The 2005–06 La Liga season was the 75th since its establishment. It began on 27 August 2005, and concluded on 19 May 2006; all top-flight European leagues ended earlier than the previous season due to the impending 2006 FIFA World Cup.

Teams Twenty teams competed in the league – the top seventeen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the Segunda División. The promoted teams were Cádiz, Celta de Vigo and Alavés, returning to the top flight after an absence of twelve, one and two years respectively. They replaced Levante, Numancia (both teams relegated after a season's presence) and Albacete (ending their two-year top flight spell).

Team Stadium Capacity Barcelona Camp Nou 98,772 Real Madrid Santiago Bernabéu 80,354 Espanyol Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys 55,926 Atlético Madrid Vicente Calderón 55,005 Valencia Mestalla 55,000 Real Betis Manuel Ruiz de Lopera 52,132 Sevilla Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán 45,500 Athletic Bilbao San Mamés 39,750 Deportivo de La Coruña Riazor 34,600 Real Zaragoza La Romareda 34,596 Celta de Vigo* Estadio Balaídos 32,500 Real Sociedad Anoeta 32,200 Málaga La Rosaleda 30,044 Mallorca Son Moix 23,142 Villarreal El Madrigal 23,000 Cádiz* Ramón de Carranza 23,000 Racing de Santander El Sardinero 22,400 Alavés* Mendizorrotza 19,840 Osasuna Estadio Reyno de Navarra 19,553 Getafe Coliseum Alfonso Pérez 16,300

(*) Promoted from Segunda División.

Personnel and sponsorships TeamHead CoachKit manufacturerShirt sponsor (front)Shirt sponsor (back)Shirt sponsor (sleeve)Shorts sponsorAlavés Mario LunaUmbroStevenson ElectrodomésticosStevenson Electrodomésticos, Abba Hoteles/GrecogresCaja Vital-Vital Kutxa, Álava.net, Rioja Grupo InmobiliarioAbba Hoteles, GrecogresAthletic Bilbao Javier Clemente100% AthleticEuskadi (in UEFA matches)NoneNoneNone José MurciaNikeColumbia Pictures/KiaKyoceraNoneAXNBarcelona Frank RijkaardNikeNoneNoneTV3NoneBetis Lorenzo Serra FerrerKappaAndalucía/GlobetGlobet/AndalucíaNoneGrupo AzabacheCádiz Víctor EspárragoKelmeCaja San Fernando/Millan Chiclana/AndalucíaDiario de CádizDiario ASMapfre-El Salvador, Visita El SalvadorCelta de Vigo Fernando VázquezUmbroCitroënNoneNoneCitroënDeportivo Joaquín CaparrósJomaFadesaNoneNoneNoneEspanyol Miguel Ángel LotinauhlsportGrup TarradellasInterapuestas.comTV3Hoteles HesperiaGetafe Bernd SchusterJomaPropietarios del Suelo de GetafeOpción Centro de OcioDiezma Parquets y TarimasNeovision FiccionesMálaga Manolo HierroUmbroUnicaja/AndalucíaNoneNoneNoneMallorca Gregorio ManzanoReialViajes IberiaNoneIB3Illes BalearsOsasuna Javier AguirreAstoreCaja Navarra/Reyno de Navarra (in UEFA matches)NoneCaja NavarraNone Nando YosuJomaCantabria 2006: Liébana Tierra de JúbiloSantander 250CantabriaCantabriaReal Madrid Juan Ramón López CaroAdidasSiemensNoneNoneNoneReal Sociedad José Mari BakeroAstoreFIATC SegurosNGS EuropeNGS EuropeFIATC Seguros, NGS EuropeSevilla Juande RamosJomaStevenson ElectrodomésticosAndalucíaAndalucíawww.sevillafc.esValencia Quique Sánchez FloresNikeToyota/Toyota AygoNoneCanal NouNoneVillarreal Manuel PellegriniPumaAeroport CastellóArmiñana Promociones InmobiliariasCanal NouNoneZaragoza Víctor MuñozLottoExpo Zaragoza 2008 TelefónicaNoneNoneNone

League table

Results

Overall Most wins - Barcelona (25) Fewest wins - Málaga (5) Most draws - Zaragoza (16) Fewest draws - Celta de Vigo (4) Most losses - Málaga (24) Fewest losses - Barcelona (6) Most goals scored - Barcelona (80) Fewest goals scored - Betis (34) Most goals conceded - Málaga (68) Fewest goals conceded - Celta de Vigo and Valencia (33)

