2005–06 FC Barcelona season

2005–06 FC Barcelona season

The 2005–06 season was Futbol Club Barcelona's 107th season in existence and 77th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football, La Liga. It was manager Frank Rijkaard's third season in charge of the club, a season in which he managed to successfully retain the La Liga title, as well as winning the UEFA Champions League and Spanish Super Cup. The squad was largely unchanged from the previous season, with only two players – Santiago Ezquerro and Mark van Bommel – joining the club. Gerard left on a free transfer during the summer.

Samuel Eto'o was once again the top scorer for the team, improving on his tally of 29 goals from the 2004–05 season by five goals, including one in the Champions League final. Ronaldinho and Eto'o were selected in the 2005–06 FIFPro XI at the end of the season.

Squad

2005–06 FC Barcelona season

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

<table><thead><tr><th>No.</th><th>Pos.</th><th>Nation</th><th>Player</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>GK</td><td> ESP</td><td>Víctor Valdés</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>DF</td><td> BRA</td><td>Juliano Belletti</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>MF</td><td> BRA</td><td>Thiago Motta</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>DF</td><td> MEX</td><td>Rafael Márquez</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>DF</td><td> ESP</td><td>Carles Puyol (captain)</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>MF</td><td> ESP</td><td>Xavi</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>FW</td><td> SWE</td><td>Henrik Larsson</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>MF</td><td> FRA</td><td>Ludovic Giuly</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>FW</td><td> CMR</td><td>Samuel Eto'o</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>MF</td><td> BRA</td><td>Ronaldinho</td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td>FW</td><td> ARG</td><td>Maxi López</td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td>DF</td><td> NED</td><td>Giovanni van Bronckhorst</td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td>FW</td><td> ESP</td><td>Santiago Ezquerro</td></tr><tr><td>15</td><td>MF</td><td> BRA</td><td>Edmílson</td></tr><tr><td>16</td><td>DF</td><td> BRA</td><td>Sylvinho</td></tr><tr><td>17</td><td>MF</td><td> NED</td><td>Mark van Bommel</td></tr><tr><td>18</td><td>MF</td><td> ESP</td><td>Gabri</td></tr><tr><td>19</td><td>FW</td><td> ARG</td><td>Lionel Messi</td></tr><tr><td>20</td><td>MF</td><td> POR</td><td>Deco</td></tr><tr><td>No.</td><td>Pos.</td><td>Nation</td><td>Player</td></tr><tr><td>23</td><td>DF</td><td> ESP</td><td>Oleguer</td></tr><tr><td>24</td><td>MF</td><td> ESP</td><td>Andrés Iniesta</td></tr><tr><td>25</td><td>GK</td><td> ESP</td><td>Albert Jorquera</td></tr><tr><td>26</td><td>DF</td><td> ESP</td><td>Rodri</td></tr><tr><td>27</td><td>MF</td><td> ESP</td><td>Pitu</td></tr><tr><td>28</td><td>GK</td><td> ESP</td><td>Rubén</td></tr><tr><td>29</td><td>DF</td><td> ESP</td><td>Carlos Peña</td></tr><tr><td>31</td><td>MF</td><td> ESP</td><td>Joan Verdú</td></tr><tr><td>32</td><td>DF</td><td> ESP</td><td>Damià</td></tr><tr><td>33</td><td>MF</td><td> ESP</td><td>Jordi Gómez</td></tr><tr><td>35</td><td>MF</td><td> ESP</td><td>Cristian</td></tr><tr><td>40</td><td>DF</td><td> ESP</td><td>Javi Martos</td></tr><tr><td>41</td><td>MF</td><td> FRA</td><td>Ludovic Sylvestre</td></tr><tr><td>42</td><td>MF</td><td> ESP</td><td>Paco Montañés</td></tr><tr><td>43</td><td>DF</td><td> ESP</td><td>Jesús Olmo</td></tr><tr><td>44</td><td>MF</td><td> ESP</td><td>Andrea Orlandi</td></tr><tr><td>45</td><td>MF</td><td> ESP</td><td>Ramón Masó</td></tr></tbody></table>

