# 2005–06 Hamburger SV season

The 2005–06 season was the 86th season in the existence of Hamburger SV and the club's 43rd consecutive season in the top flight of German football. In addition to the domestic league, Hamburger SV participated in this season's edition of the DFB-Pokal and the UEFA Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006.

## Transfers
### In

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | CMR | Thimothée Atouba (from Tottenham Hotspur) |
| 8 | MF | GER | Markus Karl (from Greuther Fürth) |
| 17 | DF | GER | Daniel Ziebig (from Dynamo Dresden) |
| 13 | MF | GER | Mario Fillinger (from Chemnitzer FC) |
| 20 | DF | CIV | Guy Demel (from Borussia Dortmund) |
| 23 | MF | NED | Rafael van der Vaart (from AFC Ajax) |
| 24 | DF | SUI | Reto Ziegler (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur) |
| 24 | FW | BRA | Aílton (on loan from Beşiktaş) |
| 28 | MF | NED | Nigel de Jong (from AFC Ajax) |
| 33 | MF | USA | Benny Feilhaber (from UCLA) |

### Out

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | GER | Martin Pieckenhagen (to Heracles Almelo) |
| 2 | DF | GER | Björn Schlicke (to 1. FC Köln) |
| 13 | MF | GER | Leonhard Haas (to FC Augsburg) |
| 17 | DF | GER | Daniel Ziebig (on loan to Energie Cottbus) |
| 24 | DF | SVN | Mišo Brečko (on loan to Hansa Rostock) |
| 25 | FW | BEL | Émile Mpenza (to Al-Rayyan) |
| 30 | MF | GER | Eren Şen (to Thun) |
| — | FW | SCG | Besart Berisha (on loan to AC Horsens) |

## Players
### First-team squad

    Squad at end of season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player1 |
| — | GK | GER | Stefan Wächter |
| 3 | DF | CMR | Thimothée Atouba |
| 4 | DF | GER | Bastian Reinhardt |
| 5 | DF | BEL | Daniel Van Buyten |
| 6 | MF | SUI | Raphaël Wicky |
| 7 | MF | IRN | Mehdi Mahdavikia |
| 8 | MF | GER | Markus Karl |
| 10 | FW | BIH | Sergej Barbarez |
| 11 | FW | GER | Benjamin Lauth |
| 12 | GK | GER | Sascha Kirschstein |
| 13 | MF | GER | Mario Fillinger |
| 14 | MF | CZE | David Jarolím |
| 15 | MF | GER | Piotr Trochowski |
| 16 | DF | GER | René Klingbeil |
| 18 | MF | GER | Oliver Hampel |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | FW | GER | Mustafa Kučuković |
| 20 | DF | CIV | Guy Demel |
| 21 | DF | NED | Khalid Boulahrouz |
| 22 | MF | GER | Stefan Beinlich |
| 23 | MF | NED | Rafael van der Vaart |
| 24 | FW | BRA | Aílton (on loan from Beşiktaş) |
| 26 | DF | GER | Volker Schmidt |
| 27 | MF | GER | Alexander Laas |
| 28 | MF | NED | Nigel de Jong |
| 31 | MF | GHA | Charles Takyi |
| 32 | FW | JPN | Naohiro Takahara |
| 33 | MF | USA | Benny Feilhaber |
| 35 | DF | GER | Boris Leschinski |
| 37 | FW | GER | Rouwen Hennings |

### Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | DF | GER | Daniel Ziebig (on loan to Energie Cottbus) |
| 24 | DF | SVN | Mišo Brečko (on loan to Hansa Rostock) |
| 24 | DF | SUI | Reto Ziegler (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 25 | FW | BEL | Émile Mpenza (to Al-Rayyan) |
| — | FW | SCG | Besart Berisha (on loan to AC Horsens) |

### Hamburger SV II

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | GER | Wolfgang Hesl |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | GER | Sidney Sam |

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Bundesliga | 6 August 2005 | 13 May 2006 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 34 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 53 | 30 | +23 | 061.76 |
| DFB-Pokal | 20 August 2005 | 21 December 2005 | First round | Round of 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 066.67 |
| UEFA Cup | 15 September 2005 | 15 March 2006 | First round | Round of 16 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 060.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 47 | 29 | 6 | 12 | 73 | 41 | +32 | 061.70 |
Source: Competitions

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Bayern Munich (C) | 34 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 67 | 32 | +35 | 75 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 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 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: DFB

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | L | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | L | L |
| Position | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Cup
#### First round
#### Group stage
## Statistics
### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | UEFA Cup | Total |
| 1 | 23 | MF | | Rafael van der Vaart | 9 | 0 | 5 | 14 |
| 2 | 10 | FW | | Sergej Barbarez | 10 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| 3 | 11 | FW | | Benjamin Lauth | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | 15 | MF | | Piotr Trochowski | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | 7 | FW | | Mehdi Mahdavikia | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 53 | 8 | 12 | 73 |