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2005–06 in Australian soccer

The 2005–06 season was the 37th season of national competitive association football in Australia and 123rd overall. This was the first season following the formation of the A-League.

Soccer in Australia
Season2005–06
Men's soccer
A-League ChampionshipSydney FC
A-League PremiershipAdelaide United
Club World Championship Qualifying TournamentSydney FC
A-League Pre-Season Challenge CupAdelaide United
← 2004 Australia 2006–07 →

A-League edit

Main article: 2005–06 A-League

The inaugural 2005–06 A-League season began on 26 August 2005 and ended on 5 March 2006.

Regular season edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Adelaide United 21 13 4 4 33 25 +8 43 Qualification for 2007 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
2 Sydney FC (C) 21 10 6 5 35 28 +7 36
3 Central Coast Mariners 21 8 8 5 35 28 +7 32 Qualification for Finals series
4 Newcastle Jets 21 9 4 8 27 29 −2 31
5 Perth Glory 21 8 5 8 34 29 +5 29
6 Queensland Roar 21 7 7 7 27 22 +5 28
7 Melbourne Victory 21 7 5 9 26 24 +2 26
8 New Zealand Knights[a] 21 1 3 17 15 47 −32 6
Source: ultimatealeague.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ New Zealand Knights cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Finals series edit

A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup edit

Main article: 2005 A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup

The inaugural 2005 A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup began on 22 July 2005 and ended on 20 August 2005.

Group stage edit

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Melbourne Victory 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 5 Advance to semifinals
2 Perth Glory 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
3 Adelaide United 3 0 3 0 3 3 0 3
4 Newcastle Jets 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2
Source: [citation needed]
Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sydney FC 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 7 Advance to semifinals
2 Central Coast Mariners 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6
3 Queensland Roar 3 1 1 1 6 3 +3 4
4 New Zealand Knights 3 0 0 3 1 9 −8 0
Source: [citation needed]

Finals edit

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
12 August
 
 
Melbourne Victory1
 
21 August
 
Central Coast Mariners3
 
Central Coast Mariners1
 
14 August
 
Perth Glory0
 
Sydney FC0
 
 
Perth Glory1
 

Australian Club World Championship qualifying tournament edit

Main article: 2005 Australian Club World Championship Qualifying Tournament
Round 1
(7 May) 		Semi-finals
(11 May) 		Finals
(15 May)
         
Perth Glory 1
Sydney FC 2
Sydney FC 3
Queensland Roar 0
Sydney FC 1
Central Coast Mariners 0
Central Coast Mariners (pen) 0 (4)
Newcastle Jets 0 (2)
Central Coast Mariners 4
Adelaide United 0
Adelaide United (pen) 0 (4)
Melbourne Victory 0 (1)

International club competititons edit

OFC Club Championship edit

Main article: 2005 OFC Club Championship

The 2005 OFC Club Championship began on 31 May 2005 and ended on 10 June 2005. Sydney FC entered as winners of the 2005 Australian Club World Championship Qualifying Tournament.

31 May 2005 Group Stage Sydney FC   3–2   Auckland City Tahiti
Ceccoli   32'
Packer   47'
Corica   90+3'		 Report Seaman   37'
Smith   78'		 Stadium: Stade Pater
Attendance: 4,000
2 June 2005 Group Stage Sobou FC   2–9   Sydney FC Tahiti
Wate   57'
Daniel   90'		 Report Fyfe   5'
Petrovski   14', 43', 71'
Zdrilic   19', 40', 42'
Brodie   79'
Salazar   82'		 Stadium: Stade Pater
Attendance: 3,000
4 June 2005 Group Stage Sydney FC   6–0   AS Pirae Tahiti
Zdrilic   11', 25', 35', 39'
Buonavoglia   43'
Carney   85'		 Report Stadium: Stade Pater
Attendance: 1,500
7 June 2005 Semi-final Sydney FC   6–0   Tafea Tahiti
Petrovski   26'
Zdrilic   39'
Talay   44' (pen.)
Corica   65', 90'
Salazar   87'		 Report Stadium: Stade Pater
Attendance: 4,000
10 June 2005 Final Sydney FC   2–0   AS Magenta Stade Pater, Tahiti
Bingley   16'
Zdrilic   59'		 Report Attendance: 4,000

FIFA Club World Championship edit

Main article: 2005 FIFA Club World Championship

The 2005 FIFA Club World Championship ran from 11 to 18 December 2005. Sydney FC qualified as winners of the 2005 OFC Club Championship.

