2005–06 Borussia Dortmund season

During the 2005–06 German football season, Borussia Dortmund competed in the Bundesliga.

Borussia Dortmund
2005-06 season
Manager Bert van Marwijk
StadiumWestfalenstadion
Bundesliga7th
DFB-PokalFirst round
Top goalscorerLeague: Ebi Smolarek (13)
All: Ebi Smolarek (13)

Season summary

Another mediocre season saw Dortmund repeat last season's seventh-place finish, albeit with nine fewer points.

First-team squad
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.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  GER Roman Weidenfeller
3 DF  GER Markus Brzenska
4 DF  GER Christian Wörns
5 MF  GER Sebastian Kehl
6 MF  GER Florian Kringe
7 MF  RSA Delron Buckley
8 FW  GHA Matthew Amoah
9 FW  CZE Jan Koller
10 MF  CZE Tomáš Rosický
11 MF  GER David Odonkor
13 MF  COD Kosi Saka
14 FW  POL Ebi Smolarek
15 FW  GER Marcus Steegmann
16 FW  NED Cedric van der Gun
17 DF  BRA Dedê
18 MF  GER Lars Ricken
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF  TUR Mehmet Akgün[notes 1]
20 GK  GER Bernd Meier
21 DF  GER Christoph Metzelder
22 MF  GER Marc-André Kruska
23 DF   SUI Philipp Degen
24 MF  TUR Nizamettin Çalışkan[notes 2]
25 MF  TUR Nuri Şahin[notes 3]
26 MF  GER Marc Heitmeier
27 DF  GER Uwe Hünemeier
28 MF  GER Sebastian Tyrała[notes 4]
29 MF  GER Sascha Rammel
30 GK  NED Dennis Gentenaar
32 GK  GER Sascha Samulewicz
33 FW  GER Salvatore Gambino
34 GK  GER Sören Pirson
39 MF  GER Marcel Großkreutz

Results

First round
22 August 2005 Eintracht Braunschweig 2 – 1 Borussia Dortmund Braunschweig
20:30 Rische  41'
Graf  84'		 report (in German) Koller  28' Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion
Attendance: 22.200
Referee: Peter Sippel (Munich)

References
  1. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/ger/2005-2006/bundes/dortmund.htm

Notes
  1. Akgün was born in Bielefeld, Germany, but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and represented them at U-17 level.
  2. Çalışkan was born in Hagen, Germany, but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and represented them at U-17 and U-19 level.
  3. Şahin was born in Lüdenscheid, Germany, but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally through his parents and represented them at U-16, U-17, U-19 and U-21 level before making his international debut for Turkey in 2005.
  4. Tyrała was born in Racibórz, Poland, but also qualified to represent Germany internationally and represented them at U-19 level before making his international debut for Poland in December 2008.
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