2005 in association football

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The following are the association football events of the year 2005 throughout the world. Template:Horizontal TOC

Events

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 São Paulo FC after defeating Clube Atlético 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 São 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

National club championships in Africa (CAF)

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- Algerian Championnat National – USM Alger
- Algerian Cup – ASO Chlef
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- Girabola – Grupo Desportivo Sagrada Esperança
- Angolan Cup – Atlético Sport Aviação
Benin:
- Benin Premier League – not playing
Botswana:
- Mascom Premier League and FA Challenge Cup – Township Rollers Gaborone
Burkina Faso:
- Burkinabé Premier League – Rail Club du Kadiogo
- Burkina Faso Cup – Union Sportive de Ouagadougou
Burundi:
- Burundi Premier League – InterStar Bujumbura
Cameroon:
- Cameroon Premiere Division – Cotonsport Garoua
- Cameroon Cup – Imports FC Yaoundé
Cape Verde:
- Premier League – Derby FC Mindelo
Central African Republic:
- Central African Republic League – Anges de Fatima
Chad:
- Chad Premier League – Renaissance FC
Comoros:
- Comoros Premier League – Coin Nord Mitsamiouli
Congo:
- Congo Premier League – not assigned
- Congolan Cup – Diables Noirs Brazzaville
Congo DR:
- Linafoot – DC Motema Pembe
- Republic of Congo Cup – AS Vita Kabasha
Djibouti:
- Premier League – AS Compagnie Djibouti-Ethiopie
- Djiboutian Cup – Poste de Djibouti
Egypt:
- Egyptian Premier League and Super Cup – Al-Ahly
- Egyptian Soccer Cup – ENPPI
Equatorial Guinea
- Equatoguinean Premier League – Renacimiento FC
Eritrea:
- Premier League – Red Sea FC Asmara
Ethiopia:
- Premier League – Saint George SA Addis Abeba
- Ethiopian Cup – Awassa Kenema
Gabon:
- Premier League and Cup – AS Mangasport Moanda
Gambia:
- Premier League – Wallidan Banjul
- Gambian Cup – Bakan United
Ghana:
- Ghana Telecom Premier League – Accra Hearts of Oak Sporting Club
- Ghanaian Cup – Asante Kotoko
Guinea:
- Premier League – Satellite FC Conakry
- Guinean Cup – AS Kaloum Stars Conakry
Guinea Bissau:
- Premier League – Sporting Clube de Bissau
Ivory Coast:
- Premier League and Cup – ASEC Mimosas
Kenya:
- Premier League – Ulinzi Stars
- Kenyan Cup – World Hope
Lesotho:
- Premier League – Likohpo Masem
Liberia:
- Premier League and Cup – LPRC Oilers Monrovia
Libya:
- Premier League and Cup – Al Ittihad
Madagascar:
- Premier League and Cup – USCA Foot
Malawi:
- Premier League – not playing
Mali:
- Premier League – Stade Malien Bamako
- Malian Cup – AS Bamako
Mauritania:
- Mauritanean Premier League – ASC Nasr de Sebkha
- Mauritanean Cup – ASC Entente
Mauritius:
- Premier League and Cup – AS Port-Louis 2000
Morocco:
- Premier League – FAR Rabat
- Moroccan Cup – Raja Casablanca
Mozambique:
- Moçambola – Ferroviário de Maputo
- Taça de Moçambique – Ferroviário de Beira
Namibia:
- Premier League – Civics FC Windhoek
- Namibian Cup – Ramblers Windhoek
Niger:
- Premier League – unknown
Nigeria:
- Premier League and Cup – Enyimba FC Aba
Rwanda:
- Premier League – APR FC Kigat
- Rwandan Cup – Rayon Sports Butare
São Tomé and Príncipe:
- Premier League – not held
Senegal:
- Premier League – ASC Port Autonome Dakar
- Senegal Cup – AS Donanes Dakar
Seychelles:
- Premier League – La Passe FC
- Seychelles Cup – Seychelles Marketing Board
Sierra Leone:
- Premier League – East End Lions Freetown
Somalia:
- Premier League – not held
South Africa:
- Premier Soccer League – Kaizer Chiefs Football Club
Sudan:
- Premier League – Al Hilal Omdurman
Swaziland:
- Premier League – Green Mamba Big Bend
- Swazilandian Cup – Hub Sundowns
Tanzania:
- Premier League – Young Africans Dar es Salaam
Togo:
- Premier League – AS Douanes Lomé
- Togolese Cup – Dynamic Tongolais Lomé
Tunisia:
- Premier League – Sfaxien FC
- Tunisian Cup – ES Zarzis
Uganda:
- Premier League – Police FC Jinja
- Uganda Cup – Uganda Revenus Authority SC Kampala
Zambia:
- Premier League – Zanaco Lusaka
Zimbabwe:
- Premier League – CAPS United Harare

