2005–06 in Australian soccer

none April 2022 Australia 2005–06 A-League Championship Sydney FC A-League Premiership Adelaide United Club World Championship Qualifying Tournament Sydney FC A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup Adelaide United 2004 2006–07 yes yes The 2005–06 season was the 37th season of national competitive soccer in Australia and 123rd overall. This was the first season following the formation of the A-League. A-League 2005–06 A-League The inaugural 2005–06 A-League season began on 26 August 2005 and ended on 5 March 2006. Regular season Standings Finals series Bracket A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup 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 main WDL Group A complete MVC PER ADL NEW QUAL QUAL 0 3 0 3 3 1 2 0 2 1 0 2 1 3 4 1 1 1 4 4 Adelaide United Melbourne Victory Newcastle Jets Perth Glory QR green1 Advance to semifinals Group B main WDL Group B complete SYD CCM QLD NZK QUAL QUAL 2 0 1 4 3 0 0 3 1 9 1 1 1 6 3 2 1 0 5 1 Central Coast Mariners New Zealand Knights Queensland Roar Sydney FC QR green1 Advance to semifinals Finals 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 Australian Club World Championship qualifying tournament 2005 Australian Club World Championship Qualifying Tournament 180px 25px Round 1(7 May) Semi-finals(11 May) Finals(15 May) Sydney FC 3 Queensland Roar 0 Central Coast Mariners (pen) 0 (4) Newcastle Jets 0 (2) Adelaide United (pen) 0 (4) Melbourne Victory 0 (1) Perth Glory 1 Sydney FC 2 Central Coast Mariners 4 Adelaide United 0 Sydney FC 1 Central Coast Mariners 0 International club competitions OFC Club Championship 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. Group Stage 31 May 2005 Sydney FC AUS 3–2 https://web.archive.org/web/20110306115719/http://www.a-league.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay NZL Auckland City Ceccoli 32Packer 47Corica 90+3 Seaman 37Smith 78 Stade Pater Tahiti 4,000 W Group Stage 2 June 2005 Sobou FC PNG 2–9 https://web.archive.org/web/20110306115719/http://www.a-league.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay AUS Sydney FC Wate 57Daniel 90 Fyfe 5Petrovski 14 43 71Zdrilic 19 40 42Brodie 79Salazar 82 Stade Pater Tahiti 3,000 W Group Stage 4 June 2005 Sydney FC AUS 6–0 https://web.archive.org/web/20110306115719/http://www.a-league.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay Tahiti AS Pirae Zdrilic 11 25 35 39Buonavoglia 43Carney 85 Stade Pater Tahiti 1,500 W Semi-final 7 June 2005 Sydney FC AUS 6–0 https://web.archive.org/web/20110306115719/http://www.a-league.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay 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 https://web.archive.org/web/20110306115719/http://www.a-league.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay New Caledonia AS Magenta Bingley 16Zdrilic 59 Stade Pater, Tahiti 4,000 W FIFA Club World Championship 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 21:20 AEDT (UTC+11) Sydney AUS 0–1 https://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/matches/round=47350300/match=47350002/report.html CRC Deportivo Saprissa Bolaños 47 Toyota Stadium Toyota, Japan 28,538 Toru Kamikawa (Japan) L 16 December 2005 Fifth Place Play-Off 21:20 AEDT (UTC+11) Al Ahly EGY 1–2 https://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/matches/round=47350700/match=47350005/report.html AUS Sydney Moteab 45 Yorke 35 Carney 66 National Stadium Tokyo, Japan 15,951 Toru Kamikawa (Japan) W 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 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Socceroo/reports/vJAM2005a.html Jamaica Bresciano 3 Thompson 29 Viduka 48 Aloisi 58 Griffiths 85 London, England Craven Cottage 6,570 Mike Riley (England) W 25 May 2006 Friendly Australia 1–0 http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/2009australia/default.aspx?s=aus_news_news_display&id=10075 Greece Skoko 16 MCG Melbourne, Australia 95,103 Mike Riley (England) W 4 June 2006 Friendly Netherlands 1–1 http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/2009australia/default.aspx?s=aus_news_news_display&id=10120 Australia van Nistelrooy 9 54 Cahill De Kuip