2005–06 Sydney FC season

April 2023 March 2012 Sydney FC 2005–06 Pierre Littbarski Aussie Stadium Walter Bugno A-League 2nd A-League Finals Champions Oceania Club World Cup Qualifying Champions Oceania Club Championship Champions Pre-Season Cup Semi-finals FIFA Club World Cup 5th Sasho Petrovski (9) Sasho Petrovski (18) 41,689 v Central Coast Mariners5 March 2006 9,132 v Newcastle30 October 2005 25,208 15,614 18,276 11,836 9,132 13,030 16,242 17,272 15,211 15,977 25,557 0 _navyshoulders _navyangleshoulder b0f0f0 b0f0f0 000060 000060 b0f0f0 _shouldersonwhite _shouldersonwhite _shouldersonwhite b0f0f0 FFFFFF b0f0f0 b0f0f0 FFFFFF 2006–07 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 Squad 1 AUS Clint Bolton GK 2 AUS Iain Fyfe DF 3 AUS Alvin Ceccoli DF 4 AUS Mark Rudan DF 5 AUS Steve Laurie DF 6 AUS Ufuk Talay MF 7 AUS Robbie Middleby MF 8 AUS Matthew Bingley MF 9 AUS David Zdrilic FW 10 AUS Steve Corica MF 11 AUS Sasho Petrovski FW 12 AUS David Carney MF 13 USA Alejandro Salazar FW 14 AUS Andrew Packer MF 15 Northern Ireland Terry McFlynn MF 16 AUS Mark Milligan DF 17 AUS Jacob Timpano DF 18 AUS Wade Oostendorp DF 19 TRI Dwight Yorke FW 20 AUS Justin Pasfield GK 21 Japan Kazuyoshi Miura FW guest player 22 AUS John Buonavoglia FW short-term signing 23 AUS Ruben Zadkovich MF short-term signing 24 AUS Tolgay Özbey FW short-term signing Transfers in PlayerFromFeeDate Australia Clint Bolton APIA Leichhardt Free 17 November 2004 Australia Alvin Ceccoli Wollongong Wolves Free Australia Steve Laurie unattached – Australia Robbie Middleby unattached – Australia Sasho Petrovski Bankstown City Lions Free Australia Andrew Packer Queensland Lions Free Australia Steve Corica England Walsall – 1 December 2004 Australia Mark Milligan Blacktown City Demons Free 4 December 2004 Australia Justin Pasfield Ireland Bray Wanderers – Australia Jacob Timpano Wollongong Wolves Free Australia Wade Oostendorp AIS – Australia Mark Rudan Malaysia Public Bank Free 9 December 2004 USA Alejandro Salazar USA University of Portland Free Australia David Zdrilic Germany SV Eintracht Trier – 13 December 2004 Australia Ufuk Talay Turkey Mersin Idman Yurdu – 5 January 2005 Australia Iain Fyfe Scotland Hamilton Academical – 16 February 2005 Australia David Carney Scotland Hamilton Academical – 11 March 2005 Northern Ireland Terry McFlynn England Morecambe – 12 March 2005 Australia Matthew Bingley Central Coast United Free 15 March 2005 Trinidad and Tobago Dwight Yorke England Birmingham City Free 16 April 2005 Short-term signings PlayerTransferred fromType/FeeStart dateEnd date Australia Mitchell Blowes Australia Kemblawarra FC Loan signing for Oceania Club Championship 16 May 2005 30 June 2005 Loan signing for FIFA Club World Championship 29 November 2005 17 December 2005 Australia Todd Brodie Australia Marconi Stallions Loan signing for Oceania Club Championship 16 May 2005 30 June 2005 Australia Brendan Renaud Australia St George Saints Loan signing for Oceania Club Championship 16 May 2005 30 June 2005 Australia John Buonavoglia Australia Sydney Olympic Loan signing for Oceania Club Championship 16 May 2005 30 June 2005 International duty replacement for Sasho Petrovski 1 September 2005 3 September 