2005–06 Manchester City F.C. season

	Manchester City
Season 2005–06
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)
Premier0League	15th
League Cup	Second round
FA Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorers	League: 0 Andy Cole (9 goals) ; (20th highest in Premier League) ; All comps: 0 Andy Cole (10 goals) 0 and 0 Darius Vassell (10 goals)
Season revenue	€ 89.4 million0(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 0v0 Manchester United ; 14 January 2006
Highest away ; attendance	67,839 0v0 Manchester United ; 10 September 2005
Lowest home ; attendance	27,779 0v0 Scunthorpe United ; 7 January 2006
Lowest away ; attendance	8,228 0v0 Doncaster Rovers ; 21 September 2005
← 2004–05 0 0 0 0 0 0 2006–07 →

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.

Home (version 1)

Home (version 2)

Away (version 1)

Away (version 2)

Third

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
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

Points at home: 29
Points away from home: 14

Points against "Big Four" teams: 4
Points against promoted teams: 9

6 points: Aston Villa, Birmingham City, Charlton Athletic, Sunderland

4 points: Manchester United

3 points: Everton, Newcastle United, Portsmouth, West Ham United

1 point: 0Blackburn Rovers, Middlesbrough, West Bromwich Albion

0 points: Arsenal, Bolton Wanderers, Chelsea, Fulham, Liverpool,

0Tottenham Hotspur, Wigan Athletic

Biggest & smallest

Biggest home wins: 4–1 vs. Birmingham City, 17 December 2005
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Biggest home defeats: 1–3 vs. Arsenal, 4 May 2006
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Biggest away win: 2–5 vs. Charlton Athletic, 4 December 2005
Biggest away defeats: 2–0 vs. West Bromwich Albion, 10 December 2005
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Biggest home attendance: 47,192 vs. Manchester United, 14 January 2006
Smallest home attendance: 40,256 vs. Middlesbrough, 2 April 2006
Biggest away attendance: 67,839 vs. Manchester United, 10 September 2005
Smallest away attendance: 19,556 vs. Portsmouth, 11 March 2006

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
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

Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2006 (end of season). Source: 2005–06 FA Premier League results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Individual match reports

13 August 2005 1	Manchester City	0–0	West Bromwich Albion]	Manchester, England
15:00 BST		Guardian report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 42,983 Referee: CJ Foy

20 August 2005 2	Birmingham City	1–2	Manchester City	Birmingham, England
17:15 BST	Butt 7'	Guardian report	20' Barton 46' Cole	Stadium: St Andrews Attendance: 26,366 Referee: M Clattenburg

23 August 2005 3	Sunderland	1–2	Manchester City	Sunderland, England
19:45 BST	Le Tallec 41'	Guardian report	9' Vassell 35' Sinclair	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 33,357 Referee: P Walton

27 August 2005 4	Manchester City	2–1	Portsmouth	Manchester, England
15:00 BST	Reyna 66' Cole 69'	Guardian report BBC Sport report	52' Viafara	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 41,022 Referee: A Wiley

10 September 2005 5	Manchester United	1–1	Manchester City	Manchester, England
15:00 BST	van Nistelrooy 45'	Guardian report	75' Barton	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 67,839 Referee: S Bennett

18 September 2005 6	Manchester City	0–1	Bolton Wanderers	Manchester, England
16:00 BST		Guardian report	93' Speed	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 43,137 Referee: M L Dean

24 September 2005 7	Newcastle United	1–0	Manchester City	Newcastle, England
15:00 BST	Owen 18'	Guardian report		Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 52,280 Referee: G Poll

2 October 2005 8	Manchester City	2–0	Everton	Manchester, England
11:15 BST	Mills 72' Vassell 92'	Guardian report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 42,681 Referee: M Halsey

16 October 2005 9	Manchester City	2–1	West Ham United	Manchester, England
16:00 BST	Cole 17' 55'	Guardian report	90' Zamora	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 43,647 Referee: M Clattenburg

22 October 2005 10	Arsenal	1–0	Manchester City	London, England
15:00 BST	Pirès 61' (pen.)	Guardian report		Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,119 Referee: Mike Riley

31 October 2005 11	Manchester City	3–1	Aston Villa	Manchester, England
20:00 GMT	Vassell 4' 26' Cole 82'	Guardian report	64' Ridgewell	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 42,069 Referee: D J Gallagher

5 November 2005 12	Fulham	2–1	Manchester City	London, England
15:00 GMT	Malbranque 6' 44'	Guardian report	20' Croft	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 22,241 Referee: R Styles

