2005–06 Bundesliga

The 2005–06 Bundesliga was the 43rd season of the Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. It began on 5 August 2005 and concluded on 13 May 2006.

Teams

Eighteen teams competed in the league – the top fifteen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the 2. Bundesliga. The promoted teams were 1. FC Köln, MSV Duisburg and Eintracht Frankfurt. 1. FC Köln and Eintracht Frankfurt returned to the top flight after an absence of one year while MSV Duisburg returned in the top flight after an absence of six years. They replaced VfL Bochum, Hansa Rostock and SC Freiburg, ending their top flight spells of three, ten and two years respectively.

Team overview

Stadia and locations

Promoted from 2. Bundesliga.

League table

Overall

Most wins – Bayern Munich
Fewest wins – MSV Duisburg
Most draws – Hannover 96
Fewest draws – Hamburger SV
Most losses – 1. FC Köln
Fewest losses – Bayern Munich
Most goals scored – Werder Bremen
Fewest goals scored – Arminia Bielefeld
Most goals conceded – 1. FC Kaiserslautern and 1. FC Köln
Fewest goals conceded – Hamburger SV

Top scorers

Rank

Player

Club

Goals

1

Attendances

Source:

No.	Team	Average	Change	Highest
1	Borussia Dortmund	72,808	-5,7%	81,264
2	Bayern München	67,588	26,8%	69,000
3	Schalke 04	61,244	-0,2%	61,542
4	Hamburger SV	52,630	7,6%	57,000
5	1. FC Köln	48,942	27,2%	50,400
6	Borussia Mönchengladbach	47,732	-2,9%	54,019
7	Hertha BSC	46,732	-3,6%	74,218
8	Eintracht Frankfurt	41,863	71,5%	50,000
9	Werder Bremen	39,540	-0,8%	42,100
10	VfB Stuttgart	39,118	-5,3%	56,000
11	Hannover 96	38,419	6,1%	49,000
12	1. FC Kaiserslautern	33,044	-7,3%	50,754
13	1. FC Nürnberg	32,606	8,2%	47,250
14	MSV Duisburg	25,183	49,7%	31,502
15	Bayer Leverkusen	22,353	-0,7%	22,500
16	VfL Wolfsburg	22,083	-8,5%	30,000
17	Arminia Bielefeld	21,951	-2,8%	26,601
18	Mainz 05	20,182	0,1%	20,300