2006–07 A-League

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A-League
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Season2006–07
Dates25 August 2006 – 18 February 2007
ChampionsMelbourne Victory (1st title)
PremiersMelbourne Victory (1st title)
AFC Champions LeagueMelbourne Victory, Adelaide United
Matches played84
Goals scored218 (2.6 per match)
Top goalscorerArchie Thompson
(15 goals)
Best goalkeeperMichael Theoklitos
Biggest away winNew Zealand Knights 0–4 Melbourne Victory
(27 October 2006)
Highest attendance50,333
Lowest attendance1,632
Average attendance12,927

The 2006–07 A-League was the 30th season of top-flight soccer in Australia, and the second season of the A-League since its establishment the previous season. Football Federation Australia hoped to build on the success of the first season and on the interest generated by the Socceroos competing in the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Fox Sports had signed a A$120 million deal over 7 years for the exclusive broadcast rights of the A-League, AFC Champions League, and national team matches (excluding matches played in the World Cup finals).[1]

The television advertisement campaign used for the 2006–07 season was the same as the previous season, with different music. Scribe's song "Not Many" was replaced with Manuel Neztic's "Kickin Down".[2] The second season was marketed as "A-League: Version 2".[3]

Clubs[]

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Adelaide United
Central Coast Mariners
Melbourne Victory
Newcastle Jets
Queensland Roar
Further information: A-League § Clubs
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Adelaide United Adelaide Hindmarsh Stadium 17,000
Central Coast Mariners Gosford Bluetongue Stadium 20,119
Melbourne Victory Melbourne Olympic Park Stadium
Telstra Dome 		18,500
56,347
Newcastle Jets Newcastle Energy Australia Stadium 26,164
New Zealand Knights Auckland North Harbour Stadium 25,000
Perth Glory Perth Members Equity Stadium 18,156
Queensland Roar Brisbane Suncorp Stadium 52,500
Sydney FC Sydney Aussie Stadium 42,500

Foreign players[]

Club Visa 1 Visa 2 Visa 3 Visa 4 Non-Visa foreigner(s) Former player(s)
Adelaide United Brazil Diego Brazil Fernando China Qu Shengqing Netherlands Bobby Petta Brazil Romário4
Central Coast Mariners Germany André Gumprecht England Jamie McMaster Republic of Ireland Wayne O'Sullivan Malta John Hutchinson2
Melbourne Victory Brazil Alessandro Brazil Fred England James Robinson Scotland Grant Brebner Belgium Geoffrey Claeys
Brazil Claudinho4
New Zealand Knights England Darren Bazeley England Malik Buari England Neil Emblen Portugal Dani Rodrigues Brazil Fernando3
Canada Alen Marcina3
China Gao Leilei3
China Li Yan3
Ghana Hamza Mohammed3
Republic of Ireland Sean Devine1
Scotland Scot Gemmill3 		England Dean Gordon3
Newcastle Jets Colombia Milton Rodríguez New Zealand Tim Brown New Zealand Steven Old New Zealand Vaughan Coveny1
Perth Glory New Zealand Leo Bertos New Zealand Jeremy Christie New Zealand Danny Hay England Stuart Young1
Queensland Roar Brazil Reinaldo Germany Marcus Wedau Scotland Simon Lynch Switzerland Remo Buess China Zhang Yuning3
Scotland Stuart McLaren1
South Korea Seo Hyuk-su1
Sydney FC New Zealand Jeremy Brockie Northern Ireland Terry McFlynn Ivory Coast Jonas Salley1 Italy Benito Carbone4
Trinidad and Tobago Dwight Yorke

The following do not fill a Visa position:
1Those players who were born and started their professional career abroad but have since gained Australian Residency (and New Zealand Residency, in the case of Wellington Phoenix);
2Australian residents (and New Zealand residents, in the case of Wellington Phoenix) who have chosen to represent another national team;
3Injury Replacement Players, or National Team Replacement Players;
4Guest Players (eligible to play a maximum of ten games)

Salary cap exemptions and captains[]

