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Association football-related events during 2005
Overview of the events of 2005 in association football
The following are the
association football
events of the year
2005
throughout the world.
Events
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- January 21 ? German
referee
Robert Hoyzer
admits to having accepted large sums of money from a gambling syndicate to
fix matches
. The resulting scandal was a major embarrassment to Germany as it prepared to host the
2006 FIFA World Cup
. Eventually Hoyzer would be sentenced to two years and five months in prison.
- February 3 ? Dutch club
Fortuna Sittard
has three points deducted for financial mismanagement (failure to settle tax debts); an additional deduction of three points on April 29 was confirmed after an appeal on June 13.
- February 4 ?
Swiss
AXPO Super League
? Club
Servette FC
was declared bankrupt. It had run debts of over 10 million Swiss francs. As a consequence of the bankruptcy the club will be demoted two divisions.
- March 20 ? Dutch club
Go Ahead Eagles
has three points deducted for financial mismanagement.
- March 26 ?
Chelsea
won the
League Cup
after beating
Liverpool
3?2
- April 23 ?
PSV
wins its 18th national title in the Dutch
Eredivisie
.
- April 30 ? National Football title assignment in two major European tournaments. In England,
Chelsea
wins for the second time in the
FA Premier League
; in Germany,
Bundesliga
is won for the 19th time by
Bayern Munich
. In France,
RC Strasbourg
won second
League Cup
.
- May 8 ?
Ligue 1
?
Lyon
win its fourth French title in 2000s (decade).
- May 14 ? Spain
Liga
?
FC Barcelona
won its 17th league title.
- May 18 ?
UEFA Cup
Final
?
CSKA Moscow
became the first
Russian
club to win a major
European
club competition, defeating
Sporting CP
3?1 at
Sporting's home field
in Lisbon.
- May 20 ? Italian
Serie A
?
Juventus
won its 28th title ("scudetto") without playing following a 3?3 draw between
A.C. Milan
and
Palermo
.
- May 21 ? Manager
Gert Aandewiel
receives the Rinus Michels Award for the best coach in Dutch amateur football.
- May 21 ?
Arsenal
wins the
FA Cup
Final
by defeating
Manchester United
5?4
on penalties
after regular time and
extra time
ended 0?0.
- May 25 ?
2004?05 UEFA Champions League
Final
?
Liverpool
come from three goals down, and beat
A.C. Milan
3?2 on penalties after a 3?3 draw in
Istanbul
to win Europe's top prize for the 5th time.
- May 26 ? Dutch club
Sparta Rotterdam
fires manager
Mike Snoei
and names former international
Adri van Tiggelen
as interim-coach.
- June 8 ? Goalkeeper and captain
Edwin van der Sar
plays his 100th international match for the
Netherlands
, when the side defeats
Finland
(0?4) in
Helsinki
.
- July 9 ? Spain's
Basque Country
wins the
fourth
UEFA Regions' Cup
, beating Bulgaria's
South-West Sofia
1?0 in
Proszowice
.
- July 14 ?
2005 Copa Libertadores
is won by
Sao Paulo FC
after defeating
Clube Atletico Paranaense
on an aggregate score of 5?1.
- August 5 ?
Ajax
wins the
Johan Cruijff Schaal
, the annual opening of the new season in the
Eredivisie
, by a 2?1 win over
PSV
in the
Amsterdam ArenA
.
- August 26 ? The first match of the inaugural
Hyundai A-League
in Australia was played.
- August 31 ?
Boca Juniors
(
Argentina
) won the
Recopa Sudamericana
2005 4?3 on aggregate over
Once Caldas
(
Colombia
). (First leg in
Buenos Aires
3?1, second leg in
Manizales
1?2)
- November 21 ? Head coach
Robert Maaskant
is fired by
Willem II
.
- December 9 ?
2006 FIFA World Cup
group assignments for the finals in Germany announced.
- December 11 ? Opening game of the second
FIFA World Club Championship
, a six team tournament replacing the former
Intercontinental Cup
. In the
final
one week later Brazilian team
Sao Paulo FC
won the competition narrowly beating
UEFA Champions
Liverpool
1?0.
- December 18 ?
Boca Juniors
defeated
UNAM Pumas
on penalties after the second leg game for the
Copa Sudamericana
2005
.
- December 19 ? Manager
Cees Lok
leaves
NEC
and is replaced by another former player of the Dutch Club,
Ron de Groot
.
- December 19 ?
Ronaldinho
(Brazil, for male footballer) and
Birgit Prinz
(Germany, for female footballer) were elected
FIFA World Player of the Year
.
