Fulham F.C. 2005–06 football season
The 2005–06 season was Fulham's fifth consecutive season in the top flight of English football, the Premier League .
Fulham were again managed by Chris Coleman and they managed to achieve a 12th-place finish in the Premier League, one place higher than the previous season . Their best results of the season were home wins against Chelsea (1–0) and Liverpool (2–0).
In the League Cup , they reached the third round by winning an exciting game against Lincoln City 5–4 after extra time, but they then succumbed to West Bromwich Albion . In the FA Cup , they fell at the first hurdle with a humiliating 2–1 home defeat to Leyton Orient .
Squad at end of season [ 1] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Left club during season [ edit ] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Considering starts in all competitions [ 2] [ 3] GK: #30, Tony Warner , 18 RB: #2, Moritz Volz , 23 CB: #6, Zat Knight , 31 CB: #3, Carlos Bocanegra , 20 LB: #17, Liam Rosenior , 25 RM: #13, Tomasz Radzinski , 24 CM: #4, Steed Malbranque , 33 CM: 14, Papa Bouba Diop , 21 LM: #11, Luís Boa Morte , 37 CF: #20, Brian McBride , 34 CF: #15, Collins John , 18 Source:
Premier League Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Overall Home Away Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD 38 14 6 18 48 58 −10 48 13 2 4 31 21 +10 1 4 14 17 37 −20
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 A H A H A H A H A H A H A A H A H A H H A H A H A H A A H A H H H A A H Result D L L W D L L L D W L W L W D L W L D L W W L W L W L L L L W D L W W W L W Position 10 15 16 14 13 16 17 18 17 14 15 14 14 14 14 16 14 15 15 15 15 15 14 13 15 14 14 16 16 16 14 15 15 16 15 14 14 12
Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers Report 1 13 August 2005 Birmingham City H 0–0 16,550 Report 2 20 August 2005 Blackburn Rovers A 1–2 16,953 McBride Report 3 24 August 2005 Arsenal A 1–4 37,867 Jensen Report 4 27 August 2005 Everton H 1–0 17,169 McBride Report 5 10 September 2005 Newcastle United A 1–1 52,208 McBride Report 6 17 September 2005 West Ham United H 1–2 21,907 Boa Morte Report 7 26 September 2005 Tottenham Hotspur A 0–1 35,427 Report 8 1 October 2005 Manchester United H 2–3 21,862 Jensen , John Report 9 17 October 2005 Charlton Athletic A 1–1 26,310 John Report 10 22 October 2005 Liverpool H 2–0 22,480 John , Boa Morte Report 11 29 October 2005 Wigan Athletic A 0–1 17,266 Report 12 5 November 2005 Manchester City H 2–1 22,241 Malbranque (2) Report 13 20 November 2005 Middlesbrough A 2–3 27,599 John , Bouba Diop Report 14 27 November 2005 Bolton Wanderers H 2–1 19,768 McBride (2) Report 15 3 December 2005 West Bromwich Albion A 0–0 23,144 Report 16 10 December 2005 Birmingham City A 0–1 27,597 Report 17 17 December 2005 Blackburn Rovers H 2–1 20,138 Bouba Diop , Boa Morte Report 18 26 December 2005 Chelsea A 2–3 42,313 Boa Morte , Helguson Report 19 28 December 2005 Aston Villa H 3–3 20,446 McBride (2), Helguson Report 20 31 December 2005 Portsmouth A 0–1 19,101 Report 21 2 January 2006 Sunderland H 2–1 19,372 John (2) Report 22 14 January 2006 Newcastle United H 1–0 21,974 Malbranque Report 23 23 January 2006 West Ham United A 1–2 29,812 Helguson Report 24 31 January 2006 Tottenham Hotspur H 1–0 21,081 Bocanegra Report 25 4 February 2006 Manchester United A 2–4 67,844 Helguson , McBride Report 26 11 February 2006 West Bromwich Albion H 6–1 21,508 Helguson (2), Radzinski , John (2), Davies (o.g.) Report 27 26 February 2006 Bolton Wanderers A 1–2 23,104 Helguson Report 28 4 March 2006 Arsenal H 0–4 22,397 Report 29 11 March 2006 Everton A 1–3 36,515 John Report 30 15 March 2006 Liverpool A 1–5 42,293 John Report 31 19 March 2006 Chelsea H 1–0 22,486 Boa Morte Report 32 25 March 2006 Aston Villa A 0–0 32,605 Report 33 1 April 2006 Portsmouth H 1–3 22,322 Malbranque Report 34 15 April 2006 Charlton Athletic H 2–1 19,146 Boa Morte (2) Report 35 24 April 2006 Wigan Athletic H 1–0 17,164 Malbranque Report 36 29 April 2006 Manchester City A 2–1 41,128 Malbranque , John Report 37 4 May 2006 Sunderland A 1–2 28,226 Radzinski Report 38 7 May 2006 Middlesbrough H 1–0 22,434 Helguson Report
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers Report R3 8 January 2006 Leyton Orient H 1–2 13,394 John Report
^ Crossley was born in Barnsley , England , and represented them at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally through a grandparent and made his international debut for Wales in February 1997. ^ Malbranque was born in Mouscron , Belgium , but also qualified to represent France internationally and represented them at U-21 level before being called up by France in February 2004 without playing. ^ Radzinski was born in Poznań , Poland , but also qualified to represent Canada internationally and made his international debut for Canada in June 1995. ^ John was born in Zwedru , Liberia , but was raised in the Netherlands and made his international debut for the Netherlands in August 2004. ^ Timlin was born in Peckham , England , but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and represented them at U-17 and U-21 level. ^ Warner was born in Liverpool , England , but also qualified to represent Trinidad and Tobago internationally and made his international debut for Trinidad and Tobago in February 2006. ^ Rehman was born in Birmingham , England , and represented them at U-18 , U-19 and U-20 level, but also qualified to represent Pakistan internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Pakistan in December 2005.
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