2005–06 FC Schalke 04 season

During the 2005–06 German football season, FC Schalke 04 competed in the Bundesliga.

FC Schalke 04
2005-06 season
ManagerGermany Ralf Rangnick (until 12 December)
Germany Oliver Reck (caretaker)
Germany Mirko Slomka (from 4 January)
StadiumVeltins-Arena
Bundesliga4th
DFB-PokalLast 16
UEFA Champions LeagueGroup stage
UEFA CupSemi-finals

Season summary edit

The 2005-06 season was one of ups and downs for Schalke. The club only dropped two points more compared to the previous season, but this was only good enough to see Schalke finish in 4th. Schalke also exited the Champions League at the group stage, though there was little shame in elimination given that they were placed in the same group as last season's runners-up AC Milan and semi-finalists PSV Eindhoven. Schalke compensated with a great run to the UEFA Cup semi-final, with eventual champions Sevilla needing extra time to overcome the Germans. Less flattering was Schalke's domestic cup form, with the club thrashed by eventual finalists Frankfurt 6-0 in the second round. This humiliation, along with the mediocre league form, saw coach Ralf Rangnick sacked in December, with Mirko Slomka appointed as his replacement in early January.

First-team squad edit

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 Frank Rost
2 MF   DEN Christian Poulsen
3 DF   GEO Levan Kobiashvili
4 DF   GER Thomas Kläsener
5 DF   BRA Marcelo Bordon
6 MF   TUR Hamit Altıntop[notes 1]
7 MF   GER Mimoun Azaouagh[notes 2]
8 MF   GER Fabian Ernst
9 FW   DEN Søren Larsen
10 MF   BRA Lincoln
11 FW   DEN Ebbe Sand
12 DF   NED Marco van Hoogdalem
13 GK   GER Christofer Heimeroth
14 FW   GER Gerald Asamoah[notes 3]
15 DF   POL Tomasz Wałdoch
16 DF   URU Darío Rodríguez
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF   BRA Rafinha
19 MF   URU Gustavo Varela
20 DF   SCG Mladen Krstajić[notes 4]
21 MF   GER Alexander Baumjohann
22 FW   GER Kevin Kurányi[notes 5]
24 DF   GER Christian Pander
25 MF   BIH Zlatan Bajramović[notes 6]
26 DF   GER Niko Bungert
27 DF   GER Tim Hoogland
29 GK   GER Manuel Neuer
31 DF   GER Sebastian Boenisch[notes 7]
33 FW   MAR Joseph Laumann
34 MF   GER Mario Klinger
35 MF   GER David Müller
36 MF   LBN Bilal Aziz

Left club during season edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
23 MF   GER Simon Cziommer (on loan to Roda JC)

Competitions edit

Bundesliga edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 Werder Bremen 34 21 7 6 79 37 +42 70 Qualification to Champions League group stage
3 Hamburger SV 34 21 5 8 53 30 +23 68 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4 Schalke 04 34 16 13 5 47 31 +16 61 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5 Bayer Leverkusen 34 14 10 10 64 49 +15 52
6 Hertha BSC 34 12 12 10 52 48 +4 48 Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
Source: kicker.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

DFB-Pokal edit

First round edit

20 August 2005 FC Bremerhaven 0–3 Schalke 04 Bremerhaven
18:00 Report
Stadium: Nordseestadion
Attendance: 9,900
Referee: Thorsten Schriever (Otterndorf)

Second round edit

25 October 2005 Eintracht Frankfurt 6–0 Schalke 04 Frankfurt am Main
19:30
Report Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena
Attendance: 33,200
Referee: Felix Brych (Munich)

