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2005 FIFA World Youth Championship

The 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship took place in The Netherlands between 10 June and 2 July 2005. The 2005 championship was the 15th contested.- Venues :- Qualification :The following 24 teams qualified for the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship...

after a 3-0 victory against the Solomon Islands played at Lawson Tama Stadium

Lawson Tama Stadium

Lawson Tama Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Honiara, Solomon Islands. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium is unique as the stand is built into the hillside so there is no official capacity....

in Honiara

Honiara

Honiara, population 49,107 , 78,190 , is the capital of the Solomon Islands and of Guadalcanal Province, although it is a separately administered town...

, Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands is a sovereign state in Oceania, east of Papua New Guinea, consisting of nearly one thousand islands. It covers a land mass of . The capital, Honiara, is located on the island of Guadalcanal...

. The final game was abandoned in the 77th minute due to crowd trouble, however the score was allowed to stand.

1. Danny Vukovic
Danny Vukovic
Danny Vukovic is an Australian football player of Serbian decent. Who has recently signed a three year contract with the Perth Glory, an Australian-based A League franchise.-Club career:...

(Central Coast Mariners)
2. Mark Milligan
Mark Milligan
Mark Daniel Milligan is an Australian football player who is currently playing for JEF United Ichihara Chiba. He was also the regular captain of the Australian Under 23 football team and has been capped for the junior Australian National team...

(Sydney FC
Sydney FC
Sydney FC is a professional football club based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and competes in the country's premier football competition, the A-League...

)
3. Trent McClenahan
Trent McClenahan
Trent McClenahan is an Australian football player, currently signed to A-League club Perth Glory on an eight week injury replacement contract....

(West Ham United)
4. Adrian Leijer
Adrian Leijer
Adrian Leijer is an Australian football player who currently plays as a centre back for A-League team Melbourne Victory and is also the Captain of the side.-Early years:...

(Melbourne Victory
Melbourne Victory
Melbourne Victory Football Club is an Australian professional football club based in Melbourne, Victoria, that plays in the A-League....

)
5. Jacob Timpano
Jacob Timpano
Jacob Timpano in Wollongong, Australia) is an Australian football player who currently plays for NSW Premier League club South Coast Wolves FC.-Club career:...

(Sydney FC
Sydney FC
Sydney FC is a professional football club based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and competes in the country's premier football competition, the A-League...

)

6. Stuart Musialik
Stuart Musialik
Stuart Musialik is an Australian football player who currently plays for Central Coast Mariners in the A-League.- Club career :...

(Newcastle Jets)
7. Vince Lia
Vince Lia
Vince Lia is a football player who plays for Wellington Phoenix in the A-League.-Melbourne Victory:Lia spent the early stages of his professional career in the NSL at South Melbourne...

(Melbourne Victory
Melbourne Victory
Melbourne Victory Football Club is an Australian professional football club based in Melbourne, Victoria, that plays in the A-League....

)
8. Blagoja Celeski (Perth Glory)
9. Jay Lucas (Marconi Stallions
Marconi Stallions
The Marconi Stallions Football Club is an Australian football club located in Sydney, Australia. The club won the National Soccer League title a record four times, along with South Melbourne FC and Sydney City SC...

)
10. Kristian Sarkies
Kristian Sarkies
Kristian Sarkies is an Australian football player who currently plays for Melbourne Heart...

(Melbourne Victory
Melbourne Victory
Melbourne Victory Football Club is an Australian professional football club based in Melbourne, Victoria, that plays in the A-League....

)

11. Chris Tadrosse
Chris Tadrosse
Chris Tadrosse is an Australian football player who is currently playing for Bonnyrigg White Eagles. He last played for North Queensland Fury and Borussia Mönchengladbach II in the German Oberliga Nordrhein.-Club career:...

(Melbourne Victory
Melbourne Victory
Melbourne Victory Football Club is an Australian professional football club based in Melbourne, Victoria, that plays in the A-League....

)
12. Justin Pasfield
Justin Pasfield
Justin Pasfield is an Australian football goalkeeper who currently plays for the Central Coast Mariners.He was part of the Joeys squad for the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship in the Netherlands, and previously played for Bray Wanderers in the League of Ireland...

(Sydney FC
Sydney FC
Sydney FC is a professional football club based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and competes in the country's premier football competition, the A-League...

