2005–06 Sydney FC season
2005–06 season | |||
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Chairman | Walter Bugno | ||
Manager | Pierre Littbarski | ||
A-League | 2nd (League) Champions (Finals) | ||
Oceania Club World Cup Qualifying | Champions | ||
Oceania Club Championship | Champions | ||
Pre-Season Cup | Semi-finals | ||
FIFA Club World Cup | 5th | ||
Top goalscorer | Sasho Petrovski | ||
Highest home attendance | 41,689 v Central Coast Mariners 5 March 2006 | ||
Lowest home attendance | 9,132 v Newcastle 30 October 2005 | ||
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The 2005-06 season was Sydney FC's first season, formed to compete in the new Australian A-League competition. The club finished second on the table in the regular season, and won the first A-League Grand Final, defeating Central Coast Mariners 1–0. Sydney also represented Oceania at the FIFA Club World Championship 2005 where they were placed fifth.
Players
[edit]Squad
[edit]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Transfers in
[edit]Short-term signings
[edit]Player | From | Start date | End date | Reason |
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![]() | ![]() | 16 May 2005 | 30 June 2005 | Signed for Oceania Club Championship |
29 November 2005 | 17 December 2005 | Signed for Club World Championship | ||
![]() | ![]() | 16 May 2005 | 30 June 2005 | Signed for Oceania Club Championship |
![]() | ![]() | 16 May 2005 | 30 June 2005 | Signed for Oceania Club Championship |
![]() | ![]() | 16 May 2005 | 30 June 2005 | Signed for Oceania Club Championship |
1 September 2005 | 3 September 2005 | Cover for Sasho Petrovski while on international duty | ||
4 October 2005 | 4 November 2005 | Replacement for Steve Laurie | ||
29 November 2005 | 17 December 2005 | Signed for Club World Championship | ||
![]() | ![]() | 4 November 2005 | 17 December 2005 | Guest player |
![]() | ![]() | 29 November 2005 | 17 December 2005 | Signed for Club World Championship |
![]() | ![]() | 29 November 2005 | 17 December 2005 | Signed for Club World Championship |
21 January 2006 | 6 March 2006 | Injury cover for Ufuk Talay | ||
![]() | ![]() | 9 February 2006 | 6 March 2006 | Injury cover for David Zdrilic |
Statistics
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Competitions
[edit]Overall
[edit]Competition | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
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Oceania Club Championship Qualification | Round 1 | champions | 7 May 2005 | 15 May 2005 |
2004–05 Oceania Club Championship | Group Stage | champions | 31 May 2005 | 10 June 2005 |
Pre-Season Challenge Cup | Group Stage | Semi-finalist | 23 July 2005 | 12 August 2005 |
2005–06 A-League | — | 2nd | 28 August 2005 | 3 February 2006 |
2005 FIFA Club World Championship | Quarter-finals | 5th | 12 December 2005 | 16 December 2005 |
2005–06 A-League Finals | Semi-finals | champions | 10 February 2006 | 5 March 2006 |
2005 Oceania Club Championship Qualification
[edit]Round 1 (7 May) | Semi-finals (11 May) | Finals (15 May) | ||||||||||||
Perth Glory | 1 | |||||||||||||
Sydney FC | 2 | |||||||||||||
Sydney FC | 3 | |||||||||||||
Queensland Roar | 0 | |||||||||||||
Central Coast Mariners | 0 | |||||||||||||
Sydney FC | 1 | |||||||||||||
Central Coast Mariners (pso) | 0 (4) | |||||||||||||
Newcastle Jets | 0 (2) | |||||||||||||
Central Coast Mariners | 4 | |||||||||||||
Adelaide United | 0 | |||||||||||||
Adelaide United (pso) | 0 (4) | |||||||||||||
Melbourne Victory | 0 (1) |
Matches
[edit]7 May 2005 Round 1 | Sydney FC ![]() | 3 : 0 | ![]() | Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford |
report | Attendance: 8,000 |
11 May 2005 Semi-Final | Perth Glory ![]() | 1 : 2 | ![]() | Members Equity Stadium, Perth |
report | Attendance: 9,968 |
15 May 2005 Semi-Final | Central Coast Mariners ![]() | 0 : 1 | ![]() | Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford |
report | Attendance: 9,627 |
2005 Oceania Club Championship
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Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 4 | +14 | 9 |
![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 6 |
![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 3 |
![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 20 | −16 | 0 |
Knockout stage
[edit]Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
A1 | Sydney FC | 6 | |||||||
B2 | Tafea FC | 0 | |||||||
A1 | Sydney FC | 2 | |||||||
B1 | AS Magenta | 0 | |||||||
B1 | AS Magenta | 4 | |||||||
A2 | AS Pirae | 1 | Third place | ||||||
A2 | AS Pirae | 1 | |||||||
B2 | Tafea FC | 3 |
Group matches
[edit]31 May 2005 Group Stage | Sydney FC ![]() | 3 : 2 | ![]() | Stade Pater, Tahiti |
Ceccoli ![]() Packer ![]() Corica ![]() | report | Seaman ![]() Smith ![]() | Attendance: 4,000 |
2 June 2005 Group Stage | Sobou FC ![]() | 2 : 9 | ![]() | Stade Pater, Tahiti |
Wate ![]() Daniel ![]() | report | Fyfe ![]() Petrovski ![]() Zdrilic ![]() Brodie ![]() Salazar ![]() | Attendance: 3,000 |
4 June 2005 Group Stage | Sydney FC ![]() | 6 : 0 | ![]() | Stade Pater, Tahiti |
Zdrilic ![]() Buonavoglia ![]() Carney ![]() | report | Attendance: 1,500 |
Finals
[edit]7 June 2005 Semi-Final | Sydney FC ![]() | 6 : 0 | ![]() | Stade Pater, Tahiti |
Petrovski ![]() Zdrilic ![]() Talay ![]() Corica ![]() Salazar ![]() | report | Attendance: 4,000 |
10 June 2005 Final | Sydney FC ![]() | 2 : 0 | ![]() | Stade Pater, Tahiti |
Bingley ![]() Zdrilic ![]() | report | Attendance: 4,000 |
2005 Pre-season Challenge Cup
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Sydney FC | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 | Advance to semi-finals |
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 |
Knockout stage
[edit]Semi-finals | Final | |||||
12 August | ||||||
Melbourne Victory | 1 | |||||
21 August | ||||||
Central Coast Mariners | 3 | |||||
Central Coast Mariners | 1 | |||||
14 August | ||||||
Perth Glory | 0 | |||||
Sydney FC | 0 | |||||
Perth Glory | 1 | |||||
2005–06 A-League
[edit]League table
[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
- ^ New Zealand Knights cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.
Knockout stage
[edit]Semifinals | Preliminary final | Final | ||||||||||||
Adelaide United | 2 | 1 | Sydney FC | 1 | ||||||||||
Sydney FC | 2 | 2 | Central Coast Mariners | 0 | ||||||||||
Adelaide United | 0 | |||||||||||||
Central Coast Mariners | 1 | |||||||||||||
Central Coast Mariners | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Newcastle Jets | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Matches
[edit]28 August 2005 Round 1 | Sydney FC ![]() | 1 : 1 | ![]() | Aussie Stadium, Sydney |
17:00 UTC+10 | Yorke ![]() | Report Summary[permanent dead link] | Thompson ![]() | Attendance: 25,208 Referee: ![]() |
2 September 2005 Round 2 | New Zealand Knights ![]() | 1 : 3 | ![]() | North Harbour Stadium, Auckland |
20:00 UTC+12 | Rose ![]() | Report Summary[permanent dead link] | Rudan ![]() Bingley ![]() Middleby ![]() | Attendance: 9,827 Referee: ![]() |
11 September 2005 Round 3 | Newcastle Jets ![]() | 2 : 1 | ![]() | EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle |
17:00 UTC+10 | Milicic ![]() Johnson ![]() Corbo ![]() ![]() | Report Summary[permanent dead link] | Yorke ![]() Corica ![]() | Attendance: 9,127 Referee: ![]() |
16 September 2005 Round 4 | Sydney FC ![]() | 2 : 3 | ![]() | Aussie Stadium, Sydney |
20:00 UTC+10 | Packer ![]() Yorke ![]() | Report Summary[permanent dead link] | Petrie ![]() Gumprecht ![]() Spencer ![]() | Attendance: 15,614 Referee: ![]() |
23 September 2005 Round 5 | Queensland Roar ![]() | 1 : 3 | ![]() | Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane |
20:00 UTC+10 | Timpano ![]() | Report Summary[permanent dead link] | Corica ![]() McFlynn ![]() | Attendance: 23,142 Referee: ![]() |
1 October 2005 Round 6 | Perth Glory ![]() | 1 : 2 | ![]() | Members Equity Stadium, Perth |
19:35 UTC+8 | Despotovski ![]() | Report Summary | Petrovski ![]() Yorke ![]() | Attendance: 13,157 Referee: ![]() |
9 October 2005 Round 7 | Sydney FC ![]() | 2 : 1 | ![]() | Aussie Stadium, Sydney |
17:00 UTC+10 | Carney ![]() Petrovski ![]() | Report Summary | Valkanis ![]() | Attendance: 18,276 Referee: ![]() |
16 October 2005 Round 8 | Melbourne Victory ![]() | 5 : 0 | ![]() | Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne |
13:00 UTC+10 | Kitzbichler ![]() Muscat ![]() Thompson ![]() | Report Summary | Talay ![]() | Attendance: 18,206 Referee: ![]() |
21 October 2005 Round 9 | Sydney FC ![]() | 2 : 0 | ![]() | Aussie Stadium, Sydney |
20:00 UTC+10 | Petrovski ![]() Carney ![]() | Report Summary | Attendance: 11,836 Referee: ![]() |
30 October 2005 Round 10 | Sydney FC ![]() | 1 : 1 | ![]() | Aussie Stadium, Sydney |
17:00 UTC+10 | Carney ![]() | Report Summary | Milicic ![]() | Attendance: 9,132 Referee: ![]() |
5 November 2005 Round 11 | Central Coast Mariners ![]() | 1 : 5 | ![]() | Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford |
20:00 UTC+11 | Hutchinson ![]() | Report Summary | Yorke ![]() Talay ![]() Petrovski ![]() | Attendance: 10,529 Referee: ![]() |
13 November 2005 Round 12 | Sydney FC ![]() | 1 : 0 | ![]() | Aussie Stadium, Sydney |
Zdrillic ![]() | Attendance: 13,030 Referee: ![]() |
19 November 2005 Round 13 | Sydney FC ![]() | 0 : 0 | ![]() | Aussie Stadium, Sydney |
Attendance: 16,242 Referee: ![]() |
27 November 2005 Round 14 | Adelaide United ![]() | 3 : 2 | ![]() | Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide |
Rech ![]() Veart ![]() | Miura ![]() | Attendance: 14,068 Referee: ![]() |
3 December 2005 Round 15 | Sydney FC ![]() | 2 : 1 | ![]() | Aussie Stadium, Sydney |
Carney ![]() Corica ![]() | Allsopp ![]() | Attendance: 17,272 Referee: ![]() |
30 December 2005 Round 16 | New Zealand Knights ![]() | 2 : 2 | ![]() | North Harbour Stadium, Auckland |
Brockie ![]() Devine ![]() | Yorke ![]() Veart ![]() | Attendance: 4,212 Referee: ![]() |
6 January 2006 Round 17 | Sydney FC ![]() | 0 : 0 | ![]() | Aussie Stadium, Sydney |
Attendance: 15,211 Referee: ![]() |
14 January 2006 Round 18 | Sydney FC ![]() | 1 : 1 | ![]() | Aussie Stadium, Sydney |
Carney ![]() | Pondeljak ![]() | Attendance: 15,977 Referee: ![]() |
21 January 2006 Round 19 | Queensland Roar ![]() | 2 : 1 | ![]() | Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane |
Brosque ![]() | Petrovski ![]() | Attendance: 13,302 Referee: ![]() |
29 January 2006 Round 20 | Perth Glory ![]() | 1 : 2 | ![]() | Members Equity Stadium, Perth |
Despotovski ![]() | Zadkovich ![]() Rudan ![]() | Attendance: 12,796 Referee: ![]() |
3 February 2006 Round 21 | Sydney FC ![]() | 2 : 1 | ![]() | Aussie Stadium, Sydney |
Ceccoli ![]() Yorke ![]() | Qu ![]() | Attendance: 25,557 Referee: ![]() |
Finals series
[edit]12 February 2006 Major Semi-Final Leg 1 | Adelaide United ![]() | 2 : 2 | ![]() | Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide |
Rech ![]() Dodd ![]() | Petrovski ![]() Corica ![]() | Attendance: 15,104 Referee: ![]() |
19 February 2006 Major Semi-Final Leg 2 | Sydney FC ![]() | 2 : 1 | ![]() | Aussie Stadium, Sydney |
Rudan ![]() Petrovski ![]() | Qu ![]() | Attendance: 30,377 Referee: ![]() |
5 March 2006 Grand Final | Sydney FC ![]() | 1 : 0 | ![]() | Aussie Stadium, Sydney |
Corica ![]() | Attendance: 41,689 Referee: ![]() |
2005 FIFA World Club Championship
[edit]12 December 2005 Quarterfinal | Sydney ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() | Toyota, Japan |
21:20 AEDT (UTC+11) | McFlynn ![]() Milligan ![]() Ceccoli ![]() | Report | González ![]() Bolaños ![]() Gómez ![]() Centeno ![]() Porras ![]() | Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 28,538 Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan) |
