2006–07 A-League

A-League
Season	2006–07
Dates	25 August 2006 – 18 February 2007
Champions	Melbourne Victory (1st title)
Premiers	Melbourne Victory (1st title)
AFC Champions League	Melbourne Victory, Adelaide United
Matches played	84
Goals scored	218 (2.6 per match)
Top goalscorer	Archie Thompson ; (15 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Michael Theoklitos
Biggest away win	New Zealand Knights 0–4 Melbourne Victory; (27 October 2006)
Highest attendance	50,333
Lowest attendance	1,632
Average attendance	12,927
	← 2005–06 2007–08 →

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

Adelaide United

Central Coast Mariners

Melbourne Victory

Newcastle Jets

New Zealand Knights

Queensland Roar

Perth Glory

Sydney FC

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

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

Template:2006–07 A-League table

Results

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

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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	Griffiths 57' Coveny 71'			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
	Diego Owens Alagich Aloisi		Bridge Carle Thompson Coveny Musialik

18 February 2007 Grand Final	Melbourne Victory	6–0	Adelaide United	Telstra Dome, Melbourne
18:00 UTC+11	Thompson 20', 29', 39', 56', 72' Sarkies 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
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{{{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

Notes

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

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^ "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...
^ "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.
^ "Vidmar announces retirement". ABC News. 14 February 2008. Vidmar joined the Mariners as a marquee signing in the 2006-07 season
^ "Mariners announce soccer captain". The Sydney Morning Herald. 15 April 2005.
^ "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
^ Lynch, Michael (30 April 2016). "Archie Thompson should play on after leaving Melbourne Victory". The Sydney Morning Herald. As Victory's inauguaral marquee signing...
^ "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
^ "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
^ "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.
^ "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]
^ "Mariners escape with controversial win". ABC News. 28 September 2006. ...from New Zealand captain Darren Bazeley...
^ ^a ^b Roach, Stewart (7 June 2006). "Easy come, easy go: Okon signs for Jets as captain Zelic quits". The Sydney Morning Herald.
^ 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
^ "Harnwell named Glory captain". The Sydney Morning Herald. 6 May 2005.
^ "Roar name inaugural captain". ABC News. 3 May 2005. A-League club Queensland Roar have named Chad Gibson as their inaugural captain...
^ "Yorke goes Down Under". The Guardian. 30 June 2005. The former Manchester United, Aston Villa, Blackburn and Birmingham striker is Sydney's marquee player
^ "Yorke confirms Sunderland move". The Sydney Morning Herald. 1 September 2006.
^ "Long time coming for Rudan". The World Game. SBS. 2 March 2006.
^ "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...
^ "A-League Pre-Season Schedule Confirmed". 1 June 2006. Archived from the original on 30 August 2006.
^ "AFC confirm Sydney and Adelaide". 21 November 2006. Archived from the original on 18 May 2011.
^ Nick Carle takes out Johnny Warren Medal Archived 17 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine, A-League, 27 February 2007.

External links

[8] Wilkinson replaced Spencer as captain mid-season

[22] Yorke was released from his marquee deal early by Sydney FC to join Sunderland in September 2006.^[20]

[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.^{[dead link]}

[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.

[9] "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

[10] Lynch, Michael (30 April 2016). "Archie Thompson should play on after leaving Melbourne Victory". The Sydney Morning Herald. As Victory's inauguaral marquee signing...

[11] "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

[12] "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

[13] "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.

[14] "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]

[15] "Mariners escape with controversial win". ABC News. 28 September 2006. ...from New Zealand captain Darren Bazeley...

[OkonMarqueeCaptain-16] Roach, Stewart (7 June 2006). "Easy come, easy go: Okon signs for Jets as captain Zelic quits". The Sydney Morning Herald.

[17] 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

[18] "Harnwell named Glory captain". The Sydney Morning Herald. 6 May 2005.

[19] "Roar name inaugural captain". ABC News. 3 May 2005. A-League club Queensland Roar have named Chad Gibson as their inaugural captain...

[20] "Yorke goes Down Under". The Guardian. 30 June 2005. The former Manchester United, Aston Villa, Blackburn and Birmingham striker is Sydney's marquee player

[21] "Yorke confirms Sunderland move". The Sydney Morning Herald. 1 September 2006.

[23] "Long time coming for Rudan". The World Game. SBS. 2 March 2006.

[24] "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...

[25] "A-League Pre-Season Schedule Confirmed". 1 June 2006. Archived from the original on 30 August 2006.

[26] "AFC confirm Sydney and Adelaide". 21 November 2006. Archived from the original on 18 May 2011.

[27] Nick Carle takes out Johnny Warren Medal Archived 17 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine, A-League, 27 February 2007.

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