Club Marquee Captain Vice-Captain
Adelaide United China Qu Shengqing[4] Australia Ross Aloisi[5] None
Central Coast Mariners Australia Tony Vidmar[6] Australia Noel Spencer[7]
Australia Alex Wilkinson[note 1][8] 		None
Melbourne Victory Australia Archie Thompson[9][10] Australia Kevin Muscat[11] Australia Archie Thompson[12]
New Zealand Knights Scotland Scot Gemmill[13] England Darren Bazeley[14] None
Newcastle Jets Australia Paul Okon[15] Australia Paul Okon[15] None
Perth Glory Australia Stan Lazaridis[16] Australia Jamie Harnwell[17] None
Queensland Roar None Australia Chad Gibson[18] None
Sydney FC Trinidad and Tobago Dwight Yorke[19][note 2] Australia Mark Rudan[21][22] None

Pre-Season Challenge Cup[]

Newcastle playing Sydney in a pre-season match in Canberra
Main article: 2006 A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup

This competition was held in July and August in the lead up to the start of the A-League season. The opening round was 15 July 2006. The competition featured a group stage, with three regular rounds and a bonus round, followed by a two-week finals playoff. The bonus group round matched up teams against opponents from the other group, and also offered the incentive of "bonus points" based on goals scored (1 point for 2 goals, 2 points for 3 goals, 3 points for 4 or more goals).

The Pre-Season Cup was used to enhance the A-League's profiles by playing pre-season games in regional centres including the Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, Toowoomba, Launceston, Canberra, Wollongong, Port Macquarie, Orange and Tamworth.[23]

The pre-season cup was won by Adelaide United at the final on 19 August 2006.

Regular season[]

The league season took a triple round-robin format, and took place over 21 rounds between 25 August 2006 and 21 January 2007.

League table[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Melbourne Victory (C) 21 14 3 4 41 20 +21 45 Finals Series and 2008 AFC Champions League Group stage
2 Adelaide United 21 10 3 8 32 27 +5 33
3 Newcastle Jets 21 8 6 7 32 30 +2 30 Finals Series
4 Sydney FC 21 8 8 5 29 19 +10 29[a]
5 Queensland Roar 21 8 5 8 25 27 −2 29
6 Central Coast Mariners 21 6 6 9 22 26 −4 24
7 Perth Glory 21 5 5 11 24 30 −6 20
8 New Zealand Knights[b] 21 5 4 12 13 39 −26 19 Disbanded at end of season
Source: ultimatealeague.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion
Notes:
  1. ^ Sydney FC were penalised three competition points following round 18 due to salary cap breaches which occurred during the 2005–06 season
  2. ^ New Zealand Knights cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Results[]

Round 1[]

25 August 2006 Melbourne Victory 2–0 Adelaide United Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
20:00 UTC+10 Claudinho Goal 78'
Muscat Goal 29' (pen.)		 Attendance: 15,781
Referee: Matthew Breeze
26 August 2006 Queensland Roar 3–0 Perth Glory Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
19:30 UTC+10 McLaren Goal 84'
Vidosic Goal 82'
Lynch Goal 79'		 Attendance: 20,606
Referee: Ben Williams
27 August 2006 New Zealand Knights 0–0 Newcastle Jets North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
16:30 UTC+12 Attendance: 7,304
Referee:
27 August 2006 Sydney FC 1–0 Central Coast Mariners Aussie Stadium, Sydney
17:00 UTC+10 Fyfe Goal 52' Attendance: 19,274
Referee: Mark Shield

Round 2[]

1 September 2006 Newcastle Jets 2–3 Queensland Roar EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
Bridge Goal 40'
Gibson Goal 25' (o.g.)		 Lynch Goal 88'
Okon Goal 38' (o.g.)
Reinaldo Goal 5'		 Attendance: 7,276
Referee: Angelo Nardi
2 September 2006 New Zealand Knights 1–0 Adelaide United North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Buari Goal 84' Attendance: 4,100
Referee: Peter Green
2 September 2006 Melbourne Victory 3–2 Sydney FC Telstra Dome, Melbourne
Muscat Goal 11' (pen.)
Allsopp Goal 8', 51'		 Vargas Goal 84' (o.g.)
Fyfe Goal 18'		 Attendance: 39,730
Referee: Mark Shield
3 September 2006 Perth Glory 2–0 Central Coast Mariners Members Equity Stadium, Perth
Young Goal 81'
Colosimo Goal 52'		 Attendance: 7,229
Referee: Craig Zetter

