2005–06 La Liga

La Liga
Season	2005–06
Champions	Barcelona 18th title
Relegated	Alavés Cádiz Málaga
Champions League	Barcelona (group stage) Real Madrid (group stage) Valencia (3rd qualifying round) Osasuna (3rd qualifying round)
UEFA Cup	Sevilla (first round) Celta Vigo (first round) Espanyol (first round) (via Copa del Rey)
Intertoto Cup	Villarreal (third round)
Matches played	380
Goals scored	936 (2.46 per match)
Top goalscorer	Samuel Eto'o (26)
Biggest home win	Málaga 5–0 Betis (23 October 2005)^[1] Barcelona 5–0 Real Sociedad (30 October 2005)^[2] Getafe 5–0 Espanyol (22 January 2006)^[3] Atlético Madrid 5–0 Málaga (25 February 2006)^[4] Espanyol 5–0 Sevilla (26 February 2006)^[5] Cádiz 5–0 Málaga (13 May 2006)^[6]
Biggest away win	Osasuna 0–4 Getafe (2 April 2006)^[7] Cádiz 0–4 Sevilla (11 February 2006)^[8]
Highest scoring	Valencia 5–3 Cádiz (2 April 2006)^[9]
← 2004–05 2006–07 →

La Liga 2005-06 season, the 75th since its establishment, started on 27 August 2005 and finished on 20 May 2006.

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from 2004–05 Segunda División

Teams relegated to 2005–06 Segunda División

Levante UD relegated after losing to Villarreal CF on 29 May 2005
CD Numancia relegated after losing to RCD Espanyol on 8 May 2005
Albacete Balompié relegated after losing to Villarreal CF on 15 May 2005

Team information

Clubs and locations

Location of teams in La Liga 2005–06

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	Head-to-head
1	Barcelona !Barcelona (C)	38	25	7	6	80	35	+45	82	2006–07 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Real Madrid !Real Madrid	38	20	10	8	70	40	+30	70	2006–07 UEFA Champions League Group stage
3	Valencia !Valencia	38	19	12	7	58	33	+25	69	2006–07 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
4	Osasuna !Osasuna	38	21	5	12	49	43	+6	68	2006–07 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round	OSA 1–0 SEV SEV 0–1 OSA
5	Sevilla !Sevilla	38	20	8	10	54	39	+15	68	2006–07 UEFA Cup First round	OSA 1–0 SEV SEV 0–1 OSA
6	Celta de Vigo !Celta de Vigo	38	20	4	14	45	33	+12	64	2006–07 UEFA Cup First round
7	Villarreal !Villarreal	38	14	15	9	50	39	+11	57	2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round
8	Deportivo La Coruña !Deportivo La Coruña	38	15	10	13	47	45	+2	55
9	Getafe !Getafe	38	15	9	14	54	49	+5	54
10	Atlético Madrid !Atlético Madrid	38	13	13	12	45	37	+8	52
11	Zaragoza !Zaragoza	38	10	16	12	46	51	−5	46
12	Athletic Bilbao !Athletic Bilbao	38	11	12	15	40	46	−6	45
13	Mallorca !Mallorca	38	10	13	15	37	51	−14	43
14	Betis !Betis	38	10	12	16	34	51	−17	42
15	Espanyol !Espanyol	38	10	11	17	36	56	−20	41	2006–07 UEFA Cup First round ¹
16	Real Sociedad !Real Sociedad	38	11	7	20	48	65	−17	40		RAC 2–2 RSO RSO 1–0 RAC
17	Racing Santander !Racing Santander	38	9	13	16	36	49	−13	40		RAC 2–2 RSO RSO 1–0 RAC
18	Alavés !Alavés (R)	38	9	12	17	35	54	−19	39	Relegation to Segunda División
19	Cádiz !Cádiz (R)	38	8	12	18	36	52	−16	36
20	Málaga !Málaga (R)	38	5	9	24	36	68	−32	24

Source: LFP
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th number of goals scored; 7th Fair-play points
¹Espanyol entered UEFA Cup as winners of 2005–06 Copa del Rey.
(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.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Results

Please note that the home teams are read down the left hand side while the away teams are indicated along the top.

