The 2005–06 season saw Associazione Sportiva Roma experience several ups and downs, as it went through periods of poor form which bracketed a then-record 11 match winning streak in Serie A. Despite this period of excellent form, the club originally finished just fifth in the final standings, before Juventus, Milan and Fiorentina all were declared of varying guilt in a scandal that rocked Italian football in the summer of 2006. The resulting point deductions directed toward all three aforementioned clubs promoted Roma to second in the final standings.
The season also saw Roma hit with a one-year transfer ban, since it poached Philippe Mexès from Auxerre in spite of a rolling contract in 2004. Before the axe fell, Roma had already made its summer signings Doni, Samuel Kuffour, Rodrigo Taddei and Shabani Nonda, which made the ban redundant. It did however, delay Antonio Cassano's long-awaited transfer to Real Madrid, which lifted the morale of the squad following Cassano's long-time public feud with captain Francesco Totti.
Players
Squad information Last updated on 14 May 2006 Appearances include league matches only No. Name Nat Position(s) Date of birth (Age at end of season) Signed from Signed in Apps. Goals Goalkeepers 1 Gianluca Curci GK Youth Sector 2004 21 0 21 Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos GK Milan 2006 0 0 32 Doni GK Juventude 2005 28 0 Defenders 2 Christian Panucci (Vice-Captain) RB / CB Monaco 2001 146 7 3 Cesare Bovo CB Lecce 2004 22 0 4 Samuel Kuffour CB Bayern Munich 2005 21 0 5 Philippe Mexès CB Auxerre 2004 55 3 13 Cristian Chivu LB / CB Ajax 2003 59 6 24 Luigi Sartor LB / RB / CB Parma 2002 19 0 25 Leandro Cufré LB Gimnasia La Plata 2002 69 1 28 Aleandro Rosi RB Youth Sector 2004 18 0 Midfielders 7 Édgar Álvarez RM Peñarol 2005 20 0 8 Alberto Aquilani CM / AM Youth Sector 2002 54 3 11 Rodrigo Taddei LM / RM / AM Siena 2005 38 8 14 Houssine Kharja AM / CM Ternana 2005 28 1 15 Olivier Dacourt AM / CM Leeds United 2003 94 2 16 Daniele De Rossi DM / CM Youth Sector 2001 85 10 17 Damiano Tommasi DM / CM Hellas Verona 1996 263 14 20 Simone Perrotta LM / CM / AM Chievo 2004 65 8 29 Leandro Greco CM Youth Sector 2003 2 0 30 Mancini LW / RW / AM Venezia 2003 94 24 Forwards 9 Vincenzo Montella CF / ST Sampdoria 1999 168 80 10 Francesco Totti (Captain) AM / LW / SS / CF / ST Youth Sector 1992 325 113 26 Alessio Cerci RW / SS Youth Sector 2003 4 0 35 Stefano Okaka CF / ST Youth Sector 2005 8 0 40 Shabani Nonda CF / ST Monaco 2005 15 4 Players transferred during the season 18 Antonio Cassano ST / SS Bari 2001 118 39 Transfers In Pos. Name from TypeGK Doni Juventude (€18 000) DF Samuel Kuffour Bayern Munich freeMF Rodrigo Taddei Siena freeFW Shabani Nonda AS Monaco freeGK Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos Messina freeDF Gianluca Comotto Torino freeDF Cesare Bovo Lecce MF Houssine Kharja Ternana loanMF Edgar Álvarez Peñarol loan Out Pos. Name To TypeDF Luigi Sartor Sopron DF Andrea Briotti SSC Napoli DF Giuseppe Scurto Chievo Verona FW Alessandro Simonetta Arezzo DF Saliou Lassissi AS Nancy end of contractDF Traianos Dellas AEK Athens end of contractDF Abel Xavier Middlesbrough FC end of contractGK Ivan Pelizzoli Reggina loanFW Daniele Corvia Ternana loanDF Matteo Ferrari Everton FC loanDF Gianluca Comotto Ascoli loanGK Carlo Zotti Ascoli loanDF Gianluca Galasso Ternana loanMF Valerio Virga Palermo loan
Winter In Pos. Name To Type Out Pos. Name To TypeFW Antonio Cassano Real Madrid (€5,5 million)MF Adewale Wahab TeramoloanDF Simone Piva Giulianova
Competitions
Overall Competition Started round Final position First match Last match Serie A Matchday 1Runners-up 28 August 2005 14 May 2006 Coppa Italia Round of 16 Runners-up 8 December 2005 11 May 2006 UEFA Cup First round Round of 16 15 September 2005 15 March 2006
Last updated: 14 May 2006
Serie A
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
Coppa Italia
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
UEFA Cup
First round
Group stage
Final phase
Round of 32
Round of 16
Statistics
Appearances and goals
! colspan=14 style="background:#B21B1C; color:#FFD700; text-align:center"| Players transferred out during the season
Clean sheets NameSerie ACoppa ItaliaUEFA CupTotal132GKDoni11111321GKGianluca Curci3104Totals142117
Last updated: 14 May 2006
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