2006–07 A-League

30th season of top-tier soccer league in Australia October 2015 December 2019 A-League 2006–07 25 August 2006 – 18 February 2007 Melbourne Victory (1st title) Melbourne Victory (1st title) AFC Champions League Melbourne VictoryAdelaide United Archie Thompson (15 goals) Brisbane Roar 5–0 New Zealand Knights(15 September 2006) New Zealand Knights 0–4 Melbourne Victory(27 October 2006) Adelaide United 5–1 Newcastle Jets(8 September 2006)Adelaide United 4–2 New Zealand Knights(22 October 2006) 7 MatchesMelbourne Victory 9 MatchesSydney FC 84 218 8 MatchesNew Zealand Knights 8 MatchesNew Zealand Knights 50,333Melbourne Victory 0–0 Sydney FC(8 December 2006) 1,632New Zealand Knights 0–1 Central Coast Mariners(28 September 2006) 1,281,447 12,927 (12px 1972) 2005–06 2007–08 (Note: Longest runs only include regular season results) 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).http://www.a-league.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=3807&pageid=15 Historic deal for football 26 April 2006 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20060825012253/http://a-league.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=3807&pageid=15 25 August 2006 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".http://www.smh.com.au/text/articles/2006/08/25/1156012745418.html Football's new kick-start 26 August 2006 The Sydney Morning Herald June 2016 medicmedic The second season was marketed as "A-League: Version 2".http://a-league.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=4790 Version 2.0 launched 25 August 2006 dead https://archive.today/20120707053733/http://a-league.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=4790 7 July 2012 3 Clubs 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 18,500MelbourneTelstra Dome56,347 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 BRA Diego BRA Fernando CHN Qu Shengqing NED Bobby Petta BRA Romário4 Central Coast Mariners GER André Gumprecht IRE Wayne O'Sullivan ENG Jamie McMaster2MLT John Hutchinson2 Melbourne Victory BRA Alessandro BRA Fred ENG James Robinson SCO Grant Brebner BEL Geoffrey Claeys BRA Claudinho4 New Zealand Knights ENG Darren Bazeley ENG Malik Buari ENG Neil Emblen POR Dani Rodrigues BRA Fernando3CAN Alen Marcina3CHN Gao Leilei3CHN Li Yan3GHA Hamza Mohammed3IRE Sean Devine1SCO Scot Gemmill3 ENG Dean Gordon3 Newcastle Jets COL Milton Rodríguez NZL Tim Brown NZL Steven Old NZL Vaughan Coveny1 Perth Glory NZL Leo Bertos NZL Jeremy Christie NZL Danny Hay ENG Mark Lee1 ENG Stuart Young1 Queensland Roar BRA Reinaldo GER Marcus Wedau SCO Simon Lynch SUI Remo Buess CHN Zhang Yuning3SCO Stuart McLaren1KOR Seo Hyuk-su1 Sydney FC NZL Jeremy Brockie NIR Terry McFlynn CIV Jonas Salley1 ITA Benito Carbone4 TRI 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 New Zealand Knights); 2Australian residents (and New Zealand residents, in the case of New Zealand Knights) 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 CHN Qu Shengqinghttps://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/eastern-promise-arrives-right-on-qu-20050715-gdloux.html Eastern promise arrives right on Qu The Sydney Morning Herald 15 July 2005 The 30-year-old Chinese international, who has the potential to be one of the stars of the new A-League as Adelaide United's marquee signing... AUS Ross Aloisihttps://www.ftbl.com.au/news/dodd-gets-the-nod-as-skipper-118367 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. None Central Coast Mariners AUS Tony Vidmarhttps://www.abc.net.au/news/2008-02-14/vidmar-announces-retirement/1042562 Vidmar