Home ╲ Away	Athletic Bilbao !ATH	Atlético Madrid !ATM	Barcelona !FCB	Betis !BET	Cádiz !CÁD	Celta de Vigo !CEL	Alavés !ALV	Deportivo La Coruña !RCD	Espanyol !ESP	Getafe !GET	Málaga !MCF	Mallorca !MLL	Osasuna !OSA	Racing Santander !RAC	Real Madrid !RMA	Real Sociedad !RSO	Sevilla !SFC	Valencia !VCF	Villarreal !VIL	Zaragoza !ZAR
Athletic Bilbao !Athletic Bilbao		1–1	3–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	0–2	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–2	3–0	0–1	0–3	1–1	1–0
Atlético Madrid !Atlético Madrid	1–0		2–1	1–1	3–0	0–3	1–1	3–2	1–1	0–1	5–0	0–1	0–1	2–1	0–3	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	0–0
Barcelona !Barcelona	2–1	1–3		5–1	1–0	2–0	2–0	3–2	2–0	3–1	2–0	2–0	3–0	4–1	1–1	5–0	2–1	2–2	1–0	2–2
Betis !Betis	1–0	1–1	1–4		1–1	0–2	3–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	0–2	2–0	2–1	0–2	2–3	0–0
Cádiz !Cádiz	1–1	1–0	1–3	1–1		1–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	5–0	1–2	1–3	1–1	1–2	2–2	0–4	0–1	1–1	1–2
Celta de Vigo !Celta de Vigo	2–1	0–1	0–1	2–1	2–0		2–1	0–3	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	0–1	1–2	1–0	2–1	0–1	1–0	4–0
Alavés !Alavés	0–1	0–0	0–0	2–0	0–0	1–0		1–0	1–1	3–4	3–2	0–3	1–2	2–2	0–3	3–1	2–1	0–1	1–1	0–2
Deportivo La Coruña !Deportivo La Coruña	1–0	1–2	3–3	1–1	1–0	0–2	0–2		1–2	1–0	2–1	2–2	0–1	2–0	3–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–2	1–1
Espanyol !Espanyol	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–0	0–2	2–0	0–0	1–2		0–2	3–1	2–0	2–4	0–2	1–0	1–0	5–0	1–3	1–2	2–2
Getafe !Getafe	0–3	1–1	1–3	1–0	3–1	1–1	2–2	1–2	5–0		3–2	1–1	0–0	1–2	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	5–2
Málaga !Málaga	0–2	2–1	0–0	5–0	0–2	0–2	0–0	1–1	1–2	1–2		0–2	1–2	2–3	0–2	3–1	0–2	0–0	0–0	0–1
Mallorca !Mallorca	2–2	0–1	0–3	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	1–4		0–1	0–0	2–1	5–2	1–1	2–1	1–1	3–1
Osasuna !Osasuna	2–1	3–2	2–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	3–2	1–2	2–0	0–4	1–1	1–0		1–1	0–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–1
Racing Santander !Racing Santander	0–1	0–1	2–2	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–2	0–3	1–0	1–3	1–1	0–0	2–1		2–3	2–2	2–3	2–1	1–0	0–0
Real Madrid !Real Madrid	2–1	3–1	0–3	0–0	3–1	2–3	3–0	4–0	4–0	1–0	2–1	4–0	1–1	1–2		1–1	4–2	1–2	3–3	1–0
Real Sociedad !Real Sociedad	3–2	3–3	0–2	1–1	2–0	2–2	2–1	2–0	0–1	3–0	3–0	2–1	1–2	1–0	2–2		1–2	1–2	1–3	1–3
Sevilla !Sevilla	0–0	2–1	3–2	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	0–2	1–1	3–0	3–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	4–3	3–2		1–0	2–0	1–1
Valencia !Valencia	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	5–3	2–0	3–0	2–2	4–0	1–1	2–1	3–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	0–2		1–1	2–2
Villarreal !Villarreal	1–1	3–1	0–2	1–2	1–1	1–2	3–2	1–1	4–0	2–1	2–1	3–0	2–1	2–0	0–0	0–2	1–1	1–0		0–0
Zaragoza !Zaragoza	3–2	3–2	0–2	4–3	1–2	1–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–2	2–2	0–1

Source: LFP (Spanish)
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.

