# 2005–06 Kilmarnock F.C. season

The 2005–06 season was Kilmarnock's seventh consecutive season in the Scottish Premier League, having competed in it since its inauguration in 1998–99. Kilmarnock also competed in the Scottish Cup and the League Cup.

## Summary
### Season

Kilmarnock finished fifth in the Scottish Premier League with 55 points. They reached the third round of the League Cup, losing to Dunfermline and the third round of the Scottish Cup, losing to Hearts.

## Results and fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Scottish Premier League

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 1 | 30 July 2005 | Heart of Midlothian | H | 2–4 | 7,487 | Naismith 12’ Greer 74’ |
| 2 | 6 August 2005 | Aberdeen | A | 2–1 | 13,661 | Johnston 1’ Naismith 72’ |
| 3 | 13 August 2005 | Motherwell | H | 4–1 | 5,035 | Johnston 12’ Boyd 19’, 73’ McDonald 61’ |
| 4 | 20 August 2005 | Inverness CT | A | 2–2 | 4,854 | Nish 71’ Boyd 74’ |
| 5 | 27 August 2005 | Livingston | H | 3–0 | 4,644 | Nish 28’, 35’, 43’ |
| 6 | 10 September 2005 | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 3–2 | 4,737 | Dodds 8’ Boyd 33’ Invincible 90’ |
| 7 | 17 September 2005 | Rangers | A | 0–3 | 49,076 | |
| 8 | 24 September 2005 | Falkirk | H | 1–1 | 5,507 | Boyd 23’ (Pen.) |
| 9 | 1 October 2005 | Dundee United | A | 0–0 | 6,915 | |
| 10 | 15 October 2005 | Hibernian | A | 2–4 | 11,731 | Ford 7’ Fowler 40’ |
| 11 | 23 October 2005 | Celtic | H | 0–1 | 10,544 | |
| 12 | 26 October 2005 | Heart of Midlothian | A | 0–1 | 16,536 | |
| 13 | 29 October 2005 | Aberdeen | H | 4–2 | 5,798 | Ford 18’ Invincible 19’ Boyd 47’, 57’ |
| 14 | 5 November 2005 | Motherwell | A | 2–2 | 4,979 | Boyd 9’, 90’ |
| 15 | 19 November 2005 | Inverness CT | H | 2–2 | 4,708 | Boyd 54’ Naismith 56’ |
| 16 | 26 November 2005 | Livingston | A | 3–0 | 3,446 | Boyd 26’, 82’ Naismith 29’ |
| 17 | 3 December 2005 | Dunfermline Athletic | A | 1–0 | 4,319 | Boyd 41’ |
| 18 | 11 December 2005 | Rangers | H | 2–3 | 12,426 | McDonald 61’ Boyd 82’ |
| 19 | 17 December 2005 | Falkirk | A | 2–1 | 4,804 | Fowler 50’ Boyd 90’ |
| 20 | 26 December 2005 | Dundee United | H | 2–1 | 5,749 | McDonald 38’ Wales 90’ |
| 21 | 2 January 2006 | Hibernian | H | 2–2 | 9,224 | Naismith 30’ Wales 90’ |
| 22 | 14 January 2006 | Celtic | A | 2–4 | 59,995 | Naismith 24’ (Pen.) Invincible 51’ |
| 23 | 21 January 2006 | Heart of Midlothian | H | 1–0 | 8,811 | Invincible 46’ |
| 24 | 28 January 2006 | Aberdeen | A | 2–2 | 10,540 | Naismith 24’ (Pen.) 31’ Lilley 85’ |
| 25 | 8 February 2006 | Motherwell | H | 2–0 | 5,169 | Wales 34’, 51’ |
| 26 | 11 February 2006 | Inverness CT | A | 3–3 | 3,618 | Naismith 27’ Wales 69’, 85’ |
| 27 | 18 February 2006 | Livingston | H | 3–1 | 5,266 | Wales 22’ Naismith 27’ invincible 59’ |
| 28 | 4 March 2006 | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 1–0 | 5,507 | Invincible 9’ |
| 29 | 11 March 2006 | Rangers | A | 0–4 | 49,442 | |
| 30 | 18 March 2006 | Falkirk | H | 2–1 | 5,443 | Invincible 3’ Naismith 74’ |
| 31 | 25 March 2006 | Dundee United | A | 2–2 | 5,830 | Naismith 13’, 18’ |
| 32 | 5 April 2006 | Hibernian | A | 1–2 | 10,427 | Wales 19’ |
| 33 | 9 April 2006 | Celtic | H | 1–4 | 10,978 | Nish 89’ |
| 34 | 15 April 2006 | Heart of Midlothian | A | 0–2 | 16,497 | |
| 35 | 22 April 2006 | Aberdeen | A | 0–0 | 10,634 | |
| 36 | 29 April 2006 | Rangers | A | 1–3 | 11,583 | Nish 27’ |
| 37 | 3 May 2006 | Celtic | A | 0–2 | 48,649 | |
| 38 | 7 May 2006 | Hibernian | H | 3–1 | 5,732 | Naismith 48’ (Pen.) Greer 72’ Nish 75’ |

