2005–06 Sydney FC season

Sydney FC
2005–06 season
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
Home colours	Away colours

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

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Clint Bolton
2	DF	Iain Fyfe
3	DF	Alvin Ceccoli
4	DF	Mark Rudan
5	DF	Steve Laurie
6	MF	Ufuk Talay
7	MF	Robbie Middleby
8	MF	Matthew Bingley
9	FW	David Zdrilic
10	MF	Steve Corica
11	FW	Sasho Petrovski
12	MF	David Carney

No.	Position	Player
13	FW	Alejandro Salazar
14	MF	Andrew Packer
15	MF	Terry McFlynn
16	DF	Mark Milligan
17	DF	Jacob Timpano
18	DF	Wade Oostendorp
19	FW	Dwight Yorke
20	GK	Justin Pasfield
21	FW	Kazuyoshi Miura (guest player)
22	FW	John Buonavoglia (short-term signing)
23	MF	Ruben Zadkovich (short-term signing)
24	FW	Tolgay Özbey (short-term signing)

Transfers In

Player	From	League	Fee	Date
Clint Bolton	APIA Leichhardt	NSW Premier League	Free	17 November 2004
Alvin Ceccoli	Wollongong Wolves	NSW Premier League	Free	17 November 2004
Steve Laurie	unattached	–	–	17 November 2004
Robbie Middleby	unattached	–	–	17 November 2004
Sasho Petrovski	Bankstown City Lions	NSW Premier League	Free	17 November 2004
Andrew Packer	Queensland Lions	Brisbane Premier League	Free	17 November 2004
Steve Corica	Walsall FC (released)	Football League One	–	1 December 2004
Mark Milligan	Blacktown City Demons	NSW Premier League	Free	4 December 2004
Justin Pasfield	Bray Wanderers A.F.C. (released)	League of Ireland	–	4 December 2004
Jacob Timpano	Wollongong Wolves	NSW Premier League	Free	4 December 2004
Wade Oostendorp	AIS	–	–	4 December 2004
Mark Rudan	Public Bank FC	Malaysian Super League	Free	9 December 2004
Alejandro Salazar	University of Portland	NCAA WCC	Free	9 December 2004
David Zdrilic	SV Eintracht Trier 05 (released)	2.Bundesliga	–	13 December 2004
Ufuk Talay	Mersin Idman Yurdu (released)	Türk Telekom League A	–	5 January 2005
Iain Fyfe	Hamilton Academical (released)	SFL Div 2	–	16 February 2005
David Carney	Hamilton Academical (released)	SFL Div 2	–	11 March 2005
Terry McFlynn	Morecambe (released)	Conference National	–	12 March 2005
Matthew Bingley	Central Coast United	NSW Premier League	Free	15 March 2005
Dwight Yorke	Birmingham City	FA Premier League	Free	16 April 2005

Short-term signings

Player	From	Start date	End date	Reason
Mitchell Blowes	Kemblawarra FC (loan)	16 May 2005	30 June 2005	Signed for Oceania Club Championship
Mitchell Blowes	Kemblawarra FC (loan)	29 November 2005	17 December 2005	Signed for Club World Championship
Todd Brodie	Marconi Stallions (loan)	16 May 2005	30 June 2005	Signed for Oceania Club Championship
Brendan Renaud	St George Saints (loan)	16 May 2005	30 June 2005	Signed for Oceania Club Championship
John Buonavoglia	Sydney Olympic FC (loan)	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
Kazuyoshi Miura	Yokohama FC (loan)	4 November 2005	17 December 2005	Guest player
Dustin Wells	Belconnen Blue Devils (loan)	29 November 2005	17 December 2005	Signed for Club World Championship
Ruben Zadkovich	Notts County F.C. (released)	29 November 2005	17 December 2005	Signed for Club World Championship
Ruben Zadkovich	Notts County F.C. (released)	21 January 2006	6 March 2006	Injury cover for Ufuk Talay
Tolgay Özbey	Blacktown City Demons (loan)	9 February 2006	6 March 2006	Injury cover for David Zdrilic