announces retirement ABC News 14 February 2008 Vidmar joined the Mariners as a marquee signing in the 2006-07 season AUS Noel Spencerhttps://www.smh.com.au/sport/mariners-announce-soccer-captain-20050415-gdl4o9.html Mariners announce soccer captain The Sydney Morning Herald 15 April 2005 AUS Alex Wilkinsonnote Wilkinson replaced Spencer as captain mid-seasonhttps://www.ccmariners.com.au/news/captain-wilkinson-promoted-centurion Captain Wilkinson promoted to Centurion Football Federation Australia Central Coast Mariners 8 February 2011 Wilkinson took the captain-s armband from an injured Noel Spencer late in the second season of the Hyundai A-League None Melbourne Victory AUS Archie Thompsonhttps://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/archie-thompson-should-play-on-after-leaving-melbourne-victory-20160430-goiuao.html Archie Thompson should play on after leaving Melbourne Victory Michael Lynch The Sydney Morning Herald 30 April 2016 As Victory's inauguaral marquee signing...https://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/may/02/archie-thompson-adrian-leijer-sign-new-deals-with-melbourne-victory 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 AUS Kevin Muscathttps://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/oct/31/kevin-muscat-new-melbourne-victory-coach 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 AUS Archie Thompsonhttps://www.smh.com.au/sport/victory-youngster-in-line-for-debut-20070106-gdp6k2.html Victory youngster in line for debut Scottish midfielder Grant Brebner will captain the side in the absence of captain Muscat and vice-captain Thompson. The Sydney Morning Herald 6 January 2007 New Zealand Knights SCO Scot Gemmillhttps://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503460&objectid=10940764 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] ENG Darren Bazeleyhttps://www.abc.net.au/news/2006-09-28/mariners-escape-with-controversial-win/1274414 Mariners escape with controversial win ABC News 28 September 2006 ...from New Zealand captain Darren Bazeley... None Newcastle Jets AUS Paul Okonhttps://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/easy-come-easy-go-okon-signs-for-jets-as-captain-zelic-quits-20060607-gdnpa8.html Easy come, easy go: Okon signs for Jets as captain Zelic quits The Sydney Morning Herald Stewart Roach 7 June 2006 AUS Paul Okon None Perth Glory AUS Stan Lazaridishttps://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/sydney-stars-on-the-radar-as-smith-goes-glory-seeking-20061214-gdp1rc.html Sydney stars on the radar as Smith goes Glory seeking Michael Cockerill The Sydney Morning Herald 14 December 2006 One player who will still be at the Glory next season is marquee signing Stan Lazaridis AUS Jamie Harnwellhttps://www.smh.com.au/sport/harnwell-named-glory-captain-20050506-gdl9jt.html Harnwell named Glory captain The Sydney Morning Herald 6 May 2005 None Queensland Roar None AUS Chad Gibsonhttps://www.abc.net.au/news/2005-05-03/roar-name-inaugural-captain/1562970 Roar name inaugural captain ABC News 3 May 2005 A-League club Queensland Roar have named Chad Gibson as their inaugural captain... None Sydney FC TRI Dwight Yorkehttps://www.theguardian.com/football/2005/jun/30/newsstory.sport1 Yorke goes Down Under The Guardian 30 June 2005 The former Manchester United, Aston Villa, Blackburn and Birmingham striker is Sydney's marquee playernote Yorke was released from his marquee deal early by Sydney FC to join Sunderland in September 2006.https://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/yorke-confirms-sunderland-move-20060901-gdoamo.html