The following are the association football 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 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