2005–06 Newcastle United F.C. season

Newcastle United
2005–06 season
Chairman	Freddy Shepherd
Manager	Graeme Souness; (until 2 February 2006); Glenn Roeder; (from 2 February 2006)
Stadium	St. James' Park
FA Premier League	7th
FA Cup	Sixth round
League Cup	Fourth round
UEFA Intertoto Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Alan Shearer (10); All: Alan Shearer (14)
Highest home attendance	52,327 (vs. Manchester United)
Lowest home attendance	50,451 (vs. Charlton Athletic)
	← 2004–05 2006–07 →

During the 2005–06 season, Newcastle United participated in the Premier League.

Season summary

In July 2005 rumours circulated that Newcastle was being stalked with a new buyer, but this later emerged to be the Shepherds consolidating their interests. On the pitch, Newcastle were eliminated from the Intertoto Cup after a 4–2 aggregate loss to Deportivo La Coruna in the semi-final, eliminating the club from European competition for the season.

Upon Craig Bellamy's return from his loan to Celtic, it was reported that he had not resolved his differences with Souness or Shearer, and was sold to Blackburn Rovers for £5 million. During the summer transfer window, Patrick Kluivert, Jermaine Jenas, Aaron Hughes and Andy O'Brien were sold by Souness. Laurent Robert and James Milner were loaned out, to Portsmouth and Aston Villa respectively (Robert would be transferred to Benfica in January). The club signed Emre, Scott Parker, Craig Moore and Albert Luque.

In August, the club signed Michael Owen from Real Madrid, despite strong interest from Owen's former club Liverpool. The fee, £17 million, surpassed Newcastle's previous record of £15 million for Alan Shearer from Blackburn in 1996. In the closing hours of the transfer window, the club re-signed Nolberto Solano from Aston Villa.

Souness's decision to pair Shearer and Owen together up front proved to be lethal, but Owen broke his fourth metatarsal bone in his foot after a clash with Paul Robinson in a match against Tottenham Hotspur, keeping him out for the rest of the season. With Owen injured the team's form dipped.

Souness was sacked as manager following a 3–0 defeat to Manchester City in early February.^[1] Shay Given, Robbie Elliott and Alan Shearer have since stated that the fans never really took to him, with his favouritism of players damaging morale and a series of injuries leading to poor form.

United's youth academy director, former West Ham United manager Glenn Roeder, was put in charge as caretaker manager. Upon Roeder's first game in charge, against Portsmouth, Alan Shearer scored his 201st goal for the club, breaking Jackie Milburn's record of 200 goals for the club and becoming the club's highest ever goalscorer.

Despite speculation that Bolton Wanderers manager Sam Allardyce was interested in taking charge, Roeder guided Newcastle from 15th place to 7th place by the end of the season, winning 9 out of their remaining 14 Premier League games to see the club qualify for the UEFA Intertoto Cup - a great way for club legend Alan Shearer to end his playing career. Despite the exit from the FA Cup at the hands of Chelsea, Roeder was praised for amazingly achieving a European spot, having seen the prospect of a relegation battle when he joined. At the end of the season he was given a two-year contract by chairman Freddie Shepherd.

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Tottenham Hotspur	38	18	11	9	53	38	+15	65	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
6	Blackburn Rovers	38	19	6	13	51	42	+9	63	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
7	Newcastle United	38	17	7	14	47	42	+5	58	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round
8	Bolton Wanderers	38	15	11	12	49	41	+8	56
9	West Ham United	38	16	7	15	52	55	−3	55	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round^[a]

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

^ Since Liverpool had already qualified for the Champions League, their UEFA Cup berth as the FA Cup winners went to West Ham, who were the FA Cup runners-up.

Kit

Newcastle's kit for the 2005–06 season was produced by German company Adidas. The main shirt sponsor was British bank Northern Rock.

