| Team: | Cologne Centurions (NFL Europe) |
| Teamdisplay: | Cologne Centurions |
| Year: | 2005 |
| Record: | 6–4 |
| Division Place: | 3rd |
| Coach: | Peter Vaas |
| General Manager: | Jacques Orthen |
| Stadium: | RheinEnergieStadion |
| Playoffs: | did not qualify |
| Previous: | 2004 |
| Next: | 2006 |
| Shortnavlink: | Cologne Centurions |
The 2005 Cologne Centurions season was the second season for the franchise in the NFL Europe League (NFLEL). The team was led by head coach Peter Vaas in his second year, and played its home games at RheinEnergieStadion in Cologne, Germany. They finished the regular season in third place with a record of six wins and four losses.
| Draft order | Player name | Position | College | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Choice | ||||
| 1 | 3 | Omar Nazel | DE | Southern California | |
| 2 | 9 | Ryan Wingrove | DE | Bowling Green | |
| 3 | 16 | Bobby Brooks | LB | Fresno State | |
| 4 | 21 | Eric Powell | DE | Florida State | |
| 5 | 28 | Zach Wilson | G | Southern California | |
| 6 | 33 | Tam Hopkins | G | Ohio State | |
| 7 | 40 | Hart Turner | TE | South Carolina | |
| Week | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Results | Game site | Attendance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Final score | Team record | |||||||
| 1 | Saturday, April 2 | 6:00 p.m. | Hamburg Sea Devils | W 24–23 | 1–0 | RheinEnergieStadion | 9,468 | |
| 2 | Sunday, April 10 | 4:00 p.m. | at Rhein Fire | W 23–10 | 2–0 | LTU arena | 25,304 | |
| 3 | Saturday, April 16 | 6:00 p.m. | Frankfurt Galaxy | W 23–14 | 3–0 | RheinEnergieStadion | 10,821 | |
| 4 | Saturday, April 23 | 6:00 p.m. | Amsterdam Admirals | L 24–37 | 3–1 | RheinEnergieStadion | 8,863 | |
| 5 | Saturday, April 30 | 7:00 p.m. | at Hamburg Sea Devils | L 6–23 | 3–2 | AOL Arena | 15,228 | |
| 6 | Sunday, May 8 | 4:00 p.m. | Berlin Thunder | W 23–17 | 4–2 | RheinEnergieStadion | 9,485 | |
| 7 | Saturday, May 14 | 7:00 p.m. | at Frankfurt Galaxy | W 20–17 | 5–2 | Waldstadion | 25,347 | |
| 8 | Monday, May 23 | 8:00 p.m. | at Amsterdam Admirals | L 12–30 | 5–3 | Amsterdam ArenA | 14,423 | |
| 9 | Sunday, May 29 | 4:00 p.m. | Rhein Fire | L 16–28 | 5–4 | RheinEnergieStadion | 32,521 | |
| 10 | Sunday, June 5 | 4:00 p.m. | at Berlin Thunder | W 17–13 | 6–4 | Olympic Stadium | 20,927 | |