UEFA Champions League edit

Group stage edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Milan 6 3 2 1 12 6 +6 11 Advance to knockout stage
2   PSV Eindhoven 6 3 1 2 4 6 −2 10
3   Schalke 04 6 2 2 2 12 9 +3 8 Transfer to UEFA Cup
4   Fenerbahçe 6 1 1 4 7 14 −7 4
Source: RSSSF
13 September 2005 1 PSV Eindhoven   1–0   Schalke 04 Eindhoven, Netherlands
20:45 Report Stadium: Philips Stadion
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Yuri Baskakov (Russia)
28 September 2005 2 Schalke 04   2–2   Milan Gelsenkirchen, Germany
20:45
Report
Stadium: Arena AufSchalke
Attendance: 53,425
Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)
19 October 2005 3 Fenerbahçe   3–3   Schalke 04 Istanbul, Turkey
20:45
Report
Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)
1 November 2005 4 Schalke 04   2–0   Fenerbahçe Gelsenkirchen, Germany
20:45
Report Stadium: Arena AufSchalke
Attendance: 53,425
Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)
23 November 2005 5 Schalke 04   3–0   PSV Eindhoven Gelsenkirchen, Germany
20:45
Report Stadium: Arena AufSchalke
Attendance: 54,000
Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)
6 December 2005 6 Milan   3–2   Schalke 04 Milan, Italy
20:45
Report
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 43,800
Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

UEFA Cup edit

Knockout phase edit

Round of 32 edit
15 February 2006 First leg Schalke 04   2–1   Espanyol Gelsenkirchen, Germany
20:00
Report
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 53,642
Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)
23 February 2006 Second leg Espanyol   0–3
(1–5 agg.)
  Schalke 04 Barcelona, Spain
21:45 Report
Stadium: Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
Attendance: 18,100
Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)
Round of 16 edit
9 March 2006 First leg Palermo   1–0   Schalke 04 Palermo, Italy
18:00
Report Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera
Attendance: 10,581
Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)
16 March 2006 Second leg Schalke 04   3–0
(3–1 agg.)
  Palermo Gelsenkirchen, Germany
20:30
Report Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 52,151
Referee: Graham Poll (England)
Quarter-finals edit
30 March 2006 First leg Levski Sofia   1–3   Schalke 04 Sofia, Bulgaria
19:00
Report
Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Mike Riley (England)
6 April 2006 Second leg Schalke 04   1–1
(4–2 agg.)
  Levski Sofia Gelsenkirchen, Germany
20:30
Report
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 52,973
Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)
Semi-finals edit
20 April 2006 First leg Schalke 04   0–0   Sevilla Gelsenkirchen, Germany
20:30 Report Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 53,551
Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)
27 April 2006 Second leg Sevilla   1–0 (a.e.t.)
(1–0 agg.)
  Schalke 04 Seville, Spain
21:30
Report Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium
Attendance: 46,000
Referee: Massimo De Santis (Italy)

References edit

  1. ^ "FootballSquads - FC Schalke 04 - 2005/06".

Notes edit

  1. ^ Altıntop was born in Gelsenkirchen, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and represented Turkey at U-18, U-20 and U-21 level before making his international debut for Turkey in 2004.
  2. ^ Azaouagh was born in Beni Sidel, Morocco, but also qualified to represent Germany internationally and represented Germany at U-21 level.
  3. ^ Asamoah was born in Mampong, Ghana, but was raised in Germany from the age of 12 and made his international debut for Germany in May 2001.
  4. ^ Krstajić was born in Zenica, SFR Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina), but was raised in Serbia and Montenegro (now Serbia) and made his international debut for Serbia and Montenegro in 1999.
  5. ^ Kurányi was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, but also qualified to represent Germany internationally through his father and Panama through his mother and represented Germany at U-21 and B level before making his international debut for Germany in March 2003.
  6. ^ Bajramović was born in Hamburg, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Bosnia and Herzegovina internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2002.
  7. ^ Boenisch was born in Gliwice, Poland, but was raised in Germany from the age of 1 and represented Germany at U-20 and U-21 level before changing his allegiance to Poland and making his international debut for Poland in September 2010.