2005–06 A.S. Roma season

Roma

2005–06 season
President	Franco Sensi
Manager	Luciano Spalletti
Stadium	Stadio Olimpico
Serie A	2nd (originally 5th)
Coppa Italia	Runners-up
UEFA Cup	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Francesco Totti (15) All: Francesco Totti (17)
Average home league attendance	41,933
Home colours Away colours
← 2004–05 2006–07 →

The 2005–06 season saw Associazione Sportiva Roma experience several ups and downs, as it went through periods of poor form which bracketed a then-record 11 match winning streak in Serie A. Despite this period of excellent form, the club originally finished just fifth in the final standings, before Juventus, Milan and Fiorentina all were declared of varying guilt in a scandal that rocked Italian football in the summer of 2006. The resulting point deductions directed toward all three aforementioned clubs promoted Roma to second in the final standings.

The season also saw Roma hit with a one-year transfer ban, since it poached Philippe Mexès from Auxerre in spite of a rolling contract in 2004. Before the axe fell, Roma had already made its summer signings Doni, Samuel Kuffour, Rodrigo Taddei and Shabani Nonda, which made the ban redundant. It did however, delay Antonio Cassano's long-awaited transfer to Real Madrid, which lifted the morale of the squad following Cassano's long-time public feud with captain Francesco Totti.

Players

Squad information

Squad No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (age)	Previous Club
Goalkeepers
1	Gianluca Curci		GK	(1985-07-12)July 12, 1985 (aged 20)	Roma Primavera
21	Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos		GK	(1976-08-07)August 7, 1976 (aged 29)	Milan
32	Doni		GK	(1979-10-22)October 22, 1979 (aged 26)	Juventude
Defenders
2	Christian Panucci		CB/RB	(1973-04-12)April 12, 1973 (aged 33)	Monaco
3	Cesare Bovo		CB	(1983-01-14)January 14, 1983 (aged 23)	Lecce
4	Samuel Kuffour		CB	(1976-09-03)September 3, 1976 (aged 29)	Bayern Munich
5	Philippe Mexès		CB	(1982-03-30)March 30, 1982 (aged 24)	Auxerre
13	Cristian Chivu		CB/LB	(1980-10-26)October 26, 1980 (aged 25)	Ajax
24	Luigi Sartor		RB/LB	(1975-01-30)January 30, 1975 (aged 31)	Parma
25	Leandro Cufré		CB	(1978-05-09)May 9, 1978 (aged 28)	Gimnasia La Plata
Midfielders
7	Édgar Álvarez		RM	(1980-01-09)January 9, 1980 (aged 26)	Peñarol
8	Alberto Aquilani		CM/AM	(1984-07-07)July 7, 1984 (aged 21)	Roma Primavera
11	Rodrigo Taddei		RM/LM	(1980-03-06)March 6, 1980 (aged 26)	Siena
14	Houssine Kharja		AM	(1982-11-09)November 9, 1982 (aged 23)	Ternana
15	Olivier Dacourt		CM	(1974-09-25)September 25, 1974 (aged 31)	Leeds United
16	Daniele De Rossi		DM	(1983-07-24)July 24, 1983 (aged 22)	Roma Primavera
17	Damiano Tommasi		DM	(1974-05-17)May 17, 1974 (aged 32)	Hellas Verona
20	Simone Perrotta		CM	(1977-09-17)September 17, 1977 (aged 28)	Chievo
28	Aleandro Rosi		RM	(1973-10-24)October 24, 1973 (aged 32)	Roma Primavera
30	Mancini		AM	(1980-08-01)August 1, 1980 (aged 25)	Venezia
Forwards
9	Vincenzo Montella		CF	(1974-06-18)June 18, 1974 (aged 31)	Sampdoria
10	Francesco Totti (c)		FW	(1976-09-27)September 27, 1976 (aged 29)	Roma Primavera
18	Antonio Cassano		FW	(1982-07-12)July 12, 1982 (aged 23)	Bari
35	Stefano Okaka		CF	(1989-08-09)August 9, 1989 (aged 16)	Roma Primavera
40	Shabani Nonda		CF	(1977-03-06)March 6, 1977 (aged 29)	Monaco

Competitions

Serie A

Main article: 2005–06 Serie A

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	19	12	7	70	42	+28	69	11	4	4	35	21	+14	8	8	3	35	21	+14

Last updated: 22 July 2015.
Source: Competitive matches

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
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	D	W	D	L	L	D	W	W	W	L	D	D	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	D	D	W	D	D	D	W	L

