Ahead of the 2005 season Kjetil Løvvik had retired. The biggest signing was Jonas Jonsson from SK Brann. Tips for the 2005 league outcome came from newspapers such as "Fædrelandsvennen" and "Bergens Tidende". "Fædrelandsvennen" tipped a fourteenth place (and relegation) for Stord/Moster, and "Bergens Tidende" tipped a thirteenth place. The first match ended with 1–1 against Klepp IL, the goal scored by 2004's top goalscorer Alfred Berge. In the 2005 Norwegian Football Cup Stord/Moster advanced from the first round on the expense of Askøy FK, but was stopped in the second round by Løv-Ham. The second-tier team won 1–0 after extra time.