# 2005–06 AS Monaco FC season

The 2005–06 season was AS Monaco FC's 49th season in Ligue 1. They finished tenth in Ligue 1, and were knocked out of the Coupe de la Ligue by Nice, in the semifinals, and the Coupe de France by Colmar at the Last 32. Monaco started the season under the management of Didier Deschamps, but after a poor start and disagreement with the club's President, Michel Pastor, Deschamps resigned from the club on 19 September 2005. Jean Petit was appointed as coach follow Deschamps' departure with Francesco Guidolin taking over from him in October.

## Squad

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 | FRA | Guillaume Warmuz |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Manuel Dos Santos |
| 4 | DF | FRA | François Modesto |
| 5 | MF | URU | Diego Pérez |
| 6 | MF | CZE | Jaroslav Plašil |
| 7 | MF | ARG | Lucas Bernardi |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Gerard |
| 9 | FW | URU | Javier Chevantón |
| 10 | FW | FRA | Alexandre Licata |
| 11 | MF | FRA | Olivier Sorlin |
| 13 | DF | BRA | Maicon |
| 15 | MF | GRE | Akis Zikos |
| 16 | GK | FRA | André Biancarelli |
| 17 | MF | FRA | Olivier Kapo (on loan from Juventus) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | DF | FRA | Eric Cubilier |
| 19 | DF | FRA | Sébastien Squillaci |
| 20 | DF | FRA | Arnaud Lescure |
| 21 | MF | FRA | Camel Meriem |
| 22 | FW | FRA | David Gigliotti |
| 23 | FW | ITA | Marco Di Vaio |
| 26 | FW | FRA | Frédéric Nimani |
| 28 | FW | FRA | Nicolas Maurice-Belay |
| 29 | MF | FRA | Malaury Martin |
| 30 | GK | ITA | Flavio Roma |
| 31 | DF | FRA | Olivier Veigneau |
| 32 | DF | FRA | Gaël Givet (captain) |
| 33 | FW | FRA | Alexis Allart |
| 34 | MF | FRA | Serge Gakpe |
| 36 | FW | ITA | Christian Vieri |

### Out on loan

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 | FRA | Stéphane Ruffier (at Aviron Bayonnais) |
| — | MF | FRA | Jimmy Juan (at Ipswich Town) |
| — | MF | FRA | Marko Muslin (at Willem II) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | SLE | Mohamed Kallon (at Ittihad) |
| — | FW | FRA | Toifilou Maoulida (at Marseille) |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | FRA | Guillaume Warmuz (from Borussia Dortmund) |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Gerard (from Barcelona) |
| 11 | MF | FRA | Olivier Sorlin (from Rennes) |
| 14 | FW | FRA | Toifilou Maoulida (from Rennes) |
| 17 | MF | FRA | Olivier Kapo (loan from Juventus) |
| 18 | DF | FRA | Éric Cubilier (loan return from Lens) |
| 21 | MF | FRA | Camel Meriem (from Bordeaux) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 8 | FW | SLE | Mohamed Kallon (loan to Ittihad) |
| 12 | DF | ITA | Joseph Dayo Oshadogan (to Ternana) |
| 18 | FW | COD | Shabani Nonda (to Roma) |
| 21 | MF | SWE | Pontus Farnerud (to Strasbourg) |
| 25 | FW | SEN | Souleymane Camara (to Nice) |
| 27 | DF | FRA | Julien Rodriguez (to Rangers) |
| 35 | DF | NOR | Hassan El Fakiri (to Borussia Mönchengladbach) |
| — | GK | FRA | Stéphane Ruffier (loan to Aviron Bayonnais) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Manuel dos Santos (from Benfica) |
| 10 | FW | FRA | Alexandre Licata (from Louhans-Cuiseaux) |
| 23 | FW | ITA | Marco Di Vaio (from Valencia) |
| 36 | FW | ITA | Christian Vieri (from A.C. Milan) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Patrice Evra (to Manchester United) |
| 14 | FW | FRA | Toifilou Maoulida (loan to Marseille) |
| 24 | FW | TOG | Emmanuel Adebayor (to Arsenal) |
| 26 | MF | FRA | Marko Muslin (loan to Willem II) |

## Competitions
### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 8 | Nice | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 36 | 31 | +5 | 58 | |
| 9 | Paris Saint-Germain | 38 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 44 | 38 | +6 | 52 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 10 | Monaco | 38 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 42 | 36 | +6 | 52 | |
| 11 | Le Mans | 38 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 33 | 36 | −3 | 52 | |
| 12 | Nancy | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 35 | 37 | −2 | 48 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
* ↑ Paris Saint-Germain was qualified for the 2006–07 UEFA Cup as winners of the 2005–06 Coupe de France.
* ↑ Nancy was qualified for the 2006–07 UEFA Cup as winners of the 2005–06 Coupe de la Ligue.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 31 March 2015. Source: Soccerway

