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The 2005 Swedish Touring Car Championship season was the 10th Swedish Touring Car Championship (STCC) season. In total eight racing weekends at six different circuits were held; each round comprising three races, making a twenty-four round competition in total.
| Team | Car | No. | Drivers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drivers' Championship | |||
| West Coast Racing | BMW 320i | 1 |  |
| 11 | | ||
| Polestar Racing | Volvo S60 | 2 | |
| 7 | | ||
| Kristoffersson Motorsport | Audi A4 | 3 | |
| 8 | | ||
| Flash Engineering | BMW 320i | 4 | |
| Opel Team Sweden | Opel Astra | 5 |  |
| Engström Motorsport | Honda Accord | 6 | |
| Honda Civic Type-R | 9 | | |
| Team Agrol | Honda Civic Type-R | 10 | |
| Mercedes-Benz Sport | Mercedes C200 | 12 | |
| 14 | | ||
| Team Italienska Bil | Alfa Romeo 156 | 20 | |
| IPS Motorsport | Peugeot 407 | 21 | |
| STCC Challenge | |||
| Budda Racing | Volvo S60 | 93 | |
| Gellerstedt Motorsport | BMW 320i | 94 | |
| Johansson Motorsport | BMW 320 D E46 | 95 | |
| JN Racing | BMW 320i | 97 | |
| Team Gustavsson | Volvo S60 | 98 | |
| Mälarpower | Volvo S40 Evo 5 | 99 | |
| Round | Circuit | Date | Winning driver | Winning team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 2 | | 22 May | Tommy Rustad Thed Björk | Opel Team Sweden West Coast Racing |
| 3 4 | | 6 June | Jan Nilsson Tomas Engström | Flash Engineering Engström Motorsport |
| 5 6 | | 19 June | Johan Stureson Edward Sandström | IPS Motorsport Polestar Racing |
| 7 8 | | 10 July | Robert Dahlgren Robert Dahlgren | Polestar Racing Polestar Racing |
| 9 10 | | 7 August | Robert Dahlgren Johan Stureson | Polestar Racing IPS Motorsport |
| 11 12 | | 21 August | Fredrik Ekblom Thed Björk | Kristoffersson Motorsport West Coast Racing |
| 13 14 | | 4 September | Tomas Engström Richard Göransson | Engström Motorsport West Coast Racing |
| 15 16 | | 18 September | Richard Göransson Richard Göransson | West Coast Racing West Coast Racing |
| Pos. | Driver | KNU | GEL | AND | FAL | KNU | GEL | GEL | MAN | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 169 |
| 2 | | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | DNS | 1 | 2 | 3 | 141 |
| 3 | | 10 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 117 |
| 4 | | 4 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 5 | DNS | Ret | 4 | 97 |
| 5 | | 7 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 87 |
| 6 | | 5 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 3 | Ret | 17 | 73 |
| 7 | | 13 | 11 | Ret | 1 | 2 | 7 | Ret | 6 | 71 |
| 8 | | 3 | Ret | Ret | 10 | 10 | 5 | Ret | 5 | 67 |
| 9 | | 9 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 49 |
| 10 | | 6 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 41 |
| 11 | | 11 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 9 | Ret | 5 | 10 | 30 |
| 12 | | 8 | Ret | 7 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 25 |
| 13 | | 12 | 6 | 9 | Ret | 7 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 21 |
| 14 | | Ret | Ret | 16 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 16 | 2 | |
| 15 | | 14 | 13 | 11 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 0 | ||
| 16 | | 14 | 0 | |||||||
| 17 | | 15 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 0 | |||
| 18 | | Ret | 13 | 13 | DNS | Ret | Ret | 0 | ||
| 19 | | Ret | 13 | DNS | 0 | |||||
| 20 | | 12 | 14 | 12 | DNS | Ret | DNS | 0 | ||
| 21 | | 12 | 0 | |||||||
| Position | Driver | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richard Göransson | 169 |
| 2 | Thed Björk | 141 |
| 3 | Johan Stureson | 117 |
| 4 | Edward Sandström | 97 |
| 5 | Tomas Engström | 87 |
| 6 | Fredrik Ekblom | 73 |
| 7 | Robert Dahlgren | 71 |
| 8 | Tommy Rustad | 67 |
| 9 | Jan Nilsson | 49 |
| 10 | Tommy Kristoffersson | 41 |
| 11 | Daniel Haglöf | 30 |
| 12 | Mattias Andersson | 25 |
| 13 | Jens Hellström | 21 |
| 14 | Ronnie Brandt | 2 |
| Position | Driver | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johan Nilsson | 168 |
| 2 | Ronnie Brandt | 124 |
| 3 | Joakim Gustavsson | 97 |
| 4 | Christer Gellerstedt | 44 |
| 5 | Håkan Johansson | 26 |
| 6 | Patrik Andersson | 22 |
| Position | Manufacturer | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BMW | 159 |
| 2 | Peugeot | 120 |
| 3 | Volvo | 120 |
| 4 | Honda | 115 |
| 5 | Audi | 104 |
| 6 | Alfa Romeo | 68 |
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