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The Sydney Football Club, founded in 2004 , is an A-League club based in Sydney , Australia . Its home ground is Aussie Stadium (formerly the Sydney Football Stadium ) in the suburb of Moore Park . The club has a reputation as the "glamour club" of the competition due to their high-profile personnel, which include player Dwight Yorke , investor Anthony LaPaglia and coach Pierre Littbarski . Generally known simply as '''Sydney FC''', they were the inaugural A-League champions in 2005-06 . Littbarski, whose playing career culminated in a FIFA World Cup victory with his native West Germany , also has experience from the early J. League seasons. This knowledge was considered useful and worth applying to Sydney FC in its fledgling league. Trinidad And Tobago International striker Yorke was signed from Birmingham City on a two–year deal. The former Manchester United European Champions League winner is not only the most highly paid signing in the history of the Australian game, but also the player with the greatest football pedigree to have played in the A-League. Sydney won the Inaugural A-League finals series by defeating the Central Coast Mariners 1–0 in the Grand Final. During the regular season, the club finished second to Adelaide FC . FIRST SEASON On June 11 , 2005 the club won the 2005 Oceania Club Championships , having qualifed for this tournament by winning the Australian World Club Qualification Competition in May of that year. This meant that Sydney FC was Oceania 's representative in the FIFA Club World Championship 2005 . Sydney FC lost their first match to Costa Rican side Deportivo Saprissa 1–0, denying the club a semi–final match against European champion Liverpool , before defeating the African "Club of the Century" Al-Ahly 2–1 to finish the competition in fifth place. Sydney FC's first home league match was against Melbourne Victory on August 28 , 2005 . This event drew a record crowd for a regular season match in Australia. The stated figure was 25,208, though this is likely to be an underestimation of the true crowd size as the number of people who 'walked up' to the game meant that ticket sellers at the gate were unable to cope. For only the second time in the history of the SCG Trust (the operators of the Sydney Football Stadium), the gates were opened twenty minutes after the game had started, permitting around two–thousand fans to enter for free {Link without Title} . Since then, the club has gone on to improve this official attendance record to a new high in round 21 of 25,557. At the conclusion of the twenty–one game regular season, Sydney FC finished in second place, seven points behind Adelaide United. However, in the Major Semi–Final they defeated Adelaide 4–3 on aggregate, ensuring a home Grand Final which produced a sell–out crowd of 41,689 (which is over the stated capacity of Aussie stadium) against the Central Coast Mariners on March 5 , 2006 . Sydney won the match 1–0 after Dwight Yorke set up Steve Corica for the deciding goal. CURRENT SQUAD ''As of March 18 , 2006 ''
In the 2006–07 season, Alex Brosque and Jeremy Brockie will join the squad while Andrew Packer will move to Queensland Roar on a Free Transfer . ''See also: List Of Sydney F.C. Players '' ACHIEVEMENTS
RECORDS
TOP SCORERS #9 – Sasho Petrovski #7 – Dwight Yorke #6 – David Carney #5 – Steve Corica AWARD WINNERS 2005–06 Season
THE COVE The group of fans who sit in the home end (around Bay 23) of Aussie Stadium are known as "The Cove". The term came from the original name given to the settlement of Sydney — Sydney Cove . This settlement was located on the piece land that is now the Circular Quay ferry terminal. Most Cove members attend every home match while a smaller group travel around the country to support the team at away matches. They sing football chants (some specifically relevant to Sydney FC), wear club colours (sky blue in particular), wave banners and flags and generally try to help lift the team and demonstrate their fervent support. Some members make unofficial Cove merchandise such as scarves, flags, banners, patches and clothing to distribute or sell. The Cove creates a vivacious atmosphere during Sydney FC matches reminiscent of the activities of the European Ultras . This provides for a starkly different level of crowd participation when compared to other football codes and sporting events in Australia. Sydney FC was once famous for its humorous Wikipedia entry, but this has since been deleted in a fit of mad drunken rage by <DIV STYLE="CLEAR: BOTH;">EXTERNAL LINKS</DIV> Official Unofficial
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