12 December 2005 Quarterfinal Sydney   0–1   Deportivo Saprissa Toyota, Japan
21:20 AEDT (UTC+11) Report Bolaños   47' Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 28,538
Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)
16 December 2005 Fifth Place Play-Off Al Ahly   1–2   Sydney Tokyo, Japan
21:20 AEDT (UTC+11) Moteab   45' Report Yorke   35'
Carney   66'		 Stadium: National Stadium
Attendance: 15,951
Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)

National teams edit

Men's senior edit

Friendlies edit

The following is a list of friendlies played by the men's senior national team in 2005–06.

9 October 2006 Friendly Australia   5–0   Jamaica London, England
Bresciano   3'
Thompson   29'
Viduka   48'
Aloisi   58'
Griffiths   85'		 Report Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 6,570
Referee: Mike Riley (England)
25 May 2006 Friendly Australia   1–0   Greece Melbourne, Australia
Skoko   16' Report Stadium: MCG
Attendance: 95,103
Referee: Mike Riley (England)
4 June 2006 Friendly Netherlands   1–1   Australia Rotterdam, Netherlands
van Nistelrooy   9' Report   54' Cahill Stadium: De Kuip
Attendance: 49,000
Referee: Mike Dean (England)
8 June 2006 Friendly Liechtenstein   1–3   Australia Ulm, Germany
Neill   8' (o.g.) Report   20' Sterjovski
  75' Kennedy
  83' Aloisi		 Stadium: Donaustadion
Attendance: 5,872
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

FIFA World Cup qualification edit

Main article: 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
3 September 2005 Final round Australia   7–0   Solomon Islands Sydney, Australia
Culina   20'
Viduka   36', 43'
Cahill   57'
Chipperfield   64'
Thompson   68'
Emerton   89'		 Report Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)
6 September 2005 Final round Solomon Islands   1–2   Australia Honiara, Solomon Islands
Fa'arodo   49' Report   19' Thompson
  58' Emerton		 Stadium: Lawson Tama Stadium
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)
12 November 2005 Play-off Uruguay   1–0   Australia Montevideo, Uruguay
Rodríguez   37' Report Stadium: Estadio Centenario
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)
16 November 2005 Play-off Australia   1–0 (a.e.t.)
(4–2 p)		   Uruguay Sydney, Australia
Bresciano   35' Report Stadium: Telstra Stadium
Attendance: 82,698
Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)
Penalties
Kewell  
Neill  
Vidmar  
Viduka  
Aloisi  		   Rodríguez
  Varela
  Estoyanoff
  Zalayeta

Asian Cup qualification edit

Main article: 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification
22 February 2006 Group Stage Bahrain   1–3   Australia Manama, Bahrain
Ali   35' Report   54' Thompson
  79' Skoko
  88' (pen.) Elrich		 Stadium: National Stadium
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)

FIFA World Cup edit

Main article: 2006 FIFA World Cup
12 June 2006 Group Stage Australia   3–1   Japan Kaiserslautern, Germany
15:00 CEST Cahill   84', 89'
Aloisi   90+2'		 (Report) Nakamura   26' Stadium: Fritz Walter Stadion
Attendance: 46,000
Referee: Essam Abd El Fatah (Egypt)
18 June 2006 Group Stage Brazil   2–0   Australia Munich, Germany
18:00 CEST Adriano   49'
Fred   90'		 Report Stadium: Allianz Arena
Attendance: 66,000
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
22 June 2006 Group Stage Croatia   2–2   Australia Stuttgart, Germany
21:00 CEST Srna   2'
N. Kovač   56'		 Report Moore   38' (pen.)
Kewell   79'		 Stadium: Gottlieb Daimler Stadion
Attendance: 52,000
Referee: Graham Poll (England)
26 June 2006 Round of 16 Italy   1–0   Australia Kaiserslautern, Germany
17:00 CEST Totti   90+5' (pen.) Report Stadium: Fritz Walter Stadion
Attendance: 46,000
Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)

Men's under-23 edit

Friendlies edit

The following is a list of friendlies played by the men's under-23 national team in 2005–06.

