2005–06 A-League
A-League 2005-06 | |
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File:A-League logo.png | |
League | A-League |
Sport | Association football |
Duration | 2005-2006 |
Number of teams | 8 |
Total attendance | 920,219 |
TV partner(s) | Fox Sports Sky Sports NZ |
A-League season | |
Champions | Template:ALeague SFC |
Premiers | Template:ALeague AU |
Top scorer | Brosque, Despotovski, Thompson, Petrie (8) |
Pre-season Cup | |
Champions | Template:ALeague CCM |
The 2005-06 season was the first season of the A-League, a domestic club competition for football (soccer) in Australia. After over 12 months without a national professional club competition, the first match in the A-League was played on 26 August 2005. The competition was made up of a triple round robin league stage before a championship playoff featuring the top four teams.
The first A-League Grand Final took place on March 5, 2006, with Sydney FC becoming the league's inaugural champions, winning 1-0 against the Central Coast Mariners. Adelaide United FC were the named premiers after finishing the season seven points clear at the top of the league.
2005-06 League Participants
Of the A-League participants, four come from the National Soccer League (1977-2004): Perth Glory (established 1995), NZ Football Kingz (1999), Newcastle United (2000) and Adelaide United (2003). The New Zealand Knights had previously entered the NSL as the Auckland Football Kingz, but have been significantly restructured and have a vastly different playing roster. The Queensland Roar previously competed in the NSL from 1977-1988 & had competed in the Queensland State League since then as the Brisbane Lions, who are no relation to the city's AFL team, who share the same name as them.
Team | Region | Chairman | Manager | Home Ground | Capacity |
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Template:ALeague AU | Adelaide, SA | Gordon Pickard | John Kosmina | Hindmarsh Stadium | 17,000 |
Template:ALeague CCM | Central Coast, NSW | Ian Kiernan | Lawrie McKinna | Bluetongue Central Coast Stadium | 20,119 |
Template:ALeague MV | Melbourne, Vic | Geoff Lord | Ernie Merrick | Olympic Park | 18,500 |
Template:ALeague NUJ | Newcastle, NSW | Con Constantine | Richard Money | Energy Australia Stadium | 26,164 |
Template:ALeague NZK | Auckland, NZ | Anthony Lee | John Adshead | North Harbour Stadium | 25,000 |
Template:ALeague PG | Perth, WA | Nick Tana | Steve McMahon (Aug 26 - Dec 7) Alan Vest (Dec 7 2005 - ) |
Members Equity Stadium | 18,156 |
Template:ALeague QR | Brisbane, Qld | John Ribot | Miron Bleiberg | Suncorp Stadium | 52,500 |
Template:ALeague SFC | Sydney, NSW | Walter Bugno | Pierre Littbarski | Aussie Stadium | 42,000 |
Preliminary Competitions
Two competitions were held prior to the start of the A-League season.
World Club Qualification Competition
This competition was held in May 2005 to determine Australia's qualifier for the Oceania Club Championship. It consisted of all Australian A-League clubs (i.e. all clubs except for the New Zealand Knights) and granted Perth Glory - the reigning NSL Champion - a bye into the Semi-finals.
Round 1 (May 7) | Semi-finals (May 11) | Finals (May 15) | ||||||||||||
Template:ALeague PG | 1 | |||||||||||||
Template:ALeague SFC | 2 | |||||||||||||
Template:ALeague SFC | 3 | |||||||||||||
Template:ALeague QR | 0 | |||||||||||||
Template:ALeague CCM | 0 | |||||||||||||
Template:ALeague SFC | 1 | |||||||||||||
Template:ALeague CCM (PEN) | 0 (4) | |||||||||||||
Template:ALeague NUJ | 0 (2) | |||||||||||||
Template:ALeague CCM | 4 | |||||||||||||
Template:ALeague AU | 0 | |||||||||||||
Template:ALeague AU (PEN) | 0 (4) | |||||||||||||
Template:ALeague MV | 0 (1) |
Sydney FC qualified for and subsequently won the 2005 Oceania Club Championship entitling it to a place in the 2005 FIFA Club World Championship to be played in Tokyo.
In the future, with Australia's move into the Asian Football Confederation, it is likely that the teams finishing first and second in the league stage of the A-League competition will qualify for the AFC Champions League. However, Australian participation will probably not begin until the 2007 revamp of the competition.
Pre-Season Challenge Cup
This competition was held in July and August in the lead up to the start of the A-League season. The competition featured a group stage and a knockout stage. Commentators did not give much weight to the competition as a guide for performance during the season proper, as injuries or club strategic policy ruled that many teams did not use their best players and often used experimental tactics.
