# 2005–06 FC Barcelona season

The 2005–06 season was Futbol Club Barcelona's 107th season in existence and 77th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football, La Liga. It was manager Frank Rijkaard's third season in charge of the club, a season in which he managed to successfully retain the La Liga title, as well as winning the UEFA Champions League and Spanish Super Cup. The squad was largely unchanged from the previous season, with only two players – Santiago Ezquerro and Mark van Bommel – joining the club. Gerard left on a free transfer during the summer.
Samuel Eto'o was once again the top scorer for the team, improving on his tally of 29 goals from the 2004–05 season by five goals, including one in the Champions League final. Ronaldinho and Eto'o were selected in the 2005–06 FIFPro XI at the end of the season.

## 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 | ESP | Víctor Valdés |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Juliano Belletti |
| 3 | MF | BRA | Thiago Motta |
| 4 | DF | MEX | Rafael Márquez |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Carles Puyol (captain) |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Xavi |
| 7 | FW | SWE | Henrik Larsson |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Ludovic Giuly |
| 9 | FW | CMR | Samuel Eto'o |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Ronaldinho |
| 11 | FW | ARG | Maxi López |
| 12 | DF | NED | Giovanni van Bronckhorst |
| 14 | FW | ESP | Santiago Ezquerro |
| 15 | MF | BRA | Edmílson |
| 16 | DF | BRA | Sylvinho |
| 17 | MF | NED | Mark van Bommel |
| 18 | MF | ESP | Gabri |
| 19 | FW | ARG | Lionel Messi |
| 20 | MF | POR | Deco |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | DF | ESP | Oleguer |
| 24 | MF | ESP | Andrés Iniesta |
| 25 | GK | ESP | Albert Jorquera |
| 26 | DF | ESP | Rodri |
| 27 | MF | ESP | Pitu |
| 28 | GK | ESP | Rubén |
| 29 | DF | ESP | Carlos Peña |
| 31 | MF | ESP | Joan Verdú |
| 32 | DF | ESP | Damià |
| 33 | MF | ESP | Jordi Gómez |
| 35 | MF | ESP | Cristian |
| 40 | DF | ESP | Javi Martos |
| 41 | MF | FRA | Ludovic Sylvestre |
| 42 | MF | ESP | Paco Montañés |
| 43 | DF | ESP | Jesús Olmo |
| 44 | MF | ESP | Andrea Orlandi |
| 45 | MF | ESP | Ramón Masó |

## Coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| Head coach | Frank Rijkaard |
| Assistant coach | Henk ten Cate / Eusebio Sacristán |
| Goalkeeping coach | Juan Carlos Unzué |
| Fitness coach | Paco Seirul·lo / Albert Roca |
| Doctors | Ricard Pruna / Gil Rodas / Toni Tramullas |
| Representative | Carles Naval |
Source: FC Barcelona

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee | Source |
| 14 | FW | | Ezquerro | 28 | EU | Athletic Bilbao | Transfer Y | Summer | 2008 | Free | |
| 17 | MF | | Van Bommel | 28 | EU | PSV | Transfer Y | Summer | 2008 | Free | |
Total spending: €0

### Out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee |
| 14 | MF | Gerard | 26 | EU | Monaco | Contract termination N | Summer | Free |
| 10 | AM | Riquelme | 27 | Non-EU | Villarreal | Transfer Y | Summer | €7,000,000 |
| 15 | DM | Fábio Rochemback | 23 | Non-EU | Middlesbrough | Transfer Y | Summer | €1,500,000 |
| 36 | FW | Sergio García | 22 | EU | Zaragoza | Transfer Y | Summer | €1,500,000 |
| 22 | DM | Albertini | 33 | EU | | Retirement | Summer | N/A |
| 7 | FW | Saviola | 23 | Non-EU | Sevilla | Loan → | Summer | N/A |
| 35 | DF | Fernando Navarro | 23 | EU | Mallorca | Loan → | Summer | N/A |
| 32 | MF | Damià | 23 | EU | Racing Santander | Loan → | Summer | N/A |
| 27 | DF | Óscar López | 25 | EU | Betis | Loan → | Summer | Free |
Total income: €10,000,000
Last updated: 1 September

