2006–07 in Australian soccer

Soccer in Australia
Season	2006–07
Men's soccer
A-League Championship	Melbourne Victory
A-League Premiership	Melbourne Victory
A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup	Adelaide United

The following article is a summary of the 2006–07 football season in Australia, which was the 2nd season following the formation of the A-League.

A-League[]

The 2006–07 A-League season began on 25 August 2006 and ended on 18 February 2007.

Regular season[]

Pos	Team v t	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	Finals Series and 2008 AFC Champions League Group stage
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]	Finals Series
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:

^ Sydney FC were penalised three competition points following round 18 due to salary cap breaches which occurred during the 2005–06 season
^ New Zealand Knights cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Finals[]

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

A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup[]

The 2006 A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup began on 15 July 2006 and ended on 19 August 2006

Group stage[]

Group A


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Central Coast Mariners	4	2	2	0	5	2	+3	8	Advance to semifinals
2	Adelaide United	4	2	2	0	2	0	+2	8	Advance to semifinals
3	Melbourne Victory	4	1	1	2	5	7	–2	6
4	Perth Glory	4	0	2	2	2	6	–4	2

Group B


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sydney FC	4	3	1	0	7	2	+5	12	Advance to semifinals
2	Newcastle Jets	4	0	2	2	4	6	–2	3	Advance to semifinals
3	New Zealand Knights	4	0	3	1	2	3	–1	3
4	Queensland Roar	4	0	3	1	2	3	–1	3

Finals[]

Playoffs			Finals

				Grand final
A1	Central Coast Mariners	2		Central Coast Mariners	1 (4)
B2	Newcastle Jets	1		Adelaide United (pen.)	1 (5)

				Third place playoff
A2	Adelaide United	2		Sydney FC	2
B1	Sydney FC	1		Newcastle Jets	0

				Fifth place playoff
A3	Melbourne Victory (pen.)	0 (4)		Melbourne Victory	1
B4	Queensland Roar	0 (2)		Perth Glory	0

				Seventh place playoff
A4	Perth Glory	1		New Zealand Knights	1
B3	New Zealand Knights	0		Queensland Roar	2

Asian Champions League[]

The 2006 AFC Champions League began on 7 March 2007 and ended on 14 November 2007. Adelaide United and Sydney FC represented Australia in the competition, 2005–06 A-League Premiers and Champions, respectively.

Adelaide United[]

7 March 2007 Group stage	Adelaide United	0–1	Shandong Luneng Taishan	Adelaide, Australia
		Report	Valkanis 47' (o.g.)	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 7,645 Referee: Satop Tongkhan (Thailand)

21 March 2007 Group stage	Gach Dong Tam Long An	0–2	Adelaide United	Tân An, Vietnam
		Report	Fernando 18' Dodd 30'	Stadium: Long An Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Ali Saleem (Maldives)

11 April 2007 Group stage	Adelaide United	2–2	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	Adelaide, Australia
	Fernando 48' Djite 55'	Report	Kim 57' Mota 75'	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 9,093 Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)

25 April 2007 Group stage	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	1–0	Adelaide United	Seongnam, South Korea
	Sung-Kuk 29'	Report		Stadium: Seongnam 2 Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Muhsen Basma (Syria)

9 May 2007 Group stage	Shandong Luneng Taishan	2–2	Adelaide United	Jinan, China
	Li 39' Chang 56'	Report	Fernando 36' (pen.) Burns 48'	Stadium: Shandong Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)

23 May 2007 Group stage	Adelaide United	3–0	Gach Dong Tam Long An	Adelaide, Australia
	Dodd 7', 22', 49'	Report		Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 6,917 Referee: (Singapore)

Sydney FC[]

7 March 2007 Group stage	Shanghai Shenhua	1–2	Sydney FC	Shanghai, China
	Xie Hui 78'	Report	Steve Corica 8' Ufuk Talay 23'	Stadium: Yuanshen Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Lee Gi-Young (South Korea)

