2005–06 FC Thun season

FC Thun

2005–06 season
Manager	Urs Schönenberger (until February) Adrian Kunz (caretaker) Heinz Peischl (from February)
Stadium	Stadion Lachen (domestic competitions) Stade de Suisse Wankdorf (European competitions)
Swiss Super League	5th
UEFA Champions League	Group stage
UEFA Cup	Round of 32
← 2004–05 2006–07 →

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

Season summary

Thun defeated Dynamo Kiev 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.

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. Position Player 2 DF Leandro Vieira 4 DF Sehid Sinani 5 DF Ljubo Miličević 7 DF Grégory Duruz 8 FW Gelson 9 MF Adriano Pimenta 11 DF Andres Gerber 12 DF Armand Deumi 13 FW Pape Omar Faye 14 MF Nenad Savić[2] 15 MF Eren Şen

No. Position Player 16 MF Roman Friedli[3] (on loan from Young Boys) 17 DF Alen Orman[4] 18 GK Alain Portmann 19 MF Silvan Aegerter 21 MF Nelson Ferreira 23 MF Önder Çengel[5] 24 MF Ibrahima Ba (on loan from CS Sfaxien) 25 DF João Paulo Fabio 26 DF Selver Hodžić 28 GK Daniel Lopar (on loan from FC Wil) 36 GK 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. Position Player 1 GK Eldin Jakupović[6] (on loan from Grasshoppers) 3 DF José Gonçalves (to FBK Kaunas) 6 DF Tiago Bernardini (to Slovácko) 7 DF Henry Siqueira[7] (released) 10 DF Adriano Spadoto (released)

No. Position Player 17 FW Adrian Moser (to Düdingen) 20 FW Mauro Lustrinelli (to Sparta Prague) 22 DF David Pallas[8] (to VfL Bochum) 23 DF Lukas Schenkel (to Young Boys)

Results

Champions League

Second qualifying round

Dynamo Kyiv v Thun

26 July 2005	Dynamo Kyiv	2 – 2	Thun	Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium, Kiev
	Husyev  20' Shatskikh  40'		Lustrinelli  28' Aegerter  66'

Thun v Dynamo Kyiv

3 August 2005	Thun	1 – 0	Dynamo Kyiv	Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
	Bernardini  90+'

Third qualifying round

Malmö FF v Thun

10 August 2005	Malmö FF	0 – 1	Thun	Malmö Stadion, Malmö
			Pimenta  34'

Thun v Malmö FF

23 August 2005	Thun	3 – 0	Malmö FF	Stade de Suisse Wankdorf, Bern
	Bernardini  26' Lustrinelli  40', 66'

Group stage

Arsenal v Thun

14 September 2005	Arsenal	2 – 1	Thun	Highbury, London
20:45	Gilberto  51' Bergkamp  90+2'	Report	Ferreira  53'	Attendance: 34,500 Referee: Grzegorz Gilewski (Poland)

Thun v Sparta Prague

27 September 2005	Thun	1 – 0	Sparta Prague	Stade de Suisse, Bern
20:45	Hodžić  89'	Report		Attendance: 30,800 Referee: Bertrand Layec (France)

Ajax v Thun

18 October 2005	Ajax	2 – 0	Thun	Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam
20:45	Anastasiou  36', 55'	Report		Attendance: 44,775 Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)

Thun v Ajax

2 November 2005	Thun	2 – 4	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)

Thun v Arsenal

22 November 2005	Thun	0 – 1	Arsenal	Stade de Suisse, Bern
20:45		Report	Pirès  88' (pen.)	Attendance: 31,330 Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)

Sparta Prague v Thun

7 December 2005	Sparta Prague	0 – 0	Thun	Sparta Stadium, Prague
20:45		Report		Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Mike Riley (England)

UEFA Cup

Round of 32

Thun v Hamburg

15 February 2006	Thun	1 – 0	Hamburg	Stade de Suisse, Wankdorf, Bern
18:30	Adriano  30'	Report		Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden)

Hamburg v Thun

23 February 2006	Hamburg	2 – 0	Thun	Volksparkstadion, Hamburg
18:30	Van Buyten  2', 33'	Report		Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)

References

1. "Thun - 2005/06". FootballSquads. Retrieved 2012-10-13.
2. Savić was born in SFR Yugoslavia (now Serbia), but also qualifies to represent Switzerland internationally and has represented them at U-21 level.
3. Friedli was born in Kathmandu, Nepal, but also qualifies to represent Switzerland internationally and has represented them at U-21 level.
4. Orman was born in Bugojno, SFR Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina), but also qualifies to represent Austria internationally and made his international debut for Austria in November 2002.
5. Çengel was born in Kahramanmaraş, Turkey, but also qualifies to represent Switzerland internationally and has represented them at U-21 level.
6. Jakupović was born in Kozarac, SFR Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina), but was raised in Switzerland. He represented both Switzerland and Bosnia and Herzegovina at U-21 level during the season before making his international debut for Switzerland in August 2008, but has since declared he will not play for Switzerland again.
7. Siqueira was born in Brazil, but also qualifies to represent Switzerland internationally and has represented them at U-17 and U-20 level.
8. Pallas was born in A Laracha, Spain, but was raised in Switzerland.