2005–06 Manchester City F.C. season

Manchester City
Season 2005–06
Owner	Publicly traded company
Chairman	John Wardle
Manager	Stuart Pearce
Team captain	Sylvain Distin
Home stadium	City of Manchester Stadium (a.k.a. Eastlands and CoMS)
Premier0League	Fifteenth
League Cup	Second round
FA Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorers	League: 0 Andy Cole (9 goals) (20th highest in Premier League) All comps: 0 Andy Cole (10 goals) 0 and 0 Darius Vassell (10 goals)
Season revenue	€ 89.4 million0(17th highest in world) (7th highest in Premier League)
Average home attendance	42,856 – over 19 PL home games (4th highest in Premier League)
Highest home attendance	47,192 0v0 Manchester United 14 January 2006
Highest away attendance	67,839 0v0 Manchester United 10 September 2005
Lowest home attendance	27,779 0v0 Scunthorpe United 7 January 2006
Lowest away attendance	8,228 0v0 Doncaster Rovers 21 September 2005
← 2004–05 0 0 0 0 0 0 2006–07 →

Results summary - all competitions
	Wins	Draws	Losses	Win %
Home	12	2	9	52.2%
Away	4	4	13	19.0%
Both	16	6	22	36.4%

Results summary - Premier League
	Wins	Draws	Losses	Win %
Home	9	2	8	47.4%
Away	4	2	13	21.1%
Both	13	4	21	34.2%

The 2005–06 season was Manchester City Football Club's fourth consecutive season playing in the Premier League, the top division of English football, and its ninth season since the Premier League was first created with Manchester City as one of the its original 22 founding member clubs. Overall, it was the team's 114th season playing in a division of English football, most of which have been spent in the top flight.

Season review

Team kit

For this season the shirt sponsor for all of the club's kits continued to be the previous season's sponsor, Thomas Cook, while the team kits were produced by the previous season's supplier, Reebok.

Home (version 1)

Home (version 2)

Away (version 1)

Away (version 2)

Third

Historical league performance

Prior to this season, the history of Manchester City's performance in the English football league hierarchy since the creation of the Premier League in 1992 is summarised by the following timeline chart – which commences with the last season (1991–92) of the old Football League First Division (from which the Premier League was formed).

Friendly games

Pre-season

15 July 2005	Tranmere Rovers	1 – 0	Manchester City	Prenton, England
19:45 BST	Davies  90'	MCFC report M.E.N. report		Stadium: Prenton Park

16 July 2005	Macclesfield Town	1 – 1	Manchester City	Macclesfield, England
15:00 BST	Parkin  3'	MCFC report M.E.N. report	8' Hussain	Stadium: Moss Rose Attendance: 4,420 Referee: Chris Foy (Merseyside)

Premier League Asia Trophy

20 July 2005	Bolton Wanderers	1 – 1 (5 – 4 pen)	Manchester City	Bangkok, Thailand
21:45 MST 14:45 BST	Davies  47'	MCFC report M.E.N. report	41' Barton	Stadium: Rajamangala Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Chris Foy (Merseyside)
		Penalties
	Okocha Diouf Vaz Tê Fadiga Campo		Barton Flood Sun Bermingham B. Wright-Phillips

23 July 2005	Everton	1 – 1 (2 – 4 pen)	Manchester City	Bangkok, Thailand
17:45 MST 10:45 BST	Beattle  51' (pen.)	MCFC report M.E.N. report	24' Cole	Stadium: Rajamangala Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Mark Clattenburg (Tyne & Wear)
		Penalties
	Weir Ferguson Bent Kilbane		B. Wright-Phillips Mills Thatcher Flood

30 July 2005	Stoke City	1 – 2	Manchester City	Stoke-on-Trent, England
15:00 BST	Dyer  51' Dyer 68' (pen.)	MCFC report M.E.N. report	67' Sun  73' Cole  81' B. Wright-Phillips	Stadium: Britannia Stadium Referee: Phil Dowd (Staffordshire)

31 July 2005	Sheffield Wednesday	1 – 1	Manchester City	Sheffield, England
15:00 BST	Whelan  40'	MCFC report	61' Bermingham	Stadium: Hillsborough Attendance: 12,796

Thomas Cook Trophy

6 August 2005	Manchester City	3 – 1	Olympiacos	Manchester, England
15:00 BST	Vassell  65' B. Wright-Phillips  75'  79'	MCFC report M.E.N. report	27' Touré	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: ~20,000

