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2005–06 Cardiff City F.C. season

Welsh football club season

Field	Value
club	Cardiff City
season	2005–06
manager	Dave Jones
chairman	Sam Hammam
league	Championship
league result	11th
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	Third round
cup2	League Cup
cup2 result	Third round
cup3	FAW Premier Cup
cup3 result	Quarter-finals
league topscorer	Cameron Jerome (18)
season topscorer	Cameron Jerome (20)
highest attendance	16,403 vs Plymouth Argyle (26 December 2005)
lowest attendance	8,724 vs Ipswich Town (26 November 2005)
average attendance	11,802
prevseason	2004–05
nextseason	2006–07

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.

Season review

Kit

Cardiff ended a 3-year deal with Puma and changed to Spanish company Joma. Housing firm Redrow continued as the main shirt sponsor.

League

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.

League Cup

Cardiff entered in round one, beating Colchester United 2–0 at the Colchester Community Stadium. They claimed a victory in the second round over Macclesfield Town before being eliminated by Leicester City in the third round.

FA Cup

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.

Squad statistics

Transfers

Summer transfers in

Player	Club	Fee
Kevin Cooper	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Undisclosed
Neil Cox	Watford	Free
Andrea Ferretti	Parma	Undisclosed
Philip Mulryne	Unattached	Free
Darren Purse	West Bromwich Albion	Undisclosed
Jeff Whitley	Sunderland	Free
Lee Worgan	Unattached	Free

Summer transfers out

- Indicates player joined club after being released by Cardiff

Player	Club	Fee
Lee Bullock	Hartlepool United	Free
James Collins	West Ham United	£3.5 m
(combined)
Danny Gabbidon
Gary Croft	Grimsby Town*	Free
Graham Kavanagh	Wigan Athletic	£400,000
Richard Langley	Queens Park Rangers	Free
Arran Lee-Barrett	Weymouth*	Free
Jobi McAnuff	Crystal Palace	£600,000
Rob Page	Coventry City	Free
John Robinson	Crawley Town*	Free
Danny Thomas	Carmarthen Town	Free
Peter Thorne	Norwich City	Free
Tony Vidmar	NAC Breda	Undisclosed
Darren Williams	Hartlepool United*	Free

Loans in

Player	Club	Arrival Date	Return Date
Glenn Loovens	Feyenoord	August 2005	End of Season
Jason Koumas	Wigan Athletic	August 2005	End of Season
Michael Ricketts	Leeds United	August 2005	January 2006

Loans out

Player	Club	Arrival Date	Return Date
Byron Anthony	Forest Green Rovers	February 2006	March 2006

January transfers in

Player	Club	Fee
Guylain Ndumbu-Nsungu	Darlington	Undisclosed
Riccardo Scimeca	West Bromwich Albion	Undisclosed
Steve Thompson	Rangers	£250,000

January transfers out

Player	Club	Fee
Stuart Fleetwood	Hereford United	Undisclosed
Tony Warner	Fulham	Free

Standings

Main article: 2005–06 Football League Championship

Results by round

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Fixtures and results

[[2007–08 Football League|Championship]]

Nicky Forster
Jason Koumas
Darren Purse
Robbie Blake
Cameron Jerome
Marlon King
Darius Henderson
Marlon King
Morten Bisgaard
Inigo Idiakez
Cameron Jerome
Cameron Jerome
Leon Clarke
Joleon Lescott
Wade Elliott
James O'Connor
Cameron Jerome
Glenn Loovens
Darren Purse
Michael Ricketts
Michael Ricketts
Cameron Jerome
Darren Purse
Michael Ricketts
Dean Morgan
Peter Holmes
Paul McShane
Jason Koumas
Alan Lee
Joe Ledley
Jason Koumas
Tyrone Mears
Chris Sedgwick
Michael Ricketts
Joe Ledley
Kevin Cooper
Darren Purse
Cameron Jerome
Jason Koumas
Steve Foster
Neil Alexander
Chris Eagles
Jason Koumas
Cameron Jerome
Chris Sedgwick
Patrick Agyemang
Glenn Loovens
Alan Lee
Colin Kazim-Richards
Michael Ricketts
Jason Koumas
Jimmy Juan
Billy Paynter
Craig Fagan
Jason Koumas
Paul Wotton
David Norris
Marc Nygaard
Joe Ledley
Cameron Jerome
Dexter Blackstock
Steve Sidwell
Ibrahima Sonko
Dave Kitson
Cameron Jerome
Steve Thompson
Jason Koumas
Matt Fryatt
Cameron Jerome
Jason Koumas
Cameron Jerome
Berry Powel
Aki Riihilahti
Kevin Cooper
Neil Cox
Rowan Vine
Chris Barker
Jason Koumas
Riccardo Scimeca
Cameron Jerome
Malky Mackay
Marlon King
Jeff Whitley
Cameron Jerome
Denes Rosa
Kenny Miller
Steve Thompson
Claus Lundekvam
Ricardo Fuller
Cameron Jerome
Darren Purse
Cameron Jerome
Paul Parry
James Harper
Dave Kitson
Glenn Loovens
Kevin Doyle
Danny Webber
David Vaughan
Jason Koumas
Robert Earnshaw
Stern John
Dele Adebola
Dennis Wise
Steve Thompson

[[2005–06 Football League Cup|League Cup]]

Darren Purse
Cameron Jerome
Joe Ledley
Jason Koumas
Martin Bullock
Nils-Eric Johansson

[[FA Cup]]

Robert Pires
Cameron Jerome

[[FAW Premier Cup]]

Danny Thomas
Nathan Cotterall
Byron Anthony

References

(24 August 2005). "Colchester 0–2 Cardiff". BBC Sport.
(26 October 2005). "Cardiff 0–1 Leicester". BBC Sport.
(7 January 2006). "Arsenal 2–1 Cardiff". BBC Sport.
(2006). "Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2006-07". Headline Book Publishing.

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