Group stage
Group A
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
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Melbourne Victory | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Perth Glory | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
Adelaide United | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Newcastle United Jets | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Group B
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
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Sydney FC | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
Central Coast | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
Queensland Roar FC | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
New Zealand Knights FC | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
Finals
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
12 August | ||||||
Template:ALeague MV | 1 | |||||
21 August | ||||||
Template:ALeague CCM | 3 | |||||
Template:ALeague CCM | 1 | |||||
14 August | ||||||
Template:ALeague PG | 0 | |||||
Template:ALeague SFC | 0 | |||||
Template:ALeague PG | 1 | |||||
Central Coast Mariners were the inaugural Pre-season Challenge Cup winners.
Regular season
The A-League season commenced on August 26, 2005 with two Friday night fixtures. Games each round are held throughout the weekend, though certain rounds will also feature Thursday night games. As there is no concurrent cup competition, midweek fixtures are uncommon unless they are held on Australian public holidays. Also, a three week break over December was scheduled to coincide with the FIFA Club World Championship in Tokyo.
Home and away season
Round 1
Round 2
Template:ALeague NZK | 1 – 3 | Template:ALeague SFC |
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Rose 69' | (Report) (Summary) |
Rudan 25' Bingley 73' Middleby 90+4' |
Template:ALeague MV | 2 – 2 | Template:ALeague PG |
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Kitzbichler 11' Muscat 85' (pen) |
(Report) (Summary) |
Caceres 40' Despotovski 56' |
Round 3
Template:ALeague PG | 2 – 1 | Template:ALeague QR |
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Despotovski 54', 72' | (Report) (Summary) |
Moon 76' |
Template:ALeague NUJ | 2 – 1 | Template:ALeague SFC |
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Milicic 6' Johnson 18' Corbo 39' 70' |
(Report) (Summary) |
Yorke 78' Corica 70' |
Round 4
Template:ALeague SFC | 2 – 3 | Template:ALeague CCM |
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Packer 13' Yorke 72' |
(Report) (Summary) |
Petrie 20' (pen) Gumprecht 35' Spencer 90+1' |
Template:ALeague PG | 1 – 2 | Template:ALeague AU |
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Valkanis 20' (own) | (Report) (Summary) |
Aloisi 32' Qu 65' Beltrame 67' |
Template:ALeague QR | 1 – 1 | Template:ALeague MV |
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Baird 62' McKay 40' |
(Report) (Summary) |
Allsopp 88' |
Template:ALeague NUJ | 4 – 0 | Template:ALeague NZK |
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Haliti 12' Thompson 26' Musialik 37' Carle 70' (pen) |
(Report) (Summary) |
Round 5
Template:ALeague QR | 1 – 3 | Template:ALeague SFC |
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Timpano 50' (own) | (Report) (Summary) |
Corica 5', 67' McFlynn 68' |
Round 6
Template:ALeague CCM | 1 – 2 | Template:ALeague MV |
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Heffernan 33' | (Report) (Summary) |
Thompson 73' Leijer 81' |
Template:ALeague NUJ | 0 – 1 | Template:ALeague QR |
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Carle 31' | (Report) (Summary) |
Moon 68' McKay 59' 80' |
Template:ALeague PG | 1 – 2 | Template:ALeague SFC |
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Despotovski 40' | (Report) (Summary) |
Petrovski 48' Yorke 65' |
Template:ALeague NZK | 1 – 2 | Template:ALeague AU |
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Yeo 44', 64' | (Report) (Summary) |
Dodd 34' Qu 81' |
Round 7
Template:ALeague NUJ | 1 – 5 | Template:ALeague PG |
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Parisi 72' | (Report) (Summary) |
Mori 33', 62' Harnwell 46' Despotovski 52' Sekulovski 80' |
Template:ALeague SFC | 2 – 1 | Template:ALeague AU |
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Carney 54' Petrovski 88' |
(Report) (Summary) |
Valkanis 51' |
Template:ALeague MV | 3 – 0 | Template:ALeague NZK |
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Kitzbichler 23' Muscat 62' Diaco 64' |
(Report) (Summary) |
Round 8
Template:ALeague AU | 2 – 4 | Template:ALeague NUJ |
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Valkanis 38' Corbo 67' (own) |
(Report) (Summary) |