Rotterdam, Netherlands 49,000 Mike Dean (England) D 8 June 2006 Friendly Liechtenstein 1–3 http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/2009australia/default.aspx?s=aus_news_news_display&id=10136 Australia Neill 8 o.g. 20 Sterjovski 75 Kennedy 83 Aloisi Donaustadion Ulm, Germany 5,872 Wolfgang Stark (Germany) W FIFA World Cup qualification 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification 3 September 2005 Final round Australia 7–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Socceroo/reports/vSOL2005d.html Solomon Islands Culina 20 Viduka 36 43 Cahill 57 Chipperfield 64 Thompson 68 Emerton 89 Sydney, Australia Sydney Football Stadium 16,000 Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia) W 6 September 2005 Final round Solomon Islands 1–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Socceroo/reports/vSOL2005b.html Australia Fa'arodo 49 19 Thompson 58 Emerton Honiara, Solomon Islands Lawson Tama Stadium 16,000 Shamsul Maidin (Singapore) W 12 November 2005 Play-off Uruguay 1–0 https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=8905/matches/match=42916/report.html Australia Rodríguez 37 Montevideo, Uruguay Estadio Centenario 55,000 Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark) L 16 November 2005 Play-off Australia 1–0 (a.e.t.) https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=8905/matches/match=42917/report.html Uruguay Bresciano 35 Kewell Neill Vidmar Viduka Aloisi 4–2 Rodríguez Varela Estoyanoff Zalayeta Sydney, Australia Telstra Stadium 82,698 Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain) W Asian Cup qualification 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification 22 February 2006 Group Stage Bahrain 1–3 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Socceroo/reports/vBAH2006a.html Australia Ali 35 54 Thompson 79 Skoko 88 pen. Elrich National Stadium Manama, Bahrain 2,500 Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia) W FIFA World Cup 2006 FIFA World Cup 12 June 2006 15:00 CEST Group Stage Australia 3–1 (Report) Japan Cahill 84 89 Aloisi 90+2 Nakamura 26 Fritz Walter Stadion Kaiserslautern, Germany 46,000 Essam Abd El Fatah (Egypt) W 18 June 2006 18:00 CEST Group Stage Brazil 2–0 https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/results/matches/match=97410027/report.html Australia Adriano 49 Fred 90 Allianz Arena Munich, Germany 66,000 Markus Merk (Germany) L 22 June 2006 21:00 CEST Group Stage Croatia 2–2 https://web.archive.org/web/20110722135620/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/results/matches/match%3D97410044/report.html Australia Srna 2 N. Kovač 56 Moore 38 pen. Kewell 79 Gottlieb Daimler Stadion Stuttgart, Germany 52,000 Graham Poll (England) D 26 June 2006 17:00 CEST Round of 16 Italy 1–0 https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/results/matches/match=97410053/report.html Australia Totti 90+5 pen. Fritz Walter Stadion Kaiserslautern, Germany 46,000 Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain) L 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 23 AUS 0–0 https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080713204515/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/45673/20080714-0000/www.footballaustralia.com.au/MensU23/defaultb863.html 23 IRN Hanoi, Vietnam D 18 April 2006 23 VIE 0–0 https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080713204515/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/45673/20080714-0000/www.footballaustralia.com.au/MensU23/defaulta414.html 23 AUS Hanoi, Vietnam D 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 20 AUS 0–1 https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080713204512/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/45673/20080714-0000/www.footballaustralia.com.au/MensU20/defaulta0a8.html 20 NZL Jenkins 60 Canberra, Australia Australian Institute of Sport L 7 May 2006 20 AUS 1–3 https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080713204512/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/45673/20080714-0000/www.footballaustralia.com.au/MensU20/defaultdc4f.html 20 NZL Berger 67 Jenkins 29 81White 62 Canberra, Australia Australian Institute of Sport L 10 