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 firstLegend
FA Premier League
FA Cup
Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers |
R3 | 7 January 2006 | Hull City | A | 17,051 | Barry | |
R4 | 28 January 2006 | Port Vale | H | 30,434 | Baroš, Davis | |
R5 | 19 February 2006 | Manchester City | H | 23,847 | Baroš | |
R5R | 14 March 2006 | Manchester City | A | 33,006 | Davis |
League Cup
Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers |
R2 | 20 September 2005 | Wycombe Wanderers | A | 5,365 | Davis, Baroš, Milner, Easton, Barry | |
R3 | 22 October 2005 | Burnley | H | 26,872 | Phillips | |
R4 | 29 November 2005 | Doncaster Rovers | A | 10,590 |
Players
First-team squad
Left club during season
Reserve squad
Youth squad
Other players
Statistics
Appearances and goals
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! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players who left club during season
Transfers
In
- Patrik Berger – Portsmouth, 17 May, free
- Aaron Hughes – Newcastle United, 20 May, £1,000,000
- Kevin Phillips – Southampton, 29 June, £1,000,000
- Milan Baroš – Liverpool, 23 August, £6,500,000
- Wilfred Bouma – PSV, 30 August, £3,500,000
- James Milner – Newcastle United, 31 August, season-long loan
- Eirik Bakke – Leeds United, 31 August, loan
Out
- Thomas Hitzlsperger – VfB Stuttgart, 13 April, free
- Stefan Moore – Queens Park Rangers, 13 June, free
- Darius Vassell – Manchester City, 27 July, £2,000,000
- Nolberto Solano – Newcastle United, 31 August, £1,500,000
- Stefan Postma – Wolverhampton Wanderers, 6 January, undisclosed
- Wayne Henderson – Brighton & Hove Albion
- Steven Foley – AFC Bournemouth
Loan out
- Stefan Postma – Wolverhampton Wanderers, 19 August, five-month loan
- Mathieu Berson – Auxerre, 25 August, season-long loan