Transfers

In

Date	Player	Previous club	Cost
15 June 2005	Scott Parker	Chelsea	£6,500,000^[2]
19 July 2005	Emre Belözoğlu	Internazionale	£3,800,000^[3]
19 July 2005	Tim Krul	ADO Den Haag	Undisclosed
29 July 2005	Craig Moore	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Free^[4]
2 August 2005	Lee Clark	Fulham	Free^[5]
26 August 2005	Albert Luque	Deportivo de La Coruña	£9,500,000^[6]
31 August 2005	Michael Owen	Real Madrid	£17,000,000^[7]
31 August 2005	Nolberto Solano	Aston Villa	£1,500,000^[8]

Out

Date	Player	Buying club	Cost
13 June 2005	Andrew O'Brien	Portsmouth	£2,000,000^[9]
15 June 2005	Laurent Robert	Portsmouth	Loan^[10]
7 July 2005	Craig Bellamy	Blackburn Rovers	£4,900,000^[11]
8 July 2005	Darren Ambrose	Charlton Athletic	Undisclosed^[12]
3 August 2005	Nicky Butt	Birmingham City	Loan^[13]
23 August 2005	Hugo Viana	Valencia	Loan^[14]
31 August 2005	Jermaine Jenas	Tottenham Hotspur	£7,000,000^[15]
31 August 2005	James Milner	Aston Villa	Loan
31 August 2005	Alan O'Brien	Carlisle United	Loan
16 February 2006	Daryl Smylie	Stockport County	Loan
1 March 2006	Hugo Viana	Valencia	£1,700,000

First-team squad

The following players made appearances for the first-team squad this season.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	IRL	Shay Given
2	DF	IRL	Stephen Carr
3	DF	ENG	Robbie Elliott
4	MF	PER	Nolberto Solano
5	MF	TUR	Emre Belözoğlu
6	DF	FRA	Jean-Alain Boumsong^[16]
8	MF	ENG	Kieron Dyer
9	FW	ENG	Alan Shearer
10	FW	ENG	Michael Owen
11	MF	ENG	Lee Bowyer
12	GK	ENG	Steve Harper
14	MF	FRA	Charles N'Zogbia
15	MF	SEN	Amdy Faye


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	MF	ENG	Scott Parker
18	DF	AUS	Craig Moore
19	DF	ENG	Titus Bramble
20	MF	ESP	Albert Luque
21	MF	ENG	Lee Clark
23	FW	ENG	Shola Ameobi^[17]
26	DF	ENG	Peter Ramage
27	DF	ENG	Steven Taylor
28	FW	ENG	Michael Chopra
33	DF	NGA	Celestine Babayaro
35	MF	RSA	Matty Pattison
37	MF	IRL	Alan O'Brien
39	MF	ENG	Martin Brittain

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
7	MF	ENG	Jermaine Jenas (to Tottenham Hotspur)
16	MF	ENG	James Milner (on loan to Aston Villa)
20	MF	POR	Hugo Viana (on loan to Valencia)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
40	GK	ENG	Ben Smith (to Stockport County)
—	MF	FRA	Laurent Robert (to Benfica)
—	MF	ENG	Nicky Butt (on loan to Birmingham City)

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Glenn Roeder
Assistant manager	Lee Clark
First team coach	Nigel Pearson
Goalkeeping coach	Andy Woodman
Development coach	Arthur Cox
Reserve team coach	David Ginola
Chief scout	Steve Clarke

Last updated: 3 May 2011
Source: [1]

Reserve squad

The following players spent most of the season playing for the reserves, and did not appear for the first team this season.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
24	GK	ENG	Tony Caig
36	DF	ENG	Kris Gate
38	MF	NIR	Daryl Smylie
54	DF	ENG	Paul Huntington
—	GK	ENG	Mark Cook
—	GK	ENG	Fraser Forster
—	GK	NED	Tim Krul
—	DF	ENG	Liam Atkin
—	DF	ENG	Craig Baxter
—	DF	ENG	Phil Cave
—	DF	ENG	Chris Farman
—	DF	ENG	Chris Shanks
—	DF	CAN	David Edgar


