2005–06 in Australian soccer

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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 →

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.

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[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) 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:[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[]

 
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 Australia 3–2 New Zealand Auckland City Tahiti
Ceccoli Goal 32'
Packer Goal 47'
Corica Goal 90+3'		 Report Seaman Goal 37'
Goal 78'		 Stadium: Stade Pater
Attendance: 4,000
2 June 2005 Group Stage Sobou FC Papua New Guinea 2–9 Australia Sydney FC Tahiti
Goal 57'
Goal 90'		 Report Fyfe Goal 5'
Petrovski Goal 14', 43', 71'
Zdrilic Goal 19', 40', 42'
Brodie Goal 79'
Salazar Goal 82'		 Stadium: Stade Pater
Attendance: 3,000
4 June 2005 Group Stage Sydney FC Australia 6–0 French Polynesia AS Pirae Tahiti
Zdrilic Goal 11', 25', 35', 39'
Buonavoglia Goal 43'
Carney Goal 85'		 Report Stadium: Stade Pater
Attendance: 1,500
7 June 2005 Semi-final Sydney FC Australia 6–0 Vanuatu Tafea Tahiti
Petrovski Goal 26'
Zdrilic Goal 39'
Talay Goal 44' (pen.)
Corica Goal 65', 90'
Salazar Goal 87'		 Report Stadium: Stade Pater
Attendance: 4,000
10 June 2005 Final Sydney FC Australia 2–0 New Caledonia AS Magenta Stade Pater, Tahiti
Bingley Goal 16'
Zdrilic Goal 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 Australia 0–1 Costa Rica Deportivo Saprissa Toyota, Japan
21:20 AEDT (UTC+11) Report Bolaños Goal 47' Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 28,538
Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)
16 December 2005 Fifth Place Play-Off Al Ahly Egypt 1–2 Australia Sydney Tokyo, Japan
21:20 AEDT (UTC+11) Moteab Goal 45' Report Yorke Goal 35'
Carney Goal 66'		 Stadium: National Stadium
Attendance: 15,951
Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)

National teams[]

Men's senior[]

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 Goal 3'
Thompson Goal 29'
Viduka Goal 48'
Aloisi Goal 58'
Griffiths Goal 85'		 Report Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 6,570
Referee: Mike Riley (England)
25 May 2006 Friendly Australia  1–0  Greece Melbourne, Australia
Skoko Goal 16' Report Stadium: MCG
Attendance: 95,103
Referee: Mike Riley (England)
4 June 2006 Friendly Netherlands  1–1  Australia Rotterdam, Netherlands
van Nistelrooy Goal 9' Report Goal 54' Cahill Stadium: De Kuip
Attendance: 49,000
Referee: Mike Dean (England)
8 June 2006 Friendly Liechtenstein  1–3  Australia Ulm, Germany
Neill Goal 8' (o.g.) Report Goal 20' Sterjovski
Goal 75' Kennedy
Goal 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 Goal 20'
Viduka Goal 36', 43'
Cahill Goal 57'
Chipperfield Goal 64'
Thompson Goal 68'
Emerton Goal 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 Goal 49' Report Goal 19' Thompson
Goal 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 Goal 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 Goal 35' Report Stadium: Telstra Stadium
Attendance: 82,698
Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)
Penalties
Kewell Penalty scored
Neill Penalty scored
Vidmar Penalty scored
Viduka Penalty missed
Aloisi Penalty scored		 Penalty missed Rodríguez
Penalty scored Varela
Penalty scored Estoyanoff
Penalty missed Zalayeta

Asian Cup qualification[]

Main article: 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification
22 February 2006 Group Stage Bahrain  1–3  Australia Manama, Bahrain
Ali Goal 35' Report Goal 54' Thompson
Goal 79' Skoko
Goal 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 Goal 84', 89'
Aloisi Goal 90+2'		 (Report) Nakamura Goal 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 Goal 49'
Fred Goal 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 Goal 2'
N. Kovač Goal 56'		 Report Moore Goal 38' (pen.)
Kewell Goal 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 Goal 90+5' (pen.) Report Stadium: Fritz Walter Stadion
Attendance: 46,000
Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)

Men's under-23[]

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

Men's under-20[]

