2005 OFC Club Championship

2005 OFC Club Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Tahiti
Dates	Qualifying: 10 February – 6 April 2005 Competition proper: 31 May – 10 June 2005
Teams	Competition proper: 8 Total: 13 (from 12 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Sydney FC (1st title)
Runners-up	AS Magenta
Third place	Tafea
Fourth place	AS Pirae
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	75 (4.69 per match)
Top scorer(s)	David Zdrilic (Sydney FC) 9 goals
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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

Sydney FC

Nikao Sokattack

Ba

Magenta

Auckland
City

Sobou

Tuanaimoto
Breeze

Makuru

Pirae

Manu Ura

Lotoha'apai

Tafea

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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	Sydney FC	2005 Australian Club World Championship Qualifying Tournament winner
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	Manumea FC	2003 ASFA Soccer League champion
Cook Islands	Nikao Sokattak	2004 Cook Islands Round Cup champion
Fiji	Ba Electric	2004–05 Fiji Club Franchise League champion
New Caledonia	AS Magenta	2003–04 New Caledonia Super Ligue champion
New Zealand	Auckland City	2004–05 New Zealand Football Championship grand final champion
Papua New Guinea	Sobou FC	2004 Papua New Guinea National Club Championship champion
Samoa	Tuanaimato Breeze	2004 Samoa National League champion
Solomon Islands	Makuru FC	2004 Honiara FA League champion
Tonga	Lotoha'apai United	2004 Tonga Major League champion
Vanuatu	Tafea FC	2004 Port Vila Football League champion

Preliminary round

Main article: 2005 OFC Club Championship 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. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Manumea	w/o [note 1]	Auckland City	—	—
Nikao Sokattak	1–9	AS Magenta	0–4	1–5
Sobou	7–0	Tuinaimato Breeze	5–0	2–0
Lotohaʻapai	1–7	Tafea	1–2	0–5
Ba Electric	2–8	Makuru	1–4	1–4

Group stage

Main article: 2005 OFC Club Championship 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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sydney FC	3	3	0	0	18	4	+14	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	AS Pirae	3	2	0	1	6	7	−1	6
3	Auckland City	3	1	0	2	8	5	+3	3
4	Sobou	3	0	0	3	4	20	−16	0

Source: RSSSF

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	AS Magenta	3	2	1	0	10	2	+8	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Tafea	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	7
3	Makuru	3	1	0	2	4	9	−5	3
4	AS Manu-Ura	3	0	0	3	2	8	−6	0

Source: RSSSF

Knockout stage

Main article: 2005 OFC Club Championship knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	7 June – Papeete
	Sydney FC	6
					10 June – Papeete
	Tafea	0
					Sydney FC	2
	7 June – Papeete
					AS Magenta	0
	AS Magenta	4
	AS Pirae	1
					Third place play-off
					10 June – Papeete
					AS Pirae	1
					Tafea	3

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Sydney FC	6–0	Tafea
AS Magenta	4–1	AS Pirae

Third place play-off

10 June 2005

AS Pirae	1–3	Tafea
Bennett 74'	Report	Poida 30' Mermer 48', 69'

Final

Main article: 2005 OFC Club Championship final

The final was played on 10 June 2005 at Stade Pater in Papeete. ^[2]

10 June 2005

21:00

Sydney FC	2–0	AS Magenta
Bingley 16' Zdrilic 59'	Report

Stade Pater , Papeete

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Neil Fox (New Zealand)

Top scorers

NB: This table does not include Preliminary round results

#	Player	Team	Goals
1	David Zdrilic	Sydney FC	9

Notes

1. Manumea was withdrawn by the OFC, due to administration concerns from Football Federation American Samoa and not guranteeing the facilities and infrastructure to host an international match. ^[1]

References

1. "OFC CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS KICK OFF". 9 February 2005. Archived from the original on 10 March 2005.
2. "FULL SCORE - GF SYDNEY FC 2 - AS MAGENTA 0". 11 June 2005. Archived from the original on 22 August 2006.

External links

• RSSSF archive of the 2004/5 Oceania Club Championship