2005–06 Sydney FC season

Sydney FC
2005–06 season
ChairmanWalter Bugno
ManagerPierre Littbarski
StadiumAussie Stadium
A-League2nd
A-League FinalsChampions
Oceania Club World Cup QualifyingChampions
Oceania Club ChampionshipChampions
Pre-Season CupSemi-finals
FIFA Club World Cup5th
Top goalscorerLeague: Sasho Petrovski (9)
All: Sasho Petrovski (18)
Highest home attendance41,689 v Central Coast Mariners
5 March 2006
Lowest home attendance9,132 v Newcastle
30 October 2005
Average home league attendance0

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; some limited exceptions apply. 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
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
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
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

Main article: 2005 Australian Club World Championship Qualifying Tournament

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

Main article: 2005 Oceania Club Championship

Group stage

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

Main article: 2005 A-League 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 Advance to semi-finals
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:

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
12 August
 
 
Melbourne Victory1
 
21 August
 
Central Coast Mariners3
 
Central Coast Mariners1
 
14 August
 
Perth Glory0
 
Sydney FC0
 
 
Perth Glory1
 

2005–06 A-League

Main article: 2005–06 A-League

League table

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:
  1. ^ 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		 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		 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		 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		 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		 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

Main article: 2005 FIFA Club World 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
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
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