2005 OFC Club Championship

2005 OFC Club Championship
Tournament details
Dates 10 February 2005 – 10 June 2005
Teams 13 (from 12 associations)
Final positions
Champions Australia Sydney FC (1st title)
Runners-up New Caledonia AS Magenta
Tournament statistics
Matches played 24
Goals scored 110 (4.58 per match)
Top scorer(s) David Zdrilic 9 goals

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

Manumea
Location of teams of the 2005 OFC Club Championship.
Automatic entrants
Preliminary round entrants

The following teams entered the competition.

Association Team Qualifying method
Teams entering the group stage
Australia Australia Sydney FC 2005 Australian Club Championship qualification tournament champion
French Polynesia Tahiti AS Manu Ura 2003–04 Tahiti Division Fédérale champion
AS Pirae 2003–04 Tahiti Division Fédérale runner-up
Teams entering the preliminary round
American Samoa American Samoa Manumea FC 2003 ASFA Soccer League champion
Cook Islands Cook Islands Nikao Sokattak 2004 Cook Islands Round Cup champion
Fiji Fiji Ba Electric 2004–05 Fiji Club Franchise League champion
New Caledonia New Caledonia AS Magenta 2003–04 New Caledonia Super Ligue champion
New Zealand New Zealand Auckland City 2004–05 New Zealand Football Championship grand final champion
Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea Sobou FC 2004 Papua New Guinea National Club Championship champion
Samoa Samoa Tuanaimato Breeze 2004 Samoa National League champion
Solomon Islands Solomon Islands Makuru FC 2004 Honiara FA League champion
Tonga Tonga Lotoha'apai United 2004 Tonga Major League champion
Vanuatu Vanuatu Tafea FC 2004 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 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.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Manumea American Samoa w/o1 New Zealand Auckland City N/A N/A
Nikao Sokattack Cook Islands 1–9 New Caledonia AS Magenta 0–4 1–52
Sobou Papua New Guinea 7–0 Samoa Tuinaimato Breeze 5–0 2–0
Lotoha'apai Tonga 1–7 Vanuatu Tafea 1–2 0–5
Ba Electric Fiji 2–8 Solomon Islands Makuru 1–4 1–4
Notes

First leg

10 February 2005
Nikao Sokattack Cook Islands 0 – 4 New Caledonia AS Magenta
Report Hmaé  38', 41', 45'
Jules  62'
Unknown Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: ?
Referee: ?

4 March 2005
Sobou Papua New Guinea 5 – 0 Samoa Tuinaimato Breeze
? Report
Lae Stadium, Lae
Attendance: ?
Referee: ?

21 March 2005
Lotoha'apai Tonga 1 – 2 Vanuatu Tafea
? Report ?
Unknown Stadium
Attendance: ?
Referee: ?

2 April 2005
Ba Electric Fiji 1 – 4 Solomon Islands Makuru
? Report ?
Govind Park, Ba
Attendance: ?
Referee: ?

Second leg

12 February 2005
Nikao Sokattack Cook Islands 1 – 5 New Caledonia AS Magenta
Willis  45' (pen) Report Sinedo  ?', ?'
Kaudre  ?', ?'
Hmaé  ?'
Unknown Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: ?
Referee: ?

Magenta won 9–1 on aggregate.

6 March 2005
Sobou Papua New Guinea 2 – 0 Samoa Tuinaimato Breeze
Daniel  ?'
Laskam  ?'		 Report
Lae Stadium, Lae
Attendance: ?
Referee: ?

Sobou won 7–0 on aggregate.

23 March 2005
Lotoha'apai Tonga 0 – 5 Vanuatu Tafea
Report Obed  ?', ?'
Poida  ?'
Garae  ?'
Nako  ?'
Unknown Stadium
Attendance: ?
Referee: ?

Tafea won 7–1 on aggregate.

6 April 2005
Ba Electric Fiji 1 – 4 Solomon Islands Makuru
Masi  ?' (pen) Report Maemae  ?', ?', ?' (pen)
Suri  ?'
Govind Park, Ba
Attendance: ?
Referee: ?

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.

