2005–06 FC Thun season

During the 2005–06 Swiss football season, FC Thun competed in the Swiss Super League.

FC Thun
2005–06 season
Manager Urs Schönenberger (until February)
Adrian Kunz (caretaker)
Heinz Peischl (from February)
StadiumStadion Lachen (domestic competitions)
Stade de Suisse Wankdorf (European competitions)
Swiss Super League5th
UEFA Champions LeagueGroup stage
UEFA CupRound of 32

Season summary

Thun defeated Dynamo Kyiv and Malmö to reach the Champions League group stage for the first (and, as of 2012, only) time in their history, where they were drawn in Group B with English giants Arsenal, four-time winners Ajax of the Netherlands and Czech champions Sparta Prague. Thun finished third and were knocked out of the Champions League, although there was consolation as they were demoted to the third round UEFA Cup, their first appearance in Europe's secondary cup competition. The European adventure couldn't last though, as they were knocked out by German giants Hamburg.

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
2 DF  BRA Leandro Vieira
4 DF   SUI Sehid Sinani
5 DF  AUS Ljubo Miličević
7 DF   SUI Grégory Duruz
8 FW  BRA Gelson
9 MF  BRA Adriano Pimenta
11 DF   SUI Andres Gerber
12 DF  CMR Armand Deumi
13 FW  SEN Pape Omar Faye
14 MF   SUI Nenad Savić[2]
15 MF  GER Eren Şen
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF   SUI Roman Friedli[3] (on loan from Young Boys)
17 DF  AUT Alen Orman[4]
18 GK   SUI Alain Portmann
19 MF   SUI Silvan Aegerter
21 MF  POR Nelson Ferreira
23 MF   SUI Önder Çengel[5]
24 MF  SEN Ibrahima Ba (on loan from CS Sfaxien)
25 DF  BRA João Paulo Fabio
26 DF  BIH Selver Hodžić
28 GK   SUI Daniel Lopar (on loan from FC Wil)
36 GK   SUI Sascha Stulz

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
1 GK   SUI Eldin Jakupović[6] (on loan from Grasshoppers)
3 DF  POR José Gonçalves (to FBK Kaunas)
6 DF  BRA Tiago Bernardini (to Slovácko)
7 DF   SUI Henry Siqueira[7] (released)
10 DF  BRA Adriano Spadoto (released)
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 FW   SUI Adrian Moser (to Düdingen)
20 FW   SUI Mauro Lustrinelli (to Sparta Prague)
22 DF   SUI David Pallas[8] (to VfL Bochum)
23 DF   SUI Lukas Schenkel (to Young Boys)

Results

Second qualifying round
26 July 2005 Dynamo Kyiv 2 – 2 Thun Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium, Kyiv
Husyev  20'
Shatskikh  40'		 Lustrinelli  28'
Aegerter  66'
3 August 2005 Thun 1 – 0 Dynamo Kyiv Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
Bernardini  90+'

Third qualifying round
10 August 2005 Malmö FF 0 – 1 Thun Malmö Stadion, Malmö
Pimenta  34'
23 August 2005 Thun 3 – 0 Malmö FF Stade de Suisse Wankdorf, Bern
Bernardini  26'
Lustrinelli  40', 66'

Group stage
14 September 2005 Arsenal 2 – 1 Thun Highbury, London
20:45 Gilberto  51'
Bergkamp  90+2'		 Report Ferreira  53' Attendance: 34,500
Referee: Grzegorz Gilewski (Poland)
27 September 2005 Thun 1 – 0 Sparta Prague Stade de Suisse, Bern
20:45 Hodžić  89' Report Attendance: 30,800
Referee: Bertrand Layec (France)
18 October 2005 Ajax 2 – 0 Thun Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam
20:45 Anastasiou  36', 55' Report Attendance: 44,775
Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)
2 November 2005 Thun 2 – 4 Ajax Stade de Suisse, Bern
20:45 Lustrinelli  56'
Adriano  74'		 Report Sneijder  27'
Anastasiou  63'
de Jong  90+1'
Boukhari  90+3'		 Attendance: 30,120
Referee: Vladimír Hriňák (Slovakia)
22 November 2005 Thun 0 – 1 Arsenal Stade de Suisse, Bern
20:45 Report Pires  88' (pen.) Attendance: 31,330
Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)
7 December 2005 Sparta Prague 0 – 0 Thun Sparta Stadium, Prague
20:45 Report Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Mike Riley (England)

Round of 32
15 February 2006 Thun 1 – 0 Hamburg Stade de Suisse, Wankdorf, Bern
18:30 Adriano  30' Report Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden)
23 February 2006 Hamburg 2 – 0 Thun Volksparkstadion, Hamburg
18:30 Van Buyten  2', 33' Report Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)

References
  1. "Thun - 2005/06". FootballSquads. Retrieved 2012-10-13.
  2. Savić was born in SFR Yugoslavia (now Serbia), but also qualifies to represent Switzerland internationally and has represented them at U-21 level.
  3. Friedli was born in Kathmandu, Nepal, but also qualifies to represent Switzerland internationally and has represented them at U-21 level.
  4. Orman was born in Bugojno, SFR Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina), but also qualifies to represent Austria internationally and made his international debut for Austria in November 2002.
  5. Çengel was born in Kahramanmaraş, Turkey, but also qualifies to represent Switzerland internationally and has represented them at U-21 level.
  6. Jakupović was born in Kozarac, SFR Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina), but was raised in Switzerland. He represented both Switzerland and Bosnia and Herzegovina at U-21 level during the season before making his international debut for Switzerland in August 2008, but has since declared he will not play for Switzerland again.
  7. Siqueira was born in Brazil, but also qualifies to represent Switzerland internationally and has represented them at U-17 and U-20 level.
  8. Pallas was born in A Laracha, Spain, but was raised in Switzerland.
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