Kemp 12' (own) Carle 22' 89' Zelic 68' |
Template:ALeague MV | 5 – 0 | Template:ALeague SFC |
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Kitzbichler 34' Muscat 53' (pen) 78' (pen) Thompson 57' 69' |
(Report) (Summary) |
Talay 58' |
Template:ALeague CCM | 4 – 0 | Template:ALeague PG |
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Petrie 14' 48' Heffernan 85' Spencer 90+3' |
(Report) (Summary) |
Round 9
Template:ALeague QR | 1 – 2 | Template:ALeague AU |
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Brownlie 76' | (Report) (Summary) |
Fernando 59' Pantelis 89' |
Template:ALeague PG | 2 – 1 | Template:ALeague MV |
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Deane 22' Sekulovski 55' |
(Report) (Summary) |
Thompson 39' |
Round 10
Template:ALeague NZK | 1 – 3 | Template:ALeague CCM |
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Yeo 7' (pen) | (Report) (Summary) |
Heffernan 4' Petrie 49' 72' (pen) |
Round 11
Template:ALeague NZK | 2 – 4 | Template:ALeague NUJ |
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Brockie 71' 77' | (Report) (Summary) |
Milicic 18' 28' 56' Thompson 21' |
Template:ALeague MV | 0 – 1 | Template:ALeague QR |
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Claeys 86' Muscat 58' 61' |
(Report) (Summary) |
McKay 15' |
Template:ALeague CCM | 1 – 5 | Template:ALeague SFC |
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Hutchinson 40' | [1] (Summary) |
Yorke 9' (pen) Talay 14' Petrovski 23' 68' 83' |
Template:ALeague AU | 2 – 4 | Template:ALeague PG |
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Veart 13' (pen) Rees 53' |
(Report) (Summary) |
Mori 9' 34' 45+1' Despotovski 39' (pen) |
Round 12
Template:ALeague PG | 3 – 0 | Template:ALeague NZK |
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Ward 69' Sekulovski 25' Despotovski 12' |
Template:ALeague CCM | 1 – 2 | Template:ALeague AU |
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Hutchinson 12' | Rech 90' Dodd 85' |
Round 13
Template:ALeague MV | 0 – 2 | Template:ALeague CCM |
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Heffernan 75' Hutchinson 38' |
Round 14
Template:ALeague CCM | 2 – 2 | Template:ALeague QR |
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Heffernan 89' Osman 56' |
Brosque 7' 78' Baird 75' |
Template:ALeague NZK | 2 – 3 | Template:ALeague MV |
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Devine 40' (pen) Christie 30' |
Kitzbichler 43' 73' Muscat 28' (pen) |
Template:ALeague AU | 3 – 2 | Template:ALeague SFC |
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Rech 4' 84' Veart 14' |
Miura 33' 76' |
Round 15
Template:ALeague QR | 1 – 1 | Template:ALeague NZK |
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Brownlie 28' | Yeo 44' |
Template:ALeague NUJ | 1 – 2 | Template:ALeague AU |
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Johnson 59' | Brain 79' Veart 75' |
Template:ALeague SFC | 2 – 1 | Template:ALeague MV |
---|---|---|
Carney 81' Corica 24' |
Allsopp 88' |
Template:ALeague PG | 2 – 2 | Template:ALeague CCM |
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Ishida 65' Ward 54' |
Petrie 12' Hutchinson 8' |
Round 16
Template:ALeague MV | 2 – 2 | Template:ALeague PG |
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Allsopp 45' Thompson 23' |
Ward 67' Mori 5' |
Template:ALeague NZK | 2 – 2 | Template:ALeague SFC |
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Brockie 86' Devine 3' |
Yorke 45' (pen) Veart 6' |
Template:ALeague CCM | 4 – 1 | Template:ALeague NUJ |
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Hutchinson 71' 82' Brown 30' Gumprecht 3' |
Coveny 85' Corbo 56' |
Template:ALeague AU | 4 – 2 | Template:ALeague QR |
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Rech 40' 63' Qu 30' Veart 29' |
Baird 83' Brosque 11' |
Round 17
Template:ALeague PG | 0 – 2 | Template:ALeague QR |
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Baird 80' Reinaldo 10' |
Round 18
Template:ALeague PG | 1 – 2 | Template:ALeague AU |
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Ward 86' | Aloisi 71' Qu 3' |
Template:ALeague NUJ | 3 – 0 | Template:ALeague NZK |
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Haliti 86' 90' Milicic 19' |
Template:ALeague SFC | 1 – 1 | Template:ALeague CCM |
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Carney 61' | Pondeljak 52' |
Round 19
Template:ALeague NZK | 1 – 4 | Template:ALeague PG |
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Emblen 7' | Harnwell 78' Coyne 14' Sekulovski 11' 42' |
Template:ALeague AU | 1 – 1 | Template:ALeague CCM |
---|---|---|
Veart 50' (pen) | Kwasnik 54' |
Template:ALeague QR | 2 – 1 | Template:ALeague SFC |