Coaching staff

2005–06 FC Barcelona season

Position	Staff
Head coach	Frank Rijkaard
Assistant coach	Henk ten Cate / Eusebio Sacristán
Goalkeeping coach	Juan Carlos Unzué
Fitness coach	Paco Seirul·lo / Albert Roca
Doctors	Ricard Pruna / Gil Rodas / Toni Tramullas
Representative	Carles Naval

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
14	FW		Ezquerro	28	EU	Athletic Bilbao	Transfer	Summer	2008	Free
17	MF		Van Bommel	28	EU	PSV	Transfer	Summer	2008	Free

Out

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
14	MF		Gerard	26	EU	Monaco	Contract termination N	Summer	Free
10	AM		Riquelme	27	Non-EU	Villarreal	Transfer	Summer	€7,000,000
15	DM		Fábio Rochemback	23	Non-EU	Middlesbrough	Transfer	Summer	€1,500,000
36	FW		Sergio García	22	EU	Zaragoza	Transfer	Summer	€1,500,000
22	DM		Albertini	33	EU		Retirement 🔨	Summer	N/A
7	FW		Saviola	23	Non-EU	Sevilla	Loan →	Summer	N/A
35	DF		Fernando Navarro	23	EU	Mallorca	Loan →	Summer	N/A
27	DF		Óscar López	25	EU	Betis	Loan →	Summer	Free
32	MF		Damià	23	EU	Racing Santander	Loan →	Winter	N/A

Competitions

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Barcelona (C)	38	25	7	6	80	35	+45	82	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Real Madrid	38	20	10	8	70	40	+30	70
3	Valencia	38	19	12	7	58	33	+25	69	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4	Osasuna	38	21	5	12	49	43	+6	68
5	Sevilla	38	20	8	10	54	39	+15	68	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Barcelona	6	5	1	0	16	2	+14	16	Advance to knockout stage
2	Werder Bremen	6	2	1	3	12	12	0	7
3	Udinese	6	2	1	3	10	12	−2	7	Transfer to UEFA Cup
4	Panathinaikos	6	1	1	4	4	16	−12	4

Friendlies

2005–06 FC Barcelona season

GAMES 2005–2006

23-07-2005 Friendly. East Jutland XI 0–4 Barcelona 25-07-2005 Friendly. Aarhus 0–4 Barcelona 30-07-2005 Friendly. Yokohama Marinos 1–1 Barcelona 03-08-2005 Friendly. Shenzhen Janlibao 0–9 Barcelona 05-08-2005 Ramón de Carranza Trophy (semi-final). Sevilla 1–1 Barcelona (1–3) Penalties. 06-08-2005 Ramón de Carranza Trophy (final). Cadiz 1–3 Barcelona 24-08-2005 Joan Gamper Trophy. Barcelona 2–2 Juventus (2–4) Penalties. 02-09-2005 Friendly. Saint Étienne 2–1 Barcelona 15-11-2005 Copa Catalunya (semi-final). Gimnàstic 0–6 Barcelona 29-11-2005 Friendly. Barcelona 2–1 Israel-Palestine combined XI 15-03-2006 Friendly. Milan 3–2 Barcelona