Round 3[]

8 September 2006 Adelaide United 5–1 Newcastle Jets Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Durante Goal 65' (o.g.)
Qu Goal 28'
Cornthwaite Goal 19'
Rech Goal 8', 73'		 Bridge Goal 52' Attendance: 8,785
Referee: Mark Shield
9 September 2006 Central Coast Mariners 0–0 Queensland Roar Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
Attendance: 4,644
Referee: Peter O'Leary
10 September 2006 New Zealand Knights 0–3 Melbourne Victory North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Muscat Goal 35'
Thompson Goal 22'
Allsopp Goal 9'		 Attendance: 2,071
Referee: Matthew Breeze
10 September 2006 Perth Glory 1–1 Sydney FC Members Equity Stadium, Perth
Coyne Goal 69' Petrovski Goal 36' Attendance: 7,229
Referee:

Round 4[]

15 September 2006 Queensland Roar 5–0 New Zealand Knights Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Milicic Goal 80'
Lynch Goal 72'
Reinaldo Goal 55' (pen.)
McKay Goal 7', 86'		 Attendance: 15,517
Referee: Mark Shield
16 September 2006 Adelaide United 3–0 Perth Glory Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Dodd Goal 34'
Rech Goal 14', 50'		 Attendance: 11,474
Referee: Peter O'Leary
17 September 2006 Sydney FC 2–2 Newcastle Jets Aussie Stadium, Sydney
Zdrillic Goal 38'
Corica Goal 33' (pen.)		 Rodriguez Goal 45', 62' Attendance: 15,488
Referee: Matthew Breeze
17 September 2006 Melbourne Victory 1–0 Central Coast Mariners Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
Thompson Goal 51' Attendance: 17,617
Referee: Angelo Nardi

Round 5[]

21 September 2006 New Zealand Knights 0–1 Sydney FC North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Rudan Goal 58' Attendance: 2,764
Referee: Ben Williams
22 September 2006 Queensland Roar 0–0 Adelaide United Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Attendance: 16,143
Referee: Matthew Breeze
23 September 2006 Central Coast Mariners 1–1 Newcastle Jets Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
Hutchinson Goal 12' Griffiths Goal 84' Attendance: 8,439
Referee:
24 September 2006 Perth Glory 1–2 Melbourne Victory Members Equity Stadium, Perth
Tarka Goal 90' Muscat Goal 72' (pen.)
Caceres Goal 54'		 Attendance: 7,983
Referee: Peter Green

Round 6[]

28 September 2006 New Zealand Knights 0–1 Central Coast Mariners North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Kwasnik Goal 85' (pen.) Attendance: 1,632
Referee: Peter O'Leary
29 September 2006 Newcastle Jets 0–3 Perth Glory EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
Harnwell Goal 83'
Young Goal 44', 90'		 Attendance: 7,961
Referee: Matthew Breeze
1 October 2006 Melbourne Victory 4–1 Queensland Roar Telstra Dome, Melbourne
Allsopp Goal 82'
Muscat Goal 22' (pen.), 56' (pen.)
Fred Goal 11'		 Milicic Goal 16' Attendance: 25,921
Referee:
2 October 2006 Adelaide United 1–4 Sydney FC Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Burns Goal 54' Carbone Goal 85'
Petrovski Goal 80'
Dodd Goal 57' (o.g.)
Zadkovich Goal 36'		 Attendance: 15,119
Referee: Mark Shield

Round 7[]

