2005–06 Feyenoord season

Feyenoord
2005–06 season
Chairman	Jorien van den Herik
Head coach	Erwin Koeman
Stadium	De Kuip
Eredivisie	3rd
KNVB Cup	Round of 16
UEFA Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Dirk Kuyt (22); All: Dirk Kuyt (25)

The 2005–06 season was the 98th season in the existence of Feyenoord, a professional football club based in Rotterdam, Netherlands. It was their 50th consecutive season in the Eredivisie, the top flight of Dutch football. The team was under the management of Erwin Koeman, who head been appointed head coach ahead of the season, replacing Ruud Gullit.

Season summary

Feyenoord were the highest-scoring side in the Eredivisie and improved on the previous season's results to finish third, though they remained well behind the title contenders. They were eliminated in the opening rounds of both the domestic cup and the UEFA Cup. In the Eredivisie's UEFA play-offs for Champions League qualification they were defeated at the first stage, losing 7–2 on aggregate to an Ajax team that had finished 11 points behind them in the league.

Kits

Feyenoord's kits were manufactured by Italian company Kappa and sponsored by Belgian financial company Fortis.

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[1]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	NED	Maikel Aerts
4	DF	BRA	André Bahia
5	DF	NED	Pascal Bosschaart
7	FW	NED	Dirk Kuyt
9	FW	NED	Pierre van Hooijdonk
10	MF	NED	Nicky Hofs
14	MF	CHI	Sebastián Pardo
15	DF	DEN	Patrick Mtiliga
16	MF	NED	Alfred Schreuder
17	DF	NED	Patrick Paauwe
18	DF	NED	Serginho Greene
19	FW	MAR	Ali Boussaboun


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	DF	NED	Ron Vlaar
21	FW	CIV	Salomon Kalou
28	MF	NED	Romeo Castelen^{[notes 1]}
29	MF	NED	Tim Vincken
30	GK	NED	Patrick Lodewijks
32	GK	EGY	Sherif Ekramy
33	MF	CAN	Jonathan de Guzmán^{[notes 2]}
34	DF	GHA	Christian Gyan
35	MF	NED	Diego Biseswar
36	DF	BUL	Ivan Bandalovski (on loan from Litex Lovech)
37	DF	NED	Royston Drenthe
39	DF	BEL	Pieter Collen

Left club during season

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	SWE	Alexander Östlund (to Southampton)
3	DF	TUN	Karim Saidi (on loan to Lecce)
6	MF	EGY	Hossam Ghaly (to Tottenham Hotspur)
8	MF	JPN	Shinji Ono (to Urawa Red Diamonds)
9	FW	SCG	Danko Lazović (on loan to Bayer Leverkusen and Partizan Belgrade)
20	MF	BRA	Leonardo (to NAC Breda)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	DF	NED	Ferne Snoyl (on loan to Aberdeen)
24	MF	NED	Edwin de Graaf (on loan to ADO Den Haag)
25	DF	USA	Cory Gibbs (on loan to ADO Den Haag)
26	FW	NGA	John Owoeri (on loan to Westerlo)
27	DF	BEL	Timothy Derijck (on loan to NAC Breda)
31	DF	NED	Gianni Zuiverloon (on loan to RKC Waalwijk)

Results

Eredivisie

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	PSV (C)	34	26	6	2	71	23	+48	84	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	AZ	34	23	5	6	78	32	+46	74	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round playoff
3	Feyenoord	34	21	8	5	79	34	+45	71
4	Ajax^[a]	34	18	6	10	66	41	+25	60
5	Groningen	34	16	8	10	46	43	+3	56

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Ajax won the 2005–06 KNVB Cup

14 August 2005 (2005-08-14) 1	Feyenoord	2 – 0	NAC	Rotterdam
14:30 CEST	Pardo 24' Kuyt 71'	report	Zwaanswijk 44'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 42.000 Referee: Temmink

21 August 2005 (2005-08-21) 2	Sparta	1 – 3	Feyenoord	Rotterdam
12:30 CEST	van den Bergh 20' de Fauw 51' Michels 89'	report	Paauwe 4' Pardo 37' 53' Ghaly 38' 57' Kuyt 45'	Stadium: Het Kasteel Attendance: 11.000 Referee: Vink

