2005–06 Sydney FC season
The 2005-06 season was Sydney FC's first season, formed to compete in the new Australian A-League competition. The club finished second on the table in the regular season, and won the first A-League Grand Final, defeating Central Coast Mariners 1-0. Sydney also represented Oceania at the FIFA Club World Championship 2005 where they were placed fifth.Players
Squad
Transfers In
Short-term signings
Statistics
Competitions
Overall
Matches
Knockout Stage
Group Matches
Finals
Knockout Stage
League table
Knockout Stage
Matches
Finals series
Team kit
All A-League club kits were supplied by Reebok through a sponsorship deal with the A-League, and all clubs initially had a white change strip, Sydney adopting a light blue trim to their away shirts. The home shirt colour of sky blue adopted the NSW representative colour, contrasted with the navy blue and orange trim.
Shirt sponsorship was secured with health insurance provider Healthe.End of season awards
Club Awards
- Player of the Year: Clint Bolton
- Top Scorer: Sasho Petrovski
- Defender of the Year: Alvin Ceccoli
- Midfielder of the Year: David Carney
- Forward of the Year: Dwight Yorke
- Members Player of the Year: David Carney
- Chairmans Award: Mark Rudan
- Finals Player of the Year: Steve Corica
- Goal of the Year: Alvin Ceccoli
A-League Awards
- Joe Marston Medal Winner: Dwight Yorke