National club championships in Asia (AFC)

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- Premier League – Riffa Club
- Bahrain Cup – Al Muharraq Club
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- Premier League – Mohammeddan SC Dhaka
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- Premier League – Transport United
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- Chinese Super League – Dalian Shide
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- HKFA Coolpoint Ventilation First Division League and HKFA Cup – Xiangxue Sun Hei
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- Durand Cup – Mahindra United
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- Premier League – Persipura Jayapura
- Indonesian Cup – Arema Malang
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- Iran's Premier Football League – Foolad Ahvaz
- Azadegan League – Shahid Ghandi Yazd
- Hazfi Cup – Saba Battery Tehran
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- Iraq Super League – Al Quwa Al Jawiya
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- J.League Division 1 – Gamba Osaka
- J.League Cup – JEF United Ichihara Chiba
- Emperor's Cup – Urawa Reds (played 1 January 2006)
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- Premier League – Al Wahdat Al Quwaysinah
- Jordanian Cup – Al Faysali Amman
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- Premier League and Cup – Dordoy Dinamo Naryn
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- Premier League – Al Qadisiya
- Kuwaitian Cup – Al Arabi
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- Premier League – Vientiane FC
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- Premier League – Al Nejmeh
- Lebanon Cup – Al Ansar
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- Premier League – Policia de Segurança Pública
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- Super League – Perlis FA Kangar
- Premier League and Cup – Selangor MPPJ Kelana Jaya
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- Premier League – Khoromkon Ulan Baatov
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- Premier League – Finance and Revenue Yangon
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- Premier League and Cup – Dhofar Salala
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- Premier League – Pakistan Army Rawalpindi
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- Premier League – Al Gharrafa
- Qatarian Cup – Al Sadd
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- Premier League – Al Hilal Riyad
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- S.League – Tampines Rovers FC
- Singapore Cup – Home United FC
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- Premier League – Saunders SC
- Sri Lanka Cup – Ratnam SC
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- Samsung Hauzen 2005 K-League – Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i
- Samsung 2005 Hauzen Cup – Suwon Samsung Bluewings
- Korean FA Cup – Chonbuk Hyundai Motors
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- Premier League and Cup – Al Ittihad Alep
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- Premier League – Tatung
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- Premier League – Thailand Tobacco Monopoly
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- Premier League – Al Wahda Abu Dhabi
- UAE Cup – Al Ayn Club
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- Premier League and Cup – Paktakor Tashkent
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- Premier League – Al Tilal Aden
- Yemenites Cup – Al Hilal Hudaydah

National club championships in Europe (UEFA)

