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During the 2005–06 season, West Ham United competed in the FA Premier League, following promotion from the Football League Championship the previous season.

Season summary

West Ham had barely scraped into the top six of the Championship the previous season before gaining promotion via the play-offs, so few gave the Hammers much hope of Premiership survival. However, West Ham surprised their naysayers to stand fourth at the end of October after 11 points from their opening six games. A run of mediocre form saw West Ham fall to tenth, before a run of five straight wins between January and February, including a 3–2 win at Arsenal, which saw the Hammers become the last side to beat Arsenal at Highbury, saw them rise to sixth. Alan Pardew won the Manager of the Month award for February. Several more good results, including a 2–1 home win over Tottenham Hotspur on the last day of the season that denied the North London side Champions League qualification, saw West Ham finish in ninth, above Everton, Middlesbrough and Manchester City.

West Ham's best form came in the FA Cup, where they overcame Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers and Middlesbrough to reach the FA Cup final – their first since 1980 – against a Liverpool side that were the reigning European champions and finished third in the Premiership. In spite of the odds, West Ham took a 2–0 lead within the first half-hour and also led 3–2 before a Steven Gerrard equalised at the end of normal time. Extra time proved goalless and a penalty shoot-out was required. Liverpool goalkeeper Pepe Reina, who had made several errors in the match, saved from Bobby Zamora, Paul Konchesky and Anton Ferdinand to give Liverpool a 3–1 win. However, as Liverpool had already qualified for the Champions League, West Ham qualified for the UEFA Cup.

Final league table

1. Since Liverpool had already qualified for the Champions League, their UEFA Cup berth as the FA Cup winners went to West Ham, who were the FA Cup runners-up.

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  NIR Roy Carroll 2 DF  ARG Lionel Scaloni (on loan from Deportivo La Coruña) 3 DF  ENG Paul Konchesky 4 DF  WAL Danny Gabbidon 5 DF  ENG Anton Ferdinand 6 MF  WAL Carl Fletcher 7 DF  SCO Christian Dailly 8 FW  ENG Teddy Sheringham 9 FW  ENG Dean Ashton 10 FW  ENG Marlon Harewood 11 MF  ENG Matthew Etherington 13 GK  ENG Stephen Bywater 15 MF  ISR Yossi Benayoun 17 MF  ENG Hayden Mullins

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 FW  ISR Yaniv Katan 19 DF  WAL James Collins 20 MF  ENG Nigel Reo-Coker (captain) 22 DF  ENG Elliott Ward 23 GK  ENG Jimmy Walker 24 MF  ENG Mark Noble 25 FW  ENG Bobby Zamora 26 MF  ENG Shaun Newton 29 MF  ENG Hogan Ephraim 30 DF  IRL Clive Clarke 32 DF  ENG Darren Blewitt 34 GK  TRI Shaka Hislop 35 MF  ENG Kyel Reid 41 GK  ENG Matthew Reed

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 2 DF  CZE Tomáš Řepka (to Sparta Prague) 12 MF  NIR Steve Lomas (to Queens Park Rangers) 14 MF  ENG Chris Cohen (on loan to Yeovil Town) 16 MF  WAL Gavin Williams (to Ipswich Town) 18 FW  FRA Youssef Sofiane (to Coventry City) 21 DF  SCO Malky Mackay (to Watford) 21 FW  FRA David Bellion (on loan from Manchester United)

No. Pos. Nation Player 27 FW  CZE Petr Mikolanda (on loan to Rushden and Diamonds) 28 MF  AUS Trent McClenahan (on loan to Milton Keynes Dons) 31 MF  ENG Tony Stokes (on loan to Rushden & Diamonds) 33 FW  ENG Moses Ashikodi (to Rangers) 36 MF  ENG Luke Chadwick (to Stoke City) 39 FW  FRA Jérémie Aliadière (on loan from Arsenal)

Results

Premier League

13 August 2005 1	West Ham United	3–1	Blackburn Rovers	London
	Sheringham 46' Reo-Coker 62' Etherington 80'	Report	Todd 18' Dickov  81'	Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 33,305 Referee: Alan Wiley

20 August 2005 2	Newcastle United	0–0	West Ham United	Newcastle upon Tyne
		Report	Konchesky  55'	Stadium: St. James' Park Attendance: 51,620 Referee: Dermot Gallagher

