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FC Schalke 04

2005-06 season
Manager	Ralf Rangnick (until 12 December) Oliver Reck (caretaker) Mirko Slomka (from 4 January)
Stadium	Veltins-Arena
Bundesliga	4th
DFB-Pokal	Round of 16
UEFA Champions League	Group stage
UEFA Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Kevin Kurányi Søren Larsen (10 each) All: Kevin Kurányi Søren Larsen (14 each)
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During the 2005–06 German football season, FC Schalke 04 competed in the Bundesliga.

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. However, 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

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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 7 MF  GER Mimoun Azaouagh 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 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 21 MF  GER Alexander Baumjohann 22 FW  GER Kevin Kurányi 24 DF  GER Christian Pander 25 MF  BIH Zlatan Bajramović 26 DF  GER Niko Bungert 27 DF  GER Tim Hoogland 29 GK  GER Manuel Neuer 31 DF  GER Sebastian Boenisch 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; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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

Competitions

Bundesliga

League table

DFB-Pokal

First round

Second round

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MIL	PSV	SCH	FEN
1	Milan	6	3	2	1	12	6	+6	11	Advance to knockout stage		—	0–0	3–2	3–1
2	PSV Eindhoven	6	3	1	2	4	6	−2	10			1–0	—	1–0	2–0
3	Schalke 04	6	2	2	2	12	9	+3	8	Transfer to UEFA Cup		2–2	3–0	—	2–0
4	Fenerbahçe	6	1	1	4	7	14	−7	4			0–4	3–0	3–3	—

13 September 2005 1	PSV Eindhoven	1–0	Schalke 04	Eindhoven, Netherlands
20:45	Vennegoor of Hesselink 33'	Report		Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Yuri Baskakov (Russia)

28 September 2005 2	Schalke 04	2–2	Milan	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
20:45	Larsen 3' Altıntop 70'	Report	Seedorf 1' Shevchenko 59'	Stadium: Arena AufSchalke Attendance: 53,425 Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

19 October 2005 3	Fenerbahçe	3–3	Schalke 04	Istanbul, Turkey
20:45	Fábio 14' Márcio 73' Appiah 79'	Report	Lincoln 59', 62' Kurányi 77'	Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

1 November 2005 4	Schalke 04	2–0	Fenerbahçe	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
20:45	Kurányi 32' Sand 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Arena AufSchalke Attendance: 53,425 Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)

23 November 2005 5	Schalke 04	3–0	PSV Eindhoven	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
20:45	Kobiashvili 18' (pen.), 72', 79' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Arena AufSchalke Attendance: 54,000 Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

6 December 2005 6	Milan	3–2	Schalke 04	Milan, Italy
20:45	Pirlo 42' Kaká 52', 60'	Report	Poulsen 44' Lincoln 66'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 43,800 Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

UEFA Cup

Knockout phase

Round of 32

15 February 2006 First leg	Schalke 04	2–1	Espanyol	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
20:00	Bordon 67' Ernst 88'	Report	García 34'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 53,642 Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)

23 February 2006 Second leg	Espanyol	0–3 (1–5 agg.)	Schalke 04	Barcelona, Spain
21:45		Report	Kurányi 54' Sand 70' Lincoln 73'	Stadium: Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys Attendance: 18,100 Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)

Round of 16

9 March 2006 First leg	Palermo	1–0	Schalke 04	Palermo, Italy
18:00	Brienza 15'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 10,581 Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)

16 March 2006 Second leg	Schalke 04	3–0 (3–1 agg.)	Palermo	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
20:30	Kobiashvili 44' (pen.) Larsen 72' Azaouagh 80'	Report		Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 52,151 Referee: Graham Poll (England)

Quarter-finals

30 March 2006 First leg	Levski Sofia	1–3	Schalke 04	Sofia, Bulgaria
19:00	Borimirov 6'	Report	Varela 48' Lincoln 69' Asamoah 79'	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 38,000 Referee: Mike Riley (England)

6 April 2006 Second leg	Schalke 04	1–1 (4–2 agg.)	Levski Sofia	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
20:30	Lincoln 58'	Report	Angelov 24'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 52,973 Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

Semi-finals

20 April 2006 First leg	Schalke 04	0–0	Sevilla	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
20:30		Report		Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 53,551 Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)

27 April 2006 Second leg	Sevilla	1–0 (a.e.t.) (1–0 agg.)	Schalke 04	Seville, Spain
21:30	Puerta 101'	Report		Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium Attendance: 46,000 Referee: Massimo De Santis (Italy)

References

1. "FootballSquads - FC Schalke 04 - 2005/06".

Notes

1. Altıntop was born in Gelsenkirchen, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and represented Turkey 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 Germany 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 (now 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 Germany at U-20 and U-21 level before changing his allegiance to Poland and making his international debut for Poland in September 2010.

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