
14 March 2006 19:45 |
Manchester City | 2 – 1 | Aston Villa |
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Samaras 17' Vassell 49' |
Guardian report | 85' Davis |
Quarter-final
20 March 2006 20:05 |
Manchester City | 1 – 2 | West Ham United |
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Sun 56' Musampa 85' |
Guardian report | 41' 69' Ashton |
First-team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Left club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Statistics
Starting XI
Goal scorers
Information current as of 7 May 2006 (end of season) Transfers and loans
See alsoReferences
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