Season

2005-06

Manchester UnitedSir Alex Ferguson

2ndleague finish

of 20 in the Premier League

+1.1
goal difference
1.9 scored · 0.8 conceded
56
Played
63%
Win rate

Season in brief

2nd of 20 in the Premier League, up from 3rd the year before. Lifted the League Cup, beating Wigan Athletic in the final. Ruud van Nistelrooy led the scoring with 24 goals (scorer data covers 100% of the 106 United scored).

The Premier League table

Final standings · 20 clubs · United and the clubs around them

  1. 1Chelsea38P · 29W 4D 5L · GD +5091
  2. 2Manchester United38P · 25W 8D 5L · GD +3883
  3. 3Liverpool38P · 25W 7D 6L · GD +3282
  4. 4Arsenal38P · 20W 7D 11L · GD +3767
  6. 19West Bromwich Albion38P · 7W 9D 22L · GD -2730
  7. 20Sunderland38P · 3W 6D 29L · GD -4315

Slice: the final Premier League table for 2005-06, every club computed from the full league results.

Coverage: complete — all results known.

Points follow the era’s rule (two then three for a win); the order uses goal average before 1976–77 and goal difference after. The faint foot marks the lower reaches — exact relegation places varied by era.

The season, match by match

56 matches
9 Aug 2005 v Debreceni VSC: 3–013 Aug 2005 @ Everton: 2–020 Aug 2005 v Aston Villa: 1–024 Aug 2005 @ Debreceni VSC: 3–028 Aug 2005 @ Newcastle United: 2–010 Sep 2005 v Manchester City: 1–114 Sep 2005 @ Villarreal CF: 0–018 Sep 2005 @ Liverpool: 0–024 Sep 2005 v Blackburn Rovers: 1–227 Sep 2005 v S.L. Benfica: 2–11 Oct 2005 @ Fulham: 3–215 Oct 2005 @ Sunderland: 3–118 Oct 2005 v Lille OSC: 0–022 Oct 2005 v Tottenham Hotspur: 1–126 Oct 2005 v Barnet: 4–129 Oct 2005 @ Middlesbrough: 1–42 Nov 2005 @ Lille OSC: 0–16 Nov 2005 v Chelsea: 1–019 Nov 2005 @ Charlton Athletic: 3–122 Nov 2005 v Villarreal CF: 0–027 Nov 2005 @ West Ham United: 2–130 Nov 2005 v West Bromwich Albion: 3–13 Dec 2005 v Portsmouth: 3–07 Dec 2005 @ S.L. Benfica: 1–211 Dec 2005 v Everton: 1–114 Dec 2005 v Wigan Athletic: 4–017 Dec 2005 @ Aston Villa: 2–020 Dec 2005 @ Birmingham City: 3–126 Dec 2005 v West Bromwich Albion: 3–028 Dec 2005 @ Birmingham City: 2–231 Dec 2005 v Bolton Wanderers: 4–13 Jan 2006 @ Arsenal: 0–08 Jan 2006 @ Burton Albion: 0–011 Jan 2006 @ Blackburn Rovers: 1–114 Jan 2006 @ Manchester City: 1–318 Jan 2006 v Burton Albion: 5–022 Jan 2006 v Liverpool: 1–025 Jan 2006 v Blackburn Rovers: 2–129 Jan 2006 @ Wolverhampton Wanderers: 3–01 Feb 2006 @ Blackburn Rovers: 3–44 Feb 2006 v Fulham: 4–211 Feb 2006 @ Portsmouth: 3–118 Feb 2006 @ Liverpool: 0–126 Feb 2006 n Wigan Athletic: 4–06 Mar 2006 @ Wigan Athletic: 2–112 Mar 2006 v Newcastle United: 2–018 Mar 2006 @ West Bromwich Albion: 2–126 Mar 2006 v Birmingham City: 3–029 Mar 2006 v West Ham United: 1–01 Apr 2006 @ Bolton Wanderers: 2–19 Apr 2006 v Arsenal: 2–014 Apr 2006 v Sunderland: 0–017 Apr 2006 @ Tottenham Hotspur: 2–129 Apr 2006 @ Chelsea: 0–31 May 2006 v Middlesbrough: 0–07 May 2006 v Charlton Athletic: 4–0
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Every match in order — wins above the line, losses below, bar height the goal margin.