2006–07 in Australian soccer

none April 2022 Australia 2006–07 A-League Championship Melbourne Victory A-League Premiership Melbourne Victory A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup Adelaide United 2005–06 2007–08 yes yes The 2006–07 season was the 38th season of national competitive soccer in Australia and 124th overall. A-League 2006–07 A-League The 2006–07 A-League season began on 25 August 2006 and ended on 18 February 2007. Regular season Standings Finals Bracket A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup 2006 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 2006 A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup Group A Group A Group B Group B Finals 2006 A-League Pre-Season Challenge CupBracket Asian Champions League 2006 AFC 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 Group stage 7 March 2007 Adelaide United AUS 0–1 https://web.archive.org/web/20070313170305/http://www.afcchampionsleague.com/en/tournament/matchdtl.asp?cid=1386&mtId=12122 CHN Shandong Luneng Taishan Valkanis 47 o.g. Adelaide, Australia Hindmarsh Stadium 7,645 Satop Tongkhan (Thailand) L Group stage 21 March 2007 Gach Dong Tam Long An VIE 0–2 https://web.archive.org/web/20070328173404/http://www.afcchampionsleague.com/en/tournament/matchdtl.asp?cid=1386&mtid=12125 AUS Adelaide United Fernando 18 Dodd 30 Tân An, Vietnam Long An Stadium 10,000 Ali Saleem (Maldives) W Group stage 11 April 2007 Adelaide United AUS 2–2 https://web.archive.org/web/20070928004615/http://www.afcchampionsleague.com/en/tournament/matchdtl.asp?aid=47145&cid=1386&mtid=12127&sqid=1425 KOR Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma Fernando 48 Djite 55 Kim 57 Mota 75 Adelaide, Australia Hindmarsh Stadium 9,093 Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia) D Group stage 25 April 2007 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma KOR 1–0 https://web.archive.org/web/20070528062633/http://www.afcchampionsleague.com/en/tournament/matchdtl.asp?cid=1386&mtid=12129 AUS Adelaide United Sung-Kuk 29 Seongnam, South Korea Seongnam 2 Stadium 2,000 Muhsen Basma (Syria) L Group stage 9 May 2007 Shandong Luneng Taishan CHN 2–2 https://web.archive.org/web/20070528062720/http://www.afcchampionsleague.com/en/tournament/matchdtl.asp?cid=1386&mtid=12130 AUS Adelaide United Li 39 Chang 56 Fernando 36 pen. Burns 48 Jinan, China Shandong Stadium 30,000 Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia) D Group stage 23 May 2007 Adelaide United AUS 3–0 https://web.archive.org/web/20070528062726/http://www.afcchampionsleague.com/en/tournament/matchdtl.asp?cid=1386&mtid=12132 VIE Gach Dong Tam Long An Dodd 7 22 49 Adelaide, Australia Hindmarsh Stadium 6,917 Abdul Bashir (Singapore) W Sydney FC 7 March 2007 Group stage Shanghai Shenhua CHN 1–2 https://web.archive.org/web/20110928130612/http://www.sydneyfc.com/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=7228&pageid=495 AUS Sydney FC Xie Hui 78 Steve Corica 8 Ufuk Talay 23 Yuanshen Stadium Shanghai, China 12,000 Lee Gi-Young (South Korea) W 21 March 2007 Group stage Sydney FC AUS 2–2 https://web.archive.org/web/20070328173442/http://www.afcchampionsleague.com/en/tournament/matchdtl.asp?cid=1384&mtid=12101 JPN Urawa Red Diamonds David Carney 1 Ufuk Talay 23 pen. Robson Ponte 30 Yuichiro Nagai 55 Aussie Stadium Sydney, Australia 21,010 Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia) D 12 April 2007 Group stage Persik Kediri IDN 2–1 https://web.archive.org/web/20070415014400/http://www.afcchampionsleague.com/en/tournament/matchdtl.asp?cid=1384&mtid=12102 AUS Sydney FC Aris Budi Prasetyo 25 Budi Sudarsono 70 Steve Corica 8 Manahan Stadium Surakarta, Indonesia 15,000 Abdullah Balideh (Qatar) L 25 April 2007 Sydney FC AUS 3–0 Group stage https://web.archive.org/web/20070528062607/http://www.afcchampionsleague.com/en/tournament/matchdtl.asp?cid=1384&mtid=12105 IDN Persik Kediri Steve Corica 54 90 Alex Brosque 73 Parramatta