Yorke confirms Sunderland move The Sydney Morning Herald 1 September 2006 AUS Mark Rudanhttps://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/long-time-coming-for-rudan Long time coming for Rudan SBS The World Game 2 March 2006http://www.smh.com.au/news/football/butcher-blows-stack-after-star-floored-rudan-sent-off/2006/09/02/1156817152351.html 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... None Pre-Season Challenge Cup thumb|Newcastle playing Sydney in a pre-season match in Canberra 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.http://www.a-league.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=4003&pageid=11 A-League Pre-Season Schedule Confirmed 1 June 2006 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20060830214248/http://a-league.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=4003&pageid=11 30 August 2006 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 main WDL Standings Q MV Melbourne Victory AU Adelaide United NJ Newcastle Jets SFC Sydney FC QR Queensland Roar CCM Central Coast Mariners PG Perth Glory NZK New Zealand Knights 14 3 4 41 20 C 10 3 8 32 27 8 6 7 32 30 8 8 5 29 19 -3 8 5 8 25 27 6 6 9 22 26 5 5 11 24 30 5 4 12 13 39 Sydney FC were penalised three competition points following round 18 due to salary cap breaches which occurred during the 2005–06 season GS green1 Qualification for 2008 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series GS FS yellow1 Qualification for Finals series FS DB black1 Disbanded at end of season New Zealand Knights cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club. 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete ultimatealeague.com Results Round 1 25 August 2006 20:00 UTC+10 Melbourne Victory 2–0 Adelaide United Claudinho 78Muscat 29 pen. Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne 15,781 Matthew Breeze 19:30 UTC+10 26 August 2006 Queensland Roar 3–0 Perth Glory McLaren 84Vidosic 82Lynch 79 Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane 20,606 Ben Williams 16:30 UTC+12 27 August 2006 New Zealand Knights 0–0 Newcastle Jets North Harbour Stadium, Auckland 7,304 Simon Przydacz 17:00 UTC+10 27 August 2006 Sydney FC 1–0 Central Coast Mariners Fyfe 52 Aussie Stadium, Sydney 19,274 Mark Shield Round 2 1 September 2006 Newcastle Jets 2–3 Queensland Roar Bridge 40Gibson 25 o.g. Lynch 88Okon 38 o.g.Reinaldo 5 EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle 7,276 Angelo Nardi 2 September 2006 New Zealand Knights 1–0 Adelaide United Buari 84 North Harbour Stadium, Auckland 4,100 Peter Green 2 September 2006 Melbourne Victory 3–2 Sydney FC Muscat 11 pen.Allsopp 8 51 Vargas 84 o.g.Fyfe 18 Telstra Dome, Melbourne 39,730 Mark Shield 3 September 2006 Perth Glory 2–0 Central Coast Mariners Young 81Colosimo 52 Members Equity Stadium, Perth 7,229 Craig Zetter Round 3 8 September 2006 Adelaide United 5–1 Newcastle Jets Durante 65 o.g.Qu 28Cornthwaite 19Rech 8 73 Bridge 52 Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide 8,785 Mark Shield 9 September 2006 Central Coast Mariners 0–0 Queensland Roar Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford 4,644 Peter O'Leary 10 September 2006 New Zealand Knights 0–3 Melbourne Victory Muscat 35Thompson 22Allsopp 9 North Harbour Stadium, Auckland 2,071 Matthew Breeze 10 September 2006 Perth Glory 1–1 Sydney FC Coyne 69 Petrovski 36 Members Equity Stadium, Perth 7,229 Simon Przydacz Round 4 15 September 2006 Queensland Roar 5–0 New Zealand Knights Milicic 80Lynch 72Reinaldo 55 pen.McKay 7 86 Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane 15,517 Mark Shield 16 September 2006 Adelaide United 3–0 Perth Glory Dodd 34Rech 14 50 Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide 11,474 Peter O'Leary 17 September 2006 Sydney FC 2–2 Newcastle Jets Zdrillic 38Corica 33 pen. Rodriguez 45 62 Aussie Stadium, Sydney 15,488 Matthew Breeze 17 September 2006 Melbourne Victory 1–0 Central Coast Mariners Thompson 51 Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne 17,617 Angelo Nardi Round 5 21 September 2006 New Zealand Knights 0–1 Sydney FC Rudan 58 North Harbour Stadium, Auckland 2,764 Ben Williams 22 September 2006 Queensland Roar 0–0 Adelaide United Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane 16,143 Matthew Breeze 23 September 2006 Central Coast Mariners 1–1 Newcastle Jets Hutchinson 12 Griffiths 84 Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford 8,439 Simon Przydacz 24 September 2006 Perth Glory 1–2 Melbourne Victory Tarka 90 Muscat 72 pen.Caceres 54 Members Equity Stadium, Perth 7,983 Peter Green Round 6 28 September 2006 New Zealand Knights 0–1 Central Coast Mariners Kwasnik 85 pen. North Harbour Stadium, Auckland 1,632 Peter O'Leary 29 September 2006 Newcastle Jets 0–3 Perth Glory Harnwell 83Young 44 90 EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle 7,961 Matthew Breeze 1 October 2006 Melbourne Victory 4–1 Queensland Roar Allsopp 82Muscat 22 pen. 56 pen.Fred 11 Milicic 16 Telstra Dome, Melbourne 25,921 Simon Przydacz 2 October 2006 Adelaide United 1–4 Sydney FC Burns 54 Carbone 85Petrovski 80Dodd 57 o.g.Zadkovich 36 Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide 15,119 Mark Shield Round 7 6 October 2006 Adelaide United 3–1 Central Coast Mariners Burns 90Rees 58Veart 25 Mori 38 Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide 10,493 Ben Williams 6 October 2006 Perth Glory 1–0 New Zealand Knights Young 37 Members Equity Stadium, Perth 7,309 Craig Zetter 8 October 2006 Sydney FC 1–1 Queensland Roar Ceccoli 45 Dilevski 15 Aussie Stadium, Sydney 17,274 Matthew Breeze 8 October 2006 Newcastle Jets 0–2 Melbourne Victory Allsopp 69 90 EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle 4,635 Peter Green Round 8 13 October 2006 Central Coast Mariners 3–1 Sydney FC Mori 52 90O'Grady 40 Carbone 12 Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford 11,567 Simon Przydacz 14 October 2006 Newcastle Jets 3–0 New Zealand Knights Rodriguez 90+1Musialik 86North 72 EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle 5,275 Peter Green 15 October 2006 Melbourne Victory 0–1 Adelaide United Owens 83 Telstra Dome, Melbourne 32,368 Matthew Breeze 15 October 2006 Perth Glory 1–2 Queensland Roar Young 2 Vidosic 53Milicic 14 Members Equity Stadium, Perth 9,978 Ben Williams Round 9 20 October 2006 Central Coast Mariners 2–1 Perth Glory Pondeljak 2 87 Despotovski 58 Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford 8,496 Matthew Breeze 21 October 2006 Sydney FC 1–2 Melbourne Victory Corica 9 Thompson 50 73 Aussie Stadium, Sydney 20,881 Mark Shield 22 October 2006 Queensland Roar 0–1 Newcastle Jets Coveny 34 Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane 16,061 Peter O'Leary 22 October 2006 Adelaide United 4–2 New Zealand Knights Dodd 84Petta 56Veart 36Burns 23 van Dommele 71 o.g.Hickey 65 Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide 11,600 Angelo Nardi Round 10 27 October 2006 New Zealand Knights 0–4 Melbourne Victory Allsopp 72Caceres 59Thompson 57Fred 9 North Harbour Stadium, Auckland 2,357 Simon Przydacz 27 October 2006 Newcastle Jets 2–1 Adelaide