¤ 11 April 2005: Sydney FC vs FC Hatta, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (Friendly)
Sydney were apparently presented with a trophy for winning this match. Alejandro Salazar made his debut, having missed Sydney's first two matches with a broken foot, playing the last 20 minutes. Sydney scored the first five goals before conceding. Zdrilic was excellent on debut, setting up four of the goals and "contending with McFlynn for man of the match honours".^{[SFC][PB][CJB]}
Sydney FC 7 (Petrovski [2], Carney [2], Rudan, Bingley, Timpano) def. FC Hatta 1
Sydney FC squad: Clint Bolton (gk), Iain Fyfe, Alvin Ceccoli, Mark Rudan, Steve Laurie, Ufuk Talay, Robbie Middleby, Matthew Bingley, David Zdrilic, Sasho Petrovski, David Carney, Alejandro Salazar, Andrew Packer, Terry McFlynn, Jacob Timpano, Wade Oostendorp, Justin Pasfield (gk)
[Steve Corica stomach bug, Mark Milligan groin injury]
¤ 16 April 2005: Sydney FC vs Al Ain Sports and Cultural Club, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates (Friendly)
This match was originally scheduled to be played against Dubai Cultural and Sports Club.^[SFC][SFC]
Sydney FC 1 (Talay ~45') def. Al Ain 0
Sydney FC squad (unconfirmed): Clint Bolton (gk), Iain Fyfe, Alvin Ceccoli, Mark Rudan, Steve Laurie, Ufuk Talay, Robbie Middleby, Matthew Bingley, David Zdrilic, Steve Corica, Sasho Petrovski, David Carney, Alejandro Salazar, Andrew Packer, Terry McFlynn, Mark Milligan, Jacob Timpano, Wade Oostendorp, Justin Pasfield (gk)
¤ 16 April 2005: The signing of Dwight Yorke (Birmingham City), who won the treble in 1999 with Manchester United, as a marquee player for two seasons is confirmed.^[TWG]
¤ 18 April 2005: Sydney FC vs Al Jazira Sports and Cultural Club, Mohamed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (Friendly)
The last game on the UAE tour, Mark Rudan suffers a hamstring injury and also manages to get a red card.^[SFC][AlJ]
Sydney FC 1 (Zdrilic 15') def. Al Jazira 0
Sydney FC squad (unconfirmed): Clint Bolton (gk), Iain Fyfe, Alvin Ceccoli, Mark Rudan, Steve Laurie, Ufuk Talay, Robbie Middleby, Matthew Bingley, David Zdrilic, Steve Corica, Sasho Petrovski, David Carney, Alejandro Salazar, Andrew Packer, Terry McFlynn, Mark Milligan, Jacob Timpano, Wade Oostendorp, Justin Pasfield (gk)
Sent off: Rudan ~80', Khalaf Salim (Al Jazira) ~80'
¤ 27 April 2005: Sydney FC vs Australia Under-20, Marconi Stadium, 7:00pm (Friendly)
The end of Sydney's five-match winning streak. Mark Milligan and Jacob Timpano both played for the Young Socceroos, with Milligan handballing off the line from a Carney header to give Sydney a penalty. Steve Corica reportedly suffered a back injury whilst reaching for coffee.^[SFC][SMH]
Sydney FC 1 (Talay 25' pen) drew Australia U20 1 (Celeski 48')
Sydney FC: 1 Clint Bolton (gk), 2 Iain Fyfe, 3 Alvin Ceccoli, 6 Ufuk Talay, 7 Robbie Middleby (13 Alejandro Salazar 74'), 8 Matthew Bingley, 9 David Zdrilic (18 Wade Oostendorp 88'), 11 Sasho Petrovski, 12 David Carney (5 Steve Laurie 77'), 14 Andrew Packer, 15 Terry McFlynn
[Mark Rudan hamstring injury; Steve Corica back injury]
Australia U20: 1 Danny Vukovic (gk), 2 Mark Milligan, 3 Chris Tadrosse, 4 Jacob Timpano, 5 Ryan Townsend, 6 Stuart Musialik, 7 Vince Lia (15 David Williams 79'), 8 Billy Celeski, 9 Jay Lucas (16 Michael Matricciani 79'), 10 Kristian Sarkies (14 Jobe Wheelhouse 70'), 19 Ben Griffin
¤ 03 May 2005: Sydney FC club launch. Healthe are announced as Sydney FC's major sponsors, whilst David Zdrilic and Mark Rudan are named club and team captains respectively. ^[SFC]
¤ 07 May 2005: Sydney FC vs Queensland Roar, Central Coast Stadium, 3:45pm (Oceania Club Championship qualifying - Rd 1)
Sydney FC's first competitive match was the first match in a double-header held in Gosford. Mark Rudan is still unavailable due to the hamstring injury he suffered against Al Jazira.^{[SFC][A-L][A-L]}
Sydney FC 3 (Packer 18', Talay 41' pen, Petrovski 53') def. Queensland Roar 0
Sydney FC: 1 Clint Bolton (gk), 2 Iain Fyfe, 3 Alvin Ceccoli, 6 Ufuk Talay (10 Steve Corica 57'), 8 Matthew Bingley, 9 David Zdrilic (c; 17 Jacob Timpano 71'), 11 Sasho Petrovski, 12 David Carney (7 Robbie Middleby 66'), 14 Andrew Packer, 15 Terry McFlynn, 16 Mark Milligan
Queensland Roar: 1 Tom Willis (gk), 2 Karl Dodd, 3 Remo Buess, 4 Chad Gibson (c), 5 Josh McCloughan, 8 Massimo Murdocca (7 Shin Tae-Yong 75'), 9 Michael Baird, 11 Jonti Richter, 13 Tyler Simpson (17 Reece Tollenaere 51'), 15 Matt McKay, 16 Seo Hyuk-Su (18 Warren Moon 57')
Cautions: Zdrilic 14', Talay 14', Bingley 34', Baird 35', McKay 47', Baird 71'
Sent off: Baird 71'
¤ 11 May 2005: Sydney FC vs Perth Glory, Members Equity Stadium, 7:30pm (Oceania Club Championship qualifying - SF)
Perth Glory, as winners of the final NSL Championship, were entered directly into the semi finals of the OCCQ tournament. Ufuk Talay nets Sydney's first own goal.^[SFC][A-L]
Sydney FC 2 (Carney 49', Petrovski 76') def. Perth Glory 1 (Talay 47' og)
Sydney FC: 1 Clint Bolton (gk), 2 Iain Fyfe, 3 Alvin Ceccoli, 6 Ufuk Talay (10 Steve Corica 82'), 8 Matthew Bingley, 9 David Zdrilic (c), 11 Sasho Petrovski, 12 David Carney (7 Robbie Middleby 68'), 14 Andrew Packer, 15 Terry McFlynn, 16 Mark Milligan
Perth Glory: 20 Milan Jovanic (gk), 4 Simon Colosimo, 5 Jamie Harnwell, 7 Scott Miller, 8 Nick Ward, 10 Bobby Despotovski, 12 Hiroyuki Ishida (6 Steve McMahon Jr 88'), 13 Ante Kovacevic, 14 Jamie Coyne (2 Matt Horsley 85'), 16 Neil Teggart, 19 Naum Sekulovski (15 Billy Celeski 89')
Cautions: Bolton 45', Zdrilic 89'
¤ 15 May 2005: Sydney FC vs Central Coast Mariners, Central Coast Stadium, 3:00pm (Oceania Club Championship qualifying - Final)
Sydney wins its first competitive tournament, booking a place in the Oceania Club Championship in Tahiti. David Carney's goal took a heavy deflection off a Mariners defender. The match was originally scheduled to be held at Hindmarsh Stadium in Adelaide, but was moved when Sydney and Central Coast were the two confirmed teams. ^[SFC][CCM]
Sydney FC 1 (Carney 18') def. Central Coast Mariners 0
Sydney FC: 1 Clint Bolton (gk), 2 Iain Fyfe, 3 Alvin Ceccoli, 6 Ufuk Talay (4 Mark Rudan 85'), 8 Matthew Bingley, 9 David Zdrilic (c), 11 Sasho Petrovski, 12 David Carney (7 Robbie Middleby 64'), 14 Andrew Packer, 15 Terry McFlynn, 16 Mark Milligan (10 Steve Corica 77')
Central Coast: 1 John Crawley (gk), 2 Wayne O'Sullivan (17 Matthew Osman 69'), 4 Noel Spencer (c), 5 Michael Beauchamp, 6 Andre Gumprecht (7 John Hutchinson 71'), 9 Nik Mrdja, 10 Tom Pondeljak, 11 Damien Brown (23 Dean Heffernan 59'), 12 Stewart Petrie, 15 Andrew Clark, 18 Alex Wilkinson
Cautions: Clark 63', Zdrilic 82', Hutchinson 88'
Sent off: Clark 80'
