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2005–06 La Liga

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The 2005–06 La Liga season was the 75th since its establishment. It began on 27 August 2005, and concluded on 19 May 2006; all top-flight European leagues ended earlier than the previous season due to the impending 2006 FIFA World Cup.

Season2005–06
Dates27 August 2005 – 19 May 2006
ChampionsBarcelona
18th title
RelegatedAlavés
Cádiz
Málaga
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La Liga
Season2005–06
Dates27 August 2005 – 19 May 2006
ChampionsBarcelona
18th title
RelegatedAlavés
Cádiz
Málaga
Champions LeagueBarcelona
Real Madrid
Valencia
Osasuna
UEFA CupSevilla
Celta Vigo
Espanyol (as Copa del Rey winners)
Intertoto CupVillarreal
Matches380
Goals936 (2.46 per match)
Top goalscorerSamuel Eto'o
(26 goals)
Biggest home winMálaga 5–0 Real Betis
(23 October 2005)[1]
Barcelona 5–0 Real Sociedad
(30 October 2005)[2]
Getafe 5–0 Espanyol
(22 January 2006)[3]
Atlético Madrid 5–0 Málaga
(25 February 2006)[4]
Espanyol 5–0 Sevilla
(26 February 2006)[5]
Cádiz 5–0 Málaga
(13 May 2006)[6]
Biggest away winOsasuna 0–4 Getafe
(2 April 2006)[7]
Cádiz 0–4 Sevilla
(11 February 2006)[8]
Highest scoringValencia 5–3 Cádiz
(2 April 2006)[9]
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Teams

Twenty teams competed in the league – the top seventeen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the Segunda División. The promoted teams were Cádiz, Celta de Vigo and Alavés, returning to the top flight after an absence of twelve, one and two years respectively. They replaced Levante, Numancia (both teams relegated after a season's presence) and Albacete (ending their two-year top flight spell).

Location of teams in La Liga 2005–06
More information Team, Stadium ...
Team Stadium Capacity
BarcelonaCamp Nou98,772
Real MadridSantiago Bernabéu80,354
EspanyolEstadi Olímpic Lluís Companys55,926
Atlético MadridVicente Calderón55,005
ValenciaMestalla55,000
Real BetisManuel Ruiz de Lopera52,132
SevillaRamón Sánchez Pizjuán45,500
Athletic BilbaoSan Mamés39,750
Deportivo de La CoruñaRiazor34,600
Real ZaragozaLa Romareda34,596
Celta de Vigo*Estadio Balaídos32,500
Real SociedadAnoeta32,200
MálagaLa Rosaleda30,044
MallorcaSon Moix23,142
VillarrealEl Madrigal23,000
Cádiz*Ramón de Carranza23,000
Racing de SantanderEl Sardinero22,400
Alavés*Mendizorrotza19,840
OsasunaEstadio Reyno de Navarra19,553
GetafeColiseum Alfonso Pérez16,300
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(*) Promoted from Segunda División.

