2005–06 FC Thun season

During the 2005–06 Swiss football season, FC Thun competed in the Swiss Super League.

FC Thun
2005–06 season
ManagerSwitzerland Urs Schönenberger (until February)
Switzerland Adrian Kunz (caretaker)
Austria Heinz Peischl (from February)
StadiumStadion Lachen (domestic competitions)
Stade de Suisse Wankdorf (European competitions)
Swiss Super League5th
UEFA Champions LeagueGroup stage
UEFA CupRound of 32

Season summary

Thun defeated Dynamo Kyiv and Malmö to reach the Champions League group stage for the first (and, as of 2012, only) time in their history, where they were drawn in Group B with English giants Arsenal, four-time winners Ajax of the Netherlands and Czech champions Sparta Prague. Thun finished third and were knocked out of the Champions League, although there was consolation as they were demoted to the third round UEFA Cup, their first appearance in Europe's secondary cup competition. The European adventure couldn't last though, as they were knocked out by German giants Hamburg.

Players

First-team squad
Squad at end of season[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Brazil BRA Leandro Vieira
4 DF Switzerland SUI Sehid Sinani
5 DF Australia AUS Ljubo Milicevic
7 DF Switzerland SUI Grégory Duruz
8 FW Brazil BRA Gelson
9 MF Brazil BRA Adriano Pimenta
11 DF Switzerland SUI Andres Gerber
12 DF Cameroon CMR Armand Deumi
13 FW Senegal SEN Pape Omar Faye
14 MF Switzerland SUI Nenad Savić[notes 1]
15 MF Germany GER Eren Şen
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF Switzerland SUI Roman Friedli[notes 2] (on loan from Young Boys)
17 DF Austria AUT Alen Orman[notes 3]
18 GK Switzerland SUI Alain Portmann
19 MF Switzerland SUI Silvan Aegerter
21 MF Switzerland SUI Nelson Ferreira
23 MF Switzerland SUI Önder Çengel[notes 4]
24 MF Senegal SEN Ibrahima Ba (on loan from CS Sfaxien)
25 DF Brazil BRA João Paulo di Fabio
26 DF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Selver Hodžić
28 GK Switzerland SUI Daniel Lopar (on loan from FC Wil)
36 GK Switzerland SUI Sascha Stulz

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Switzerland SUI Eldin Jakupović[notes 5] (on loan from Grasshoppers)
3 DF Portugal POR José Gonçalves (to FBK Kaunas)
6 DF Brazil BRA Tiago Bernardini (to Slovácko)
7 DF Switzerland SUI Henry Siqueira-Barras[notes 6] (released)
10 DF Brazil BRA Adriano Spadoto (released)
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 FW Switzerland SUI Adrian Moser (to Düdingen)
20 FW Switzerland SUI Mauro Lustrinelli (to Sparta Prague)
22 DF Spain ESP David Pallas (to VfL Bochum)
23 DF Switzerland SUI Lukas Schenkel (to Young Boys)

Results

Second qualifying round
26 July 2005 Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine 2–2 Switzerland Thun Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium, Kyiv
Husyev 20'
Shatskikh 40'		 Lustrinelli 28'
Aegerter 66'
3 August 2005 Thun Switzerland 1–0 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
Bernardini 90+'

Third qualifying round
10 August 2005 Malmö FF Sweden 0–1 Switzerland Thun Malmö Stadion, Malmö
Pimenta 34'
23 August 2005 Thun Switzerland 3–0 Sweden Malmö FF Stade de Suisse Wankdorf, Bern
Bernardini 26'
Lustrinelli 40', 66'

Group stage
14 September 2005 Arsenal England 2–1 Switzerland Thun Highbury, London
20:45 Gilberto 51'
Bergkamp 90+2'		 Report Ferreira 53' Attendance: 34,500
Referee: Grzegorz Gilewski (Poland)
27 September 2005 Thun Switzerland 1–0 Czech Republic Sparta Prague Stade de Suisse, Bern
20:45 Hodžić 89' Report Attendance: 30,800
Referee: Bertrand Layec (France)
18 October 2005 Ajax Netherlands 2–0 Switzerland Thun Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam
20:45 Anastasiou 36', 55' Report Attendance: 44,775
Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)
2 November 2005 Thun Switzerland 2–4 Netherlands Ajax Stade de Suisse, Bern
20:45 Lustrinelli 56'
Adriano 74'		 Report Sneijder 27'
Anastasiou 63'
de Jong 90+1'
Boukhari 90+3'		 Attendance: 30,120
Referee: Vladimír Hriňák (Slovakia)
22 November 2005 Thun Switzerland 0–1 England Arsenal Stade de Suisse, Bern
20:45 Report Pires 88' (pen.) Attendance: 31,330
Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)
7 December 2005 Sparta Prague Czech Republic 0–0 Switzerland Thun Sparta Stadium, Prague
20:45 Report Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Mike Riley (England)

Round of 32
15 February 2006 Thun Switzerland 1–0 Germany Hamburg Stade de Suisse, Wankdorf, Bern
18:30 Adriano 30' Report Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden)
23 February 2006 Hamburg Germany 2–0 Switzerland Thun Volksparkstadion, Hamburg
18:30 Van Buyten 2', 33' Report Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)

Notes
  1. Savić was born in SFR Yugoslavia (now Serbia), but also qualified to represent Switzerland internationally and represented Switzerland at U-21 level.
  2. Friedli was born in Kathmandu, Nepal, but also qualified to represent Switzerland internationally and represented Switzerland at U-21 level.
  3. Orman was born in Bugojno, SFR Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina), but also qualified to represent Austria internationally and made his international debut for Austria in November 2002.
  4. Çengel was born in Kahramanmaraş, Turkey, but also qualified to represent Switzerland internationally and represented Switzerland at U-21 level.
  5. Jakupović was born in Kozarac, SFR Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina), and represented Bosnia and Herzegovina at U-21 level, but was raised in Switzerland and represented Switzerland at U-21 level before making his international debut for Switzerland in August 2008, but has since declared he will not play for Switzerland again.
  6. Siqueira was born in Brazil, but also qualified to represent Switzerland internationally and represented Switzerland at U-17, U-19 and U-20 level.

References
  1. "Thun - 2005/06". FootballSquads. Retrieved 2012-10-13.
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