The 2005–06 season was the 37th season of national competitive association football in Australia and 123rd overall. This was the first season following the formation of the A-League.
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 | 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 |
Source: ultimatealeague.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
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.
Finals series
| Semifinals | Preliminary final | Final | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Adelaide United | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | Sydney FC | 1 | ||||||||
| 2 | Sydney FC | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | Central Coast Mariners | 0 | ||||||||
| 1 | Adelaide United | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Central Coast Mariners | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Central Coast Mariners | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Newcastle Jets | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
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-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 | |||||
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 competitions
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
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
| 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 |
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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
| 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.
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
| 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.
| 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) |
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
| 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  | 1–2 | Australia | Tianjin, China |
| Ji Ting 60' |
Report | Gill 27' Peters 90' |
Stadium: Minyuan Stadium Attendance: 4,500 |
| 19 July 2005 | China | 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 | Gosford, Australia |
| Report | Stadium: Central Coast Stadium Attendance: 1,900 Referee: Krystyna Szokolai |
| 3 December 2005 | Australia | 0–0 | China | 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 | 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 | 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
| 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
| 9 April 2006 Group stage | China | 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
- 25 November 2005: George Best, Northern Ireland and Brisbane Lions midfielder.[1]
References
- ^ "Football legend George Best dies". BBC News. 25 November 2005.