Personnel and sponsorships

More information Team, Head Coach ...
Team Head Coach Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor (front) Shirt sponsor (back) Shirt sponsor (sleeve) Shorts sponsor
Alavés Argentina Mario Luna Umbro Stevenson Electrodomésticos Stevenson Electrodomésticos, Abba Hoteles/Grecogres Caja Vital-Vital Kutxa, Álava.net, Rioja Grupo Inmobiliario Abba Hoteles, Grecogres
Athletic Bilbao Spain Javier Clemente 100% Athletic Euskadi (in UEFA matches) None None None
Atlético Madrid Spain José Murcia Nike Columbia Pictures/Kia Kyocera None AXN
Barcelona Netherlands Frank Rijkaard Nike None None TV3 None
Betis Spain Lorenzo Serra Ferrer Kappa Andalucía/Globet Globet/Andalucía None Grupo Azabache
Cádiz Uruguay Víctor Espárrago Kelme Caja San Fernando/Millan Chiclana/Andalucía Diario de Cádiz Diario AS Mapfre-El Salvador, Visita El Salvador
Celta de Vigo Spain Fernando Vázquez Umbro Citroën None None Citroën
Deportivo Spain Joaquín Caparrós Joma Fadesa None None None
Espanyol Spain Miguel Ángel Lotina uhlsport Grup Tarradellas Interapuestas.com TV3 Hoteles Hesperia
Getafe Germany Bernd Schuster Joma Propietarios del Suelo de Getafe Opción Centro de Ocio Diezma Parquets y Tarimas Neovision Ficciones
Málaga Spain Manolo Hierro Umbro Unicaja/Andalucía None None None
Mallorca Spain Gregorio Manzano Reial Viajes Iberia None IB3 Illes Balears
Osasuna Mexico Javier Aguirre Astore Caja Navarra/Reyno de Navarra (in UEFA matches) None Caja Navarra None
Racing Santander Spain Nando Yosu Joma Cantabria 2006: Liébana Tierra de Júbilo Santander 250 Cantabria Cantabria
Real Madrid Spain Juan Ramón López Caro Adidas Siemens None None None
Real Sociedad Spain José Mari Bakero Astore FIATC Seguros NGS Europe NGS Europe FIATC Seguros, NGS Europe
Sevilla Spain Juande Ramos Joma Stevenson Electrodomésticos Andalucía Andalucía www.sevillafc.es
Valencia Spain Quique Sánchez Flores Nike Toyota/Toyota Aygo None Canal Nou None
Villarreal Chile Manuel Pellegrini Puma Aeroport Castelló Armiñana Promociones Inmobiliarias Canal Nou None
Zaragoza Spain Víctor Muñoz Lotto Expo Zaragoza 2008 Telefónica None None None
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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Barcelona (C) 38 25 7 6 80 35 +45 82 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Real Madrid 38 20 10 8 70 40 +30 70
3 Valencia 38 19 12 7 58 33 +25 69 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4 Osasuna 38 21 5 12 49 43 +6 68
5 Sevilla 38 20 8 10 54 39 +15 68 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
6 Celta Vigo 38 20 4 14 45 33 +12 64
7 Villarreal 38 14 15 9 50 39 +11 57 Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round
8 Deportivo La Coruña 38 15 10 13 47 45 +2 55
9 Getafe 38 15 9 14 54 49 +5 54
10 Atlético Madrid 38 13 13 12 45 37 +8 52
11 Zaragoza 38 10 16 12 46 51 −5 46
12 Athletic Bilbao 38 11 12 15 40 46 −6 45
13 Mallorca 38 10 13 15 37 51 −14 43
14 Real Betis 38 10 12 16 34 51 −17 42
15 Espanyol 38 10 11 17 36 56 −20 41 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[a]
16 Real Sociedad 38 11 7 20 48 65 −17 40
17 Racing Santander 38 9 13 16 36 49 −13 40
18 Alavés (R) 38 9 12 17 35 54 −19 39 Relegation to the Segunda División
19 Cádiz (R) 38 8 12 18 36 52 −16 36
20 Málaga (R) 38 5 9 24 36 68 −32 24
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Source: LFP
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th number of goals scored; 7th Fair-play points
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. [a]
    Espanyol qualified for the UEFA Cup first round as the 2005–06 Copa del Rey winners.

Results

More information Home \ Away, ATH ...
Home \ Away ATH ATM FCB BET CÁD CEL ALV RCD ESP GET MCF MLL OSA RAC RMA RSO SFC VCF VIL ZAR
Athletic Bilbao 1–1 3–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–2 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–2 3–0 0–1 0–3 1–1 1–0
Atlético Madrid 1–0 2–1 1–1 3–0 0–3 1–1 3–2 1–1 0–1 5–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 0–3 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–0
Barcelona 2–1 1–3 5–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 3–2 2–0 3–1 2–0 2–0 3–0 4–1 1–1 5–0 2–1 2–2 1–0 2–2
Betis 1–1 1–0 1–4 1–1 0–2 3–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 2–0 2–1 0–2 2–3 0–0
Cádiz 1–0 1–1 1–3 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 5–0 1–2 1–3 1–1 1–2 2–2 0–4 0–1 1–1 1–2
Celta de Vigo 0–1 2–1 0–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 0–3 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 1–2 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 4–0
Alavés 0–0 0–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 3–4 3–2 0–3 1–2 2–2 0–3 3–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–2
Deportivo La Coruña 1–2 1–0 3–3 1–1 1–0 0–2 0–2 1–2 1–0 2–1 2–2 0–1 2–0 3–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–2 1–1
Espanyol 1–1 1–1 1–2 2–0 0–2 2–0 0–0 1–2 0–2 3–1 2–0 2–4 0–2 1–0 1–0 5–0 1–3 1–2 2–2
Getafe 1–1 0–3 1–3 1–0 3–1 1–1 2–2 1–2 5–0 3–2 1–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 5–2
Málaga 2–1 0–2 0–0 5–0 0–2 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–2 1–2 0–2 1–2 2–3 0–2 3–1 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–1
Mallorca 0–1 2–2 0–3 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–4 0–1 0–0 2–1 5–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 3–1
Osasuna 3–2 2–1 2–1 0–2 2–0 2–0 3–2 1–2 2–0 0–4 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–1
Racing Santander 0–1 0–1 2–2 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–2 0–3 1–0 1–3 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–3 2–2 2–3 2–1 1–0 0–0
Real Madrid 3–1 2–1 0–3 0–0 3–1 2–3 3–0 4–0 4–0 1–0 2–1 4–0 1–1 1–2 1–1 4–2 1–2 3–3 1–0
Real Sociedad 3–3 3–2 0–2 1–1 2–0 2–2 2–1 2–0 0–1 3–0 3–0 2–1 1–2 1–0 2–2 1–2 1–2 1–3 1–3
Sevilla 2–1 0–0 3–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 0–2 1–1 3–0 3–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 4–3 3–2 1–0 2–0 1–1
Valencia 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 5–3 2–0 3–0 2–2 4–0 1–1 2–1 3–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–2 1–1 2–2
Villarreal 3–1 1–1 0–2 1–2 1–1 1–2 3–2 1–1 4–0 2–1 2–1 3–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 0–2 1–1 1–0 0–0
Zaragoza 3–2 0–2 0–2 4–3 1–2 1–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 3–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–2 2–2 0–1
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Source: LFP (in Spanish)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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Awards

