During the 2005–06 season Cardiff City played in the Football League Championship. It was the club's third year in the Championship since being promoted from League One.
Season review
Kit Cardiff ended a 3-year deal with Puma and changed to Spanish company Joma. Housing firm Redrow continued as the main shirt sponsor.
League
Cardiff began their season with 1–0 loss to Ipswich Town but bounced back with a win at Leeds United before going four games without a win, breaking the streak with consecutive wins over Leicester City and Crystal Palace. On 22 October Cardiff recorded their biggest win of the season with a 6–1 victory over Crewe Alexandra but this was followed by two draws and a loss and by Christmas the sides form had seen them win just three out of thirteen games since the end of October.
The new year saw a continuation of Cardiff's poor form with a 5–1 defeat against Reading. Six wins from the final eighteen games of the season left Cardiff with a 12th-place finish.
League Cup
Cardiff entered in round one, beating Colchester United 2–0 at the Colchester Community Stadium. They claimed a victory in the second round over Macclesfield Town before being eliminated by Leicester City in the third round.
FA Cup
Cardiff were drawn against Premier League side Arsenal after entering the competition in the third round, suffering a 2–1 defeat at the Arsenal Stadium on 7 January.
Squad statistics
Transfers
Summer transfers in PlayerClubFeeKevin CooperWolverhampton WanderersUndisclosedNeil CoxWatfordFreeAndrea FerrettiParmaUndisclosedPhilip MulryneNorwich CityFreeDarren PurseWest Bromwich AlbionUndisclosedJeff WhitleySunderlandFreeLee WorganUnattachedFree
Summer transfers out * Indicates player joined club after being released by Cardiff
PlayerClubFeeLee BullockHartlepool UnitedFreeJames CollinsWest Ham United£3.5 m(combined)Danny GabbidonGary CroftGrimsby Town*FreeGraham KavanaghWigan Athletic£400,000Richard LangleyQueens Park RangersFreeArran Lee-BarrettWeymouth*FreeJobi McAnuffCrystal Palace£600,000Rob PageCoventry CityFreeJohn RobinsonCrawley Town*FreeDanny ThomasCarmarthen TownFreePeter ThorneNorwich CityFreeTony VidmarNAC BredaUndisclosedDarren WilliamsHartlepool United*Free
Loans in PlayerClubArrival DateReturn DateGlenn LoovensFeyenoordAugust 2005End of SeasonJason KoumasWigan AthleticAugust 2005End of SeasonMichael RickettsLeeds UnitedAugust 2005January 2006
Loans out PlayerClubArrival DateReturn Date Byron Anthony Forest Green Rovers February 2006 March 2006
January transfers in PlayerClubFee Guylain Ndumbu-Nsungu Darlington Undisclosed Riccardo Scimeca West Bromwich Albion Undisclosed Steve Thompson Rangers £250,000
January transfers out PlayerClubFee Stuart Fleetwood Hereford United Undisclosed Tony Warner Fulham Free
Standings
Results by round
Fixtures and results
Championship
League Cup
FA Cup
FAW Premier Cup
References
See also
List of Cardiff City F.C. seasons 2005–06 in English football