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2005–06 Sydney FC season

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Chairman
  
Oceania Club World Cup Qualifying
  
Champions

Pre-Season Cup
  
Semi-finals

Oceania Club Championship
  
Champions

A-League
  
2nd (League)1st (Finals)

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 !Central Coast Mariners 1-0. Sydney also represented Oceania at the FIFA Club World Championship 2005 where they were placed fifth.

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Squad

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

2005 Pre-season Challenge Cup

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

League table

Updated to games played on 5 February 2006
Source: theworldgame.sbs.com.au
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
1First place through to fourth place qualify for the 2006 A-League Finals Series.
2First place qualifies for the 2007 AFC Champions League Group stage.
3Winning 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.
4New Zealand Knights cannot qualify for the 2007 AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

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.

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
  • References

    2005–06 Sydney FC season Wikipedia


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