2005–06 FC Schalke 04 season

During the 2005–06 German football season, FC Schalke 04 competed in the Bundesliga.

FC Schalke 04
2005-06 season
Manager Ralf Rangnick (until 12 December)
Oliver Reck (caretaker)
Mirko Slomka (from 4 January)
StadiumVeltins-Arena
Bundesliga4th
DFB-PokalLast 16
UEFA Champions LeagueGroup stage
UEFA CupSemi-finals

Season summary

The 2005-06 season was one of ups and downs for Schalke. The club only dropped two points more compared to the previous season, but this was only good enough to see Schalke finish in 4th. Schalke also exited the Champions League at the group stage, though there was little shame in elimination given that they were placed in the same group as last season's runners-up AC Milan and semi-finalists PSV Eindhoven. Schalke compensated with a great run to the UEFA Cup semi-final, with eventual champions Sevilla needing extra time to overcome the Germans. Less flattering was Schalke's domestic cup form, with the club thrashed by eventual finalists Frankfurt 6-0 in the second round. This humiliation, along with the mediocre league form, saw coach Ralf Rangnick sacked in December, with Mirko Slomka appointed as his replacement in early January.

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 Frank Rost
2 MF  DEN Christian Poulsen
3 DF  GEO Levan Kobiashvili
4 DF  GER Thomas Kläsener
5 DF  BRA Marcelo Bordon
6 MF  TUR Hamit Altıntop[notes 1]
7 MF  GER Mimoun Azaouagh[notes 2]
8 MF  GER Fabian Ernst
9 FW  DEN Søren Larsen
10 MF  BRA Lincoln
11 FW  DEN Ebbe Sand
12 DF  NED Marco van Hoogdalem
13 GK  GER Christofer Heimeroth
14 FW  GER Gerald Asamoah[notes 3]
15 DF  POL Tomasz Wałdoch
16 DF  URU Darío Rodríguez
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF  BRA Rafinha
19 MF  URU Gustavo Varela
20 DF  SCG Mladen Krstajić[notes 4]
21 MF  GER Alexander Baumjohann
22 FW  GER Kevin Kurányi[notes 5]
24 DF  GER Christian Pander
25 MF  BIH Zlatan Bajramović[notes 6]
26 DF  GER Niko Bungert
27 DF  GER Tim Hoogland
29 GK  GER Manuel Neuer
31 DF  GER Sebastian Boenisch[notes 7]
33 FW  MAR Joseph Laumann
34 MF  GER Mario Klinger
35 MF  GER David Müller
36 MF  LBN Bilal Aziz

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
23 MF  GER Simon Cziommer (on loan to Roda JC)

Results

First round

20 August 2005 FC Bremerhaven 0–3 Schalke 04 Bremerhaven
18:00 report (in German) Larsen  35', 65'
Bajramović  67'
Stadium: Nordseestadion
Attendance: 9,900
Referee: Thorsten Schriever (Otterndorf)

Second round

25 October 2005 Eintracht Frankfurt 6–0 Schalke 04 Frankfurt am Main
19:30 Meier  28', 68'
Huggel  30'
Spycher  64'
Copado  79'
Ochs  85'
report (in German) Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena
Attendance: 33,200
Referee: Felix Brych (Munich)

Group stage

28 September 2005 Schalke 04 2–2 Milan Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen
20:45 Larsen  3'
Altıntop  70'
Report Seedorf  1'
Shevchenko  59'
Attendance: 53,425
Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)
19 October 2005 Fenerbahçe 3–3 Schalke 04 Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul
20:45 Fábio  14'
Márcio  73'
Appiah  79'
Report Lincoln  59', 62'
Kurányi  77'
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)
1 November 2005 Schalke 04 2–0 Fenerbahçe Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen
20:45 Kurányi  32'
Sand  90+2'
Report Attendance: 53,425
Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)
23 November 2005 Schalke 04 3–0 PSV Eindhoven Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen
20:45 Kobiashvili  18' (pen.), 72', 79' (pen.) Report Attendance: 54,000
Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)
6 December 2005 Milan 3–2 Schalke 04 San Siro, Milan
20:45 Pirlo  42'
Kaká  52', 60'
Report Poulsen  44'
Lincoln  66'
Attendance: 43,800
Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

Round of 32

Schalke 04 won 5–1 on aggregate.

Round of 16

Schalke 04 won 3–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Schalke 04 won 4–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Sevilla won 1–0 on aggregate.

References

Notes

  1. Altıntop was born in Gelsenkirchen, West Germany, but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and represented them at U-18, U-20 and U-21 level before making his international debut for Turkey in 2004.
  2. Azaouagh was born in Beni Sidel, Morocco, but also qualified to represent Germany internationally and represented them at U-21 level.
  3. Asamoah was born in Mampong, Ghana, but was raised in Germany from the age of 12 and made his international debut for Germany in May 2001.
  4. Krstajić was born in Zenica, SFR Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina), but was raised in Serbia and Montenegro (now Serbia) and made his international debut for Serbia and Montenegro in 1999.
  5. Kurányi was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, but also qualified to represent Germany internationally through his father and Panama through his mother and represented Germany at U-21 and B level before making his international debut for Germany in March 2003.
  6. Bajramović was born in Hamburg, West Germany, but also qualified to represent Bosnia and Herzegovina internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2002.
  7. Boenisch was born in Gliwice, Poland, but was raised in Germany from the age of 1 and represented them at U-20 and U-21 level. He would later change his allegiance to Poland and make his international debut for Poland in September 2010.
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