- December 31 ?
Mark Wotte
resigns as technical director of
Feyenoord
.
Winners national championships
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National club championships in Africa (CAF)
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National club championships in Asia (AFC)
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National club championships in Europe (UEFA)
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National club championships in North and Central America (CONCACAF)
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National club championships in Oceania (OFC)
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Australia:
New Zealand:
National club championships in South America (CONMEBOL)
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National club championships in non-FIFA-affiliated French dependencies
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Guadeloupe
(CONCACAF)
- Premier League ? Association Sportive Le Gosier
(CONCACAF)
- Premier League ? ASC Le Geldar Kourou
French Polynesia
(AFC)
- Premier League ? AS Tefana Faa'a
- Cup ? AS Manu Ura Paea
Martinique
(CONCACAF)
- Premier League and Cup ? Club Franciscain Le Francois
New Caledonia
(OFC)
- Premier League and Cup ? AS Magenta Nickel Noumea
Reunion
(CAF):
- Premier League
? US Stade Tamponnaise Le Tampon
- Reunion Cup ? SS Excelsior Saint-Joseph
International tournaments
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- February 3?12:
CEMAC Cup 2005
? Winner:
Cameroon
(Participating countries:
Cameroon
,
Chad
,
Gabon
,
Congo
,
Equatorial Guinea
and
Central African Republic
)
- February 8?9:
Cyprus International Tournament 2005
? Winner:
Finland
(Participating countries:
Finland
,
Cyprus
,
Latvia
,
Austria
)
- February 9:
Carlsberg Cup 2005
? Winner:
Brazil
(Participating countries: Brazil and
Hong Kong
)
- UNCAF Nations Cup
in
Guatemala City, Guatemala
(February 19 ? 27, 2005)
Costa Rica
Honduras
Guatemala
- February 20?24:
CONCACAF Gold Cup 2005 Caribbean Preliminary Competition
? Winners:
Cuba
,
Jamaica
and
Trinidad and Tobago
(Participating Countries:
Barbados
,
Cuba
,
Jamaica
and
Trinidad and Tobago
)
- February 26 ? August 14:
Cosafa Castle Cup 2005
(Participating countries: Group A: South Africa, Mauritius,
Madagascar
and
Seychelles
Group B:
Botswana
, Namibia,
Mozambique
and
Zimbabwe
Group C:
Lesotho
, Malawi,
Swaziland
and
Zambia
)
- March 5?13:
East Asian Football Championships 2005 Preliminary Competition
? Winner:
North Korea
(Participating Countries:
North Korea
,
Hong Kong
,
Chinese Taipei
, Mongolia and
Guam
)
- Baltic Cup
in
Kaunas
(May 21, 2005)
Lithuania
Latvia
- UEFA Women's Championship
in England (June 5?19, 2005)
Germany
Norway
- FIFA U-20 World Cup
in Netherlands (June 10 ? July 2, 2005)
Argentina
Nigeria
Brazil
- FIFA Confederations Cup
in Germany (June 15?29, 2005)
-
Brazil
-
Argentina
-
Germany
- CONCACAF Gold Cup
in United States (July 6?24, 2005)
United States
Panama
- East Asian Football Championship
in
Chinese Taipei
&
South Korea
China
Japan
- FIFA U-17 World Championship
in Peru (September 16 ? October 2, 2005)
Mexico
-
Brazil
Netherlands
- 2005 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup
in
Pakistan
(7 Dec 2005 ? 17 Dec 2005)
India
Bangladesh
Qualifying for 2006 World Cup
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- Note: for fuller coverage, see:
2006 FIFA World Cup (qualification)
- October 2004 ? October 2005:
Africa Qualifying
- Qualified teams :
Angola
,
Ghana
,
Ivory Coast
,
Togo
,
Tunisia
- Participating countries:
Algeria
,
Angola
,
Benin
,
Botswana
,
Burkina Faso
,
Burundi
,
Cameroon
,
Cape Verde
,
Central African Republic
,
Chad
,
Congo
,
Congo DR
,
Djibouti
,
Egypt
,
Equatorial Guinea
,
Eritrea
,
Ethiopia
,
Gabon
,
Gambia
,
Ghana
,
Guinea
,
Guinea-Bissau
,
Ivory Coast
,
Kenya
,
Lesotho
,
Liberia
,
Libya
,
Madagascar
,
Malawi
,
Mali
,
