2005–06 Stade Malherbe Caen season
# 2005–06 Stade Malherbe Caen season

The 2005–06 season was Stade Malherbe Caen's 92nd season in existence and the club's first season back in the second division of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Caen participated in this season's editions of the Coupe de France, and the Coupe de la Ligue.

## Competitions

### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
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| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Ligue 2 | 29 July 2005 | 12 May 2006 | Matchday 1 | 4th | 38 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 56 | 35 | +21 | 047.37 |
| Coupe de France | 20 November 2005 | 7 January 2006 | Seventh round | Round of 32 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | +10 | 100.00 |
| Coupe de la Ligue | 22 September 2005 | 20 December 2005 | First round | Round of 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 44 | 23 | 12 | 9 | 73 | 38 | +35 | 052.27 |

Source: Competitions

### Ligue 2

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or Relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | Sedan (P) | 38 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 50 | 32 | +18 | 71 | Promotion to Ligue 1 |
| 3 | Lorient (P) | 38 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 49 | 26 | +23 | 66 | Promotion to Ligue 1 |
| 4 | Caen | 38 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 56 | 35 | +21 | 66 | |
| 5 | Dijon | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 47 | 32 | +15 | 60 | |
| 6 | Bastia | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 47 | 40 | +7 | 58 | |

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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Source: Ligue 2

**Results by round**

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
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| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | L | L | L | D | D | D | D | W | W | D | W | D | D | L | W | D | W | D | L | L | W | D | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W |
| Position | 15 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 20 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