2005 Injury replacement for Steve Laurie 4 October 2005 4 November 2005 Loan signing for FIFA Club World Championship 29 November 2005 17 December 2005 Japan Kazuyoshi Miura Japan Yokohama FC Guest player 4 November 2005 17 December 2005 Australia Dustin Wells Australia Belconnen Blue Devils Loan signing for FIFA Club World Championship 29 November 2005 17 December 2005 Australia Ruben Zadkovich England Notts CountyLoan signing for FIFA Club World Championship 29 November 2005 17 December 2005 Injury replacement for Ufuk Talay 21 January 2006 6 March 2006 Australia Tolgay Özbey Australia Blacktown City Demons Injury replacement for David Zdrilic 9 February 2006 6 March 2006 Kits 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. _navyshoulders _navyangleshoulder b0f0f0 b0f0f0 000060 000060 b0f0f0 Home _shouldersonwhite _shouldersonwhite _shouldersonwhite b0f0f0 FFFFFF b0f0f0 b0f0f0 FFFFFF Away none center 000000 D3D3D3 000000 000000 000000 Goalkeeper Competitions Overall Competition Started round Final position / round First match Last matchOceania Club Championship Qualification Round 1Champions 7 May 2005 15 May 2005Oceania Club Championship Group StageChampions 31 May 2005 10 June 2005Pre-Season Challenge Cup Group Stage Semi-finals 23 July 2005 12 August 2005A-League Round 12nd 28 August 2005 3 February 2006FIFA Club World Championship Quarter-finals 5th 12 December 2005 16 December 2005A-League Finals Semi-finalsChampions 10 February 2006 5 March 2006 Oceania Club Championship Qualification 2005 Australian Club World Championship Qualifying Tournament Matches Round 1 7 May 2005 Sydney FC 3–0 report Queensland Roar Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford 8,000 W Semi-final 11 May 2005 Perth Glory 1–2 report Sydney FC Members Equity Stadium, Perth 9,968 W Final 15 May 2005 Central Coast Mariners 0–1 report Sydney FC Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford 9,627 W Oceania Club Championship 2005 Oceania Club Championship Group stage Group A SYD 1 31 May 2005 Sydney FC AUS 3–2 report NZL Auckland City Ceccoli 32Packer 47Corica 90+3 Seaman 37Smith 78 Stade Pater, Tahiti 4,000 W 2 2 June 2005 Sobou FC PNG 2–9 report AUS Sydney FC Wate 57Daniel 90 Fyfe 5Petrovski 14 43 71Zdrilic 19 40 42Brodie 79Salazar 82 Stade Pater, Tahiti 3,000 W 3 4 June 2005 Sydney FC AUS 6–0 report Tahiti AS Pirae Zdrilic 11 25 35 39Buonavoglia 43Carney 85 Stade Pater, Tahiti 1,500 W Knockout stage Semi-final 7 June 2005 Sydney FC AUS 6–0 report Vanuatu Tafea Petrovski 26Zdrilic 39Talay 44 pen.Corica 65 90Salazar 87 Stade Pater, Tahiti 4,000 W Final 10 June 2005 Sydney FC AUS 2–0 report New Caledonia AS Magenta Bingley 16Zdrilic 59 Stade Pater, Tahiti 4,000 W 2005 Pre-season Challenge Cup 2005 A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup Group B SYD Knockout stage 12 August Melbourne Victory 1 Central Coast Mariners 3 14 August Sydney FC 0 Perth Glory 1 21 August Central Coast Mariners 1 Perth Glory 0 2005–06 A-League 2005–06 A-League League table Standings SFC Matches 1 28 August 2005 17:00 UTC+10 Sydney FC 1–1 ReportSummaryJune 2017 InternetArchiveBot yes Melbourne Victory Yorke 44 Thompson 73 Aussie Stadium, Sydney 25,208 AUS Mark Shield