2005 A-League Pre-season Challenge Cup
Football tournament season
Tournament details | |
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Country | Australia New Zealand |
Teams | 8 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Central Coast Mariners (1st title) |
Runner-up | Perth Glory |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 15 |
Goals scored | 34 (2.27 per match) |
Top goal scorer(s) | Bobby Despotovski Nik Mrdja Sasho Petrovski (3 goals) |
2006 → |
The 2005 A-League Pre-season Challenge Cup was played in the lead up to the inaugural (2005-06) A-League season. It was won by the Central Coast Mariners, who beat Perth Glory in the final.
Group stage
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Melbourne Victory | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 5 | Advance to semi-finals |
2 | Perth Glory | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
3 | Adelaide United | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
4 | Newcastle Jets | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 |
Source: [citation needed]
Newcastle Jets | 1–1 | Melbourne Victory |
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Deans ![]() | Summary | Thompson ![]() |
Adelaide United | 2–2 | Perth Glory |
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Aloisi ![]() Valkanis ![]() | Report | Valkanis ![]() Despotovski ![]() |
Adelaide United | 1–1 | Newcastle Jets |
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Valkanis ![]() | Report | Johnson ![]() |
Melbourne Victory | 1–0 | Perth Glory |
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Thompson ![]() | Report |
Melbourne Victory | 0–0 | Adelaide United |
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Report |
Perth Glory | 2–1 | Newcastle Jets |
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Despotovski ![]() | Report | Thompson ![]() |
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Sydney FC | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 | Advance to semi-finals |
2 | Central Coast Mariners | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 | |
3 | Queensland Roar | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 4 | |
4 | New Zealand Knights | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 |
Source: [citation needed]
Central Coast Mariners | 3–1 | Queensland Roar |
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Mrdja ![]() | Report | Tollenaere ![]() |
Sydney FC | 3–1 | New Zealand Knights |
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Yorke ![]() Petrovski ![]() | Report | Fitzsimmons ![]() |
New Zealand Knights | 0–5 | Queensland Roar |
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Report | Brownlie ![]() Tollenaere ![]() Moon ![]() Murdocca ![]() |
Central Coast Mariners | 0–2 | Sydney FC |
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Report | Corica ![]() Petrovski ![]() |
New Zealand Knights | 0–1 | Central Coast Mariners |
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Report | Brown ![]() |
Queensland Roar | 0–0 | Sydney FC |
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http://www.worldfootball.net/spielbericht/pre-season-cup-2005-gruppe-b-queensland-roar-fc-sydney-fc/ Summary |
Knockout stage
Semi-finals
Melbourne Victory | 1–3 | Central Coast Mariners |
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Byrnes ![]() | Summary | Pondeljak ![]() Brown ![]() |
Sydney FC | 0–1 | Perth Glory |
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Summary | Ward ![]() |
Final
Central Coast Mariners | 1–0 | Perth Glory |
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Petrie ![]() | Report |