28 August 2005 (2005-08-28) 3	Ajax	1 – 2	Feyenoord	Amsterdam
12:30 CEST	Grygera 11' Charisteas 79' Trabelsi 81'	report	Kalou 16' Kuyt 47' Snoyl 71' Paauwe 84'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 49.567 Referee: van Egmond

11 September 2005 (2005-09-11) 4	Feyenoord	3 – 0	NEC	Rotterdam
14:30 CEST	Ghaly 23' Kalou 36' Pardo 72' Östlund 78' Castelen 90'	report	Tininho 19'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 35.000 Referee: Braamhaar

18 September 2005 (2005-09-18) 5	Feyenoord	5 – 1	Heerenveen	Rotterdam
14:30 CEST	Lodewijks 20' Kuyt 56', 73' Bahia 67' Paauwe 76' Kalou 90' (pen.)	report	Yildirim 12' Bosvelt 35' Huntelaar 61' Waterman 90'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 36.000 Referee: van Dongen

25 September 2005 (2005-09-25) 6	FC Twente	1 – 3	Feyenoord	Enschede
12:30 CEST	Zomer 85'	report	Castelen 26', 46' Kuyt 90'	Stadium: Arke Stadion Attendance: 13.250 Referee: Luinge

2 October 2005 (2005-10-02) 7	FC Twente	3 – 1	Feyenoord	Utrecht
12:30 CEST	Nelisse 7', 49', 51' Tiendalli 44' 65' de Jong 72'	report	Keller 26' (o.g.) Ono 43' Bosschaart 47' Castelen 58' Greene 61' Paauwe 64'	Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 20.041 Referee: Vink

16 October 2005 (2005-10-16) 8	Feyenoord	4 – 1	FC Groningen	Rotterdam
14:30 CEST	Boussaboun 53' Greene 59' Kuyt 66' Kalou 72' Ghaly 89'	report	Silva 9' Kruiswijk 22' Roorda 50' Cornelisse 64' Florén 84' Waterman 90'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 40.000 Referee: Bossen

23 October 2005 (2005-10-23) 9	RKC Waalwijk	2 – 1	Feyenoord	Waalwijk
14:30 CEST	Martens 33' Texeira 90'	report	Castelen 78'	Stadium: Mandemakers Stadion Attendance: 7.000 Referee: Gumienny

30 October 2005 (2005-10-30) 10	Willem II	1 – 3	Feyenoord	Tilburg
14:30 CEST	Agustien 62' Fehér 68' Denissen 90'	report	de Guzman 9' Castelen 21' Paauwe 61'	Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion Attendance: 13.500 Referee: Temmink

6 November 2005 (2005-11-06) 11	Feyenoord	0 – 0	Vitesse	Rotterdam
14:30 CEST	de Guzmán 5'	report	Yakubu 14' Vreven 85'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 40.000 Referee: Luinge

20 November 2005 (2005-11-20) 12	Roda JC	2 – 3	Feyenoord	Kerkrade
12:30 CEST	Sergio 28' Oper 44' Senden 78' Kah 81' van Dijk 88'	report	Boussaboun 7' Kuyt 25' Bahia 33' Paauwe 43' Biseswar 79'	Stadium: Parkstad Limburg Stadion Attendance: 16.000 Referee: van Egmond

27 November 2005 (2005-11-27) 13	Feyenoord	7 – 1	Heracles	Rotterdam
14:30 CEST	Boussaboun 9', 59' Greene 19' Kalou 35' Kuyt 78', 83' Östlund 86' de Guzmán 90'	report	Jansen 87'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 40.000 Referee: Blom

3 December 2005 (2005-12-03) 14	RBC Roosendaal	2 – 2	Feyenoord	Roosendaal
19:30 CEST	Kpaka 2' Loran 16' de Lange 32' Fleur 54'	report	Pardo 21' de Guzmán 73' Östlund 60'	Stadium: RBC Stadion Attendance: 4.500 Referee: Braamhaar

