# 2005–06 Bundesliga

The 2005–06 Bundesliga was the 43rd season of the Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. It began on 5 August 2005 and concluded on 13 May 2006.

## Teams

Eighteen teams competed in the league – the top fifteen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the 2. Bundesliga. The promoted teams were 1. FC Köln, MSV Duisburg and Eintracht Frankfurt. 1. FC Köln and Eintracht Frankfurt returned to the top flight after an absence of one year while MSV Duisburg returned in the top flight after an absence of six years. They replaced VfL Bochum, Hansa Rostock and SC Freiburg, ending their top flight spells of three, ten and two years respectively.

## Team overview
### Stadia and locations

| Club | Location | Ground | Capacity |
| Arminia Bielefeld | Bielefeld | SchücoArena | 26,600 |
| Bayer 04 Leverkusen | Leverkusen | BayArena | 22,500 |
| FC Bayern Munich | Munich | Allianz Arena | 75,000 |
| Borussia Dortmund | Dortmund | Westfalenstadion | 68,600 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | Mönchengladbach | Stadion im Borussia-Park | 54,067 |
| MSV Duisburg* | Duisburg | MSV-Arena | 31,502 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt* | Frankfurt am Main | Commerzbank Arena | 62,000 |
| Hamburger SV | Hamburg | AOL Arena | 62,000 |
| Hannover 96 | Hanover | AWD-Arena | 60,400 |
| Hertha BSC | Berlin | Olympiastadion | 76,000 |
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Kaiserslautern | Fritz Walter Stadion | 41,500 |
| 1. FC Köln* | Cologne | Müngersdorfer Stadion | 46,000 |
| 1. FSV Mainz 05 | Mainz | Stadion am Bruchweg | 20,300 |
| 1. FC Nürnberg | Nuremberg | Frankenstadion | 44,700 |
| FC Schalke 04 | Gelsenkirchen | Arena AufSchalke | 61,973 |
| VfB Stuttgart | Stuttgart | Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion | 53,700 |
| SV Werder Bremen | Bremen | Weserstadion | 42,100 |
| VfL Wolfsburg | Wolfsburg | Volkswagen Arena | 30,000 |
(*) Promoted from 2. Bundesliga.

### Personnel and kits

| Team | Manager | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| Arminia Bielefeld | Thomas von Heesen | Saller | Krombacher |
| Bayer 04 Leverkusen | Michael Skibbe | Adidas | RWE |
| FC Bayern Munich | Felix Magath | Adidas | Deutsche Telekom |
| Borussia Dortmund | Bert van Marwijk | Nike | E.ON |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | Horst Köppel | Lotto | Kyocera |
| MSV Duisburg* | Heiko Scholz (caretaker) | Uhlsport | Iceline Tiefkühl |
| Eintracht Frankfurt* | Friedhelm Funkel | Jako | Fraport |
| Hamburger SV | Thomas Doll | Puma | Abu Dhabi Investment Group |
| Hannover 96 | Peter Neururer | Diadora | TUI Group |
| Hertha BSC | Falko Götz | Nike | Arcor |
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Wolfgang Wolf | Kappa | Deutsche Vermögensberatung |
| 1. FC Köln* | Hanspeter Latour | Adidas | Gerling-Konzern |
| 1. FSV Mainz 05 | Jürgen Klopp | Lotto | DBV-Winterthur |
| 1. FC Nürnberg | Hans Meyer | Adidas | mister*lady Jeans |
| FC Schalke 04 | Mirko Slomka | Adidas | Victoria Versicherung |
| VfB Stuttgart | Armin Veh | Puma | EnBW |
| SV Werder Bremen | Thomas Schaaf | Kappa | KiK |
| VfL Wolfsburg | Klaus Augenthaler | Nike | Volkswagen/Volkswagen TSI |

## League table

| Pos | Team | 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 |
| 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 | |
| 10 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 42 | 50 | −8 | 42 | |
| 11 | Mainz 05 | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 46 | 47 | −1 | 38 | |
| 12 | Hannover 96 | 34 | 7 | 17 | 10 | 43 | 47 | −4 | 38 | |
| 13 | Arminia Bielefeld | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 32 | 47 | −15 | 37 | |
| 14 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 42 | 51 | −9 | 36 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 15 | VfL Wolfsburg | 34 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 33 | 55 | −22 | 34 | |
| 16 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern (R) | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 47 | 71 | −24 | 33 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |
| 17 | 1. FC Köln (R) | 34 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 49 | 71 | −22 | 30 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |
| 18 | MSV Duisburg (R) | 34 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 34 | 63 | −29 | 27 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |
* ↑ As DFB Cup 2005-06 winners Bayern Munich qualified for the 2006–07 UEFA Champions League, the 2006–07 UEFA Cup place for domestic cup winners was awarded to finalists Eintracht Frankfurt.

## Results

| Home \ Away | BSC | DSC | SVW | BVB | DUI | SGE | HSV | H96 | FCK | KOE | B04 | M05 | BMG | FCB | FCN | S04 | VFB | WOB |
| Hertha BSC | — | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–4 | 1–5 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| Arminia Bielefeld | 3–0 | — | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Werder Bremen | 0–3 | 5–2 | — | 3–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 0–2 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 6–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 6–1 |
| Borussia Dortmund | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 |
| MSV Duisburg | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–5 | 1–1 | — | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 5–2 | — | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 6–3 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Hamburger SV | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| Hannover 96 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | — | 5–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 2–4 |
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–5 | 3–3 | 5–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | — | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 |
| 1. FC Köln | 0–1 | 4–2 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 2–3 | — | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–4 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | — | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–5 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 |
| Mainz 05 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 3–1 | — | 3–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 5–1 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Bayern Munich | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 4–0 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | — | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| 1. FC Nürnberg | 2–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 1–2 | — | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Schalke 04 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 7–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | — | 3–2 | 2–2 |
| VfB Stuttgart | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | — | 2–1 |
| VfL Wolfsburg | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | — |

## Overall

* Most wins – Bayern Munich (22)
* Fewest wins – MSV Duisburg (5)
* Most draws – Hannover 96 (17)
* Fewest draws – Hamburger SV (5)
* Most losses – 1. FC Köln (18)
* Fewest losses – Bayern Munich (3)
* Most goals scored – Werder Bremen (79)
* Fewest goals scored – Arminia Bielefeld (32)
* Most goals conceded – 1. FC Kaiserslautern and 1. FC Köln (71)
* Fewest goals conceded – Hamburger SV (30)

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Miroslav Klose | Werder Bremen | 25 |
| 2 | Dimitar Berbatov | Bayer Leverkusen | 21 |
| 3 | Halil Altıntop | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 20 |
| 4 | Roy Makaay | Bayern Munich | 17 |
| 5 | Róbert Vittek | 1. FC Nürnberg | 16 |
| 6 | Ivan Klasnić | Werder Bremen | 15 |
| 7 | Michael Ballack | Bayern Munich | 14 |
| 8 | Ebi Smolarek | Borussia Dortmund | 13 |
| 9 | Marcelinho | Hertha BSC | 12 |
| 9 | Lukas Podolski | 1. FC Köln | 12 |
| 9 | Michael Thurk | 1. FSV Mainz 05 | 12 |
| 9 | Ioannis Amanatidis | Eintracht Frankfurt | 12 |
| 9 | Diego Klimowicz | VfL Wolfsburg | 12 |