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
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

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

7 May 2005 Round 1	Sydney FC	3 : 0	Queensland Roar	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
		report		Attendance: 8,000

11 May 2005 Semi-Final	Perth Glory	1 : 2	Sydney FC	Members Equity Stadium, Perth
		report		Attendance: 9,968

15 May 2005 Semi-Final	Central Coast Mariners	0 : 1	Sydney FC	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
		report		Attendance: 9,627

2005 Oceania Club Championship

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	Pts
Sydney FC	3	3	0	18	4	9
AS Pirae	3	2	1	6	7	6
Auckland City	3	1	2	8	5	3
Sobou FC	3	0	3	4	20	2

Knockout Stage

Semifinals			Final

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 Game


			A2	AS Pirae	1
			B2	Tafea FC	3

Group Matches

31 May 2005 Group Stage	Sydney FC	3 : 2	Auckland City	Stade Pater, Tahiti
	Ceccoli 32' Packer 47' Corica 90+3'	report	Seaman 37' Smith 78'	Attendance: 4,000

2 June 2005 Group Stage	Sobou FC	2 : 9	Sydney FC	Stade Pater, Tahiti
	Wate 57' Daniel 90'	report	Fyfe 5' Petrovski 14', 43', 71' Zdrilic 19', 40', 42' Brodie 79' Salazar 82'	Attendance: 3,000

4 June 2005 Group Stage	Sydney FC	6 : 0	AS Pirae	Stade Pater, Tahiti
	Zdrilic 11', 25', 35', 39' Buonavoglia 43' Carney 85'	report		Attendance: 1,500

Finals

7 June 2005 Semi-Final	Sydney FC	6 : 0	Tafea	Stade Pater, Tahiti
	Petrovski 26' Zdrilic 39' Talay 44' (pen.) Corica 65', 90' Salazar 87'	report		Attendance: 4,000

10 June 2005 Final	Sydney FC	2 : 0	AS Magenta	Stade Pater, Tahiti
	Bingley 16' Zdrilic 59'	report		Attendance: 4,000

2005 Pre-season Challenge Cup

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sydney FC	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7	Pre-season Cup Finals Series
2	Central Coast Mariners	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6	Pre-season Cup Finals Series
3	Queensland Roar	3	1	1	1	6	3	+3	4
4	New Zealand Knights	3	0	0	3	1	9	−8	0

Updated to match(es) played on 5 February 2006. Source: theworldgame.sbs.com.au
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Knockout Stage

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

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Adelaide United	21	13	4	4	33	25	+8	43	2007 AFC Champions League Group stage^{[lower-alpha 1]}
2	Sydney FC (C)	21	10	6	5	35	28	+7	36	2007 AFC Champions League Group stage^{[lower-alpha 1]}
3	Central Coast Mariners	21	8	8	5	35	28	+7	32	2006 A-League Finals Series^{[lower-alpha 2]}
4	Newcastle Jets	21	9	4	8	27	29	−2	31	2006 A-League Finals Series^{[lower-alpha 2]}
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^{[lower-alpha 3]}	21	1	3	17	15	47	−32	6

Updated to match(es) played on 5 February 2006. Source: theworldgame.sbs.com.au
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.
Notes:

↑ First place qualifies for the 2007 AFC Champions League Group stage.
Winning the 2006 A-League Grand Final earns qualification for the 2007 AFC Champions League Group stage, unless the Grand Final winners are also first place, in which case the Grand Final runner up qualifies.
↑ First place through to fourth place qualify for the 2006 A-League Finals Series.
↑ New Zealand Knights cannot qualify for the 2007 AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Knockout Stage

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			Sydney FC	1
					Adelaide United	0		Central Coast Mariners	0
	February 12 & 19				Central Coast Mariners	1
3	Central Coast Mariners	1	1
4	Newcastle Jets	0	1

Matches

28 August 2005 Round 1	Sydney FC	1 : 1	Melbourne Victory	Aussie Stadium, Sydney
17:00 UTC+10	Yorke 44'	Report Summary	Thompson 73'	Attendance: 25,208 Referee: Mark Shield

