2005–06 Valencia CF season

During the 2005–06 Spanish football season, Valencia CF competed in La Liga.

Primeiro
Segundo
Valencia CF
2005-06 season
Manager Quique Sánchez Flores
StadiumMestalla Stadium
La Liga3rd
Copa del ReyQuarter-finals
Intertoto CupFinalists
Top goalscorerLeague: David Villa (25)
All: David Villa (28)

Season summary

Valencia opened a new chapter in its history with the appointment of Spanish high-rated coach Quique Sánchez Flores, who had been successful managing Getafe. The most significant player during the season was new striker David Villa, signed from Real Zaragoza in the summer, who netted 25 goals over the full season but losing the topscoring battle of La Liga to Barcelona's Samuel Eto'o with 26 strikes, which was a near low-record. Valencia ended a league season finished 3rd place, just a single point behind Real Madrid and secured UEFA Champions League third qualifying round in the following season. To make matters worse, Valencia had endured a worst UEFA Intertoto Cup run, being beaten 1–0 later eliminated in the final UEFA Intertoto Cup by German club Hamburg and thus failed to qualify for UEFA Cup. This was only their earliest exit from European competitions for the first time.

Most notable new players also include Dutch veteran Patrick Kluivert, Spanish young defence starlet Raúl Albiol, Brazilian Edu and Juan Mora.

First-team squad
Squad at end of season[1]

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 Santiago Cañizares
2 DF Miguel
3 DF Fábio Aurélio
4 DF Roberto Ayala
5 DF Carlos Marchena
6 MF David Albelda
7 FW David Villa
8 MF Rubén Baraja
9 FW Patrick Kluivert
10 MF Miguel Ángel Angulo
11 MF Mario Regueiro
13 GK Juan Mora
14 MF Vicente
No. Position Player
15 DF Amedeo Carboni
16 MF Hugo Viana
17 DF David Navarro
18 MF Jorge López
19 MF Francisco Rufete
20 FW Mista
21 MF Pablo Aimar
22 MF Edu[notes 1]
23 DF Curro Torres
24 DF Emiliano Moretti
25 GK Ludovic Butelle
27 MF Pablo Hernández
33 DF Raúl Albiol

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
12 DF Marco Caneira (on loan to Sporting CP)
18 MF Gonzalo de los Santos (released)
No. Position Player
22 FW Marco Di Vaio (on loan to AS Monaco)

Results

La Liga
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Barcelona (C) 38 25 7 6 80 35 +45 82 2006–07 UEFA 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 2006–07 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
4 Osasuna 38 21 5 12 49 43 +6 68[lower-alpha 1]
5 Sevilla 38 20 8 10 54 39 +15 68[lower-alpha 1] 2006–07 UEFA Cup First round
Source: LFP
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th number of goals scored; 7th Fair-play points
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. OSA 1–0 SEV; SEV 0–1 OSA

Copa del Rey

Quarter-final
19 January 2006 Deportivo1–0ValenciaA Coruña
22:00 CET Sergio  78' (pen.) Report (in Spanish) Stadium: Riazor
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González
25 January 2006
1 February 2006[2] 		Valencia1–1DeportivoValencia
22:00 CET
22:00 CET		 Villa  43' Report (in Spanish)
Report (in Spanish)		 Víctor  69' (pen) Stadium: Mestalla
Attendance: 32,000 / 0
Referee: Megía Dávila

Intertoto Cup

Third round
17 July 2005 Gent 0–0 ValenciaJules Ottenstadion, Ghent
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Paolo Dondarini (Italy)
23 July 2005 Valencia 2–0 GentMestalla Stadium, Valencia
Villa  6'
Kluivert  80'		 Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Ruud Bossen (Netherlands)

Valencia won 2–0 on aggregate.

Semi-final
27 July 2005 Valencia 4–0 RodaMestalla Stadium, Valencia
22:00 Rufete  36', 41', 50'
Moretti  83'		 Report Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Markus Nobs (Switzerland)
3 August 2005 Roda 0–0 ValenciaParkstad Limburg Stadion, Kerkrade
20:00 Report Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Espen Berntsen (Norway)

Valencia won 4–0 on aggregate.

Final
9 August 2005 (2005-08-09) Hamburg 1–0 ValenciaAOL Arena, Hamburg
20:15 Barbarez  50' Report Attendance: 55,386
Referee: Stuart Dougal (Scotland)
23 August 2005 (2005-08-23) Valencia 0–0 HamburgMestalla Stadium, Valencia
22:00 Report Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Laurent Duhamel (France)

Hamburg won 1–0 on aggregate.

References
  1. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/spain/2005-2006/laliga/valencia.htm
  2. The match was suspended at the 44th minute because a linesman was hit by a coin. The rest of the match was played one week later behind closed doors.

Notes
  1. Edu previously wore number 18 during the season.
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