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 Goal 60' Stadium: Australian Institute of Sport
7 May 2006 Australia  1–3  New Zealand Canberra, Australia
Berger Goal 67' Report Jenkins Goal 29', 81'
White Goal 62'		 Stadium: Australian Institute of Sport
10 May 2006 Australia  4–2  New Zealand Canberra, Australia
Hearfield Goal 68', 77'
Grossman Goal 80'
Djite Goal 83'		 Report Goal 30'
Goal 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 Goal 1', 70'
Williams Goal 65'		 Report Stadium: Sugathadasa Stadium
26 February 2006 Sri Lanka  0–4  Australia Colombo, Sri Lanka
Report Hearfield Goal 47'
Grossman Goal 70'
Djite Goal 80', 82'		 Stadium: Sugathadasa Stadium

Men's under-17[]

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
Goal 39'
Goal 45+1'		 Report Cumming Goal 42'
Spiranovic Goal 74'		 Referee: Víctor Hugo Carrillo (Peru)
28 July 2005 Four Nation Tournament Peru  1–1  Australia Lima, Peru
Espejo Goal 4' Report Goal 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 Goal 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 Goal 20'
Vela Goal 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 Goal 20'
Kruse Goal 83'		 Report Figueroa Goal 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 Goal 39'
Giannou Goal 60'
Brown Goal 68'		 Report Goal 69' Stadium: Laos National Stadium
Attendance: 2,500

Women's senior[]

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 Goal 60' Report Gill Goal 27'
Peters Goal 90'		 Stadium: Minyuan Stadium
Attendance: 4,500
19 July 2005 China PR  2–0  Australia Tianjin, China
Zhang Ying Goal 45'
Han Duan Goal 56'		 Report Stadium: Minyuan Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
23 July 2005 Japan  4–2  Australia Tokyo, Japan
Nagasato Goal 27', 44'
Ohno Goal 43'
Tomoe Sakai Goal 67'		 Report De Vanna Goal 14'
Peters Goal 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 Goal 56' unknown Goal 58' unknown Goal 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 Goal 86'
Shipard Goal 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 Goal 75'
Salisbury Goal 84'		 Report Ocampo Goal 13' Stadium: MCG
Referee: Tammy Ogston
28 May 2006 Australia  3–0  Mexico Melbourne, Australia
Burgess Goal 58'
Peters Goal 33'
De Vanna Goal 90'		 Report Stadium: Lakeside Stadium
30 May 2006 Australia  4–0  Mexico Melbourne, Australia
Munoz Goal 44', 45', 75'
Walsh Goal 60'		 Report Stadium: SS Anderson Reserve
16 June 2006 China PR  2–1  Australia Shanghai, China
unknown Goal 28' (o.g.)
Pu Wei Goal 75' (pen.)		 Report Walsh Goal 48' Stadium: Shanghai FA Training Centre
19 June 2006 China PR  2–0  Australia Shanghai, China
unknown Goal 38' unknown Goal 44' Report Stadium: Oriental Green Boat Holiday Village

Women's under-20[]

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 Goal 2', 12'
Khamis Goal 77'		 Report Goal 70' Stadium: Australian Institute of Sport
17 February 2006 Australia  4–0  New Zealand Canberra, Australia
Tristram Goal 54'
McDonnell Goal 65'
McCallum Goal 78'
Khamis Goal 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 Goal 20'
Maijarern Goal 73'		 Report Carroll Goal 14'
Tristram Goal 40'
McDonnell Goal 45+4', 90+1'
Cooper Goal 80'
Khamis Goal 90+4'		 Stadium: Supachalasai Stadium
7 March 2006 Australia  6–0  Myanmar Bangkok, Thailand
Ledbrook Goal 14', 78', 85'
McDonnell Goal 34'
Uzunlar Goal 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 Goal 54' Stadium: KLFA Stadium
11 April 2006 Group stage Australia  16–0   Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
McCallum Goal 10', 27'
Blayney Goal 18'
Tristram Goal 21', 38', 60', 67'
Uzunlar Goal 33', 47'
Balomenos Goal 50', 57', 87'
Ledbrook Goal 53', 57', 75', 82'		 Report Stadium: KLFA Stadium
13 April 2006 Group stage Australia  7–0   Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
19:45 (UTC+08:00) Cooper Goal 11', 17'
Jackson Goal 32'
Ledbrook Goal 36'
Goal 61'
Goal 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 Goal 40'
Shipard Goal 81'		 Report Kim Song-hui Goal 6', 15'
Ra Un-sim Goal 52', 90'		 Stadium: KLFA Stadium
18 April 2006 Third-place playoff Japan  2–3  Australia Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
Sakaguchi Goal 11'
Nagasato Goal 54'		 Report Khamis Goal 19'
Tristram Goal 75'
McCallum Goal 88'		 Stadium: Petaling Jaya Stadium

Deaths[]

References[]

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

External links[]

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