)
13. Aaron Downes
Aaron Downes
Aaron Terry Downes is an Australian footballer who currently plays for Chesterfield as a centre back.-Club career:...

(Chesterfield FC)
14. Spase Dilevski
Spase Dilevski
Spase Dilevski is an Australian football player of ethnic Macedonian origin whose adaptability means he can play as a defender , right wing-back or a right winger...

(Tottenham Hotspur)
15. Ryan Townsend
Ryan Townsend
Ryan Townsend is an Australian Association football player. He is currently playing for Western Australia State League club Mandurah City....

16. Ruben Zadkovich
Ruben Zadkovich
Ruben Zadkovich is an Australian football player who attended Woonona High School in Wollongong NSW and currently plays for the Newcastle United Jets in the Hyundai A-League.-Club career:...
17. Nick Ward (Perth Glory)
18. Adam Federici
Adam Federici
Adam Jay Federici is an Australian football player who plays as a goalkeeper for Football League Championship club Reading and has featured for the Australian national team.-Club career:...
19. David Williams
David Williams (footballer)
David Williams is an Indigenous Australian professional football player who is currently playing for Hyundai A-League club Melbourne Heart.-Youth career:...
20. James Wesolowski
James Wesolowski
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1. Jacob Spoonley
Jacob Spoonley
Jacob Spoonley is a New Zealand association football goalkeeper who now plays for Auckland City in the New Zealand Football Championship.-International career:...

(Auckland City
Auckland City
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)
2. Cole Tinkler
Cole Tinkler
Cole Allen Wilson Tinkler is a New Zealand professional footballer, who last played for Sengkang-Punggol Football Club in the S-League and is currently contracted to Sydney club APIA Leichhardt Tigers who play in the New South Wales Premier League.-Career:Tinkler played as a right full back for...

(New Zealand Knights)
3. Lj Pijnenburg
4. Michael Mayne
5. Steven Old
Steven Old
Steven David Old is a New Zealand football player who plays as a defender. He is currently a free agent after being released from Kilmarnock in May 2011.-Club career:...

(St. John's University)

6. Nadir Harrat
7. Jeremy Brockie
Jeremy Brockie
Jeremy Russell Brockie is a New Zealand football player who was recently signed by the Newcastle Jets in the Hyundai A-League...

(New Zealand Knights)
8. Sam Matthews
9. Kris Bright
Kris Bright
Kris Bright is a New Zealand association football player who plays for Balzan Youths in Malta as a striker. Bright has represented New Zealand at U15, U16, U-17, U-20, and All Whites level.-Career:...

(Waitakere United
Waitakere United
Waitakere United is a football club based in Waitakere City, New Zealand. They are one of the franchises in the ASB Premiership. They play their home games at Fred Taylor Park in Kumeu.-History:...

)
10. Michael Gwyther

11. Prince Quanash
12. Jason Rowley
13. Joel Matthews
14. Hone Fowler
15. Sam Jasper
Sam Jasper
Sam Jasper is a football player from New Zealand who is currently with Canterbury United, having previously played for New Zealand Knights in the A-League....

(Waitakere United
Waitakere United
Waitakere United is a football club based in Waitakere City, New Zealand. They are one of the franchises in the ASB Premiership. They play their home games at Fred Taylor Park in Kumeu.-History:...

)

16. Ian Hogg
Ian Hogg (footballer)
Ian Campbell Hogg is a New Zealander Professional footballer, who currently plays for ASB Premiership side Auckland City and has represented New Zealand at the Olympic Games.-Club career:...

(Central United
Central United
Central United Football Club is a semi-professional Association football club based in Sandringham, Auckland, New Zealand...

)
17. Jason Hayne
Jason Hayne
Jason Kyle Hayne is a New Zealand football player. He plays as a striker for NZFC team YoungHeart Manawatu...

(Auckland City FC
Auckland City FC
Auckland City Football Club is a football club based in Auckland, New Zealand's largest city. The club competes in the eight-team ASB Premiership which is the highest level of domestic football in the country...