Last updated: 22 July 2015.
Source: Competitive matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Reggina v Roma

28 August 2005 1	Reggina	0–3	Roma	Reggio Calabria
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Mancini  30' De Rossi  46' Nonda  90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Oreste Granillo Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Roberto Rosetti

Roma v Udinese

11 September 2005 2	Roma	0–1	Udinese	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Muntari  32'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 36,000 Referee: Domenico Messina

Livorno v Roma

18 September 2005 3	Livorno	0–0	Roma	Livorno
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Armando Picchi Attendance: 13,736 Referee: Matteo Trefoloni

Roma v Parma

21 September 2005 4	Roma	4–1	Parma	Rome
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Totti  24' Nonda  26', 87' Panucci  34'	Report	Cannavaro  30'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 35,542 Referee: Daniele Tombolini

Cagliari v Roma

25 September 2005 5	Cagliari	0–0	Roma	Cagliari
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Attendance: 12,550 Referee: Antonio Dattilo

Roma v Siena

2 October 2005 6	Roma	2–3	Siena	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Taddei  46' Panucci  86'	Report	Negro  17' Chiesa  54' Colonnese  90'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 33,508 Referee: Emidio Morganti

Empoli v Roma

16 October 2005 7	Empoli	1–0	Roma	Empoli
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Tavano  59'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 8,607 Referee: Tiziano Pieri

Roma v Lazio

23 October 2005 8	Roma	1–1	Lazio	Rome
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Totti  40'	Report	Rocchi  57'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 61,030 Referee: Gianluca Paparesta

Internazionale v Roma

26 October 2005 9	Internazionale	2–3	Roma	Milan
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Adriano  67', 77'	Report	Montella  12' Totti  30', 47' (pen.)	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 50,230 Referee: Roberto Rosetti

Roma v Ascoli

30 October 2005 10	Roma	2–1	Ascoli	Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Panucci  39' Mexès  90+1'	Report	Domizzi  83'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 38,722 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

Messina v Roma

6 November 2005 11	Messina	0–2	Roma	Messina
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Mexès  34' Totti  81'	Stadium: Stadio San Filippo Attendance: 21,366 Referee: Paolo Dondarini

Roma v Juventus

19 November 2005 12	Roma	1–4	Juventus	Rome
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Totti  65' (pen.)	Report	Nedvěd  45+1' Ibrahimović  56' Trezeguet  58', 61'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 68,816 Referee: Gianluca Paparesta

Roma v Fiorentina

27 November 2005 13	Roma	1–1	Fiorentina	Rome
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Tommasi  2'	Report	Toni  67' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 39,690 Referee: Nicola Ayroldi

Lecce v Roma

4 December 2005 14	Lecce	2–2	Roma	Lecce
20:35 CET (UTC+01:00)	Cozzolino  51' Vučinić  57' (pen.)	Report	Cassano  21' Nonda  45'	Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Attendance: 14,781 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

Roma v Palermo

11 December 2005 15	Roma	1–2	Palermo	Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Cassano  35'	Report	Biava  21' Caracciolo  78'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 35,316 Referee: Paolo Bertini

Sampdoria v Roma

18 December 2005 16	Sampdoria	1–1	Roma	Genoa
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Flachi  56' (pen.)	Report	Totti  15'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 22,551 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi

Roma v Chievo

21 December 2005 17	Roma	4–0	Chievo	Rome
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Totti  32' (pen.), 39' Perrotta  64' Taddei  85'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 32,068 Referee: Daniele Tombolini

Treviso v Roma

8 January 2006 18	Treviso	0–1	Roma	Treviso
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Aquilani  34'	Stadium: Stadio Omobono Tenni Attendance: 7,562 Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto

Roma v Milan

15 January 2006 19	Roma	1–0	Milan	Rome
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Mancini  81'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 48,952 Referee: Roberto Rosetti

Roma v Reggina

18 January 2006 20	Roma	3–1	Reggina	Rome
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Totti  4', 65' Mancini  90+3'	Report	Franceschini  90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 32,734 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento

Udinese v Roma

22 January 2006 21	Udinese	1–4	Roma	Udine
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Di Natale  66'	Report	Mancini  40' (pen.), 75' De Rossi  62' Chivu  79' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 16,524 Referee: Nicola Ayroldi

Roma v Livorno

29 January 2006 22	Roma	3–0	Livorno	Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Totti  31', 41' (pen.) Taddei  62'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 36,831 Referee: Domenico Messina