## Competitions
### La Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Barcelona (C) | 38 | 25 | 7 | 6 | 80 | 35 | +45 | 82 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 38 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 70 | 40 | +30 | 70 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Valencia | 38 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 58 | 33 | +25 | 69 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Osasuna | 38 | 21 | 5 | 12 | 49 | 43 | +6 | 68 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Sevilla | 38 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 54 | 39 | +15 | 68 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A |
| Result | D | W | L | D | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | D | D | W | W | W | W | L | L |
| Position | 11 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Barcelona | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 | +14 | 16 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Werder Bremen | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Udinese | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | −2 | 7 | Transfer to UEFA Cup |
| 4 | Panathinaikos | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 16 | −12 | 4 | |

#### Final
## Friendlies

* GAMES 2005–2006
* 23-07-2005 Friendly. East Jutland XI 0–4 Barcelona
* 25-07-2005 Friendly.
* Aarhus 0–4 Barcelona
* 30-07-2005 Friendly.
* Yokohama Marinos 1–1 Barcelona
* 03-08-2005 Friendly.
* Shenzhen Janlibao 0–9 Barcelona
* 05-08-2005 Ramón de Carranza Trophy (semi-final).
* Sevilla 1–1 Barcelona (1–3) Penalties.
* 06-08-2005 Ramón de Carranza Trophy (final).
* Cadiz 1–3 Barcelona
* 24-08-2005 Joan Gamper Trophy.
* Barcelona 2–2 Juventus (2–4) Penalties.
* 02-09-2005 Friendly.
* Saint Étienne 2–1 Barcelona
* 15-11-2005 Copa Catalunya (semi-final).
* Gimnàstic 0–6 Barcelona
* 29-11-2005 Friendly.
* Barcelona 2–1 Israel-Palestine combined XI
* 15-03-2006 Friendly.
* Milan 3–2 Barcelona

## Statistics
### Start formations

| Qnt | Formation | Match(es) |
| 52 | 4-3-3 | All matches |

### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | La Liga | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey | Champions League | Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ESP | Valdes | 47 | -34 | 35 | -29 | 0 | 0 | 12 | -5 |
| 23 | DF | ESP | Oleguer | 47 | 0 | 31+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Puyol | 50 | 1 | 35 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | MEX | Marquez | 36 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | BRA | Sylvinho | 29 | 2 | 22+4 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | NED | van Bommel | 37 | 4 | 17+7 | 2 | 2+2 | 1 | 7+2 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | BRA | Edmílson | 39 | 0 | 24+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | POR | Deco | 41 | 4 | 28+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 |
| 8 | FW | FRA | Giuly | 40 | 7 | 21+8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 6+2 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | CMR | Eto'o | 45 | 32 | 34 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Ronaldinho | 43 | 25 | 29 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 |
| 25 | GK | ESP | Jorquera | 8 | -12 | 3 | -6 | 4 | -6 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Belletti | 40 | 1 | 20+7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7+3 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | NED | van Bronckhorst | 36 | 1 | 15+4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ESP | Iniesta | 48 | 1 | 14+19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5+6 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | SWE | Larsson | 41 | 15 | 14+14 | 10 | 2+1 | 4 | 5+5 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Xavi | 20 | 0 | 14+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | ARG | Messi | 25 | 8 | 11+6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4+2 | 1 |
| 3 | MF | BRA | Motta | 23 | 2 | 11+4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4+3 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ESP | Gabri | 18 | 1 | 4+7 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 2+2 | 1 |
| 14 | FW | ESP | Ezquerro | 19 | 4 | 3+9 | 2 | 2+1 | 1 | 1+3 | 1 |
| 26 | DF | ESP | Rodri | 6 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ARG | Maxi López | 9 | 1 | 2+4 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ESP | Pitu | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 28 | GK | ESP | Rubén | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | ESP | Carlos Peña | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | ESP | Verdu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | ESP | Damià | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | ESP | Gomez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | ESP | Cristian | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | ESP | Javi Martos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | MF | FRA | Sylvestre | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | ESP | Paco Montañés | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 43 | DF | ESP | Olmo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | ESP | Orlandi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 45 | MF | ESP | Masó | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
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