United Carle 90Coveny 26 Veart 37 pen. EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle 10,895 Matthew Breeze 28 October 2006 Queensland Roar 1–1 Central Coast Mariners Reinaldo 49 Mori 21 Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane 13,727 Mark Shield 29 October 2006 Sydney FC 1–1 Perth Glory Zdrillic 15 Glavas 75 Aussie Stadium, Sydney 12,316 Ben Williams Round 11 3 November 2006 Melbourne Victory 3–3 Central Coast Mariners Allsopp 4 68Thompson 10 McMaster 6Petrie 11Kwasnik 23 pen. Telstra Dome, Melbourne 28,118 Peter Green 4 November 2006 Newcastle Jets 1–1 Sydney FC Brown 86 Zdrillic 14 EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle 8,493 Mark Shield 5 November 2006 Adelaide United 3–2 Perth Glory Veart 8Owens 24Kemp 57 Saric 14Despotovski 45+2 Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide 11,032 Matthew Breeze 5 November 2006 New Zealand Knights 1–0 Queensland Roar Ognenovski 7 o.g. North Harbour Stadium, Auckland 2,675 Craig Zetter Round 12 9 November 2006 Melbourne Victory 1–0 Perth Glory Brebner 88 Telstra Dome, Melbourne 22,890 Craig Zetter 10 November 2006 Sydney FC 4–0 New Zealand Knights Petrovski 37 53Zdrillic 65Carney 89 Aussie Stadium, Sydney 9,871 Angelo Nardi 11 November 2006 Queensland Roar 0–1 Adelaide United Dodd 62 Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane 14,154 Ben Williams 11 November 2006 Newcastle Jets 3–1 Central Coast Mariners Bridge 6Carle 17Rodriguez 79 Mori 40 EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle 14,026 Matthew Breeze Round 13 17 November 2006 Queensland Roar 0–2 Melbourne Victory Packer 18 o.g.Thompson 46 Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane 14,797 Simon Przydacz 18 November 2006 Perth Glory 2–1 Newcastle Jets Harnwell 38Glavaš 90+4 Carle 77 pen. Members Equity Stadium, Perth 7,315 Angelo Nardi 19 November 2006 New Zealand Knights 0–2 Central Coast Mariners Mori 65Mrdja 90+5 North Harbour Stadium, Auckland 2,139 Peter Green 19 November 2006 Sydney FC 2–1 Adelaide United Talay 15 pen.Rudan 22 Aloisi 9 Aussie Stadium, Sydney 14,308 Matthew Breeze Round 14 24 November 2006 Sydney FC 3–0 Queensland Roar Talay 23 pen.Corica 64Middleby 89 Aussie Stadium, Sydney 12,718 Ben Williams 25 November 2006 Central Coast Mariners 2–0 Adelaide United Kwasnik 55Petrie 59 Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford 13,119 Mark Shield 26 November 2006 Perth Glory 4–1 New Zealand Knights Harnwell 10 42 60Despotovski 83 Hickey 3 Members Equity Stadium, Perth 6,251 Simon Przydacz 26 November 2006 Melbourne Victory 0–1 Newcastle Jets Rodriguez 61 Telstra Dome, Melbourne 27,753 Matthew Breeze Round 15 1 December 2006 Adelaide United 1–3 Melbourne Victory Fernando 42 Muscat 16 pen. Allsopp 61Fred 86 Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide 16,378 Mark Shield 2 December 2006 Queensland Roar 1–0 Perth Glory McKay 80 Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane 11,237 Craig Zetter 3 December 2006 New Zealand Knights 1–1 Newcastle Jets Marcina 29 pen. Griffiths 13 North Harbour Stadium, Auckland 2,039 Peter O’Leary 3 December 2006 Central Coast Mariners 0–0 Sydney FC Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford 12,457 Matthew Breeze Round 16 7 December 2006 Queensland Roar 0–3 Newcastle Jets Bridge 9 77Griffiths 53 Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane 10,040 Matthew Breeze 8 December 2006 Melbourne Victory 0–0 Sydney FC Telstra Dome, Melbourne 50,333 Mark Shield 10 December 2006 Central Coast Mariners 1–0 Perth Glory Kwasnik 12 Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford 8,089 Peter O’Leary 10 December 2006 Adelaide United 1–1 New Zealand Knights Owens 72 Gao 18 Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide 11,548 Angelo Nardi Round 17 14 December 2006 Sydney FC 1–0 Perth Glory Brosque 80 Aussie Stadium, Sydney 11,816 Simon Przydacz 15 December 2006 Adelaide United 3–2 Newcastle Jets Romário 15Fernando 60Owens 78 Bridge 59Thompson 67 Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide 12,214 Mark Shield 16 December 2006 Central Coast Mariners 2–3 Queensland Roar Kwasnik 29 pen. 77 pen. Griffin 40Vidosic 63 80 Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford 7,132 Matthew Breeze 17 December 2006 Melbourne Victory 4–0 New Zealand Knights Allsopp 35 45Caceres 39Thompson 45+3 Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne 15,563 Angelo Nardi Round 18 28 December 2006 Perth Glory 0–0 Adelaide United Members Equity Stadium, Perth 8,226 Ben Williams 29 December 2006 New Zealand Knights 3–1 Queensland Roar Tambouras 14Emblen 52Marcina 56 Milicic 80 North Harbour Stadium, Auckland 1,903 Peter O’Leary 31 December 2006 Central Coast Mariners 1–2 Melbourne Victory Kwasnik 52 Fred 23Thompson 26 Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford 15404 Mark Shield 1 January 2007 Newcastle Jets 0–2 Sydney FC Brosque 46Petrovski 90+1 EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle 20,980 Matthew Breeze Round 19 4 January 2007 Adelaide United 0–1 Queensland Roar Reinaldo 52 Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide 10,435 Matthew Breeze 5 January 2007 Newcastle Jets 1–0 Central Coast Mariners Rodriguez 25 EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle 14,828 Mark Shield 7 January 2007 Sydney FC 0–1 New Zealand Knights Bunce 16 Aussie Stadium, Sydney 16,040 Simon Przydacz 7 January 2007 Perth Glory 2–2 Melbourne Victory Harnwell 29Byrnes 43 o.g. Sarkies 58 76 Members Equity Stadium, Perth 6,462 Peter Green Round 20 11 January 2007 Central Coast Mariners 0–0 New Zealand Knights Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford 10,637 Ben Williams 12 January 2006 Melbourne Victory 1–2 Queensland Roar Thompson 79 Mori 18Vidosic 90+2 Telstra Dome, Melbourne 28,937 Mark Shield 14 January 2007 Adelaide United 1–0 Sydney FC Fernando 89 Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide 14,704 Matthew Breeze 14 January 2007 Perth Glory 3–3 Newcastle Jets Colosimo 43 pen.Harnwell 78Magdic 81 Carle 12Griffiths 90+1 90+4 Members Equity Stadium, Perth 7,904 Simon Przydacz Round 21 19 January 2007 Newcastle Jets 4–0 Melbourne Victory Bridge 36 48Coveny 51Griffiths 73 EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle 19,601 Matthew Breeze 20 January 2007 Queensland Roar 1–1 Sydney FC Mori 20 Brosque 13 Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane 32,371 Mark Shield 21 January 2007 New Zealand Knights 2–0 Perth Glory Emblen 32Buari 40 North Harbour Stadium, Auckland 4,936 Kevin Docherty 21 January 2007 Central Coast Mariners 1–3 Adelaide United Pondeljak 77 Burns 10 49 66 Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford 8,128 Simon Przydacz Finals series thumb|333px|Melbourne Victory celebrating their 2007 A-League Grand Final victory. main Bracket y 2/1/1 y 175 2 2 Adelaide United 0 1 1 Melbourne Victory 0 2 1 2 26 January & 2 February 4 Sydney FC 2 0 3 Newcastle Jets 1 2 2 3 2 3 Adelaide United Newcastle Jets 1 (4) 1 (3) 1 2 Melbourne Victory Adelaide United 6 0 Semi-finals 26 January 2007 20:00 UTC+11 Sydney FC * Brosque 15 Milligan 30 Newcastle Jets * Rodriguez 71 Aussie Stadium, Sydney Sydney 21,112 Peter Green 2 1 2 February 2007 20:00 UTC+11 Newcastle Jets * Griffiths 57 Coveny 71 Sydney FC EnergyAustralia Stadium Newcastle 24,338 Matthew Breeze 2 0 Newcastle Jets won 3–2 on aggregate. 