21 March 2007 Group stage	Sydney FC	2–2	Urawa Red Diamonds	Sydney, Australia
	David Carney 1' Ufuk Talay 23' (pen.)	Report	Robson Ponte 30' Yuichiro Nagai 55'	Stadium: Aussie Stadium Attendance: 21,010 Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)

12 April 2007 Group stage	Persik Kediri	2–1	Sydney FC	Surakarta, Indonesia
	25' Budi Sudarsono 70'	Report	Steve Corica 8'	Stadium: Manahan Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Abdullah Balideh (Qatar)

25 April 2007 Group stage	Sydney FC	3–0	Persik Kediri	Sydney, Australia
	Steve Corica 54', 90' Alex Brosque 73'	Report		Stadium: Parramatta Stadium Attendance: 10,075 Referee: (Vietnam)

9 May 2007 Group stage	Sydney FC	0–0	Shanghai Shenhua	Sydney, Australia
		(Report 1 2)		Stadium: Aussie Stadium Attendance: 14,786 Referee: (Singapore)

23 May 2007 Group stage	Urawa Red Diamonds	0–0	Sydney FC	Saitama, Japan
		Report		Stadium: Saitama Stadium Attendance: 44,793 Referee: Fareed Al-Marzouqi (United Arab Emirates)

National teams[]

Men's senior[]

Friendlies[]

The following is a list of friendlies played by the men's senior national team in 2006–07.

7 October 2006	Australia	1–1	Paraguay	Brisbane, Australia
	Popovic 88'	Report	Beauchamp 90+2' (o.g.)	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 47,609 Referee: (Japan)

14 November 2006	Australia	1–1	Ghana	London, England
	Aloisi 25' (pen.)	Report	Agogo 75'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 14,379 Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)

6 February 2007	Australia	1–3	Denmark	London, England
	Emerton 85'	Report	Tomasson 5', 38' Jensen 28'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 12,476 Referee: Rob Styles (England)

24 March 2007	China PR	0–2	Australia	Guangzhou, China
		Report	Holman 8' Bresciano 28'	Stadium: Yuexiushan Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: (Hong Kong)

2 June 2007	Australia	1–2	Uruguay	Sydney, Australia
	Sterjovski 6'	Report	Forlán 40' Recoba 77'	Stadium: Telstra Stadium Attendance: 61,795 Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)

30 June 2007	Singapore	0–3	Australia	Kallang, Singapore
		Report	Viduka 55', 88' Kewell 76'	Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)

AFC Asian Cup qualification[]

16 August 2006 Qualifying round	Australia	2–0	Kuwait	Sydney, Australia
	Dodd 75' Petrovski 86'			Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium Attendance: 32,622 Referee: (China)

6 September 2006 Qualifying round	Kuwait	2–0	Australia	Kuwait City, Kuwait
	55' Al-Mutwa 60'			Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)

11 October 2006 Qualifying round	Australia	2–0	Bahrain	Sydney, Australia
	Aloisi 17' Bresciano 23'	Report		Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium Attendance: 37,000 Referee: (United Arab Emirates)

Men's under-23[]

Friendlies[]

The following is a list of friendlies played by the men's senior national team in 2006–07.

18 February 2007 Lunar New Year Cup semifinal	China PR	2–0	Australia	Hong Kong
	Cornthwaite 7' (o.g.) Jiang 87'	Report		Stadium: Hong Kong Stadium Attendance: 14,633

Olympic qualification[]

7 February 2007 Preliminary Round 1	Australia	11–0	Chinese Taipei	Adelaide, Australia
19:00 UTC+09:30	Milligan 4' Burns 10' Sarkies 45', 63', 84', 89' Djite 48' Stanley 62', 78' Cornthwaite 81' Vidošić 90'	Report		Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 1,459 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)

