2005-06 Red Bull Salzburg season

The 2005-06 season was the first season after Red Bull took over SV Austria Salzburg. The denial of the club's history, the renaming and the abandonment of the purple club colors amounted to an erasure of the traditional club and caused dissatisfaction from fans and a media response in  Europe.

After the end of the season coach Jara was fired due to possible speculation regarding player transfers. Giovanni Trapattoni (team boss) and Lothar Matthäus (coach) were hired as successors.
Squad

 Goalkeepers:1 Alexander Manninger, 22 Heinz Arzberger , 23 Pascal Grünwald
 Defenders: 3 Laszlo Bodnar, 25 Ronald Gercaliu, 2 Christoph Jank, 15 Aleksander Knavs 4 Thomas Linke, 14  Alexander Pöllhuber, 6 Alexander von Schwedler,33 Thomas Winklhofer
 Midfielders: 28  René Aufhauser 5 Ezequiel Alejo Carboni 10 Andreas Ivanschitz 11 Patrik Jezek 8 Roland Kirchler 17 Jürgen Pichorner 20 Markus Scharrer 18 Markus Schopp 12 Maynor Suazo 
 Forwards: 21 Marc Janko 9 Vratislav Lokvenc 16 Wolfgang Mair 19 Christian Mayrleb 7 Alexander Zickler
 Coach:Kurt Jara Goalkeeper-coach: Herbert Ilsanker

 Final table
 Team M  W D L Goals +/- Points 1. FK Austria Wien (C) 36 19 10 7 51:33 +18 67 2. Red Bull Salzburg 36 20 3 13 62:42 +20 63 3. ASKÖ Pasching 36 16 10 10 43:32 +11 58 4. SV Ried (N) 36 13 13 10 48:47 +1 52 5. SK Rapid Wien (M) 36 13 10 13 51:41 +10 49 6. Grazer AK 36 13 6 17 47:48 −1 45 7. SV Mattersburg 36 12 8 16 40:54 −14 44 8. SK Sturm Graz 36 10 12 14 44:51 −7 42 9. FC Wacker Tirol 36 10 12 14 44:55 −11 42 10. VfB Admira Wacker Mödling 36 9 6 21 42:69 −27 33Austria Soccer

Matches

Austrian Cup

Friendly  matches

Topscorer
NameGoalsMarc Janko11Alexander Zickler9Rene Aufhauser8Austria Soccer

References

Category:FC Red Bull Salzburg seasons
Category:2005 in European football
Category:2006 in association football