Parma v Roma

4 February 2006 23	Parma	0–3	Roma	Parma
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Mancini  48', 72' Perrotta  76'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 16,638 Referee: Matteo Trefoloni

Roma v Cagliari

8 February 2006 24	Roma	4–3	Cagliari	Rieti
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Perrotta  25' De Rossi  35' Totti  79' (pen.), 90+1' (pen.)	Report	Suazo  15' Langella  19' Conti  55'	Stadium: Stadio Centro d'Italia – Manlio Scopigno Attendance: 0 Referee: Oscar Girardi

Siena v Roma

12 February 2006 25	Siena	0–2	Roma	Siena
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	De Rossi  71' Mancini  90+4'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi – Montepaschi Arena Attendance: 12,315 Referee: Nicola Ayroldi

Roma v Empoli

19 February 2006 26	Roma	1–0	Empoli	Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Perrotta  15'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 43,503 Referee: Domenico Messina

Lazio v Roma

26 February 2006 27	Lazio	0–2	Roma	Rome
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Taddei  31' Aquilani  63'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 60,040 Referee: Matteo Trefoloni

Roma v Internazionale

5 March 2006 28	Roma	1–1	Internazionale	Rome
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Taddei  9'	Report	Materazzi  89'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 56,819 Referee: Tiziano Pieri

Ascoli v Roma

12 March 2006 29	Ascoli	3–2	Roma	Ascoli Piceno
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Quagliarella  20' Paci  24' Budan  42'	Report	Taddei  72' Comotto  74' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca Attendance: 17,498 Referee: Paolo Bertini

Roma v Messina

19 March 2006 30	Roma	2–1	Messina	Rome
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Perrotta  7' Aquilani  56'	Report	Di Napoli  68'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 34,217 Referee: Mauro Bergonzi

Juventus v Roma

25 March 2006 31	Juventus	1–1	Roma	Turin
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Emerson  35'	Report	Kharja  85'	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 29,068 Referee: Matteo Trefoloni

Fiorentina v Roma

2 April 2006 32	Fiorentina	1–1	Roma	Florence
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Toni  2'	Report	Cufré  72'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 40,786 Referee: Domenico Messina

Roma v Lecce

9 April 2006 33	Roma	3–1	Lecce	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mancini  20' (pen.), 73' Chivu  23'	Report	Delvecchio  90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 38,932 Referee: Massimiliano Saccani

Palermo v Roma

15 April 2006 34	Palermo	3–3	Roma	Palermo
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Di Michele  50' Barone  52', 79'	Report	Taddei  24' Mancini  29' (pen.), 31'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 27,855 Referee: Roberto Rosetti

Roma v Sampdoria

22 April 2006 35	Roma	0–0	Sampdoria	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 39,846 Referee: Emidio Morganti

Chievo v Roma

30 April 2006 36	Chievo	4–4	Roma	Verona
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Amauri  8', 36' Luciano  48' Pellissier  61' (pen.)	Report	De Rossi  4', 14' Taddei  25' Dacourt  62'	Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Attendance: 10,234 Referee: Tiziano Pieri

Roma v Treviso

7 May 2006 37	Roma	1–0	Treviso	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Tommasi  36'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 42,263 Referee: Roberto Rosetti

Milan v Roma

14 May 2006 38	Milan	2–1	Roma	Milan
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kaká  5' (pen.) Amoroso  90+1' (pen.)	Report	Mexès  34'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 66,305 Referee: Andrea De Marco

Coppa Italia

Main article: 2005–06 Coppa Italia

Round of 16

Napoli v Roma

8 December 2005 First leg	Napoli	0–3	Roma	Naples
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)			Aquilani  34' Nonda  40' Okaka  83'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Referee: Paolo Dondarini

Roma v Napoli

11 January 2006 Second leg	Roma	2–1 (5–1 agg.)	Napoli	Rome
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Aquilani  39' Mancini  45'		Amodio  90'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Mauro Bergonzi

Quarter-finals

Juventus v Roma

26 January 2006 First leg	Juventus	2–3	Roma	Turin
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Del Piero  72', 90'		Mancini  38' Tommasi  61' Perrotta  68'	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Referee: Daniele Tombolini

Roma v Juventus

1 February 2006 Second leg	Roma	0–1 (3a–3 agg.)	Juventus	Rome
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)			Mutu  48'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Paolo Dondarini

Semi-finals

Palermo v Roma

22 March 2006 First leg	Palermo	2–1	Roma	Palermo
18:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Brienza  4' Mutarelli  69'		Perrotta  1'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Referee: Emidio Morganti