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ENG	Nicky Deverdics
—	MF	ENG	Mark Doninger
—	MF	ENG	Robert Cavener
—	MF	ENG	Dean Critchlow
—	MF	ENG	Callum Little
—	MF	COD	Kazenga LuaLua
—	MF	AUS	James Troisi
—	FW	ENG	Andy Carroll
—	FW	ENG	Carl Finnigan
—	FW	ENG	Scott Marshall
—	FW	ENG	Marc Walton
—		ENG	Michael Terrell
—			Glen Reay

Trialists

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	FRA	Yohan Lachor (on trial from Lens)
—	FW	ENG	Fabian Pritchard (on trial from N/A)
—	DF	ITA	Francesco Coco (on trial from Inter Milan)
—	DF	GER	Frank Wiblishauser (on trial from 1. FC Nürnberg)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	CMR	Jean-Hugues Ateba (on trial from Paris Saint-Germain)
—	FW	DEN	Nicki Bille Nielsen (on trial from Frem)

Match results

Pre-season

6 August 2005	Newcastle United	5–0	Yeading	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00 BST	Moore 39' Milner 79' Emre 79' Ameobi 90', 90'			Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 6,151 Referee: Clive Oliver

9 August 2005	Bray Wanderers	1–7	Newcastle United	Bray
19:45 BST	Georgescu 53'		Ameobi 37', 45' Dyer 47' Milner 49' N'Zogbia 66', 83' Chopra 75'	Stadium: Carlisle Grounds Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Ian Stokes

2 September 2005	Málaga	2–0	Newcastle United	Málaga
22:00	Hidalgo 76' (pen.) Couñago 80'			Stadium: Estadio La Rosaleda Attendance: 9,750 Referee: Rafael Ramirez Dominguez

UEFA Intertoto Cup

17 July 2005 Third round first leg	FK Dubnica	1–3	Newcastle United	Dubnica nad Váhom
16:00	Tesak 13'	Report	Chopra 4' Svestka 6' (o.g.) Milner 70'	Stadium: Mestský štadión Attendance: 6,200 Referee: Alon Yefet

23 July 2005 Third round 2nd leg	Newcastle United	2–0	FK Dubnica	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00	Shearer 71', 90'	Report		Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 25,135 Referee: Knut Kircher

27 July 2005 Semi–finals 1st leg	Deportivo de La Coruña	2–1	Newcastle United	A Coruña
21:00	Rubén Castro 11' Andrade 58'	Report	Bowyer 48'	Stadium: Estadio Riazor Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Serge Gumienny

3 August 2005 Semi–finals 2nd leg	Newcastle United	1–2	Deportivo de La Coruña	Newcastle upon Tyne
19:45	Milner 39'	Report	Andrade 45' Munitis 48'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 34,215 Referee: Helmut Fleischer

Premier League

14 August 2005 1	Arsenal	2–0	Newcastle United	London
13:30	Henry 81' (pen.) van Persie 87'	Report	Jenas 32'	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,072 Referee: Steve Bennett

20 August 2005 2	Newcastle United	0–0	West Ham United	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00		Report	Konchesky 55'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 51,620 Referee: Dermot Gallagher

24 August 2005 3	Bolton Wanderers	2–0	Newcastle United	Bolton
20:00	Diouf 37' Giannakopoulos 50'	Report		Stadium: Reebok Stadium Attendance: 29,504 Referee: Rob Styles

28 August 2005 4	Newcastle United	0–2	Manchester United	Newcastle upon Tyne
16:00		Report	Rooney 66' van Nistelrooy 90'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 52,327 Referee: Howard Webb

10 September 2005 5	Newcastle United	1–1	Fulham	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00	N'Zogbia 78' Parker 83'	Report	McBride 13'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 52,208 Referee: Alan Wiley

18 September 2005 6	Blackburn Rovers	0–3	Newcastle United	Blackburn
14:00		Report	Shearer 62' Owen 66' Taylor 72' N'Zogbia 85'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 20,725 Referee: Mike Riley

24 September 2005 7	Newcastle United	1–0	Manchester City	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00	Owen 18'	Report		Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 52,280 Referee: Graham Poll

1 October 2005 8	Portsmouth	0–0	Newcastle United	Portsmouth
15:00		Report		Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 20,220 Referee: Steve Bennett

