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
Transfers in PlayerFromFeeDate 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 PlayerTransferred fromType/FeeStart dateEnd 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 CountyLoan 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.
Competitions
Overall Competition Started round Final position / round First match Last matchOceania Club Championship Qualification Round 1Champions 7 May 2005 15 May 2005Oceania Club Championship Group StageChampions 31 May 2005 10 June 2005Pre-Season Challenge Cup Group Stage Semi-finals 23 July 2005 12 August 2005A-League Round 12nd 28 August 2005 3 February 2006FIFA Club World Championship Quarter-finals 5th 12 December 2005 16 December 2005A-League Finals Semi-finalsChampions 10 February 2006 5 March 2006
Oceania Club Championship Qualification
Matches
Oceania Club Championship
Group stage
Knockout stage
2005 Pre-season Challenge Cup
Knockout stage
2005–06 A-League
League table
Matches
Finals series
FIFA World Club Championship
Appearances and goals Players with no appearances not included in the list.
No.Pos.Nat.NameA-LeagueCWC QualifyingPre-Season CupOFC Club ChampionshipClub World ChampionshipTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals1GK240304050203802DF20+303040512034+313 DF241304051103724DF10+630+100+10101+102436MF15+11312+1041102737MF 2+1410+303+1040002718MF13+71300051102929FW9+101300+10590+20301010MF21+150+30412+332036911FW20+2932334420341812MF22+263240512138614MF13+713140511+1034315MFTerry McFlynn16+513040401+1034116DF1003000002015017DF18+300+1040000026018DF0000000+10001019FW19+270031002131923MF4+210000000061
End-of-season awards AwardWinnerPlayer of the Year Clint BoltonMember's Player of the Year David CarneyGolden Boot Sasho PetrovskiDefender of the Year Alvin CeccoliMidfielder of the Year David CarneyForward of the Year Dwight YorkeChairman's Award Mark RudanFinals Player of the Year Steve CoricaGoal of the Year Alvin Ceccoli