6 October 2006 Adelaide United 3–1 Central Coast Mariners Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Burns Goal 90'
Rees Goal 58'
Veart Goal 25'		 Mori Goal 38' Attendance: 10,493
Referee: Ben Williams
6 October 2006 Perth Glory 1–0 New Zealand Knights Members Equity Stadium, Perth
Young Goal 37' Attendance: 7,309
Referee: Craig Zetter
8 October 2006 Sydney FC 1–1 Queensland Roar Aussie Stadium, Sydney
Ceccoli Goal 45' Dilevski Goal 15' Attendance: 17,274
Referee: Matthew Breeze
8 October 2006 Newcastle Jets 0–2 Melbourne Victory EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
Allsopp Goal 69', 90' Attendance: 4,635
Referee: Peter Green

Round 8[]

13 October 2006 Central Coast Mariners 3–1 Sydney FC Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
Mori Goal 52', 90'
O'Grady Goal 40'		 Carbone Goal 12' Attendance: 11,567
Referee:
14 October 2006 Newcastle Jets 3–0 New Zealand Knights EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
Rodriguez Goal 90+1'
Musialik Goal 86'
North Goal 72'		 Attendance: 5,275
Referee: Peter Green
15 October 2006 Melbourne Victory 0–1 Adelaide United Telstra Dome, Melbourne
Owens Goal 83' Attendance: 32,368
Referee: Matthew Breeze
15 October 2006 Perth Glory 1–2 Queensland Roar Members Equity Stadium, Perth
Young Goal 2' Vidosic Goal 53'
Milicic Goal 14'		 Attendance: 9,978
Referee: Ben Williams

Round 9[]

20 October 2006 Central Coast Mariners 2–1 Perth Glory Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
Pondeljak Goal 2', 87' Despotovski Goal 58' Attendance: 8,496
Referee: Matthew Breeze
21 October 2006 Sydney FC 1–2 Melbourne Victory Aussie Stadium, Sydney
Corica Goal 9' Thompson Goal 50', 73' Attendance: 20,881
Referee: Mark Shield
22 October 2006 Queensland Roar 0–1 Newcastle Jets Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Coveny Goal 34' Attendance: 16,061
Referee: Peter O'Leary
22 October 2006 Adelaide United 4–2 New Zealand Knights Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Dodd Goal 84'
Petta Goal 56'
Veart Goal 36'
Burns Goal 23'		 van Dommele Goal 71' (o.g.)
Hickey Goal 65'		 Attendance: 11,600
Referee: Angelo Nardi

Round 10[]

27 October 2006 New Zealand Knights 0–4 Melbourne Victory North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Allsopp Goal 72'
Caceres Goal 59'
Thompson Goal 57'
Fred Goal 9'		 Attendance: 2,357
Referee:
27 October 2006 Newcastle Jets 2–1 Adelaide United EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
Carle Goal 90'
Coveny Goal 26'		 Veart Goal 37' (pen.) Attendance: 10,895
Referee: Matthew Breeze
28 October 2006 Queensland Roar 1–1 Central Coast Mariners Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Reinaldo Goal 49' Mori Goal 21' Attendance: 13,727
Referee: Mark Shield
29 October 2006 Sydney FC 1–1 Perth Glory Aussie Stadium, Sydney
Zdrillic Goal 15' Glavas Goal 75' Attendance: 12,316
Referee: Ben Williams

Round 11[]

3 November 2006 Melbourne Victory 3–3 Central Coast Mariners Telstra Dome, Melbourne
Allsopp Goal 4', 68'
Thompson Goal 10'		 McMaster Goal 6'
Petrie Goal 11'
Kwasnik Goal 23' (pen.)		 Attendance: 28,118
Referee: Peter Green
4 November 2006 Newcastle Jets 1–1 Sydney FC EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
Brown Goal 86' Zdrillic Goal 14' Attendance: 8,493
Referee: Mark Shield
5 November 2006 Adelaide United 3–2 Perth Glory Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Veart Goal 8'
Owens Goal 24'
Kemp Goal 57'		 Saric Goal 14'
Despotovski Goal 45+2'		 Attendance: 11,032
Referee: Matthew Breeze
5 November 2006 New Zealand Knights 1–0 Queensland Roar North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Ognenovski Goal 7' (o.g.) Attendance: 2,675
Referee: Craig Zetter

Round 12[]