27 August 2005 3	West Ham United	1–2	Bolton Wanderers	London
	Sheringham 90' (pen.)	Report	Nolan 59' Campo 85'	Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 31,629 Referee: Phil Dowd

12 September 2005 4	West Ham United	4–0	Aston Villa	London
	Harewood 25', 29', 50' Benayoun 89'	Report		Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 29,582 Referee: Rob Styles

17 September 2005 5	Fulham	1–2	West Ham United	London
	Boa Morte 66'	Report	Harewood 46' Warner 52' (o.g.)	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 21,907 Referee: Graham Poll

1 October 2005 7	Sunderland	1–1	West Ham United	Sunderland
	Miller 45'	Report	Benayoun 72'	Stadium: Stadium of Light

16 October 2005 8	Manchester City	2–1	West Ham United	Manchester
	A. Cole 18', 56'	Report	Zamora 90'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 43,647 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

23 October 2005 9	West Ham United	2–1	Middlesbrough	London
	Sheringham 66' Riggott 74' (o.g.)	Report	Queudrue 87'	Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 34,612 Referee: Steve Bennett

29 October 2005 10	Liverpool	2–0	West Ham United	Liverpool
	Alonso 18' Zenden 82'	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 44,537 Referee: Uriah Rennie

5 November 2005 11	West Ham United	1–0	West Bromwich Albion	London
	Sheringham 57'	Report		Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 34,325 Referee: Peter Walton

20 November 2005 12	Tottenham Hotspur	1–1	West Ham United	London
	Mido 16'	Report	Ferdinand 90'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,154 Referee: Alan Wiley

27 November 2005 13	West Ham United	1–2	Manchester United	London
	Harewood 2'	Report	Rooney 47' O'Shea 56'	Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 34,755 Referee: Steve Bennett

5 December 2005 14	Birmingham City	1–2	West Ham United	Birmingham
	Heskey 11'	Report	Zamora 36' Harewood 45'	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 24,010 Referee: Martin Atkinson

10 December 2005 15	Blackburn Rovers	3–2	West Ham United	Blackburn
	Dickov 56' (pen.) Kuqi 76'	Report	Zamora 45' Harewood 63'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 20,370 Referee: Mike Riley

14 December 2005 16	Everton	1–2	West Ham United	Liverpool
	Beattie 9'	Report	Weir 19' (o.g.) Zamora 67'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 35,704 Referee: Peter Walton

17 December 2005 17	West Ham United	2–4	Newcastle United	London
	Solano 20' (o.g.) Harewood 73' (pen.)	Report	Owen 5', 43', 90' Shearer 66'	Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 34,836 Referee: Phil Dowd

26 December 2005 18	Portsmouth	1–1	West Ham United	Portsmouth
	O'Neil 17'	Report	Collins 56'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 20,168 Referee: Alan Wiley

28 December 2005 19	West Ham United	0–2	Wigan Athletic	London
		Report	Roberts 43' Camara 45'	Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 34,131 Referee: Steve Bennett

31 December 2005 20	Charlton Athletic	2–0	West Ham United	London
	Bartlett 21' D. Bent 63'	Report		Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 25,952 Referee: Graham Poll

2 January 2006 21	West Ham United	1–3	Chelsea	London
	Harewood 46'	Report	Lampard 25' Crespo 61' Drogba 80'	Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 34,758 Referee: Howard Webb

14 January 2005 22	Aston Villa	1–2	West Ham United	Birmingham
	Hendrie 27'	Report	Zamora 51' Harewood 60'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 36,700 Referee: Phil Dowd

23 January 2006 23	West Ham United	2–1	Fulham	London
	Ferdinand 17' Benayoun 28'	Report	Helguson 52'	Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 29,812 Referee: Uriah Rennie

1 February 2006 24	Arsenal	2–3	West Ham United	London
	Henry 45' Pires 89'	Report	Reo-Coker 25' Zamora 32' Etherington 80'	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,216 Referee: Mark Halsey

4 February 2006 25	West Ham United	2–0	Sunderland	London
	Ashton 81' Konchesky 87'	Report		Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 34,745 Referee: Rob Styles

13 February 2006 26	West Ham United	3–0	Birmingham City	London
	Harewood 11', 63' Ashton 65'	Report		Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 31,294 Referee: Dermot Gallagher

