# 2005–06 AS Roma season

The 2005–06 season saw Associazione Sportiva Roma experience several ups and downs, as it went through periods of poor form which bracketed a then-record 11 match winning streak in Serie A. Despite this period of excellent form, the club originally finished just fifth in the final standings, before Juventus, Milan and Fiorentina all were declared of varying guilt in a scandal that rocked Italian football in the summer of 2006. The resulting point deductions directed toward all three aforementioned clubs promoted Roma to second in the final standings.
The season also saw Roma hit with a one-year transfer ban, since it poached Philippe Mexès from Auxerre in spite of a rolling contract in 2004. Before the axe fell, Roma had already made its summer signings Doni, Samuel Kuffour, Rodrigo Taddei and Shabani Nonda, which made the ban redundant. It did however, delay Antonio Cassano's long-awaited transfer to Real Madrid, which lifted the morale of the squad following Cassano's long-time public feud with captain Francesco Totti.

## Players
### Squad information

    Last updated on 14 May 2006
    Appearances include league matches only
| No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age at end of season) | Signed from | Signed in | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||
| 1 | Gianluca Curci | GK | (1985-07-12)12 July 1985 (aged 20) | Youth Sector | 2004 | 21 | 0 |
| 21 | Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos | GK | (1976-08-07)7 August 1976 (aged 29) | Milan | 2006 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Doni | GK | (1979-10-22)22 October 1979 (aged 26) | Juventude | 2005 | 28 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||
| 2 | Christian Panucci (Vice-Captain) | RB / CB | (1973-04-12)12 April 1973 (aged 33) | Monaco | 2001 | 146 | 7 |
| 3 | Cesare Bovo | CB | (1983-01-14)14 January 1983 (aged 23) | Lecce | 2004 | 22 | 0 |
| 4 | Samuel Kuffour | CB | (1976-09-03)3 September 1976 (aged 29) | Bayern Munich | 2005 | 21 | 0 |
| 5 | Philippe Mexès | CB | (1982-03-30)30 March 1982 (aged 24) | Auxerre | 2004 | 55 | 3 |
| 13 | Cristian Chivu | LB / CB | (1980-10-26)26 October 1980 (aged 25) | Ajax | 2003 | 59 | 6 |
| 24 | Luigi Sartor | LB / RB / CB | (1975-01-30)30 January 1975 (aged 31) | Parma | 2002 | 19 | 0 |
| 25 | Leandro Cufré | LB | (1978-05-09)9 May 1978 (aged 28) | Gimnasia La Plata | 2002 | 69 | 1 |
| 28 | Aleandro Rosi | RB | (1987-05-17)17 May 1987 (aged 19) | Youth Sector | 2004 | 18 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||
| 7 | Édgar Álvarez | RM | (1980-01-09)9 January 1980 (aged 26) | Peñarol | 2005 | 20 | 0 |
| 8 | Alberto Aquilani | CM / AM | (1984-07-07)7 July 1984 (aged 21) | Youth Sector | 2002 | 54 | 3 |
| 11 | Rodrigo Taddei | LM / RM / AM | (1980-03-06)6 March 1980 (aged 26) | Siena | 2005 | 38 | 8 |
| 14 | Houssine Kharja | AM / CM | (1982-11-09)9 November 1982 (aged 23) | Ternana | 2005 | 28 | 1 |
| 15 | Olivier Dacourt | AM / CM | (1974-09-25)25 September 1974 (aged 31) | Leeds United | 2003 | 94 | 2 |
| 16 | Daniele De Rossi | DM / CM | (1983-07-24)24 July 1983 (aged 22) | Youth Sector | 2001 | 85 | 10 |
| 17 | Damiano Tommasi | DM / CM | (1974-05-17)17 May 1974 (aged 32) | Hellas Verona | 1996 | 263 | 14 |
| 20 | Simone Perrotta | LM / CM / AM | (1977-09-17)17 September 1977 (aged 28) | Chievo | 2004 | 65 | 8 |
| 29 | Leandro Greco | CM | (1986-07-19)19 July 1986 (aged 19) | Youth Sector | 2003 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | Mancini | LW / RW / AM | (1980-08-01)1 August 1980 (aged 25) | Venezia | 2003 | 94 | 24 |
| Forwards |||||||||
| 9 | Vincenzo Montella | CF / ST | (1974-06-18)18 June 1974 (aged 32) | Sampdoria | 1999 | 168 | 80 |
| 10 | Francesco Totti (Captain) | AM / LW / SS / CF / ST | (1976-09-27)27 September 1976 (aged 29) | Youth Sector | 1992 | 325 | 113 |
| 26 | Alessio Cerci | RW / SS | (1987-07-23)23 July 1987 (aged 18) | Youth Sector | 2003 | 4 | 0 |
| 35 | Stefano Okaka | CF / ST | (1989-08-09)9 August 1989 (aged 16) | Youth Sector | 2005 | 8 | 0 |
| 40 | Shabani Nonda | CF / ST | (1977-03-06)6 March 1977 (aged 29) | Monaco | 2005 | 15 | 4 |
| Players transferred during the season |||||||||
| 18 | Antonio Cassano | ST / SS | (1982-07-12)12 July 1982 (aged 23) | Bari | 2001 | 118 | 39 |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Final position | First match | Last match |
| Serie A | Matchday 1 | Runners-up | 28 August 2005 | 14 May 2006 |
| Coppa Italia | Round of 16 | Runners-up | 8 December 2005 | 11 May 2006 |
| UEFA Cup | First round | Round of 16 | 15 September 2005 | 15 March 2006 |
Last updated: 14 May 2006

