2006–07 A-League

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]

A-League
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 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
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 Diego Fernando Qu Shengqing Bobby Petta Romário4
Central Coast Mariners André Gumprecht Jamie McMaster Wayne O'Sullivan John Hutchinson2
Melbourne Victory Alessandro Fred James Robinson Grant Brebner Geoffrey Claeys
Claudinho4
New Zealand Knights Darren Bazeley Malik Buari Neil Emblen Dani Rodrigues Fernando3
Alen Marcina3
Gao Leilei3
Li Yan3
Hamza Mohammed3
Sean Devine1
Scot Gemmill3		 Dean Gordon3
Newcastle Jets Milton Rodríguez Tim Brown Steven Old Vaughan Coveny1
Perth Glory Leo Bertos Jeremy Christie Danny Hay Stuart Young1
Queensland Roar Reinaldo Marcus Wedau Simon Lynch Remo Buess Zhang Yuning3
Stuart McLaren1
Seo Hyuk-su1
Sydney FC Jeremy Brockie Terry McFlynn Jonas Salley1 Benito Carbone4
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 Qu Shengqing[4] Ross Aloisi[5] None
Central Coast Mariners Tony Vidmar[6] Noel Spencer[7]
Alex Wilkinson[note 1][8]		 None
Melbourne Victory Archie Thompson[9][10] Kevin Muscat[11] Archie Thompson[12]
New Zealand Knights Scot Gemmill[13] Darren Bazeley[14] None
Newcastle Jets Paul Okon[15] Paul Okon[15] None
Perth Glory Stan Lazaridis[16] Jamie Harnwell[17] None
Queensland Roar None Chad Gibson[18] None
Sydney FC Dwight Yorke[19][note 2] 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[lower-alpha 1]
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[lower-alpha 2] 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.

Round 1
25 August 2006 Melbourne Victory 2–0 Adelaide United Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
20:00 UTC+10 Claudinho  78'
Muscat  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  84'
Vidosic  82'
Lynch  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: Simon Przydacz
27 August 2006 Sydney FC 1–0 Central Coast Mariners Aussie Stadium, Sydney
17:00 UTC+10 Fyfe  52' Attendance: 19,274
Referee: Mark Shield

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

Round 3
8 September 2006 Adelaide United 5–1 Newcastle Jets Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Durante  65' (o.g.)
Qu  28'
Cornthwaite  19'
Rech  8', 73'		 Bridge  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  35'
Thompson  22'
Allsopp  9'		 Attendance: 2,071
Referee: Matthew Breeze
10 September 2006 Perth Glory 1–1 Sydney FC Members Equity Stadium, Perth
Coyne  69' Petrovski  36' Attendance: 7,229
Referee: Simon Przydacz

Round 4
15 September 2006 Queensland Roar 5–0 New Zealand Knights Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Milicic  80'
Lynch  72'
Reinaldo  55' (pen.)
McKay  7', 86'		 Attendance: 15,517
Referee: Mark Shield
16 September 2006 Adelaide United 3–0 Perth Glory Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Dodd  34'
Rech  14', 50'		 Attendance: 11,474
Referee: Peter O'Leary
17 September 2006 Sydney FC 2–2 Newcastle Jets Aussie Stadium, Sydney
Zdrillic  38'
Corica  33' (pen.)		 Rodriguez  45', 62' Attendance: 15,488
Referee: Matthew Breeze
17 September 2006 Melbourne Victory 1–0 Central Coast Mariners Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
Thompson  51' Attendance: 17,617
Referee: Angelo Nardi

Round 5
21 September 2006 New Zealand Knights 0–1 Sydney FC North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Rudan  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  12' Griffiths  84' Attendance: 8,439
Referee: Simon Przydacz
24 September 2006 Perth Glory 1–2 Melbourne Victory Members Equity Stadium, Perth
Tarka  90' Muscat  72' (pen.)
Caceres  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  85' (pen.) Attendance: 1,632
Referee: Peter O'Leary
29 September 2006 Newcastle Jets 0–3 Perth Glory EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
Harnwell  83'
Young  44', 90'		 Attendance: 7,961
Referee: Matthew Breeze
1 October 2006 Melbourne Victory 4–1 Queensland Roar Telstra Dome, Melbourne
Allsopp  82'
Muscat  22' (pen.), 56' (pen.)
Fred  11'		 Milicic  16' Attendance: 25,921
Referee: Simon Przydacz
2 October 2006 Adelaide United 1–4 Sydney FC Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Burns  54' Carbone  85'
Petrovski  80'
Dodd  57' (o.g.)
Zadkovich  36'		 Attendance: 15,119
Referee: Mark Shield