¤ 16 May 2005: Sydney name a 21-man squad for the upcoming Oceania Club Championship, with one player to be omitted. Justin Pasfield, Jacob Timpano and Mark Milligan are all called up for Australia U20 World Cup duty, to be replaced by Mitchell Blowes (Kemblawarra), Todd Brodie (Marconi Stallions) and Brendan Renaud (St George), whilst John Buonavoglia (St George) joins prior to Dwight Yorke's arrival. Robbie Cattanach (Belconnen Blue Devils) is also signed on a short-term deal in expectation of David Zdrilic's call-up to the Australian Confederations Cup squad, but Frank Farina gives special dispensation for Zdrilic to miss the Socceroos international against New Zealand in order to play in the OCC. Buonavoglia is also close to being ruled out, with his son being admitted to hospital after a sudden bout of meningitis. ^{[SMH][A-L][SFC][SMH]}
¤ 23 May 2005: Sydney FC vs Picton Rangers, Valentine Park, 7:00pm (Friendly)
The last match before Sydney headed to the Oceania Club Championship, Littbarski used the chance to introduce several new faces into the team. ^[SFC]
Sydney FC 4 (Middleby 25', Rudan 30', og ~50', Buonavoglia 75') def. Picton Rangers 2 (15', 61')
Sydney FC: Mitchell Blowes (gk), Wade Oostendorp, Steve Laurie, Mark Rudan, Brendan Renaud, Todd Brodie, Alex Salazar, Steve Corica, Robbie Middleby, Robbie Cattanach, Johnny Buonavoglia
¤ 31 May 2005: Sydney FC vs Auckland City FC, Stade Pater, Tahiti, 6:30pm (Oceania Club Championship - Group stage)
Steve Corica, yet to start a match so far, comes on as a substitute and scores from a free kick in the 3rd minute of injury time to give Sydney a 3-2 victory. Mark Rudan re-injures his hamstring. ^{[SFC][SFC][OFC]}
Sydney FC 3 (Ceccoli 32', Packer 47', Corica 90+3') def. Auckland City 2 (Young 37', Smith 78')
Sydney FC: 1 Clint Bolton (gk), 2 Iain Fyfe, 3 Alvin Ceccoli, 4 Mark Rudan (c; 5 Steve Laurie 26'), 6 Ufuk Talay (10 Steve Corica 72'), 8 Matthew Bingley, 9 David Zdrilic, 11 Sasho Petrovski, 12 David Carney, 14 Andrew Packer, 15 Terry McFlynn (21 John Buonavoglia 85')
Auckland City: 1 Ross Nicholson (gk), 4 Paul Seaman (18 Chadwick Coombes 75'), 5 Jonathan Perry, 7 James Pritchett, 8 Jonathan Smith (6 Liam Mulrooney 80'), 9 Paul Urlovic (19 Reginald Davani 75'), 10 Grant Young, 11 Neil Sykes, 14 Christopher McIvor, 20 Greg Uhlmann, 21 Riki van Steeden
Cautions: Perry 17', Urlovic 42', Talay 43', Ceccoli 82', Petrovski 90'
¤ 02 June 2005: Sydney FC vs Sobou FC, Stade Pater, Tahiti, 9:00pm (Oceania Club Championship - Group stage)
Sydney's biggest win sees the first hat-tricks for the club in competition - David Zdrilic's completed in the 42nd minute, Sasho Petrovski's in the 71st. The result confirms that Sydney will progress to the semi-finals, but will be without Ufuk Talay for the final group match, after he received a yellow card for reportedly placing a free kick 1m from the mark indicated by the referee.^[SFC][OFC]
Sydney FC 9 (Fyfe 5', Petrovski 14' 43', 71', Zdrilic 19', 40' 42', Brodie 79', Salazar 82') def. Sobou FC 2 (Wate 57', Daniel 90+2')
Sydney FC: 1 Clint Bolton (gk), 2 Iain Fyfe, 3 Alvin Ceccoli (19 Brendan Renaud 46'), 6 Ufuk Talay, 7 Robbie Middleby, 8 Matthew Bingley, 9 David Zdrilic (c; 13 Alejandro Salazar 46'), 10 Steve Corica, 11 Sasho Petrovski, 12 David Carney (16 Todd Brodie 60'), 14 Andrew Packer
Sobou FC: 20 David Aua (gk), 2 Charlie Somasi, 3 Mapi Bigilam (5 Dugi Deno 48'), 4 Harrison Kamake (15 Philip Sabua 39'), 7 Sowera Guti, 8 Karo Gebo, 9 Richard Daniel, 11 Billy Namuesh (21 Charlie Kwanteki 85'), 12 Clifford Wate, 14 Andrew Kassam, 17 Tony Kepou
Cautions: Talay 27', Kassam 35', Gebo 61'
Sent off: Kepou 74'
¤ 04 June 2005: Sydney FC vs AS Pirae, Stade Pater, Tahiti, 3:00pm (Oceania Club Championship - Group stage)
Terry McFlynn comes in for the suspended Talay, whilst John Buonavoglia replaces Sasho Petrovski in the starting line-up. David Zdrilic, with the Confederation Cup in Germany looming, sets a new Sydney FC record for most goals in a match, scoring four goals in the first half.^{[SFC][SFC][OFC]}
Sydney FC 6 (Zdrilic 11', 25', 35', 39', Buonavoglia 43', Carney 85') def. AS Pirae 0
Sydney FC: 1 Clint Bolton (gk), 2 Iain Fyfe, 3 Alvin Ceccoli (18 Wade Oostendorp 46'), 7 Robbie Middleby, 8 Matthew Bingley (5 Steve Laurie 46'), 9 David Zdrilic (c; 13 Alejandro Salazar 63'), 10 Steve Corica, 12 David Carney, 14 Andrew Packer, 15 Terry McFlynn, 21 John Buonavoglia
AS Pirae: 16 Matahi Peu (gk), 5 Heirani Bennett, 6 Steven Bennett, 7 Vincent Simon, 8 Jose Hmae, 9 Raimana Li Fung Kuee, 11 Walea Kalama (20 Teva Zaveroni 46'), 12 Hiro Poroiae (2 Iotua Kautai 67'), 17 Tinomana Sinjoux, 18 Naea Bennett (10 Raimoana Bennett 46'), 22 Gael Kenon
Cautions: Bingley 12', McFlynn 72'
¤ 07 June 2005: Sydney FC vs Tafea FC, Stade Pater, Tahiti, 6:00pm (Oceania Club Championship - SF)
Sydney reach their second final in two attempts and are only one match away from reaching the FIFA World Club Championships. They are to play AS Magenta, who beat AS Pirae 4-1 in the other semi-final.^{[SFC][SFC][OFC]}
Sydney FC 6 (Petrovski 26', Zdrilic 39', Talay 44' pen, Corica 65', 90', Salazar 87') def. Tafea FC 0
Sydney FC: 1 Clint Bolton (gk), 2 Iain Fyfe, 3 Alvin Ceccoli, 6 Ufuk Talay, 7 Robbie Middleby (16 Todd Brodie 60'), 8 Matthew Bingley, 9 David Zdrilic (c; 13 Alejandro Salazar 69'), 11 Sasho Petrovski, 12 David Carney, 14 Andrew Packer, 15 Terry McFlynn (10 Steve Corica 46')
Tafea FC: 1 David Chilia (gk), 3 Geoffrey Lego Gete, 4 Ephraim Kalorib, 6 Graham Demas, 7 Moise Poida, 8 Pita Maki (17 Philip Silas 90'), 9 Rick Mahe, 10 Jean Naprapol, 12 Hubert Nake, 16 Alphonse Qorig (14 Joseph Namariau 70'), 18 Robert Tom
Cautions: Qorig 8', Demas 9', McFlynn 30', Middleby 40', Tom 43', Petrovski 61'
¤ 10 June 2005: Sydney FC vs AS Magenta, Stade Pater, Tahiti, 9:00pm (Oceania Club Championship - Final)
Sydney secure their place in the FIFA Club World Championship to be held in Japan at the end of 2005 with a 2-0 victory over New Caledonian club AS Magenta.^{[SFC][SFC][OFC]}
Sydney FC 2 (Bingley 16', Zdrilic 59') def. AS Magenta 0
Sydney FC: 1 Clint Bolton (gk), 2 Iain Fyfe, 3 Alvin Ceccoli, 6 Ufuk Talay (10 Steve Corica 62'), 7 Robbie Middleby (16 Todd Brodie 76'), 8 Matthew Bingley, 9 David Zdrilic (c; 13 Alejandro Salazar 89'), 11 Sasho Petrovski, 12 David Carney, 14 Andrew Packer, 15 Terry McFlynn
AS Magenta: 1 Michel Hne (gk), 2 Nicolas Ouka, 4 Andre Sinedo, 5 Jackie Wiako, 6 Gil Elmour, 7 Stevens Longue, 8 Jules Wea, 9 Paul Poatinda (16 Noel Kaudre 46'), 10 Pierre Wajoka, 11 Michael Hmae (12 Francis Watrone 78'), 17 Robert Wadriako
Cautions: Talay 53', Kaudre 55', Hne 83', McFlynn 84', Zdrilic 88'
¤ 13 June 2005: Sydney unveil a three-year sponsorship deal with Sydney City Hyundai.^[SFC]
¤ 22 June 2005: Iain Fyfe is named as Sydney FC's player of the tournament for the Oceania Club Championship, winning the incredibly generous prize of the use of a Hyundai Tuscon for six months.^[SFC]
¤ 30 June 2005: Dwight Yorke arrives in Australia to begin his Sydney FC career. He was originally scheduled to arrive one day earlier, but excess baggage problems at Dubai International Airport forced a delay.^[TWG][SFC]