14 February 2007 Preliminary Round 1	Chinese Taipei	0–1 (0–12 agg.)	Australia	Taipei
18:00 UTC+08:00		Report	Milligan 66'	Stadium: Zhongshan Soccer Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: (Malaysia)

28 February 2007 Preliminary Round 2	Iran	0–0	Australia	Tehran, Iran
15:00 UTC+03:30		Report		Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Abdullah Balideh (Qatar)

14 March 2007 Preliminary Round 2	Australia	1–1	Jordan	Adelaide, Australia
19:00 UTC+10:30	Sarkies 58'	Report	Abdel-Halim 86'	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 1,296 Referee: (Thailand)

28 March 2007 Preliminary Round 2	Australia	2–0	Saudi Arabia	Adelaide, Australia
19:00 UTC+10:30	Topor-Stanley 73' Sarkies 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 3,434 Referee: Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore)

18 April 2007 Preliminary Round 2	Saudi Arabia	2–1	Australia	Dammam, Saudi Arabia
20:30 UTC+03:00	Al-Bishi 60' (pen.) Al-Salem 67'	Report	Bridge 45+2'	Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

16 May 2007 Preliminary Round 2	Australia	3–1	Iran	Adelaide, Australia
19:00 UTC+09:30	Downes 3' Bridge 42' (pen.) Troisi 52'	Report	Amraei 4'	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 6,750 Referee: Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli (Kuwait)

6 June 2007 Preliminary Round 2	Jordan	0–4	Australia	Amman, Jordan
18:30 UTC+02:00		Report	Williams 54', 73' 66' Vidošić 90+2'	Stadium: King Abdullah Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Jasim Karim (Bahrain)

Men's under-20[]

Friendlies[]

The following is a list of friendlies played by the men's senior national team in 2006–07.

9 August 2006	Argentina	0–0	Australia	Buenos Aires, Argentina
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Julio Humberto Grondona

12 August 2006	Chile	1–1	Australia	Santiago, Chile
	57'	Report	Djite 71'	Stadium: Estadio Bicentenario de La Florida

14 August 2006	Chile	2–2	Australia	Santiago, Chile
	70' 87'	Report	Bozanic 25', 32'

17 January 2007 Australian Youth Olympic Festival	Australia	0–1	South Korea	Sydney, Australia
		Report	Yoon Bit-garam 8'

18 January 2007 Australian Youth Olympic Festival	Australia	3–3	Japan	Sydney, Australia
	Ryall 37' Naidovski 58' Jesic 90+1'	Report	Marutani 40' Kiyotake 45+1' Yamamoto 63'

20 January 2007 Australian Youth Olympic Festival	Australia	1–0	China PR	Sydney, Australia
	Naidovski 4'	Report

AFF U-20 Youth Championship[]

13 September 2006	Thailand	0–3	Australia	Kuantan, Malaysia
		Report	Djite 1' Downey 79' Burns 90+2'	Stadium: Darul Makmur Stadium

15 September 2006	Australia	4–0	Vietnam	Kuantan, Malaysia
	Berger 10' Hearfield 48' Burns 53' Elrich 76'	Report		Stadium: Darul Makmur Stadium

17 September 2006	Malaysia	0–1	Australia	Kuantan, Malaysia
		Report	Vidošić 29'	Stadium: Darul Makmur Stadium

AFC Youth Championship[]

30 October 2006 Group stage	China PR	1–0	Australia	Kolkata, India
16:00 IST	Xu 65'			Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: (Kuwait)

1 November 2006 Group stage	Australia	3–1	Thailand	Kolkata, India
16:00 IST	Burns 26' 90+2' Vidosic 33' (pen.)	Report	Phukom 40' (pen.)	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)

3 November 2006 Group stage	Australia	2–0	United Arab Emirates	Kolkata, India
14:45 IST	Williams 14', 31'	Report		Stadium: Municipal Corporation Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

6 November 2006 Quarterfinal	South Korea	2–1	Australia	Kolkata, India
16:00 IST	Song Jin-hyung 10', 36'	Report	Grossman 18'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Muhsen Basma (Syria)

Women's senior[]

Friendlies[]

The following is a list of friendlies played by the women's senior national team in 2006–07.