Competitive games

Premier League

Position in final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
13	Charlton Athletic	38	13	8	17	41	55	−14	47
14	Middlesbrough	38	12	9	17	48	58	−10	45
15	Manchester City	38	13	4	21	43	48	−5	43
16	Aston Villa	38	10	12	16	42	55	−13	42
17	Portsmouth	38	10	8	20	37	62	−25	38

Updated to games played on 7 May 2006 (end of season)
Source: Premier League 2005-06
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	13	4	21	43	48	−5	43	9	2	8	23	20	+3	4	2	13	20	28	−8

Last updated: 7 May 2006 (end of season)
Source: Premier League results 2005-06

Points breakdown Points at home: 29 Points away from home: 14 Points against "Big Four" teams: 4 Points against promoted teams: 9 6 points: Aston Villa, Birmingham City, Charlton Athletic, Sunderland 4 points: Manchester United 3 points: Everton, Newcastle United, Portsmouth, West Ham United 1 point: 0Blackburn Rovers, Middlesbrough, West Bromwich Albion 0 points: Arsenal, Bolton Wanderers, Chelsea, Fulham, Liverpool, 0Tottenham Hotspur, Wigan Athletic

Biggest & smallest Biggest home wins: 4–1 vs. Birmingham City, 17 December 2005 000000000000000003–0 vs. Newcastle United, 1 February 2006 Biggest home defeats: 1–3 vs. Arsenal, 4 May 2006 00000000000000000000–2 vs. Tottenham Hotspur, 4 January 2006 Biggest away win: 2–5 vs. Charlton Athletic, 4 December 2005 Biggest away defeats: 2–0 vs. West Bromwich Albion, 10 December 2005 00000000000& vs. Bolton Wanderers, 21 January 2006 & vs. Chelsea, 25 March 2006 00000000000& vs. Blackburn Rovers, 7 May 2006 Biggest home attendance: 47,192 vs. Manchester United, 14 January 2006 Smallest home attendance: 40,256 vs. Middlesbrough, 2 April 2006 Biggest away attendance: 67,839 vs. Manchester United, 10 September 2005 Smallest away attendance: 19,556 vs. Portsmouth, 11 March 2006

Results by round

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
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	A
Result	D	W	W	W	D	L	L	W	W	L	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	L

Last updated: 7 May 2006 (end of season).
Source: Premier League results 2005-06
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Individual match reports

13 August 2005 15:00	Manchester City	0 – 0	West Bromwich Albion	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 42,983 Referee: C J Foy
		Guardian report

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20 August 2005 17:15	Birmingham City	1 – 2	Manchester City	St Andrews Birmingham Attendance: 26,366 Referee: M Clattenburg
	Butt  7'	Guardian report	20' Barton  46' Cole

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23 August 2005 19:45	Sunderland	1 – 2	Manchester City	Stadium of Light Sunderland Attendance: 33,357 Referee: P Walton
	Le Tallec  41'	Guardian report	9' Vassell  35' Sinclair

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27 August 2005 15:00	Manchester City	2 – 1	Portsmouth	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 41,022 Referee: A Wiley
	Reyna  66' Cole  69'	Guardian report BBC Sport report	52' Viafara

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10 September 2005 15:00	Manchester United	1 – 1	Manchester City	Old Trafford Manchester Attendance: 67,839 Referee: S Bennett
	van Nistelrooy  45'	Guardian report	75' Barton

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18 September 2005 16:00	Manchester City	0 – 1	Bolton Wanderers	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 43,137 Referee: M L Dean
		Guardian report	93' Speed

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24 September 2005 15:00	Newcastle United	1 – 0	Manchester City	St James' Park Newcastle Attendance: 52, 280 Referee: G Poll
	Owen  18'	Guardian report

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2 October 2005 11:15	Manchester City	2 – 0	Everton	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 42,681 Referee: M Halsey
	Mills  72' Vassell  92'	Guardian report

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16 October 2005 16:00	Manchester City	2 – 1	West Ham United	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 43, 647 Referee: M Clattenburg
	Cole  17'  55'	Guardian report	90' Zamora

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22 October 2005 15:00	Arsenal	1 – 0	Manchester City	Highbury London Attendance: 38,119 Referee: Mike Riley
	Pirès  61' (pen.)	Guardian report

