2005–06 Sydney FC season

Sydney FC
2005–06 season
Chairman	Walter Bugno
Manager	Pierre Littbarski
Stadium	Aussie Stadium
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
Top goalscorer	League: Sasho Petrovski (9); All: Sasho Petrovski (18)
Highest home attendance	41,689 v Central Coast Mariners; 5 March 2006
Lowest home attendance	9,132 v Newcastle; 30 October 2005
Average home league attendance	0
Home colours	Away colours
	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

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


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


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

Transfers in

Player	From	Fee	Date
Clint Bolton	APIA Leichhardt	Free	17 November 2004
Alvin Ceccoli	Wollongong Wolves	Free
Steve Laurie	unattached	–
Robbie Middleby	unattached	–
Sasho Petrovski	Bankstown City Lions	Free
Andrew Packer	Queensland Lions	Free
Steve Corica	Walsall	–	1 December 2004
Mark Milligan	Blacktown City Demons	Free	4 December 2004
Justin Pasfield	Bray Wanderers	–
Jacob Timpano	Wollongong Wolves	Free
Wade Oostendorp	AIS	–
Mark Rudan	Public Bank	Free	9 December 2004
Alejandro Salazar	University of Portland	Free	9 December 2004
David Zdrilic	SV Eintracht Trier	–	13 December 2004
Ufuk Talay	Mersin Idman Yurdu	–	5 January 2005
Iain Fyfe	Hamilton Academical	–	16 February 2005
David Carney	Hamilton Academical	–	11 March 2005
Terry McFlynn	Morecambe	–	12 March 2005
Matthew Bingley	Central Coast United	Free	15 March 2005
Dwight Yorke	Birmingham City	Free	16 April 2005

Short-term signings

Player	Transferred from	Type/Fee	Start date	End date
Mitchell Blowes	Kemblawarra FC	Loan signing for Oceania Club Championship	16 May 2005	30 June 2005
Mitchell Blowes	Kemblawarra FC	Loan signing for FIFA Club World Championship	29 November 2005	17 December 2005
Todd Brodie	Marconi Stallions	Loan signing for Oceania Club Championship	16 May 2005	30 June 2005
Brendan Renaud	St George Saints	Loan signing for Oceania Club Championship	16 May 2005	30 June 2005
John Buonavoglia	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
Kazuyoshi Miura	Yokohama FC	Guest player	4 November 2005	17 December 2005
Dustin Wells	Belconnen Blue Devils	Loan signing for FIFA Club World Championship	29 November 2005	17 December 2005
Ruben Zadkovich	Notts County	Loan signing for FIFA Club World Championship	29 November 2005	17 December 2005
Ruben Zadkovich	Notts County	Injury replacement for Ufuk Talay	21 January 2006	6 March 2006
Tolgay Özbey	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.

Home

Away

Goalkeeper

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
Oceania Club Championship	Group Stage	Champions	31 May 2005	10 June 2005
Pre-Season Challenge Cup	Group Stage	Semi-finals	23 July 2005	12 August 2005
A-League	Round 1	2nd	28 August 2005	3 February 2006
FIFA Club World Championship	Quarter-finals	5th	12 December 2005	16 December 2005
A-League Finals	Semi-finals	Champions	10 February 2006	5 March 2006

Oceania Club Championship Qualification

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 Final	Central Coast Mariners	0–1	Sydney FC	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
		report		Attendance: 9,627

Oceania Club Championship

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sydney FC	3	3	0	18	4	+14	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	AS Pirae	3	2	1	6	7	−1	6	Advance to knockout stage
3	Auckland City	3	1	2	8	5	+3	3
4	Sobou	3	0	3	4	20	−16	0

Source: RSSSF

31 May 2005 1	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 2	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 3	Sydney FC	6–0	AS Pirae	Stade Pater, Tahiti
	Zdrilic 11', 25', 35', 39' Buonavoglia 43' Carney 85'	report		Attendance: 1,500

Knockout stage

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 v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sydney FC	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7	Advance to semi-finals
2	Central Coast Mariners	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6	Advance to semi-finals
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]}

