2005–06 Feyenoord season
# 2005–06 Feyenoord season

During the 2005–06 Dutch football season, Feyenoord competed in the Eredivisie.

## Season summary

Feyenoord were once again the Eredivisie's top scorers and they improved on last's seasons results to finish 3rd, but the team was still some way off challenging for the title. The club also suffered elimination at the first hurdle in both the domestic and UEFA cups. The club's last chance for glory was to win the Eredivise's UEFA play-offs to qualify for the Champions League, but they were knocked out at the first stage again after an embarrassing 7-2 aggregate loss to an Ajax side who had finished 11 points behind the Rotterdam club.

## 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

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. 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 |
| 29 | MF | NED | Tim Vincken |
| 30 | GK | NED | Patrick Lodewijks |
| 32 | GK | EGY | Sherif Ekramy |
| 33 | MF | CAN | Jonathan de Guzmán |
| 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. 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 | Teamvte | 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 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round playoff |
| 4 | Ajax | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 66 | 41 | +25 | 60 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round playoff |
| 5 | Groningen | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 46 | 43 | +3 | 56 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round playoff |

* ↑ Ajax won the 2005–06 KNVB Cup

### Play-offs Eredivisie Champions League Qualification

Ajax won 7-2 on aggregate.

### UEFA Cup

**First round**

Rapid București won 2-1 on aggregate.