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Brosque 60' 70' | Petrovski 85' |
Round 20
Template:ALeague NUJ | 0 – 5 | Template:ALeague QR |
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Murdocca 90' McKay 83' Brosque 52' Richter 44' Reinaldo 10' |
Template:ALeague CCM | 3 – 1 | Template:ALeague MV |
---|---|---|
Heffernan 88' Spencer 28' 62' |
Ferrante 13' |
Template:ALeague NZK | 1 – 1 | Template:ALeague AU |
---|---|---|
Zhang 71' | Brain 21' |
Template:ALeague PG | 1 – 2 | Template:ALeague SFC |
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Despotovski 53' | Zadkovich 23' Rudan 14' |
Round 21
Template:ALeague SFC | 2 – 1 | Template:ALeague AU |
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Ceccoli 71' Yorke 48' (pen) |
Qu 90' |
Template:ALeague MV | 2 – 1 | Template:ALeague NZK |
---|---|---|
Muscat 21' (pen) Byrnes 2' |
Brockie 90' |
Template:ALeague QR | 2 – 2 | Template:ALeague CCM |
---|---|---|
Baird 60' Brosque 3' |
O'Sullivan 81' Petrie 33' |
Template:ALeague NUJ | 1 – 3 | Template:ALeague PG |
---|---|---|
Coveny 34' | Mori 71' Picken 58' (own) Ward 9' |
League table
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Template:ALeague AU | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 25 | 8 | 43 |
Template:ALeague SFC | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 35 | 28 | 7 | 36 |
Template:ALeague CCM | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 35 | 28 | 7 | 32 |
Template:ALeague NUJ | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 27 | 29 | -2 | 31 |
Template:ALeague PG | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 34 | 29 | 5 | 29 |
Template:ALeague QR | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 27 | 22 | 5 | 28 |
Template:ALeague MV | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 24 | 2 | 26 |
Template:ALeague NZK | 21 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 47 | -32 | 6 |
Key:
- Green: Qualified for Major Semi-final
- Blue: Qualified for Minor Semi-final
Finals series
After the home and away season, the finals series began, with the top four teams. The finals series used a modified page playoff system, with the difference that each first round game would be played over two legs. The winner of the finals series, Template:ALeague SFC was crowned as the A-League champion. Template:ALeague AU, as the holder of the top position on the league ladder, were named the 2005-06 premiers.
Standard cup rules - such as the away goals rule (two-leg ties only), extra time and penalty shootouts were used to decide drawn games.
Semi-Finals - 1st Leg
Template:ALeague AU | 2 – 2 | Template:ALeague SFC |
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Rech 34' Dodd 31' |
Petrovski 39' Corica 9' |
Semi-Finals - 2nd Leg
Template:ALeague CCM | 1 – 1 | Template:ALeague NUJ |
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Heffernan 79' | Thompson 28' |
Template:ALeague SFC | 2 – 1 | Template:ALeague AU |
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Rudan 76' Petrovski 29' |
Qu 60' |
Preliminary Final
Grand Final
Template:PagePlayoffBracket-2LegQF
Asian Champions League
Although Australia became a member of the Asian Football Confederation in 2006, Australian teams were not invited to participate in the 2006 AFC Champions League competition.
The AFC later determined that qualification for the AFC Champions League 2007 would be based on the 2005-06 A-League competition, despite that ACL matches will commence after the completion of the A-League 2006-07 season. Adelaide as Premiers and Sydney as Champions will represent Australia.
2005-06 League Records (Regular Season)
As at completion of regular season: February 6, 2006.
Awards
Award | Recipient |
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Johnny Warren Medal (Player's Player of the Year) | Bobby Despotovski (Template:ALeague PG) |
Reebok Golden Boot Award (Top Goalscorer) | Four players (see below) |
Hyundai Rising Star Award (U-20 Player of the Year) | Nick Ward (Template:ALeague PG) |
Hyundai A-League Coach of the Year | Lawrie McKinna (Template:ALeague CCM) |
Zurich Referee of the Year | Mark Shield |
Joe Marston Medal (Best player in Grand Final) | Dwight Yorke (Template:ALeague SFC) |
Leading goalscorers
Goal assists
Fouls conceded
Disciplinary records
Player | Team | Yellow | Red |
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Terry McFlynn | Template:ALeague SFC | 7 | 0 |
Matt McKay | Template:ALeague QR | 5* | 2* |
Kevin Muscat | Template:ALeague MV | 6* | 1* |
Ross Aloisi | Template:ALeague AU | 6 | 0 |
Remo Buess | Template:ALeague QR | 6 | 0 |
NB: * = totals include 1 red card awarded after 2 yellow cards in same match.