Overall

Most wins - Barcelona (25)
Fewest wins - Málaga (5)
Most draws - Zaragoza (16)
Fewest draws - Celta de Vigo (4)
Most losses - Málaga (24)
Fewest losses - Barcelona (6)
Most goals scored - Barcelona (80)
Fewest goals scored - Betis (34)
Most goals conceded - Málaga (68)
Fewest goals conceded - Celta de Vigo and Valencia (33)

Awards

Pichichi Trophy

The Pichichi Trophy is awarded to the player who scores the most goals in a season.

Goalscorers	Goal	Team
Samuel Eto'o	26	Barcelona
David Villa	25	Valencia
Ronaldinho	17	Barcelona
Diego Milito	15	Zaragoza
Ronaldo	14	Real Madrid
Fernando Baiano	13	Celta de Vigo
Fernando Torres	13	Atlético Madrid
Juan Román Riquelme	12	Villarreal CF
Éwerthon	12	Zaragoza

Zamora Trophy

The Zamora Trophy is awarded to the goalkeeper with least goals to games ratio.

Goalkeeper	Goals	Matches	Average	Team
José Manuel Pinto	28	37	0.76	Celta de Vigo
Santiago Cañizares	29	36	0.81	Valencia
Víctor Valdés	29	35	0.83	Barcelona
Leo Franco	31	34	0.91	Atlético Madrid
Iker Casillas	38	37	1.03	Real Madrid
Andrés Palop	37	36	1.03	Sevilla
Sebastián Viera	30	29	1.03	Villarreal
Toni Prats	36	31	1.16	Mallorca
Ricardo	35	30	1.17	Osasuna
José Francisco Molina	45	38	1.18	Deportivo La Coruña

Fair Play award

Rank	Club	Points
1	Barcelona	86
2	Valencia	98
3	Celta Vigo	99
4	Real Sociedad	106
5	Alavés	114
6	Villarreal	116
7	Espanyol	124
7	Mallorca	124
9	Cádiz	125
10	Athletic Bilbao	128
11	Getafe	130
12	Deportivo La Coruña	131
12	Real Madrid	131
14	Zaragoza	136
15	Sevilla	163
16	Osasuna	171
16	Racing Santander	171
18	Málaga	179
19	Betis	183
20	Atlético Madrid	187

Source: Guia As de La Liga 2006-07, p. 144 (sports magazine)

Pedro Zaballa award

Cádiz supporters^[10]

References

↑ "Málaga 5-0 Betis" (in Spanish). RFEF. 23 October 2005. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
↑ "Barcelona 5-0 Real Sociedad" (in Spanish). RFEF. 30 October 2005. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
↑ "Getafe 5-0 Espanyol" (in Spanish). RFEF. 22 January 2006. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
↑ "Atlético Madrid 5-0 Málaga" (in Spanish). RFEF. 25 February 2006. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
↑ "Espanyol 5-0 Sevilla" (in Spanish). RFEF. 26 February 2006. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
↑ "Cádiz 5-0 Málaga" (in Spanish). RFEF. 13 May 2006. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
↑ "Osasuna 0-4 Getafe" (in Spanish). RFEF. 2 April 2006. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
↑ "Cádiz 0-4 Sevilla" (in Spanish). RFEF. 11 February 2006. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
↑ "Valencia 5-3 Cádiz" (in Spanish). RFEF. 2 April 2006. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
↑ "Ganadores del Trofeo Pedro Zaballa" [Pedro Zaballa award Winners] (in Spanish). RFEF. Retrieved 5 September 2010.

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