2 September 2005 Round 2	New Zealand Knights	1 : 3	Sydney FC	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
20:00 UTC+12	Rose 69'	Report Summary	Rudan 25' Bingley 73' Middleby 90+4'	Attendance: 9,827 Referee: Peter O'Leary

11 September 2005 Round 3	Newcastle Jets	2 : 1	Sydney FC	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
17:00 UTC+10	Milicic 6' Johnson 18' Corbo 39', 70'	Report Summary	Yorke 78' Corica 70'	Attendance: 9,127 Referee: Matthew Breeze

16 September 2005 Round 4	Sydney FC	2 : 3	Central Coast Mariners	Aussie Stadium, Sydney
20:00 UTC+10	Packer 13' Yorke 72'	Report Summary	Petrie 20' (pen.) Gumprecht 35' Spencer 90+1'	Attendance: 15,614 Referee: Peter O'Leary

23 September 2005 Round 5	Queensland Roar	1 : 3	Sydney FC	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
20:00 UTC+10	Timpano 50' (o.g.)	Report Summary	Corica 5', 67' McFlynn 68'	Attendance: 23,142 Referee: Matthew Breeze

1 October 2005 Round 6	Perth Glory	1 : 2	Sydney FC	Members Equity Stadium, Perth
19:35 UTC+8	Despotovski 40'	Report Summary	Petrovski 48' Yorke 65'	Attendance: 13,157 Referee: Matthew Breeze

9 October 2005 Round 7	Sydney FC	2 : 1	Adelaide United	Aussie Stadium, Sydney
17:00 UTC+10	Carney 54' Petrovski 88'	Report Summary	Valkanis 51'	Attendance: 18,276 Referee: Mark Shield

16 October 2005 Round 8	Melbourne Victory	5 : 0	Sydney FC	Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
13:00 UTC+10	Kitzbichler 34' Muscat 53' (pen.), 78' (pen.) Thompson 57', 69'	Report Summary	Talay 58'	Attendance: 18,206 Referee: Matthew Breeze

21 October 2005 Round 9	Sydney FC	2 : 0	New Zealand Knights	Aussie Stadium, Sydney
20:00 UTC+10	Petrovski 10' Carney 30'	Report Summary		Attendance: 11,836 Referee: Ben Williams

30 October 2005 Round 10	Sydney FC	1 : 1	Newcastle Jets	Aussie Stadium, Sydney
17:00 UTC+10	Carney 73'	Report Summary	Milicic 77'	Attendance: 9,132 Referee: Mark Shield

5 November 2005 Round 11	Central Coast Mariners	1 : 5	Sydney FC	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
20:00 UTC+11	Hutchinson 40'	Report Summary	Yorke 9' (pen.) Talay 14' Petrovski 23', 68', 83'	Attendance: 10,529 Referee: Simon Przydacz

13 November 2005 Round 12	Sydney FC	1 : 0	Queensland Roar	Aussie Stadium, Sydney
	Zdrillic 54'			Attendance: 13,030 Referee: Ben Williams

19 November 2005 Round 13	Sydney FC	0 : 0	Perth Glory	Aussie Stadium, Sydney
				Attendance: 16,242 Referee: Matthew Breeze

27 November 2005 Round 14	Adelaide United	3 : 2	Sydney FC	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
	Rech 4', 84' Veart 14'		Miura 33', 76'	Attendance: 14,068 Referee: Mark Shield

3 December 2005 Round 15	Sydney FC	2 : 1	Melbourne Victory	Aussie Stadium, Sydney
	Carney 81' Corica 24'		Allsopp 88'	Attendance: 17,272 Referee: Matthew Breeze

30 December 2005 Round 16	New Zealand Knights	2 : 2	Sydney FC	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
	Brockie 86' Devine 3'		Yorke 45' (pen.) Veart 6'	Attendance: 4,212 Referee: Peter Green