¤ 02 July 2005: Australian U-20 captain and Sydney FC defender Jacob Timpano leaves Australia for a one week trial with Leicester City, despite the FFA threatening to block any potential deal. He returns home unsuccessful.^[FT][SMH]
¤ 04 July 2005: Dwight Yorke completes his first training session with Sydney FC.^[SFC]
¤ 08 July 2005: Sydney FC vs Belconnen Blue Devils, Belconnen Soccer Centre (McKellar), 7:00pm (Friendly)
This was billed as Yorke's first match with Sydney, but he pulled out beforehand. Atrocious conditions saw many of the approximate 1,500-strong crowd leave at half-time.^[SFC][SFCU]
Sydney FC 1 (Petrovski 33') def. Belconnen Blue Devils 0
Sydney FC: Justin Pasfield (gk), Iain Fyfe, Alvin Ceccoli, Robbie Middleby, Steve Corica, Sasho Petrovski, David Carney, Alejandro Salazar, Andrew Packer, Terry McFlynn, Mark Milligan (Steve Laurie)
Belconnen: 1 Nathan Denham (gk), 7 Alex Castro, 8 Elliot Zwangobani (c), 9 Robbie Cattanach, 10 Danny Macor, 11 David Arranz, 12 Robert Hooker, 13 Mike Katz, 14 Dustin Wells, 15 Matt Valeri, 18 Steve Hayes
Subs: 16 Adam Casey, 17 Paul Ivanic
¤ 23 July 2005: Sydney FC vs New Zealand Knights FC, Aussie Stadium, 8:00pm (A-League Pre-Season Cup - Group stage)
Sydney's first match at Aussie Stadium, with a crowd of 8,714, thanks mainly to a Sydney Morning Herald promotion giving away thousands of free tickets. Dwight Yorke makes his debut for the club, and scores from a penalty.^[SFC][SMH]
Sydney FC 3 (Yorke 25' pen, Petrovski 45', 72') def. New Zealand Knights 1 (Fitzsimmons 83')
Sydney FC: 1 Clint Bolton (gk), 2 Iain Fyfe, 3 Alvin Ceccoli, 7 Robbie Middleby (13 Alejandro Salazar 71'), 10 Steve Corica (c), 11 Sasho Petrovski, 12 David Carney, 14 Andrew Packer, 15 Terry McFlynn, 17 Jacob Timpano, 19 Dwight Yorke (6 Ufuk Talay 74')
New Zealand: 1 Danny Milosevic (gk), 3 Ronnie Bull, 4 John Tambouras, 5 Danny Hay (c), 6 Neil Emblen, 7 Steve Fitzsimmons, 8 Ben Collett (18 Zhang Xiaobin 76'), 9 Simon Yeo, 10 Sean Devine, 12 Cole Tinkler, 15 Joshua Rose (16 Noah Hickey 68')
Cautions: Hay 16', Milosevic 24', Yeo 60', Fitzsimmons 84'
¤ 28 July 2005: Tim Parker is appointed to the role of Executive General Manager, with Sydney FC's inaugural CEO Andy Harper becoming the club's Director of Football Development.^[SSN]
¤ 30 July 2005: Sydney FC vs Central Coast Mariners, Central Coast Stadium, 7:00pm (A-League Pre-Season Cup - Group stage)
Sydney FC stretch their unbeaten run to 18 matches (10 competitive matches) by defeating Central Coast in Gosford. Clint Bolton maintains a clean sheet by saving a penalty from Nik Mrdja.^[SFC]
Sydney FC 2 (Corica 57', Petrovski 79') def. Central Coast Mariners 0
Sydney FC: 1 Clint Bolton (gk), 2 Iain Fyfe, 3 Alvin Ceccoli, 6 Ufuk Talay (7 Robbie Middleby 82'), 10 Steve Corica (c), 11 Sasho Petrovski, 12 David Carney, 14 Andrew Packer, 15 Terry McFlynn, 17 Jacob Timpano, 19 Dwight Yorke
Central Coast: 1 John Crawley (gk), 2 Wayne O'Sullivan (17 Matthew Osman 82'), 4 Noel Spencer (6 Andre Gumprecht 79'), 5 Michael Beauchamp, 7 John Hutchinson (19 Adam Kwasnik 77'), 8 Dean Heffernan, 9 Nik Mrdja, 10 Tom Pondeljak, 12 Stewart Petrie, 15 Andrew Clark, 18 Alex Wilkinson
Cautions: Petrovski 29', Bolton 37', Packer 65', Hutchinson 66'
¤ 30 July 2005: The draw for the 2005 FIFA Club World Championship is carried out, with Sydney FC set to face CONCACAF champions Deportivo Saprissa in their first match. The winner is drawn to play against UEFA Champions League winners Liverpool.^[FIFA]
¤ 01 August 2005: Mark Milligan is put out of action for eight weeks after undergoing a double hernia operation. He had been playing with the injury for over eight months in order to compete in the under-20 World Championships.^[SFC]
¤ 04 August 2005: Sasho Petrovski is called into Guus Hiddink's first Socceroos training camp after a four-year absence from the national team. The selection means that Petrovski will miss Sydney's Pre-Season Cup semi-final, should they qualify.^[TWG]
¤ 04 August 2005: Joe Schirripa (Central Coast United) is signed on a short-term deal until the beginning of October to replace the recovering Mark Milligan.^[TWG]
¤ 06 August 2005: Sydney FC vs Queensland Roar, Barlow Park, 7:00pm (A-League Pre-Season Cup - Group stage)
Sydney finish on top of Group B and book a home semi-final with a scoreless draw against Queensland.^[SFC][A-L]
Sydney FC 0 drew Queensland Roar 0
Sydney FC: 1 Clint Bolton, 2 Iain Fyfe, 3 Alvin Ceccoli, 7 Robbie Middleby, 10 Steve Corica (c), 11 Sasho Petrovski, 12 David Carney, 14 Andrew Packer (21 Joe Schirripa 84'), 15 Terry McFlynn, 17 Jacob Timpano, 19 Dwight Yorke
Queensland Roar: 20 Scott Higgins (gk), 2 Karl Dodd, 3 Remo Buess, 4 Chad Gibson (c), 8 Massimo Murdocca, 11 Jonti Richter, 14 Ben Griffin, 16 Seo Hyuk-Su, 17 Reece Tollenaere, 19 Alex Brosque, 21 Spase Dilevski
Cautions: Petrovski 21', Dodd 31', Corica 80'
¤ 08 August 2005: The official launch of the Hyundai A-League is held at Darling Harbour. The competition's $3 million marketing campaign, based on the slogan "It's Football. But not as you know it", is unveiled.^[A-L]
¤ 10 August 2005: Centrebet installs Sydney FC as $2.05 favourites to win the inaugural A-League title, ahead of Perth Glory/Melbourne Victory ($6.00), Newcastle United ($8.00), Central Coast ($15.00), Adelaide United/Queensland Roar ($17.00) and New Zealand Knights ($34.00).^[F]
¤ 14 August 2005: Sydney FC vs Perth Glory, Aussie Stadium, 5:00pm (A-League Pre-Season Cup - SF)
Sydney suffer first loss after going 19 matches unbeaten, with Perth's Nick Ward scoring in injury time at the end of the match. With Petrovski and Yorke away on international duty, David Zdrilic and Mark Rudan return from injury, the latter earning a yellow card for grabbing Steve McMahon Jr by the throat.^[A-L]
Perth Glory 1 (Ward 90+1') def. Sydney FC 0
Sydney FC: 1 Clint Bolton (gk), 2 Iain Fyfe, 3 Alvin Ceccoli, 6 Ufuk Talay, 7 Robbie Middleby (4 Mark Rudan 68'), 10 Steve Corica (c), 12 David Carney, 13 Alejandro Salazar (9 David Zdrilic 68'), 14 Andrew Packer, 15 Terry McFlynn, 17 Jacob Timpano
Perth Glory: 1 Jason Petkovic, 2 Matt Horsley, 4 Simon Colosimo, 6 Steve McMahon Jr (8 Nick Ward 88'), 7 Scott Miller, 10 Bobby Despotovski, 12 Hiroyuki Ishida (19 Naum Sekulovski 66'), 13 Ante Kovacevic, 14 Jamie Coyne, 15 Billy Celeski, 21 Adrian Caceres (18 Henry Fa'arodo 75')
Cautions: Despotovski 37', Celeski 43', Carney 55', Talay 78', Fa'arodo 79', McMahon 83', Rudan 83', Fyfe 90+5'
¤ 23 August 2005: Sasho Petrovski is named in the 22-man Socceroos squad to play the Solomon Islands in the Oceania World Cup qualifying playoff. Clint Bolton and Iain Fyfe are also named in the train-on squad.^[A-L]
¤ 26 August 2005: Sydney FC announced a three-year partnership with Star City Casino, which will become the club's "home away from home".^[SFC]
¤ 28 August 2005: Sydney FC vs Melbourne Victory FC, Aussie Stadium, 5:00pm (A-League - Rd 1)
Sydney FC's first A-League match, with Dwight Yorke scoring the first goal for the club. The crowd was officially announced as 25,208, but due to the huge number of walk-ups, the SCG trust threw open the gates for the second time in history 15 minutes in.^{[A-L][A-L][Age]}