9 November 2006 Melbourne Victory 1–0 Perth Glory Telstra Dome, Melbourne
Brebner Goal 88' Attendance: 22,890
Referee: Craig Zetter
10 November 2006 Sydney FC 4–0 New Zealand Knights Aussie Stadium, Sydney
Petrovski Goal 37', 53'
Zdrillic Goal 65'
Carney Goal 89'		 Attendance: 9,871
Referee: Angelo Nardi
11 November 2006 Queensland Roar 0–1 Adelaide United Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Dodd Goal 62' Attendance: 14,154
Referee: Ben Williams
11 November 2006 Newcastle Jets 3–1 Central Coast Mariners EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
Bridge Goal 6'
Carle Goal 17'
Rodriguez Goal 79'		 Mori Goal 40' Attendance: 14,026
Referee: Matthew Breeze

Round 13[]

17 November 2006 Queensland Roar 0–2 Melbourne Victory Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Packer Goal 18' (o.g.)
Thompson Goal 46'		 Attendance: 14,797
Referee:
18 November 2006 Perth Glory 2–1 Newcastle Jets Members Equity Stadium, Perth
Harnwell Goal 38'
Glavaš Goal 90+4'		 Carle Goal 77' (pen.) Attendance: 7,315
Referee: Angelo Nardi
19 November 2006 New Zealand Knights 0–2 Central Coast Mariners North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Mori Goal 65'
Mrdja Goal 90+5'		 Attendance: 2,139
Referee: Peter Green
19 November 2006 Sydney FC 2–1 Adelaide United Aussie Stadium, Sydney
Talay Goal 15' (pen.)
Rudan Goal 22'		 Aloisi Goal 9' Attendance: 14,308
Referee: Matthew Breeze

Round 14[]

24 November 2006 Sydney FC 3–0 Queensland Roar Aussie Stadium, Sydney
Talay Goal 23' (pen.)
Corica Goal 64'
Middleby Goal 89'		 Attendance: 12,718
Referee: Ben Williams
25 November 2006 Central Coast Mariners 2–0 Adelaide United Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
Kwasnik Goal 55'
Petrie Goal 59'		 Attendance: 13,119
Referee: Mark Shield
26 November 2006 Perth Glory 4–1 New Zealand Knights Members Equity Stadium, Perth
Harnwell Goal 10', 42', 60'
Despotovski Goal 83'		 Hickey Goal 3' Attendance: 6,251
Referee:
26 November 2006 Melbourne Victory 0–1 Newcastle Jets Telstra Dome, Melbourne
Rodriguez Goal 61' Attendance: 27,753
Referee: Matthew Breeze

Round 15[]

1 December 2006 Adelaide United 1–3 Melbourne Victory Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Fernando Goal 42' Muscat Goal 16' (pen.)
Allsopp Goal 61'
Fred Goal 86'		 Attendance: 16,378
Referee: Mark Shield
2 December 2006 Queensland Roar 1–0 Perth Glory Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
McKay Goal 80' Attendance: 11,237
Referee: Craig Zetter
3 December 2006 New Zealand Knights 1–1 Newcastle Jets North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Marcina Goal 29' (pen.) Griffiths Goal 13' Attendance: 2,039
Referee: Peter O’Leary
3 December 2006 Central Coast Mariners 0–0 Sydney FC Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
Attendance: 12,457
Referee: Matthew Breeze

Round 16[]

7 December 2006 Queensland Roar 0–3 Newcastle Jets Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Bridge Goal 9', 77'
Griffiths Goal 53'		 Attendance: 10,040
Referee: Matthew Breeze
8 December 2006 Melbourne Victory 0–0 Sydney FC Telstra Dome, Melbourne
Attendance: 50,333
Referee: Mark Shield
10 December 2006 Central Coast Mariners 1–0 Perth Glory Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
Kwasnik Goal 12' Attendance: 8,089
Referee: Peter O’Leary
10 December 2006 Adelaide United 1–1 New Zealand Knights Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Owens Goal 72' Gao Goal 18' Attendance: 11,548
Referee: Angelo Nardi

Round 17[]