11 December 2005 (2005-12-11) 15	Feyenoord	1 – 0	PSV	Rotterdam
12:30 CEST	Kuyt 7' Boussaboun 15'	report	Ooijer 18' Lamey 73'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 45.000 Referee: Bossen

18 December 2005 (2005-12-18) 16	ADO Den Haag	2 – 1	Feyenoord	The Hague
12:30 CEST	den Ouden 2' (pen.) Saavreda 79'	report	Kalou 68'	Stadium: Zuiderpark Stadion Attendance: 8.633 Referee: Luinge

26 December 2005 (2005-12-26) 17	Feyenoord	2 – 0	AZ	Rotterdam
12:30 CEST	Paauwe 3' 48' de Guzmán 8' Ghaly 43'	report	Perez 13' de Zeeuw 17' Landzaat 34'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 47.000 Referee: Vink

29 December 2005 (2005-12-29) 18	Feyenoord	6 – 1	Willem II	Rotterdam
20:00 CEST	Östlund 33' Kuyt 45', 75', 79' Pardo 50' Kalou 61', 69'	report	Smit 12' van Nieuwstadt 24' Reuser 35' 67'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 47.000 Referee: van Sichem

15 January 2006 (2006-01-15) 19	Vitesse	0 – 1	Feyenoord	Arnhem
12:30 CEST	Knol 36'	report	Bahia 28'	Stadium: Gelredome Attendance: 23.200 Referee: van Egmond

22 January 2006 (2006-01-22) 20	Feyenoord	0 – 0	Roda JC	Rotterdam
14:30 CEST	Bosschaart 38'	report	Kah 9' Cziommer 20' Lachambre 52'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 39.000 Referee: Luinge

29 January 2006 (2006-01-29) 21	Heracles	0 – 4	Feyenoord	Almelo
16:30 CEST	Maas 66' de Vries 77'	report	Kalou 25' Kuyt 36' Castelen 39' Paauwe 75'	Stadium: Polman Stadion Attendance: 8.500 Referee: Wiedemeijer

5 February 2006 (2006-02-05) 22	Feyenoord	3 – 2	Ajax	Rotterdam
12:30 CEST	Hofs 21' 37' Castelen 45' Kuyt 48' Greene 65'	report	Rosenberg 23' Lindenbergh 29' Grygera 49' Huntelaar 90'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 45.000 Referee: Temmink

8 February 2006 (2006-02-08) 23	NEC	1 – 2	Feyenoord	Nijmegen
20:00 CEST	van der Doelen 36' Niedzielan 39' Denneboom 57' Barreto 74'	report	Bosschaart 43' Wisgerhof 83' (o.g.) Kuyt 90'	Stadium: De Goffert Attendance: 12.500 Referee: van Hulten

12 February 2006 (2006-02-12) 24	NAC	3 – 3	Feyenoord	Breda
14:30 CEST	Diba 24', 90' Stam 29' Jenner 89'	report	Kalou 7', 35' Castelen 71'	Stadium: Rat Verlegh Stadion Attendance: 16.385 Referee: Vink

19 February 2006 (2006-02-19) 25	Feyenoord	4 – 0	Sparta	Rotterdam
12:30 CEST	Hofs 28', 37' Kuyt 52' Boussaboun 88'	report		Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 44.000 Referee: Luinge

26 February 2006 (2006-02-26) 26	FC Groningen	1 – 1	Feyenoord	Groningen
16:30 CEST	Luirink 7' Fledderus 12' Cornelisse 20' van de Laak 37' Salmon 44' van der Linden 53'	report	Paauwe 44' van Hooijdonk 71'	Stadium: Euroborg Attendance: 19.776 Referee: Jol

5 March 2006 (2006-03-05) 27	Feyenoord	3 – 0	FC Utrecht	Rotterdam
12:30 CEST	Hofs 18' Kalou 41', 90' Kuyt 49'	report	Tiendalli 16' van Steensel 19' Braafheid 42' Shew-Atjon 84'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 35.000 Referee: Wiedemeijer