Awards Annual awards Don Balón Annual Awards Award Winner Club Best Team Barcelona — Best Player Ronaldinho Barcelona Best Spanish Player David Villa Valencia Best Foreign Player Ronaldinho Barcelona Best Passer Ronaldinho Barcelona Best Veteran Santiago Cañizares Valencia Revelation Player Raúl Albiol Valencia Best Manager Frank Rijkaard Barcelona Best Referee Manuel Enrique Mejuto González — Best Director Fernando Roig Villarreal Team of the Season Don Balón Team of the Season Don Balón Team of the SeasonGoalkeeper Santiago Cañizares (Valencia)Defenders Dani Alves (Sevilla) Carles Puyol (Barcelona) Raúl Albiol (Valencia) Mariano Pernía (Getafe)Midfielders Juan Román Riquelme (Villarreal) Diego Rivas (Real Sociedad) Ronaldinho (Barcelona) Jaime Gavilán (Getafe)Forwards Samuel Eto'o (Barcelona) David Villa (Valencia) Pichichi Trophy The Pichichi Trophy is awarded to the player who scores the most goals in a season. RankPlayerClubGoals 1 Samuel Eto'oBarcelona 26 2 David VillaValencia 25 3 RonaldinhoBarcelona 17 4 Diego MilitoZaragoza 15 5 RonaldoReal Madrid 14 6 Fernando BaianoCelta Vigo 13 Fernando TorresAtlético Madrid 8 ÉwerthonZaragoza 12 Juan Román RiquelmeVillarreal

Zamora Trophy The Ricardo Zamora Trophy is awarded to the goalkeeper with the lowest ratio of goals conceded to matches played. RankPlayerClubGoals againstMatchesAverage 1 José Manuel PintoCelta Vigo 28 37 2 Santiago CañizaresValencia 29 36 3 Víctor ValdésBarcelona 29 35 4 Leo FrancoAtlético Madrid 31 34 5 Iker CasillasReal Madrid 38 37 Andrés PalopSevilla 37 36 Sebastián VieraVillarreal 30 29 8 Toni PratsMallorca 36 31 9 RicardoOsasuna 35 30 10 José Francisco MolinaDeportivo La Coruña 45 38

Fair Play award

Rank Club Points1 Barcelona 862 Valencia 983 Celta Vigo 994 Real Sociedad 1065 Alavés 1146 Villarreal 1167 Espanyol 124 Mallorca9 Cádiz 12510 Athletic Bilbao 12811 Getafe 13012 Deportivo La Coruña 131 Real Madrid14 Zaragoza 13615 Sevilla 16316 Osasuna 171 Racing Santander18 Málaga 17919 Real Betis 18320 Atlético Madrid 187

Source: Guia As de La Liga 2006–07, p. 144 (sports magazine)

Pedro Zaballa award Cádiz supporters

Hat-tricks

PlayerClubAgainstResultDate Juan ArangoMallorcaReal Sociedad 5–2 (H) NenêAlavésGetafe 3–4 (H) Zinedine ZidaneReal MadridSevilla 4–2 (H) DaniReal BetisZaragoza 3–4 (A) Luis GarcíaEspanyolSevilla 5–0 (H) David VillaValenciaAthletic Bilbao 3–0 (A)

Attendances

Source:

# Club Avg. attendance % change Highest 1 FC Barcelona 73,225 -0.2% 98,295 2 Real Madrid 71,544 -0.5% 80,000 3 Valencia CF 43,105 1.6% 51,000 4 Sevilla FC 40,247 1.8% 45,000 5 Atlético de Madrid 38,684 -9.1% 60,000 6 Real Betis 38,421 15.5% 45,000 7 Athletic Club 36,895 13.8% 40,000 8 Real Zaragoza 28,158 -9.0% 32,000 9 Real Sociedad 22,524 6.8% 38,472 10 RCD Espanyol 22,337 -7.2% 48,950 11 Málaga CF 19,316 -12.4% 25,000 12 Deportivo de La Coruña 19,105 -11.9% 34,000 13 Cádiz CF 18,505 20.8% 22,087 14 Villarreal CF 18,487 1.5% 23,000 15 Celta de Vigo 16,947 35.3% 30,000 16 CA Osasuna 16,063 7.3% 19,517 17 RCD Mallorca 15,847 2.9% 20,500 18 Racing de Santander 14,720 9.4% 20,670 19 Deportivo Alavés 13,691 19.3% 17,047 20 Getafe CF 12,763 -0.4% 15,500

See also List of transfers of La Liga – 2005-06 season 2005–06 Segunda División 2005–06 Copa del Rey

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