2005 A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup

2005 A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup

Country	Australia  New Zealand
Teams	8
Champions	Central Coast Mariners (1st title)
Runners-up	Perth Glory
Matches played	15
Goals scored	34 (2.27 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Bobby Despotovski Nik Mrdja Sasho Petrovski (6 goals)
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The 2005 A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup was played in the lead up to the inaugural (2005-06) A-League season. It was won by the Central Coast Mariners, who beat Perth Glory in the final.

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Melbourne Victory	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5
Perth Glory	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
Adelaide United	3	0	3	0	3	3	0	3
Newcastle Jets	3	0	2	1	3	4	-1	2

22 July 2005

Newcastle Jets	1 – 1	Melbourne Victory
Deans  28'	Summary	Thompson  85'

Newcastle International Sports Centre, Newcastle

Attendance: 1,864

Referee: James Lewis (Australia)

22 July 2005

Adelaide United	2 - 2	Perth Glory
Aloisi  54' Valkanis  62'	Summary	Valkanis  29' (o.g.) Despotovski  52'

Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide

Attendance: 5,263

Referee: Craig Zetter (Australia)

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29 July 2005

Adelaide United	1 - 1	Newcastle Jets
Valkanis  74'	Summary	Johnson  79'

Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide

Attendance: 6,750

Referee: Simon Przydacz (Australia)

30 July 2005

Melbourne Victory	1 - 0	Perth Glory
Thompson  60'	Summary

Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne

Attendance: 4,528

Referee: Peter Green (Australia)

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5 August 2005

Melbourne Victory	0 - 0	Adelaide United
	Summary

Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne

Attendance: 4,687

Referee: Perry Mur (Australia)

6 August 2005

Perth Glory	2 - 1	Newcastle Jets
Despotovski  12', 61'	Summary	Thompson  29'

Perth Oval, Perth

Attendance: 7,089

Referee: Angelo Nardi (Australia)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sydney FC	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7
Central Coast Mariners	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6
Queensland Roar	3	1	1	1	6	3	+3	4
New Zealand Knights	3	0	0	3	1	9	-8	0

23 July 2005

Central Coast Mariners	3 - 1	Queensland Roar
Mrdja  22', 40', 59'	Summary	Tollenaere  29'

Central Coast Stadium, Gosford

Attendance: 4,247

Referee: Strebre Delovski (Australia)

24 July 2005

Sydney FC	3 - 1	New Zealand Knights
Yorke  25' (pen.) Petrovski  45', 72'	Summary	Fitzsimmons  83'

Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney

Attendance: 8,714

Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)

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30 July 2005

New Zealand Knights	0 - 5	Queensland Roar
	Summary	Brownlie  8', 9' Tollenaere  82' Moon  90' Murdocca  90'

North Harbour Stadium, Auckland

Attendance: 3,397

Referee: Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)

30 July 2005

Central Coast Mariners	0 - 2	Sydney FC
	Summary	Corica  57' Petrovski  79'

Central Coast Stadium, Gosford

Attendance: 8,362

Referee: Matthew Breeze (Australia)

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6 August 2005

New Zealand Knights	0 - 1	Central Coast Mariners
	Summary	Brown  5'

North Harbour Stadium, Auckland

Attendance: 2,269

Referee: Neil Fox (New Zealand)

6 August 2005

Queensland Roar	0 - 0	Sydney FC
	Summary

Barlow Park, Cairns

Attendance: 4,500

Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)

Finals

Semi-finals

12 August 2005

Melbourne Victory	1 - 3	Central Coast Mariners
Byrnes  31',  72'	Summary	Pondeljak  39' (pen.), 53' Brown  66'

Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne

Attendance: 4,500

Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)

14 August 2005

Sydney FC	0 - 1	Perth Glory
	Summary	Ward  90'

Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney

Attendance: 3,424

Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)

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Final

20 August 2005

Central Coast Mariners	1 - 0	Perth Glory
Petrie  39'	Report

Central Coast Stadium, Gosford

Attendance: 6,609

Referee: Matthew Breeze (Australia)

Top scorers

Position	Player	Club	Goals
1	Nik Mrdja	Central Coast Mariners	3
	Bobby Despotovski	Perth Glory
	Sasho Petrovski	Sydney FC
4	Michael Valkanis	Adelaide United	2
	Damien Brown	Central Coast Mariners
	Tom Pondeljak	Central Coast Mariners
	Archie Thompson	Melbourne Victory
	Royce Brownlie	Queensland Roar
	Reece Tollenaere	Queensland Roar
10	Ross Aloisi	Adelaide United	1
	Stewart Petrie	Central Coast Mariners
	Mark Byrnes	Melbourne Victory
	Steve Fitzsimmons	New Zealand Knights
	Craig Deans	Newcastle Jets
	Richard Johnson	Newcastle Jets
	Matt Thompson	Newcastle Jets
	Warren Moon	Queensland Roar
	Massimo Murdocca	Queensland Roar
	Nick Ward	Perth Glory
	Steve Corica	Sydney FC
	Dwight Yorke	Sydney FC