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31 October 2005 20:00	Manchester City	3 – 1	Aston Villa	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 42,069 Referee: D J Gallagher
	Vassell  4'  26' Cole  82'	Guardian report	64' Ridgewell

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5 November 2005 15:00	Fulham	2 – 1	Manchester City	Craven Cottage London Attendance: 22,241 Referee: R Styles
	Malbranque  6'  44'	Guardian report	20' Croft

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19 November 2005 15:00	Manchester City	0 – 0	Blackburn Rovers	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester City Attendance: 44,092 Referee: M Atkinson
		Guardian report

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26 November 2005 15:00	Manchester City	0 – 1	Liverpool	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 47,105 Referee: A G Wiley
		Guardian report	60' Riise

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4 December 2005 16:00	Charlton Athletic	2 – 5	Manchester City	The Valley London Attendance: 25,289 Referee: P Dowd
	Bent  36' Bothroyd  73'	Guardian report	25'  84' Cole  37' Sinclair  69' Barton  79' Vassell

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10 December 2005 15:00	West Bromwich Albion	2 – 0	Manchester City	The Hawthorns West Bromwich Attendance: 25,472 Referee: M Dean
	Kamara  36' Campbell  73'	Guardian report BBC Sport report	87' Cole

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17 December 2005 17:15	Manchester City	4 – 1	Birmingham City	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 41,343 Referee: S Bennett
	Sommeil  1' Barton  13' (pen.) Sibierski  39' Wright-Phillips  69'	Guardian report	73' Jarošík  90' Vaesen

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26 December 2005 15:00	Wigan Athletic	4 – 3	Manchester City	JJB Stadium Wigan Attendance: 25,017 Referee: D Gallagher
	Roberts  11'  44' McCulloch  22' Camara  70'	Guardian report	2' Sibierski  76' Barton  87' Cole

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28 December 2005 19:45	Manchester City	0 – 1	Chelsea	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 46,587 Referee: U Rennie
		Guardian report	79' Cole

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31 December 2005 15:00	Middlesbrough	0 – 0	Manchester City	Riverside Stadium Middlesbrough Attendance: 28,022 Referee: M Atkinson
		Guardian report

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4 January 2006 20:00	Manchester City	0 – 2	Tottenham Hotspur	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 40,808 Referee: A Wiley
		Guardian report	30' Mido  83' Keane

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14 January 2006 12:45	Manchester City	3 – 1	Manchester United	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 47,192 Referee: S Bennett
	Sinclair  32' Vassell  39' Fowler  93'	Guardian report	76' van Nistelrooy  66' Ronaldo

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21 January 2006 15:00	Bolton Wanderers	2 – 0	Manchester City	Reebok Stadium Bolton Attendance: 26,466 Referee: R Styles
	Borgetti  32' Nolan  39'	Guardian report

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1 February 2006 19:45	Manchester City	3 – 0	Newcastle United	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 42,413 Referee: C Foy
	Riera  14' Cole  38' Vassell  62'	Guardian report BBC Sport report

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4 February 2006 15:00	Everton	1 – 0	Manchester City	Goodison Park Liverpool Attendance: 37,827 Referee: A Marriner
	Weir  7'	Guardian report	90' Jordan

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12 February 2006 15:00	Manchester City	3 – 2	Charlton Athletic	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 41,347 Referee: M. Dean
	Dunne  22' Samaras  53' Barton  63'	Guardian report	50' D. Bent  66' M. Bent

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26 February 2006 12:15	Liverpool	1 – 0	Manchester City	Anfield Liverpool Attendance: 44,121 Referee: D Gallagher
	Kewell  40'	Guardian report	52' Barton

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5 March 2006 13:30	Manchester City	2 – 1	Sunderland	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 42,200 Referee: C. Foy
	Samaras  8'  10'	Guardian report	24' Kyle  85' Breen

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11 March 2006 15:00	Portsmouth	2 – 1	Manchester City	Fratton Park Portsmouth Attendance: 19,556 Referee: M Halsey
	Mendes  30'  90+3'	Guardian report	81' Dunne

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18 March 2006 15:00	Manchester City	0 – 1	Wigan Athletic	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 42,444 Referee: M Atkinson
		Guardian report	55' McCulloch

