Cardiff City 2005–06 football season
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 [ edit ] Cardiff ended a 3-year deal with Puma and changed to Spanish company Joma . Housing firm Redrow continued as the main shirt sponsor.
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 [ edit ] Cardiff entered in round one, beating Colchester United 2–0 at the Colchester Community Stadium .[1] They claimed a victory in the second round over Macclesfield Town before being eliminated by Leicester City in the third round.[2]
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.[3]
Squad statistics [ edit ] Transfers [ edit ] Summer transfers in [ edit ] Summer transfers out [ edit ] * Indicates player joined club after being released by Cardiff Loans in [ edit ] Loans out [ edit ] January transfers in [ edit ] January transfers out [ edit ] Standings [ edit ] Updated to match(es) played on 2 December 2011. Source:
RSSSF Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Results by round [ edit ] Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 Ground A H H A H A H H A A H A H H A A H A A H H A A H H A H A H A H A H A H A H A A H A H H A H A Result L W L L D D W W D W L W D W D L D W L D W L W D L L W L W W D L W D W L W L W D L L L D L L Position 21 19 21 12 14 11 9 7 9 11 10 10 5 7 10 11 8 10 8 7 7 7 7 8 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 11
Source:
[4] A = Away;
H = Home;
W = Win;
D = Draw;
L = Loss Fixtures and results [ edit ] Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers 6 Aug Ipswich Town A L 0 – 1 24,292 9 Aug Leeds United H W 2 – 1 15,231 Koumas , Purse 12 Aug Watford H L 1 – 3 9,256 Jerome 20 Aug Derby County A L 1 – 2 23,153 Jerome 27 Aug Wolverhampton Wanderers H D 2 – 2 11,502 Jerome (2) 10 Sep Burnley A D 3 – 3 10,431 Jerome , Loovens , Purse 13 Sep Leicester City H W 1 – 0 9,196 Ricketts 17 Sep Crystal Palace H W 1 – 0 11,647 Ricketts 24 Sep Millwall A D 0 – 0 9,254 27 Sep Stoke City A W 3 – 0 12,240 Jerome (2), Purse 1 Oct Luton Town H L 1 – 2 14,657 Ricketts 15 Oct Brighton & Hove Albion A W 2 – 1 6,485 Koumas , Lee 18 Oct Preston North End H D 2 – 2 9,574 Ledley , Koumas 22 Oct Crewe Alexandra H W 6 – 1 10,815 Ricketts , Ledley , Cooper , Purse , Jerome , Koumas 29 Oct Sheffield United A D 0 – 0 25,311 1 Nov Norwich City A L 0 – 1 23,838 6 Nov Coventry City H D 0 – 0 11,424 9 Nov Sheffield Wednesday A W 3 – 1 20,324 Koumas , Jerome (2) 19 Nov Preston North End A L 1 – 2 13,904 Loovens 22 Nov Brighton & Hove Albion H D 1 – 1 9,595 Lee 28 Nov Ipswich Town H W 2 – 1 8,724 Ricketts , Koumas 3 Dec Hull City A L 0 – 2 18,364 10 Dec Leeds United A W 1 – 0 20,597 Koumas 17 Dec Derby County H D 0 – 0 12,500 26 Dec Plymouth Argyle H L 0 – 2 16,403 28 Dec Queens Park Rangers A L 0 – 1 12,329 31 Dec Southampton H W 2 – 1 13,377 Ledley , Jerome 2 Jan Reading A L 1 – 5 22,668 Jerome 14 Jan Burnley H W 3 – 0 10,872 Thompson (2), Koumas 21 Jan Leicester City A W 2 – 1 20,140 Jerome , Koumas 31 Jan Millwall H D 1 – 1 12,738 Jerome 4 Feb Crystal Palace A L 0 – 1 17,962 11 Feb Stoke City H W 3 – 0 10,780 Cooper , Cox (2) 14 Feb Luton Town A D 3 – 3 7,826 Koumas (2), Scimeca 18 Feb Hull City H W 1 – 0 11,047 Jerome 25 Feb Watford A L 1 – 2 17,419 Whitley 4 Mar Sheffield Wednesday H W 1 – 0 11,851 Jerome 11 Mar Wolverhampton Wanderers A L 0 – 2 23,996 18 Mar Plymouth Argyle A W 1 – 0 13,494 Thompson 25 Mar Queens Park Rangers H D 0 – 0 14,271 1 Apr Southampton A L 2 – 3 22,388 Jerome , Purse 8 Apr Reading H L 2 – 5 11,866 Jerome , Parry 14 Apr Sheffield United H L 0 – 1 11,006 17 Apr Crewe Alexandra A D 1 – 1 5,865 Koumas 22 Apr Norwich City H L 0 – 1 11,590 30 Apr Coventry City A L 1 – 3 22,536 Thompson
Date Round Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers 7 Jan Three Arsenal A L 1 – 2 36,552 Jerome
Date Round Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers 10 Jan Quarter-final Carmarthen Town A L 1 – 2 900 Anthony
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