2005–06 Borussia Dortmund season

During the 2005–06 German football season, Borussia Dortmund competed in the Bundesliga.

Borussia Dortmund
2005–06 season
ManagerNetherlands Bert van Marwijk
StadiumWestfalenstadion
Bundesliga7th
DFB-PokalFirst round
Top goalscorerLeague: Ebi Smolarek (13)
All: Ebi Smolarek (13)

Season summary

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Another mediocre season saw Dortmund repeat last season's seventh-place finish, albeit with nine fewer points.

First-team squad

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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. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   GER Roman Weidenfeller
3 DF   GER Markus Brzenska
4 DF   GER Christian Wörns
5 MF   GER Sebastian Kehl
6 MF   GER Florian Kringe
7 MF   RSA Delron Buckley
8 FW   GHA Matthew Amoah
9 FW   CZE Jan Koller
10 MF   CZE Tomáš Rosický
11 MF   GER David Odonkor
13 MF   COD Kosi Saka
14 FW   POL Ebi Smolarek
15 FW   GER Marcus Steegmann
16 FW   NED Cedric van der Gun
17 DF   BRA Dedê
18 MF   GER Lars Ricken
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF   TUR Mehmet Akgün[notes 1]
20 GK   GER Bernd Meier
21 DF   GER Christoph Metzelder
22 MF   GER Marc-André Kruska
23 DF   SUI Philipp Degen
24 MF   TUR Nizamettin Çalışkan[notes 2]
25 MF   TUR Nuri Şahin[notes 3]
26 MF   GER Marc Heitmeier
27 DF   GER Uwe Hünemeier
28 MF   GER Sebastian Tyrała[notes 4]
29 MF   GER Sascha Rammel
30 GK   NED Dennis Gentenaar
32 GK   GER Sascha Samulewicz
33 FW   GER Salvatore Gambino
34 GK   GER Sören Pirson
39 MF   GER Marcel Großkreutz

Competitions

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Bundesliga

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
5 Bayer Leverkusen 34 14 10 10 64 49 +15 52 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
6 Hertha BSC 34 12 12 10 52 48 +4 48 Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
7 Borussia Dortmund 34 11 13 10 45 42 +3 46
8 1. FC Nürnberg 34 12 8 14 49 51 −2 44
9 VfB Stuttgart 34 9 16 9 37 39 −2 43
Source: kicker.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

DFB-Pokal

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First round

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22 August 2005 Eintracht Braunschweig 2 – 1 Borussia Dortmund Braunschweig
20:30 Rische   41'
Graf   84'
report (in German) Koller   28' Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion
Attendance: 22.200
Referee: Peter Sippel (Munich)

References

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  1. ^ "FootballSquads - Borussia Dortmund - 2005/06".

Notes

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  1. ^ Akgün was born in Bielefeld, Germany, but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and represented them at U-17 level.
  2. ^ Çalışkan was born in Hagen, Germany, but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and represented them at U-17 and U-19 level.
  3. ^ Şahin was born in Lüdenscheid, Germany, but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally through his parents and represented them at U-16, U-17, U-19 and U-21 level before making his international debut for Turkey in 2005.
  4. ^ Tyrała was born in Racibórz, Poland, but also qualified to represent Germany internationally and represented them at U-19 level before making his international debut for Poland in December 2008.