16 April 2006 Australia   0–0   Iran Hanoi, Vietnam
Report
18 April 2006 Vietnam   0–0   Australia Hanoi, Vietnam
Report

Men's under-20 edit

Friendlies edit

The following is a list of friendlies played by the men's under-20 national team in 2005–06.

4 May 2006 Australia   0–1   New Zealand Canberra, Australia
Report Jenkins   60' Stadium: Australian Institute of Sport
7 May 2006 Australia   1–3   New Zealand Canberra, Australia
Berger   67' Report Jenkins   29', 81'
White   62'		 Stadium: Australian Institute of Sport
10 May 2006 Australia   4–2   New Zealand Canberra, Australia
Hearfield   68', 77'
Grossman   80'
Djite   83'		 Report Barbarouses   30'
Roydhouse   89'		 Stadium: Australian Institute of Sport

AFC Youth Championship qualification edit

Main article: 2006 AFC Youth Championship qualification
22 February 2006 Australia   3–0   Turkmenistan Colombo, Sri Lanka
Hearfield   1', 70'
Williams   65'		 Report Stadium: Sugathadasa Stadium
26 February 2006 Sri Lanka   0–4   Australia Colombo, Sri Lanka
Report Hearfield   47'
Grossman   70'
Djite   80', 82'		 Stadium: Sugathadasa Stadium

Men's under-17 edit

Friendlies edit

The following is a list of friendlies played by the men's under-17 national team in 2005–06.

24 July 2005 Four Nation Tournament Ecuador   0–0   Australia Lima, Peru
Report
26 July 2005 Four Nation Tournament Peru   2–2   Australia Lima, Peru
Campos   39'
Carnero   45+1'		 Report Cumming   42'
Spiranovic   74'		 Referee: Víctor Hugo Carrillo (Peru)
28 July 2005 Four Nation Tournament Peru   1–1   Australia Lima, Peru
Espejo   4' Report Miller   45'

FIFA U-17 World Championship edit

Main article: 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship
16 September 2005 Group stage Turkey   1–0   Australia Lima, Peru
17:00 PET Şahin   84' Report Stadium: Estadio Nacional
Attendance: 14,200
Referee: Kevin Stott (United States)
19 September 2005 Group stage Mexico   3–0   Australia Lima, Peru
15:30 PET Esparza   20'
Vela   43', 79'		 Report Stadium: Estadio Nacional
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Horacio Elizondo (Argentina)
22 September 2005 Group stage Australia   2–1   Uruguay Chiclayo, Peru
15:30 PET Burns   20'
Kruse   83'		 Report Figueroa   38' Stadium: Estadio Elías Aguirre
Attendance: 11,100
Referee: Jerome Damon (South Africa)

2006 AFC U-17 Championship qualification edit

Main article: 2006 AFC U-17 Championship qualification
7 February 2006 Group stage Laos   0–0   Australia Vientiane, Laos
Report Stadium: Laos National Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
9 February 2006 Group stage Australia   3–1   Indonesia Vientiane, Laos
Visconte   39'
Giannou   60'
Brown   68'		 Report   69' Stadium: Laos National Stadium
Attendance: 2,500

Women's senior edit

Friendlies edit

The following is a list of friendlies played by the women's senior national team in 2005–06.

