The 2005–06 season was

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's 97th in existence and 90th consecutive season in the top flight of

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Season overview

The

2005–06 Serie A The 2005–06 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 104th season of top-tier Italian football, the 74th in a round-robin tournament. The league commenced on 28 August 2005 and finished on 14 May 2006. While Juventus w ...

season opened with success in the

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, beating

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1–0 in extra time with a goal scored by Verón. During the Champions League group stage, the side managed to have a line-up of 11 foreign players on the pitch: the only European was

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, playing the second time. Despite a good first half (also including a 3–2 win in

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, that lacked since 2002) Inter did not have a great second half, and knocked out in the Champions League by

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. On the pitch, the season finished like the previous with third place and the win of the

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against

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. However, during the summer after the

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, Juventus and

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were caught in the Calciopoli scandal: in late July, a few weeks after

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triumph in Germany, Juventus was stripped of the title, and Inter was awarded the 2005–06 title. Further, the relegation of Juventus to

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made Inter the only club to be present in all seasons of the modern

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(from 1929–30).

Players

Squad information

From youth squad

Transfers

Winter

Out

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– Everton

Pre-season and friendlies

Riscone di Brunico training camp

TIM Trophy

Südtirol Cup

Birra Moretti Trophy

Sky TV Trophy

Other friendlies

Competitions

Overview

Serie A

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Coppa Italia

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Supercoppa Italiana

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying phase

=Third qualifying round

Group stage

Knockout phase

=Round of 16

=Quarter-finals

Statistics

Squad statistics

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Appearances and goals

:''As of 14 May 2006''

Goalscorers

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Juan Sebastián Verón Juan Sebastián Verón (; born 9 March 1975) is an Argentine former professional footballer and current chairman of Estudiantes de La Plata, where he had served as Director of Sports. A former midfielder, Verón's career started in Estudiantes, ...

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References

Notes

External links

Official website

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