15 October 2005 9	Wigan Athletic	1–0	Newcastle United	Wigan
12:45	Roberts 40' McCulloch 85'	Report		Stadium: JJB Stadium Attendance: 22,374 Referee: Phil Dowd

23 October 2005 10	Newcastle United	3–2	Sunderland	Newcastle upon Tyne
13:30	Ameobi 34', 37' Emre 63'	Report	Lawrence 35' Elliott 41'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 52,302 Referee: Rob Styles

30 October 2005 11	West Bromwich Albion	0–3	Newcastle United	West Bromwich
16:00		Report	Owen 46', 78' Shearer 80'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 26,216 Referee: Howard Webb

5 November 2005 12	Newcastle United	1–0	Birmingham City	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00	Emre 78'	Report		Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 52,191 Referee: Mike Dean

19 November 2005 13	Chelsea	3–0	Newcastle United	London
15:00	Cole 47' Crespo 51' Duff 90'	Report		Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 42,268 Referee: Mark Halsey

27 November 2005 14	Everton	1–0	Newcastle United	Liverpool
13:30	Yobo 46'	Report		Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 36,207 Referee: Howard Webb

3 December 2005 15	Newcastle United	1–1	Aston Villa	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00	Shearer 32' (pen.)	Report	McCann 75'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 52,267 Referee: Alan Wiley

10 December 2005 16	Newcastle United	1–0	Arsenal	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00	Solano 82'	Report	Silva 57'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 52,297 Referee: Dermot Gallagher

17 December 2005 17	West Ham United	2–4	Newcastle United	London
15:30	Solano 20' (o.g.) Harewood 73' (pen.)	Report	Owen 5', 43', 90' Shearer 66'	Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 34,836 Referee: Phil Dowd

26 December 2005 18	Liverpool	2–0	Newcastle United	Liverpool
15:00	Gerrard 14' Crouch 43'	Report	Bowyer 66'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 44,197 Referee: Mark Halsey

31 December 2005 19	Tottenham Hotspur	2–0	Newcastle United	London
13:00	Tainio 43' Mido 66'	Report		Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,246 Referee: Howard Webb

2 January 2006 20	Newcastle United	2–2	Middlesbrough	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00	Solano 27' Clark 90+3'	Report	Yakubu 54' Hasselbaink 87'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 52,302 Referee: Steve Bennett

14 January 2006 21	Fulham	1–0	Newcastle United	London
15:00	Malbranque 75'	Report		Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 21,974 Referee: Alan Wiley

21 January 2006 22	Newcastle United	0–1	Blackburn Rovers	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00			Pedersen 75'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 51,323 Referee: Howard Webb

1 February 2006 23	Manchester City	3–0	Newcastle United	Manchester
19:45	Riera 14' Cole 38' Vassell 62'	Report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 42,413 Referee: Chris Foy

4 February 2006 24	Newcastle United	2–0	Portsmouth	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00	N'Zogbia 41' Shearer 64'	Report		Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 51,627 Referee: Mark Halsey

11 February 2006 25	Aston Villa	1–2	Newcastle United	Birmingham
15:00	Moore 16'	Report	Ameobi 2' N'Zogbia 29' Babayaro 61'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 37,140 Referee: Mike Riley

22 February 2005 26	Newcastle United	0–0	Charlton Athletic	Newcastle upon Tyne
19:45		Report		Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 50,451 Referee: Uriah Rennie

25 February 2006 27	Newcastle United	2–0	Everton	Newcastle upon Tyne
17:15	Solano 64', 76'	Report		Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 51,916 Referee: Graham Poll

4 March 2006 28	Newcastle United	3–1	Bolton Wanderers	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00	Solano 64' Shearer 45' Ameobi 70'	Report	Davies 72'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 52,012 Referee: Alan Wiley

12 March 2006 29	Manchester United	2–0	Newcastle United	Manchester
13:30	Rooney 8', 12'	Report		Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 67,858 Referee: Rob Styles

19 March 2006 30	Newcastle United	1–3	Liverpool	Newcastle upon Tyne
	Ameobi 41' Boumsong	Report	Crouch 10' Gerrard 35' Cissé 52' (pen.)	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 52,302 Referee: Mike Riley

