2005 Oceania Club Championship

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.

2005 Oceania Club Championship
Tournament details
Dates10 February – 10 June 2005
Teams13 (from 12 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsAustralia Sydney FC (1st title)
Runners-upNew Caledonia AS Magenta
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored110 (4.58 per match)
Top scorer(s)David Zdrilic 9 goals

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

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 American Samoa w/o1 New Zealand Auckland City N/A N/A
Nikao Sokattack Cook Islands 1–9 New Caledonia AS Magenta 0–4 1–52
Sobou Papua New Guinea 7–0 Samoa Tuinaimato Breeze 5–0 2–0
Lotoha'apai Tonga 1–7 Vanuatu Tafea 1–2 0–5
Ba Electric Fiji 2–8 Solomon Islands Makuru 1–4 1–4
Notes

First leg
Nikao Sokattack Cook Islands0 – 4New Caledonia AS Magenta
Report Hmaé 38', 41', 45'
Jules 62'
Unknown Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: ?
Referee: ?
Sobou Papua New Guinea5 – 0Samoa Tuinaimato Breeze
? Report
Lae Stadium, Lae
Attendance: ?
Referee: ?
Lotoha'apai Tonga1 – 2Vanuatu Tafea
? Report ?
Unknown Stadium
Attendance: ?
Referee: ?
Ba Electric Fiji1 – 4Solomon Islands Makuru
? Report ?
Attendance: ?
Referee: ?

Second leg
Nikao Sokattack Cook Islands1 – 5New Caledonia AS Magenta
Willis 45' (pen) Report Sinédo ?', ?'
Kaudre ?', ?'
Hmaé ?'
Unknown Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: ?
Referee: ?

Magenta won 9–1 on aggregate.

Sobou Papua New Guinea2 – 0Samoa Tuinaimato Breeze
Daniel ?'
Laskam ?'		 Report
Lae Stadium, Lae
Attendance: ?
Referee: ?

Sobou won 7–0 on aggregate.

Lotoha'apai Tonga0 – 5Vanuatu Tafea
Report Obed ?', ?'
Poida ?'
Garae ?'
Naprapol ?'
Unknown Stadium
Attendance: ?
Referee: ?

Tafea won 7–1 on aggregate.

Ba Electric Fiji1 – 4Solomon Islands Makuru
Masi ?' (pen) Report Maemae ?', ?', ?' (pen)
Suri ?'
Attendance: ?
Referee: ?

Makuru won 8–2 on aggregate.

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 semifinals.

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Australia Sydney FC 3 3 0 0 18 4 +14 9
French Polynesia AS Pirae 3 2 0 1 6 7 −1 6
New Zealand Auckland City 3 1 0 2 8 5 +3 3
Papua New Guinea Sobou 3 0 0 3 4 20 −16 0
Source:
Sydney FC Australia3 – 2New Zealand Auckland City
Ceccoli 32'
Packer 47'
Corica 90+3'		 Report Seaman 37'
Smith 78'
Attendance: 4,000
Sobou FC Papua New Guinea1 – 5French Polynesia AS Pirae
Kassam 87' Report Bennett 9', 35', 49'
Zaveroni 14', 28'
Unknown Stadium, Tahiti
AS Pirae French Polynesia1 – 0New Zealand Auckland City
Bennett 50' Report
Unknown Stadium, Tahiti
Sobou FC Papua New Guinea2 – 9Australia Sydney FC
Wate 57'
Daniel 90'		 Report Fyfe 5'
Petrovski 14', 43', 71'
Zdrilic 19', 40', 42'
Brodie 79'
Salazar 82'
Attendance: 3,000
Sydney FC Australia6 – 0French Polynesia AS Pirae
Zdrilic 11', 25', 35', 39'
Buonavoglia 43'
Carney 85'		 Report
Attendance: 1,500
Auckland City New Zealand6 – 1Papua New Guinea Sobou FC
Mulrooney 6', 30'
Urlovic 13'
Coombes 13'
Uhlmann 21'
McIvor 87'		 Report Deno 45'
Unknown Stadium, Tahiti

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
New Caledonia AS Magenta 3 2 1 0 10 2 +8 7
Vanuatu Tafea 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 7
Solomon Islands Makuru 3 1 0 2 4 9 −5 3
French Polynesia AS Manu Ura 3 0 0 3 2 8 −6 0
Source:
Tafea Vanuatu3 – 2Solomon Islands Makuru
Poida 4'
Obed 18' (pen)
Naprapol 56'		 Report Suri 54'
Maemae 79' (pen)
Unknown Stadium, Tahiti
AS Magenta New Caledonia4 – 1French Polynesia AS Manu Ura
Watrone 32', 56'
Wajoka 43'
Poatinda 62'		 Report Diake 46'
Unknown Stadium, Tahiti
AS Magenta New Caledonia1 – 1Vanuatu Tafea
Watrone 39' Report Naprapol 13'
Unknown Stadium, Tahiti
AS Manu Ura French Polynesia1 – 2Solomon Islands Makuru
Maemae 6' (pen) Report Lee-Tham 4'
Afia 66'
Unknown Stadium, Tahiti
AS Manu Ura French Polynesia0 – 2Vanuatu Tafea
Report Qorig 18'
Naprapol 54'
Unknown Stadium, Tahiti
Makuru Solomon Islands0 – 5New Caledonia AS Magenta
Report Hmae 33', 62', 81'
Elmour 76' (pen)
Kaudre 81'
Unknown Stadium, Tahiti

Knockout stage
Semifinals Finals
      
A1 Sydney FC 6
B2 Tafea FC 0
A1 Sydney FC 2
B1 AS Magenta 0
B1 AS Magenta 4
A2 AS Pirae 1 Third place
A2 AS Pirae 1
B2 Tafea FC 3

Semi finals

The top two teams from both groups progressed to the semifinals.

Sydney FC Australia6–0Vanuatu Tafea
Petrovski 26'
Zdrilic 39'
Talay 44' (pen.)
Corica 65', 90'
Salazar 87'		 (Report)
AS Magenta New Caledonia4–1French Polynesia AS Pirae
Elmour 45'
Sinedo 61'
Kaudre 90', 91'		 (Report) Wadriako 17' (o.g.)

Third Place Playoff
AS Pirae French Polynesia1–3Vanuatu Tafea
Bennett 74' (Report) Poida 30'
Mermer 48', 69'

Final
Main article: 2005 Oceania Club Championship Final
Sydney FC Australia2–0New Caledonia AS Magenta
Bingley 16'
Zdrilic 59'		 (Report)
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Neil Fox

Top scorers

NB: This table does not include Preliminary round results

# Player Team Goals
1 Australia David Zdrilic Australia Sydney FC 9
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