2005–06 Villarreal CF season

During the 2005–06 Spanish football season, Villarreal CF competed in La Liga.

Villarreal CF
2005–06 season
Manager Manuel Pellegrini
StadiumEl Madrigal
La Liga7th
Champions LeagueSemi-finals
Copa del ReyRound of 16
Top goalscorerJuan Román Riquelme (12)

Season summary

Villarreal reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League, being knocked out by eventual runners-up Arsenal 1-0 on aggregate, with Arsenal keeper Jens Lehmann saving a last-minute Juan Román Riquelme penalty, in the second leg, that would have taken the tie to extra time in front of Villarreal's home support.

Despite Villarreal's excellent form in Europe, the continental success was not translated to the domestic stage. Villarreal finished seventh, consigning them to Intertoto Cup football.

Squad
Squad at end of season[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  ESP Javier López Vallejo
2 DF  ARG Gonzalo Rodríguez
3 DF  ARG Rodolfo Arruabarrena
4 DF  ESP César Arzo Amposta
5 FW  URU Diego Forlán
6 MF  ESP Josico
7 FW  ESP Antonio Guayre
8 MF  ARG Juan Román Riquelme
9 FW  MEX Guillermo Franco[2]
10 MF  ESP Roger
11 MF  ESP Javier Calleja
12 DF  ARG Juan Pablo Sorín
13 GK  URU Sebastián Viera
14 MF  ESP Héctor Font
16 DF  ESP Quique Álvarez
17 DF  ESP Javi Venta
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF  ITA Alessio Tacchinardi (on loan from Juventus)
19 MF  ESP Marcos Senna[3]
21 MF  ESP Santi Cazorla
22 DF  BOL Juan Manuel Peña
23 FW  ESP José Mari
24 DF  ESP Josemi
25 GK  ARG Mariano Barbosa
26 FW  ESP Xisco Nadal
29 FW  ESP Jony
30 DF  ESP Carlos Alcántara
31 GK  ESP Juan Carlos
32 MF  ESP José Javier Rubio
35 DF  ESP Nino
36 FW  ESP Oscar López
44 MF  ESP Marquitos
46 MF  ESP David Fuster

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
9 FW  ARG Luciano Figueroa (on loan to River Plate)
15 DF  NED Jan Kromkamp (to Liverpool)
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF  ECU Luis Antonio Valencia (on loan to Recreativo de Huelva)

Results

Third qualifying round
9 August 2005 Everton 1–2 Villarreal Goodison Park, Liverpool
21:05 Beattie  42' Report MatchCentre Figueroa  27'
Josico  45+1'		 Attendance: 37,685
Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)
24 August 2005 Villarreal 2–1 Everton Estadio El Madrigal, Villarreal
22:00 Sorín  21'
Forlán  90+2'		 Report MatchCentre Arteta  69' Attendance: 21,500
Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

Group stage
14 September 2005 Villarreal 0–0 Manchester United Estadio El Madrigal, Villarreal
20:45 Report MatchCentre Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)
27 September 2005 Lille 0–0 Villarreal Stade de France, Paris
20:45 Report MatchCentre Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden)
18 October 2005 Villarreal 1–1 Benfica Estadio El Madrigal, Villarreal
20:45 Riquelme  72' (pen.) Report MatchCentre Fernandes  77' Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)
2 November 2005 Benfica 0–1 Villarreal Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
20:45 Report MatchCentre Senna  81' Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)
22 November 2005 Manchester United 0–0 Villarreal Old Trafford, Manchester
20:45 Report MatchCentre Attendance: 67,475
Referee: Massimo De Santis (Italy)
7 December 2005 Villarreal 1–0 Lille Estadio El Madrigal, Villarreal
20:45 Guayre  67' Report MatchCentre Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)

First knockout round
22 February 2006 Rangers 2–2 Villarreal Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
Løvenkrands  22'
Peña  82' (o.g.)		 Report MatchCentre Riquelme  8' (pen.)
Forlán  35'		 Attendance: 49,375
Referee: Eric Poulat (France)
7 March 2006 Villarreal 1–1 Rangers Estadio El Madrigal, Villarreal
Arruabarrena  49' Report MatchCentre Løvenkrands  12' Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

Quarter-finals
29 March 2006 Internazionale 2–1 Villarreal San Siro, Milan
Adriano  7'
Martins  54'		 Report MatchCentre Forlán  1' Attendance: 49,150
Referee: Alain Sars (France)
4 April 2006 Villarreal 1–0 Internazionale Estadio El Madrigal, Villarreal
Arruabarrena  58' Report MatchCentre Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

Internazionale 2–2 Villarreal on aggregate. Villarreal won on away goals.

Semi-finals
19 April 2006 Arsenal 1–0 Villarreal Highbury, London
Touré  41' Report MatchCentre Attendance: 35,450
Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)
25 April 2006 Villarreal 0–0 Arsenal Estadio El Madrigal, Villarreal
Report MatchCentre Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)

Arsenal won 1–0 on aggregate.

References
  1. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/spain/2005-2006/laliga/villar.htm
  2. Franco was born in Corrientes, Argentina, but became a naturalised Mexican citizen in 2004 and made his international debut for Mexico in 2005.
  3. Senna was born in São Paulo, Brazil, but obtained Spanish citizenship in 2006 and made his international debut for Spain in March 2006.
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