)
18. Elliot Stead
19. Croydon Wheeler
20. Roy Bell

Group A

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withdrew

Australia

Australia national under-20 football team

The Australia national under-20 association football team, more commonly known as the Young Socceroos, is controlled by Football Federation Australia and represents Australia in international Under 20 or youth football competitions....

and Vanuatu

Vanuatu national football team

The Vanuatu national football team is the national team of Vanuatu and is controlled by the Vanuatu Football Federation.-History:It was known as the New Hebrides national football team until the New Hebrides became Republic of Vanuatu in 1980. It finished fourth in the OFC Nations Cup in 1973,...

progressed to the semi-finals.

New Caledonia

New Caledonia national football team

The New Caledonia national football team is the team of New Caledonia and is controlled by the Fédération Calédonienne de Football. Although they were only admitted to FIFA in 2004, they have been participating in the OFC Nations Cup since its inception. They have been one of this relatively small...

and Tonga

Tonga national football team

The Tonga national football team is the national team of Tonga and is controlled by the Tonga Football Association.-Football in Tonga:Tonga's greatest football triumph to date was their triumph in the first ever Polynesian Cup held in 1993 over Samoa and the Cook Islands...

were eliminated.
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Group B

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withdrew

The Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands national football team

The Solomon Islands national football team is the national team of the Solomon Islands and is controlled by Solomon Islands Football Federation. The team shocked the football world in the 2004 Oceania Nations Cup , tying Australia 2–2 to nip heavily-favored New Zealand for second place and a spot...

and Fiji

Fiji national football team

The Fiji national football team is the national team of Fiji and is controlled by the Fiji Football Association. Their best finish in the OFC Nations Cup was third in 1998 and 2008.-World Cup record:*1930 to 1978 - Did not enter...

progressed to the semi-finals.

New Zealand

New Zealand national under-20 football team

The New Zealand Under 20's football team, more commonly known as the Junior All Whites, is controlled by New Zealand Football and represents New Zealand in international Under 20 or youth football competitions.-OFC:...

and Samoa

Samoa national football team

The Samoa national association football team represents Samoa in association football and is controlled by the Football Federation Samoa, the governing body for football in Samoa. Samoa's home ground is Toleafoa J.S Blatter Soccer Stadium in Apia. It was known as the Western Samoa national...

were eliminated.
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Knockout Phase

Semi finals

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Third place match

Final

Goalscorers

This list is not complete, as there are several missing match reports.

5 goals

Alick Maemae

Alick Maemae

Alick Leonard Maemae is a football midfielder from the Solomon Islands who currently plays for Vanuatuan side Amical FC.He hails from Suraina, North East coast of Malaita.-Club career:...

Mark Bridge

Mark Bridge is an Australian football player. He currently plays as a striker for Australian A-League club Sydney FC.-Newcastle United Jets FC:...

Jay Lucas
4 goals

Osea Vakatalesau

Osea Vakatalesau

Osea Vakatalesau is a Fijian football striker playing for Fiji national football team and Ba F.C.-International career:...

Benjamin Totori

Benjamin Totori is a Solomon Islands footballer who currently plays as a striker for Koloale FC.-Club career:A small but speedy striker, Totori made his name at fellow NZFC side YoungHeart Manawatu before moving to Richmond Athletic and then onto Waitakere United in 2007...

Kristian Sarkies

Kristian Sarkies is an Australian football player who currently plays for Melbourne Heart...

3 goals

Jason Hayne

Jason Hayne

Jason Kyle Hayne is a New Zealand football player. He plays as a striker for NZFC team YoungHeart Manawatu...

David Williams

David Williams (footballer)

David Williams is an Indigenous Australian professional football player who is currently playing for Hyundai A-League club Melbourne Heart.-Youth career:...

Vince Lia

Vince Lia is a football player who plays for Wellington Phoenix in the A-League.-Melbourne Victory:Lia spent the early stages of his professional career in the NSL at South Melbourne...

2 goals

Apisalome Tuvura Maciu Samaidrawa Dunadamu
Michael Gwyther Jean Maleb
Alick Ismael
1 goal

Kris Bright

Kris Bright

Kris Bright is a New Zealand association football player who plays for Balzan Youths in Malta as a striker. Bright has represented New Zealand at U15, U16, U-17, U-20, and All Whites level.-Career:...

Stuart Hogg Charles Ligo
John Simeon Malakai Tiwa Sumeet Shankaran Johnny Rao
Nayzal Ali Goodwin Bebeu Ki Anufe

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