Stadium Sydney, Australia 10,075 Minh Tri Vo (Vietnam) W 9 May 2007 Sydney FC AUS 0–0 (Report 1 2) CHN Shanghai Shenhua Group stage Aussie Stadium Sydney, Australia 14,786 Abdul Bashir (Singapore) D 23 May 2007 Urawa Red Diamonds JPN 0–0 https://web.archive.org/web/20070526100615/http://www.afcchampionsleague.com/en/tournament/matchdtl.asp?cid=1384&mtid=12108 AUS Sydney FC Group stage Saitama Stadium Saitama, Japan 44,793 Fareed Al-Marzouqi (United Arab Emirates) D 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 http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/2009australia/default.aspx?s=aus_news_news_display&id=15783 Paraguay 1990 Popovic 88 Beauchamp 90+2 o.g. Suncorp Stadium Brisbane, Australia 47,609 Joji Kashihara (Japan) D 14 November 2006 Australia 1–1 http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/2009australia/default.aspx?s=aus_news_news_display&id=15641 Ghana Aloisi 25 pen. Agogo 75 Loftus Road London, England 14,379 Mark Clattenburg (England) D 6 February 2007 Australia 1–3 http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/2009australia/default.aspx?s=aus_news_news_display&id=16494 Denmark Emerton 85 Tomasson 5 38 Jensen 28 Loftus Road London, England 12,476 Rob Styles (England) L 24 March 2007 China PR 0–2 http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/2009australia/default.aspx?s=aus_news_news_display&id=16037 Australia Holman 8 Bresciano 28 Yuexiushan Stadium Guangzhou, China 20,000 Wu Chao Jue (Hong Kong) W 2 June 2007 Australia 1–2 http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/2009australia/default.aspx?s=aus_news_news_display&id=18314 Uruguay Sterjovski 6 Forlán 40 Recoba 77 Telstra Stadium Sydney, Australia 61,795 Roberto Rosetti (Italy) L 30 June 2007 Singapore 0–3 http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/2009australia/default.aspx?s=aus_news_news_display&id=18291 Australia Viduka 55 88 Kewell 76 National Stadium Kallang, Singapore 45,000 Masaaki Toma (Japan) W AFC Asian Cup qualification 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification 16 August 2006 Qualifying round Australia 2–0 Kuwait Dodd 75 Petrovski 86 Sydney Football Stadium Sydney, Australia 32,622 Junjie Huang (China) W 6 September 2006 Qualifying round Kuwait 2–0 Australia Al Mutairi 55 Al-Mutwa 60 National Stadium Kuwait City, Kuwait 8,000 Toru Kamikawa (Japan) L 11 October 2006 Qualifying round Australia 2–0 https://www.11v11.com/matches/australia-v-bahrain-11-october-2006-274893/ Bahrain Aloisi 17 Bresciano 23 Sydney Football Stadium Sydney, Australia 37,000 Fareed Ali Mohamed Al Marzouqi (United Arab Emirates) W 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 23 CHN 2–0 https://web.archive.org/web/20110527203943/http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/mensu23/default.aspx?s=aus_u23men_newsfeatures_news_item&id=16485 23 AUS Cornthwaite 7 o.g.Jiang 87 Hong Kong Stadium Hong Kong 14,633 L Olympic qualification 7 February 2007 19:00 UTC+09:30 Preliminary Round 1 23 AUS 11–0 https://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/olyroos-swamp-taiwan-11-0-20070208-gdpfep.html 23 TPE Milligan 4Burns 10Sarkies 45 63 84 89Djite 48Stanley 62 78Cornthwaite 81Vidošić 90 Hindmarsh Stadium Adelaide, Australia 1,459 Yuichi Nishimura (Japan) W Chinese Taipei v Australia 14 February 2007 Preliminary Round 1 18:00 UTC+08:00 23 TPE 0–1 Report 23 AUS Milligan 66 Zhongshan Soccer Stadium Taipei 2,500 Rosdi Shaharul (Malaysia) W 0–12 Iran v Australia 28 February 2007 Preliminary Round 2 15:00 UTC+03:30 23 IRN 0–0 Report 23 AUS Azadi Stadium Tehran, Iran 4,000 Abdullah Balideh (Qatar) D Australia v Jordan 14 March 2007 Preliminary Round 2 19:00 UTC+10:30 23 AUS 1–1 Report 23 JOR Sarkies 58 Abdel-Halim 86 Hindmarsh Stadium Adelaide, Australia 1,296 Chaiwat Kunsuta (Thailand) D Australia v Saudi Arabia 28 March 2007 Preliminary Round 2 19:00 UTC+10:30 23 AUS 2–0 Report 23 KSA Topor-Stanley 73Sarkies 90+3 Hindmarsh Stadium Adelaide, Australia 3,434 Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore) W Saudi Arabia v Australia 18 April 2007 Preliminary Round 2 20:30 UTC+03:00 23 KSA 2–1 Report 23 AUS Al-Bishi 60 pen.Al-Salem 67 Bridge 45+2 Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Dammam, Saudi Arabia 11,000 Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) L Australia v Iran 16 May 2007 19:00 UTC+09:30 23 AUS Preliminary Round 2 3–1 Report 23 IRN Downes 3Bridge 42 pen.Troisi 52 Amraei 4 Hindmarsh Stadium Adelaide, Australia 6,750 Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli (Kuwait) W 6 June 2007 18:30 UTC+02:00 23 JOR 0–4 Report 23 AUS Preliminary Round 2 Williams 54 73Ward 66Vidošić 90+2 King Abdullah Stadium Amman, Jordan 100 Jasim Karim (Bahrain) W 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 20 ARG 0–0 https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20110306133909/http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/MensU20/default.aspx?s=aus_u20men_results 20 AUS Estadio Julio Humberto Grondona Buenos Aires, Argentina D 12 August 2006 20 CHI 1–1 https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080713204511/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/45673/20080714-0000/www.footballaustralia.com.au/MensU20/default59b4.html 20 AUS 57 Djite 71 Estadio Bicentenario de La Florida Santiago, Chile D 14 August 2006 20 CHI 2–2 https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080713204511/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/45673/20080714-0000/www.footballaustralia.com.au/MensU20/default1fa8.html 20 AUS 7087 Bozanic 25 32 Santiago, Chile D 17 January 2007 Australian Youth Olympic Festival 20 AUS 0–1 https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080713204511/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/45673/20080714-0000/www.footballaustralia.com.au/MensU20/default390c.html 20 KOR Yoon Bit-garam 8 Sydney, Australia L 18 January 2007 Australian Youth Olympic Festival 20 AUS 3–3 https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080713204512/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/45673/20080714-0000/www.footballaustralia.com.au/MensU20/defaulta2e5.html 20 JPN Ryall 37Naidovski 58Jesic 90+1 Marutani 40Kiyotake 45+1Yamamoto 63 Sydney, Australia D 20 January 2007 Australian Youth Olympic Festival 20 AUS 1–0 https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080713204511/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/45673/20080714-0000/www.footballaustralia.com.au/MensU20/default5821.html 20 CHN Naidovski 4 Sydney, Australia W AFF U-20 Youth Championship 2006 AFF U-20 Youth Championship 13 September 2006 20 THA 0–3 https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080713204512/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/45673/20080714-0000/www.footballaustralia.com.au/MensU20/defaultaa0d.html 20 AUS Djite 1Downey 79Burns 90+2 Kuantan, Malaysia Darul Makmur Stadium W 15 September 2006 20 AUS 4–0 https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080713204512/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/45673/20080714-0000/www.footballaustralia.com.au/MensU20/default90d0.html 20 VIE Berger 10Hearfield 48Burns 53Elrich 76 Kuantan, Malaysia Darul Makmur Stadium W 17 September 2006 20 MAS 0–1 https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080713204512/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/45673/20080714-0000/www.footballaustralia.com.au/MensU20/default7609.html 20 AUS Vidošić 29 Kuantan, Malaysia Darul Makmur Stadium W AFC Youth Championship 2006 AFC Youth Championship L Group stage 30 October 2006 16:00 IST 20 CHN 1–0 AUS Australia Xu 65 Salt Lake Stadium Kolkata, India 300 Qassim Shaban (Kuwait) Group stage 1 November 2006 16:00 IST Australia Australia 3–1 https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080713204511/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/45673/20080714-0000/www.footballaustralia.com.au/MensU20/default3172.html 