14 December 2006 Sydney FC 1–0 Perth Glory Aussie Stadium, Sydney
Brosque Goal 80' Attendance: 11,816
Referee:
15 December 2006 Adelaide United 3–2 Newcastle Jets Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Romário Goal 15'
Fernando Goal 60'
Owens Goal 78'		 Bridge Goal 59'
Thompson Goal 67'		 Attendance: 12,214
Referee: Mark Shield
16 December 2006 Central Coast Mariners 2–3 Queensland Roar Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
Kwasnik Goal 29' (pen.), 77' (pen.) Griffin Goal 40'
Vidosic Goal 63', 80'		 Attendance: 7,132
Referee: Matthew Breeze
17 December 2006 Melbourne Victory 4–0 New Zealand Knights Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
Allsopp Goal 35', 45'
Caceres Goal 39'
Thompson Goal 45+3'		 Attendance: 15,563
Referee: Angelo Nardi

Round 18[]

28 December 2006 Perth Glory 0–0 Adelaide United Members Equity Stadium, Perth
Attendance: 8,226
Referee: Ben Williams
29 December 2006 New Zealand Knights 3–1 Queensland Roar North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Tambouras Goal 14'
Emblen Goal 52'
Marcina Goal 56'		 Milicic Goal 80' Attendance: 1,903
Referee: Peter O’Leary
31 December 2006 Central Coast Mariners 1–2 Melbourne Victory Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
Kwasnik Goal 52' Fred Goal 23'
Thompson Goal 26'		 Attendance: 15404
Referee: Mark Shield
1 January 2007 Newcastle Jets 0–2 Sydney FC EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
Brosque Goal 46'
Petrovski Goal 90+1'		 Attendance: 20,980
Referee: Matthew Breeze

Round 19[]

4 January 2007 Adelaide United 0–1 Queensland Roar Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Reinaldo Goal 52' Attendance: 10,435
Referee: Matthew Breeze
5 January 2007 Newcastle Jets 1–0 Central Coast Mariners EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
Rodriguez Goal 25' Attendance: 14,828
Referee: Mark Shield
7 January 2007 Sydney FC 0–1 New Zealand Knights Aussie Stadium, Sydney
Bunce Goal 16' Attendance: 16,040
Referee:
7 January 2007 Perth Glory 2–2 Melbourne Victory Members Equity Stadium, Perth
Harnwell Goal 29'
Byrnes Goal 43' (o.g.)		 Sarkies Goal 58', 76' Attendance: 6,462
Referee: Peter Green

Round 20[]

11 January 2007 Central Coast Mariners 0–0 New Zealand Knights Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
Attendance: 10,637
Referee: Ben Williams
12 January 2006 Melbourne Victory 1–2 Queensland Roar Telstra Dome, Melbourne
Thompson Goal 79' Mori Goal 18'
Vidosic Goal 90+2'		 Attendance: 28,937
Referee: Mark Shield
14 January 2007 Adelaide United 1–0 Sydney FC Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Fernando Goal 89' Attendance: 14,704
Referee: Matthew Breeze
14 January 2007 Perth Glory 3–3 Newcastle Jets Members Equity Stadium, Perth
Colosimo Goal 43' (pen.)
Harnwell Goal 78'
Magdic Goal 81'		 Carle Goal 12'
Griffiths Goal 90+1', 90+4'		 Attendance: 7,904
Referee:

Round 21[]

19 January 2007 Newcastle Jets 4–0 Melbourne Victory EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
Bridge Goal 36', 48'
Coveny Goal 51'
Griffiths Goal 73'		 Attendance: 19,601
Referee: Matthew Breeze
20 January 2007 Queensland Roar 1–1 Sydney FC Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Mori Goal 20' Brosque Goal 13' Attendance: 32,371
Referee: Mark Shield
21 January 2007 New Zealand Knights 2–0 Perth Glory North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Emblen Goal 32'
Buari Goal 40'		 Attendance: 4,936
Referee:
21 January 2007 Central Coast Mariners 1–3 Adelaide United Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
Pondeljak Goal 77' Burns Goal 10', 49', 66' Attendance: 8,128
Referee:

Finals series[]

Melbourne Victory celebrating their 2007 A-League Grand Final victory.
  Semi Finals Preliminary Final Grand Final
    L1 L2    
    28 January & 4 February                        
1 Melbourne Victory 0 2     18 February
2 Adelaide United 0 1     11 February       1 Melbourne Victory 6
    2 Adelaide United (pso) 1 (4)   2 Adelaide United 0
  26 January & 2 February   3 Newcastle Jets 1 (3)  
3 Newcastle Jets 1 2
4 Sydney FC 2 0  
26 January 2007 Minor Semi Final – Leg 1 Sydney FC 2–1 Newcastle Jets Aussie Stadium, Sydney
20:00 UTC+11 Brosque Goal 15'
Milligan Goal 30'		 Rodriguez Goal 71' Attendance: 21,112
Referee: Peter Green
28 January 2007 Major Semi Final – Leg 1 Adelaide United 0–0 Melbourne Victory Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
17:30 UTC+10.30 Attendance: 15,575
Referee:
2 February 2007 Minor Semi Final – Leg 2 Newcastle Jets 2–0 Sydney FC EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
20:00 UTC+11
Attendance: 24,338
Referee: Matthew Breeze
4 February 2007 Major Semi Final – Leg 2 Melbourne Victory 2–1 Adelaide United Telstra Dome, Melbourne
18:00 UTC+11 Allsopp Goal 48'
Robinson Goal 90+2'		 Dodd Goal 4' Attendance: 47,413
Referee: Mark Shield
11 February 2007 Preliminary Final Adelaide United 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(4–3 p)		 Newcastle Jets Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
17:30 UTC+10.30 Veart Goal 57' Coveny Goal 74' Attendance: 13,798
Referee: Matthew Breeze
Penalties
See also: 2007 A-League Grand Final
18 February 2007 Grand Final Melbourne Victory 6–0 Adelaide United Telstra Dome, Melbourne
18:00 UTC+11
  • Thompson Goal 20', 29', 39', 56', 72'
  • Sarkies Goal 90+3'
 Attendance: 55,436
Referee: Mark Shield

The Asian Football Confederation announced on 21 November 2006 that Adelaide United and Sydney FC would represent Australia in the 2007 AFC Champions League. Despite an appeal by the Football Federation Australia, it was determined that the 2005–06 A-League premiers and champions would qualify and not those from the current season.[24]

The AFC also indicated that the qualification arrangements would not be reviewed prior to 2009. The FFA have indicated that the premiers and champions of A-League 2006–07 will qualify for the 2008 AFC Champions League – establishing a precedent of maintaining a one-year lag between qualification and participation.

Season statistics[]

Leading goalscorers[]

Player Team Goals
Archie Thompson Melbourne Victory 15
Daniel Allsopp Melbourne Victory 12
Damian Mori Central Coast Mariners (6), Queensland Roar (2) 8
Mark Bridge Newcastle Jets 8
Adam Kwasnik Central Coast Mariners 7
Jamie Harnwell Perth Glory 7

Most yellow cards[]

Player Team Yellow Cards
Adrian Leijer Melbourne Victory 7
Nick Carle Newcastle Jets 6
Andrew Durante Newcastle Jets 6
Kevin Muscat Melbourne Victory 5
Terry McFlynn Sydney FC 5
Simon Colosimo Perth Glory 5

Attendances[]

Team Hosted Average High Low Total
Melbourne Victory 11 27,728 50,333 15,563 305,011
Queensland Roar 10 16,465 32,371 10,040 164,653
Sydney FC 10 14,999 20,881 9,871 149,986
Adelaide United 11 12,162 16,378 8,785 133,782
Newcastle Jets 10 11,442 20,980 4,635 114,420
Central Coast Mariners 11 9,828 15,404 4,644 108,112
Perth Glory 10 7,671 9,978 6,251 76,709
New Zealand Knights 11 3,014 7,304 1,632 33,156
{{{T9}}} 0 0 0 0 0
{{{T10}}} 0 0 0 0 0
{{{T11}}} 0 0 0 0 0
{{{T12}}} 0 0 0 0 0
League total 84 12,927 50,333 1,632 1,085,829

Highest attendances[]

  • 55,436: Melbourne Victory vs Adelaide United, 18 February 2007 (Grand Final)
  • 50,333: Melbourne Victory vs Sydney FC, 8 December 2006 (Round 16)
  • 47,413: Melbourne Victory vs Adelaide United, 4 February 2007 (Finals Week 2)
  • 39,730: Melbourne Victory vs Sydney FC, 2 September 2006 (Round 2)
  • 32,371: Queensland Roar vs Sydney FC, 20 January 2007 (Round 21)

Awards[]

The 2007 A-League Awards ceremony was held on 27 February 2007 at the Sydney Opera House.[25]

  • Johnny Warren Medal (Player of the Year): Nick Carle (Newcastle Jets)
  • Joe Marston Medal (Best player in Grand Final) Archie Thompson (Melbourne Victory)
  • Rising Star (Young Player of the Year): Adrian Leijer (Melbourne Victory)
  • Coach of the Year: Ernie Merrick (Melbourne Victory)
  • Golden Boot Award (Most Goals in Season): Danny Allsopp (v – 11 goals) (Melbourne Victory)
  • Fair Play Award: Perth Glory
  • Referee of the Year: Mark Shield

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Notes[]

  1. ^ Wilkinson replaced Spencer as captain mid-season
  2. ^ Yorke was released from his marquee deal early by Sydney FC to join Sunderland in September 2006.[20]

References[]

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  5. ^ "Dodd Gets The Nod As Skipper". FTBL. 31 July 2008. Ross Aloisi taking over as the club’s first Hyundai A-League captain and then Valkanis acquiring the role prior to the 2007/08 season.
  6. ^ "Vidmar announces retirement". ABC News. 14 February 2008. Vidmar joined the Mariners as a marquee signing in the 2006-07 season
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  10. ^ "Archie Thompson, Adrian Leijer sign new deals with Melbourne Victory". The Guardian. 2 May 2014. Victory's first ever signing, and scorer, will join up with new marquee Besart Berisha next season, after agreeing a new deal with the club that takes him inside the salary cap
  11. ^ "Kevin Muscat appointed as new Melbourne Victory coach". The Guardian. 31 October 2013. Phoenix’s Ernie Merrick was the Victory's inaugural coach and Muscat the club's inaugural captain
  12. ^ "Victory youngster in line for debut". The Sydney Morning Herald. 6 January 2007. Scottish midfielder Grant Brebner will captain the side in the absence of captain Muscat and vice-captain Thompson.
  13. ^ "SOCCER: Knights stars face cream of the Bay". The New Zealand Herald. 15 June 2006. Knights unveil their marquee signing for the 2006/07 season. Son of the legendary Archie Gemmill, [Scot Gemmill]
  14. ^ "Mariners escape with controversial win". ABC News. 28 September 2006. ...from New Zealand captain Darren Bazeley...
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  16. ^ Cockerill, Michael (14 December 2006). "Sydney stars on the radar as Smith goes Glory seeking". The Sydney Morning Herald. One player who will still be at the Glory next season is marquee signing Stan Lazaridis
  17. ^ "Harnwell named Glory captain". The Sydney Morning Herald. 6 May 2005.
  18. ^ "Roar name inaugural captain". ABC News. 3 May 2005. A-League club Queensland Roar have named Chad Gibson as their inaugural captain...
  19. ^ "Yorke goes Down Under". The Guardian. 30 June 2005. The former Manchester United, Aston Villa, Blackburn and Birmingham striker is Sydney's marquee player
  20. ^ "Yorke confirms Sunderland move". The Sydney Morning Herald. 1 September 2006.
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  22. ^ "Butcher blows stack after star floored, Rudan sent off". The Sydney Morning Herald. 3 September 2006. a 14th-minute send-off of Sydney captain Mark Rudan...
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  25. ^ Nick Carle takes out Johnny Warren Medal Archived 17 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine, A-League, 27 February 2007.

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