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25 March 2006 15:00	Chelsea	2 – 0	Manchester City	Stamford Bridge London Attendance: 42,321 Referee: R Styles
	Drogba  30'  33'	Guardian report	45' Distin

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2 April 2006 15:00	Manchester City	0 – 1	Middlesbrough	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 40,256 Referee: M Riley
		Guardian report	42' Cattermole

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8 April 2006 12:45	Tottenham Hotspur	2 – 1	Manchester City	White Hart Lane London Attendance: 36,167 Referee: D. Gallagher
	Stalteri  43' Carrick  49'	Guardian report	51' Samaras

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15 April 2006 15:00	West Ham United	1 – 0	Manchester City	Boleyn Ground London Attendance: 34,305 Referee: Steve Bennett
	Newton  15'	Guardian report

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25 April 2006 19:45	Aston Villa	0 – 1	Manchester City	Villa Park Birmingham Attendance: 26,422 Referee: C Foy
		Guardian report Guardian match facts	71' Vassell

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29 April 2006 15:00	Manchester City	1 – 2	Fulham	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 41,128 Referee: P Walton
	Dunne  69'	Guardian report BBC Sport report	83' John  90' Malbranque

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4 May 2006 19:45	Manchester City	1 – 3	Arsenal	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 41,875 Referee: G Poll
	Sommeil  38'	Guardian report	29' Ljungberg  77'  84' Reyes

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7 May 2006 15:00	Blackburn Rovers	2 – 0	Manchester City	Ewood Park Blackburn Attendance: 25,731 Referee: H Webb
	Khizanishvili  35' Kuqi  53' Tugay  59'	Guardian report

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League Cup

Second round

21 September 2005 19:45	Doncaster Rovers	(0) 1 – 1 (0)	Manchester City	Earth Stadium Doncaster Attendance: 8,228 Referee: G Salisbury
	McIndoe  118' (pen.)	Guardian report BBC Sport report	95' (pen.) Vassell  106' Onuoha 0 (rescinded at end of game)
		Penalties
	McIndoe Coppinger Heffeman	3 – 0	Vassell Sibierski Dunne

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FA Cup

Third round

7 January 2006 15:00	Manchester City	3 – 1	Scunthorpe United	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 27,779 Referee: A R Hall
	Fowler  47'  56'  64' (pen.)	Guardian report	17' Keogh

Fourth round

28 January 2006 15:00	Manchester City	1 – 0	Wigan Athletic	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 30,811 Referee: H Webb
	Cole  83'	Guardian report

Fifth round

19 February 2006 18:30	Aston Villa	1 – 1	Manchester City	Villa Park Birmingham Attendance: 23,847 Referee: G Poll
	Baroš  72'	Guardian report	90+3' Richards

Fifth round replay

14 March 2006 19:45	Manchester City	2 – 1	Aston Villa	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 33,006 Referee: P Dowd
	Samaras  17' Vassell  49'	Guardian report	85' Davis

Quarter-final

20 March 2006 20:05	Manchester City	1 – 2	West Ham United	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 39,357 Referee: H Webb
	Sun  56' Musampa  85'	Guardian report	41'  69' Ashton

First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK David James 2 DF David Sommeil 3 DF Ben Thatcher 4 MF Tuomas Haapala 5 DF Sylvain Distin 6 MF Claudio Reyna 8 MF Joey Barton 9 FW Andrew Cole 10 MF Antoine Sibierski 11 FW Darius Vassell 12 GK Nicky Weaver 14 MF Kiki Musampa (on loan from Atlético Madrid) 16 DF Nedum Onuoha 17 DF Sun Jihai 18 DF Danny Mills 19 MF Albert Riera (on loan from Espanyol)

No. Position Player 20 FW Georgios Samaras 22 DF Richard Dunne 25 GK Geert De Vlieger 26 DF Matt Mills 27 DF Mikkel Bischoff 28 MF Trevor Sinclair 33 GK Kasper Schmeichel 36 FW Karl Bermingham 37 MF Ian Bennett 38 MF Stephen Ireland 40 MF Lee Croft 41 DF Stephen Jordan 42 FW Bradley Wright-Phillips 43 FW Ishmael Miller 44 MF Willo Flood 45 DF Micah Richards

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 7 FW Robbie Fowler (to Liverpool) 20 MF Yasser Hussein (released)

No. Position Player 31 MF Jonathan D'Laryea (to Mansfield Town)

