The 2005–06 Bundesliga was the 43rd season of the Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. It began on 5 August 2005, with defending champions Bayern Munich hosting Borussia Mönchengladbach, 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 Club Location Ground Capacity Bielefeld SchücoArena 26,600 Leverkusen BayArena 22,500MunichAllianz Arena75,000 Dortmund Westfalenstadion 68,600MönchengladbachStadion im Borussia-Park54,067 * Duisburg MSV-Arena 31,502 * Frankfurt am Main Commerzbank Arena 62,000 Hamburg AOL Arena 62,000 Hanover AWD-Arena 60,400 Berlin Olympiastadion 76,000 Kaiserslautern Fritz Walter Stadion 41,500 * Cologne Müngersdorfer Stadion 46,000 Mainz Stadion am Bruchweg 20,300 Nuremberg Frankenstadion 44,700 Gelsenkirchen Arena AufSchalke 61,973 Stuttgart Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion 53,700 Bremen Weserstadion 42,100 Wolfsburg Volkswagen Arena 30,000 (*) Promoted from 2. Bundesliga.
Personnel and kits TeamManagerKit manufacturerShirt sponsor Thomas von HeesenSallerKrombacher Michael SkibbeAdidasRWE Felix MagathAdidasDeutsche Telekom Bert van MarwijkNikeE.ON Horst KöppelLottoKyocera* Heiko Scholz (caretaker)UhlsportIceline Tiefkühl* Friedhelm FunkelJakoFraport Thomas DollPumaAbu Dhabi Investment Group Peter NeururerDiadoraTUI Group Falko GötzNikeArcor Wolfgang WolfKappaDeutsche Vermögensberatung* Hanspeter LatourAdidasGerling-Konzern Jürgen KloppLottoDBV-Winterthur Hans MeyerAdidasmister*lady Jeans Mirko SlomkaAdidasVictoria Versicherung Armin VehPumaEnBW Thomas SchaafKappaKiK Klaus AugenthalerNikeVolkswagen/Volkswagen TSI
League table
Results
Overall Most wins – Bayern Munich (22) Fewest wins – MSV Duisburg (5) Most draws – Hannover 96 (17) Fewest draws – Hamburger SV (5) Most losses – 1. FC Köln (18) Fewest losses – Bayern Munich (3) Most goals scored – Werder Bremen (79) Fewest goals scored – Arminia Bielefeld (32) Most goals conceded – 1. FC Kaiserslautern and 1. FC Köln (71) Fewest goals conceded – Hamburger SV (30)
Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Miroslav KloseWerder Bremen252 Dimitar BerbatovBayer Leverkusen213 Halil Altıntop1. FC Kaiserslautern204 Roy MakaayBayern Munich175 Róbert Vittek1. FC Nürnberg166 Ivan KlasnićWerder Bremen157 Michael BallackBayern Munich148 Ebi SmolarekBorussia Dortmund139 MarcelinhoHertha BSC12 Lukas Podolski1. FC Köln Michael Thurk1. FSV Mainz 05 Ioannis AmanatidisEintracht Frankfurt Diego KlimowiczVfL Wolfsburg Awards Team of the Season Team of the SeasonGoalkeeper Georg Koch (MSV Duisburg)Defenders Lúcio (Bayern Munich) Marcelo Bordon (Schalke 04) Mario Cantaluppi (1. FC Nürnberg)Midfielders Michael Ballack (Bayern Munich) Torsten Frings (Werder Bremen) Tim Borowski (Werder Bremen) Johan Micoud (Werder Bremen)Forwards Miroslav Klose (Werder Bremen) Ivan Klasnić (Werder Bremen) Halil Altıntop (1. FC Kaiserslautern)
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
References
External links
2005–06 Bundesliga on kicker.de