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

Round 8
13 October 2006 Central Coast Mariners 3–1 Sydney FC Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
Mori  52', 90'
O'Grady  40'		 Carbone  12' Attendance: 11,567
Referee: Simon Przydacz
14 October 2006 Newcastle Jets 3–0 New Zealand Knights EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
Rodriguez  90+1'
Musialik  86'
North  72'		 Attendance: 5,275
Referee: Peter Green
15 October 2006 Melbourne Victory 0–1 Adelaide United Telstra Dome, Melbourne
Owens  83' Attendance: 32,368
Referee: Matthew Breeze
15 October 2006 Perth Glory 1–2 Queensland Roar Members Equity Stadium, Perth
Young  2' Vidosic  53'
Milicic  14'		 Attendance: 9,978
Referee: Ben Williams

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

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

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

Round 12
9 November 2006 Melbourne Victory 1–0 Perth Glory Telstra Dome, Melbourne
Brebner  88' Attendance: 22,890
Referee: Craig Zetter
10 November 2006 Sydney FC 4–0 New Zealand Knights Aussie Stadium, Sydney
Petrovski  37', 53'
Zdrillic  65'
Carney  89'		 Attendance: 9,871
Referee: Angelo Nardi
11 November 2006 Queensland Roar 0–1 Adelaide United Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Dodd  62' Attendance: 14,154
Referee: Ben Williams
11 November 2006 Newcastle Jets 3–1 Central Coast Mariners EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
Bridge  6'
Carle  17'
Rodriguez  79'		 Mori  40' Attendance: 14,026
Referee: Matthew Breeze

Round 13
17 November 2006 Queensland Roar 0–2 Melbourne Victory Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Packer  18' (o.g.)
Thompson  46'		 Attendance: 14,797
Referee: Simon Przydacz
18 November 2006 Perth Glory 2–1 Newcastle Jets Members Equity Stadium, Perth
Harnwell  38'
Glavaš  90+4'		 Carle  77' (pen.) Attendance: 7,315
Referee: Angelo Nardi
19 November 2006 New Zealand Knights 0–2 Central Coast Mariners North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Mori  65'
Mrdja  90+5'		 Attendance: 2,139
Referee: Peter Green
19 November 2006 Sydney FC 2–1 Adelaide United Aussie Stadium, Sydney
Talay  15' (pen.)
Rudan  22'		 Aloisi  9' Attendance: 14,308
Referee: Matthew Breeze

Round 14
24 November 2006 Sydney FC 3–0 Queensland Roar Aussie Stadium, Sydney
Talay  23' (pen.)
Corica  64'
Middleby  89'		 Attendance: 12,718
Referee: Ben Williams
25 November 2006 Central Coast Mariners 2–0 Adelaide United Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
Kwasnik  55'
Petrie  59'		 Attendance: 13,119
Referee: Mark Shield
26 November 2006 Perth Glory 4–1 New Zealand Knights Members Equity Stadium, Perth
Harnwell  10', 42', 60'
Despotovski  83'		 Hickey  3' Attendance: 6,251
Referee: Simon Przydacz
26 November 2006 Melbourne Victory 0–1 Newcastle Jets Telstra Dome, Melbourne
Rodriguez  61' Attendance: 27,753
Referee: Matthew Breeze

Round 15
1 December 2006 Adelaide United 1–3 Melbourne Victory Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Fernando  42' Muscat  16' (pen.)
Allsopp  61'
Fred  86'		 Attendance: 16,378
Referee: Mark Shield
2 December 2006 Queensland Roar 1–0 Perth Glory Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
McKay  80' Attendance: 11,237
Referee: Craig Zetter
3 December 2006 New Zealand Knights 1–1 Newcastle Jets North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Marcina  29' (pen.) Griffiths  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  9', 77'
Griffiths  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  12' Attendance: 8,089
Referee: Peter O’Leary
10 December 2006 Adelaide United 1–1 New Zealand Knights Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Owens  72' Gao  18' Attendance: 11,548
Referee: Angelo Nardi