Roma v Palermo

12 April 2006 Second leg	Roma	1–0 (2a–2 agg.)	Palermo	Rome
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Tommasi  30'			Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto

Final

Main article: 2006 Coppa Italia Final

Roma v Internazionale

3 May 2006 First leg	Roma	1–1	Internazionale	Rome
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mancini  55'		Cruz  8'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 64,000 Referee: Matteo Trefoloni

Internazionale v Roma

11 May 2006 Second leg	Internazionale	3–1 (4–2 agg.)	Roma	Milan
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Cambiasso  6' Cruz  45' Martins  76'		Nonda  80'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 59,000 Referee: Domenico Messina

UEFA Cup

Main article: 2005–06 UEFA Cup

First round

Main article: 2005–06 UEFA Cup first round

Roma v Aris

15 September 2005 First leg	Roma	5–1	Aris	Rome, Italy
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Aquilani  1',  79' Panucci  22', 43' Montella  27' Kuffour  29' Totti  53'	Report	Domoraud  11' Sanjurjo  39' Papadopoulos  60' Moisiadis  69'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

Aris v Roma

29 September 2005 Second leg	Aris	0–0 (1–5 agg.)	Roma	Thessaloniki, Greece
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Vangjeli  67'	Report	Bovo  79'	Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)

Group stage

Main article: 2005–06 UEFA Cup group stage § Group E

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Strasbourg	4	2	2	0	7	3	+4	8
Roma	4	2	1	1	7	6	+1	7
Basel	4	2	0	2	7	9	−2	6
Red Star Belgrade	4	1	1	2	7	8	−1	4
Tromsø	4	1	0	3	7	9	−2	3

Tromsø v Roma

20 October 2005 1	Tromsø	1–2	Roma	Tromsø, Norway
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Årst  42',  86'	Report	Kuffour  35' Dacourt  45' Bovo  48' Cufré  84' Perrotta  89' De Rossi  90'	Stadium: Alfheim Stadion Referee: Peter Sippel (Germany)

Roma v Strasbourg

24 November 2005 2	Roma	1–1	Strasbourg	Rome, Italy
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Cassano  72' Bovo  85'	Report	Bellaïd  51'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

Red Star Belgrade v Roma

1 December 2005 3	Red Star Belgrade	3–1	Roma	Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Žigić  37', 86' Kovačević  70' Purović  77'	Report	Nonda  23' Álvarez  50' Aquilani  71'	Stadium: Stadion FK Crvena zvezda Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden)

Roma v Basel

14 December 2005 4	Roma	3–1	Basel	Rome, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Taddei  12' Totti  45' Nonda  49' Chivu  61'	Report	Petrić  78' Eduardo  81'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Helmut Fleischer (Germany)

Final phase

Main article: 2005–06 UEFA Cup final phase

Round of 32

Club Brugge v Roma

15 February 2006 First leg	Club Brugge	1–2	Roma	Bruges, Belgium
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Portillo  61' De Cock  64' Klukowski  71'	Report	Dacourt  13' De Rossi  27' Vanaudenaerde  44' (o.g.) Curci  72' Perrotta  74'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 27,138 Referee: Yuri Baskakov (Russia)

Roma v Club Brugge

23 February 2006 Second leg	Roma	2–1 (4–2 agg.)	Club Brugge	Rome, Italy
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kharja  16' Mancini  55' Tommasi  58' Bovo  71'	Report	Verheyen  60' Clement  73'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

Round of 16

Middlesbrough v Roma

9 March 2006 First leg	Middlesbrough	1–0	Roma	Middlesbrough, England
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Yakubu  12' (pen.) Riggott  72'	Report	Perrotta  42' Mexès  89'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 25,354 Referee: Alain Sars (France)

Roma v Middlesbrough

15 March 2006 Second leg	Roma	2–1 (2–2a agg.)	Middlesbrough	Rome, Italy
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Mexès  30', 90+2' Mancini  31',  43', 66' (pen.) Aquilani  77' Bovo  86'	Report	Cattermole  14' Boateng  30' Hasselbaink  32' Pogatetz  85'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 32,642 Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)

Statistics

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Serie A	Coppa Italia	UEFA Cup	Total
1	10	FW		Francesco Totti	15	0	2	17
Own goal					1	0	1	2
Totals					70	12	18	100

Last updated: 27 May 2007

• Francesco Totti 15 (6)
• Mancini 12 (3)
• Rodrigo Taddei 8
• Daniele De Rossi 6
• Shabani Nonda 4
• Simone Perrotta 4
• Alberto Aquilani 3