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- Superliga and Supercup – SK Tiranë
- Albanian Cup – KS Teuta Durrës
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- Primera División – UE Sant Julià
- Copa Constitució and Supercopa – Santa Coloma
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- Armenian Premier League – Pyunik
- Armenian Cup – MIKA
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- Bundesliga – Rapid Wien
- Austrian Cup – Austria Wien
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- AFFA Supreme League – Neftchi Baku
- Azerbaijan Cup – FK Baku
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- Belarusian Premier League – FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk
- Belarusian Cup – MTZ-RIPO Minsk
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- Jupiler League and Supercup – Club Brugge
- Belgian Cup – Germinal Beerschot
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- Premier League – NK Zrinjski Mostar
- Bosnia and Herzegovina Cup – FK Sarajevo
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- Bulgarian A Professional Football Group – CSKA Sofia
- Bulgarian Cup and Supercup – PFC Levski Sofia
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- Prva HNL and Croatian Supercup – Hajduk Split
- Croatian Cup – NK Rijeka
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- Cypriot First Division – Anorthosis Famagusta
- Cypriot Cup and Supercup – Omonia Nicosia
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- Gambrinus liga – Sparta Prague
- Czech Cup – Baník Ostrava
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- Superliga and DONG Cup – Brøndby
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- Premiership and League Cup – Chelsea
- FA Cup – Arsenal
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- Meistriliiga – FC TVMK Tallinn
- Esiliiga – JK Vaprus Pärnu, FC Levadia Tallinn, FC Ajax Lasnamäe
- Estonian Cup – FC Levadia Tallinn
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- 1. Deild – B36 Tórshavn
- Faroe Islands Cup – GÍ Gøta
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- Veikkausliiga – MyPa 47 Anjalankoski
- Finnish Cup – FC Haka Valkeakoski
- Finnish League Cup – AC Allianssii Vantaa
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- Ligue 1 – Lyon
- French Cup – Auxerre
- French League Cup – Strasbourg
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- Georgian Premier League – FC Dinamo Tbilisi
- Georgian Cup – FC Lokomotivi Tbilisi
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- Bundesliga and German Cup – Bayern Munich
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- Greek National Division and Greek Cup – Olympiacos
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- Arany Ászok Liga – Debreceni VSC
- Hungarian Cup – Mátav FC Sopron
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- Icelandic Premier League – FH
- Icelandic Cup – Valur
- Icelandic League Cup – KR
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- League of Ireland and Munster Senior Cup – Cork City
- FAI Cup – Drogheda United
- League of Ireland Cup – Derry City
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- Israeli Football Leagues
  - Israeli Premier League – Maccabi Haifa
  - Liga Leumit – Hapoel Kfar Saba
  - Liga Artzit – Hapoel Ashkelon
- Toto Cup – Hapoel Petah Tikva (Al), Maccabi Natanya (Leumit) and Hapoel Ashkelon (Artzit)
- Israel State Cup – Maccabi Tel Aviv
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- Serie A – Juventus (stripped of title on July 14, 2006) see also 2004–05 Serie A and 2006 Serie A scandal
- Italian Cup – Internazionale
- Italian Super Cup – A.C. Milan
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- Kazakhstan Super League – FC Aktobe-Lento
- Kazakhstan Cup – FC Zhenis Astana
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- Virsliga – FK Liepājas Metalurgs
- Latvian Cup – FK Ventspils
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- Liechtenstein Football Cup – FC Vaduz
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- Lithuanian Premier League – FK Ekranas
- Lithuanian Cup – FBK Kaunas
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- Premier League – F91 Dudelange
- Cup – CS Pétange
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- Macedonian First League – FK Rabotnički Kometal Skopje
- Macedonian Cup – FK Bashkimi Kumanovo
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- Maltese Football League and Supercup – Sliema Wanderers
- Maltese Cup – Birkirkara F.C.
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- Moldavian Premier League – FC Sheriff Tiraspol
- Moldavian Cup – FC Nistru Otaci
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- Eredivisie and KNVB Cup – PSV
- Eerste Divisie – Heracles Almelo
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- Irish Premier League and Irish League Cup – Glentoran F.C.
- Irish Cup – Portadown F.C.
- Setanta Cup – Linfield F.C.
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- Tippeligaen – Vålerenga
- Norwegian Cup – Molde
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- Ekstraklasa – Wisła Kraków
- Puchar Polski – Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski
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- SuperLiga – Benfica
- Cup of Portugal – Vitória Setúbal
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- Romanian Premier League – Steaua București
- Romanian Cup and Romanian Super Cup – Dinamo București
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- Russian Premier League and Russian Cup – CSKA Moscow
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- Premier League – F.C. Domagnano
- Titano Cup – S.S. Pennarossa Chiesanuova
- Supercup – S.P. Tre Penne Serravalle
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- Scottish Premier League and League Cup – Rangers
- Scottish Cup – Celtic
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- Meridian Superliga – FK Partizan Belgrade
- Serbia and Montenegro Cup – FK Voždovac Belgrade
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- Slovakian Premier League – FC Artmedia Bratislava
- Slovakian Cup – FK Dukla Banská Bystrica
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- Slovenian PrvaLiga – Gorica
- Slovenian Cup – NK Publikum Celje
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- La Liga – Barcelona
- Copa del Rey – Real Betis
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- Allsvenskan and Svenska Cupen – Djurgårdens IF
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- AXPO Super League and Swisscom Cup – FC Basel
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- Premier Super League – Fenerbahçe
- Turkish Cup – Galatasaray
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- Ukrainian Premier League – FC Shakhtar Donetsk
- Ukrainian Cup – FC Dynamo Kyiv
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- League of Wales and Welsh Cup – Total Network Solutions
- FAW Premier Cup – Swansea City