Pichichi Trophy

The Pichichi Trophy is awarded to the player who scores the most goals in a season.

More information Rank, Player ...
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Cameroon Samuel Eto'o Barcelona 26
2 Spain David Villa Valencia 25
3 Brazil Ronaldinho Barcelona 17
4 Argentina Diego Milito Zaragoza 15
5 Brazil Ronaldo Real Madrid 14
6 Brazil Fernando Baiano Celta Vigo 13
Spain Fernando Torres Atlético Madrid
8 Brazil Éwerthon Zaragoza 12
Argentina Juan Román Riquelme Villarreal
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Zamora Trophy

The Ricardo Zamora Trophy is awarded to the goalkeeper with the lowest ratio of goals conceded to matches played.

More information Rank, Player ...
Rank Player Club Goals against Matches Average
1 Spain José Manuel Pinto Celta Vigo 28 37 0.76
2 Spain Santiago Cañizares Valencia 29 36 0.81
3 Spain Víctor Valdés Barcelona 29 35 0.83
4 Argentina Leo Franco Atlético Madrid 31 34 0.91
5 Spain Iker Casillas Real Madrid 38 37 1.03
Spain Andrés Palop Sevilla 37 36
Uruguay Sebastián Viera Villarreal 30 29
8 Spain Toni Prats Mallorca 36 31 1.16
9 Spain Ricardo Osasuna 35 30 1.17
10 Spain José Francisco Molina Deportivo La Coruña 45 38 1.18
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Fair Play award

More information Rank, Club ...
Rank Club Points
1Catalonia Barcelona86
2Valencian Community Valencia98
3Galicia (Spain) Celta Vigo99
4Basque Country (autonomous community) Real Sociedad106
5Basque Country (autonomous community) Alavés114
6Valencian Community Villarreal116
7Catalonia Espanyol124
Balearic Islands Mallorca
9Andalusia Cádiz125
10Basque Country (autonomous community) Athletic Bilbao128
11Community of Madrid Getafe130
12Galicia (Spain) Deportivo La Coruña131
Community of Madrid Real Madrid
14Aragon Zaragoza136
15Andalusia Sevilla163
16Navarre Osasuna171
Cantabria Racing Santander
18Andalusia Málaga179
19Andalusia Real Betis183
20Community of Madrid Atlético Madrid187
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Pedro Zaballa award

Cádiz supporters[10]

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of La Liga hat-tricks
More information Player, Club ...
Player Club Against Result Date
Venezuela Juan Arango Mallorca Real Sociedad 5–2 (H) 17 September 2005
Brazil Nenê Alavés Getafe 3–4 (H) 18 September 2005
France Zinedine Zidane Real Madrid Sevilla 4–2 (H) 15 January 2006
Spain Dani Real Betis Zaragoza 3–4 (A) 5 February 2006
Spain Luis García Espanyol Sevilla 5–0 (H) 26 February 2006
Spain David Villa Valencia Athletic Bilbao 3–0 (A) 23 April 2006
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Attendances

Source:[11]

More information #, Club ...
#ClubAvg. attendance% changeHighest
1FC Barcelona73,225-0.2%98,295
2Real Madrid71,544-0.5%80,000
3Valencia CF43,1051.6%51,000
4Sevilla FC40,2471.8%45,000
5Atlético de Madrid38,684-9.1%60,000
6Real Betis38,42115.5%45,000
7Athletic Club36,89513.8%40,000
8Real Zaragoza28,158-9.0%32,000
9Real Sociedad22,5246.8%38,472
10RCD Espanyol22,337-7.2%48,950
11Málaga CF19,316-12.4%25,000
12Deportivo de La Coruña19,105-11.9%34,000
13Cádiz CF18,50520.8%22,087
14Villarreal CF18,4871.5%23,000
15Celta de Vigo16,94735.3%30,000
16CA Osasuna16,0637.3%19,517
17RCD Mallorca15,8472.9%20,500
18Racing de Santander14,7209.4%20,670
19Deportivo Alavés13,69119.3%17,047
20Getafe CF12,763-0.4%15,500
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