D 2 2 September 2005 20:00 UTC+12 New Zealand Knights 1–3 ReportSummaryJune 2017 InternetArchiveBot yes Sydney FC Rose 69 Rudan 25Bingley 73Middleby 90+4 North Harbour Stadium, Auckland 9,827 NZL Peter O'Leary W 3 11 September 2005 17:00 UTC+10 Newcastle Jets 2–1 ReportSummaryJune 2017 InternetArchiveBot yes Sydney FC Milicic 6Johnson 18Corbo 2 39 70 Yorke 78Corica 0 70 EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle 9,127 AUS Matthew Breeze L 4 16 September 2005 20:00 UTC+10 Sydney FC 2–3 ReportSummaryJune 2017 InternetArchiveBot yes Central Coast Mariners Packer 13Yorke 72 Petrie 20 pen.Gumprecht 35Spencer 90+1 Aussie Stadium, Sydney 15,614 NZL Peter O'Leary L 5 23 September 2005 20:00 UTC+10 Queensland Roar 1–3 ReportSummaryJune 2017 InternetArchiveBot yes Sydney FC Timpano 50 o.g. Corica 5 67McFlynn 68 Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane 23,142 AUS Matthew Breeze W 6 1 October 2005 19:35 UTC+8 Perth Glory 1–2 Reporthttps://archive.today/20121230142744/http://www.a-league.com.au/Scoreboard_HAL/0000260074/scoreboard.html Summary Sydney FC Despotovski 40 Petrovski 48Yorke 65 Members Equity Stadium, Perth 13,157 AUS Matthew Breeze W 7 9 October 2005 17:00 UTC+10 Sydney FC 2–1 Reporthttps://archive.today/20121230122154/http://www.a-league.com.au/Scoreboard_HAL/0000260078/scoreboard.html Summary Adelaide United Carney 54Petrovski 88 Valkanis 51 Aussie Stadium, Sydney 18,276 AUS Mark Shield W 8 16 October 2005 13:00 UTC+10 Melbourne Victory 5–0 Reporthttps://archive.today/20121230235228/http://www.a-league.com.au/Scoreboard_HAL/0000260081/scoreboard.html Summary Sydney FC Kitzbichler 34Muscat 53 pen. 78 pen.Thompson 57 69 Talay 0 58 Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne 18,206 AUS Matthew Breeze L 9 21 October 2005 20:00 UTC+10 Sydney FC 2–0 Reporthttps://archive.today/20121230062459/http://www.a-league.com.au/Scoreboard_HAL/0000260084/scoreboard.html Summary New Zealand Knights Petrovski 10Carney 30 Aussie Stadium, Sydney 11,836 AUS Ben Williams W 10 30 October 2005 17:00 UTC+10 Sydney FC 1–1 Reporthttps://archive.today/20121230212455/http://www.a-league.com.au/Scoreboard_HAL/0000260091/scoreboard.html Summary Newcastle Jets Carney 73 Milicic 77 Aussie Stadium, Sydney 9,132 AUS Mark Shield D 11 5 November 2005 20:00 UTC+11 Central Coast Mariners 1–5 Reporthttps://archive.today/20121206025212/http://www.a-league.com.au/Scoreboard_HAL/0000260094/scoreboard.html Summary Sydney FC Hutchinson 40 Yorke 9 pen.Talay 14Petrovski 23 68 83 Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford 10,529 AUS Simon Przydacz W 12 13 November 2005 Sydney FC 1–0 Queensland Roar Zdrillic 54 Aussie Stadium, Sydney 13,030 AUS Ben Williams W 13 19 November 2005 Sydney FC 0–0 Perth Glory Aussie Stadium, Sydney 16,242 AUS Matthew Breeze D 14 27 November 2005 Adelaide United 3–2 Sydney FC Rech 4 84Veart 14 Miura 33 76 Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide 14,068 AUS Mark Shield L 15 3 December 2005 Sydney FC 2–1 Melbourne Victory Carney 81Corica 24 Allsopp 88 Aussie Stadium, Sydney 17,272 AUS Matthew Breeze W 16 30 December 2005 New Zealand Knights 2–2 Sydney FC Brockie 86Devine 3 Yorke 45 pen.Veart 6 North Harbour