26 March 2006 31	Charlton Athletic	3–1	Newcastle United	London
14:00	Bent 24' (pen.) Bowyer 37' (o.g.) Bothroyd 89'	Report	Parker 35'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 27,019 Referee: Mark Halsey

1 April 2006 32	Newcastle United	3–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00	Bowyer 2' Ameobi 25' Shearer 30' (pen.)	Report	Keane 19' Dawson 61'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 52,185 Referee: Mike Dean

9 April 2006 33	Middlesbrough	1–2	Newcastle United	Middlesbrough
15:00	Boateng 79'	Report	Boateng 29' (o.g.) Ameobi 44'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 31,202 Referee: Alan Wiley

15 April 2006 34	Newcastle United	3–1	Wigan Athletic	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00	Shearer 28' (pen.), 66' Bramble 36'	Report	Bullard 5'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 52,302 Referee: Uriah Rennie

17 April 2006 35	Sunderland	1–4	Newcastle United	Sunderland
15:00	Hoyte 32'	Report	Chopra 60' Shearer 61' (pen.) N'Zogbia 66' Luque 87'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 40,032 Referee: Chris Foy

22 April 2006 36	Newcastle United	3–0	West Bromwich Albion	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00	Solano 30' Ameobi 40' (pen.), 90'	Report		Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 52,272 Referee: Howard Webb

29 April 2006 37	Birmingham City	0–0	Newcastle United	Birmingham
15:00		Report		Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 28,331 Referee: Martin Atkinson

7 May 2006 38	Newcastle United	1–0	Chelsea	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00	Bramble 73' Carr 75'	Report		Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 52,309 Referee: Mike Riley

FA Cup

7 January 2006 Round 3	Newcastle United	1–0	Mansfield Town	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00	Shearer 80'	Report		Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 41,459 Referee: Andy D'Urso

28 January 2006 Round 4	Cheltenham Town	0–2	Newcastle United	Cheltenham
12:30		Report	Chopra 41' Parker 43'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 7,022 Referee: Mike Riley

18 February 2006 Round 5	Newcastle United	1–0	Southampton	Newcastle upon Tyne
17:40	Dyer 68'	Report		Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 40,975 Referee: Martin Atkinson

22 March 2006 Round 6	Chelsea	1–0	Newcastle United	London
20:05	Terry 4'	Report	Elliott 90'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 42,279 Referee: Steve Bennett

League Cup

26 October 2005 Round 3	Grimsby Town	0–1	Newcastle United	Cleethorpes
19:45		Report	Shearer 80'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 9,311 Referee: Mark Halsey

30 November 2005 Round 4	Wigan Athletic	1–0	Newcastle United	Wigan
19:45	Connolly 88' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: JJB Stadium Attendance: 11,574 Referee: Steve Bennett

