# 2005 OFC 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.
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

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 |
| Tahiti | 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

A preliminary round was held, with the format being a two-legged playoff to determine who went through to the final round. The preliminary round began on 10 February and ended on 6 April 2005. Ten teams competed in the preliminary round of the 2005 OFC Club Championship.
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 | 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 |
Auckland City won on walkover.
AS Magenta won 9–1 on aggregate.
Sobou won 7–0 on aggregate.
Tafea won 7–1 on aggregate.
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 semi-finals. The draw for the group stage was held on 16 April 2005.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | 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 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Auckland City | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 3 | |
| 4 | Sobou | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 20 | −16 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | 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 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Makuru | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 3 | |
| 4 | AS Manu-Ura | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 0 | |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

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

### Final

The final was played on 10 June 2005 at Stade Pater in Papeete. The match was attended by approximately 4,000 spectators.
| Sydney FC | AS Magenta |
Clint Bolton :
| DF | 3 | Alvin Ceccoli |
| DF | 2 | Iain Fyfe |
| DF | 8 | Matthew Bingley |
| DF | 14 | Andrew Packer |
| MF | 7 | Robbie Middleby | | 76' |
| MF | 15 | Terry McFlynn | 84' |
| MF | 6 | Ufuk Talay | 53' | 62' |
| MF | 12 | David Carney |
| FW | 9 | David Zdrilic (c) | 88' | 89' |
| FW | 11 | Sasho Petrovski |
| Substitutes: |||
| GK | 20 | Mitchell Blowes |
| DF | 5 | Steve Laurie |
| MF | 10 | Steve Corica | | 62' |
| FW | 13 | Alejandro Salazar | | 89' |
| MF | 16 | Todd Brodie | | 76' |
| DF | 18 | Wade Oostendorp |
| DF | 19 | Brendan Renaud |
| FW | 21 | John Buonavoglia |
| Manager: |||
| Pierre Littbarski ||||
83' :
| DF | 4 | Andre Sinedo |
| DF | 5 | Jacky Wiako |
| DF | 6 | Gil Elmour |
| DF | 17 | Robert Wadriako |
| MF | 8 | Jules Wea |
| MF | 10 | Pierre Wajoka | 41' |
| MF | 2 | Nicolas Ouka |
| MF | 7 | Steevens Longue |
| FW | 9 | Michel Hmae | | 77' |
| FW | 11 | Paul Poatinda | | 46' |
| Substitutes: |||
| GK | 20 | Joel Zohune |
| DF | 3 | Eric Ouka |
| DF | 12 | Georges Wadreges |
| DF | 13 | Elia Kaudre |
| MF | 14 | Wilfred Wadriako |
| FW | 15 | Francis Watrone | | 77' |
| FW | 16 | Noel Kaudre | | 46' |
| Manager: |||
| Jean Paul Cureau ||||
| Man of the Match: Terry McFlynn | Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Maximum of eight named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions. |

## Top scorers

NB: This table does not include Preliminary round results
| # | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | David Zdrilic | Sydney FC | 9 |