2005–06 Adelaide United FC season

Adelaide United
2005–06 season
Manager John Kosmina
Stadium Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
A-League 1st
Pre-Season Cup Group Stage
A-League Finals Series Preliminary Final
Top goalscorer Carl Veart,
Fernando Rech,
Shengqing Qu (7)
← 2003–04 2006–07 →

The 2005–06 Adelaide United FC season was the club's second season since its establishment in 2003. The club participated in the A-League for the first time after the National Soccer League was replaced.

Continuing their good form from the final season of the NSL, Adelaide United finished as Premiers in the inaugural season of the Hyundai A-League. Qu Shengqing, Fernando Rech and Carl Veart shared the goal scoring with 7 a piece.

The Reds were bundled out of the finals race in straight sets losing to Sydney FC in the two leg semi final and then Central Coast Mariners 1–0 in the preliminary final at Hindmarsh.

Players

Squad

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

No. Position Player
1 Australia GK Daniel Beltrame
2 Australia DF Richie Alagich
3 Australia DF Kristian Rees
4 Australia DF Angelo Costanzo
5 Australia DF Michael Valkanis
6 Australia MF Ross Aloisi
7 Australia MF Lucas Pantelis
8 Australia FW Carl Veart
9 Australia DF Matthew Kemp
10 Brazil FW Fernando
No. Position Player
11 Australia MF Louis Brain
12 Australia FW Chad Bugeja
13 Australia MF Travis Dodd
14 Australia DF Aaron Goulding
15 Australia FW Michael Matricciani
16 Australia MF Tony Hatzis
17 Australia DF Adam van Dommele
18 Australia DF Robert Cornthwaite
19 China FW Shengqing Qu
20 Australia GK Robert Bajic

Competitions

Pre-season

FIFA Club World Cup Qualification

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.

Pre-season Cup

Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
Melbourne Victory 3120215
Perth Glory 3111444
Adelaide United 3030333
Newcastle United Jets 3021342

A-League

League table

Pos
 Team Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Adelaide United 21 13 4 4 33 25+8 43 2007 AFC Champions League Group stage
2 Sydney FC (C) 21 10 6 5 35 28+7 36
3 Central Coast Mariners 21 8 8 5 35 28+7 32 2006 A-League Finals Series
4 Newcastle Jets 21 9 4 8 27 29−2 31
5 Perth Glory 21 8 5 8 34 29+5 29
6 Queensland Roar 21 7 7 7 27 22+5 28
7 Melbourne Victory 21 7 5 9 26 24+2 26
8 New Zealand Knights 21 1 3 17 15 47−32 6

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.

Matches

Finals Series

End of season awards

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