National club championships in North and Central America (CONCACAF)

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- Premier League – Bassa FC All Saint's Village
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- Premier League – SV Britannia
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- Premier League – Caledonia Celtic
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- Premier League – Notre Dame SC Bayville
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- Cingular Wireless Premier Division – Devonshire Cougars
- Bermudian Football Cup – North Village Rams
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- CPSL – Oakville Blue Deville
- Cascadia Cup – Vancouver Whitecaps
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- Premier League – Western Union FC George Town
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- Primera División – Liga Deportiva Alajuelense
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- Premier League – Villa Clara
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- Premier League – RC Grand Bazaar Dublanc
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- Salvadoran Primera División
  - 2004–05 Clausura – Club Deportivo Futbolistas Asociados Santanecos, Santa Ana
  - 2005–06 Apertura – Club Deportivo Vista Hermosa
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- Premier League – ASOMS Paradise
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- Premier League – Deportivo Municipal
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- Premier League – AS Mirebalais
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- Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras
  - 2004–05 Clausura – Olimpia
  - 2005–06 Apertura – Olimpia
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- Wray & Nephew National Premier League – Portmore United F.C.
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- Mexican Primera División
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  - 2004–05 Clausura – Club América
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- Premier League – FC Diriangén Diriamba
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- Premier League – CD Plaza Amador Panama
- Premier League – San Francisco
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- Premier League – SV Robinhood
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- Premier League – Association Sportive Le Gosier
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- Premier League – ASC Le Geldar Kourou
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- Premier League – AS Tefana Faa'a
- Cup – AS Manu Ura Paea
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- Premier League and Cup – Club Franciscain Le François
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- Premier League and Cup – AS Magenta Nickel Nouméa
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- Premier League – US Stade Tamponnaise Le Tampon
- Réunion Cup – SS Excelsior Saint-Joseph

International tournaments

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)
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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)
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UEFA Women's Championship in England (June 5–19, 2005)
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FIFA U-20 World Cup in Netherlands (June 10 – July 2, 2005)
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FIFA Confederations Cup in Germany (June 15–29, 2005)
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CONCACAF Gold Cup in United States (July 6–24, 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 – October 2, 2005)
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2005 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup in Pakistan (7 Dec 2005 – 17 Dec 2005)
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Qualifying for 2006 World Cup

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, São Tomé e Príncipe, 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
- Qualified teams : Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Paraguay
  - Participating countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela