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Derby County
2005–06 season
Manager	Phil Brown (until 30 January); Terry Westley (from 30 January)
Stadium	Pride Park Stadium
Championship	20th
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	Iñigo Idiakez (11)
	← 2004–05 2006–07 →

During the 2005–06 English football season, Derby County competed in the Football League Championship.

Season summary

Derby County had high hopes going into the season after finishing fourth the previous season, but manager George Burley, who had transformed Derby from relegation candidates into promotion hopefuls, quit in June following the sale of young midfielder Tom Huddlestone to Tottenham Hotspur, without Burley's knowledge nor consent. His replacement, Phil Brown (in his first full-time managerial position) was unable to build on Burley's good work and their poor form dragged them into the relegation mire instead. He was sacked in January after a 6–1 thrashing against Coventry City in the league and a 3–1 defeat against League One side Colchester United in the FA Cup, with Derby languishing in 19th. Former coach Terry Westley stepped up as caretaker manager; despite no wins in his first five games, he was named as caretaker manager for the remainder of the season - Westley promptly won his first game two days later, 1–0 at home to Plymouth. Westley marginally improved Derby's form and they managed to confirm their Championship survival with a few games of the season to spare. Westley, however, was not offered the role of permanent manager; that went to former Preston North End boss Billy Davies.

Derby's form was especially poor away from home, with only 2 away wins all season, a complete contrast from the previous season from which they won 12 away games including six in a row.

Kit

Derby changed both their kit manufacturer and sponsor this season, with Spanish company Joma producing the kits and the Derbyshire Building Society sponsoring the kits.^[1]

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
18	Hull City	46	12	16	18	49	55	−6	52
19	Sheffield Wednesday	46	13	13	20	39	52	−13	52
20	Derby County	46	10	20	16	53	67	−14	50
21	Queens Park Rangers	46	12	14	20	50	65	−15	50
22	Crewe Alexandra (R)	46	9	15	22	57	86	−29	42	Relegation to Football League One

Updated to match(es) played on 2 December 2011. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[2]

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	ENG	Lee Camp^{[notes 1]}
3	DF	POL	Tomasz Hajto
4	DF	ENG	Alan Wright (on loan from Sheffield United)
5	DF	IRL	Jeff Kenna
6	DF	JAM	Michael Johnson^{[notes 2]} (captain)
7	FW	ENG	Tommy Smith
8	MF	DEN	Morten Bisgaard
9	FW	MAR	Mounir El Hamdaoui^{[notes 3]} (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur)
10	DF	ENG	Pablo Mills
11	FW	CAN	Paul Peschisolido
12	MF	ENG	Paul Thirlwell
13	GK	ENG	Lee Grant
14	DF	ENG	Richard Jackson
15	MF	ENG	Adam Bolder


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	DF	ENG	Marc Edworthy
17	DF	ENG	Paul Boertien
18	MF	ENG	Seth Johnson
19	MF	ENG	Nathan Doyle
20	FW	ENG	Lee Holmes
21	MF	SCO	Michael McIndoe (on loan from Doncaster Rovers)
23	DF	JAM	Darren Moore^{[notes 4]}
24	GK	ENG	Kevin Poole
25	DF	ENG	Mitchell Hanson
27	MF	ESP	Iñigo Idiakez
28	FW	ENG	Giles Barnes^{[notes 5]}
29	FW	ENG	Lionel Ainsworth
30	DF	WAL	Lewin Nyatanga^{[notes 6]}
32	DF	ENG	Miles Addison

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
3	DF	ENG	Jamie Vincent (to Millwall)
3	MF	ENG	Peter Whittingham (on loan from Aston Villa)
4	DF	ENG	Andrew Davies (on loan from Middlesbrough)
5	DF	BIH	Muhamed Konjić (retired)
9	FW	POL	Grzegorz Rasiak (to Tottenham Hotspur)
9	FW	TRI	Stern John (on loan from Coventry City)
21	DF	NIR	Chris Turner (to Sligo Rovers)
22	FW	ENG	Dean Holdsworth (to Weymouth)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	FW	JAM	Kevin Lisbie^{[notes 7]} (on loan from Charlton Athletic)
23	FW	ENG	Marcus Tudgay (to Sheffield Wednesday)
25	MF	SEN	Khalilou Fadiga (on loan from Bolton Wanderers)
25	FW	BRA	Elpídio Silva (to Corinthians Alagoano)
31	MF	ENG	Johnnie Jackson (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur)
32	FW	ENG	Dexter Blackstock^{[notes 8]} (on loan from Southampton)
33	DF	BRA	Emerson Thome (on loan from Wigan Athletic)
34	FW	ENG	Danny Graham (on loan from Middlesbrough)

Reserve squad

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
25	DF	ENG	Mitchell Hanson


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
31	DF	ENG	Karl Ashton

Statistics

Starting 11

These charts below depict the most used starters in the most used starting formation. The most recent starters/formations are listed when total starts are equal between two players/formations.^[3]

No.	Pos.	Name	MS
1	GK	Lee Camp	41
16	RB	Marc Edworthy	31
4	CB	Andrew Davies	23
6	CB	Michael Johnson	32
30	LB	Lewin Nyatanga	26
8	RM	Morten Bisgaard	26
18	CM	Seth Johnson	28
15	CM	Adam Bolder	27
27	LM	Iñigo Idiakez	43
7	CF	Tommy Smith	46
11	CF	Paul Peschisolido	17

References

Notes

^ Camp was born in Derby, England, and represented them at U-21 level, but also qualifies to represent Northern Ireland internationally and would make his full international debut for Northern Ireland in March 2011.
^ Johnson was born in Nottingham, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and made his international debut for Jamaica in 1999.
^ El Hamdaoui was born in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and represented them at U-21 level, but also qualifies to represent Morocco internationally and represented them at B level before making his full international debut for Morocco in February 2009.
^ Moore was born in Birmingham, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Jamaica in 1999.
^ Barnes was born in Barking and Dagenham, England, and represented them at U-19 level, but also qualifies to represent Jamaica internationally through his paternal grandparents and would make his international debut for Jamaica in May 2015.
^ Nyatanga was born in Burton upon Trent, England, but also qualifies to represent Wales internationally through his mother and Zimbabwe through his father, and represented Wales at U-17 and U-21 level before making his international debut for Wales in March 2006.
^ Lisbie was born in Hackney, England, but also qualifies to represent Jamaica internationally and made his international debut for Jamaica in 2002.
^ Blackstock was born in Oxford, England, and represented them at U-18, U-19, and U-21 level, but also qualifies to represent Antigua and Barbuda internationally and made his international debut for Antigua and Barbuda in February 2012.