28 January 2007 17:30 UTC+10.30 Adelaide United 1–2 Melbourne Victory Hindmarsh Stadium Adelaide 15,575 Simon Przydacz 0 0 4 February 2007 18:00 UTC+11 Melbourne Victory Adelaide United * Allsopp 48 Robinson 90+2 * Dodd 4 Telstra Dome Melbourne 47,413 Mark Shield 2 1 Melbourne Victory won 2–1 on aggregate. Preliminary Final 11 February 2007 17:30 UTC+10.30 Adelaide United 1–1 Newcastle Jets * Veart 57 * Coveny 74 Hindmarsh Stadium Adelaide 13,798 Matthew Breeze 1 1 4–3 * Diego Owens Alagich Aloisi * Bridge Carle Thompson Coveny Musialik yes Grand Final 2007 A-League Grand Final 18 February 2007 18:00 UTC+11 Melbourne Victory 6–0 Adelaide United * Thompson 20 29 39 56 72 Sarkies 90+3 Telstra Dome Melbourne 55,436 Mark Shield 6 0 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.http://www.a-league.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=6016&pageid=11 AFC confirm Sydney and Adelaide 21 November 2006 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110518010623/http://www.a-league.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=6016&pageid=11 18 May 2011 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 RankPlayerTeamGoals1AUS Archie ThompsonMelbourne Victory152AUS Daniel AllsoppMelbourne Victory123AUS Damian MoriCentral Coast Mariners (6), Queensland Roar (2)8AUS Mark BridgeNewcastle Jets5AUS Adam KwasnikCentral Coast Mariners7AUS Jamie HarnwellPerth Glory Most yellow cards RankPlayerTeamYellow Cards1AUS Adrian LeijerMelbourne Victory72AUS Nick CarleNewcastle Jets6AUS Andrew DuranteNewcastle Jets4AUS Kevin MuscatMelbourne Victory5NIR Terry McFlynnSydney FCAUS Simon ColosimoPerth Glory Attendances MV 11 50333 15563 305011 QR 10 32371 10040 164653 SFC 10 20881 9871 149986 AU 11 16378 8785 133782 NUJ 10 20980 4635 114420 CCM 11 15404 4644 108112 PG 10 9978 6251 76709 NZK 11 7304 1632 33156 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.Nick Carle takes out Johnny Warren Medal https://web.archive.org/web/20110617044332/http://www.a-league.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=7162&pageid=11 17 June 2011 , A-League, 27 February 2007. AwardWinnerClubJohnny Warren MedalAUS Nick CarleNewcastle JetsYoung Footballer of the YearAUS Adrian LeijerMelbourne VictoryGolden Boot AwardAUS Danny AllsoppMelbourne VictoryGoalkeeper of the YearAUS Michael TheoklitosMelbourne VictoryCoach of the YearSCO Ernie MerrickMelbourne VictoryFair Play AwardPerth GloryReferee of the YearAUS Mark Shield See also 2006–07 Adelaide United season 2006–07 Central Coast Mariners season 2006–07 Melbourne Victory season 2006–07 Newcastle Jets FC season 2006–07 New Zealand Knights season 2006–07 Perth Glory season 2006–07 Queensland Roar season 2006–07 Sydney FC season Notes note References External links A-League official website, including fixtures Football Federation Australia SBS The World Game A-League section FOXSPORTS.com.au A-League section and Official A-League Fantasy competition 2006–07 Category:2006–07 in Australian men's soccer leagues Australia Category:August 2006 sports events in Australia Category:September 2006 sports events in Australia Category:October 2006 sports events in Australia Category:November 2006 sports events in Australia Category:December 2006 sports events in Australia Category:January 2007 sports events in Australia Category:February 2007 sports events in Australia