Sydney FC 1 (Yorke 44') drew Melbourne Victory 1 (Thompson 73')
Sydney FC: 1 Clint Bolton (gk), 2 Iain Fyfe, 3 Alvin Ceccoli, 4 Mark Rudan (c; 17 Jacob Timpano 76'), 6 Ufuk Talay (8 Matthew Bingley 76'), 9 David Zdrilic (12 David Carney 58'), 10 Steve Corica, 11 Sasho Petrovski, 14 Andrew Packer, 15 Terry McFlynn, 19 Dwight Yorke
Melbourne Victory: 20 Eugene Galekovic (gk), 2 Kevin Muscat (c), 5 Geoffrey Claeys, 6 Steve Pantelidis (18 Chris Tadrosse 66'), 7 Michael Ferrante, 8 Andy Vlahos, 9 Danny Allsopp, 10 Archie Thompson, 12 Carl Recchia, 13 Kristian Sarkies (19 Ricky Diaco 66'), 15 Adrian Leijer
Cautions: Pantelidis 56', Ferrante 61', Muscat 64', Packer 69'
¤ 02 September 2005: John Buonavoglia (St George) joins Sydney on a short-term contract to cover for the international callups of Sasho Petrovski, Dwight Yorke and Wade Oostendorp.^[SFC]
¤ 02 September 2005: Sydney FC vs New Zealand Knights FC, North Harbour Stadium, 8:00pm (A-League - Rd 2)
Sydney FC notch up their first A-League win. Sasho Petrovski and Dwight Yorke were away on international duty, replaced by John Buonavoglia and Robbie Middleby, the latter scoring in injury time to seal the three points.^{[SFC][A-L][SFC]}
Sydney FC 3 (Rudan 25', Bingley 73', Middleby 90+4') def. New Zealand Knights 1 (Rose 69')
Sydney FC: 1 Clint Bolton (gk), 2 Iain Fyfe, 3 Alvin Ceccoli, 4 Mark Rudan (c), 6 Ufuk Talay, 8 Matthew Bingley, 9 David Zdrilic (22 John Buonavoglia 82'), 10 Steve Corica, 12 David Carney (17 Jacob Timpano 89'), 14 Andrew Packer (7 Robbie Middleby 70'), 15 Terry McFlynn
New Zealand Knights: 1 Danny Milosevic (gk), 2 Darren Bazeley, 4 John Tambouras, 5 Danny Hay (c; 21 Jeremy Christie 67'), 6 Neil Emblen, 7 Steve Fitzsimmons, 8 Ben Collett, 10 Sean Devine (9 Simon Yeo 74'), 11 Zenon Caravella, 14 Josh Maguire (16 Noah Hickey 80'), 15 Joshua Rose
Cautions: Devine 21', Christie 72', McFlynn 87', Emblen 90+1'
¤ 11 September 2005: Sydney FC vs Newcastle United Jets, EnergyAustralia Stadium, 5:00pm (A-League - Rd 3)
Sydney's first loss in the competition, and Newcastle's first win. Dwight Yorke, who returned from international duty on the previous day, was none-too-pleased about starting from the bench by Littbarski, and came on in the second half to score a goal. Steve Corica picked up a silly straight-red with a vicious challenge from behind, while the Jets' Mateo Corbo joined him in the sheds for his part in the ensuing scuffle.^[A-L][A-L]
Newcastle United Jets 2 (Milicic 6', Johnson 18') def. Sydney FC 1 (Yorke 78')
Sydney FC: 1 Clint Bolton (gk), 2 Iain Fyfe, 3 Alvin Ceccoli, 4 Mark Rudan (c), 6 Ufuk Talay (12 David Carney 76'), 7 Robbie Middleby (19 Dwight Yorke 45+1'), 8 Matthew Bingley (14 Andrew Packer 42'), 9 David Zdrilic, 10 Steve Corica, 11 Sasho Petrovski, 15 Terry McFlynn
Newcastle Jets: 1 Liam Reddy (gk), 3 Jade North, 5 Ned Zelic (c), 7 Richard Johnson, 8 Matt Thompson (15 Stuart Musialik 87'), 9 Ante Milicic (19 Mark Bridge 61'), 10 Nick Carle, 12 Paul Kohler, 13 Mateo Corbo, 16 Labinot Haliti (2 Steve Eagleton 74'), 22 Allan Picken
Cautions: McFlynn 13', North 38', Corbo 39', Petrovski 56', Thompson 61', Corbo 70', Rudan 79', Musialik 90+1'
Sent off: Corica 70', Corbo 70'
¤ 16 September 2005: Wade Oostendorp is the only A-League contracted player named in the 20-man Joeys squad to play in the FIFA U17 World Championship in Peru.^[A-L]
¤ 16 September 2005: Sydney FC vs Central Coast Mariners FC, Aussie Stadium, 8:00pm (A-League - Rd 4)
Jacob Timpano replaces the suspended Steve Corica, while Dwight Yorke returns to the starting lineup and makes it 3 goals from 3 appearances. Alvin Ceccoli attempts to block an injury-time Noel Spencer free kick with his arse, and sends it looping over Clint Bolton to hand the Mariners the win. Terry McFlynn plays despite a recent family tragedy in Northern Ireland.^{[A-L][A-L][A-L]}
Central Coast Mariners 3 (Petrie 20' pen, Gumprecht 35', Spencer 90+1') def. Sydney FC 2 (Packer 13', Yorke 72')
Sydney FC: 1 Clint Bolton (gk), 2 Iain Fyfe, 3 Alvin Ceccoli, 4 Mark Rudan (c; 17 Jacob Timpano 87'), 6 Ufuk Talay, 8 Matthew Bingley, 9 David Zdrilic (11 Sasho Petrovski 64'), 12 David Carney, 14 Andrew Packer (7 Robbie Middleby 84'), 15 Terry McFlynn, 19 Dwight Yorke
Central Coast: 1 John Crawley (gk), 2 Wayne O'Sullivan, 4 Noel Spencer (c), 5 Michael Beauchamp, 6 Andre Gumprecht, 7 John Hutchinson, 8 Dean Heffernan, 10 Tom Pondeljak, 12 Stewart Petrie (19 Adam Kwasnik 50'), 15 Andrew Clark, 18 Alex Wilkinson
Cautions: Bingley 47', Spencer 50', Gumprecht 59'
¤ 21 September 2005: Captain Mark Rudan is ruled out of Sydney FC's next match, against Queensland Roar, with a hamstring cork.^[SFC]
¤ 23 September 2005: Sydney FC vs Queensland Roar FC, Suncorp Stadium, 8:00pm (A-League - Rd 5)
Steve Corica returns from suspension to score a double, while Terry McFlynn seals the win with a quality chip over Tom Willis.^[A-L][A-L]
Sydney FC 3 (Corica 5', 67', McFlynn 72') def. Queensland Roar 1 (Timpano 50' og)
Sydney FC: 1 Clint Bolton (gk), 2 Iain Fyfe, 3 Alvin Ceccoli, 6 Ufuk Talay, 10 Steve Corica, 11 Sasho Petrovski (9 David Zdrilic 85'), 12 David Carney (7 Robbie Middleby 78'), 14 Andrew Packer, 15 Terry McFlynn (8 Matthew Bingley 83'), 17 Jacob Timpano, 19 Dwight Yorke (c)
Queensland Roar: 1 Tom Willis (gk), 2 Karl Dodd (17 Reece Tollenaere 74'), 3 Remo Buess, 4 Chad Gibson (c), 5 Josh McCloughan, 8 Massimo Murdocca, 9 Michael Baird, 10 Royce Brownlie (11 Jonti Richter 36'), 16 Seo Hyuk-Su, 18 Warren Moon (19 Alex Brosque 51'), 21 Spase Dilevski
Cautions: Baird 14', McFlynn 38', Talay 50'
¤ 28 September 2005: Sydney FC release defender Steve Laurie, who made just two competitive appearances in his time at the club. A replacement is yet to be signed.^[SFC]

¤ 01 October 2005: Sydney FC vs Perth Glory FC, Members Equity Stadium, 7:30pm (A-League - Rd 6)
Dwight Yorke nets his fourth goal for the season to move to equal first on the goalscorers list, as Sydney moves into second on the ladder behind Adelaide United. Jacob Timpano retains his place in the side despite Mark Rudan being ruled fit to play.^{[A-L][A-L][SFC]}
Sydney FC 2 (Petrovski 48', Yorke 65') def. Perth Glory 1 (Despotovski 40')
Sydney FC: 1 Clint Bolton (gk), 2 Iain Fyfe, 3 Alvin Ceccoli, 6 Ufuk Talay, 10 Steve Corica (c), 11 Sasho Petrovski (9 David Zdrilic 78'), 12 David Carney (7 Robbie Middleby 90+1'), 14 Andrew Packer, 15 Terry McFlynn (8 Matthew Bingley 85'), 17 Jacob Timpano, 19 Dwight Yorke
Perth Glory: 1 Jason Petkovic (gk), 4 Simon Colosimo, 5 Jamie Harnwell (c), 7 Scott Miller, 10 Bobby Despotovski, 12 Hiroyuki Ishida (8 Nick Ward 63'), 13 Ante Kovacevic, 14 Jamie Coyne, 15 Billy Celeski, 16 Brian Deane (21 Adrian Caceres 78'), 19 Naum Sekulovski (22 Damian Mori 63')
Cautions: Fyfe 74', Celeski 81'