### Scottish League Cup

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| Second Round | 23 August 2005 | Stirling Albion | H | 4–1 | 3,124 | Dodds 42’ Invincible 56’ Wales 75’ Di Giacomo 90’ |
| Third Round | 20 September 2005 | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 3–4 | 3,193 | Boyd 53’, 90+3 Wilson (o.g.) 73’ |

### Scottish Cup

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| Third Round | 7 January 2006 | Heart of Midlothian | A | 1–2 | 12,831 | Nish 86’ |

## Player statistics

    As of 7 May 2006 (UTC)
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | SCO | Alan Combe | 35 | 0 | 32+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 2 | MF | SCO | James Fowler | 40 | 2 | 38+0 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SCO | Garry Hay | 37 | 0 | 35+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | SCO | David Lilley | 13 | 1 | 8+3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SCO | Gordon Greer | 30 | 2 | 27+0 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | JAM | Simon Ford | 35 | 2 | 32+0 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | SCO | Gary McDonald | 28 | 4 | 16+11 | 3 | 1+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SCO | Gary Locke | 16 | 0 | 10+5 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | SCO | Kris Boyd | 20 | 17 | 18+1 | 15 | 1+0 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | SCO | Gary Wales | 32 | 9 | 18+12 | 8 | 0+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | AUS | Danny Invincible | 39 | 8 | 34+3 | 7 | 2+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | SCO | Allan Johnston | 39 | 2 | 36+1 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | SCO | Graeme Smith | 7 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | SCO | Steven Naismith | 41 | 13 | 34+4 | 13 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | SCO | Colin Nish | 37 | 8 | 25+9 | 7 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | SCO | Rhian Dodds | 13 | 2 | 6+5 | 1 | 2+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | FRA | Eric Skora | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | SCO | Frazer Wright | 28 | 0 | 27+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | SCO | Stevie Murray | 18 | 0 | 1+14 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | SCO | Paul Di Giacomo | 14 | 1 | 2+10 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | AUS | Lindsay Wilson | 13 | 0 | 11+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | SCO | Peter Leven | 8 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | SCO | Jamie Hamill | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | SCO | Robert Campbell | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | GRE | Georgios Fotakis | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | SCO | Cameron Bell | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | SCO | Jamie Adams | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | SCO | Tommy Coyne | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | SCO | Rory Loy | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | SCO | Iain Flannigan | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 41 | DF | SCO | Ryan O'Leary | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

## Final league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Rangers | 38 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 67 | 37 | +30 | 73 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Hibernian | 38 | 17 | 5 | 16 | 61 | 56 | +5 | 56 | Qualification for the UEFA Intertoto Cup second round |
| 5 | Kilmarnock | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 63 | 64 | −1 | 55 | |
| 6 | Aberdeen | 38 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 46 | 40 | +6 | 54 | |
| 7 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 38 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 51 | 38 | +13 | 58 | |
* ↑ Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.
* ↑ Hibernian qualified for the 2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup by being the highest place applicant for the competition.

### Division summary

| 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 | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | W | D | W | W | L | D | D | L | L | L | W | D | D | W | W | L | W | W | D | L | W | D | W | D | W | W | L | W | D | L | L | L | D | L | L | W |
| Position | 10 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 |