16 December 2005 Fifth Place Play-Off | Al Ahly ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() | Tokyo, Japan |
21:20 AEDT (UTC+11) | Ashour ![]() Moteab ![]() Gomaa ![]() Moteab ![]() | Report | Yorke ![]() ![]() Carney ![]() Rudan ![]() Packer ![]() | Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 15,951 Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan) |
Appearances and goals
[edit]Players with no appearances not included in the list.
No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | A-League | CWC Qualifying | Pre-Season Cup | OFC Club Championship | Club World Championship | Total | ||||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
1 | GK | ![]() | Clint Bolton | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 0 |
2 | DF | ![]() | Iain Fyfe | 20(3) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 34(3) | 1 |
3 | DF | ![]() | Alvin Ceccoli | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 2 |
4 | DF | ![]() | Marko Rudan | 10(6) | 3 | 0(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 15(9) | 3 |
6 | MF | ![]() | Ufuk Talay | 15(1) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2(1) | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 25(2) | 3 |
7 | MF | ![]() | Robbie Middleby | 2(14) | 1 | 0(3) | 0 | 3(1) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9(18) | 1 |
8 | MF | ![]() | Matthew Bingley | 13(7) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22(7) | 2 |
9 | FW | ![]() | David Zdrilic | 9(10) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 5 | 9 | 0(2) | 0 | 17(13) | 10 |
10 | MF | ![]() | Steve Corica | 21(1) | 5 | 0(3) | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2(3) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 29(7) | 9 |
11 | FW | ![]() | Sasho Petrovski | 20(2) | 9 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 32(2) | 18 |
12 | MF | ![]() | David Carney | 22(2) | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 36(2) | 6 |
14 | MF | ![]() | Andrew Packer | 13(7) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1(1) | 0 | 26(8) | 3 |
15 | MF | ![]() | Terry McFlynn | 16(5) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 28(6) | 1 |
16 | DF | ![]() | Mark Milligan | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
17 | DF | ![]() | Jacob Timpano | 18(3) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22(4) | 0 |
18 | DF | ![]() | Wade Oostendorp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 |
19 | FW | ![]() | Dwight Yorke | 19(2) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 29(2) | 9 |
23 | MF | ![]() | Ruben Zadkovich | 4(2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4(2) | 1 |
Team kit
[edit]All A-League club kits were supplied by Reebok through a sponsorship deal with the A-League, and all clubs initially had a white change strip, Sydney adopting a light blue trim to their away shirts. The home shirt colour of sky blue adopted the NSW representative colour, contrasted with the navy blue and orange trim.
Shirt sponsorship was secured with health insurance provider Healthe.
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 2005-06 home colours | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 2005-06 away colours | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 2005-06 goalkeeper colours |
End-of-season awards
[edit]Club Awards
[edit]- Player of the Year: Clint Bolton
- Top Scorer: Sasho Petrovski
- Defender of the Year: Alvin Ceccoli
- Midfielder of the Year: David Carney
- Forward of the Year: Dwight Yorke
- Members Player of the Year: David Carney
- Chairman's Award: Mark Rudan
- Finals Player of the Year: Steve Corica
- Goal of the Year: Alvin Ceccoli
A-League Awards
[edit]- Joe Marston Medal Winner: Dwight Yorke