2005–06 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season

The 2005–06 season was the 107th season of competitive league football in the history of English football club Wolverhampton Wanderers. They played the season in the 2nd tier of the English football system, the Football League Championship.

The team finished in seventh place, falling nine points short of a place in the promotion play-offs. Following this season, a summer of changes occurred with manager Glenn Hoddle resigning and many of the club's first team players departing.

Pre season
Pre season began on 27 June with a week training at the National Sports Centre at Lilleshall. The squad then spent a week in Montecastillo, Spain during 4–10 July.

Football League Championship
A total of 24 teams competed in the Championship during the 2005–06 season. Each team would play every other team twice, once at their stadium, and once at the opposition's. Three points were awarded to teams for each win, one point per draw, and none for defeats. The provisional fixture list was released on 23 June 2005, but was subject to change in the event of matches being selected for television coverage or police concerns.

Statistics

 * align="left"|1||align="left"|GK||align="left"|🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Michael Oakes
 * 16(1)||0||0||0||0||0||16(1)||0||0||0||
 * align="left"|2||align="left"|DF||align="left"| Mark Clyde
 * 0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||
 * align="left"|3||align="left"|DF||align="left"|🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lee Naylor
 * 38(2)||1||1||0||1||0||40(2)||1||4||0||
 * align="left"|4||align="left"|MF||align="left"|🇳🇬 Seyi Olofinjana
 * 6(7)||0||0||0||1||0||7(7)||0||0||0||
 * align="left"|5||align="left"|DF||align="left"|🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Joleon Lescott
 * 46||1||2||0||1(1)||0||49(1)||1||3||0||
 * align="left"|6||align="left"|DF||align="left"|🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jody Craddock
 * 17(1)||0||0||0||1||0||18(1)||0||0||0||
 * align="left"|7||align="left"|DF||align="left"| Jackie McNamara
 * 9(1)||0||0||0||0(1)||0||style="background:#98FB98"|9(2)||0||4||0||
 * align="left"|8||align="left"|MF||align="left"|🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Paul Ince (c)
 * 15(3)||3||2||0||0||0||17(3)||3||1||0||
 * align="left"|9||align="left"|FW||align="left"| Vio Ganea
 * 11(7)||4||0||0||1(1)||1||12(8)||5||0||1||
 * align="left"|10||align="left"|MF||align="left"| Colin Cameron ¤
 * 20(7)||4||1(1)||0||2||2||23(8)||6||5||1||
 * align="left"|11||align="left"|MF||align="left"|🇮🇪 Mark Kennedy
 * 37(3)||2||2||0||1||0||40(3)||2||7||0||
 * align="left"|12||align="left"|DF||align="left"|🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Rob Edwards
 * 39(3)||0||1||0||2||0||42(3)||0||2||0||
 * align="left"|13||align="left"|GK||align="left"|🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Paul Harrison †
 * 0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||
 * align="left"|14||align="left"|MF||align="left"|🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Darren Anderton
 * 20(4)||1||1||0||1(1)||1||style="background:#98FB98"|22(5)||2||1||0||
 * align="left"|15||align="left"|MF||align="left"|🇭🇺 Dénes Rósa
 * 6(3)||2||0(1)||0||0||0||style="background:#98FB98"|6(4)||2||0||0||
 * align="left"|16||align="left"|FW||align="left"| Kenny Miller
 * 33(2)||10||2||0||2||2||37(2)||12||11||0||
 * align="left"|17||align="left"|DF||style="background:#faecc8" align="left"| Maurice Ross ‡
 * 13(5)||0||1||0||0||0||style="background:#98FB98"|14(5)||0||5||0||
 * align="left"|18||align="left"|FW||align="left"| George Ndah †
 * 6(8)||1||0||0||0(2)||0||6(10)||1||0||0||
 * align="left"|19||align="left"|MF||align="left"|🇰🇷 Seol Ki-Hyeon
 * 22(10)||4||2||0||2||0||26(10)||4||3||0||
 * align="left"|20||align="left"|GK||align="left"|🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Matt Murray ¤
 * 1||0||0||0||0||0||1||0||0||0||
 * align="left"|21||align="left"|GK||align="left"|🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Paul Jones ¤ †
 * 0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||
 * align="left"|21||align="left"|FW||style="background:#faecc8" align="left"|🇫🇷 Jérémie Aliadière ‡
 * 12(2)||2||0||0||0||0||style="background:#98FB98"|12(2)||2||3||0||
 * align="left"|22||align="left"|MF||style="background:#faecc8" align="left"|🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tom Huddlestone ‡
 * 12(1)||1||0||0||0||0||style="background:#98FB98"|12(1)||1||2||0||
 * align="left"|24||align="left"|DF||style="background:#faecc8" align="left"|🇭🇺 Gábor Gyepes ‡
 * 19(1)||0||2||0||2||0||style="background:#98FB98"|23(1)||0||5||0||
 * align="left"|25||align="left"|GK||style="background:#faecc8" align="left"| Stefan Postma ‡
