2005–06 Aston Villa F.C. season


During the 2005–06 season, Aston Villa competed in the FA Premier League.

Season summary

After the previous seasons tenth placed finish Villa never recovered from a poor start which left them at times close to the bottom 3 and despite some impressive wins which ultimately kept Villa in the league discontent among the fans at an uncomfortable relegation battle grew and lead to manager David O'Leary being sacked after the end of the season.

Final league table

Pre-season

Results

Aston Villa's score comes first

Legend

FA Premier League

FA Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R37 January 2006Hull CityA17,051Barry
R428 January 2006Port ValeH30,434Baroš, Davis
R519 February 2006Manchester CityH23,847Baroš
R5R14 March 2006Manchester CityA33,006Davis

League Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R220 September 2005Wycombe WanderersA5,365Davis, Baroš, Milner, Easton, Barry
R322 October 2005BurnleyH26,872Phillips
R429 November 2005Doncaster RoversA10,590

Players

First-team squad

Left club during season

Reserve squad

Youth squad

Other players

Statistics

Appearances and goals

! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players who left club during season

Transfers

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