4 March 2006 27	West Ham United	2–2	Everton	London
	Harewood 10' Ashton 23'	Report	Osman 18' Beattie 71'	Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 34,866 Referee: Mike Riley

11 March 2006 28	Bolton Wanderers	4–1	West Ham United	Bolton
	Giannakopoulos 12', 33' Speed 45' Pedersen 81'	Report	Sheringham 79'	Stadium: Reebok Stadium Attendance: 24,461 Referee: Mike Dean

18 March 2006 29	West Ham United	2–4	Portsmouth	London
	Sheringham 69' Benayoun 90'	Report	LuaLua 19' Davis 25' Mendes 42' Todorov 77'	Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 34,837 Referee: Alan Wiley

25 March 2006 30	Wigan Athletic	1–2	West Ham United	Wigan
	McCulloch 45'	Report	Harewood 52' Reo-Coker 90'	Stadium: JJB Stadium Attendance: 18,736 Referee: Dermot Gallagher

29 March 2006 31	Manchester United	1–0	West Ham United	Trafford
	Van Nistelrooy 45'	Report		Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 69,522 Referee: Graham Poll

9 April 2006 33	Chelsea	4–1	West Ham United	London
	Maniche  17' Drogba 28' Crespo 31' Terry 54' Gallas 69'	Report	Collins 10'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 41,919 Referee: Chris Foy

15 April 2006 34	West Ham United	1–0	Manchester City	London
	Newton 15'	Report		Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 34,305 Referee: Steve Bennett

17 April 2006 35	Middlesbrough	2–0	West Ham United	Middlesbrough
	Hasselbaink 41' Maccarone 57' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 27,658 Referee: Martin Atkinson

26 April 2006 36	West Ham United	1–2	Liverpool	London
	Reo-Coker 46' Mullins  82'	Report	Cissé 19', 54' García  82'	Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 34,852 Referee: Howard Webb

1 May 2006 37	West Bromwich Albion	0–1	West Ham United	West Bromwich
		Report	Reo-Coker 42'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 24,462 Referee: Graham Poll

7 May 2006 38	West Ham United	2–1	Tottenham Hotspur	London
	Fletcher 10' Benayoun 80'	Report	Defoe 35'	Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 34,970 Referee: Chris Foy

League Cup

20 September 2005 Second round	Sheffield Wednesday	2–4	West Ham United	Sheffield
	Coughlan 76' Graham 77'	Report	Zamora 2', 63' Dailly 54' Bellion 84'	Stadium: Hillsborough Attendance: 14,976 Referee: Steve Tanner

26 October 2005 Third round	Bolton Wanderers	1–0	West Ham United	Bolton
	Borghetti 64'	Report		Stadium: Reebok Stadium Attendance: 10,927 Referee: Andre Marriner

FA Cup

7 January 2006 Third round	Norwich City	1–2	West Ham United	Norwich
	McVeigh 72' (pen.)	Report	Mullins 6' Zamora 57'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 23,968 Referee: Mike Riley

28 January 2006 Fourth round	West Ham United	4–2	Blackburn Rovers	London
	Sheringham 33' (pen.) Etherington 39' Khizanishvili 59' (o.g.) Zamora 73'	Report	Bentley 1' Neill 65'	Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 23,700 Referee: Martin Atkinson

15 March 2006 Fifth round Replay	West Ham United	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Bolton Wanderers	London
	Jääskeläinen 10' (o.g.) Harewood 96'	Report	K. Davies 31'	Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 24,685 Referee: Rob Styles

20 March 2006 Sixth round	Manchester City	1–2	West Ham United	Manchester
	Musampa 85' Jihai	Report	Ashton 41', 69'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 39,357 Referee: Howard Webb

23 April 2006 Semi-final	Middlesbrough	0–1	West Ham United	Birmingham
		Report	Harewood 78'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 39,148 Referee: Mike Riley

13 May 2006 Final	Liverpool	3–3 (a.e.t.) (3–1 p)	West Ham United	Cardiff
	Cissé 32' Gerrard 54', 90'	Report	Carragher 21' (o.g.) Ashton 28' Konchesky 64'	Stadium: Millennium Stadium Attendance: 71,140 Referee: Alan Wiley
	Penalties
	Hamann Hyypiä Gerrard Riise		Zamora Sheringham Konchesky Ferdinand