20 THA Burns 26 90+2Vidosic 33 pen. Phukom 40 pen. Salt Lake Stadium Kolkata, India 100 W Mohsen Torky (Iran) Group stage 3 November 2006 14:45 IST Australia Australia 2–0 20 UAE Williams 14 31 https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080713204511/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/45673/20080714-0000/www.footballaustralia.com.au/MensU20/default4649.html W Municipal Corporation Stadium Kolkata, India 3,000 Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) Quarterfinal 6 November 2006 16:00 IST 20 KOR 2–1 20 AUS Song Jin-hyung 10 36 Grossman 18 Salt Lake Stadium Kolkata, India 600 Muhsen Basma (Syria) L https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080713204510/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/45673/20080714-0000/www.footballaustralia.com.au/MensU20/default0735.html Women's senior Friendlies The following is a list of friendlies played by the women's senior national team in 2006–07. Peace Queen Cup group stage 29 October 2006 NED 0–1 Report AUS Walsh 65 Gimhae, South Korea Gimhae Stadium 13,800 Cha Sung Mi (South Korea) W Peace Queen Cup group stage 31 October 2006 AUS 0–2 Report USA Lilly 20 Kai 35 Cheonan, South Korea Cheonan Stadium 8,215 Kim Eun Jin (South Korea) L Peace Queen Cup group stage 2 November 2006 AUS 1–2 Report DEN Munoz 69 Juliussen 13 Rasmussen 81 Suwon, South Korea Suwon World Cup Stadium 2,350 Shin Hwa Yeon (South Korea) L 19 November 2006 JPN 1–0 Report AUS Nagasato 51 Tokyo, Japan Fukuda-Denshi Arena 4,093 Deng Junxia (China) L AFC Women's Asian Cup 2006 AFC Women's Asian Cup Group stage 16 July 2006 AUS 4–0 Report KOR Shin Sun-Nam 30 o.g.Walsh 66Munoz 75De Vanna 87 Adelaide, Australia Hindmarsh Stadium 3,000 Bentla D'Coth (India) W Group stage 18 July 2006 AUS 2–0 Report MYA 1974 Shipard 31De Vanna 77 Adelaide, Australia Hindmarsh Stadium 2,000 Dongqing Zhang (China) W Group stage 22 July 2006 AUS 0–0 Report PRK Adelaide, Australia Hindmarsh Stadium 4,000 Mayumi Oiwa (Japan) D Group stage 24 July 2006 AUS 5–0 Report THA Ferguson 3Burgess 27Walsh 53Gill 62De Vanna 81 Adelaide, Australia Hindmarsh Stadium 400 Hong Eun-Ah (South Korea) W Semifinal 27 July 2006 AUS 2–0 Report JPN Munoz 10Peters 45 Adelaide, Australia Hindmarsh Stadium 4,000 Jenny Palmqvist (Sweden) W Final 27 July 2006 AUS 2–2 yes Report CHN Munoz 29Peters 33 Han Duan 68Ma Xiaoxu 73 McCallum Shipard Peters Ferguson 2–4 Ma Xiaoxu Bi Yan Li Jie Han Duan Adelaide, Australia Hindmarsh Stadium 5,000 Mayumi Oiwa (Japan) D Olympic qualification Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification First round 21 February 2007 AUS 2–0 Report MYA 1974 Walsh 9 55 Taipei, Taiwan Zhongshan Soccer Stadium 300 Sachiko Baba (Japan) W First round 23 February 2007 UZB 0–10 Report AUS Gill 3 Slatyer 14 Colthorpe 18 57 81 Small 25 Walsh 27 Garriock 52 Davies 57 Walsh 15 McCallum 59 83 Harch 75 Taipei, Taiwan Zhongshan Soccer Stadium Etsuko Fukano (Japan) W First round 25 February 2007 TPE 1–8 Report AUS Pei-Wen Tsai 35 Gill 14 26 44 49 90 Walsh 29 Peters 72 Small 83 Taipei, Taiwan Zhongshan Soccer Stadium 300 Bentla D'Coth (India) W Final round 7 April 2007 AUS 15–0 Report HKG Walsh 10 12 McCallum 16 43 54 Gill 26 52 72 74 89 Peters 33 Burgess 56 Small 72 Salisbury 85 87 Coffs Harbour, Australia Coffs Harbour International Stadium 1,511 Mayumi Oiwa (Japan) W Final round 15 April 2007 TPE 0–10 Report AUS Gill 6 28 29 Walsh 18 32 45 Peters 42 57 Salisbury 81 Burgess 83 Taipei, Taiwan Zhongshan Soccer Stadium 600 Etsuko Fukano (Japan) W Final round 3 June 2007 PRK 2–0 Report AUS Ri Kum-suk 35 55 pen. Pyongyang, North Korea Yanggakdo Stadium 3,100 Huijin Niu (China) L Final round 10 June 2007 AUS 0–2 Report PRK Ri Kum-suk 60 Kim Kyong-hwa 69 Coffs Harbour, Australia Coffs Harbour International Stadium 2,121 Sachiko Baba (Japan) L Women's under-20 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship Group stage 17 August 2006 20 NZL 0–3 https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080713204547/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/45673/20080714-0000/www.footballaustralia.com.au/womensu20/default9172.html 20 AUS McCallum 39 80Shipard 90+2 Saint Petersburg, Russia Petrovsky Stadium 1,100 Gyöngyi Gaál (Hungary) W Group stage 20 August 2006 20 BRA 2–0 https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080713204547/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/45673/20080714-0000/www.footballaustralia.com.au/womensu20/defaulte8c2.html 20 AUS Francielle 41 pen.Fabiana 69 Saint Petersburg, Russia Petrovsky Stadium 700 Jennifer Bennett (United States) L Group stage 23 August 2006 20 AUS 1–1 https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080713204547/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/45673/20080714-0000/www.footballaustralia.com.au/womensu20/default776f.html 20 RUS Brogan 85 Kozhnikova 75 Torpedo Stadium Moscow, Russia 1,000 D 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 17 AUS 1–2 https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080713204511/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/45673/20080714-0000/www.footballaustralia.com.au/MensU20/default390c.html 17 KOR Hogben 88 Ji So-yun 51 74 Valentine Sports Park Sydney, Australia L 18 January 2007 Australian Youth Olympic Festival 17 AUS 1–0 https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080713204512/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/45673/20080714-0000/www.footballaustralia.com.au/MensU20/defaulta2e5.html 17 JPN Simon 68 Sydney, Australia W 20 January 2007 Australian Youth Olympic Festival 17 AUS 2–1 https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080713204511/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/45673/20080714-0000/www.footballaustralia.com.au/MensU20/default5821.html 17 CHN Kingsley 53Butt 73 pen. Zhao 48 Sydney, Australia W AFC U-16 Women's Championship 2007 AFC U-16 Women's Championship 10 March 2007 Group stage 17 KOR 3–1 https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20070717061744/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/45673/20070714-0008/www.footballaustralia.com.au/WomensU17/default49da.html 17 AUS Park Hee-young 51Kim Jung-in 53Lee Hyun-young 58 Simon 61 Petaling Jaya, Malaysia Petaling Jaya Stadium L 150 Praew Semaksuk (Thailand) 12 March 2007 Group stage 17 AUS 0–0 https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20070717061744/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/45673/20070714-0008/www.footballaustralia.com.au/WomensU17/default16a8.html 17 CHN Petaling Jaya, Malaysia Petaling Jaya Stadium D 100 Kim Kyong-hui (North Korea) Retirements 21 November 2006: Geoffrey Claeys, 32, former Belgium and Melbourne Victory defender.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-t7klYfqjVI VictoryTV - November 22, 2006 22 June 2020 16 May 2007: Carl Veart, 36, former Australia, Adelaide City and Adelaide United forward.Sydney Morning Herald 17 June 2020 16 May 2007 Carl Veart retires gracefully https://www.smh.com.au/sport/carl-veart-retires-gracefully-20070516-gdq5jr.html#:~:text=Former%20Socceroo%20Carl%20Veart%2C%20who,6%2D0%20hiding%20by%20Melbourne. 19 June 2007: John Crawley, 35, former Sydney United and Central Coast Mariners goalkeeper.https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20140311090155/http://sportsaustralia.com/articles/news.php?id=1552 Out with the old, in with the new http://sportsaustralia.com/articles/news.php?id=1552 11 March 2014medic 21 June 2007: Paul Okon, 35, former Australia, Marconi Stallions and Newcastle Jets defender.https://www.smh.com.au/sport/injuries-force-okon-to-retire-20070621-gdqfnx.html Injuries force Okon to retire Sydney Morning Herald 17 June 2020 References External links Football Federation Australia official website Category:Soccer in Australia by season