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

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

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

Competitions

Bundesliga
Main article: 2005–06 Bundesliga

League table
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
Main article: 2005–06 DFB-Pokal

First round
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
  1. "FootballSquads - Borussia Dortmund - 2005/06".

Notes
  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.
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