12 March 2006 (2006-03-12) 28	Feyenoord	1 – 1	RKC Waalwijk	Rotterdam
14:30 CEST	van Diemen 34' (o.g.) Vlaar 78'	report	Berger 87'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 44.000 Referee: Temmink

19 March 2006 (2006-03-19) 29	AZ	1 – 0	Feyenoord	Alkmaar
12:30 CEST	Arveladze 58' Mathijsen 68'	report	Hofs 12' Greene 27' Kuyt 79'	Stadium: Alkmaarderhout Attendance: 8.845 Referee: van Egmond

26 March 2006 (2006-03-26) 30	Feyenoord	0 – 2	ADO Den Haag	Rotterdam
12:30 CEST	Bosschaart 33'	report	de Graaf 34' Kolkka 37', 67' El Akchaoui 46'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 41.000 Referee: Bossen

2 April 2006 (2006-04-02) 31	Feyenoord	4 – 2	FC Twente	Rotterdam
14:30 CEST	Kalou 6', 65' Kuyt 23' (pen.), 61'	report	Zomer 22' Gerritsen 25' N'Kufo 34' 39' Brama 44' Ouédraogo 45'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 37.500 Referee: Wiedemeijer

7 April 2006 (2006-04-07) 32	Heerenveen	1 – 1	Feyenoord	Heerenveen
20:30 CEST	Breuer 21' Tarvajärvi 49' Bruggink 66'	report	Bahia 32' van Hooijdonk 79'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 21.000 Referee: Haverkort

12 April 2006 (2006-04-12) 33	PSV	1 – 1	Feyenoord	Eindhoven
20:00 CEST	Cocu 70'	report	Castelen 51'	Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 34.300 Referee: Bossen

16 April 2006 (2006-04-16) 34	Feyenoord	2 – 0	RBC Roosendaal	Rotterdam
14:30 CEST	Hofs 68' Kuyt 71' (pen.) van Hooijdonk 83'	report	Acuña 50' Fortes Rodríguez 69'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 42.000 Referee: Blom

Play-offs Eredivisie Champions League Qualification

20 April 2006 (2006-04-20) 1st Round	Ajax	3 – 0	Feyenoord	Amsterdam
20:15 CEST	Rosales 27' Pienaar 71' Heitinga 79' 82' Huntelaar 80'	report	Bahia 61' Vlaar 83' Castelen 87'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 34.364 Referee: Braamhaar

23 April 2006 (2006-04-23) 1st Round	Feyenoord	2 – 4	Ajax	Rotterdam
12:30 CEST	Collen 15' van Hooijdonk 35' Kuyt 59', 87'	report	Rosales 34' Huntelaar 40' Boukhari 51' Rosenberg 54' Mitea 81'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 30.470 Referee: Bossen

Ajax won 7-2 on aggregate.

KNVB Cup

1/8 Final

21 December 2005 (2005-12-21) Round of 16	Roda JC	1 – 0	Feyenoord	Kerkrade
	Sergio 31'			Stadium: Parkstad Limburg Stadion Attendance: unknown Referee: unknown

UEFA Cup

First round

15 September 2005	Feyenoord	1 – 1	Rapid București	De Kuip, Rotterdam
19:00	Kuyt 40'	Report	Vasilache 74' (pen.)	Referee: Vladimír Hriňák (Slovakia)

29 September 2005	Rapid București	1 – 0	Feyenoord	Stadionul Giulești-Valentin Stănescu, Bucharest
18:00	Buga 12'	Report		Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)

Rapid București won 2-1 on aggregate.

