2005–06 Adelaide United season

The 2005-06 season was the first season for Adelaide United in the Hyundai A-League, after the National Soccer League was replaced.

Adelaide United FC

2005-2006 season
Manager	John Kosmina
A-League	1st
Pre-Season Cup	Group Stage
← 2003–04 2006–07 →

Contents 1 Players 1.1 First team squad 2 Matches 2.1 2005-06 Pre-season friendlies 2.2 FIFA Club World Cup Qualification matches 2.3 2005 Pre-season Cup 2.4 2005-06 Hyundai A-League fixtures 2.5 2005-06 Finals series 2.6 Ladder 2.7 Finals results 3 End of season awards 4 See also

Players

First team squad

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

No. Position Player 20 GK Robert Bajic 1 GK Daniel Beltrame 2 DF Richie Alagich 4 DF Angelo Costanzo 14 DF Aaron Goulding 9 DF Matthew Kemp 3 DF Kristian Rees 5 DF Michael Valkanis 17 DF Adam Van Dommele 18 DF Robert Cornthwaite

No. Position Player 13 MF Travis Dodd 6 MF Ross Aloisi 11 MF Louis Brain 7 MF Lucas Pantelis 16 MF Tony Hatzis 12 FW Chad Bugeja FW Michael Matricciani 8 FW Carl Veart 19 FW Shengqing Qu 10 FW Fernando

Matches

2005-06 Pre-season friendlies

19 February 2005	Northern Demons	0 : 9	Adelaide United	Bryne Park, Port Pirie

20 February 2005	Port Pirie City	0 : 8	Adelaide United	Savoy Park, Port Pirie

25 February 2005	Adelaide United	1 : 1	Premier's XI	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide

27 February 2005	Para Hills Knights	0 : 4	Adelaide United	The Paddocks, Adelaide

15 March 2005	White City Woodville	0 : 4	Adelaide United	Woodville West Reserve, Adelaide

22 March 2005	Cumberland United	1 : 9	Adelaide United	A.A. Bailey Reserve, Adelaide

5 April 2005	Adelaide Raiders	1 : 2	Adelaide United	Croatian Sports Centre, Adelaide

12 April 2005	Adelaide Blue Eagles	0 : 4	Adelaide United	Marden Sports Complex, Adelaide

19 April 2005	Campbelltown City SC	0 : 3	Adelaide United	Newton Sports Ground, Adelaide

22 April 2005	Adelaide Galaxy	0 : 9	Adelaide United	Camden Sports Complex, Adelaide

30 April 2005	Adelaide United	2 : 0	Australia U20's	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide

5 July 2005	MetroStars	0 : 4	Adelaide United	T.K. Shutter Reserve, Adelaide

26 June 2005	Melbourne Victory	0 : 0	Adelaide United	Bendigo, Australia
17:00 UTC+10

12 July 2005	Newcastle Jets	2 : 0	Adelaide United	Coffs Harbour
17:00 UTC+10

14 July 2005	Adelaide United	1 : 0	Queensland Roar	Coffs Harbour
17:00 UTC+10

FIFA Club World Cup Qualification matches

Seven of the A-League clubs participated in a short tournament to find who would be Australia's representative at the FIFA Club World Cup in December. The New Zealand Knights did not compete, and Perth Glory received a bye into the second round.

Round 1 7 July 2005	Adelaide United	0 : 0	Melbourne Victory	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
17:00 UTC+10		(4-1 Pen.)

Semi Final 11 July 2005	Central Coast Mariners	4 : 0	Adelaide United	Express Advocate Stadium, Gosford
17:00 UTC+10	Mrdja  20' (pen)  43'  65' Petrie  24'

2005 Pre-season Cup

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Melbourne Victory	3	1	2	0	2	1	5
Perth Glory	3	1	1	1	4	4	4
Adelaide United	3	0	3	0	3	3	3
Newcastle United Jets	3	0	2	1	3	4	2

Group Stage 22 July 2005	Adelaide United	2 : 2	Perth Glory	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
17:00 UTC+10	Aloisi  54' Valkanis  62'		Valkanis  29' (o.g.) Despotovski  52' McMahon Jnr  76'	Attendance: 5,263 Referee: Craig Zetter

