# 2005–06 Eintracht Frankfurt season

The 2005–06 Eintracht Frankfurt season was the 106th season in the club's football history. In 2005–06 the club played in the Bundesliga, the first tier of German football. It was the club's 101st season in the first tier.

## Results
### Legend

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 |
* ↑ 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 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | W | L | D | L | L | L | W | W | L | W | D | D | W | W | L | L | D | W | L | L | L | D | L | W | D | L | L | D | W | D | D | L |
| Position | 16 | 18 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 |

#### Matches
### Indoor soccer tournaments
#### Rheinland Cup
#### Frankfurt Cup
## 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 | Player |
| 1 | GK | MKD | Oka Nikolov |
| 2 | DF | GER | Patrick Ochs |
| 4 | DF | GER | Christoph Preuß |
| 5 | DF | MKD | Aleksandar Vasoski |
| 7 | MF | GER | Benjamin Köhler |
| 8 | MF | AUT | Stefan Lexa |
| 10 | MF | AUT | Markus Weissenberger |
| 11 | MF | KOR | Cha Du-ri |
| 13 | MF | GER | Jermaine Jones |
| 14 | MF | GER | Alexander Meier |
| 15 | DF | CRO | Jurica Puljiz |
| 16 | DF | SUI | Christoph Spycher |
| 17 | MF | GER | Daniyel Cimen |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | FW | GRE | Ioannis Amanatidis |
| 20 | FW | GER | Francisco Copado |
| 21 | GK | GER | Markus Pröll |
| 22 | DF | GER | Christopher Reinhard |
| 23 | DF | GER | Marco Russ |
| 24 | MF | GER | Alexander Schur |
| 26 | FW | GER | Dominik Stroh-Engel |
| 28 | GK | GER | Jan Zimmermann |
| 29 | DF | BRA | Chris |
| 30 | MF | SUI | Benjamin Huggel |
| 31 | DF | GER | Mounir Chaftar |
| 33 | DF | GER | Marko Rehmer |
| 34 | GK | GER | Robert Cue |

### 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 |
| 3 | DF | GER | Andree Wiedener (retired) |
| 6 | MF | GER | Christian Lenze (to Erzgebirge Aue) |
| 9 | FW | NED | Arie van Lent (to Rot-Weiss Essen) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 12 | DF | GER | Markus Husterer (on loan from Bayern Munich II) |
| 25 | DF | GER | Alexander Huber (on loan to 1899 Hoffenheim) |
| 26 | FW | GER | Nico Frommer (to Unterhaching) |

### Eintracht Frankfurt 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 | Pablo Álvarez |
| — | GK | GER | Nils Holzhauser |
| — | DF | GER | Timothy Chandler |
| — | DF | GER | Sebastian Jung |
| — | MF | GER | Marcel Titsch-Rivero |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | GER | Faton Toski |
| — | MF | GER | Richard Weil |
| — | MF | CRO | Krešo Ljubičić |
| — | FW | GER | Cenk Tosun |

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | MKD | Oka Nikolov | 36 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | GER | Patrick Ochs | 32 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | GER | Andree Wiedener | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | GER | Christoph Preuß | 27 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | MKD | Aleksandar Vasoski | 39 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | GER | Benjamin Köhler | 34 | 3 | 29 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | AUT | Stefan Lexa | 16 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | NED | Arie van Lent | 12 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | AUT | Markus Weissenberger | 19 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | KOR | Du-Ri Cha | 30 | 3 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | USA | Jermaine Jones | 24 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | GER | Alexander Meier | 38 | 10 | 33 | 7 | 5 | 3 |
| 16 | DF | SUI | Christoph Spycher | 27 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | GER | Daniyel Cimen | 15 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | GRE | Ioannis Amanatidis | 37 | 15 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 3 |
| 20 | MF | ESP | Francisco Copado | 29 | 9 | 24 | 6 | 5 | 3 |
| 21 | GK | GER | Markus Pröll | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | GER | Christopher Reinhard | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | GER | Marco Russ | 11 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | GER | Alexander Schur | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | GER | Dominik Stroh-Engel | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | GK | GER | Jan Zimmermann | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | BRA | Chris | 26 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | SUI | Benjamin Huggel | 34 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| 31 | DF | GER | Mounir Chaftar | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | GER | Marko Rehmer | 28 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 0 |