¤ 04 October 2005: Yokohama FC vice-president Hisao Sakamoto says that they have reached "a basic accord" with Sydney FC for Japanese international Kazuyoshi Miura to join the club as a guest player for four A-League games and the FIFA Club World Championship, to be held in Japan in December.^[TWG]
¤ 04 October 2005: Striker John Buonavoglia signs a full-time contract with Sydney FC, replacing departed defender Steve Laurie in the 20-man squad.^[TWG]
¤ 09 October 2005: Sydney FC vs Adelaide United FC, Aussie Stadium, 5:00pm (A-League - Rd 7)
Sydney FC hands Adelaide United their first loss of the A-League season in a top-of-the-table clash. The result moves Sydney to within one point of the league leaders. Anthony Lapaglia sees his team play a live A-League match for the first time.^{[A-L][A-L][SFC]}
Sydney FC 2 (Carney 54', Petrovski 88') def. Adelaide United 1 (Valkanis 51')
Sydney FC: 1 Clint Bolton (gk), 2 Iain Fyfe, 3 Alvin Ceccoli, 6 Ufuk Talay (7 Robbie Middleby 84'), 9 David Zdrilic (c), 10 Steve Corica, 11 Sasho Petrovski, 12 David Carney (22 John Buonavoglia 87'), 14 Andrew Packer, 15 Terry McFlynn (8 Matthew Bingley 90+3'), 17 Jacob Timpano
Adelaide United: 1 Daniel Beltrame, 3 Kristian Rees, 4 Angelo Costanzo, 5 Michael Valkanis, 6 Ross Aloisi (c; 11 Louis Brain 12' (2 Richie Alagich 70')), 8 Carl Veart, 9 Mathew Kemp, 10 Fernando, 13 Travis Dodd (12 Chad Bugeja 59'), 14 Aaron Goulding, 19 Qu Shengqing
Cautions: Dodd 37', Goulding 40', Packer 45+2', Costanzo 58', Valkanis 88', Petrovski 88', Zdrilic 90', Fernando 90+4'
¤ 16 October 2005: Sydney FC vs Melbourne Victory FC, Olympic Park, 1:00pm (A-League - Rd 8)
A disasterous day for Sydney in front of 18,206 at Olympic Park. Kevin Muscat and Archie Thompson both get doubles in Sydney FC's biggest ever loss, compounded by Ufuk Talay's red card in the 58th minute. Dwight Yorke played 90 minutes despite leading Trinidad & Tobago to a World Cup playoff birth mid-week. The result puts Melbourne at the head of the table.^{[A-L][A-L][SFC]}
Melbourne Victory 5 (Kitzbichler 34', Muscat 53' pen, 78' pen, Thompson 57', 69') def. Sydney FC 0
Sydney FC: 1 Clint Bolton (gk), 2 Iain Fyfe, 3 Alvin Ceccoli, 6 Ufuk Talay, 10 Steve Corica, 11 Sasho Petrovski (8 Matthew Bingley 73'), 12 David Carney (7 Robbie Middleby 67'), 14 Andrew Packer (9 David Zdrilic 58'), 15 Terry McFlynn, 17 Jacob Timpano, 19 Dwight Yorke (c)
Melbourne Victory: 20 Eugene Galekovic (gk), 2 Kevin Muscat (c), 4 Mark Byrnes, 5 Geoffrey Claeys, 6 Steve Pantelidis, 7 Michael Ferrante, 9 Danny Allsopp (11 Vince Lia 80'), 10 Archie Thompson, 13 Kristian Sarkies (8 Andy Vlahos 65'), 15 Adrian Leijer, 17 Richard Kitzbichler (19 Ricky Diaco 73')
Cautions: Muscat 7', Petrovski 11', Corica 19', Ceccoli 45+1', Allsopp 50'
Sent off: Talay 58'
¤ 21 October 2005: Sydney FC vs New Zealand Knights FC, Aussie Stadium, 8:00pm (A-League - Rd 9)
Sydney FC get back on track and go to the top of the table for a day with a win over the Knights, featuring the debut of 18-year-old Jeremy Brockie. Dwight Yorke misses two one-on-ones with Danny Milosevic, while Mark Rudan makes his return, playing the last 5 minutes off the substitutes bench.^[A-L][A-L]
Sydney FC 2 (Petrovski 10', Carney 30') def. New Zealand Knights 0
Sydney FC: 1 Clint Bolton (gk), 2 Iain Fyfe, 3 Alvin Ceccoli, 8 Matthew Bingley, 10 Steve Corica (9 David Zdrilic 88'), 11 Sasho Petrovski (7 Robbie Middleby 81'), 12 David Carney, 14 Andrew Packer (4 Mark Rudan 86'), 15 Terry McFlynn, 17 Jacob Timpano, 19 Dwight Yorke (c)
New Zealand Knights: 1 Danny Milosevic (gk), 2 Darren Bazeley, 3 Ronnie Bull (4 John Tambouras 81'), 5 Danny Hay (c), 8 Ben Collett, 9 Simon Yeo, 10 Sean Devine (13 Jeremy Brockie 84'), 11 Zenon Caravella, 12 Cole Tinkler, 14 Josh Maguire, 16 Noah Hickey (19 Naoki Imaya 88')
Cautions: Maguire 44', Devine 56', Petrovski 58'
¤ 30 October 2005: Sydney FC vs Newcastle United Jets FC, Aussie Stadium, 5:00pm (A-League - Rd 10)
Wet conditions see Sydney's lowest home A-League crowd for the season. Ufuk Talay returns from suspension, whilst Sasho Petrovski is out for the week after picking up his fourth yellow card in the previous game.^{[A-L][A-L][SFC]}
Sydney FC 1 (Carney 73') drew Newcastle United Jets 1 (Milicic 77')
Sydney FC: 1 Clint Bolton (gk), 2 Iain Fyfe, 3 Alvin Ceccoli, 6 Ufuk Talay (8 Matthew Bingley 69'), 10 Steve Corica, 12 David Carney, 14 Andrew Packer, 15 Terry McFlynn (7 Robbie Middleby 87'), 17 Jacob Timpano, 19 Dwight Yorke (c), 22 John Buonavoglia (9 David Zdrilic 84')
Newcastle Jets: 1 Liam Reddy (gk), 3 Jade North, 5 Ned Zelic (c), 7 Richard Johnson, 8 Matt Thompson, 9 Ante Milicic, 10 Nick Carle, 12 Paul Kohler (15 Stuart Musialik 59'), 13 Mateo Corbo, 16 Labinot Haliti (17 Franco Parisi 63'), 22 Allan Picken
Cautions: Carney 26', Picken 49', McFlynn 78', Milicic 80', Ceccoli 80', Packer 86'
¤ 04 November 2005: Sydney FC confirm the signing of Kazuyoshi Miura as a guest player. The Japanese great will play four A-League matches, starting with Queensland Roar in Rd 12, and also for Sydney in the FIFA Club World Championship.^[TWG]
¤ 04 November 2005: A "mix-up over registration papers" means that John Buonavoglia is forced out of the Sydney full-time squad.^[Fox]
¤ 05 November 2005: Sydney FC vs Central Coast Mariners FC, Central Coast Stadium, 8:00pm (A-League - Rd 11)
An early Michael Beauchamp send-off gives Sydney the advantage as Sasho Petrovski scores Sydney FC's first A-League hat-trick on his return from suspension. The event would have been the league's first hat-trick had it not been for Ante Milicic's effort 24 hours earlier. Terry McFlynn is missing from the team due to suspension.^[A-L][A-L]
Sydney FC 5 (Yorke 10' pen, Talay 14', Petrovski 23', 68', 83') def. Central Coast Mariners 1 (Hutchinson 40')
Sydney FC: 1 Clint Bolton (gk), 2 Iain Fyfe, 3 Alvin Ceccoli, 6 Ufuk Talay, 8 Matthew Bingley, 10 Steve Corica, 11 Sasho Petrovski (4 Mark Rudan 85'), 12 David Carney, 14 Andrew Packer (7 Robbie Middleby 81'), 17 Jacob Timpano, 19 Dwight Yorke (c; 9 David Zdrilic 65')
Central Coast: 20 Danny Vukovic (gk), 2 Wayne O'Sullivan, 4 Noel Spencer (c), 5 Michael Beauchamp, 6 Andre Gumprecht, 7 John Hutchinson (13 Russell Woodruffe 73'), 8 Dean Heffernan (17 Matthew Osman 74'), 11 Damien Brown, 12 Stewart Petrie (19 Adam Kwasnik 73'), 15 Andrew Clark, 18 Alex Wilkinson
Cautions: Heffernan 67', Gumprecht 76', Carney 78'
Sent off: Beauchamp 9'
¤ 08 November 2005: Kazuyoshi Miura arrives in Sydney to begin his guest stint with Sydney FC.^[SFC]
¤ 09 November 2005: Sydney FC vs Australian Institute of Sport, Homebush Athletics Centre, 2:00pm (Friendly)
A bit of a media event for Kazu's first training session. No-one really knows what the score was, some say 10-0, others say the AIS scored a couple. onion_bag starts a hilarious shitfight on SFCU, despite announcing his departure three days earlier.^[SFCU][SFCU]
Sydney FC ~10 (?) def. AIS ~0
Sydney FC squad (incomplete): Justin Pasfield (gk), Mark Rudan, Wade Oostendorp, Alejandro Salazar, Mark Milligan, Robbie Middleby, David Zdrilic, John Buonavoglia, Brendan Renaud, Ruben Zadkovich, Alvin Ceccoli, Steve Corica, David Carney
¤ 13 November 2005: Sydney FC vs Queensland Roar FC, Aussie Stadium, 5:00pm (A-League - Rd 12)
David Zdrilic finally breaks his drought in his 12th appearance of the season, scoring from a deflection off Chad Gibson, who was standing in the goalmouth. Kazuyoshi Miura makes his debut, while Dwight Yorke is away with Trinidad & Tobago in their attempt to qualify for the World Cup.^[A-L][A-L]
Sydney FC 1 (Zdrilic 54') def. Queensland Roar 0
Sydney FC: 1 Clint Bolton (gk), 2 Iain Fyfe, 3 Alvin Ceccoli, 6 Ufuk Talay (15 Terry McFlynn 71'), 8 Matthew Bingley, 9 David Zdrilic (c; 21 Kazuyoshi Miura 76'), 10 Steve Corica, 11 Sasho Petrovski (4 Mark Rudan 89'), 12 David Carney, 14 Andrew Packer, 17 Jacob Timpano
Queensland Roar: 1 Tom Willis (gk), 2 Karl Dodd, 3 Remo Buess (8 Massimo Murdocca 74'), 4 Chad Gibson (c), 6 Todd Gava (21 Spase Dilevski 46'), 10 Royce Brownlie, 15 Matt McKay, 16 Seo Hyuk-Su, 19 Alex Brosque, 22 Osvaldo Carro (9 Michael Baird 63'), 23 Stuart McLaren
Cautions: Buess 23', McFlynn 90+3', Dodd 90+3
¤ 16 November 2005: Dwight Yorke's Trinidad & Tobago defeat Bahrain 1-0 in Riffa to win their playoff 2-1 on aggregate and advance to the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The result is celebrated by a public holiday in the country, although Yorke chooses to return to Australia to play for Sydney.^[TWG][TWG]
¤ 19 November 2005: Sydney FC vs Perth Glory FC, Aussie Stadium, 8:00pm (A-League - Rd 13)
A match hugely overshadowed by the events of the Wednesday prior, both teams had a few chances but none were put away. Jacob Timpano missed the match through injury, replaced by Matthew Bingley, whilst Dwight Yorke started from the bench.^[A-L][A-L]
Sydney FC 0 drew Perth Glory 0
Sydney FC: 1 Clint Bolton (gk), 2 Iain Fyfe, 3 Alvin Ceccoli, 6 Ufuk Talay, 8 Matthew Bingley, 10 Steve Corica (c), 11 Sasho Petrovski (9 David Zdrilic 81'), 12 David Carney, 14 Andrew Packer, 15 Terry McFlynn (19 Dwight Yorke 61'), 21 Kazuyoshi Miura (4 Mark Rudan 76')
Perth Glory: 20 Milan Jovanic (gk), 2 Matt Horsley, 4 Simon Colosimo, 5 Jamie Harnwell (c), 6 Steve McMahon Jr, 8 Nick Ward, 10 Bobby Despotovski, 14 Jamie Coyne, 15 Billy Celeski (12 Hiroyuki Ishida 82'), 19 Naum Sekulovski (21 Adrian Caceres 65'), 22 Damian Mori
Cautions: Packer 28', Colosimo 79'
¤ 27 November 2005: Sydney FC vs Adelaide United FC, Hindmarsh Stadium, 4:30pm (A-League - Rd 14)
A thrilling match snatched near the death by Fernando when Bolton could only push the ball into the net. Kazuyoshi Miura scored two class goals, while Dwight Yorke dropped into the midfield in place of Steve Corica, who suffered the 'flu. Mark Milligan finally made his return from his hernia operation, in time to replace the suspended Andrew Packer.^[A-L][A-L]
Adelaide United 3 (Fernando 4', 84', Veart 14') def. Sydney FC 2 (Miura 33', 76')
Sydney FC: 1 Clint Bolton (gk), 2 Iain Fyfe, 3 Alvin Ceccoli, 6 Ufuk Talay (8 Matthew Bingley 80'), 11 Sasho Petrovski, 12 David Carney (9 David Zdrilic 87'), 15 Terry McFlynn, 16 Mark Milligan (4 Mark Rudan 87'), 17 Jacob Timpano, 19 Dwight Yorke (c), 21 Kazuyoshi Miura
Adelaide United: 20 Robert Bajic (gk), 2 Richie Alagich, 4 Angelo Costanzo, 5 Michael Valkanis, 6 Ross Aloisi (c; 3 Kristian Rees 77'), 7 Lucas Pantelis (11 Louis Brain 73'), 8 Carl Veart, 10 Fernando, 13 Travis Dodd, 14 Aaron Goulding, 19 Qu Shengqing
Cautions: Qu 17', Aloisi 69', Valkanis 86', Fyfe 86', Dodd 90+3'
¤ 29 November 2005: Sydney FC finalise their squad for the FIFA Club World Championship: John Buonavoglia, Ruben Zadkovich, Dustin Wells and goalkeeper Mitchell Blowes are the new additions, while Alejandro Salazar's release is finally announced (he reportedly agreed to the release 5 weeks earlier, but remained in training with the club). Zadkovich is later ruled ineligible for the tournament.^[SMH][FIFA]
¤ 03 December 2005: Sydney FC vs Melbourne Victory FC, Aussie Stadium, 8:00pm (A-League - Rd 15)
Sydney FC exacts a small amount of revenge for their Round 8 thumping with a convincing win in their last match before heading to Japan. Steve Corica returns to the starting lineup, with Ufuk Talay dropping to the bench in place of Matthew Bingley, who suffered a thigh strain. Dwight Yorke remains in the midfield, and Jacob Timpano is forced off early with a groin strain which could endanger his participation in Sydney's upcoming CWC campaign.^{[A-L][A-L][SFC]}
Sydney FC 2 (Corica 24', Carney 81') def. Melbourne Victory 1 (Allsopp 88')
Sydney FC: 1 Clint Bolton (gk), 2 Iain Fyfe, 3 Alvin Ceccoli, 10 Steve Corica, 11 Sasho Petrovski (9 David Zdrilic 82'), 12 David Carney, 15 Terry McFlynn (6 Ufuk Talay 87'), 16 Mark Milligan, 17 Jacob Timpano (14 Andrew Packer 38'), 19 Dwight Yorke (c), 21 Kazuyoshi Miura
Melbourne Victory: 1 Michael Theoklitos (gk), 2 Kevin Muscat (c), 3 Daniel Piokowski (4 Mark Byrnes 64'), 6 Steve Pantelidis, 7 Michael Ferrante, 9 Danny Allsopp, 10 Archie Thompson, 12 Carl Recchia, 13 Kristian Sarkies, 15 Adrian Leijer, 17 Richard Kitzbichler (8 Andy Vlahos 67' (11 Vince Lia 76'))
Cautions: Petrovski 66', Muscat 66', McFlynn 70'
¤ 06 December 2005: Sydney FC depart Australia for the 2005 FIFA Club World Championship in Japan.^[SFC]

¤ 12 December 2005: Sydney FC vs Deportivo Saprissa, Toyota Stadium, 7:20pm (Club World Championship - QF)
Sydney bow out of the Club World Championship despite playing impressively against experienced opposition. Clint Bolton had an excellent game but couldn't stop Cristian Bolanos' goal from a long ball, while Alvin Ceccoli was sent from the field with ten minutes remaining for an innocuous challenge on the Saprissa 'keeper.^[SFC][FIFA]
Deportivo Saprissa 1 (Bolanos 47') def. Sydney FC 0
Sydney FC: 1 Clint Bolton (gk), 2 Iain Fyfe, 3 Alvin Ceccoli, 10 Steve Corica (9 David Zdrilic 83'), 11 Kazuyoshi Miura, 12 David Carney, 14 Andrew Packer (4 Mark Rudan 61'), 15 Terry McFlynn (21 John Buonavoglia 61'), 16 Mark Milligan, 19 Dwight Yorke (c), 22 Sasho Petrovski
Deportivo Saprissa: 1 Jose Porras (gk; c), 2 Christian Bolanos, 3 Victor Cordero, 4 Ronald Gonzalez, 5 Jervis Drummond, 8 Walter Centeno (6 Reynaldo Parks 89'), 11 Ronald Gomez, 12 Alvaro Saborio (20 Gerold Drummond 90+3'), 16 Gabriel Badilla, 23 Tray Bennett (17 Jose Luis Lopez 83')
Cautions: McFlynn 3', Gonzalez 32', Gomez 56', Milligan 71', Centeno 77', Porras 90+2'
Sent off: Ceccoli 81'
¤ 16 December 2005: Sydney FC vs Ahly Sporting Club, National Stadium, 7:20pm (Club World Championship - 5th-place playoff)
Sydney officially become the world's fifth-best football team, with a 2-1 win over African Club of the 20th Century, Al-Ahly. Sydney certainly didn't play as well as they did in their previous match, but a quality header from Dwight Yorke and a nicely timed run from David Carney sealed the victory, and a prize of $800,000 which is distributed amongst the A-League clubs.^{[SFC][FIFA][SFC]}
Sydney FC 2 (Yorke 35', Carney 66') def. Al-Ahly 1 (Emad Moteab 45')
Sydney FC: 1 Clint Bolton (gk), 2 Iain Fyfe, 4 Mark Rudan, 6 Ufuk Talay (15 Terry McFlynn 78'), 8 Matthew Bingley, 10 Steve Corica (14 Andrew Packer 64'), 11 Kazuyoshi Miura, 12 David Carney, 16 Mark Milligan, 19 Dwight Yorke (c), 22 Sasho Petrovski (9 David Zdrilic 89')
Al-Ahly: 21 Nader Al Sayed (gk), 3 Mohamed Abdel Wahab (23 Flavio 76'), 4 Emad El Nahas (7 Shady Mohamed 63'), 5 Ahmed El Sayed, 6 Wael Gomaa, 8 Mohamed Barakat, 9 Emad Moteab, 13 Hossam Ashour, 17 Mohamed Shawky, 18 Osama Hosny (c; 2 Islam El Shater), 22 Mohamed Aboutrika
Cautions: Ashour 42', Rudan 67', Packer 71', Gomaa 76', Yorke 87', Emad Moteab 90+3'
¤ 30 December 2005: Sydney FC vs New Zealand Knights FC, North Harbour Stadium, 8:00pm (A-League - Rd 16)
Jacob Timpano returns to the team after missing the CWC, while Andrew Packer is out with a back injury. Two early deflected free kicks make the score 1-1 before Sydney get a second just before the break from a lucky penalty. Jeremy Brockie equalises in the 86th minute with a cracking volley from the edge of the area.^{[A-L][A-L][A-L]}
Sydney FC 2 (Carney 6', Yorke 45+3' pen) drew New Zealand Knights 2 (Devine 3', Brockie 86')
Sydney FC: 1 Clint Bolton (c), 2 Iain Fyfe, 3 Alvin Ceccoli, 6 Ufuk Talay (15 Terry McFlynn 88'), 9 David Zdrilic (7 Robbie Middleby 77'), 10 Steve Corica (4 Mark Rudan 83'), 11 Sasho Petrovski, 12 David Carney, 16 Mark Milligan, 17 Jacob Timpano, 19 Dwight Yorke (c)
New Zealand Knights: 1 Danny Milosevic (gk; 20 Glen Moss 46'), 2 Darren Bazeley (c), 4 John Tambouras, 10 Sean Devine (6 Neil Emblen 75'), 11 Zenon Caravella, 13 Jeremy Brockie (8 Ben Collett 90+3'), 16 Noah Hickey, 17 Frank van Eijs, 19 Naoki Imaya, 21 Jeremy Christie, 24 Kris Bright
Cautions: Yorke 11'
¤ 01 January 2006: Football Federation Australia officially becomes a member of the Asian Football Confederation, meaning two A-League teams will compete in the AFC Champions League from 2007.^[FFA]
¤ 06 January 2006: Sydney FC vs Newcastle United Jets FC, Aussie Stadium, 8:00pm (A-League - Rd 17)
Sydney held the advantage for most of the match but could not break through, leaving them 9 points behind Adelaide with just four matches remaining. David Zdrilic makes his 300th top-flight appearance when he comes on in the 72nd minute, while Andrew Packer returns from a back injury to replace Robbie Middleby.^{[A-L][A-L][SFC]}
Sydney FC 0 drew Newcastle United Jets 0
Sydney FC: 1 Clint Bolton (gk), 2 Iain Fyfe, 3 Alvin Ceccoli, 6 Ufuk Talay (14 Andrew Packer 72'), 10 Steve Corica (9 David Zdrilic 72'), 11 Sasho Petrovski, 12 David Carney, 15 Terry McFlynn, 16 Mark Milligan, 17 Jacob Timpano, 19 Dwight Yorke (c)
Newcastle Jets: 1 Liam Reddy (gk), 2 Steve Eagleton, 3 Jade North, 5 Ned Zelic (c; 16 Labinot Haliti 76'), 8 Matt Thompson, 9 Ante Milicic, 10 Nick Carle, 12 Paul Kohler, 14 Jobe Wheelhouse (15 Stuart Musialik 46'), 22 Allan Picken, 25 Vaughan Coveny
Cautions: Zelic 35', North 71', Milligan 88', Fyfe 90+1'
¤ 14 January 2006: Sydney FC vs Central Coast Mariners FC, Aussie Stadium, 8:00pm (A-League - Rd 18)
Sydney's third consecutive draw of the new year sees Adelaide clinch the inaugural A-League Premiership. Dwight Yorke has a weak penalty saved by Danny Vukovic just seven minutes into the match. Terry McFlynn will serve a two-match suspension after copping his seventh yellow card for the season.^[A-L][A-L]
Sydney FC 1 (Carney 61') drew Central Coast Mariners 1 (Pondeljak 52')
Sydney FC: 1 Clint Bolton (gk), 2 Iain Fyfe, 3 Alvin Ceccoli, 9 David Zdrilic, 10 Steve Corica (14 Andrew Packer 75'), 11 Sasho Petrovski, 12 David Carney, 15 Terry McFlynn, 16 Mark Milligan, 17 Jacob Timpano, 19 Dwight Yorke (c)
Central Coast: 20 Danny Vukovic (gk), 2 Wayne O'Sullivan, 4 Noel Spencer (c), 5 Michael Beauchamp, 6 Andre Gumprecht, 7 John Hutchinson (19 Adam Kwasnik 34'), 8 Dean Heffernan, 10 Tom Pondeljak (17 Matthew Osman 74'), 11 Damien Brown, 15 Andrew Clark, 18 Alex Wilkinson
Cautions: McFlynn 36', Pondeljak 53', Kwasnik 55', Carney 59', Ceccoli 64', Timpano 77'
¤ 16 January 2006: The Daily Telegraph reports that Sydney are set to re-sign manager Pierre Littbarski on a $1 million, two-year deal, with a 'club source' quoted as saying "But baring the sun dropping onto the earth, the deal will go ahead." Walter Bugno denies the deal the following day, but confirms that Sydney wish to re-sign the German.^[F][TWG]
¤ 21 January 2006: Sydney FC sign former Notts County midfielder Ruben Zadkovich on a short-term deal to replace the injured Ufuk Talay. Zadkovich has trained with Sydney since November and was named in the squad to go to the Club World Championship in Japan, but was ruled ineligible.^[F][SMH]
¤ 21 January 2006: Sydney FC vs Queensland Roar FC, Suncorp Stadium, 7:00pm (A-League - Rd 19)
A lucklustre effort from Sydney sees them go 0-2 down to and Alex Brosque brace before snatching a scarcely-deserved consolation goal close to the end. The match sees the debut of 17-year-old David Williams for Queensland, the youngest A-League player.^[A-L][A-L]
Queensland Roar 2 (Brosque 61', 70') def. Sydney FC 1 (Petrovski 87')
Sydney FC: 1 Clint Bolton (gk), 2 Iain Fyfe (10 Steve Corica 60'), 3 Alvin Ceccoli, 4 Mark Rudan, 7 Robbie Middleby (11 Sasho Petrovski 60'), 8 Matthew Bingley, 9 David Zdrilic, 12 David Carney, 16 Mark Milligan (23 Ruben Zadkovich 78'), 17 Jacob Timpano, 19 Dwight Yorke (c)
Queensland Roar: 20 Scott Higgins (gk), 3 Remo Buess, 5 Josh McCloughan (c), 8 Massimo Murdocca, 9 Michael Baird (10 Royce Brownlie 78'), 11 Jonti Richter, 15 Matt McKay, 16 Seo Hyuk-Su, 19 Alex Brosque (6 Todd Gava 88'), 23 Stuart McLaren, 24 Reinaldo (25 David Williams 64')
Cautions: Milligan 21', Petrovski 84'
¤ 22 January 2006: Melbourne Victory's 0-1 loss to Newcastle leaves them seven points in arrears of Sydney FC with two rounds remaining, marking the first ever St. Tardington's Day.^[SFCU]
¤ 29 January 2006: Sydney FC vs Perth Glory FC, Members Equity Stadium, 5:00pm (A-League - Rd 20)
Sydney finally confirm their place in the finals with a much improved performance, and their first win since round 15. Zadkovich is impressive in his starting debut, scoring a goal from a nice one-two with Matthew Bingley. Clint Bolton saved a Bobby Despotovski penalty shortly after half time.^[A-L][A-L]
Sydney FC 2 (Rudan 13', Zadkovich 23') def. Perth Glory 1 (Despotovski 55')
Sydney FC: 1 Clint Bolton (gk), 3 Alvin Ceccoli, 4 Mark Rudan, 8 Matthew Bingley, 10 Steve Corica, 11 Sasho Petrovski, 12 David Carney (7 Robbie Middleby 90+1'), 16 Mark Milligan, 17 Jacob Timpano, 19 Dwight Yorke (c; 2 Iain Fyfe 89'), 23 Ruben Zadkovich (14 Andrew Packer 75')
Perth Glory: 1 Jason Petkovic (gk), 4 Simon Colosimo (21 Adrian Caceres 46'), 5 Jamie Harnwell (c), 7 Scott Miller, 8 Nick Ward, 10 Bobby Despotovski, 14 Jamie Coyne, 19 Naum Sekulovski (12 Hiroyuki Ishida 46'), 22 Damian Mori, 23 Danny Hay, 25 David Micevski (17 Stuart Young 68')
Cautions: Colosimo 31', Hay 56', Packer 90+1'