Statistics

Overview

Goalscorers

Rank	Pos	No.	Nat	Name	Premier League	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	ST	10		Marlon Harewood	14	2	0	16
2	ST	25		Bobby Zamora	6	2	2	10
3	ST	8		Teddy Sheringham	6	1	0	7
	Own goals				4	0	0	4
5	ST	9		Dean Ashton	3	3	0	6
6	MF	15		Yossi Benayoun	5	0	0	5
	MF	20		Nigel Reo-Coker	5	0	0	5
8	MF	11		Matthew Etherington	2	1	0	3
9	DF	3		Paul Konchesky	1	1	0	2
	DF	5		Anton Ferdinand	2	0	0	2
	DF	19		James Collins	2	0	0	2
12	MF	6		Carl Fletcher	1	0	0	1
	DF	7		Christian Dailly	0	0	1	1
	MF	17		Hayden Mullins	0	1	0	1
	ST	20		David Bellion	0	0	1	1
	MF	26		Shaun Newton	1	0	0	1
Totals					52	14	4	66

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	NIR	Roy Carroll	19	0	19	0	0	0	0	0
13	GK	ENG	Stephen Bywater	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
23	GK	ENG	Jimmy Walker	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
34	GK	TRI	Shaka Hislop	25	0	16	0	7	0	2	0
Defenders
2	DF	CZE	Tomáš Řepka	22	0	19	0	1	0	2	0
2	DF	ARG	Lionel Scaloni	17	0	13	0	3+1	0	0	0
3	DF	ENG	Paul Konchesky	45	2	36+1	1	7	1	1	0
4	DF	WAL	Daniel Gabbidon	39	0	31+1	0	7	0	0	0
5	DF	ENG	Anton Ferdinand	38	2	32+1	2	5	0	0	0
7	DF	SCO	Christian Dailly	30	1	6+16	0	2+4	0	2	1
14	DF	ENG	Chris Cohen	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
19	DF	WAL	James Collins	19	2	13+1	2	3	0	2	0
22	DF	ENG	Elliott Ward	6	0	3+1	0	0	0	2	0
30	DF	IRL	Clive Clarke	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
Midfielders
6	MF	WAL	Carl Fletcher	17	1	6+6	1	1+3	0	0+1	0
11	MF	ENG	Matthew Etherington	40	3	33	2	7	1	0	0
15	MF	ISR	Yossi Benayoun	40	5	30+4	5	6	0	0	0
16	MF	WAL	Gavin Williams	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
17	MF	ENG	Hayden Mullins	42	1	35	0	6	1	1	0
20	MF	ENG	Nigel Reo-Coker	38	5	31	5	7	0	0	0
24	MF	ENG	Mark Noble	6	0	4+1	0	0	0	1	0
26	MF	ENG	Shaun Newton	30	1	8+18	1	1+1	0	1+1	0
31	MF	ENG	Tony Stokes	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
35	MF	ENG	Kyel Reid	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
8	FW	ENG	Teddy Sheringham	31	7	15+11	6	1+3	1	1	0
9	FW	ENG	Dean Ashton	16	6	9+2	3	5	3	0	0
10	FW	ENG	Marlon Harewood	46	16	31+6	14	6+1	2	2	0
18	FW	ISR	Yaniv Katan	8	0	2+4	0	0+2	0	0	0
21	FW	FRA	David Bellion	10	1	2+6	0	0	0	1+1	1
25	FW	ENG	Bobby Zamora	42	10	17+17	6	2+5	2	1	2
29	FW	ENG	Hogan Ephraim	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
39	FW	FRA	Jérémie Aliadière	8	0	1+6	0	0	0	0+1	0

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
5 July 2005	DF	Paul Konchesky	Charlton Athletic	£2m
5 July 2005	DF	Danny Gabbidon	Cardiff City	£4.5m
	DF	James Collins
7 July 2005	ST	Petr Mikolanda	Viktoria Žižkov	Undisclosed
19 July 2005	MF	Yossi Benayoun	Racing Santander	£2.5M
29 July 2005	GK	Shaka Hislop	Portsmouth	Free
1 August 2005	DF	Clive Clarke	Stoke City	£275,000
17 August 2005	ST	David Bellion	Manchester United	Loan
25 August 2005	ST	Jérémie Aliadière	Arsenal	Loan
31 August 2005	MF	Sekou Baradji	Lens	Undisclosed
1 January 2006	ST	Yaniv Katan	Maccabi Haifa	Undisclosed
23 January 2006	ST	Dean Ashton	Norwich City	£7.25m
1 February 2006	DF	Lionel Scaloni	Deportivo La Coruña	Loan

