2005 in association football explained
The following are the association football events of the year 2005 throughout the world.
Events
- January 21 – German referee Robert Hoyzer admits to having accepted large sums of money from a gambling syndicate to fix matches. The resulting scandal was a major embarrassment to Germany as it prepared to host the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Eventually Hoyzer would be sentenced to two years and five months in prison.
- February 3 – Dutch club Fortuna Sittard has three points deducted for financial mismanagement (failure to settle tax debts); an additional deduction of three points on April 29 was confirmed after an appeal on June 13.
- February 4 – Swiss AXPO Super League – Club Servette FC was declared bankrupt. It had run debts of over 10 million Swiss francs. As a consequence of the bankruptcy the club will be demoted two divisions.
- March 20 – Dutch club Go Ahead Eagles has three points deducted for financial mismanagement.
- March 26 – Chelsea won the League Cup after beating Liverpool 3–2
- April 23 – PSV wins its 18th national title in the Dutch Eredivisie.
- April 30 – National Football title assignment in two major European tournaments. In England, Chelsea wins for the second time in the FA Premier League; in Germany, Bundesliga is won for the 19th time by Bayern Munich. In France, RC Strasbourg won second League Cup.
- May 8 – Ligue 1 – Lyon win its fourth French title in 2000s (decade).
- May 14 – Spain Liga – FC Barcelona won its 17th league title.
- May 18 – UEFA Cup Final – CSKA Moscow became the first Russian club to win a major European club competition, defeating Sporting CP 3–1 at Sporting's home field in Lisbon.
- May 20 – Italian Serie A – Juventus won its 28th title ("scudetto") without playing following a 3–3 draw between A.C. Milan and Palermo.
- May 21 – Manager Gert Aandewiel receives the Rinus Michels Award for the best coach in Dutch amateur football.
- May 21 – Arsenal wins the FA Cup Final by defeating Manchester United 5–4 on penalties after regular time and extra time ended 0–0.
- May 25 – 2004–05 UEFA Champions League Final – Liverpool come from three goals down, and beat A.C. Milan 3–2 on penalties after a 3–3 draw in Istanbul to win Europe's top prize for the 5th time.
- May 26 – Dutch club Sparta Rotterdam fires manager Mike Snoei and names former international Adri van Tiggelen as interim-coach.
- June 8 – Goalkeeper and captain Edwin van der Sar plays his 100th international match for the Netherlands, when the side defeats Finland (0–4) in Helsinki.
- July 9 – Spain's Basque Country wins the fourth UEFA Regions' Cup, beating Bulgaria's South-West Sofia 1–0 in Proszowice.
- July 14 – 2005 Copa Libertadores is won by São Paulo FC after defeating Clube Atlético Paranaense on an aggregate score of 5–1.
- August 5 – Ajax wins the Johan Cruijff Schaal, the annual opening of the new season in the Eredivisie, by a 2–1 win over PSV in the Amsterdam ArenA.
- August 26 – The first match of the inaugural Hyundai A-League in Australia was played.
- August 31 – Boca Juniors (Argentina) won the Recopa Sudamericana 2005 4–3 on aggregate over Once Caldas (Colombia). (First leg in Buenos Aires 3–1, second leg in Manizales 1–2)
- November 21 – Head coach Robert Maaskant is fired by Willem II.
- December 9 – 2006 FIFA World Cup group assignments for the finals in Germany announced.
- December 11 – Opening game of the second FIFA World Club Championship, a six team tournament replacing the former Intercontinental Cup. In the final one week later Brazilian team São Paulo FC won the competition narrowly beating UEFA Champions Liverpool 1–0.
- December 18 – Boca Juniors defeated UNAM Pumas on penalties after the second leg game for the Copa Sudamericana 2005.
- December 19 – Manager Cees Lok leaves NEC and is replaced by another former player of the Dutch Club, Ron de Groot.
- December 19 – Ronaldinho (Brazil, for male footballer) and Birgit Prinz (Germany, for female footballer) were elected FIFA World Player of the Year.
- December 31 – Mark Wotte resigns as technical director of Feyenoord.