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Australia Sydney FC 3300184+149
French Polynesia AS Pirae 320167−16
New Zealand Auckland City 310285+33
Papua New Guinea Sobou 0003420−160

31 May 2005
Sydney FC Australia 3 – 2 New Zealand Auckland City
Ceccoli  32'
Packer  47'
Corica  90+3'		 Report Seaman  37'
Smith  78'
Stade Pater, Tahiti
Attendance: 4,000

31 May 2005
Sobou FC Papua New Guinea 1 – 5 French Polynesia AS Pirae
Kassam  87' Report Bennett  9', 35', 49'
Zaveroni  14', 28'
Unknown Stadium, Tahiti

2 June 2005
AS Pirae French Polynesia 1 – 0 New Zealand Auckland City
Bennett  50' Report
Unknown Stadium, Tahiti

2 June 2005
Sobou FC Papua New Guinea 2 – 9 Australia Sydney FC
Wate  57'
Daniel  90'		 Report Fyfe  5'
Petrovski  14', 43', 71'
Zdrilic  19', 40', 42'
Brodie  79'
Salazar  82'
Stade Pater, Tahiti
Attendance: 3,000

4 June 2005
Sydney FC Australia 6 – 0 French Polynesia AS Pirae
Zdrilic  11', 25', 35', 39'
Buonavoglia  43'
Carney  85'		 Report
Stade Pater, Tahiti
Attendance: 1,500

5 June 2005
Auckland City New Zealand 6 – 1 Papua New Guinea Sobou FC
Mulrooney  6', 30'
Urlovic  13'
Coombes  13'
Uhlmann  21'
McIvor  87'		 Report Deno  45'
Unknown Stadium, Tahiti

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
New Caledonia AS Magenta 3210102+87
Vanuatu Tafea 321063+37
Solomon Islands Makuru 310249−53
French Polynesia AS Manu Ura 000328−60

1 June 2005
Tafea Vanuatu 3 – 2 Solomon Islands Makuru
Poida  4'
Obed  18' (pen)
Naprapol  56'		 Report Suri  54'
Maemae  79' (pen)
Unknown Stadium, Tahiti

1 June 2005
AS Magenta New Caledonia 4 – 1 French Polynesia AS Manu Ura
Watrone  32', 56'
Wajoka  43'
Poatinda  62'		 Report Diake  46'
Unknown Stadium, Tahiti

3 June 2005
AS Magenta New Caledonia 1 – 1 Vanuatu Tafea
Watrone  39' Report Naprapol  13'
Unknown Stadium, Tahiti

3 June 2005
AS Manu Ura French Polynesia 1 – 2 Solomon Islands Makuru
Maemae  6' (pen) Report Lee-Tham  4'
Afia  66'
Unknown Stadium, Tahiti

5 June 2005
AS Manu Ura French Polynesia 0 – 2 Vanuatu Tafea
Report Qorig  18'
Naprapol  54'
Unknown Stadium, Tahiti

5 June 2005
Makuru Solomon Islands 0 – 5 New Caledonia AS Magenta
Report Hmae  33', 62', 81'
Elmour  76' (pen)
Kaudre  81'
Unknown Stadium, Tahiti

Knockout stage

  Semifinals Final
                     
A1 Sydney FC 6  
B2 Tafea FC 0  
  A1 Sydney FC 2  
  B1 AS Magenta 0  
B1 AS Magenta 4
A2 AS Pirae 1     Third Place Game
  A2 AS Pirae 1
  B2 Tafea FC 3

Semi finals

The top two teams from both groups progressed to the semifinals.

June 7, 2005
Sydney FC Australia 6–0 Vanuatu Tafea
Petrovski  26'
Zdrilic  39'
Talay  44' (pen.)
Corica  65', 90'
Salazar  87'		 (Report)

June 7, 2005
AS Magenta New Caledonia 4–1 French Polynesia AS Pirae
Elmour  45'
Sinedo  61'
Kaudre  90', 91'		 (Report) Wadriako  17' (o.g.)

Third Place Playoff

June 10, 2005
AS Pirae French Polynesia 1–3 Vanuatu Tafea
Bennett  74' (Report) Poida  30'
Mermer  48', 69'

Final

June 10, 2005
Sydney FC Australia 2–0 New Caledonia AS Magenta
Bingley  16'
Zdrilic  59'		 (Report)
Stade Pater, Papeete, Tahiti
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Neil Fox

Top scorers

NB: This table does not include Preliminary round results

# Player Team Goals
1 Australia David Zdrilic Australia Sydney FC 9
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