2005–06 Aston Villa F.C. season

The 2005–06 English football season was Aston Villa's 14th season in the Premier League
After the previous seasons tenth placed finish Villa never recovered from a poor start which left them at times close to the bottom 3 and despite some impressive wins which ultimately kept Villa in the league discontent among the fans at an uncomfortable relegation battle grew and lead to manager David O'Leary being sacked after the end of the season.
There were debut appearances for Gabriel Agbonlahor, James Milner, Wilfred Bouma, Craig Gardner, Aaron Hughes, Milan Baroš, Patrik Berger, Gary Cahill, Kevin Phillips, Eirik Bakke, and Stuart Taylor.

Kit

Transfers

Transferred in

Loaned in

Transferred out

Loaned out

Overall transfer activity

Expenditure

£13,000,000

Income

£4,080,000

Balance

£8,920,000

Final league table

Pre-season

Results

''Aston Villa's score comes first''

Legend

Results summary

Results per matchday

FA Premier League

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	7 January 2006	Hull City	A		17,051	Barry
R4	28 January 2006	Port Vale	H		30,434	Baroš, Davis
R5	19 February 2006	Manchester City	H		23,847	Baroš
R5R	14 March 2006	Manchester City	A		33,006	Davis

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2	20 September 2005	Wycombe Wanderers	A		5,365	Davis, Baroš, Milner, Easton, Barry
R3	22 October 2005	Burnley	H		26,872	Phillips
R4	29 November 2005	Doncaster Rovers	A		10,590

Players

First-team squad

Left club during season

Reserve squad

Youth squad

Other players

Statistics

Appearances and goals

! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players who left club during season