| Competition: | Bundesliga |
| Season: | 2005–06 |
| Dates: | 5 August 2005 – 13 May 2006 |
| Winners: | Bayern Munich 19th Bundesliga title 20th German title |
| Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Bayern Munich Werder Bremen Hamburger SV |
| Continentalcup2: | UEFA Cup |
| Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | Schalke 04 Bayer Leverkusen Eintracht Frankfurt |
| Continentalcup3: | Intertoto Cup |
| Continentalcup3 Qualifiers: | Hertha BSC |
| League Topscorer: | Miroslav Klose (25) |
| Matches: | 306 |
| Total Goals: | 861 |
| Prevseason: | 2004–05 |
| Nextseason: | 2006–07 |
The 2005–06 Bundesliga was the 43rd season of the Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. It began on 5 August 2005 and concluded on 13 May 2006.[1]
Eighteen teams competed in the league – the top fifteen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the 2. Bundesliga. The promoted teams were 1. FC Köln, MSV Duisburg and Eintracht Frankfurt. 1. FC Köln and Eintracht Frankfurt returned to the top flight after an absence of one year while MSV Duisburg returned in the top flight after an absence of six years. They replaced VfL Bochum, Hansa Rostock and SC Freiburg, ending their top flight spells of three, ten and two years respectively.
| Club | Location | Ground[2] | Capacity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bielefeld | SchücoArena | 26,600 | ||
| Leverkusen | BayArena | 22,500 | ||
| Munich | Allianz Arena | 75,000 | ||
| Dortmund | Westfalenstadion | 68,600 | ||
| Mönchengladbach | Stadion im Borussia-Park | 54,067 | ||
| Duisburg | MSV-Arena | 31,502 | ||
| Frankfurt am Main | Commerzbank Arena | 62,000 | ||
| Hamburg | AOL Arena | 62,000 | ||
| Hanover | AWD-Arena | 60,400 | ||
| Berlin | Olympiastadion | 76,000 | ||
| Kaiserslautern | Fritz Walter Stadion | 41,500 | ||
| Cologne | Müngersdorfer Stadion | 46,000 | ||
| Mainz | Stadion am Bruchweg | 20,300 | ||
| Nuremberg | Frankenstadion | 44,700 | ||
| Gelsenkirchen | Arena AufSchalke | 61,973 | ||
| Stuttgart | Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion | 53,700 | ||
| Bremen | Weserstadion | 42,100 | ||
| Wolfsburg | Volkswagen Arena | 30,000 |
| Team | Manager | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| data-sort-value="Augsburg" | data-sort-value="Thorup, Jess" | Thomas von Heesen | Saller | Krombacher | ||
| data-sort-value="Berlin, Union" | data-sort-value="Bjelica, Nenad" | Michael Skibbe | Adidas | RWE | ||
| data-sort-value="Bochum" | data-sort-value="Letsch, Thomas" | Felix Magath | Adidas | Deutsche Telekom | ||
| data-sort-value="Bremen" | data-sort-value="Werner, Ole" | Bert van Marwijk | Nike | E.ON | ||
| data-sort-value="Darmstadt" | data-sort-value="Lieberknecht, Torsten" | Horst Köppel | Lotto | Kyocera | ||
| data-sort-value="Dortmund" | data-sort-value="Terzic, Edin" | Heiko Scholz (caretaker) | Uhlsport | Iceline Tiefkühl | ||
| data-sort-value="Frankfurt" | data-sort-value="Toppmoller, Dino" | Friedhelm Funkel | Jako | Fraport | ||
| data-sort-value="Freiburg" | data-sort-value="Streich, Christian" | Thomas Doll | Puma | Abu Dhabi Investment Group | ||
| data-sort-value="Heidenheim" | data-sort-value="Schmidt, Frank" | Peter Neururer | Diadora | TUI Group | ||
| data-sort-value="Hoffenheim" | data-sort-value="Matarazzo, Pellegrino" | Falko Götz | Nike | Arcor | ||
| data-sort-value="Koln" | data-sort-value="TBD" | Wolfgang Wolf | Kappa | Deutsche Vermögensberatung | ||
| data-sort-value="Leipzig" | data-sort-value="Tedesco, Domenico" | Hanspeter Latour | Adidas | Gerling-Konzern | ||
| data-sort-value="Leverkusen" | data-sort-value="Alonso, Xabi" | Jürgen Klopp | Lotto | DBV-Winterthur | ||
| data-sort-value="Mainz" | data-sort-value="Siewert, Jan" | Hans Meyer | Adidas | mister*lady Jeans | ||
| data-sort-value="Monchengladbach" | data-sort-value="Seoane, Gerardo" | Mirko Slomka | Adidas | Victoria Versicherung | ||
| data-sort-value="Munich" | data-sort-value="Tuchel, Thomas" | Armin Veh | Puma | EnBW | ||
| data-sort-value="Stuttgart" | data-sort-value="Hoeneß, Sebastian" | Thomas Schaaf | Kappa | KiK | ||
| data-sort-value="Wolfsburg" | data-sort-value="Kovac, Niko" | Klaus Augenthaler | Nike | Volkswagen/Volkswagen TSI |
