During the
2005–06 season, Aston Villa competed in the
FA Premier League
The Premier League (legal name: The Football Association Premier League Limited) is the highest level of the men's English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Foo ...
.
After the previous seasons tenth placed finish Villa never recovered from a poor start which left them at times close to the bottom 3 and despite some impressive wins which ultimately kept Villa in the league discontent among the fans at an uncomfortable relegation battle grew and lead to manager David O'Leary being sacked after the end of the season.
There were debut appearances for
Gabriel Agbonlahor (341),
James Milner (100),
Wilfred Bouma (83),
Craig Gardner (59),
Aaron Hughes
Aaron William Hughes (born 8 November 1979) is a Northern Irish former professional footballer who played as a defender. Hughes played mainly at centre back, but was also used at right back or left back, as well as anywhere in midfield. He i ...
(54),
Milan Baroš (42),
Patrik Berger (29),
Gary Cahill (28),
Kevin Phillips (23),
Eirik Bakke
Eirik Bakke (born 13 September 1977 in Sogndal) is a Norwegian retired football player. He played as a right or centre midfielder. After retiring he went on to manage Sogndal, his home town.
His son Johan Johanessen Bakke, is also a footba ...
(14), and
Stuart Taylor (12).
Kit
Transfers
Transferred in
Loaned in
Transferred out
Loaned out
Overall transfer activity
Expenditure
£13,000,000
Income
£4,080,000
Balance
£8,920,000
Final league table
Pre-season
Results
''Aston Villa's score comes first''
Legend
Results summary
Results per matchday
FA Premier League
FA Cup
League Cup
Players
First-team squad
:''Squad at end of season''
Left club during season
Reserve squad
Youth squad
Other players
:''The following players did not play for any Aston Villa team this season.''
Statistics
Appearances and goals
:''As of end of season''
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! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center, Forwards
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! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center, Players who left club during season
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References
Notes
External links
Aston Villa official website*avfchistory.co.u
2005–06 season
{{DEFAULTSORT:2005-06 Aston Villa F.C. season
Aston Villa F.C. seasons
Aston Villa
Aston Villa Football Club is a professional football club based in Aston, Birmingham, England. The club competes in the , the top tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1874, they have played at their home ground, Villa Park ...