### Transfers
#### Transferred in

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer Window | Contract ends | Transfer fee |
| 4 | Midfield | Christoph Preuß | 23 | Yes | VfL Bochum | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2009 | €500,000 |
| 11 | Midfield | Du-Ri Cha | 24 | No | Bayer Leverkusen (Cha was previously loaned from Leverkusen to Eintracht) | Free transfer | Summer | 30 June 2006 | Free |
| 13 | Midfield | Jermaine Jones | 23 | Yes | Bayer Leverkusen (Jones was previously loaned from Leverkusen to Eintracht) | Free transfer | Summer | 30 June 2007 | Free |
| 14 | Midfield | Alexander Meier | 22 | Yes | Hamburger SV (Meier was previously loaned from Hamburg to Eintracht) | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2008 | €650,000 |
| 16 | Defender | Christoph Spycher | 27 | No | Grasshopper Club Zürich | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2007 | €275,000 |
| 18 | Striker | Ioannis Amanatidis | 23 | Yes | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2008 | €1.8 Million |
| 20 | Midfield | Francisco Copado | 30 | Yes | SpVgg Unterhaching | Free transfer | Summer | 30 June 2008 | Free |
| 26 | Striker | Dominik Stroh-Engel | 19 | Yes | SC Waldgirmes | Free transfer | Summer | 30 June 2008 | Free |
| 27 | Striker | Nico Frommer | 27 | Yes | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | Loan return | Summer | 30 June 2006 | Free |
| 28 | Goalkeeper | Jan Zimmermann | 20 | Yes | Eintracht Frankfurt II | Promoted | Summer | 30 June 2014 | Free |
| 30 | Midfield | Benjamin Huggel | 27 | No | FC Basel | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2008 | €800,000 |
| 31 | Defender | Mounir Chaftar | 19 | Yes | Eintracht Frankfurt U19 | Promoted | Summer | 30 June 2008 | Free |
| 33 | Defender | Marko Rehmer | 33 | Yes | Hertha BSC | Free transfer | Summer | 30 June 2006 | Free |

#### Transferred out

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer Window | Transfer fee |
| 3 | Defender | Andree Wiedener | 35 | Yes | Retired | Termination of contract | Winter | Free |
| 4 | Defender | Torben Hoffmann | 30 | Yes | TSV 1860 München | Free transfer | Summer | Free |
| 5 | Defender | Jens Keller | 34 | Yes | Retired | End of contract | Summer | Free |
| 6 | Midfielder | Christian Lenze | 28 | Yes | Erzgebirge Aue | Free transfer | Summer | Free |
| 9 | Striker | Arie van Lent | 35 | Yes | Rot-Weiss Essen | Free transfer | Winter | Free |
| 12 | Defender | Markus Husterer | 22 | Yes | Bayern Munich II | Loan end | Winter | Free |
| 18 | Striker | Nico Frommer | 27 | Yes | SpVgg Unterhaching | Free transfer | Summer | Free |
| 19 | Midfielder | Mehmet Dragusha | 27 | No | SC Paderborn | Free transfer | Summer | Free |
| 20 | Striker | Markus Beierle | 33 | Yes | SV Darmstadt 98 | Free transfer | Summer | Free |
| 25 | Defender | Alexander Huber | 20 | Yes | TSG Hoffenheim | Loan | Winter | Free |
| 30 | Goalkeeper | Andreas Menger | 32 | Yes | Retired | End of contract | Summer | Free |