Group Stage 29 July 2005	Adelaide United	1 : 1	Newcastle Jets	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
17:00 UTC+10	Valkanis  74'		Johnson  79'	Attendance: 6,750 Referee: Simon Przydacz

Group Stage 8 August 2005	Melbourne Victory	0 : 0	Adelaide United	Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
17:00 UTC+10				Attendance: 4,687 Referee: Perry Mur

2005-06 Hyundai A-League fixtures

Round 1 26 August 2005	Newcastle Jets	0 : 1	Adelaide United	EnergyAustralia Stadium
20:00 UTC+10		Report Summary	Veart  19'	Attendance: 13,160 Referee: Peter O'Leary

Round 2 2 September 2005	Adelaide United	0 : 0	Queensland Roar	Hindmarsh Stadium
19:30 UTC+9:30		Report Summary		Attendance: 11,029 Referee: Ben Williams

Round 3 9 September 2005	Adelaide United	1 : 0	Melbourne Victory	Hindmarsh Stadium
19:30 UTC+9:30	Brain  1' Alagich  15'	Report Summary		Attendance: 8,785 Referee: Peter O'Leary

Round 4 17 September 2005	Perth Glory	1 : 2	Adelaide United	Members Equity Stadium
19:35 UTC+8	Valkanis  20' (o.g.)	Report Summary	Aloisi  32' Qu  65' Beltrame  67'	Attendance: 8,052 Referee: Matthew Breeze

Round 5 25 September 2005	Adelaide United	1 : 1	Central Coast Mariners	Hindmarsh Stadium
17:00 UTC+9:30	Valkanis  34'	Report Summary	Kwasnik  19'	Attendance: 7,013 Referee: Angelo Nardi

Round 6 2 October 2005	New Zealand Knights	1 : 2	Adelaide United	North Harbour Stadium
18:00 UTC+12	Yeo  44',  64'	Report Summary	Dodd  34' Qu  81'	Attendance: 3,558 Referee: Peter O'Leary

Round 7 9 October 2005	Sydney FC	2 : 1	Adelaide United	Aussie Stadium
17:00 UTC+10	Carney  54' Petrovski  88'	Report Summary	Valkanis  51'	Attendance: 18,276 Referee: Mark Shield

Round 8 14 October 2005	Adelaide United	2 : 4	Newcastle Jets	Hindmarsh Stadium
19:30 UTC+9:30	Valkanis  38' Corbo  67' (o.g.)	Report Summary	Kemp  12' (o.g.) Carle  22', 89' Zelic  68'	Attendance: 13,182 Referee: Mark Shield

Round 9 22 October 2005	Queensland Roar	1 : 2	Adelaide United	Suncorp Stadium
19:30 UTC+10	Brownlie  76'	Report Summary	Fernando  59' Pantelis  89'	Attendance: 15,181 Referee: Peter O'Leary

Round 10 28 October 2005	Melbourne Victory	0 : 1	Adelaide United	Olympic Park Stadium
20:00 UTC+10		Report Summary	Veart  83'	Attendance: 16,201 Referee: Matthew Breeze

Round 11 6 November 2005	Adelaide United	2 : 4	Perth Glory	Hindmarsh Stadium
16:30 UTC+10:30	Veart  13' (pen.) Rees  53'	Report Summary	Mori  9', 34', 45+1' Despotovski  39' (pen.)	Attendance: 10,868 Referee: Ben Williams

Round 12 13 November 2005	Central Coast Mariners	1 : 2	Adelaide United	Bluetongue Stadium
	Hutchinson  12'		Rech  90' Dodd  85'	Attendance: 5,467 Referee: Peter O'Leary

Round 13 20 November 2005	Adelaide United	1 : 0	New Zealand Knights	Hindmarsh Stadium
	Qu  38'			Attendance: 9,676 Referee: Angelo Nardi

Round 14 27 November 2005	Adelaide United	3 : 2	Sydney FC	Hindmarsh Stadium
	Rech  4', 84' Veart  14'		Miura  33', 76'	Attendance: 14,068 Referee: Mark Shield

