League Cup 2005/06
| League Cup 2005/06 2005-06 Football League Cup |
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| Cup winners | Manchester United (2nd title) |
| Beginning | August 22, 2005 |
| final | February 26, 2006 |
| Final stadium | Millennium Stadium , Cardiff |
| Teams | 92 |
| Top scorer | Louis Saha (6 goals) |
| ← League Cup 2004/05 | |
The 2005/06 League Cup was the 46th edition of The Carling Cup , or League Cup . The tournament started with 92 clubs.
The competition started on August 22, 2005 with the first round and ended with the final at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on February 26, 2006. The winner of the competition was Manchester United .
First round
The draw for the first round took place on June 28, 2005. All 72 teams in the Football League competed in the first round. The games were played on August 22, 23 and 24, 2005.
Second round
In the second round, 12 Premier League clubs entered the competition. The pairings were drawn on August 27, 2005 and the games were played on September 20 and 21, 2005.
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| Blackburn Rovers | 3: 1 | Huddersfield Town |
| Doncaster Rovers | 1: 1 n.V. (3: 0 p.e.) |
Manchester City |
| Fulham FC | 5: 4 | Lincoln City FC |
| Barnet FC | 2: 1 | Plymouth Argyle |
| Burnley FC | 3-0 | Barnsley FC |
| Crystal Palace | 1-0 | Coventry City |
| Cardiff City | 2: 1 | Macclesfield Town |
| Charlton Athletic | 3: 1 | Hartlepool United |
| Gillingham FC | 3: 2 | Portsmouth FC |
| Grimsby Town | 1-0 | Tottenham Hotspur |
| Leicester City | 2: 1 | Blackpool FC |
| Mansfield Town | 1-0 | Southampton FC |
| Norwich City | 2-0 | Northampton Town |
| Reading FC | 1-0 | Luton Town |
| Rotherham United | 0: 2 | Leeds United |
| Scunthorpe United | 0: 2 | Birmingham City |
| Sheffield Wednesday | 2: 4 | West Ham United |
| Shrewsbury Town | 0: 0 a.d. (0: 3 in good condition) |
Sheffield United |
| Sunderland AFC | 1-0 | Cheltenham Town |
| Watford FC | 2: 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
| West Bromwich Albion | 4: 1 | Bradford City |
| Wigan Athletic | 1-0 | Bournemouth AFC |
| Wycombe Wanderers | 3: 8 | Aston Villa |
| Yeovil Town | 1: 2 | Millwall FC |
Third round
From the third round, the clubs that had qualified for the European competitions for the current season also started. The pairings were drawn on September 24, 2005, and the games were played on October 25 and 26.
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| Birmingham City | 2: 1 | Norwich City |
| Bolton Wanderers | 1-0 | West Ham United |
| Cardiff City | 0: 1 | Leicester City |
| Chelsea FC | 1: 1 a.d. (4: 5 in good condition) |
Charlton Athletic |
| Everton FC | 0: 1 | Middlesbrough FC |
| Grimsby Town | 0: 1 | Newcastle United |
| Manchester United | 4: 1 | Barnet FC |
| Aston Villa | 1-0 | Burnley FC |
| Blackburn Rovers | 3-0 | Leeds United |
| Crystal Palace | 2: 1 | Liverpool FC |
| Doncaster Rovers | 2-0 | Gillingham FC |
| Fulham FC | 2: 3 | West Bromwich Albion |
| Mansfield Town | 2: 3 | Millwall FC |
| Reading FC | 2-0 | Sheffield United |
| Sunderland AFC | 0: 3 | Arsenal FC |
| Wigan Athletic | 3-0 | Watford FC |
Round of 16
| Result | spectator | ||
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| Bolton Wanderers | 2: 1 a.d. | Leicester City | 13,076 |
| Charlton Athletic | 2: 3 | Blackburn Rovers | 14.093 |
| Manchester United | 3: 1 | West Bromwich Albion | 48,924 |
| Middlesbrough FC | 2: 1 | Crystal Palace | 10,791 |
| Wigan Athletic | 1-0 | Newcastle United | 11,574 |
| Arsenal FC | 3-0 | Reading FC | 36,167 |
| Doncaster Rovers | 3-0 | Aston Villa | 10,590 |
| Millwall FC | 2: 2 n.v. (3: 4 in good condition) |
Birmingham City | 7,732 |
Quarter finals
| Result | spectator | ||
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| Doncaster Rovers | 2: 2 n.v. (1: 3 in good condition) |
Arsenal FC | 10,006 |
| Middlesbrough FC | 0: 1 | Blackburn Rovers | 14,710 |
| Birmingham City | 1: 3 | Manchester United | 20,454 |
| Wigan Athletic | 2-0 | Bolton Wanderers | 13,401 |
Semifinals
The semi-finals took place in January. The semi-finals were the first and only round that was played with a return leg.
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| Wigan Athletic | ( a ) 2: 2 | Arsenal FC | 1-0 | 1: 2 a.d. |
| Blackburn Rovers | 2: 3 | Manchester United | 1: 1 | 1: 2 |
final
| Manchester United | Wigan Athletic | Lineup | ||||||
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Edwin van der Sar - Gary Neville , Wes Brown (83rd Nemanja Vidić ), Rio Ferdinand , Mikaël Silvestre (83rd Patrice Evra ) - Cristiano Ronaldo (73rd Kieran Richardson ), John O'Shea , Ryan Giggs , Park Ji-sung - Wayne Rooney , Louis Saha Trainer: Alex Ferguson |
Mike Pollitt (14th John Filan ) - Pascal Chimbonda , Arjan de Zeeuw , Stéphane Henchoz (62nd Lee McCulloch ), Leighton Baines - Jimmy Bullard , Graham Kavanagh (72nd Reto Ziegler ), Paul Scharner , Gary Teale - Henri Camara , Jason Roberts Trainer: Paul Jewell |
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 1: 0 Wayne Rooney (33.) 2: 0 Louis Saha (55.) 3: 0 Cristiano Ronaldo (59.) 4: 0 Wayne Rooney (61.)
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 Cristiano Ronaldo (60th)
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Arjan de Zeeuw (45th)
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| Player of the Match: Wayne Rooney | ||||||||