6 January 2006 Round 17	Sydney FC	0 : 0	Newcastle Jets	Aussie Stadium, Sydney
				Attendance: 15,211 Referee: Matthew Breeze

14 January 2006 Round 18	Sydney FC	1 : 1	Central Coast Mariners	Aussie Stadium, Sydney
	Carney 61'		Pondeljak 52'	Attendance: 15,977 Referee: Ben Williams

21 January 2006 Round 19	Queensland Roar	2 : 1	Sydney FC	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
	Brosque 60', 70'		Petrovski 85'	Attendance: 13,302 Referee: Simon Przydacz

29 January 2006 Round 20	Perth Glory	1 : 2	Sydney FC	Members Equity Stadium, Perth
	Despotovski 53'		Zadkovich 23' Rudan 14'	Attendance: 12,796 Referee: Craig Zetter

3 February 2006 Round 21	Sydney FC	2 : 1	Adelaide United	Aussie Stadium, Sydney
	Ceccoli 71' Yorke 48' (pen.)		Qu 90'	Attendance: 25,557 Referee: Mark Shield

Finals series

12 February 2006 Major Semi-Final Leg 1	Adelaide United	2 : 2	Sydney FC	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
	Rech 34' Dodd 31'		Petrovski 39' Corica 9'	Attendance: 15,104 Referee: Matthew Breeze

19 February 2006 Major Semi-Final Leg 2	Sydney FC	2 : 1	Adelaide United	Aussie Stadium, Sydney
	Rudan 76' Petrovski 29'		Qu 60'	Attendance: 30,377 Referee: Mark Shield

5 March 2006 Grand Final	Sydney FC	1 : 0	Central Coast Mariners	Aussie Stadium, Sydney
	Corica 62'			Attendance: 41,689 Referee: Mark Shield

2005 FIFA World Club Championship

12 December 2005 Quarter-Final	Sydney FC	0 : 1	Deportivo Saprissa	Toyota Stadium, Nagoya
				Attendance: 28,538

16 December 2005 Fifth Place Play-Off	Al Ahly	1 : 2	Sydney FC	Olympic Stadium, Tokyo
				Attendance: 15,951

Team kit

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

Club Awards

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
Chairmans Award: Mark Rudan
Finals Player of the Year: Steve Corica
Goal of the Year: Alvin Ceccoli

A-League Awards

Joe Marston Medal Winner: Dwight Yorke

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[table_note_res_GS0.51548773493408-1] First place qualifies for the 2007 AFC Champions League Group stage.
Winning the 2006 A-League Grand Final earns qualification for the 2007 AFC Champions League Group stage, unless the Grand Final winners are also first place, in which case the Grand Final runner up qualifies.

[table_note_res_FS0.51548773493408-2] First place through to fourth place qualify for the 2006 A-League Finals Series.

[table_note_NZK0.51548773493408-3] New Zealand Knights cannot qualify for the 2007 AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

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Seasons	2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19
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Current clubs	Adelaide United Brisbane Roar Central Coast Mariners Melbourne City Melbourne Victory Newcastle Jets Perth Glory Sydney FC Wellington Phoenix Western Sydney Wanderers
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Associated competitions	W-League National Youth League National Premier Leagues AFC Champions League FFA Cup Pre-Season Challenge Cup (defunct) All Stars Game (hiatus)

Sydney FC
Players Seasons Honours Records Youth Women Current season
Club	History International competition
Grounds	Leichhardt Oval Jubilee Oval Sydney Cricket Ground
Players	25+ appearances 1-24 appearances
Seasons (14)	2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018-19
Managers	Littbarski (2005–06) Butcher (2006–07) Culina (2007) Kosmina (2007–09) Lavička (2009–12) Crook (2012) Farina (2012–14) Arnold (2014–18) Corica (2018–)
Captains	Rudan (2005–07) Popovic (2007–08) Corica (2008–10) McFlynn (2010–13) Del Piero (2013–14) Brosque (2014–)
Rivalries	League record by opponent The Big Blue Sydney Derby
Supporters	The Cove Lokomotiv Cove