Friendlies

4 July 2005 (2005-07-04)	Alphense Boys	0 – 1	Feyenoord	Alphen aan den Rijn
		report	Hofs 76'	Stadium: Sportpark de Bijlen Attendance: unknown Referee: unknown

6 July 2005 (2005-07-06)	Rohda Raalte	0 – 5	Feyenoord	Raalte
		report	Kalou 6' Boussaboun 25' Leonardo 43' Östlund 52' Hofs 65'	Stadium: Sportpark Tijenraan Attendance: unknown Referee: unknown

8 July 2005 (2005-07-08)	BVV Barendrecht	0 – 3	Feyenoord	Barendrecht
		report	Boussaboun 52' Leonardo 82' Hofs 89'	Stadium: Sportpark de Bongerd Attendance: 5.000 Referee: unknown

10 July 2005 (2005-07-10)	Ujpest Dosza	1 – 3	Feyenoord	Siofok
	Rajczi 51'	report	Bahia 54' Vandenbroeck 71' (o.g.) Lazović 89'	Stadium: Révész Géza utcai Stadion Attendance: unknown Referee: unknown

17 July 2005 (2005-07-17) Nanjing International Tournament 1/2 final	Feyenoord	2 – 1	Espanyol	Nanjing
	Kuyt 9', 19'	report	Pochettino 32'	Stadium: Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre Attendance: unknown Referee: unknown

22 July 2005 (2005-07-22) Nanjing International Tournament final	Feyenoord	3 – 0	Nacional	Nanjing
	Hofs 12' Kuyt 73', 75'	report		Stadium: Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre Attendance: unknown Referee: unknown

31 July 2005 (2005-07-31)	Feyenoord	3 – 0	Hertha BSC	Rotterdam
	Kuyt 54' Kalou 69' Lazović 79' Hofs Östlund	report	Okoronkwo 50' Neuendorf 58' Kovač Simunic	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: unknown Referee: unknown

3 August 2005 (2005-08-03)	Charlton Athletic	2 – 0	Feyenoord	London
	Bent 60', 62'	report		Stadium: The Valley Attendance: unknown Referee: unknown

6 August 2005 (2005-08-06)	RKSV Schijndel	2 – 2	Feyenoord	Schijndel
	Van den Heuvel 12' Kuijpers 90'	report	Derijck 8' Boussaboun 69' Pardo 50'	Stadium: De Rooise Heide Attendance: unknown Referee: unknown

10 January 2006 (2006-01-10)	HSV Hoek	0 – 2	Feyenoord	Hoek
		report	Snoyl 25' Biseswar 85'	Stadium: Sportpark Denoek Attendance: unknown Referee: unknown

22 February 2006 (2006-02-22)	Feyenoord	1 – 0	KV Mechelen	Rotterdam
	Castelen 40'	report		Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: unknown Referee: unknown

9 May 2006 (2006-05-09)	VV Verburch	1 – 4	Feyenoord	Poeldijk
	Sengers 75'	report	Pardo 14', 26' van Hooijdonk 39', 71' (pen.)	Stadium: Verburch Terrein Attendance: unknown Referee: unknown

18 May 2006 (2006-05-18)	Groot Woudrichem	1 – 18	Feyenoord	Almkerk
	Van Tilborg 32'	report	van Hooijdonk 4', 8' (pen.), 12', 26', 38', 61' (pen.), 64' Pardo 20', 70' Boussaboun 25', 45' de Guzmán 41', 55' Bosschaart 44' Green 57' Abubakari 75' (pen.), 86' Mtiliga 78'	Stadium: Sportcomplex Almkerk Attendance: 1.500 Referee: unknown

References

^ "FootballSquads - Feyenoord - 2005/06".

Notes

^ Castelen was born in Paramaribo, Suriname, but also qualified to represent the Netherlands internationally and made his international debut for the Netherlands in August 2004.
^ De Guzmán was born in Scarborough, Canada, but would later become qualified to represent the Netherlands internationally after gaining citizenship in 2008 and would make his international debut for the Netherlands in January 2013.

[table_note_AJA0.11452014423652-4] Ajax won the 2005–06 KNVB Cup

[1] "FootballSquads - Feyenoord - 2005/06".

[2] Castelen was born in Paramaribo, Suriname, but also qualified to represent the Netherlands internationally and made his international debut for the Netherlands in August 2004.

[3] De Guzmán was born in Scarborough, Canada, but would later become qualified to represent the Netherlands internationally after gaining citizenship in 2008 and would make his international debut for the Netherlands in January 2013.

[1]

[notes 1]

[notes 2]

[a]