# 2005–06 Paris Saint-Germain FC season

The 2005–06 season was Paris Saint-Germain's 36th season in existence. PSG played their home league games at the Parc des Princes in Paris, registering an average attendance of 40,485 spectators per match. The club was presided by Pierre Blayau. The team was coached by Laurent Fournier until 27 December 2005, when Guy Lacombe replaced him. Pauleta was the team captain.

## Players

    As of the 2005–06 season.

### 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 | Lionel Letizi |
| 2 | DF | FRA | Stéphane Pichot |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Jean-Michel Badiane |
| 4 | DF | CZE | David Rozehnal |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Bernard Mendy |
| 6 | DF | COL | Mario Yepes |
| 7 | MF | FRA | Fabrice Pancrate |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Édouard Cissé |
| 9 | FW | POR | Pauleta (captain) |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Vikash Dhorasoo |
| 12 | MF | URU | Cristian Rodríguez |
| 13 | MF | FRA | Hocine Ragued |
| 14 | MF | FRA | Rudy Haddad |
| 15 | MF | CIV | Bonaventure Kalou |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Jérôme Alonzo |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | DF | CMR | Jean-Hugues Ateba |
| 18 | FW | URU | Carlos Bueno |
| 22 | DF | FRA | Sylvain Armand |
| 23 | MF | CMR | Modeste M'bami |
| 24 | MF | FRA | Christophe Landrin |
| 25 | MF | FRA | Jérôme Rothen |
| 26 | DF | SEN | Boukary Dramé |
| 28 | DF | BRA | Paulo César |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Mohamed Benhamou |
| 31 | MF | FRA | Samuel Piètre |
| 32 | DF | MAR | Ahmed Kantari |
| 33 | GK | FRA | Nicolas Cousin |
| 34 | FW | CIV | Franck Dja Djédjé |
| — | DF | CIV | Sol Bamba |
| — | FW | FRA | David Ngog |

### 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 |
| 11 | MF | RUS | Sergei Semak (to FC Moscow) |
| 19 | MF | ALB | Lorik Cana (to Marseille) |
| 20 | MF | SCG | Branko Bošković (on loan to Troyes) |
| 21 | MF | POR | Filipe Teixeira (to Académica) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 27 | FW | FRA | Alioune Touré (to Leiria) |
| 28 | FW | SCG | Danijel Ljuboja (on loan to Stuttgart) |
| 29 | FW | NGA | Bartholomew Ogbeche (to Al-Jazira) |

## Competitions
### Overview

| 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 % |
| Ligue 1 | 29 July 2005 | 13 May 2006 | Matchday 1 | 9th | 38 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 44 | 38 | +6 | 034.21 |
| Coupe de France | 7 January 2005 | 29 April 2006 | Round of 64 | Winners | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 100.00 |
| Coupe de la Ligue | 26 October 2005 | 21 December 2005 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 46 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 62 | 44 | +18 | 043.48 |
Source: Competitions

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 7 | Rennes | 38 | 18 | 5 | 15 | 48 | 49 | −1 | 59 | |
| 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 | |
* ↑ Paris Saint-Germain was qualified for the 2006–07 UEFA Cup as winners of the 2005–06 Coupe de France.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: LFP.fr

#### Results by match

| Match | 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 | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | D | L | W | L | W | D | W | L | W | L | D | W | L | L | W | D | W | L | W | L | D | D | D | L | D | D | D | W | D | W | D | L | D | L | L |
| Position | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 |