Starting 11

Only considering Premiership starts

• GK: #1, David James, 38
• RB: #18, Danny Mills, 18
• CB: #22, Richard Dunne, 31
• CB: #5, Sylvain Distin, 31
• LB: #3, Ben Thatcher, 18 (#41, Stephen Jordan also has 18 starts)
• RM: #28, Trevor Sinclair, 29
• CM: #8, Joey Barton, 31
• CM: #6, Claudio Reyna, 22
• LM: #14, Kiki Musampa, 24
• CF: #11, Darius Vassell, 36
• CF: #9, Andrew Cole, 20

Goal scorers

All competitions Scorer Goals Andy Cole 10 Darius Vassell Joey Barton 6 Georgios Samaras 5 Robbie Fowler 4 Richard Dunne 3 Trevor Sinclair Antoine Sibierski 2 David Sommeil Lee Croft 1 Danny Mills Kiki Musampa Claudio Reyna Micah Richards Albert Riera Bradley Wright-Phillips

Premier League Scorer Goals Andy Cole 9 Darius Vassell 8 Joey Barton 6 Georgios Samaras 4 Richard Dunne 3 Trevor Sinclair Antoine Sibierski 2 David Sommeil Lee Croft 1 Robbie Fowler Danny Mills Claudio Reyna Albert Riera Bradley Wright-Phillips

League Cup Scorer Goals Darius Vassell 1

FA Cup Scorer Goals Robbie Fowler 3 Andy Cole 1 Kiki Musampa Micah Richards Georgios Samaras Darius Vassell

Information current as of 7 May 2006 (end of season)

Transfers and loans

Transfers in Date Pos. Player From club Transfer fee 20 July 2005 FW Andy Cole Fulham Free[1][2] 27 July 2005 FW Darius Vassell Aston Villa £2 million[3][4] 16 Aug. 2005 MF Yasser Hussein Al-Sadd Club Unattached[5][6] 01 Jan. 2006 MF Tuomas Haapala MyPa-47 Free[7][8] 30 Jan. 2006 FW Georgios Samaras Heerenveen £6 million[9][10] 30 Jan. 2006 DF Matthew Mills Southampton Undisclosed[11]

Transfers out Exit date Pos. Player To club Transfer fee 2 June 2005 FW Jon Macken Crystal Palace 11 June 2005 GK Kevin Stuhr-Ellegaard Hertha BSC 1 July 2005 MF Paul Bosvelt Heerenveen 8 July 2005 MF Christian Negouai Standard Liège 18 July 2005 MF Shaun Wright-Phillips Chelsea £21 million[12] 01 Jan. 2006 MF Yasser Hussein Al-Sadd Club Released 23 Jan. 2006 DF Danny Warrender Blackpool Undisc.[13] 27 Jan. 2006 FW Robbie Fowler Liverpool Free[14] 31 Jan. 2006 MF Jonathan D'Laryea Mansfield Town Nominal fee[15] 11 May 2006 MF Tuomas Haapala Sandefjord Fotball Released[16] 11 May 2006 FW Karl Bermingham Newry City Released[16] 11 May 2006 Ian Bennett Released[16] 11 May 2006 Paul Collins Released[16] 11 May 2006 Michael Ward Released[16]

Loans in Start date End date Pos. Player From club 5 June 2005 11 May 2006 MF Kiki Musampa Atlético Madrid[16][17][18] 05 Jan. 2006 11 May 2006 MF Albert Riera Espanyol[16][19]

Loans out Start date End date Pos. Player To club 17 Aug. 2005 18 Oct. 2005 FW Karl Bermingham Burnley 17 Aug. 2005 18 Oct. 2005 MF Willo Flood Coventry City 21 Oct. 2005 22 Jan. 2006 MF Jonathan D'Laryea Mansfield Town 21 Oct. 2005 22 Jan. 2006 DF Danny Warrender Blackpool 04 Nov. 2005 26 Jan. 2006 GK Nicky Weaver Sheffield Wednesday 13 Jan. 2006 30 Jan. 2006 GK Kasper Schmeichel Darlington 23 Feb. 2006 30 May 2006 GK Kasper Schmeichel Bury 10 Mar. 2006 30 May 2006 DF Mikkel Bischoff Sheffield Wednesday

See also

• Manchester City F.C. seasons

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