16 July 2005 China   1–2   Australia Tianjin, China
Ji Ting   60' Report Gill   27'
Peters   90'		 Stadium: Minyuan Stadium
Attendance: 4,500
19 July 2005 China   2–0   Australia Tianjin, China
Zhang Ying   45'
Han Duan   56'		 Report Stadium: Minyuan Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
23 July 2005 Japan   4–2   Australia Tokyo, Japan
Nagasato   27', 44'
Ohno   43'
Tomoe Sakai   67'		 Report De Vanna   14'
Peters   23' (pen.)		 Attendance: 4,191
26 July 2005 South Korea   0–0   Australia Jeonju, South Korea
Report
28 July 2005 South Korea   3–0   Australia Jeonju, South Korea
unknown   56' unknown   58' unknown   67' Report
16 October 2005 United States   0–0   Australia Fullerton, United States
Report Stadium: Titan Stadium
Attendance: 5,394
Referee: Kari Seitz (United States) ; Jennifer Bennett (United States)
19 October 2005 Mexico   0–2   Australia El Paso, United States
Report Walsh   86'
Shipard   90'		 Stadium: Patriot Stadium
Referee: Jennifer Bennett (United States)
25 November 2005 Australia   0–0   China Gosford, Australia
Report Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 1,900
Referee: Krystyna Szokolai
3 December 2005 Australia   0–0   China Sydney, Australia
Report Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium
Referee: Tammy Ogston
25 May 2006 Australia   2–1   Mexico Melbourne, Australia
Gill   75'
Salisbury   84'		 Report Ocampo   13' Stadium: MCG
Referee: Tammy Ogston
28 May 2006 Australia   3–0   Mexico Melbourne, Australia
Burgess   58'
Peters   33'
De Vanna   90'		 Report Stadium: Lakeside Stadium
30 May 2006 Australia   4–0   Mexico Melbourne, Australia
Munoz   44', 45', 75'
Walsh   60'		 Report Stadium: SS Anderson Reserve
16 June 2006 China   2–1   Australia Shanghai, China
unknown   28' (o.g.)
Pu Wei   75' (pen.)		 Report Walsh   48' Stadium: Shanghai FA Training Centre
19 June 2006 China   2–0   Australia Shanghai, China
unknown   38' unknown   44' Report Stadium: Oriental Green Boat Holiday Village

Women's under-20 edit

Friendlies edit

The following is a list of friendlies played by the women's senior national team in 2005–06.

15 February 2006 Australia   3–1   New Zealand Canberra, Australia
Jackson   2', 12'
Khamis   77'		 Report   70' Stadium: Australian Institute of Sport
17 February 2006 Australia   4–0   New Zealand Canberra, Australia
Tristram   54'
McDonnell   65'
McCallum   78'
Khamis   81'		 Report Stadium: Australian Institute of Sport

AFC U-19 Women's Championship qualification edit

Main article: 2006 AFC U-19 Women's Championship qualification
5 March 2006 Thailand   2–6   Australia Bangkok, Thailand
Chawong   20'
Maijarern   73'		 Report Carroll   14'
Tristram   40'
McDonnell   45+4', 90+1'
Cooper   80'
Khamis   90+4'		 Stadium: Supachalasai Stadium
7 March 2006 Australia   6–0   Myanmar Bangkok, Thailand
Ledbrook   14', 78', 85'
McDonnell   34'
Uzunlar   70', 88'		 Report Stadium: Supachalasai Stadium

AFC U-19 Women's Championship edit

Main article: 2006 AFC U-19 Women's Championship
9 April 2006 Group stage China   0–1   Australia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Report McDonnell   54' Stadium: KLFA Stadium
11 April 2006 Group stage Australia   16–0   Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
McCallum   10', 27'
Blayney   18'
Tristram   21', 38', 60', 67'
Uzunlar   33', 47'
Balomenos   50', 57', 87'
Ledbrook   53', 57', 75', 82'		 Report Stadium: KLFA Stadium
13 April 2006 Group stage Australia   7–0   Jordan Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
19:45 (UTC+08:00) Cooper   11', 17'
Jackson   32'
Ledbrook   36'
Cartwright   61'
  72' (o.g.)		 Report Stadium: Petaling Jaya Stadium
15 April 2006 Semi-final Australia   2–4   North Korea Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
19:45 (UTC+08:00) McDonnell   40'
Shipard   81'		 Report Kim Song-hui   6', 15'
Ra Un-sim   52', 90'		 Stadium: KLFA Stadium
18 April 2006 Third-place playoff Japan   2–3   Australia Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
Sakaguchi   11'
Nagasato   54'		 Report Khamis   19'
Tristram   75'
McCallum   88'		 Stadium: Petaling Jaya Stadium

Deaths edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Football legend George Best dies". BBC News. 25 November 2005.

External links edit

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