2005–06 Valencia CF season

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

Valencia CF
2005-06 season
ManagerSpain Quique Sánchez Flores
StadiumMestalla Stadium
La Liga3rd
Copa del ReyQuarter-finals
Intertoto CupRunners-up
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. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Spain ESP Santiago Cañizares
2 DF Portugal POR Miguel
3 DF Brazil BRA Fábio Aurélio
4 DF Argentina ARG Roberto Ayala
5 DF Spain ESP Carlos Marchena
6 MF Spain ESP David Albelda
7 FW Spain ESP David Villa
8 MF Spain ESP Rubén Baraja
9 FW Netherlands NED Patrick Kluivert
10 MF Spain ESP Miguel Ángel Angulo
11 MF Uruguay URU Mario Regueiro
13 GK Spain ESP Juan Mora
14 MF Spain ESP Vicente
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF Italy ITA Amedeo Carboni
16 MF Portugal POR Hugo Viana
17 DF Spain ESP David Navarro
18 MF Spain ESP Jorge López
19 MF Spain ESP Francisco Rufete
20 FW Spain ESP Mista
21 MF Argentina ARG Pablo Aimar
22 MF Brazil BRA Edu[notes 1]
23 DF Spain ESP Curro Torres
24 DF Italy ITA Emiliano Moretti
25 GK France FRA Ludovic Butelle
27 MF Spain ESP Pablo Hernández
33 DF Spain ESP 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. Pos. Nation Player
12 DF Portugal POR Marco Caneira (on loan to Sporting CP)
18 MF Uruguay URU Gonzalo de los Santos (released)
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 FW Italy ITA 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 Qualification for the 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 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4 Osasuna 38 21 5 12 49 43 +6 68
5 Sevilla 38 20 8 10 54 39 +15 68 Qualification for the 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) Champions

Quarter-final
19 January 2006 Deportivo 1–0 Valencia A Coruña
22:00 CET Sergio 78' (pen.) Report (in Spanish) Stadium: Riazor
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González Basque Country (autonomous community)
25 January 2006
1 February 2006[2] 		Valencia 1–1 Deportivo Valencia
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 Community of Madrid

Third round
17 July 2005 Gent Belgium 0–0 Spain Valencia Jules Ottenstadion, Ghent
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Paolo Dondarini (Italy)
23 July 2005 Valencia Spain 2–0 Belgium Gent Mestalla 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 Spain 4–0 Netherlands Roda Mestalla Stadium, Valencia
22:00 Rufete 36', 41', 50'
Moretti 83'		 Report Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Markus Nobs (Switzerland)
3 August 2005 Roda Netherlands 0–0 Spain Valencia Parkstad 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 Germany 1–0 Spain Valencia AOL Arena, Hamburg
20:15 Barbarez 50' Report Attendance: 55,386
Referee: Stuart Dougal (Scotland)
23 August 2005 (2005-08-23) Valencia Spain 0–0 Germany Hamburg Mestalla Stadium, Valencia
22:00 Report Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Laurent Duhamel (France)

Hamburg won 1–0 on aggregate.

References
  1. "FootballSquads - Valencia - 2005/06".
  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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