Stadium, Auckland 4,212 AUS Peter Green D 17 6 January 2006 Sydney FC 0–0 Newcastle Jets Aussie Stadium, Sydney 15,211 AUS Matthew Breeze D 18 14 January 2006 Sydney FC 1–1 Central Coast Mariners Carney 61 Pondeljak 52 Aussie Stadium, Sydney 15,977 AUS Ben Williams D 19 21 January 2006 Queensland Roar 2–1 Sydney FC Brosque 60 70 Petrovski 85 Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane 13,302 AUS Simon Przydacz L 20 29 January 2006 Perth Glory 1–2 Sydney FC Despotovski 53 Zadkovich 23Rudan 14 Members Equity Stadium, Perth 12,796 AUS Craig Zetter W 21 3 February 2006 Sydney FC 2–1 Adelaide United Ceccoli 71Yorke 48 pen. Qu 90 Aussie Stadium, Sydney 25,557 AUS Mark Shield W Finals series Semi-finals First leg 12 February 2006 Adelaide United 2–2 Sydney FC Rech 34Dodd 31 Petrovski 39Corica 9 Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide 15,104 AUS Matthew Breeze D Semi-finals Second leg 19 February 2006 Sydney FC 2–1 Adelaide United Rudan 76Petrovski 29 Qu 60 Aussie Stadium, Sydney 30,377 AUS Mark Shield W Grand Final 5 March 2006 Sydney FC 1–0 Central Coast Mariners Corica 62 Aussie Stadium, Sydney 41,689 AUS Mark Shield W FIFA World Club Championship 2005 FIFA Club World Championship 12 December 2005 Quarter-finals 21:20 AEDT (UTC+11) Sydney FC AUS 0–1 https://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/matches/round=47350300/match=47350002/report.html CRC Deportivo Saprissa Ceccoli 0 81 Bolaños 47 Toyota Stadium Toyota, Japan 28,538 Toru Kamikawa (Japan) L 16 December 2005 Match for fifth place 21:20 AEDT (UTC+11) Al Ahly EGY 1–2 https://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/matches/round=47350700/match=47350005/report.html AUS Sydney FC Moteab 45 Yorke 35 Carney 66 National Stadium Tokyo, Japan 15,951 Toru Kamikawa (Japan) W Appearances and goals Players with no appearances not included in the list. No.Pos.Nat.NameA-LeagueCWC QualifyingPre-Season CupOFC Club ChampionshipClub World ChampionshipTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals1GKAUSClint Bolton240304050203802DFAUSIain Fyfe20+303040512034+313 DFAUSAlvin Ceccoli241304051103724DFAUSMarko Rudan10+630+100+10101+102436MFAUSUfuk Talay15+11312+1041102737MFAUS Robbie Middleby2+1410+303+1040002718MFAUSMatthew Bingley13+71300051102929FWAUSDavid Zdrilic9+101300+10590+20301010MFAUSSteve Corica21+150+30412+332036911FWAUSSasho Petrovski20+2932334420341812MFAUSDavid Carney22+263240512138614MFAUSAndrew Packer13+713140511+1034315MFNIRTerry McFlynn16+513040401+1034116DFAUSMark Milligan1003000002015017DFAUSJacob Timpano18+300+1040000026018DFAUSWade Oostendorp0000000+10001019FWTRIDwight Yorke19+270031002131923MFAUSRuben Zadkovich4+210000000061 End-of-season awards AwardWinnerPlayer of the YearAUS Clint BoltonMember's Player of the YearAUS David CarneyGolden BootAUS Sasho PetrovskiDefender of the YearAUS Alvin CeccoliMidfielder of the YearAUS David CarneyForward of the YearTRI Dwight YorkeChairman's AwardAUS Mark RudanFinals Player of the YearAUS Steve CoricaGoal of the YearAUS Alvin Ceccoli 2005–06 Category:2005–06 A-League by team Category:2005 FIFA Club World Championship participants seasons Category:2005 in sport in Sydney Category:2006 in sport in Sydney 2005–06 2005