Club: | Sydney FC |
Manager: | Pierre Littbarski |
Cup1 Result: | Champions |
Cup2 Result: | Champions |
Cup3 Result: | Champions |
League Topscorer: | Sasho Petrovski (9) |
Season Topscorer: | Sasho Petrovski (18) |
Highest Attendance: | 41,689 v Central Coast Mariners 5 March 2006 |
Lowest Attendance: | 9,132 v Newcastle 30 October 2005 |
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Nextseason: | 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.
width=25% | Player | width=20% | From | width=10% | Fee | width=20% | Date |
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Free | 17 November 2004 | ||||||
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unattached | – | ||||||
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Free | |||||||
Walsall | – | 1 December 2004 | |||||
Free | 4 December 2004 | ||||||
Bray Wanderers | – | ||||||
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– | |||||||
Public Bank | Free | 9 December 2004 | |||||
Free | |||||||
SV Eintracht Trier | – | 13 December 2004 | |||||
– | 5 January 2005 | ||||||
– | 16 February 2005 | ||||||
– | 11 March 2005 | ||||||
– | 12 March 2005 | ||||||
Free | 15 March 2005 | ||||||
Free | 16 April 2005 |
width=20% | Player | width=20% | Transferred from | Type/Fee | Start date | width=15% | End date |
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Loan signing for Oceania Club Championship | 16 May 2005 | 30 June 2005 | |||||
Loan signing for FIFA Club World Championship | 29 November 2005 | 17 December 2005 | |||||
Todd Brodie | Loan signing for Oceania Club Championship | 16 May 2005 | 30 June 2005 | ||||
Loan signing for Oceania Club Championship | 16 May 2005 | 30 June 2005 | |||||
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 | |||||
Guest player | 4 November 2005 | 17 December 2005 | |||||
Loan signing for FIFA Club World Championship | 29 November 2005 | 17 December 2005 | |||||
Notts County | Loan signing for FIFA Club World Championship | 29 November 2005 | 17 December 2005 | ||||
Injury replacement for Ufuk Talay | 21 January 2006 | 6 March 2006 | |||||
Injury replacement for David Zdrilic | 9 February 2006 | 6 March 2006 |
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.
Competition | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match | |
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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 |
See main article: 2005 Australian Club World Championship Qualifying Tournament.
See main article: 2005 A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup.
See main article: 2005–06 A-League.
See main article: 2005 FIFA Club World Championship.
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 | |||||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||||
1 | GK | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 0 | |||
2 | DF | 20+3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 34+3 | 1 | |||
3 | DF | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 2 | |||
4 | DF | 10+6 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 24 | 3 | |||
6 | MF | 15+1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 3 | |||
7 | MF | 2+14 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 | |||
8 | MF | 13+7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 2 | |||
9 | FW | 9+10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 0+2 | 0 | 30 | 10 | |||
10 | MF | 21+1 | 5 | 0+3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2+3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 9 | |||
11 | FW | 20+2 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 18 | |||
12 | MF | 22+2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 6 | |||
14 | MF | 13+7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 34 | 3 | |||
15 | MF | 16+5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 34 | 1 | |||
16 | DF | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |||
17 | DF | 18+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | |||
18 | DF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
19 | FW | 19+2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 9 | |||
23 | MF | 4+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
Award | Winner | |
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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 |