Statistics

Start formations

Qnt	Formation	Match(es)
52	4-3-3	All matches

Players statistics

<table><thead><tr><th>No.</th><th>Pos</th><th>Nat</th><th>Player</th><th>Total</th><th>La Liga</th><th>Copa del Rey</th><th>Champions League</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Apps</td><td>Goals</td><td>Apps</td><td>Goals</td><td>Apps</td><td>Goals</td><td>Apps</td><td>Goals</td></tr><tr><td>1</td><td>GK</td><td> ESP</td><td>Valdes</td><td>47</td><td>-34</td><td>35</td><td>-29</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>12</td><td>-5</td></tr><tr><td>23</td><td>DF</td><td> ESP</td><td>Oleguer</td><td>47</td><td>0</td><td>31+2</td><td>0</td><td>3</td><td>0</td><td>11</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>DF</td><td> ESP</td><td>Puyol</td><td>50</td><td>1</td><td>35</td><td>1</td><td>3</td><td>0</td><td>12</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>DF</td><td> MEX</td><td>Marquez</td><td>36</td><td>1</td><td>25</td><td>0</td><td>3</td><td>1</td><td>8</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>16</td><td>DF</td><td> BRA</td><td>Sylvinho</td><td>29</td><td>2</td><td>22+4</td><td>2</td><td>1+1</td><td>0</td><td>0+1</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>17</td><td>MF</td><td> NED</td><td>van Bommel</td><td>37</td><td>4</td><td>17+7</td><td>2</td><td>2+2</td><td>1</td><td>7+2</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>15</td><td>MF</td><td> BRA</td><td>Edmílson</td><td>39</td><td>0</td><td>24+4</td><td>0</td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>7+2</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>20</td><td>MF</td><td> POR</td><td>Deco</td><td>41</td><td>4</td><td>28+1</td><td>2</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>11</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>FW</td><td> FRA</td><td>Giuly</td><td>40</td><td>7</td><td>21+8</td><td>5</td><td>3</td><td>1</td><td>6+2</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>FW</td><td> CMR</td><td>Eto'o</td><td>45</td><td>32</td><td>34</td><td>26</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>11</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>FW</td><td> BRA</td><td>Ronaldinho</td><td>43</td><td>25</td><td>29</td><td>17</td><td>2</td><td>1</td><td>12</td><td>7</td></tr><tr><td>25</td><td>GK</td><td> ESP</td><td>Jorquera</td><td>8</td><td>-12</td><td>3</td><td>-6</td><td>4</td><td>-6</td><td>1</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>DF</td><td> BRA</td><td>Belletti</td><td>40</td><td>1</td><td>20+7</td><td>0</td><td>3</td><td>0</td><td>7+3</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td>DF</td><td> NED</td><td>van Bronckhorst</td><td>36</td><td>1</td><td>15+4</td><td>0</td><td>4</td><td>1</td><td>13</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>24</td><td>MF</td><td> ESP</td><td>Iniesta</td><td>48</td><td>1</td><td>14+19</td><td>0</td><td>4</td><td>0</td><td>5+6</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>FW</td><td> SWE</td><td>Larsson</td><td>41</td><td>15</td><td>14+14</td><td>10</td><td>2+1</td><td>4</td><td>5+5</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>MF</td><td> ESP</td><td>Xavi</td><td>20</td><td>0</td><td>14+2</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>4</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>30</td><td>FW</td><td> ARG</td><td>Messi</td><td>25</td><td>8</td><td>11+6</td><td>6</td><td>2</td><td>1</td><td>4+2</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>MF</td><td> BRA</td><td>Motta</td><td>23</td><td>2</td><td>11+4</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>4+3</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>18</td><td>MF</td><td> ESP</td><td>Gabri</td><td>18</td><td>1</td><td>4+7</td><td>0</td><td>2+1</td><td>0</td><td>2+2</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td>FW</td><td> ESP</td><td>Ezquerro</td><td>19</td><td>4</td><td>3+9</td><td>2</td><td>2+1</td><td>1</td><td>1+3</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>26</td><td>DF</td><td> ESP</td><td>Rodri</td><td>6</td><td>0</td><td>3+1</td><td>0</td><td>0+2</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td>FW</td><td> ARG</td><td>Maxi López</td><td>9</td><td>1</td><td>2+4</td><td>0</td><td>0+2</td><td>1</td><td>0+1</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>27</td><td>MF</td><td> ESP</td><td>Pitu</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0+1</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>28</td><td>GK</td><td> ESP</td><td>Rubén</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>29</td><td>DF</td><td> ESP</td><td>Carlos Peña</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>31</td><td>MF</td><td> ESP</td><td>Verdu</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>32</td><td>DF</td><td> ESP</td><td>Damià</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>33</td><td>MF</td><td> ESP</td><td>Gomez</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0+1</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>35</td><td>MF</td><td> ESP</td><td>Cristian</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0+1</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>40</td><td>DF</td><td> ESP</td><td>Javi Martos</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>41</td><td>MF</td><td> FRA</td><td>Sylvestre</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>42</td><td>MF</td><td> ESP</td><td>Paco Montañés</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0+1</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>43</td><td>DF</td><td> ESP</td><td>Olmo</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>44</td><td>MF</td><td> ESP</td><td>Orlandi</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>45</td><td>MF</td><td> ESP</td><td>Masó</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0+1</td><td>0</td></tr></tbody></table>