# 2005–06 AC Milan season

In 2005–06 season Associazione Calcio Milan had a rather modest season compared to its previous seasons, before being rocked by a minor involvement in the 2006 Italian football scandal, where rivals Juventus was relegated and stripped of two league titles. Due to Milan's involvement, it did not inherit either of the titles, instead being penalised and dropped down the 2006 order, initially out of European football but later reinstated into fourth, which meant UEFA Champions League qualification, a tournament Milan then went on to win. However, Milan started the 2006–07 Serie A season with an eight-point deduction, which complicated hopes of a new league title.
On the pitch, Milan was not able to challenge Juventus for the virtual league title, then going out against Barcelona in the Champions League.
Following the season, the club sold Andriy Shevchenko for €40 million, the highest fee paid for a player turning 30 in the same year, to English club Chelsea.

## Players
### Squad information

    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 | BRA | Dida |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Cafu |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Paolo Maldini (captain) |
| 4 | DF | GEO | Kakha Kaladze |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Costacurta (vice-captain) |
| 7 | FW | UKR | Andriy Shevchenko |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Gennaro Gattuso |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Filippo Inzaghi |
| 10 | MF | POR | Rui Costa |
| 11 | FW | ITA | Alberto Gilardino |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Valerio Fiori |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Nesta |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | MF | SUI | Johann Vogel |
| 16 | GK | AUS | Zeljko Kalac |
| 17 | DF | CRO | Dario Šimić |
| 18 | MF | CZE | Marek Jankulovski |
| 20 | MF | NED | Clarence Seedorf |
| 21 | MF | ITA | Andrea Pirlo |
| 22 | MF | BRA | Kaká |
| 23 | MF | ITA | Massimo Ambrosini |
| 27 | MF | BRA | Serginho |
| 31 | DF | NED | Jaap Stam |
| 37 | FW | BRA | Márcio Amoroso |

### 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 |
| 32 | FW | ITA | Christian Vieri (to Monaco) |
| 33 | GK | GRE | Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos (to Roma) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ITA | Andrea Amato (on loan to Biellese) |
| — | FW | ITA | Roberto Massaro (to Olbia) |

### Reserve 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 |
| 41 | FW | ITA | Matteo Ardemagni |
| 43 | FW | FRA | Willy Aubameyang |
| 44 | MF | SVN | Sandro Bloudek |
| 45 | MF | ITA | Gastone Bottini |
| 46 | DF | ITA | Lino Marzoratti |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 47 | DF | ITA | Elia Legati |
| 48 | MF | ITA | Federico Piazza |
| 49 | FW | ITA | Davide Di Gennaro |
| 50 | GK | ITA | Davide Facchin |

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss

### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Inter Milan (C) | 38 | 23 | 7 | 8 | 68 | 30 | +38 | 76 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Roma | 38 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 70 | 42 | +28 | 69 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Milan | 38 | 28 | 4 | 6 | 85 | 31 | +54 | 58 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Chievo | 38 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 54 | 49 | +5 | 54 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Palermo | 38 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 50 | 52 | −2 | 52 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
* ↑ Milan, Fiorentina and Lazio were docked 30 points, all for involvement in the Calciopoli.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Competitive matches

#### 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 | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 9 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Champions League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Milan | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 11 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | PSV Eindhoven | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Schalke 04 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 8 | Transfer to UEFA Cup |
| 4 | Fenerbahçe | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 4 | |

#### Knockout phase
##### Semi-finals
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 30 June 2006
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Champions League | Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | BRA | Dida | 48 | -41 | 36 | -31 | 0 | 0 | 12 | -10 |
| 31 | DF | NED | Stam | 37 | 1 | 24+1 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Nesta | 42 | 1 | 29+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | GEO | Kaladze | 43 | 2 | 26+2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | BRA | Serginho | 46 | 0 | 29+4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 8+3 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Gattuso | 49 | 3 | 31+4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ITA | Pirlo | 49 | 5 | 31+2 | 4 | 0+4 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | NED | Seedorf | 49 | 6 | 31+5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| 22 | MF | BRA | Kaká | 49 | 19 | 28+7 | 14 | 1+1 | 0 | 12 | 5 |
| 7 | FW | UKR | Shevchenko | 40 | 28 | 27+1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 11+1 | 9 |
| 11 | FW | ITA | Gilardino | 47 | 19 | 29+5 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 6+4 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | AUS | Kalac | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Cafu | 25 | 1 | 11+8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Maldini | 23 | 2 | 13+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6+3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Costacurta | 21 | 0 | 8+7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | CRO | Simic | 21 | 0 | 10+5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | CZE | Jankulovski | 28 | 1 | 7+15 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | POR | Rui Costa | 29 | 0 | 12+13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ITA | Ambrosini | 18 | 1 | 5+8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | SUI | Vogel | 21 | 0 | 9+5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Inzaghi | 31 | 17 | 16+7 | 12 | 1+1 | 1 | 4+2 | 4 |
| 32 | FW | ITA | Vieri | 14 | 2 | 3+5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | BRA | Amoroso | 5 | 1 | 1+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | DF | ITA | Marzoratti | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | FW | ITA | Ardemagni | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | ITA | Favaretto | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 31 June 2006 Source: Competitions

### Top scorers
#### Serie A

* Andriy Shevchenko 19 (5 pen.)
* Alberto Gilardino 17 (1 pen.)
* Kaká 14 (3 pen.)
* Filippo Inzaghi 12
* Clarence Seedorf 4