The following are the association football events of the year 2005 throughout the world.
Events
- January 21 â 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 â 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 â Swiss AXPO Super League â 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 â Dutch club Go Ahead Eagles has three points deducted for financial mismanagement.
- March 26 â Chelsea won the League Cup after beating Liverpool 3âÂÂ2
- April 23 â PSV wins its 18th national title in the Dutch Eredivisie.
- April 30 â 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 â Ligue 1 â Lyon win its fourth French title in 2000s (decade).
- May 14 â Spain Liga â FC Barcelona won its 17th league title.
- May 18 â UEFA Cup Final â CSKA Moscow became the first Russian club to win a major European club competition, defeating Sporting CP 3âÂÂ1 at Sporting's home field in Lisbon.
- May 20 â Italian Serie A â Juventus won its 28th title ("scudetto") without playing following a 3âÂÂ3 draw between A.C. Milan and Palermo.
- May 21 â Manager Gert Aandewiel receives the Rinus Michels Award for the best coach in Dutch amateur football.
- May 21 â Arsenal wins the FA Cup Final by defeating Manchester United 5âÂÂ4 on penalties after regular time and extra time ended 0âÂÂ0.
- May 25 â 2004âÂÂ05 UEFA Champions League Final â Liverpool come from three goals down, and beat A.C. Milan 3âÂÂ2 on penalties after a 3âÂÂ3 draw in Istanbul to win Europe's top prize for the 5th time.
- May 26 â Dutch club Sparta Rotterdam fires manager Mike Snoei and names former international Adri van Tiggelen as interim-coach.
- June 8 â Goalkeeper and captain Edwin van der Sar plays his 100th international match for the Netherlands, when the side defeats Finland (0âÂÂ4) in Helsinki.
- July 9 â Spain's Basque Country wins the fourth UEFA Regions' Cup, beating Bulgaria's South-West Sofia 1âÂÂ0 in Proszowice.
- July 14 â 2005 Copa Libertadores is won by São Paulo FC after defeating Clube Atlético Paranaense on an aggregate score of 5âÂÂ1.
- August 5 â Ajax wins the Johan Cruijff Schaal, the annual opening of the new season in the Eredivisie, by a 2âÂÂ1 win over PSV in the Amsterdam ArenA.
- August 26 â The first match of the inaugural Hyundai A-League in Australia was played.
- August 31 â Boca Juniors (Argentina) won the Recopa Sudamericana 2005 4âÂÂ3 on aggregate over Once Caldas (Colombia). (First leg in Buenos Aires 3âÂÂ1, second leg in Manizales 1âÂÂ2)
- November 21 â Head coach Robert Maaskant is fired by Willem II.
- December 9 â 2006 FIFA World Cup group assignments for the finals in Germany announced.
- December 11 â 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 São Paulo FC won the competition narrowly beating UEFA Champions Liverpool 1âÂÂ0.
- December 18 â Boca Juniors defeated UNAM Pumas on penalties after the second leg game for the Copa Sudamericana 2005.
- December 19 â Manager Cees Lok leaves NEC and is replaced by another former player of the Dutch Club, Ron de Groot.
- December 19 â Ronaldinho (Brazil, for male footballer) and Birgit Prinz (Germany, for female footballer) were elected FIFA World Player of the Year.
- December 31 â Mark Wotte resigns as technical director of Feyenoord.