29 October 2006 Peace Queen Cup group stage	Netherlands	0–1	Australia	Gimhae, South Korea
		Report	Walsh 65'	Stadium: Gimhae Stadium Attendance: 13,800 Referee: Cha Sung Mi (South Korea)

31 October 2006 Peace Queen Cup group stage	Australia	0–2	United States	Cheonan, South Korea
		Report	Lilly 20' Kai 35'	Stadium: Cheonan Stadium Attendance: 8,215 Referee: Kim Eun Jin (South Korea)

2 November 2006 Peace Queen Cup group stage	Australia	1–2	Denmark	Suwon, South Korea
	Munoz 69'	Report	13' Rasmussen 81'	Stadium: Suwon World Cup Stadium Attendance: 2,350 Referee: Shin Hwa Yeon (South Korea)

19 November 2006	Japan	1–0	Australia	Tokyo, Japan
	Nagasato 51'	Report		Stadium: Attendance: 4,093 Referee: Deng Junxia (China)

AFC Women's Asian Cup[]

16 July 2006 Group stage	Australia	4–0	South Korea	Adelaide, Australia
	30' (o.g.) Walsh 66' Munoz 75' De Vanna 87'	Report		Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Bentla D'Coth (India)

18 July 2006 Group stage	Australia	2–0	Myanmar	Adelaide, Australia
	Shipard 31' De Vanna 77'	Report		Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Dongqing Zhang (China)

22 July 2006 Group stage	Australia	0–0	North Korea	Adelaide, Australia
		Report		Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Mayumi Oiwa (Japan)

24 July 2006 Group stage	Australia	5–0	Thailand	Adelaide, Australia
	Ferguson 3' Burgess 27' Walsh 53' Gill 62' De Vanna 81'	Report		Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Hong Eun-Ah (South Korea)

27 July 2006 Semifinal	Australia	2–0	Japan	Adelaide, Australia
	Munoz 10' Peters 45'	Report		Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Jenny Palmqvist (Sweden)

27 July 2006 Final	Australia	2–2 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	China PR	Adelaide, Australia
	Munoz 29' Peters 33'	Report	Han Duan 68' Ma Xiaoxu 73'	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Mayumi Oiwa (Japan)
	Penalties
	McCallum Shipard Peters Ferguson		Ma Xiaoxu Bi Yan Li Jie Han Duan

Olympic qualification[]

21 February 2007 First round	Australia	2–0	Myanmar	Taipei, Taiwan
	Walsh 9', 55'	Report		Stadium: Zhongshan Soccer Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Sachiko Baba (Japan)

23 February 2007 First round	Uzbekistan	0–10	Australia	Taipei, Taiwan
		Report	Gill 3' Slatyer 14' Colthorpe 18' 57', 81' Small 25' Walsh 27' Garriock 52' Davies 57' Walsh 15' McCallum 59', 83' Harch 75'	Stadium: Zhongshan Soccer Stadium Referee: Etsuko Fukano (Japan)

25 February 2007 First round	Chinese Taipei	1–8	Australia	Taipei, Taiwan
	Pei-Wen Tsai 35'	Report	Gill 14', 26', 44', 49', 90' Walsh 29' Peters 72' Small 83'	Stadium: Zhongshan Soccer Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Bentla D'Coth (India)

7 April 2007 Final round	Australia	15–0	Hong Kong	Coffs Harbour, Australia
	Walsh 10', 12' McCallum 16', 43', 54' Gill 26', 52', 72', 74', 89' Peters 33' Burgess 56' Small 72' Salisbury 85', 87'	Report		Stadium: Coffs Harbour International Stadium Attendance: 1,511 Referee: Mayumi Oiwa (Japan)

