Cardiff City 2005–06 football season
During the 2005–06 season Cardiff City played in the Football League Championship . It was the club's third year in the Championship since being promoted from League One .
Cardiff ended a 3-year deal with Puma and changed to Spanish company Joma . Housing firm Redrow continued as the main shirt sponsor.
Cardiff began their season with 1–0 loss to Ipswich Town but bounced back with a win at Leeds United before going four games without a win, breaking the streak with consecutive wins over Leicester City and Crystal Palace . On 22 October Cardiff recorded their biggest win of the season with a 6–1 victory over Crewe Alexandra but this was followed by two draws and a loss and by Christmas the sides form had seen them win just three out of thirteen games since the end of October.
The new year saw a continuation of Cardiff's poor form with a 5–1 defeat against Reading . Six wins from the final eighteen games of the season left Cardiff with a 12th-place finish.
Cardiff entered in round one, beating Colchester United 2–0 at the Colchester Community Stadium .[ 1] They claimed a victory in the second round over Macclesfield Town before being eliminated by Leicester City in the third round.[ 2]
Cardiff were drawn against Premier League side Arsenal after entering the competition in the third round, suffering a 2–1 defeat at the Arsenal Stadium on 7 January.[ 3]
Summer transfers in [ edit ]
Summer transfers out [ edit ]
* Indicates player joined club after being released by Cardiff
January transfers in [ edit ]
January transfers out [ edit ]
Updated to match(es) played on 2 December 2011. Source:
RSSSF Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
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 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 Ground A H H A H A H H A A H A H H A A H A A H H A A H H A H A H A H A H A H A H A A H A H H A H A Result L W L L D D W W D W L W D W D L D W L D W L W D L L W L W W D L W D W L W L W D L L L D L L Position 21 19 21 12 14 11 9 7 9 11 10 10 5 7 10 11 8 10 8 7 7 7 7 8 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 11
Source:
[ 4] A = Away;
H = Home;
W = Win;
D = Draw;
L = Loss
Fixtures and results [ edit ]
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Scorers
6 Aug
Ipswich Town
A
L 0 – 1
24,292
9 Aug
Leeds United
H
W 2 – 1
15,231
Koumas , Purse
12 Aug
Watford
H
L 1 – 3
9,256
Jerome
20 Aug
Derby County
A
L 1 – 2
23,153
Jerome
27 Aug
Wolverhampton Wanderers
H
D 2 – 2
11,502
Jerome (2)
10 Sep
Burnley
A
D 3 – 3
10,431
Jerome , Loovens , Purse
13 Sep
Leicester City
H
W 1 – 0
9,196
Ricketts
17 Sep
Crystal Palace
H
W 1 – 0
11,647
Ricketts
24 Sep
Millwall
A
D 0 – 0
9,254
27 Sep
Stoke City
A
W 3 – 0
12,240
Jerome (2), Purse
1 Oct
Luton Town
H
L 1 – 2
14,657
Ricketts
15 Oct
Brighton & Hove Albion
A
W 2 – 1
6,485
Koumas , Lee
18 Oct
Preston North End
H
D 2 – 2
9,574
Ledley , Koumas
22 Oct
Crewe Alexandra
H
W 6 – 1
10,815
Ricketts , Ledley , Cooper , Purse , Jerome , Koumas
29 Oct
Sheffield United
A
D 0 – 0
25,311
1 Nov
Norwich City
A
L 0 – 1
23,838
6 Nov
Coventry City
H
D 0 – 0
11,424
9 Nov
Sheffield Wednesday
A
W 3 – 1
20,324
Koumas , Jerome (2)
19 Nov
Preston North End
A
L 1 – 2
13,904
Loovens
22 Nov
Brighton & Hove Albion
H
D 1 – 1
9,595
Lee
28 Nov
Ipswich Town
H
W 2 – 1
8,724
Ricketts , Koumas
3 Dec
Hull City
A
L 0 – 2
18,364
10 Dec
Leeds United
A
W 1 – 0
20,597
Koumas
17 Dec
Derby County
H
D 0 – 0
12,500
26 Dec
Plymouth Argyle
H
L 0 – 2
16,403
28 Dec
Queens Park Rangers
A
L 0 – 1
12,329
31 Dec
Southampton
H
W 2 – 1
13,377
Ledley , Jerome
2 Jan
Reading
A
L 1 – 5
22,668
Jerome
14 Jan
Burnley
H
W 3 – 0
10,872
Thompson (2), Koumas
21 Jan
Leicester City
A
W 2 – 1
20,140
Jerome , Koumas
31 Jan
Millwall
H
D 1 – 1
12,738
Jerome
4 Feb
Crystal Palace
A
L 0 – 1
17,962
11 Feb
Stoke City
H
W 3 – 0
10,780
Cooper , Cox (2)
14 Feb
Luton Town
A
D 3 – 3
7,826
Koumas (2), Scimeca
18 Feb
Hull City
H
W 1 – 0
11,047
Jerome
25 Feb
Watford
A
L 1 – 2
17,419
Whitley
4 Mar
Sheffield Wednesday
H
W 1 – 0
11,851
Jerome
11 Mar
Wolverhampton Wanderers
A
L 0 – 2
23,996
18 Mar
Plymouth Argyle
A
W 1 – 0
13,494
Thompson
25 Mar
Queens Park Rangers
H
D 0 – 0
14,271
1 Apr
Southampton
A
L 2 – 3
22,388
Jerome , Purse
8 Apr
Reading
H
L 2 – 5
11,866
Jerome , Parry
14 Apr
Sheffield United
H
L 0 – 1
11,006
17 Apr
Crewe Alexandra
A
D 1 – 1
5,865
Koumas
22 Apr
Norwich City
H
L 0 – 1
11,590
30 Apr
Coventry City
A
L 1 – 3
22,536
Thompson
Date
Round
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Scorers
7 Jan
Three
Arsenal
A
L 1 – 2
36,552
Jerome
Date
Round
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Scorers
10 Jan
Quarter-final
Carmarthen Town
A
L 1 – 2
900
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