Mauritania
,
Mauritius
,
Morocco
,
Mozambique
,
Namibia
,
Niger
,
Nigeria
,
Rwanda
,
Senegal
,
Seychelles
,
Sierra Leone
,
Somalia
,
South Africa
,
Sudan
,
Swaziland
,
Sao Tome e Principe
,
Tanzania
,
Togo
,
Tunisia
,
Uganda
,
Zambia
and
Zimbabwe
- November 2003 ? August 2005:
Asia Qualifying
- Qualified teams:
Iran
,
Japan
,
Saudi Arabia
,
South Korea
- Participating countries:
Afghanistan
,
Bahrain
,
Bangladesh
,
Bhutan
,
Brunei
,
Cambodia
,
China
,
Chinese Taipei
,
Guam
,
Hong Kong
,
India
,
Indonesia
,
Iran
,
Iraq
,
Japan
,
Jordan
,
North Korea
,
South Korea
,
Kuwait
,
Kyrgyzstan
,
Laos
,
Lebanon
,
Macau
,
Malaysia
,
Maldives
,
Mongolia
,
Myanmar
,
Nepal
,
Oman
,
Pakistan
,
Palestine
,
Philippines
,
Qatar
,
Saudi Arabia
,
Singapore
,
Sri Lanka
,
Syria
,
Tajikistan
,
Thailand
,
Turkmenistan
,
UAE
,
Uzbekistan
,
Vietnam
and
Yemen
- February 2004 ? October 2005:
CONCACAF Qualifying
- Qualified teams :
USA
,
Mexico
,
Costa Rica
,
Trinidad and Tobago
(defeated Bahrain in an inter-regional playoff)
- Participating countries:
Anguilla
,
Antigua and Barbuda
,
Aruba
,
Bahamas
,
Barbados
,
Belize
,
Bermuda
,
British Virgin Islands
,
Canada
,
Cayman Islands
,
Costa Rica
,
Cuba
,
Dominica
,
Dominican Republic
,
El Salvador
,
Grenada
,
Guatemala
,
Guyana
,
Haiti
,
Honduras
,
Jamaica
,
Mexico
,
Montserrat
,
Netherlands Antilles
,
Nicaragua
,
Panama
,
Puerto Rico
,
St. Kitts and Nevis
,
St. Lucia
,
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
,
Surinam
,
Trinidad and Tobago
,
Turks and Caicos
,
US Virgin Islands
and
USA
- August 2004 ? October 2005:
Europe Qualifying
- Automatic qualifiers:
Germany
(as hosts)
- Qualified teams : Group winners
Croatia
,
England
,
France
,
Italy
,
Netherlands
,
Portugal
,
Serbia and Montenegro
,
Ukraine
; two best second-place sides
Poland
,
Sweden
; playoff winners
Czech Republic
,
Spain
,
Switzerland
- Participating countries:
Albania
,
Andorra
,
Armenia
,
Austria
,
Azerbaijan
,
Belarus
,
Belgium
,
Bosnia-Herzegovina
,
Bulgaria
,
Croatia
,
Cyprus
,
Czech Republic
,
Denmark
,
England
,
Estonia
,
Faroe Islands
,
Finland
,
France
,
Germany
,
Georgia
,
Greece
,
Hungary
,
Iceland
,
Republic of Ireland
,
Israel
,
Italy
,
Kazakhstan
,
Latvia
,
Liechtenstein
,
Lithuania
,
Luxembourg
,
Republic of Macedonia
,
Malta
,
Moldova
,
Netherlands
,
Northern Ireland
,
Norway
,
Poland
,
Portugal
,
Romania
,
Russia
,
San Marino
,
Scotland
,
Serbia and Montenegro
,
Slovakia
,
Slovenia
,
Spain
,
Sweden
,
Switzerland
,
Turkey
,
Ukraine
and
Wales
- May 2004 ? September 2005:
Oceania Qualifying
- Qualified team:
Australia
(defeated Uruguay on penalty kicks in an inter-regional playoff)
- Participating countries:
American Samoa
,
Australia
,
Cook Islands
,
Fiji
,
New Caledonia
,
New Zealand
,
Papua New Guinea
,
Samoa
,
Solomon Islands
,
Tahiti
,
Tonga
and
Vanuatu
- September 2003 ? October 2005:
South America Qualifying
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Movies
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February
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March
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April
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June
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July
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August
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September
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- September 8 ?
Noel Cantwell
(72), Northern Ireland footballer and coach
- September 12 ?
Alain Polaniok
(47), French footballer and coach
- September 13 ?
Toni Fritsch
(60), Austrian footballer (later an American football placekicker)
- September 27 ?
Karl Decker
(84), Austrian footballer and coach
- September 28 ?
Enric Gensana
(69), Spanish footballer
October
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November
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