2005–06 CA Osasuna season

CA Osasuna

2005–06 season
Manager	Javier Aguirre
Stadium	El Sadar
La Liga	4th
UEFA Cup	First round
Copa del Rey	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Savo Milošević (11) All: Savo Milošević (12)

During the 2005–06 season, CA Osasuna competed in La Liga, the top division of Spanish football, as well as the Copa del Rey and UEFA Cup.

Season summary

The culmination of a consolidated CA Osasuna in the elite of football came the 2005-06 season. It was Javier Aguirre’s fourth consecutive year as the manager and CA Osasuna had just returned to European competition the previous year on the 2005–06 La Liga. The 2005–06 La Liga CA Osasuna season was a historic season for the club. After 38 league games, the team managed to finished 4th in La Liga only falling behind F.C. Barcelona, Real Madrid and Valencia.^[1] For the second time in its history, CA Osasuna finished 4th in the Spanish first division league, obtaining the qualification for the first time in the club history to the UEFA Champions League.^[2] They would end up falling against Hamburger SV on the previous qualification to the Champions League 2006-07, drawing both leg-games but losing the qualification.^[3] Automatically CA Osasuna dropped and played the UEFA Europa League on the 2006-07 season. The 2005–06 La Liga season was the season that CA Osasuna recorded the most points on a single season in its history.^[1] Also, they were able to finished 2nd in the league before Christmas break with 36 points, finishing on top of Real Madrid and Valencia and only falling behind F.C Barcelona.^[1] Javier Aguirre would end up leaving the following season to manage Atletico de Madrid due to the success of the 2005-06 season.^[2] During the season, CA Osasuna stadium name was changed from El Sadar to Reyno de Navarra.^[4]

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[5]

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  ESP Juan Elía 2 DF  ESP José Izquierdo 3 DF  ESP Rafael Clavero 4 DF  ESP Miguel Flaño 5 DF  ESP Carlos Cuéllar 6 MF  ESP Raúl García 7 DF  ESP César Cruchaga 8 MF  ESP Juan Manuel Ortiz (on loan from Atlético Madrid) 9 FW  SCG Savo Milošević 10 MF  ESP Francisco Puñal 11 MF  MAR Moha 12 MF  ESP Fran Moreno

No. Pos. Nation Player 13 GK  ESP Ricardo 14 DF  ESP Josetxo 15 FW  CMR Pierre Webó 16 MF  ESP David López 17 DF  ESP Javier Flaño 18 MF  URU Marcelo Sosa (on loan from Atlético Madrid) 19 DF  ESP Enrique Corrales 20 FW  ARG Bernardo Romeo 21 MF  ESP Valdo 22 MF  ESP Iñaki Muñoz 23 MF  FRA Ludovic Delporte 26 GK  ESP Roberto Santamaría

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 24 FW  ESP Gorka Brit (on loan to Eibar)

Competitions

La Liga

Main article: 2005–06 La Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Real Madrid	38	20	10	8	70	40	+30	70	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
3	Valencia	38	19	12	7	58	33	+25	69	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4	Osasuna	38	21	5	12	49	43	+6	68
5	Sevilla	38	20	8	10	54	39	+15	68	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
6	Celta Vigo	38	20	4	14	45	33	+12	64

Source: LFP
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th number of goals scored; 7th Fair-play points

Copa del Rey

Main article: 2005–06 Copa del Rey

UEFA Cup

Main article: 2005–06 UEFA Cup

Rennes v Osasuna

15 September 2005 First round 1st leg	Rennes	3–1	Osasuna	Stade de la Route de Lorient, Rennes
19:00	Frei 27', 74' Hadji 84'	Report	Milošević 52'	Attendance: 20,525 Referee: Cristian Balaj (Romania)

Osasuna v Rennes

29 September 2005 First round 2nd leg	Osasuna	0–0 (1–3 agg.)	Rennes	Estadio Reyno de Navarra, Pamplona
20:30		Report		Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis (Greece)

References

1. S.L., Diarioas AS. "Calendario Primera división 2005/2006 - Regular en AS.com". resultados.as.com. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
2. AGENCIAS (2006-05-19). "Aguirre se marcha de Osasuna dejando al equipo en Champions". EL PAÍS (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-10-25.
3. Agencias (2006-08-22). "El Hamburgo acaba con el sueño de Osasuna en 'Champions' (1-1)". Cadena SER (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2017-10-25.
4. "El Sadar pasa a llamarse 'Reyno de Navarra' - elmundo.es deportes". www.elmundo.es. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
5. "FootballSquads - Osasuna - 2005/06".