Winners national championships
National club championships in Africa (CAF)
National club championships in Asia (AFC)
National club championships in Europe (UEFA)
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- Superliga and Supercup â SK Tiranë
- Albanian Cup â KS Teuta Durrës
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- Primera División â UE Sant JuliÃÂ
- Copa Constitució and Supercopa â Santa Coloma
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- Armenian Premier League â Pyunik
- Armenian Cup â MIKA
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- Bundesliga â Rapid Wien
- Austrian Cup â Austria Wien
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- AFFA Supreme League â Neftchi Baku
- Azerbaijan Cup â FK Baku
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- Belarusian Premier League â FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk
- Belarusian Cup â MTZ-RIPO Minsk
- : for fuller coverage, see: 2004âÂÂ05 in Belgian football
- Jupiler League and Supercup â Club Brugge
- Belgian Cup â Germinal Beerschot
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- Premier League â NK Zrinjski Mostar
- Bosnia and Herzegovina Cup â FK Sarajevo
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- Bulgarian A Professional Football Group â CSKA Sofia
- Bulgarian Cup and Supercup â PFC Levski Sofia
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- Prva HNL and Croatian Supercup â Hajduk Split
- Croatian Cup â NK Rijeka
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- Cypriot First Division â Anorthosis Famagusta
- Cypriot Cup and Supercup â Omonia Nicosia
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- Gambrinus liga â Sparta Prague
- Czech Cup â BanÃÂk Ostrava
- : for fuller coverage, see: 2004âÂÂ05 in Danish football
- Superliga and DONG Cup â Brøndby
- : for fuller coverage, see: 2004âÂÂ05 in English football
- Premiership and League Cup â Chelsea
- FA Cup â Arsenal
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- Meistriliiga â FC TVMK Tallinn
- Esiliiga â JK Vaprus Pärnu, FC Levadia Tallinn, FC Ajax Lasnamäe
- Estonian Cup â FC Levadia Tallinn
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- 1. Deild â B36 Tórshavn
- Faroe Islands Cup â GàGøta
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- Veikkausliiga â MyPa 47 Anjalankoski
- Finnish Cup â FC Haka Valkeakoski
- Finnish League Cup â AC Allianssii Vantaa
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- Ligue 1 â Lyon
- French Cup â Auxerre
- French League Cup â Strasbourg
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- Georgian Premier League â FC Dinamo Tbilisi
- Georgian Cup â FC Lokomotivi Tbilisi
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- Bundesliga and German Cup â Bayern Munich
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- Greek National Division and Greek Cup â Olympiacos
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- Arany ÃÂszok Liga â Debreceni VSC
- Hungarian Cup â Mátav FC Sopron
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- Icelandic Premier League â FH
- Icelandic Cup â Valur
- Icelandic League Cup â KR
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- League of Ireland and Munster Senior Cup â Cork City
- FAI Cup â Drogheda United
- League of Ireland Cup â Derry City
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- Israeli Football Leagues
- Israeli Premier League â Maccabi Haifa
- Liga Leumit â Hapoel Kfar Saba
- Liga Artzit â Hapoel Ashkelon
- Toto Cup â Hapoel Petah Tikva (Al), Maccabi Natanya (Leumit) and Hapoel Ashkelon (Artzit)
- Israel State Cup â Maccabi Tel Aviv
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- Serie A â Juventus (stripped of title on July 14, 2006) see also 2004–05 Serie A and 2006 Serie A scandal
- Italian Cup â Internazionale
- Italian Super Cup â A.C. Milan
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- Kazakhstan Super League â FC Aktobe-Lento
- Kazakhstan Cup â FC Zhenis Astana
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- Virsliga â FK LiepÃÂjas Metalurgs
- Latvian Cup â FK Ventspils
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- Liechtenstein Football Cup â FC Vaduz
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- Lithuanian Premier League â FK Ekranas
- Lithuanian Cup â FBK Kaunas
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- Premier League â F91 Dudelange
- Cup â CS Pétange
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- Macedonian First League â FK RabotniÃÂki Kometal Skopje
- Macedonian Cup â FK Bashkimi Kumanovo
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- Maltese Football League and Supercup â Sliema Wanderers
- Maltese Cup â Birkirkara F.C.
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- Moldavian Premier League â FC Sheriff Tiraspol
- Moldavian Cup â FC Nistru Otaci
- Eredivisie and KNVB Cup â PSV
- Eerste Divisie â Heracles Almelo
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- Irish Premier League and Irish League Cup â Glentoran F.C.
- Irish Cup â Portadown F.C.
- Setanta Cup â Linfield F.C.