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 v t e	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	Qualification for Finals series
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:

^ New Zealand Knights cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Matches

28 August 2005 1	Sydney FC	1–1	Melbourne Victory	Aussie Stadium, Sydney
17:00 UTC+10	Yorke 44'	Report Summary^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Thompson 73'	Attendance: 25,208 Referee: Mark Shield

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

11 September 2005 3	Newcastle Jets	2–1	Sydney FC	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
17:00 UTC+10	Milicic 6' Johnson 18' Corbo 39' 70'	Report Summary^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Yorke 78' Corica 70'	Attendance: 9,127 Referee: Matthew Breeze

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

23 September 2005 5	Queensland Roar	1–3	Sydney FC	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
20:00 UTC+10	Timpano 50' (o.g.)	Report Summary^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Corica 5', 67' McFlynn 68'	Attendance: 23,142 Referee: Matthew Breeze

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

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

27 November 2005 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 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 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 17	Sydney FC	0–0	Newcastle Jets	Aussie Stadium, Sydney
				Attendance: 15,211 Referee: Matthew Breeze

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

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

29 January 2006 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 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 Semi-finals First leg	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 Semi-finals Second leg	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

FIFA World Club Championship

12 December 2005 Quarter-finals	Sydney FC	0–1	Deportivo Saprissa	Toyota, Japan
21:20 AEDT (UTC+11)	Ceccoli 81'	Report	Bolaños 47'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 28,538 Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)

16 December 2005 Match for fifth place	Al Ahly	1–2	Sydney FC	Tokyo, Japan
21:20 AEDT (UTC+11)	Moteab 45'	Report	Yorke 35' Carney 66'	Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 15,951 Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)

Appearances and goals

Players with no appearances not included in the list.

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	A-League		CWC Qualifying		Pre-Season Cup		OFC Club Championship		Club World Championship		Total
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Clint Bolton	24	0	3	0	4	0	5	0	2	0	38	0
2	DF		Iain Fyfe	20+3	0	3	0	4	0	5	1	2	0	34+3	1
3	DF		Alvin Ceccoli	24	1	3	0	4	0	5	1	1	0	37	2
4	DF		Marko Rudan	10+6	3	0+1	0	0+1	0	1	0	1+1	0	24	3
6	MF		Ufuk Talay	15+1	1	3	1	2+1	0	4	1	1	0	27	3
7	MF		Robbie Middleby	2+14	1	0+3	0	3+1	0	4	0	0	0	27	1
8	MF		Matthew Bingley	13+7	1	3	0	0	0	5	1	1	0	29	2
9	FW		David Zdrilic	9+10	1	3	0	0+1	0	5	9	0+2	0	30	10
10	MF		Steve Corica	21+1	5	0+3	0	4	1	2+3	3	2	0	36	9
11	FW		Sasho Petrovski	20+2	9	3	2	3	3	4	4	2	0	34	18
12	MF		David Carney	22+2	6	3	2	4	0	5	1	2	1	38	6
14	MF		Andrew Packer	13+7	1	3	1	4	0	5	1	1+1	0	34	3
15	MF		Terry McFlynn	16+5	1	3	0	4	0	4	0	1+1	0	34	1
16	DF		Mark Milligan	10	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	15	0
17	DF		Jacob Timpano	18+3	0	0+1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	26	0
18	DF		Wade Oostendorp	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	1	0
19	FW		Dwight Yorke	19+2	7	0	0	3	1	0	0	2	1	31	9
23	MF		Ruben Zadkovich	4+2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1

End-of-season awards

Award	Winner
Player of the Year	Clint Bolton
Member's Player of the Year	David Carney
Golden Boot	Sasho Petrovski
Defender of the Year	Alvin Ceccoli
Midfielder of the Year	David Carney
Forward of the Year	Dwight Yorke
Chairman's Award	Mark Rudan
Finals Player of the Year	Steve Corica
Goal of the Year	Alvin Ceccoli

[table_note_NZK0.086814683436795-1] New Zealand Knights cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

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