May 2006 20 AUS 4–2 https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080713204512/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/45673/20080714-0000/www.footballaustralia.com.au/MensU20/defaultac6b.html 20 NZL Hearfield 68 77Grossman 80Djite 83 Barbarouses 30Roydhouse 89 Canberra, Australia Australian Institute of Sport W AFC Youth Championship qualification 2006 AFC Youth Championship qualification 22 February 2006 20 AUS 3–0 https://www.socceroos.com.au/news/qantas-young-socceroos-win-3-0-report 20 Turkmenistan Hearfield 1 70Williams 65 Colombo, Sri Lanka Sugathadasa Stadium W 26 February 2006 20 Sri Lanka 0–4 https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080713204511/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/45673/20080714-0000/www.footballaustralia.com.au/MensU20/default307a.html 20 AUS Hearfield 47Grossman 70Djite 80 82 Colombo, Sri Lanka Sugathadasa Stadium W 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 17 ECU 0–0 https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20060829150044/http://members.perthglory.com.au/public/article/show.asp?articleid=9445 17 AUS Lima, Peru D 26 July 2005 Four Nation Tournament 17 Peru 2–2 https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20070903105026/http://members.sydneyfc.com/public/article/show.asp?articleid=9465 17 AUS Campos 39Carnero 45+1 Cumming 42Spiranovic 74 Lima, Peru D Víctor Hugo Carrillo (Peru) 28 July 2005 Four Nation Tournament 17 Peru 1–1 https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20090918230011/http://members.perthglory.com.au/public/article/show.asp?articleid=9484 17 AUS Espejo 4 Miller 45 Lima, Peru D FIFA U-17 World Championship 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship 16 September 2005 Group stage 17:00 PET 17 TUR 1–0 https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=90950100/match=90950002/index.html 17 AUS Şahin 84 Estadio Nacional Lima, Peru 14,200 Kevin Stott (United States) L 19 September 2005 15:30 PET 17 MEX 3–0 https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=90950100/match=90950009/index.html 17 AUS Esparza 20 Vela 43 79 Estadio Nacional Lima, Peru 6,000 Horacio Elizondo (Argentina) Group stage L 22 September 2005 Group stage 15:30 PET 17 AUS 2–1 https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=90950100/match=90950017/index.html 17 URU Burns 20 Kruse 83 Figueroa 38 Estadio Elías Aguirre Chiclayo, Peru 11,100 Jerome Damon (South Africa) W 2006 AFC U-17 Championship qualification 2006 AFC U-17 Championship qualification 7 February 2006 Group stage 17 Laos 0–0 https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080713204509/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/45673/20080714-0000/www.footballaustralia.com.au/MensU17/default8964.html 17 AUS Vientiane, Laos D 5,000 Laos National Stadium 9 February 2006 Group stage 17 AUS 3–1 https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080713204509/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/45673/20080714-0000/www.footballaustralia.com.au/MensU17/defaultc1f2.html 20 IDN Visconte 39Giannou 60Brown 68 69 2,500 W Laos National Stadium Vientiane, Laos 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 CHN 1–2 Report AUS Ji Ting 60 Gill 27 Peters 90 Tianjin, China Minyuan Stadium 4,500 W 19 July 2005 CHN 2–0 Report AUS Zhang Ying 45 Han Duan 56 Tianjin, China Minyuan Stadium 7,000 L 23 July 2005 JPN 4–2 Report AUS Nagasato 27 44 Ohno 43 Tomoe Sakai 67 De Vanna 14Peters 23 pen. Tokyo, Japan 4,191 L 26 July 2005 KOR 0–0 Report AUS Jeonju, South Korea D 28 July 2005 KOR 3–0 Report AUS unknown 56 unknown 58 unknown 67 Jeonju, South Korea L 16 October 2005 USA 0–0 Report AUS Fullerton, United States Titan Stadium 5,394 Kari Seitz (United States); Jennifer Bennett (United States) D 19 October 2005 MEX 0–2 Report AUS Walsh 86 Shipard 90 El Paso, United States Patriot Stadium Jennifer Bennett (United States) W 25 November 2005 AUS 0–0 Report CHN Gosford, Australia Central Coast Stadium 1,900 Krystyna Szokolai D 3 December 2005 AUS 0–0 Report CHN Sydney, Australia Sydney Football Stadium Tammy Ogston D 25 May 2006 AUS 2–1 Report MEX Gill 75 Salisbury 84 Ocampo 13 