### 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.'"`UNIQ--ref-0000000E-QINU`"'

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 14 May 2006. 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | D | W | D | L | L | D | W | W | W | L | D | D | L | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | D | D | W | D | D | D | W | L |
| Position | 2 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Cup
#### First round
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | STR | ROM | BSL | RSB | TRO |
| 1 | Strasbourg | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 8 | Advance to knockout stage | — | — | — | 2–2 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Roma | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage | 1–1 | — | 3–1 | — | — |
| 3 | Basel | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage | 0–2 | — | — | — | 4–3 |
| 4 | Red Star Belgrade | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 4 | | — | 3–1 | 1–2 | — | — |
| 5 | Tromsø | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 3 | | — | 1–2 | — | 3–1 | — |

#### Final phase
##### Round of 16
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | UEFA Cup | UEFA Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ITA | Gianluca Curci | 11 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | GRE | Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | BRA | Doni | 28 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ITA | Christian Panucci | 36 | 3 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Cesare Bovo | 21 | 1 | 16+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | GHA | Samuel Kuffour | 20 | 0 | 18+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Philippe Mexès | 27 | 3 | 24+3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | ROU | Cristian Chivu | 27 | 2 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ITA | Luigi Sartor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ARG | Leandro Cufré | 29 | 1 | 26+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | ITA | Aleandro Rosi | 15 | 0 | 5+10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | HON | Édgar Álvarez | 16 | 0 | 2+14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Alberto Aquilani | 24 | 3 | 20+4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | BRA | Rodrigo Taddei | 38 | 8 | 35+3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | MAR | Houssine Kharja | 10 | 1 | 2+8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | FRA | Olivier Dacourt | 26 | 1 | 11+15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ITA | Daniele De Rossi | 34 | 6 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ITA | Damiano Tommasi | 27 | 2 | 12+15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ITA | Simone Perrotta | 35 | 5 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | ITA | Leandro Greco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | BRA | Mancini | 27 | 12 | 24+3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | ITA | Vincenzo Montella | 12 | 1 | 9+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Francesco Totti | 23 | 15 | 23 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | ITA | Alessio Cerci | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | ITA | Stefano Okaka | 6 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | FW | COD | Shabani Nonda | 14 | 3 | 4+10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 18 | FW | ITA | Antonio Cassano | 5 | 2 | 4+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 14 May 2006 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | UEFA Cup | Total |
| 1 | 30 | MF | | Mancini | 12 | 3 | 3 | 18 |
| 2 | 10 | FW | | Francesco Totti | 15 | 0 | 2 | 17 |
| 3 | 11 | MF | | Rodrigo Taddei | 8 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 4 | 20 | MF | | Simone Perrotta | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 4 | 40 | FW | | Shabani Nonda | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | 8 | MF | | Alberto Aquilani | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | 16 | MF | | Daniele De Rossi | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | 2 | DF | | Christian Panucci | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | 17 | MF | | Damiano Tommasi | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | 5 | DF | | Philippe Mexès | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | 18 | FW | | Antonio Cassano | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | 9 | FW | | Vincenzo Montella | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | 13 | DF | | Cristian Chivu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | 25 | DF | | Leandro Cufré | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | 3 | DF | | Cesare Bovo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | 4 | DF | | Samuel Kuffour | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | 14 | MF | | Houssine Kharja | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | 15 | MF | | Olivier Dacourt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | 35 | FW | | Stefano Okaka | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 70 | 12 | 18 | 100 |
Last updated: 14 May 2006

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | UEFA Cup | Total |
| 1 | 32 | GK | | Doni | 11 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| 2 | 1 | GK | | Gianluca Curci | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 14 | 2 | 1 | 17 |
Last updated: 14 May 2006

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | UEFA Cup | UEFA Cup | UEFA Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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