¤ 03 February 2006: Sydney FC vs Adelaide United FC, Aussie Stadium, 8:00pm (A-League - Rd 21)
Sydney's biggest crowd of the season turned up in the last round to see if the team could secure second place with a win. Dwight Yorke's cheeky chipped penalty over Daniel Beltrame was cancelled out almost immediately by Qu Shengqing, but Sydney won the match in the 71st minute with a thunderous free kick from Alvin Ceccoli into the far corner of the net.^[A-L][A-L]
Sydney FC 2 (Yorke 48' pen, Ceccoli 71') def. Adelaide United 1 (Qu 50')
Sydney FC: 1 Clint Bolton (gk), 3 Alvin Ceccoli, 4 Mark Rudan, 8 Matthew Bingley, 10 Steve Corica (7 Robbie Middleby 89'), 11 Sasho Petrovski (2 Iain Fyfe 90'), 12 David Carney, 16 Mark Milligan, 17 Jacob Timpano, 19 Dwight Yorke (c), 23 Ruben Zadkovich (15 Terry McFlynn 74')
Adelaide United: 1 Daniel Beltrame (gk), 2 Richie Alagich, 4 Angelo Costanzo, 5 Michael Valkanis, 6 Ross Aloisi (c), 7 Lucas Pantelis (11 Louis Brain 56'), 8 Carl Veart (3 Kristian Rees 90+3'), 10 Fernando, 13 Travis Dodd (18 Robert Cornthwaite 80'), 17 Adam van Dommele, 19 Qu Shengqing
Cautions: Rudan 32', Qu 41', Pantelis 50', Aloisi 70', Fyfe 90+4'
¤ 04 February 2006: Adelaide United announced their decision to play the first leg of their two-legged major semi-final against Sydney FC at home, with John Kosmina saying the team "need a breather" from travelling.^[AUFC]
¤ 09 February 2006: Sydney sign teenager Tolgay Ozbey (Blacktown City Demons) as a short-term injury replacement for David Zdrilic, who is out with a quadricep tear.^[TWG]
¤ 10 February 2006: The 18-man squad for the Socceroos' first ever match as AFC members, against Bahrain, is named, with Sydney FC players David Carney and Alvin Ceccoli both called up.^[FFA]
¤ 11 February 2006: The agent of Queensland Roar player Alex Brosque confirms that the striker has signed a three-year deal with Sydney FC. Brosque had been linked with Sydney since December, with reports even surfacing that he'd already signed for the club in order to play for them in the 2005-06 finals series.^[A-L][TWG]
¤ 12 February 2006: Sydney FC vs Adelaide United FC, Hindmarsh Stadium, 4:30pm (A-League - Major Semi-Final Leg 1)
Sydney secured two crucial away goals in the first half, but the second stanza was comparatively dull. Andrew Packer returned to the squad in place of the suspended Iain Fyfe, while four Sydney players were put in suspension trouble with yellow cards from Matthew Breeze.^[A-L][A-L]
Sydney FC 2 (Corica 9', Petrovski 39') drew Adelaide United 2 (Dodd 31', Fernando 33')
Sydney FC: 1 Clint Bolton (gk), 3 Alvin Ceccoli, 4 Mark Rudan, 8 Matthew Bingley, 10 Steve Corica, 11 Sasho Petrovski (24 Tolgay Ozbey 90'), 12 David Carney, 16 Mark Milligan, 17 Jacob Timpano (14 Andrew Packer 46'), 19 Dwight Yorke (c), 23 Ruben Zadkovich (15 Terry McFlynn 66')
Adelaide United: 1 Daniel Beltrame (gk), 2 Richie Alagich (3 Kristian Rees 60'), 4 Angelo Costanzo, 5 Michael Valkanis, 6 Ross Aloisi (c), 8 Carl Veart, 10 Fernando, 13 Travis Dodd, 17 Adam van Dommele, 18 Robert Cornthwaite, 19 Qu Shengqing (11 Louis Brain 70')
Cautions: Zadkovich 25', Yorke 49', Petrovski 80', Veart 80', Milligan 90+3'
¤ 19 February 2006: Sydney FC vs Adelaide United FC, Aussie Stadium, 5:00pm (A-League - Major Semi-Final Leg 2)
Sydney secure a home grand final in front of over 30,000 supporters with a 2-1 victory over Premiers Adelaide. Iain Fyfe returned to replace injured Jacob Timpano, whilst Mark Milligan will miss the grand final having picked up his second yellow card of the finals series. Prior to the match, Pierre Littbarski and the players unfurled a banner reading "TO THE BEST FANS - THANKS" in front of the Cove, and after the main match, Melbourne Victory embarrassed themselves by playing a match against Nerds FC.^{[A-L][A-L][MVFC]}
Sydney FC 2 (Petrovski 29', Rudan 76') def. Adelaide United 1 (Qu 60')
Sydney FC: 1 Clint Bolton (gk), 2 Iain Fyfe, 3 Alvin Ceccoli, 4 Mark Rudan, 8 Matthew Bingley, 10 Steve Corica (7 Robbie Middleby 88'), 11 Sasho Petrovski, 12 David Carney (15 Terry McFlynn 71'), 16 Mark Milligan, 19 Dwight Yorke (c), 23 Ruben Zadkovich (14 Andrew Packer 66')
Adelaide United: 1 Daniel Beltrame (gk), 2 Richie Alagich, 3 Kristian Rees, 4 Angelo Costanzo, 5 Michael Valkanis, 6 Ross Aloisi, 8 Carl Veart, 10 Fernando, 13 Travis Dodd (18 Robert Cornthwaite 84'), 17 Adam van Dommele, 19 Qu Shengqing (22 Greg Owens 76')
Cautions: Carney 36', Milligan 57', McFlynn 80', van Dommele 81', Aloisi 90+2'
¤ 22 February 2006: The first release of Grand Final tickets is completely sold out within five hours of going on sale.^[SFC]
¤ 22 February 2006: Alvin Ceccoli makes his first senior national team appearance since 1998, playing 90 minutes in Australia's 3-1 win over Bahrain in Asian Cup qualification. David Carney makes his Socceroos debut in the same match, coming on as an 82nd-minute replacement for Scott McDonald.^[FFA]
¤ 24 February 2006: Sydney FC vs Picton Rangers, Valentine Park, 7:00pm (Friendly)
Training match during Sydney's week off, watched by a reported crowd of around 300.^[SFCU][SMH]
Sydney FC 8 (Ozbey [3], Middleby [2], Corica, McFlynn, A Trialist, B Trialist) def. Picton Rangers 0
Sydney FC (incomplete): Clint Bolton (gk; Justin Pasfield), Robbie Middleby, Steve Corica, Terry McFlynn, Tolgay Ozbey, Brendan Renaud, Ian Crook

 

¤ 26 February 2006: The Central Coast Mariners are confirmed as Sydney FC's opponents in the 2005-06 A-League Grand Final, having beaten Adelaide United 1-0 at Hindmarsh Stadium.^[A-L]
¤ 28 February 2006: At 1:20pm, the inaugural Hyundai A-League Grand Final is completely sold-out.^[A-L]
¤ 01 March 2006: Sydney FC captain Dwight Yorke scores twice in Trinidad & Tobago's 2-0 win over Iceland in London.^[SFC]
¤ 05 March 2006: Ruben Zadkovich agrees to a two-year deal with Sydney FC, having signed as short-term injury cover towards the end of the 2005-06 season.^[Fox]
¤ 05 March 2006: Sydney FC vs Central Coast Mariners FC, Aussie Stadium, 5:00pm (A-League - Grand Final)
A crowd of 41,689 sees Sydney FC become inaugural A-League Champions. Sydney perhaps weren't the better team on the day, but a single goal was enough, with Dwight Yorke mesmerising two Mariners defenders before laying the ball off to Steve Corica on the edge of the box to blast home. Sydney captain Yorke wins the Joe Marston Medal for best on field.^[A-L][A-L]
Sydney FC 1 (Corica 61') def. Central Coast Mariners 0
Sydney FC: 1 Clint Bolton (gk), 3 Alvin Ceccoli, 4 Mark Rudan (2 Iain Fyfe 71'), 8 Matthew Bingley, 10 Steve Corica, 11 Sasho Petrovski (7 Robbie Middleby 90'), 12 David Carney, 14 Andrew Packer, 15 Terry McFlynn, 17 Jacob Timpano (23 Ruben Zadkovich 80'), 19 Dwight Yorke (c)
Central Coast: 20 Danny Vukovic (gk), 2 Wayne O'Sullivan, 4 Noel Spencer (c), 5 Michael Beauchamp, 6 Andre Gumprecht, 8 Dean Heffernan, 10 Tom Pondeljak, 11 Damien Brown (17 Matthew Osman 67'), 12 Stewart Petrie (19 Adam Kwasnik 72'), 15 Andrew Clark, 18 Alex Wilkinson (3 Paul O'Grady 83')
Cautions: Spencer 57'