Season | 2005–06 |
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Champions |
Chelsea 2nd Premier League title 3rd English title |
Relegated |
Birmingham City West Bromwich Albion Sunderland |
Champions League |
Chelsea Manchester United Liverpool Arsenal |
Matches played | 380 |
Goals scored | 944 (2.48 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Thierry Henry (27 goals) |
Biggest home win | Arsenal 7–0 Middlesbrough |
Biggest away win |
Everton 0–4 Bolton Wanderers Middlesbrough 0–4 Aston Villa Fulham 0–4 Arsenal |
Highest scoring |
Charlton Athletic 2–5 Manchester City Wigan Athletic 4–3 Manchester City Arsenal 7–0 Middlesbrough Blackburn Rovers 4–3 Manchester United Fulham 6–1 West Bromwich Albion Middlesbrough 4–3 Bolton Wanderers (7 goals) |
Longest winning run | 10 games Chelsea Liverpool |
Longest unbeaten run | 13 games Chelsea |
Longest winless run | 14 games Sunderland |
Longest losing run | 9 games Sunderland |
Highest attendance | 73,006 Manchester United v Charlton Athletic |
Lowest attendance | 16,550 Fulham v Birmingham City |
Average attendance | 33,875 |
← 2004–05
2006–07 →
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PFA Team of the Year |
The 2005–06 FA Premier League (known as the FA Barclays Premiership for sponsorship reasons) began on 13 August 2005, and concluded on 7 May 2006. The season saw Chelsea retain their title after defeating Manchester United 3–0 at Stamford Bridge towards the end of April. On the same day, West Bromwich Albion and Birmingham City were relegated, joining Sunderland in the Championship for the following season.
Source: Barclays Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
For further information on European qualification see Premier League – Qualification for European competitions.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
1.Liverpool had already qualified for the Champions League by league position, as a result, their UEFA Cup berth that they earned through winning the 2005–06 FA Cup, went to West Ham, who were FA Cup runners-up.
Source: Barclays Premier League
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.