2005 OFC Club Championship explained

Tourney Name:OFC Club Championship
Year:2005
Country:Tahiti
Num Teams:Competition proper: 8
Total: 13
Associations:12
Champion Other:Sydney FC
Count:1
Second Other:AS Magenta
Third Other:Tafea
Fourth Other:AS Pirae
Matches:16
Goals:75
Prevseason:2001
Nextseason:2006

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 method
Teams entering the group stage
AustraliaSydney FC2005 Australian Club World Championship Qualifying Tournament winner
TahitiAS Manu Ura2003–04 Tahiti Division Fédérale champion
AS Pirae2003–04 Tahiti Division Fédérale runner-up
Teams 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.[1] 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.[2]

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Bracket

Semi-finals

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Third place play-off

Final

See main article: 2005 OFC Club Championship final.

The final was played on 10 June 2005 at Stade Pater in Papeete.[3] The match was attended by approximately 4,000 spectators.[4]

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GK 1 Clint Bolton
DF 3 Alvin Ceccoli
DF 2 Iain Fyfe
DF 8 Matthew Bingley
DF 14 Andrew Packer
MF 7
MF 15
MF 6
MF 12 David Carney
FW 9 David Zdrilic (c)
FW 11 Sasho Petrovski
Substitutes:
GK 20 Mitchell Blowes
DF 5 Steve Laurie
MF 10
FW 13
MF 16 Todd Brodie
DF 18 Wade Oostendorp
DF 19 Brendan Renaud
FW 21 John Buonavoglia
Manager:
Pierre Littbarski
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GK 1
DF 4 Andre Sinedo
DF 5 Jacky Wiako
DF 6 Gil Elmour
DF 17 Robert Wadriako
MF 8 Jules Wea
MF 10
MF 2 Nicolas Ouka
MF 7 Steevens Longue
FW 9
FW 11
Substitutes:
GK 20 Joel Zohune
DF 3 Eric Ouka
DF 12 Georges Wadreges
DF 13 Elia Kaudre
MF 14 Wilfred Wadriako
FW 15
FW 16
Manager:
Jean Paul Cureau
Man of the Match:
Terry McFlynn
width=55% valign=topMatch 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

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Oceania Champions Cup 2004/05.
  2. News: 2005 OFC CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP DRAW. Oceania Football Confederation. 20 April 2005. https://web.archive.org/web/20050427170039/http://www.oceaniafootball.com/index.cgi?det=1&intArticleID=1530&sID=12. 27 April 2005.
  3. News: FULL SCORE - GF SYDNEY FC 2 - AS MAGENTA 0. 11 June 2005. https://web.archive.org/web/20060822105504/http://www1.sportingpulse.com.au/assoc_page.cgi?client=1-3089-0-0-0&sID=31106&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=135169&sectionID=31106. 22 August 2006.
  4. News: Sydney FC Claims Place on World Stage. 12 June 2005. 9 May 2014. Football Federation Samoa.