15 April 2007 Final round	Chinese Taipei	0–10	Australia	Taipei, Taiwan
		Report	Gill 6', 28', 29' Walsh 18', 32', 45' Peters 42', 57' Salisbury 81' Burgess 83'	Stadium: Zhongshan Soccer Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Etsuko Fukano (Japan)

3 June 2007 Final round	North Korea	2–0	Australia	Pyongyang, North Korea
	Ri Kum-suk 35', 55' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Yanggakdo Stadium Attendance: 3,100 Referee: Huijin Niu (China)

10 June 2007 Final round	Australia	0–2	North Korea	Coffs Harbour, Australia
		Report	Ri Kum-suk 60' Kim Kyong-hwa 69'	Stadium: Coffs Harbour International Stadium Attendance: 2,121 Referee: Sachiko Baba (Japan)

Women's under-20[]

FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship[]

17 August 2006 Group stage	New Zealand	0–3	Australia	Saint Petersburg, Russia
		Report	McCallum 39', 80' Shipard 90+2'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Gyöngyi Gaál (Hungary)

20 August 2006 Group stage	Brazil	2–0	Australia	Saint Petersburg, Russia
	Francielle 41' (pen.) Fabiana 69'	Report		Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 700 Referee: (United States)

23 August 2006 Group stage	Australia	1–1	Russia	Moscow, Russia
	Brogan 85'	Report	Kozhnikova 75'	Stadium: Torpedo Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Christine Baitinger (Germany)

Women's under-17[]

Friendlies[]

The following is a list of friendlies played by the women's under-17 national team in 2006–07.

17 January 2007 Australian Youth Olympic Festival	Australia	1–2	South Korea	Sydney, Australia
	Hogben 88'	Report	Ji So-yun 51', 74'	Stadium:

18 January 2007 Australian Youth Olympic Festival	Australia	1–0	Japan	Sydney, Australia
		Report	Simon 68'

20 January 2007 Australian Youth Olympic Festival	Australia	2–1	China PR	Sydney, Australia
	Kingsley 53' Butt 73' (pen.)	Report	Zhao 48'

AFC U-16 Women's Championship[]

10 March 2007 Group stage	South Korea	3–1	Australia	Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
	Park Hee-young 51' 53' 58'	Report	Simon 61'	Stadium: Petaling Jaya Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: (Thailand)

12 March 2007 Group stage	Australia	0–0	China PR	Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
		Report		Stadium: Petaling Jaya Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: (North Korea)

Retirements[]

21 November 2006: Geoffrey Claeys, 32, former Belgium and Melbourne Victory defender.^[1]
16 May 2007: Carl Veart, 36, former Australia, Adelaide City and Adelaide United forward.^[2]
19 June 2007: John Crawley, 35, former Sydney United and Central Coast Mariners goalkeeper.^[3]
21 June 2007: Paul Okon, 35, former Australia, Marconi Stallions and Newcastle Jets defender.^[4]

References[]

^ "VictoryTV - November 22, 2006". Retrieved 22 June 2020.
^ "Carl Veart retires gracefully". Sydney Morning Herald. 16 May 2007. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
^ "Out with the old, in with the new". Archived from the original on 11 March 2014.
^ "Injuries force Okon to retire". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 17 June 2020.

External links[]

Football Federation Australia official website

[table_hth_SFC0.47748661436023-1] Sydney FC were penalised three competition points following round 18 due to salary cap breaches which occurred during the 2005–06 season

[table_note_NZK0.47748661436023-2] New Zealand Knights cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

[3] "VictoryTV - November 22, 2006". Retrieved 22 June 2020.

[4] "Carl Veart retires gracefully". Sydney Morning Herald. 16 May 2007. Retrieved 17 June 2020.

[5] "Out with the old, in with the new". Archived from the original on 11 March 2014.

[6] "Injuries force Okon to retire". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 17 June 2020.

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