Alan Shearer testimonial

11 May 2006	Newcastle United	3–2	Celtic	Newcastle upon Tyne
19:45	Luque 70' Lawson 90+1' (o.g.) Shearer 90+3' (pen.)	(Report)	Maloney 79' (pen.) Hartson 83'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 52,275 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup		UEFA Intertoto Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	IRL	Shay Given	47	0	38	0	4	0	2	0	3	0
12	GK	ENG	Steve Harper	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Defenders
2	DF	IRL	Stephen Carr	24	0	19	0	2	0	0	0	3	0
3	DF	ENG	Robbie Elliott	22	0	14+3	0	2	0	1	0	2	0
6	DF	FRA	Jean-Alain Boumsong	41	0	30+3	0	3	0	1	0	4	0
18	DF	AUS	Craig Moore	9	0	8	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
19	DF	ENG	Titus Bramble	28	2	21+3	2	3	0	1	0	0	0
26	DF	ENG	Peter Ramage	29	0	23	0	3+1	0	2	0	0	0
27	DF	ENG	Steven Taylor	17	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
33	DF	NGA	Celestine Babayaro	35	0	26+2	0	3	0	1	0	3	0
Midfielders
4	MF	PER	Nolberto Solano	35	6	27+2	6	4	0	2	0	0	0
5	MF	TUR	Emre Belözoğlu	25	2	19+1	2	1+2	0	1	0	1	0
8	MF	ENG	Kieron Dyer	13	1	4+7	0	2	1	0	0	0	0
11	MF	ENG	Lee Bowyer	34	2	18+10	1	1+1	0	1	0	3	1
14	MF	FRA	Charles N'Zogbia	41	6	27+5	5	2+1	0	2	0	3+1	1
15	MF	SEN	Amdy Faye	28	0	14+8	0	0	0	1+1	0	4	0
17	MF	ENG	Scott Parker	32	2	26	1	3	1	2	0	1	0
21	MF	ENG	Lee Clark	25	1	8+14	1	2	0	0+1	0	0	0
35	MF	RSA	Matty Pattison	3	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	MF	IRL	Alan O'Brien	4	0	0+3	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
39	MF	ENG	Martin Brittain	6	0	0	0	1	0	0+2	0	0+3	0
Forwards
9	FW	ENG	Alan Shearer	41	14	31+1	10	3	1	2	1	4	2
10	FW	ENG	Michael Owen	11	7	10+1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	FW	ESP	Albert Luque	18	1	6+8	1	1+2	0	1	0	0	0
23	FW	ENG	Shola Ameobi	34	9	25+5	9	3	0	0	0	0+1	0
28	FW	ENG	Michael Chopra	20	3	6+7	1	1+1	1	1+1	0	1+2	1
Players transferred out during the season
7	MF	ENG	Jermaine Jenas	5	0	3+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
16	MF	ENG	James Milner	7	2	1+2	0	0	0	0	0	4	2
	MF	ENG	Nicky Butt	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0

Last updated: 30 May 2006
Source: Competitions

References

^ "Newcastle dismiss manager Souness". BBC News. 2 February 2006.
^ "Newcastle seal £6.5m Parker deal". BBC News. 15 June 2005. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
^ "Newcastle finalise Emre transfer". BBC News. 19 July 2005. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
^ "Moore signs deal with Newcastle". BBC News. 29 July 2005. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
^ "Clark makes return to Newcastle". BBC News. 2 August 2005. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
^ "Luque finalises move to Newcastle". BBC News. 26 August 2005. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
^ "Owen completes move to Newcastle". BBC News. 31 August 2005. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
^ "Solano makes return to Newcastle". BBC News. 31 August 2005. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
^ "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Portsmouth | Pompey complete deal for O'Brien". BBC News. 13 June 2005. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
^ "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Portsmouth | Pompey say Robert deal permanent". BBC News. 19 June 2005. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
^ "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Blackburn Rovers | Bellamy makes switch to Blackburn". BBC News. 7 July 2005. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
^ "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Charlton Athletic | Charlton sign Newcastle's Ambrose". BBC News. 8 July 2005. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
^ "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Birmingham City | Birmingham wrap up Butt loan deal". BBC News. 3 August 2005. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
^ "Viana agrees Valencia loan move". BBC News. 23 August 2005. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
^ "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Tottenham Hotspur | Jenas completes £7m Spurs switch". BBC News. 31 August 2005. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
^ Boumsong was born in Douala, Cameroon, but also qualified to represent France internationally and made his full international debut for France in June 2003.
^ Ameobi was born in Zaria, Nigeria, but also qualified to represent England internationally and has represented them on U-21 level. However, he later opted to represent the country of his birth and made his full international debut for Nigeria in November 2012.

External links

FootballSquads - Newcastle United - 2005/06

[table_note_res_WHU0.32800679250062-2] Since Liverpool had already qualified for the Champions League, their UEFA Cup berth as the FA Cup winners went to West Ham, who were the FA Cup runners-up.

[1] "Newcastle dismiss manager Souness". BBC News. 2 February 2006.

[3] "Newcastle seal £6.5m Parker deal". BBC News. 15 June 2005. Retrieved 13 July 2012.

[4] "Newcastle finalise Emre transfer". BBC News. 19 July 2005. Retrieved 13 July 2012.

[5] "Moore signs deal with Newcastle". BBC News. 29 July 2005. Retrieved 13 July 2012.

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