#### 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 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | W | L | D | L | L | W | D | W | W | L | W | D | W | L | W | D | W | L | D | L | D | W | W | D | L | L | L | W | L | D | D | W | D | D | D | D |
| Position | 5 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 |

#### Results
### UEFA Cup
#### First round
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MON | HSV | SLA | VIK | CSS |
| 1 | Monaco | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 2–0 | — | — | 2–1 |
| 2 | Hamburger SV | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage | — | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | — |
| 3 | Slavia Prague | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage | 0–2 | — | — | — | 4–2 |
| 4 | Viking | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 4 | | 1–0 | — | 2–2 | — | — |
| 5 | CSKA Sofia | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 3 | | — | 0–1 | — | 2–0 | — |

#### Knockout stage
##### Round of 32
## Statistics

    As of match played 13 May 2006

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Coupe de France | Coupe de la Ligue | Coupe de la Ligue | Europe | Europe |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | FRA | Guillaume Warmuz | 35 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Manuel dos Santos | 18 | 1 | 14+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | FRA | François Modesto | 39 | 2 | 21+7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | URU | Diego Pérez | 26 | 0 | 15+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | CZE | Jaroslav Plašil | 31 | 2 | 17+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ARG | Lucas Bernardi | 45 | 0 | 29+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Gerard | 9 | 2 | 6+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | URU | Javier Chevantón | 28 | 11 | 18+5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | FRA | Olivier Sorlin | 28 | 1 | 18+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | BRA | Maicon | 38 | 2 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | GRE | Akis Zikos | 29 | 1 | 15+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | FRA | André Biancarelli | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | FRA | Olivier Kapo | 32 | 7 | 20+5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5+1 | 2 |
| 18 | DF | FRA | Eric Cubilier | 19 | 0 | 10+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | FRA | Sébastien Squillaci | 37 | 2 | 26+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 20 | DF | FRA | Arnaud Lescure | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | FRA | Camel Meriem | 42 | 5 | 25+5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| 22 | FW | FRA | David Gigliotti | 21 | 2 | 4+10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | ITA | Marco Di Vaio | 17 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | FRA | Nicolas Maurice-Belay | 20 | 0 | 6+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | FRA | Malaury Martin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | ITA | Flavio Roma | 17 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | FRA | Olivier Veigneau | 26 | 1 | 11+9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | FRA | Gaël Givet | 42 | 2 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | FRA | Serge Gakpe | 15 | 2 | 8+5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 36 | FW | ITA | Christian Vieri | 11 | 5 | 5+2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||||||
| 14 | FW | FRA | Toifilou Maoulida | 23 | 3 | 9+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+4 | 3 |
| 26 | MF | FRA | Marko Muslin | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Monaco no longer at the club: ||||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | FRA | Patrice Evra | 23 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | TOG | Emmanuel Adebayor | 21 | 4 | 11+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 |
| 25 | FW | SEN | Souleymane Camara | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Coupe de la Ligue | Europe | Total |
| 1 | FW | 9 | Javier Chevantón | 10 | | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 2 | MF | 17 | Olivier Kapo | 5 | | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | FW | 23 | Marco Di Vaio | 5 | | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | FW | 36 | Christian Vieri | 3 | | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | MF | 21 | Camel Meriem | 3 | | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | FW | 24 | Emmanuel Adebayor | 1 | | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | FW | 14 | Toifilou Maoulida | 0 | | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | FW | 22 | David Gigliotti | 2 | | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | 4 | François Modesto | 2 | | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | 34 | Serge Gakpé | 2 | | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | 32 | Gaël Givet | 2 | | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | 6 | Jaroslav Plašil | 1 | | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | 19 | Sébastien Squillaci | 1 | | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | 13 | Maicon | 1 | | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | 8 | Gerard | 0 | | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | MF | 15 | Akis Zikos | 1 | | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | 11 | Olivier Sorlin | 1 | | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | DF | 31 | Olivier Veigneau | 1 | | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | DF | 3 | Manuel dos Santos | 1 | | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 42 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 66 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | Coupe de la Ligue | Coupe de la Ligue | Europe | Europe | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Guillaume Warmuz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Patrice Evra | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Manuel dos Santos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | François Modesto | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | Diego Pérez | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Jaroslav Plašil | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Lucas Bernardi | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Gerard | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Javier Chevantón | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Olivier Sorlin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Maicon | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | Toifilou Maoulida | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Akis Zikos | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Olivier Kapo | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Éric Cubilier | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Sébastien Squillaci | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Arnaud Lescure | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Camel Meriem | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | David Gigliotti | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | Marco Di Vaio | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | Emmanuel Adebayor | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 30 | GK | Flavio Roma | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | Olivier Veigneau | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | Gaël Givet | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | Serge Gakpé | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | FW | Christian Vieri | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 86 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 105 | 8 |