2005–06 Aston Villa F.C. season

The 2005Ã¢ÂÂ06 English football season was Aston Villa's 14th season in the Premier League

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 (54), Milan BaroÃÂ¡ (42), Patrik Berger (29), Gary Cahill (28), Kevin Phillips (23), Eirik Bakke (14), and Stuart Taylor (12).

Kit

Transfers

Transferred in

Loaned in

Transferred out

Loaned out

Overall transfer activity

Expenditure

ÃÂ£13,000,000

Income

ÃÂ£4,080,000

Balance

ÃÂ£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

|- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers

|- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders

|- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders

|- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards

|- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players who left club during season