Winners national championships
National club championships in Africa (CAF)
- Premier League – ASC Port Autonome Dakar
- Senegal Cup – AS Donanes Dakar
- Seychelles
- Premier League – La Passe FC
- Seychelles Cup – Seychelles Marketing Board
- Sierra Leone
- Premier League – Police FC Jinja
- Uganda Cup – Uganda Revenus Authority SC Kampala
- Zambia
National club championships in Asia (AFC)
- Premier League – Transport United
- Premier League – Al Wahdat Al Quwaysinah
- Jordanian Cup – Al Faysali Amman
- Premier League – Policia de Segurança Pública
- Premier League – Khoromkon Ulan Baatov
- Premier League and Cup – Dhofar Salala
- Premier League – Saunders SC
- Sri Lanka Cup – Ratnam SC
- Premier League and Cup – Al Ittihad Alep
- Premier League – Al Wahda Abu Dhabi
- UAE Cup – Al Ayn Club
- Premier League and Cup – Paktakor Tashkent
- Premier League and Cup – Gach Dong Tam Long An
- Premier League – Al Tilal Aden
- Yemenites Cup – Al Hilal Hudaydah
National club championships in Europe (UEFA)
for fuller coverage, see: 2004–05 in Belgian football
for fuller coverage, see: 2004–05 in Danish football
for fuller coverage, see: 2004–05 in English football
for fuller coverage, see: 2005 in Norwegian football
for fuller coverage, see: 2004–05 in Romanian football
for fuller coverage, see: 2005 in Russian football
for fuller coverage, see: 2004–05 in Scottish football
for fuller coverage, see: 2005 in Swedish football
National club championships in North and Central America (CONCACAF)
- Premier League – Bassa FC All Saint's Village
- Premier League – SV Britannia
- Premier League – Caledonia Celtic
- Premier League – Notre Dame SC Bayville
- Premier League – Western Union FC George Town
- Premier League – Villa Clara
- Premier League – RC Grand Bazaar Dublanc
- Premier League – ASOMS Paradise
- Premier League – Deportivo Municipal
- Premier League – AS Mirebalais
- Premier League – FC Diriangén Diriamba
- Premier League – CD Plaza Amador Panama
- Premier League – San Francisco
- Premier League – Northern United Gros Islet
- Premier League – SV Robinhood
National club championships in Oceania (OFC)
National club championships in South America (CONMEBOL)
National club championships in non-FIFA-affiliated French dependencies
- (CONCACAF)
- Premier League – Association Sportive Le Gosier
(CONCACAF)- Premier League – ASC Le Geldar Kourou
French Polynesia (AFC)- Premier League – AS Tefana Faa'a
- Cup – AS Manu Ura Paea
- (CONCACAF)
- Premier League and Cup – Club Franciscain Le François
- (OFC)
- Premier League and Cup – AS Magenta Nickel Nouméa
Réunion (CAF):- Premier League – US Stade Tamponnaise Le Tampon
- Réunion Cup – SS Excelsior Saint-Joseph
International tournaments
- February 3–12: CEMAC Cup 2005 – Winner: Cameroon (Participating countries: Cameroon, Chad, Gabon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Central African Republic)
- February 8–9: Cyprus International Tournament 2005 – Winner: Finland (Participating countries: Finland, Cyprus, Latvia, Austria)
- February 9: Carlsberg Cup 2005 – Winner: Brazil (Participating countries: Brazil and Hong Kong)
- UNCAF Nations Cup in Guatemala City, Guatemala (February 19 – 27, 2005)
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- February 26 – August 14: Cosafa Castle Cup 2005 (Participating countries: Group A: South Africa, Mauritius, Madagascar and Seychelles Group B: Botswana, Namibia, Mozambique and Zimbabwe Group C: Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland and Zambia)
- March 5–13: East Asian Football Championships 2005 Preliminary Competition – Winner: North Korea (Participating Countries: North Korea, Hong Kong, Chinese Taipei, Mongolia and Guam)
- Baltic Cup in Kaunas (May 21, 2005)
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Qualifying for 2006 World Cup
- Note: for fuller coverage, see: 2006 FIFA World Cup (qualification)
- October 2004 – October 2005: Africa Qualifying
- Qualified teams : Angola, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Togo, Tunisia
- Participating countries: Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Congo DR, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, São Tomé e Príncipe, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe
- November 2003 – August 2005: Asia Qualifying
- Qualified teams: Iran, Japan, Saudi Arabia, South Korea
- Participating countries: Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Chinese Taipei, Guam, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Jordan, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Macau, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkmenistan, UAE, Uzbekistan, Vietnam and Yemen
- February 2004 – October 2005: CONCACAF Qualifying
- Qualified teams : USA, Mexico, Costa Rica, Trinidad and Tobago (defeated Bahrain in an inter-regional playoff)
- Participating countries: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Cayman Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Surinam, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos, US Virgin Islands and USA
- August 2004 – October 2005: Europe Qualifying
- Automatic qualifiers: Germany (as hosts)
- Qualified teams : Group winners Croatia, England, France, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Serbia and Montenegro, Ukraine; two best second-place sides Poland, Sweden; playoff winners Czech Republic, Spain, Switzerland
- Participating countries: Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Republic of Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Republic of Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Scotland, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine and Wales
- May 2004 – September 2005: Oceania Qualifying
- Qualified team: Australia (defeated Uruguay on penalty kicks in an inter-regional playoff)
- Participating countries: American Samoa, Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tahiti, Tonga and Vanuatu
- September 2003 – October 2005: South America Qualifying
National team results
Europe
See main article: Estonia national football team 2005.
See main article: Netherlands national football team 2005.
South America
See main article: Bolivia national football team 2005.
See main article: Ecuador national football team 2005.
Movies
Births
Deaths
January
- January 6 – Jean-Luc Fugaldi (59), French footballer
- January 8 – Suvad Katana (35), Bosnia-Herzegovina footballer
- January 17 – Youssouf Samiou (17), Benin footballer
- January 18 – Bernard Béreau (64), French footballer
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
- September 8 – Noel Cantwell (72), Northern Ireland footballer and coach
- September 12 – Alain Polaniok (47), French footballer and coach
- September 13 – Toni Fritsch (60), Austrian footballer (later an American football placekicker)
- September 27 – Karl Decker (84), Austrian footballer and coach
- September 28 – Enric Gensana (69), Spanish footballer
October
November
Notes and References
- Web site: Saïd Saber . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 5 August 2024 . en.
- https://www.manutd.com/en/players-and-staff/detail/kobbie-mainoo-mens-team 37 Kobbie Mainoo
- Web site: Muhammed Uzun . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 24 September 2023.
- Web site: Darnell Bile . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 15 January 2024 . en.
