2005–06 Villarreal CF season

Villarreal reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League, being knocked out by eventual runners-up Arsenal 1-0 on aggregate, with Arsenal keeper Jens Lehmann saving a last-minute Juan Román Riquelme penalty, in the second leg, that would have taken the tie to extra time in front of Villarreal's home support.

Despite Villarreal's excellent form in Europe, the continental success was not translated to the domestic stage. Villarreal finished seventh, consigning them to Intertoto Cup football.

Squad

Squad at end of season^[1]

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Javier López Vallejo
2	DF	Gonzalo Rodríguez
3	DF	Rodolfo Arruabarrena
4	DF	César Arzo Amposta
5	FW	Diego Forlán
6	MF	Josico
7	FW	Antonio Guayre
8	MF	Juan Román Riquelme
9	FW	Guillermo Franco^[2]
10	MF	Roger
11	MF	Javier Calleja
12	DF	Juan Pablo Sorín
13	GK	Sebastián Viera
14	MF	Héctor Font
16	DF	Quique Álvarez
17	DF	Javi Venta

No.	Position	Player
18	MF	Alessio Tacchinardi (on loan to Juventus)
19	MF	Marcos Senna^[3]
21	MF	Santi Cazorla
22	DF	Juan Manuel Peña
23	FW	José Mari
24	DF	Josemi
25	GK	Mariano Barbosa
26	FW	Xisco Nadal
29	FW	Jony
30	DF	Carlos Alcántara
31	GK	Juan Carlos
32	MF	José Javier Rubio
35	DF	Nino
36	FW	Oscar López
44	MF	Marquitos
46	MF	David Fuster

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.		Position	Player
9		FW	Luciano Figueroa (on loan to River Plate)
15		DF	Jan Kromkamp (to Liverpool)

No.		Position	Player
20		MF	Luis Antonio Valencia (on loan to Recreativo de Huelva)

Results

Champions League

Third qualifying round

9 August 2005	Everton	1–2	Villarreal	Goodison Park, Liverpool
21:05	Beattie 42'	Report MatchCentre	Figueroa 27' Josico 45+1'	Attendance: 37,685 Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)

24 August 2005	Villarreal	2–1	Everton	Estadio El Madrigal, Villarreal
22:00	Sorín 21' Forlán 90+2'	Report MatchCentre	Arteta 69'	Attendance: 21,500 Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

Group stage

14 September 2005	Villarreal	0–0	Manchester United	Estadio El Madrigal, Villarreal
20:45		Report MatchCentre		Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

27 September 2005	Lille	0–0	Villarreal	Stade de France, Paris
20:45		Report MatchCentre		Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden)

18 October 2005	Villarreal	1–1	Benfica	Estadio El Madrigal, Villarreal
20:45	Riquelme 72' (pen.)	Report MatchCentre	Fernandes 77'	Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)

2 November 2005	Benfica	0–1	Villarreal	Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
20:45		Report MatchCentre	Senna 81'	Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

22 November 2005	Manchester United	0–0	Villarreal	Old Trafford, Manchester
20:45		Report MatchCentre		Attendance: 67,475 Referee: Massimo De Santis (Italy)

7 December 2005	Villarreal	1–0	Lille	Estadio El Madrigal, Villarreal
20:45	Guayre 67'	Report MatchCentre		Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)

First knockout round

22 February 2006	Rangers	2–2	Villarreal	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
	Løvenkrands 22' Peña 82' (o.g.)	Report MatchCentre	Riquelme 8' (pen.) Forlán 35'	Attendance: 49,375 Referee: Eric Poulat (France)

7 March 2006	Villarreal	1–1	Rangers	Estadio El Madrigal, Villarreal
	Arruabarrena 49'	Report MatchCentre	Løvenkrands 12'	Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

Quarter-finals

29 March 2006	Internazionale	2–1	Villarreal	San Siro, Milan
	Adriano 7' Martins 54'	Report MatchCentre	Forlán 1'	Attendance: 49,150 Referee: Alain Sars (France)

4 April 2006	Villarreal	1–0	Internazionale	Estadio El Madrigal, Villarreal
	Arruabarrena 58'	Report MatchCentre		Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

Internazionale 2–2 Villarreal on aggregate. Villarreal won on away goals.

Semi-finals

19 April 2006	Arsenal	1–0	Villarreal	Highbury, London
	Touré 41'	Report MatchCentre		Attendance: 35,450 Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)

25 April 2006	Villarreal	0–0	Arsenal	Estadio El Madrigal, Villarreal
		Report MatchCentre		Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)

Arsenal won 1–0 on aggregate.

References

↑ http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/spain/2005-2006/laliga/villar.htm
↑ Franco was born in Corrientes, Argentina, but became a naturalised Mexican citizen in 2004 and made his international debut for Mexico in 2005.
↑ Senna was born in São Paulo, Brazil, but obtained Spanish citizenship in 2006 and made his international debut for Spain in March 2006.

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