- : for fuller coverage, see: 2005 in Norwegian football
- Tippeligaen â VÃÂ¥lerenga
- Norwegian Cup â Molde
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- Ekstraklasa â WisÃ
Âa Kraków
- Puchar Polski â Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski
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- SuperLiga â Benfica
- Cup of Portugal â Vitória Setúbal
- : for fuller coverage, see: 2004âÂÂ05 in Romanian football
- Romanian Premier League â Steaua BucureÃÂti
- Romanian Cup and Romanian Super Cup â Dinamo BucureÃÂti
- : for fuller coverage, see: 2005 in Russian football
- Russian Premier League and Russian Cup â CSKA Moscow
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- Premier League â F.C. Domagnano
- Titano Cup â S.S. Pennarossa Chiesanuova
- Supercup â S.P. Tre Penne Serravalle
- : for fuller coverage, see: 2004âÂÂ05 in Scottish football
- Scottish Premier League and League Cup â Rangers
- Scottish Cup â Celtic
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- Meridian Superliga â FK Partizan Belgrade
- Serbia and Montenegro Cup â FK VoÃ
¾dovac Belgrade
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- Slovakian Premier League â FC Artmedia Bratislava
- Slovakian Cup â FK Dukla Banská Bystrica
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- Slovenian PrvaLiga â Gorica
- Slovenian Cup â NK Publikum Celje
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- La Liga â Barcelona
- Copa del Rey â Real Betis
- : for fuller coverage, see: 2005 in Swedish football
- Allsvenskan and Svenska Cupen â DjurgÃÂ¥rdens IF
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- AXPO Super League and Swisscom Cup â FC Basel
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- Premier Super League â Fenerbahçe
- Turkish Cup â Galatasaray
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- Ukrainian Premier League â FC Shakhtar Donetsk
- Ukrainian Cup â FC Dynamo Kyiv
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- League of Wales and Welsh Cup â Total Network Solutions
- FAW Premier Cup â Swansea City
National club championships in North and Central America (CONCACAF)
National club championships in Oceania (OFC)
National club championships in South America (CONMEBOL)
National club championships in non-FIFA-affiliated French dependencies
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- Premier League â Association Sportive Le Gosier
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- Premier League â ASC Le Geldar Kourou
- (AFC)
- Premier League â AS Tefana Faa'a
- Cup â AS Manu Ura Paea
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- Premier League and Cup â Club Franciscain Le François
- (OFC)
- Premier League and Cup â AS Magenta Nickel Nouméa
- Réunion (CAF):
- Premier League â US Stade Tamponnaise Le Tampon
- Réunion Cup â SS Excelsior Saint-Joseph
International tournaments
- February 3âÂÂ12: CEMAC Cup 2005 â Winner: Cameroon (Participating countries: Cameroon, Chad, Gabon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Central African Republic)
- February 8âÂÂ9: Cyprus International Tournament 2005 â Winner: Finland (Participating countries: Finland, Cyprus, Latvia, Austria)
- February 9: Carlsberg Cup 2005 â Winner: Brazil (Participating countries: Brazil and Hong Kong)
- UNCAF Nations Cup in Guatemala City, Guatemala (February 19 â 27, 2005)
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- February 20âÂÂ24: CONCACAF Gold Cup 2005 Caribbean Preliminary Competition â Winners: Cuba, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago (Participating Countries: Barbados, Cuba, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago)
- February 26 â 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 5âÂÂ13: East Asian Football Championships 2005 Preliminary Competition â Winner: North Korea (Participating Countries: North Korea, Hong Kong, Chinese Taipei, Mongolia and Guam)
- Baltic Cup in Kaunas (May 21, 2005)
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- UEFA Women's Championship in England (June 5âÂÂ19, 2005)
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- FIFA U-20 World Cup in Netherlands (June 10 â July 2, 2005)
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- FIFA Confederations Cup in Germany (June 15âÂÂ29, 2005)
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- CONCACAF Gold Cup in United States (July 6âÂÂ24, 2005)
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- East Asian Football Championship in Chinese Taipei & South Korea
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- FIFA U-17 World Championship in Peru (September 16 â October 2, 2005)
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- 2005 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup in Pakistan (7 Dec 2005 â 17 Dec 2005)
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Qualifying for 2006 World Cup
- Note: for fuller coverage, see: 2006 FIFA World Cup (qualification)
- October 2004 â 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, São Tomé e PrÃÂncipe, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe
- November 2003 â 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 â 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 â 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 â 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 â October 2005: South America Qualifying
- Qualified teams : Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Paraguay
- Participating countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela
Births
Deaths
January
February
March
April
May
June
- June 25 â Hugo Cunha (28), Portugal footballer
July
August
- August 16 â Michel Pavic (83), Yugoslavian footballer and coach
- August 19 â Oscar Muller (48), French footballer
September
- September 8 â Noel Cantwell (72), Northern Ireland footballer and coach
- September 12 â Alain Polaniok (47), French footballer and coach
- September 13 â Toni Fritsch (60), Austrian footballer (later an American football placekicker)
- September 27 â Karl Decker (84), Austrian footballer and coach
- September 28 â Enric Gensana (69), Spanish footballer
October
November
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