The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 2005 throughout the world.
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 F.C. won the Carling Cup after beating Liverpool F.C. 3-2
- April 23 – PSV Eindhoven 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 - Olympique Lyonnais won its fourth French title in 2000s.
- 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 Lisbon 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 – 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 14 – Copa Libertadores 2005 is won by São Paulo after defeating Clube Atlético Paranaense on an aggregate score of 5-1.
- August 5 – Ajax Amsterdam wins the Johan Cruijff Schaal, the annual opening of the new season in the Eredivisie, by a 2-1 win over PSV Eindhoven 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 Tilburg.
- 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 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 Nijmegen 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 Rotterdam.
Winners national championships
National club championships in Europe (UEFA)
National club championships in South America (CONMEBOL)
National club championships in Africa (CAF)
National club championships in North and Central America (CONCACAF)
National club championships in Asia (AFC)
- Bahrain:
- Premier League - Riffa Club
- Bahrain Cup - Al Muharraq Club
- Bangladesh:
- Bhutan:
- Premier League - Transport United
- China:
- Hong Kong:
- India:
- Indonesia:
- Iran:
- Iraq:
- Japan:
- Jordan:
- Premier League - Al Wahdat Al Quwaysinah
- Jordanian Cup - Al Faysali Amman
- Kyrgyzstan:
- Premier League and Cup - Dordoy Dinamo Naryn
- Kuwait:
- Premier League - Al Qadisiya
- Kuwaitian Cup - Al Arabi
- Laos:
- Premier League - Vientiane FC
- Lebanon:
- Premier League - Al Nejmeh
- Lebanon Cup - Al Ansar
- Macau:
- Premier League - Policia de Segurança Pública
- Malaysia:
- Mongolia:
- Premier League - Khoromkon Ulan Baatov
- Myanmar:
- Premier League - Finance and Revenue Yangon
- Oman:
- Premier League and Cup - Dhofar Salala
- Pakistan:
- Premier League - Pakistan Army Rawalpindi
- Philippines:
- Qatar:
- Premier League - Al Gharrafa
- Qatarian Cup - Al Sadd
- Saudi Arabia:
- Premier League - Al Hilal Riyad
- Singapore:
- Sri Lanka:
- Premier League - Saunders SC
- Sri Lanka Cup - Ratnam SC
- South Korea:
- Syria:
- Premier League and Cup - Al Ittihad Alep
- Taiwan:
- Thailand:
- Premier League - Thailand Tobacco Monopoly
- United Arab Emirates:
- Premier League - Al Wahda Abu Dhabi
- UAE Cup - Al Ayn Club
- Uzbekistan:
- Premier League and Cup - Paktakor Taskhent
- Vietnam:
- Premier League and Cup - Gach Dong Tam Long An
- Yemen:
- Premier League - Al Tilal Aden
- Yemenites Cup - Al Hilal Hudaydah
National club championships in Oceania (OFC)
National club championships in non FIFA affiliated French dependencies
- Guadeloupe (CONCACAF)
- Premier League - Association Sportive Le Gosier
- French Guyana (CONCACAF)
- Premier League - ASC Le Geldar Kourou
- French Polynesia (AFC)
- Premier League - AS Tefana Faa'a
- Cup - AS Manu Ura Paea
- Martinique (CONCACAF)
- Premier League and Cup - Club Franciscain Le François
- New Caledonia (OFC)
- Premier League and Cup - AS Magenta Nickel Nouméa
- Réunion (CAF):
- 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)
 Costa Rica Honduras Guatemala
- 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)
- June 5-19: Women's Euro 2005 - Winner: Germany (Participating Countries: Group A: England, Sweden, Denmark and Finland Group B: Germany, Norway, France and Italy)
- June 15-29: FIFA Confederations Cup 2005 - Winner: Brazil (Participating Countries: Group A: Germany, Australia, Argentina and Tunisia Group B: Brazil, Greece, Japan and Mexico)
- July 6-24 : CONCACAF Gold Cup 2005 - Winner: USA (Participating Countries: Group A: Honduras, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, Colombia Group B: Costa Rica, USA, Canada, Cuba Group C: South Africa, Guatemala, Mexico and Mexico)
- July 31 - August 7: East Asian Football Championships 2005 Finals (Participating Countries: Japan, South Korea, China and North Korea)
- FIFA U-17 World Championship in Peru (September 16 – October 2, 2005)
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 Mexico Brazil Netherlands
Qualifying for 2006 World Cup
- October 2004 - October 2005: Africa Qualifying
- Qualified Teams : Angola, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Tunisia
- Participating Countries: Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Congo DR, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, 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:
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