Melbourne, Australia MCG Tammy Ogston W 28 May 2006 AUS 3–0 Report MEX Burgess 58 Peters 33 De Vanna 90 Melbourne, Australia Lakeside Stadium W 30 May 2006 AUS 4–0 Report MEX Munoz 44 45 75Walsh 60 Melbourne, Australia SS Anderson Reserve W 16 June 2006 CHN 2–1 Report AUS unknown 28 o.g. Pu Wei 75 pen. Walsh 48 Shanghai, China Shanghai FA Training Centre L 19 June 2006 CHN 2–0 Report AUS unknown 38 unknown 44 Shanghai, China Oriental Green Boat Holiday Village L 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 20 AUS 3–1 https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20100915222102/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/45673/20100914-0745/www.footballaustralia.com.au/2009womensu20/default6303.html 20 NZL Jackson 2 12Khamis 77 70 Canberra, Australia Australian Institute of Sport W 17 February 2006 20 AUS 4–0 https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20100915222102/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/45673/20100914-0745/www.footballaustralia.com.au/2009womensu20/defaultb9a2.html 20 NZL Tristram 54McDonnell 65McCallum 78Khamis 81 Canberra, Australia Australian Institute of Sport W AFC U-19 Women's Championship qualification 2006 AFC U-19 Women's Championship qualification 5 March 2006 20 THA 2–6 https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20100915222102/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/45673/20100914-0745/www.footballaustralia.com.au/2009womensu20/default24bb.html 20 AUS Chawong 20Maijarern 73 Carroll 14Tristram 40McDonnell 45+4 90+1Cooper 80Khamis 90+4 Bangkok, Thailand W Supachalasai Stadium 7 March 2006 20 AUS 6–0 https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20100915222102/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/45673/20100914-0745/www.footballaustralia.com.au/2009womensu20/default0763.html 20 Myanmar Ledbrook 14 78 85McDonnell 34Uzunlar 70 88 Bangkok, Thailand W Supachalasai Stadium AFC U-19 Women's Championship 2006 AFC U-19 Women's Championship 9 April 2006 20 CHN 0–1 https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20100915222102/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/45673/20100914-0745/www.footballaustralia.com.au/2009womensu20/default6c52.html 20 AUS McDonnell 54 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Group stage KLFA Stadium W 11 April 2006 20 AUS 16–0 20 MAS https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20100915222102/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/45673/20100914-0745/www.footballaustralia.com.au/2009womensu20/default6482.html McCallum 10 27Blayney 18Tristram 21 38 60 67Uzunlar 33 47Balomenos 50 57 87Ledbrook 53 57 75 82 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia KLFA Stadium Group stage W 13 April 2006 20 AUS 7–0 20 Jordan https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20100915222057/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/45673/20100914-0745/www.footballaustralia.com.au/2009WomensU20/defaulte89e.html Cooper 11 17Jackson 32Ledbrook 36Cartwright 6172 o.g. 19:45 (UTC+08:00) Petaling Jaya Stadium Petaling Jaya, Malaysia Group stage W 15 April 2006 20 AUS 2–4 https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20100915222102/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/45673/20100914-0745/www.footballaustralia.com.au/2009womensu20/default0482.html 20 PRK McDonnell 40Shipard 81 Kim Song-hui 6 15Ra Un-sim 52 90 19:45 (UTC+08:00) KLFA Stadium Semi-final Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia L 18 April 2006 2–3 https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20100915222102/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/45673/20100914-0745/www.footballaustralia.com.au/2009womensu20/default438e.html 20 JPN 20 AUS Sakaguchi 11Nagasato 54 Khamis 19Tristram 75McCallum 88 Petaling Jaya Stadium Petaling Jaya, Malaysia Third-place playoff W Deaths 25 November 2005: George Best, Northern Ireland and Brisbane Lions midfielder.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4380332.stm BBC News Football legend George Best dies 25 November 2005 References External links Football Federation Australia official website Category:Soccer in Australia by season