 * 29||0||2||0||0||0||style="background:#98FB98"|29||0||0||0||
 * align="left"|27||align="left"|FW||align="left"|🇬🇾 Carl Cort
 * 24(7)||11||1(1)||0||0||0||25(8)||11||0||0||
 * align="left"|28||align="left"|MF||align="left"|🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Rohan Ricketts
 * 17(8)||0||0||0||0(1)||0||17(9)||0||2||0||
 * align="left"|30||align="left"|GK||align="left"|🇳🇬 Carl Ikeme ¤
 * 0||0||0||0||1||0||style="background:#98FB98"|1||0||0||0||
 * align="left"|32||align="left"|MF||align="left"| Sammy Clingan ¤ †
 * 0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||
 * align="left"|32||align="left"|FW||align="left"|🇵🇱 Tomasz Frankowski
 * 12(4)||0||0(1)||0||0||0||style="background:#98FB98"|12(5)||0||0||0||
 * align="left"|33||align="left"|FW||align="left"|🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Leon Clarke ¤
 * 10(14)||1||1||1||1||0||12(14)||2||3||0||
 * align="left"|34||align="left"|MF||align="left"|🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lewis Gobern ¤
 * 0(1)||0||0||0||0||0||style="background:#98FB98"|0(1)||0||0||0||
 * align="left"|36||align="left"|MF||align="left"|🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Daniel Jones
 * 1||0||0||0||0||0||style="background:#98FB98"|1||0||0||0||
 * align="left"|37||align="left"|MF||align="left"|🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Chris Cornes ¤
 * 0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||
 * align="left"|39||align="left"|MF||align="left"|🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Davies
 * 12(8)||1||1(1)||0||2||0||style="background:#98FB98"|15(9)||1||3||0||
 * align="left"|40||align="left"|DF||align="left"|🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Keith Lowe ¤
 * 3||0||0||0||0||0||3||0||0||0||
 * }
 * align="left"|25||align="left"|GK||style="background:#faecc8" align="left"| Stefan Postma ‡
 * 29||0||2||0||0||0||style="background:#98FB98"|29||0||0||0||
 * align="left"|27||align="left"|FW||align="left"|🇬🇾 Carl Cort
 * 24(7)||11||1(1)||0||0||0||25(8)||11||0||0||
 * align="left"|28||align="left"|MF||align="left"|🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Rohan Ricketts
 * 17(8)||0||0||0||0(1)||0||17(9)||0||2||0||
 * align="left"|30||align="left"|GK||align="left"|🇳🇬 Carl Ikeme ¤
 * 0||0||0||0||1||0||style="background:#98FB98"|1||0||0||0||
 * align="left"|32||align="left"|MF||align="left"| Sammy Clingan ¤ †
 * 0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||
 * align="left"|32||align="left"|FW||align="left"|🇵🇱 Tomasz Frankowski
 * 12(4)||0||0(1)||0||0||0||style="background:#98FB98"|12(5)||0||0||0||
 * align="left"|33||align="left"|FW||align="left"|🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Leon Clarke ¤
 * 10(14)||1||1||1||1||0||12(14)||2||3||0||
 * align="left"|34||align="left"|MF||align="left"|🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lewis Gobern ¤
 * 0(1)||0||0||0||0||0||style="background:#98FB98"|0(1)||0||0||0||
 * align="left"|36||align="left"|MF||align="left"|🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Daniel Jones
 * 1||0||0||0||0||0||style="background:#98FB98"|1||0||0||0||
 * align="left"|37||align="left"|MF||align="left"|🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Chris Cornes ¤
 * 0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||
 * align="left"|39||align="left"|MF||align="left"|🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Davies
 * 12(8)||1||1(1)||0||2||0||style="background:#98FB98"|15(9)||1||3||0||
 * align="left"|40||align="left"|DF||align="left"|🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Keith Lowe ¤
 * 3||0||0||0||0||0||3||0||0||0||
 * }
 * 1||0||0||0||0||0||style="background:#98FB98"|1||0||0||0||
 * align="left"|37||align="left"|MF||align="left"|🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Chris Cornes ¤
 * 0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||
 * align="left"|39||align="left"|MF||align="left"|🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Davies
 * 12(8)||1||1(1)||0||2||0||style="background:#98FB98"|15(9)||1||3||0||
 * align="left"|40||align="left"|DF||align="left"|🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Keith Lowe ¤
 * 3||0||0||0||0||0||3||0||0||0||
 * }
 * align="left"|40||align="left"|DF||align="left"|🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Keith Lowe ¤
 * 3||0||0||0||0||0||3||0||0||0||
 * }

Kit
The previous season's home kit was retained, featuring the club's traditional gold and black colours. The season however saw a new away kit introduced that was an all-black design, with gold piping on the shirt. Last season's navy blue and white away kit was also retained for this season. The kits were manufactured by Le Coq Sportif and featured Chaucer Consulting as sponsor for a second season.