Round 15 2 December 2005	Newcastle Jets	1 : 2	Adelaide United	EnergyAustralia Stadium
	Johnson  59'		Brain  79' Veart  75'	Attendance: 10,132 Referee: Simon Przydacz

Round 16 1 January 2006	Adelaide United	4 : 2	Queensland Roar	Hindmarsh Stadium
	Rech  40', 63' Qu  30' Veart  29'		Baird  83' Brosque  11'	Attendance: 8,426 Referee: Matthew Breeze

Round 17 5 January 2006	Adelaide United	1 : 0	Melbourne Victory	Hindmarsh Stadium
	Dodd  14'			Attendance: 13,427 Referee: Mark Shield

Round 18 12 January 2006	Perth Glory	1 : 2	Adelaide United	Members Equity Stadium
	Ward  86'		Aloisi  71' Qu  3'	Attendance: 5,033 Referee: Matthew Breeze

Round 19 20 January 2006	Adelaide United	1 : 1	Central Coast Mariners	Hindmarsh Stadium
	Veart  50' (pen.)		Kwasnik  54'	Attendance: 13,008 Referee: Mark Shield

Round 20 28 January 2006	New Zealand Knights	1 : 1	Adelaide United	North Harbour Stadium
	Zhang  71'		Brain  21'	Attendance: 3,079 Referee: Perry Mur

Round 21 3 February 2006	Sydney FC	2 : 1	Adelaide United	Aussie Stadium
	Ceccoli  71' Yorke  48' (pen.)		Qu  90'	Attendance: 25,557 Referee: Mark Shield

2005-06 Finals series

Semi-Final Leg 1 12 February 2006	Adelaide United	2 : 2	Sydney FC	Hindmarsh Stadium
	Rech  34' Dodd  31'		Petrovski  39' Corica  9'	Attendance: 15,104 Referee: Matthew Breeze

Semi-Final Leg 2 19 February 2006	Sydney FC	2 : 1	Adelaide United	Aussie Stadium
	Rudan  76' Petrovski  29'		Qu  60'	Attendance: 30,377 Referee: Mark Shield

Preliminary Final 26 February 2006	Adelaide United	0 : 1	Central Coast Mariners	Hindmarsh Stadium
			Pondeljak  7'	Attendance: 11,405 Referee: Matthew Breeze

Ladder

#	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Adelaide United	21	13	4	4	35	25	+10sm=n	43
2	Sydney FC	21	10	6	5	35	28	+7sm=n	36
3	Central Coast Mariners	21	8	8	5	33	28	+5sm=n	32
4	Newcastle Jets	21	9	4	8	27	29	-2sm=n	31
5	Perth Glory	21	8	5	8	34	29	+5sm=n	29
6	Queensland Roar	21	7	7	7	27	22	+5sm=n	28
7	Melbourne Victory	21	7	5	9	26	24	+2sm=n	26
8	New Zealand Knights	21	1	3	17	15	47	-32sm=n	6

Finals results

	Semifinals						Preliminary final					Grand final
			L1	L2
		February 10 & 17
	1	Adelaide United	2	1									5 March
	2	Sydney FC	2	2				26 February					Sydney FC	1
								Adelaide United	0				Central Coast Mariners	0
		February 12 & 19						Central Coast Mariners	1
	3	Central Coast Mariners	1	1
	4	Newcastle Jets	0	1

End of season awards

• Club Champion:
  • Carl Veart

• Player's Player:
  • Michael Valkanis

• Top goalscorer:
  • Carl Veart, Fernando Rech and Shengqing Qu (7)

• Best Team Man:
  • Matthew Kemp

• Rising Star:
  • Adam van Dommele

See also

Soccer in Australia Football Federation Australia National teams Men (Olympic team U23 · Under-20 · Under-17) · Women · Women's Under-20 Current national leagues A-League  ·  Youth League  ·  W-League Former leagues National Soccer League  · National Soccer Youth League  · Women's National Soccer League Cup competitions Australian Cup (defunct) • FFA Cup (proposed) Domestic leagues Australian Capital Territory • New South Wales (Northern, Southern) • Queensland • South Australia • Tasmania (Northern, Southern) • Victoria • Western Australia

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