2005–06 in Australian soccer

The following article is a summary of the 2005–06 football season in Australia, which 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
← 2004–05 2006–07 →

A-League
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
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Adelaide United 21 13 4 4 33 25 +8 43 Finals series and 2007 AFC Champions League Group stage
2 Sydney FC (C) 21 10 6 5 35 28 +7 36
3 Central Coast Mariners 21 8 8 5 35 28 +7 32 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[lower-alpha 1] 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) Champion.
Notes:
  1. New Zealand Knights cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Finals series
  Semi Finals Preliminary Final Grand Final
    L1 L2    
    February 10 & 17                        
1 Adelaide United 2 1     5 March
2 Sydney FC 2 2     26 February       2 Sydney FC 1
    1 Adelaide United 0   3 Central Coast Mariners 0
  February 12 & 19   3 Central Coast Mariners 1  
3 Central Coast Mariners 1 1
4 Newcastle Jets 0 1  

A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup
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
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:
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:

Finals
 
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
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

OFC Club Championship
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
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

Friendlies

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
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
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
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)

Friendlies

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

Friendlies

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
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

Friendlies

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
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
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

Friendlies

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

16 July 2005 China PR  1–2  Australia Tianjin, China
Ji Ting  60' Report Gill  27'
Peters  90'		 Stadium: Minyuan Stadium
Attendance: 4,500
19 July 2005 China PR  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 PR Gosford, Australia
Report Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 1,900
Referee: Krystyna Szokolai
3 December 2005 Australia  0–0  China PR 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 PR  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 PR  2–0  Australia Shanghai, China
unknown  38' unknown  44' Report Stadium: Oriental Green Boat Holiday Village

Friendlies

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
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
Main article: 2006 AFC U-19 Women's Championship
9 April 2006 Group stage China PR  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

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