19 November 2005 13	Manchester City	0–0	Blackburn Rovers	Manchester, England
15:00 GMT		Guardian report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 44,092 Referee: M Atkinson

26 November 2005 14	Manchester City	0–1	Liverpool	Manchester, England
15:00 GMT		Guardian report	60' Riise	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 47,105 Referee: A G Wiley

4 December 2005 15	Charlton Athletic	2–5	Manchester City	London, England
16:00 GMT	Bent 36' Bothroyd 73'	Guardian report	25' 84' Cole 37' Sinclair 69' Barton 79' Vassell	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 25,289 Referee: P Dowd

10 December 2005 16	West Bromwich Albion	2–0	Manchester City	West Bromwich, England
15:00 GMT	Kamara 36' Campbell 73'	Guardian report BBC Sport report	87' Cole	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 25,472 Referee: M Dean

17 December 2005 17	Manchester City	4–1	Birmingham City	Manchester, England
17:15 GMT	Sommeil 1' Barton 13' (pen.) Sibierski 39' Wright-Phillips 69'	Guardian report	73' Jarošík 90' Vaesen	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 41,343 Referee: S Bennett

26 December 2005 18	Wigan Athletic	4–3	Manchester City	Wigan, England
15:00 GMT	Roberts 11' 44' McCulloch 22' Camara 70'	Guardian report	2' Sibierski 76' Barton 87' Cole	Stadium: JJB Stadium Attendance: 25,017 Referee: D Gallagher

28 December 2005 19	Manchester City	0–1	Chelsea	Manchester, England
19:45 GMT		Guardian report	79' Cole	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 46,587 Referee: U Rennie

31 December 2005 20	Middlesbrough	0–0	Manchester City	Middlesbrough, England
15:00 GMT		Guardian report		Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 28,022 Referee: M Atkinson

4 January 2006 21	Manchester City	0–2	Tottenham Hotspur	Manchester, England
20:00 GMT		Guardian report	30' Mido 83' Keane	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 40,808 Referee: A Wiley

14 January 2006 22	Manchester City	3–1	Manchester United	Manchester, England
12:45 GMT	Sinclair 32' Vassell 39' Fowler 93'	Guardian report	76' van Nistelrooy 66' Ronaldo	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 47,192 Referee: S Bennett

21 January 2006 23	Bolton Wanderers	2–0	Manchester City	Bolton, England
15:00 GMT	Borgetti 32' Nolan 39'	Guardian report		Stadium: Reebok Stadium Attendance: 26,466 Referee: R Styles

1 February 2006 9	Manchester City	3–0	Newcastle United	Manchester, England
19:45 BST	Riera 14' Cole 38' Vassell 62'	Guardian report BBC Sport report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 42,413 Referee: C Foy

4 February 2006 22	Everton	1–0	Manchester City	Liverpool, England
15:00 GMT	Weir 7'	Guardian report	90' Jordan	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 37,827 Referee: A Marriner

12 February 2006 9	Manchester City	3–2	Charlton Athletic	Manchester, England
15:00 BST	Dunne 22' Samaras 53' Barton 63'	Guardian report	50' D. Bent 66' M. Bent	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 41,347 Referee: M. Dean

26 February 2006 37	Liverpool	1–0	Manchester City	Liverpool, England
12:15 BST	Kewell 40'	Guardian report	52' Barton	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 44,121 Referee: D Gallagher

5 March 2006 12	Manchester City	2–1	Sunderland	Manchester, England
13:30 GMT	Samaras 8, 10'	Guardian report	24' Kyle 85' Breen	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 42,200 Referee: C. Foy

11 March 2006 13	Portsmouth	2–1	Manchester City	Portsmouth, England
15:00 GMT	Mendes 30' 90+3'	Guardian report	81' Dunne	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 19,556 Referee: Mark Halsey

18 March 2008 28	Manchester City	0–1	Wigan Athletic	Manchester, England
15:00 GMT		Guardian report	55' McCulloch	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 42,444 Referee: M Atkinson

25 March 2006 11	Chelsea	2–0	Manchester City	London, England
15:00 BST	Drogba 30' 33'	Guardian report	45' Distin	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 42,321 Referee: R Styles

2 April 2006 9	Manchester City	0–1	Middlesbrough	Manchester, England
15:00 BST		Guardian report	42' Cattermole	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 40,256 Referee: M Riley

8 April 2006 11	Tottenham Hotspur	2–1	Manchester City	London, England
12:45 BST	Stalteri 43' Carrick 49'	Guardian report	51' Samaras	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 36,157 Referee: D. Gallagher