1. The £4.5m to Cardiff City was a joint fee for both Daniel Gabbidon and James Collins

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
1 June 2005	DF	Andy Melville	Retired
7 June 2005	ST	Serhii Rebrov	Dynamo Kyiv	Free
22 June 2005	DF	Rufus Brevett	Plymouth Argyle	Free
22 June 2005	ST	Greg Pearson	Rushden & Diamonds	Undisclosed
11 July 2005	DF	Chris Powell	Charlton Athletic	Free
5 August 2005	MF	Don Hutchison	Millwall	Free
3 August 2005	GK	Stephen Bywater	Coventry City	Loan
4 August 2005	MF	Luke Chadwick	Stoke City	Loan
15 August 2005	ST	Moses Ashikodi	Gillingham	Loan
19 August 2005	DF	Malky Mackay	Watford	Free
31 August 2005	MF	Steve Lomas	Queens Park Rangers	Free
31 August 2005	MF	Sekou Baradji	Reading	Loan
14 October 2005	ST	Youssef Sofiane	Coventry City	Free
7 November 2005	DF	Chris Cohen	Yeovil Town	Loan
8 November 2005	MF	Gavin Williams	Ipswich Town	Loan
3 January 2006	DF	Trent McClenahan	MK Dons	Loan
11 January 2006	ST	Moses Ashikodi	Rangers	Free
23 January 2006	DF	Tomáš Řepka	Sparta Prague	Free
31 January 2006	ST	Petr Mikolanda	Rushden & Diamonds	Loan

References

1. "West Ham United 2005-2006 Home - stattoo.com". Archived from the original on 30 March 2010.
2. "FootballSquads - West Ham United - 2005/06".
3. Fletcher was born in Camberley, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and made his full international debut for Wales in 2004.
4. Hislop was born in Hackney, London, England, and has represented England at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Trinidad and Tobago internationally and made his international debut for Trinidad and Tobago in 1999.
5. Lomas was born in, Hanover, West Germany.
6. Ashikodi was born in Lagos, Nigeria, but also qualified to represent England and Antigua and Barbuda internationally. He represented England at youth level, but would later make his full international debut for Antigua and Barbuda in September 2012.
7. "Hammers swoop for defensive trio". BBC News. 5 July 2005.
8. "West Ham swoop for Czech striker". BBC News. 7 July 2005.
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11. "West Ham snap up Stoke's Clarke". BBC News. 1 August 2005.
12. "West Ham clinch Bellion loan deal". BBC News. 17 August 2005.
13. "West Ham seal Aliadiere loan deal". BBC News. 25 August 2005.
14. "Hammers sign Israel striker Katan". BBC News. 19 December 2005.
15. "Hammers complete Ashton transfer". BBC News. 23 January 2006.
16. "West Ham capture defender Scaloni". BBC News. 1 February 2006.
17. "Sheringham holds Queensland talks". BBC News. 7 June 2005.
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20. "Powell makes return to Charlton". BBC News. 11 July 2005.
21. "Millwall complete Hutchison deal". BBC Sport. 5 August 2005. Retrieved 7 March 2008.
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23. "Stoke bring in Chadwick on loan". BBC News. 4 August 2005.
24. "Ashikodi completes Gills switch". BBC News. 15 August 2005.
25. "Watford swoop to capture Mackay". BBC News. 19 August 2005.
26. "Langley and Lomas make QPR moves". BBC News. 31 August 2005.
27. "Reading snap up new West Ham star". BBC News. 1 September 2005.
28. "Hammers release striker Sofiane". BBC News. 30 August 2005.
29. "Glovers swoop for midfield cover". BBC News. 7 November 2005.
30. "Williams makes Ipswich loan move". BBC News. 8 November 2005.
31. "Dons extend McClenahan loan deal". BBC News. 3 January 2006.
32. "Mikolanda joins Rushden on loan". BBC News. 31 January 2006.

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