The 2005 OFC Club Championship was the 4th edition of the top-level Oceanic club football tournament organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC), and the 1st since 2001. The tournament was held in Papeete, Tahiti. The preliminary rounds were played from 10 February until 6 April 2005, with the finals beginning on 30 May and ending on 10 June 2005.
The tournament was initially planned to take place in September 2002, in anticipation of the upcoming FIFA Club World Championship in the following year, in order to decide which team would represent Oceania at the tournament. However, this tournament was cancelled, and therefore so too was the Oceanic competition. With the return of the tournament in 2005, the OFC Club Championship went ahead, and the winner went on to represent Oceania at the 2005 FIFA Club World Championship.
The winner of the tournament was Sydney FC of Australia, who beat AS Magenta of New Caledonia in the final.
Participants
The following teams entered the competition.
AssociationTeamQualifying methodTeams entering the group stage AustraliaSydney FC2005 Australian Club World Championship Qualifying Tournament winner TahitiAS Manu Ura2003–04 Tahiti Division Fédérale championAS Pirae2003–04 Tahiti Division Fédérale runner-upTeams entering the preliminary round American SamoaManumea FC2003 ASFA Soccer League champion Cook IslandsNikao Sokattak2004 Cook Islands Round Cup champion FijiBa Electric2004–05 Fiji Club Franchise League champion New CaledoniaAS Magenta2003–04 New Caledonia Super Ligue champion New ZealandAuckland City2004–05 New Zealand Football Championship grand final champion Papua New GuineaSobou FC2004 Papua New Guinea National Club Championship champion SamoaTuanaimato Breeze2004 Samoa National League champion Solomon IslandsMakuru FC2004 Honiara FA League champion TongaLotoha'apai United2004 Tonga Major League champion VanuatuTafea FC2004 Port Vila Football League champion
Preliminary round A preliminary round was held, with the format being a two-legged playoff to determine who went through to the final round. The preliminary round began on 10 February and ended on 6 April 2005. Ten teams competed in the preliminary round of the 2005 OFC Club Championship.
The Australian representative (Sydney FC), as the representative of the strongest OFC Nation, and the two Tahitian Teams (AS Pirae and AS Manu Ura), as hosts, were seeded to the main draw.
The travelling team played two matches in the host country. The aggregate scores are shown.
Auckland City won on walkover.
AS Magenta won 9–1 on aggregate.
Sobou won 7–0 on aggregate.
Tafea won 7–1 on aggregate.
Makuru won 8–2 on aggregate.
Group stage The eight remaining teams were separated into two groups, each team playing the other teams once. The top two teams from each group progressed to the semi-finals. The draw for the group stage was held on 16 April 2005.
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage
Bracket
Semi-finals
Third place play-off
Final
The final was played on 10 June 2005 at Stade Pater in Papeete. The match was attended by approximately 4,000 spectators.
GK 1 Clint BoltonDF 3 Alvin CeccoliDF 2 Iain FyfeDF 8 Matthew BingleyDF 14 Andrew PackerMF 7 Robbie Middleby MF 15 Terry McFlynn MF 6 Ufuk Talay MF 12 David CarneyFW 9 David Zdrilic (c) FW 11 Sasho PetrovskiSubstitutes:GK 20 Mitchell BlowesDF 5 Steve LaurieMF 10 Steve Corica FW 13 Alejandro Salazar MF 16 Todd Brodie DF 18 Wade OostendorpDF 19 Brendan RenaudFW 21 John BuonavogliaManager: Pierre Littbarski GK 1 Michel Hne DF 4 Andre SinedoDF 5 Jacky WiakoDF 6 Gil ElmourDF 17 Robert WadriakoMF 8 Jules WeaMF 10 Pierre Wajoka MF 2 Nicolas OukaMF 7 Steevens LongueFW 9 Michel Hmae FW 11 Paul Poatinda Substitutes:GK 20 Joel ZohuneDF 3 Eric OukaDF 12 Georges WadregesDF 13 Elia KaudreMF 14 Wilfred WadriakoFW 15 Francis Watrone FW 16 Noel Kaudre Manager: Jean Paul Cureau Man of the Match: Terry McFlynnMatch rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Maximum of eight named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions.
Top scorers
NB: This table does not include Preliminary round results
#PlayerTeamGoals1 David Zdrilic Sydney FC9
Notes
References
External links RSSSF archive of the 2004/5 Oceania Club Championship