15 April 2006 11	West Ham United	1–0	Manchester City	London, England
15:00 BST	Newton 15'	Guardian report		Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 34,105 Referee: Steve Bennett

25 April 2006	Aston Villa	0 – 1	Manchester City	Villa Park Birmingham
19:45		Guardian report Guardian match facts	71' Vassell	Attendance: 26,422 Referee: C Foy

29 April 2006	Manchester City	1 – 2	Fulham	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester
15:00	Dunne 69'	Guardian report BBC Sport report	83' John 90' Malbranque	Attendance: 41,128 Referee: P Walton

4 May 2006	Manchester City	1 – 3	Arsenal	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester
19:45	Sommeil 38'	Guardian report	29' Ljungberg 77' 84' Reyes	Attendance: 41,875 Referee: G Poll

7 May 2006	Blackburn Rovers	2 – 0	Manchester City	Ewood Park Blackburn
15:00	Khizanishvili 35' Kuqi 53' Tugay 59'	Guardian report		Attendance: 25,731 Referee: H Webb

League Cup

21 September 2005 Second Round	Doncaster Rovers	(0) 1–1 (0) (3 – 0 p)	Manchester City	Doncaster, England
19:45 BST	McIndoe 118' (pen.)	Guardian report BBC Sport report	95' (pen.) Vassell 106' Onuoha 0 (rescinded at end of game)	Stadium: Earth Stadium Attendance: 8,228 Referee: G Salisbury
		Penalties
	McIndoe Coppinger Heffeman		Vassell Sibierski Dunne

FA Cup

7 January 2006 Third Round	Manchester City	3–1	Scunthorpe United	Manchester, England
15:00 GMT	Fowler 47, 56, 64'	Guardian report	17' Keogh	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 27,779 Referee: A R Hall

28 January 2006 Fourth Round	Manchester City	1–0	Wigan Athletic	Manchester, England
15:00 GMT	Cole 83'	Guardian report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 30,811 Referee: H Webb

19 February 2006 Fifth Round	Aston Villa	1–1	Manchester City	Birmingham, England
18:30 GMT	Baroš 72'	Guardian report	90+3' Richards	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 23,847 Referee: G Poll

14 March 2006 Fifth Round Replay	Manchester City	2–1	Aston Villa	Manchester, England
19:45 GMT	Samaras 17' Vassell 49'	Guardian report	85' Davis	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 33,006 Referee: P Dowd

20 March 2006 Sixth Round	Manchester City	1–2	West Ham United	Manchester, England
20:05 GMT	Sun 56' Musampa 85'	Guardian report	41' 69' Ashton	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 39,357 Referee: H Webb

First-team squad

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	David James
2	DF	David Sommeil
3	DF	Ben Thatcher^[1]
4	MF	Tuomas Haapala
5	DF	Sylvain Distin
6	MF	Claudio Reyna
8	MF	Joey Barton
9	FW	Andrew Cole
10	MF	Antoine Sibierski
11	FW	Darius Vassell
12	GK	Nicky Weaver
14	MF	Kiki Musampa^[2] (on loan from Atlético Madrid)
16	DF	Nedum Onuoha^[3]
17	DF	Sun Jihai
18	DF	Danny Mills
19	MF	Albert Riera (on loan from Espanyol)

No.	Position	Player
20	FW	Georgios Samaras
22	DF	Richard Dunne
25	GK	Geert De Vlieger
26	DF	Matt Mills
27	DF	Mikkel Bischoff
28	MF	Trevor Sinclair
33	GK	Kasper Schmeichel
36	FW	Karl Bermingham
37	MF	Ian Bennett
38	MF	Stephen Ireland
40	MF	Lee Croft
41	DF	Stephen Jordan
42	FW	Bradley Wright-Phillips
43	FW	Ishmael Miller
44	MF	Willo Flood
45	DF	Micah Richards

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
7		FW	Robbie Fowler (to Liverpool)
20		MF	Yasser Hussein (released)

No.		Position	Player
31		MF	Jonathan D'Laryea (to Mansfield Town)

Statistics

Starting XI

No.	Pos.	Name	MS	Notes
1	GK	David James	44
18	RB	Danny Mills	18
22	CB	Richard Dunne	37
15	CB	Sylvain Distin	36
41	LB	Stephen Jordan	23	Ben Thatcher has 19 starts
28	RM	Trevor Sinclair	32
8	CM	Joey Barton	36
6	CM	Claudio Reyna	23
14	LM	Kiki Musampa	27	Sun Jihai has 21 starts
11	CF	Darius Vassell	41
9	CF	Andrew Cole	21

Goal scorers