The 2005-06 season was

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's first season, formed to compete in the new

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competition. The club finished second on the table in the regular season, and won the first A-League Grand Final, defeating

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1–0. Sydney also represented

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at the FIFA Club World Championship 2005 where they were placed fifth.

Players

Squad

Transfers in

Short-term signings

Statistics

Competitions

Overall

2005 Oceania Club Championship Qualification

Matches

2005 Oceania Club Championship

Knockout stage

Group matches

Finals

2005 Pre-season Challenge Cup

Knockout stage

2005–06 A-League

League table

Knockout stage

Matches

Finals series

2005 FIFA World Club Championship

Appearances and goals

Players with no appearances not included in the list.

Team kit

All A-League club kits were supplied by

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through a sponsorship deal with the A-League, and all clubs initially had a white change strip, Sydney adopting a light blue trim to their away shirts. The home shirt colour of sky blue adopted the

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representative colour, contrasted with the navy blue and orange trim. Shirt sponsorship was secured with

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provider Healthe.

End-of-season awards

Club Awards

* Player of the Year:

Clint Bolton Clint Brian Bolton (born 22 August 1975) is an Australian former goalkeeper. He was one of the most experienced goalkeepers in the history of the National Soccer League, which preceded the A-League. He played over 300 games for Brisbane Strik ...

* Top Scorer:

Sasho Petrovski Sasho Petrovski ( mk, Сашо Петровски, ''Sašo Petrovski'') (born 5 March 1975) is an Australian football (soccer) player who plays for South Coast Wolves. Petrovski has two caps for the Australian national team. Petrovski was know ...

* Defender of the Year:

Alvin Ceccoli Alvin Ceccoli (; born 5 August 1974) is an Australian footballer who played for three A-League clubs (Sydney FC, Central Coast Mariners and Adelaide United) and was capped internationally for Australia. Club career Alvin Ceccoli is of Sammarine ...

* Midfielder of the Year:

David Carney David Raymond Carney (born 30 November 1983) is an Australian former association football midfielder and who is incoming coach for 2023 season NPL NSW side Wollongong Wolves FC. Born in Sydney, he began his playing career with the New South Wa ...

* Forward of the Year:

Dwight Yorke Dwight Eversley Yorke CM (born 3 November 1971) is a Trinidadian and Tobagonian former professional footballer and current manager of Australian A-League club Macarthur FC. Throughout his club career, he played for Aston Villa, Manchester Unit ...

* Members Player of the Year:

* Chairman's Award:

Mark Rudan Marko Ante "Mark" Rudan (born 27 August 1975) is an Australian soccer manager and former player. He is currently the head coach for A-League Men club Western Sydney Wanderers. Rudan was one of the inaugural inductees into the Sydney FC Hall o ...

* Finals Player of the Year:

Steve Corica Stephen Christopher Corica ( born 24 March 1973) is an Australian association football manager and former player. He is the current manager of Australian club Sydney FC. A technically gifted and skillful attacking midfielder during his playing ...

* Goal of the Year:

A-League Awards

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Winner:

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