2005–06 FC Schalke 04 season

FC Schalke 04 2005-06 football season

FC Schalke 042005-06 season

Manager| Ralf Rangnick (until 12 December)
Oliver Reck (caretaker)
Mirko Slomka (from 4 January)
Stadium| Veltins-Arena
Bundesliga| 4th
DFB-Pokal| Round of 16
UEFA Champions League| Group stage
UEFA Cup| Semi-finals
Top goalscorer| League:
Kevin Kurányi
Søren Larsen
(10 each)
All:
Kevin Kurányi
Søren Larsen
(14 each)

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

## Season summary

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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. However, 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

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Squad at end of season[1]

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

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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
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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

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

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23  | MF |  GER | Simon Cziommer (on loan to Roda JC)

## Competitions

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### Bundesliga

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Main article: 2005–06 Bundesliga

#### League table

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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

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Main article: 2005–06 DFB-Pokal

#### First round

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FC Bremerhaven v Schalke 04 20 August 2005 |  FC Bremerhaven | 0–3|  Schalke 04 | Bremerhaven

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18:00 |  | Report |

* Larsen 35', 65'
* Bajramović 67'

| Stadium: Nordseestadion
Attendance: 9,900
Referee: Thorsten Schriever (Otterndorf)

#### Second round

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Eintracht Frankfurt v Schalke 04 25 October 2005 |  Eintracht Frankfurt | 6–0|  Schalke 04 | Frankfurt am Main

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19:30 |

* Meier 28', 68'
* Huggel 30'
* Spycher 64'
* Copado 79'
* Ochs 85'

| Report |  | Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena
Attendance: 33,200
Referee: Felix Brych (Munich)

### UEFA Champions League

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Main article: 2005–06 UEFA Champions League

#### Group stage

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Main article: 2005–06 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group E

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1  |  Milan | 6  | 3  | 2  | 1  | 12  | 6  | +6  | 11  | Advance to knockout stage |  | -- | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–1
2  |  PSV Eindhoven | 6  | 3  | 1  | 2  | 4  | 6  | −2  | 10  |  | 1–0 | -- | 1–0 | 2–0
3  |  Schalke 04 | 6  | 2  | 2  | 2  | 12  | 9  | +3  | 8  | Transfer to UEFA Cup |  | 2–2 | 3–0 | -- | 2–0
4  |  Fenerbahçe | 6  | 1  | 1  | 4  | 7  | 14  | −7  | 4  |  |  | 0–4 | 3–0 | 3–3 | --

Source: RSSSF

PSV Eindhoven v  Schalke 04 13 September 2005 1|  PSV Eindhoven | 1–0|  Schalke 04 | Eindhoven, Netherlands

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20:45 |

* Vennegoor of Hesselink 33'

| Report |  | Stadium: Philips Stadion
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Yuri Baskakov (Russia)

Schalke 04  v  Milan 28 September 2005 2|  Schalke 04  | 2–2|  Milan | Gelsenkirchen, Germany

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20:45 |

* Larsen 3'
* Altıntop 70'

| Report |

* Seedorf 1'
* Shevchenko 59'

| Stadium: Arena AufSchalke
Attendance: 53,425
Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

Fenerbahçe v  Schalke 04 19 October 2005 3|  Fenerbahçe | 3–3|  Schalke 04 | Istanbul, Turkey

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20:45 |

* Fábio 14'
* Márcio 73'
* Appiah 79'

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* Lincoln 59', 62'
* Kurányi 77'

| Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

Schalke 04  v  Fenerbahçe 1 November 2005 4|  Schalke 04  | 2–0|  Fenerbahçe | Gelsenkirchen, Germany

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20:45 |

* Kurányi 32'
* Sand 90+2'

| Report |  | Stadium: Arena AufSchalke
Attendance: 53,425
Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)

Schalke 04  v  PSV Eindhoven 23 November 2005 5|  Schalke 04  | 3–0|  PSV Eindhoven | Gelsenkirchen, Germany

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20:45 |

* Kobiashvili 18' (pen.), 72', 79' (pen.)

| Report |  | Stadium: Arena AufSchalke
Attendance: 54,000
Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

Milan v  Schalke 04 6 December 2005 6|  Milan | 3–2|  Schalke 04 | Milan, Italy

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20:45 |

* Pirlo 42'
* Kaká 52', 60'

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* Poulsen 44'
* Lincoln 66'

| Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 43,800
Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

### UEFA Cup

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Main article: 2005–06 UEFA Cup

#### Knockout phase

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Main article: 2005–06 UEFA Cup final phase

##### Round of 32

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Schalke 04  v  Espanyol 15 February 2006 First leg|  Schalke 04  | 2–1|  Espanyol | Gelsenkirchen, Germany

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20:00 |

* Bordon 67'
* Ernst 88'

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* García 34'

| Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 53,642
Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)

Espanyol v  Schalke 04 23 February 2006 Second leg|  Espanyol | 0–3
(1–5 agg.)|  Schalke 04 | Barcelona, Spain

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21:45 |  | Report |

* Kurányi 54'
* Sand 70'
* Lincoln 73'

| Stadium: Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
Attendance: 18,100
Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)

##### Round of 16

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Palermo v  Schalke 04 9 March 2006 First leg|  Palermo | 1–0|  Schalke 04 | Palermo, Italy

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* Brienza 15'

| Report |  | Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera
Attendance: 10,581
Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)

Schalke 04  v  Palermo 16 March 2006 Second leg|  Schalke 04  | 3–0
(3–1 agg.)|  Palermo | Gelsenkirchen, Germany

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20:30 |

* Kobiashvili 44' (pen.)
* Larsen 72'
* Azaouagh 80'

| Report |  | Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 52,151
Referee: Graham Poll (England)

##### Quarter-finals

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Levski Sofia v  Schalke 04 30 March 2006 First leg|  Levski Sofia | 1–3|  Schalke 04 | Sofia, Bulgaria

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19:00 |

* Borimirov 6'

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* Varela 48'
* Lincoln 69'
* Asamoah 79'

| Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Mike Riley (England)

Schalke 04  v  Levski Sofia 6 April 2006 Second leg|  Schalke 04  | 1–1
(4–2 agg.)|  Levski Sofia | Gelsenkirchen, Germany

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20:30 |

* Lincoln 58'

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* Angelov 24'

| Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 52,973
Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

##### Semi-finals

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Schalke 04  v  Sevilla 20 April 2006 First leg|  Schalke 04  | 0–0|  Sevilla | Gelsenkirchen, Germany

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20:30 |  | Report |  | Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 53,551
Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)

Sevilla v  Schalke 04 27 April 2006 Second leg|  Sevilla | 1–0 (a.e.t.)
(1–0 agg.)|  Schalke 04 | Seville, Spain

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21:30 |

* Puerta 101'

| Report |  | Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium
Attendance: 46,000
Referee: Massimo De Santis (Italy)

## References

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

## Notes

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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.

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