Biggest victories
5 goals
Score | Date | Round | ||
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Template:ALeague MV | 5-0 | Template:ALeague SFC | 16 Oct 2005 | 8 |
Template:ALeague QR | 5-0 | Template:ALeague NUJ | 26 Jan 2006 | 20 |
4 goals
Score | Date | Round | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Template:ALeague PG | 5-1 | Template:ALeague NUJ | 8 Oct 2005 | 7 |
Template:ALeague SFC | 5-1 | Template:ALeague CCM | 5 Nov 2005 | 11 |
Template:ALeague NUJ | 4-0 | Template:ALeague NZK | 18 Sep 2005 | 4 |
Template:ALeague CCM | 4-0 | Template:ALeague PG | 8 Oct 2005 | 8 |
Highest aggregate scores
Score | Date | Round | ||
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Template:ALeague PG | 5-1 | Template:ALeague NUJ | 8 Oct 2005 | 7 |
Template:ALeague SFC | 5-1 | Template:ALeague CCM | 5 Nov 2005 | 11 |
Template:ALeague NUJ | 4-2 | Template:ALeague AU | 14 Oct 2005 | 8 |
Template:ALeague NUJ | 4-2 | Template:ALeague NZK | 4 Nov 2005 | 11 |
Template:ALeague PG | 4-2 | Template:ALeague AU | 6 Nov 2005 | 11 |
Template:ALeague AU | 4-2 | Template:ALeague QR | 1 Jan 2006 | 16 |
Home attendances
Team | Hosted | Average | High | Low | Total |
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Template:ALeague SFC | 11 | 16,669 | 25,557 | 9,132 | 183,355 |
Template:ALeague QR | 11 | 14,785 | 23,142 | 8,607 | 162,636 |
Template:ALeague MV | 10 | 14,158 | 18,026 | 10,078 | 141,578 |
Template:ALeague AU | 10 | 10,947 | 14,068 | 7,013 | 109,473 |
Template:ALeague PG | 11 | 9,734 | 13,157 | 5,033 | 107,075 |
Template:ALeague NUJ | 11 | 8,912 | 13,000 | 5,868 | 98,027 |
Template:ALeague CCM | 10 | 7,899 | 17,429 | 5,194 | 78,989 |
Template:ALeague NZK | 10 | 3,909 | 9,900 | 1,922 | 39,086 |
League total | 84 | 10,955 | 25,557 | 1,922 | 920,219 |
Highest Attendances
- 41,689: Sydney FC vs Central Coast Mariners, March 5, 2006 (Grand Final)
- 30,335: Sydney FC vs Adelaide United, February 19, 2006 (Finals Week 2)
- 25,557: Sydney FC vs Adelaide United, February 3, 2006 (Round 21)
- 25,208: Sydney FC vs Melbourne Victory, August 28, 2005 (Round 1)
- 23,142: Queensland Roar vs Sydney FC, September 23, 2005 (Round 5)
- 20,725: Queensland Roar vs New Zealand Knights, August 28, 2005 (Round 1)
- 18,276: Sydney FC vs Adelaide United, October 9, 2005 (Round 7)
- 18,206: Melbourne Victory vs Sydney FC, October 16, 2005 (Round 8)
- 17,960: Melbourne Victory vs Perth Glory, September 4, 2005 (Round 2)
Honours
- First goal - Carl Veart (Template:ALeague AU vs Template:ALeague NUJ, Round 1)
- First hat trick - Ante Milicic (Template:ALeague NUJ vs Template:ALeague NZK, Round 11)
- First red card - Richie Alagich (Template:ALeague AU vs Template:ALeague MV, Round 3)
League Milestones
League Statistics
- Matches Played: 84
- Home Wins: 33%, Draws: 25%, Away Wins: 42%
- Total Goals: 232
- Average of 2.76 goals per match.
See also
- Adelaide United season 2005-06
- Central Coast Mariners season 2005-06
- Melbourne Victory season 2005-06
- Newcastle United Jets season 2005-06
- New Zealand Knights season 2005-06
- Perth Glory season 2005-06
- Queensland Roar season 2005-06
- Sydney FC season 2005-06