Round 17
14 December 2006 Sydney FC 1–0 Perth Glory Aussie Stadium, Sydney
Brosque  80' Attendance: 11,816
Referee: Simon Przydacz
15 December 2006 Adelaide United 3–2 Newcastle Jets Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Romário  15'
Fernando  60'
Owens  78'		 Bridge  59'
Thompson  67'		 Attendance: 12,214
Referee: Mark Shield
16 December 2006 Central Coast Mariners 2–3 Queensland Roar Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
Kwasnik  29' (pen.), 77' (pen.) Griffin  40'
Vidosic  63', 80'		 Attendance: 7,132
Referee: Matthew Breeze
17 December 2006 Melbourne Victory 4–0 New Zealand Knights Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
Allsopp  35', 45'
Caceres  39'
Thompson  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  14'
Emblen  52'
Marcina  56'		 Milicic  80' Attendance: 1,903
Referee: Peter O’Leary
31 December 2006 Central Coast Mariners 1–2 Melbourne Victory Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
Kwasnik  52' Fred  23'
Thompson  26'		 Attendance: 15404
Referee: Mark Shield
1 January 2007 Newcastle Jets 0–2 Sydney FC EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
Brosque  46'
Petrovski  90+1'		 Attendance: 20,980
Referee: Matthew Breeze

Round 19
4 January 2007 Adelaide United 0–1 Queensland Roar Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Reinaldo  52' Attendance: 10,435
Referee: Matthew Breeze
5 January 2007 Newcastle Jets 1–0 Central Coast Mariners EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
Rodriguez  25' Attendance: 14,828
Referee: Mark Shield
7 January 2007 Sydney FC 0–1 New Zealand Knights Aussie Stadium, Sydney
Bunce  16' Attendance: 16,040
Referee: Simon Przydacz
7 January 2007 Perth Glory 2–2 Melbourne Victory Members Equity Stadium, Perth
Harnwell  29'
Byrnes  43' (o.g.)		 Sarkies  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  79' Mori  18'
Vidosic  90+2'		 Attendance: 28,937
Referee: Mark Shield
14 January 2007 Adelaide United 1–0 Sydney FC Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Fernando  89' Attendance: 14,704
Referee: Matthew Breeze
14 January 2007 Perth Glory 3–3 Newcastle Jets Members Equity Stadium, Perth
Colosimo  43' (pen.)
Harnwell  78'
Magdic  81'		 Carle  12'
Griffiths  90+1', 90+4'		 Attendance: 7,904
Referee: Simon Przydacz

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

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  15'
Milligan  30'		 Rodriguez  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: Simon Przydacz
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  48'
Robinson  90+2'		 Dodd  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  57' Coveny  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
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
PlayerTeamGoals
Archie ThompsonMelbourne Victory15
Daniel AllsoppMelbourne Victory12
Damian MoriCentral Coast Mariners (6), Queensland Roar (2)8
Mark BridgeNewcastle Jets8
Adam KwasnikCentral Coast Mariners7
Jamie HarnwellPerth Glory7

Most yellow cards
PlayerTeamYellow Cards
Adrian LeijerMelbourne Victory7
Nick CarleNewcastle Jets6
Andrew DuranteNewcastle Jets6
Kevin MuscatMelbourne Victory5
Terry McFlynnSydney FC5
Simon ColosimoPerth Glory5

Attendances
Team Hosted Average High Low Total
Melbourne Victory1127,72850,33315,563305,011
Queensland Roar1016,46532,37110,040164,653
Sydney FC1014,99920,8819,871149,986
Adelaide United1112,16216,3788,785133,782
Newcastle Jets1011,44220,9804,635114,420
Central Coast Mariners119,82815,4044,644108,112
Perth Glory107,6719,9786,25176,709
New Zealand Knights113,0147,3041,63233,156
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League total 84 12,927 50,333 1,632 1,085,829

Highest attendances

Awards

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

See also

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
  1. "Historic deal for football". 26 April 2006. Archived from the original on 25 August 2006.
  2. "Football's new kick-start". The Sydney Morning Herald. 26 August 2006.
  3. "Version 2.0 launched". 25 August 2006. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012.
  4. "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...
  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
  7. "Mariners announce soccer captain". The Sydney Morning Herald. 15 April 2005.
  8. "Captain Wilkinson promoted to Centurion". Central Coast Mariners. Football Federation Australia. 8 February 2011. Wilkinson took the captain-s armband from an injured Noel Spencer late in the second season of the Hyundai A-League
  9. Lynch, Michael (30 April 2016). "Archie Thompson should play on after leaving Melbourne Victory". The Sydney Morning Herald. As Victory's inauguaral marquee signing...
  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...
  15. Roach, Stewart (7 June 2006). "Easy come, easy go: Okon signs for Jets as captain Zelic quits". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  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.
  21. "Long time coming for Rudan". The World Game. SBS. 2 March 2006.
  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...
  23. "A-League Pre-Season Schedule Confirmed". 1 June 2006. Archived from the original on 30 August 2006.
  24. "AFC confirm Sydney and Adelaide". 21 November 2006. Archived from the original on 18 May 2011.
  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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