2006–07 A-League

A-League
Season	2006–07
Champions	Melbourne Victory (1st title)
Premiers	Melbourne Victory (1st title)
AFC Champions League	Melbourne Victory, Adelaide United
Top goalscorer	Archie Thompson (15 goals)
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 second season of the Australian football competition, the A-League. 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

Further information: A-League § Clubs

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Adelaide United !Adelaide United	Adelaide	Hindmarsh Stadium	17,000
Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	Gosford	Bluetongue Stadium	20,119
Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	Melbourne	Olympic Park Stadium Telstra Dome	18,500 56,347
Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	Newcastle	Energy Australia Stadium	26,164
New Zealand Knights	Auckland	North Harbour Stadium	25,000
Perth Glory !Perth Glory	Perth	Members Equity Stadium	18,156
Queensland Roar	Brisbane	Suncorp Stadium	52,500
Sydney FC !Sydney FC	Sydney	Aussie Stadium	42,500

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.^[4]

The pre-season cup was won by Adelaide United !Adelaide United at the final on 19 August 2006.

Regular season

Home and away 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 !Melbourne Victory (C)	21	14	3	4	41	20	+21	45	2008 AFC Champions League Group stage
2	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	21	10	3	8	32	27	+5	33	2008 AFC Champions League Group stage
3	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	21	8	6	7	32	30	+2	30	2007 A-League Finals Series
4	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	21	8	8	5	29	19	+10	029¹	2007 A-League Finals Series
5	Queensland Roar !Queensland Roar	21	8	5	8	25	27	−2	29
6	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	21	6	6	9	22	26	−4	24
7	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	21	5	5	11	24	30	−6	20
8	New Zealand Knights !New Zealand Knights	21	5	4	12	13	39	−26	19	Disbanded at end of season and were replaced

Updated to games played on 21 January 2007
Source: theworldgame.sbs.com.au
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
¹Sydney FC were penalised three competition points following round 18 due to salary cap breaches which occurred during the 2005–06 season.
²First place through to fourth place qualify for the 2007 A-League Finals Series.
³First place qualifies for the 2008 AFC Champions League Group stage.
⁴Winning the 2007 A-League Grand Final earns qualification for the 2008 AFC Champions League Group stage, unless the Grand Final winners are also first place, in which case the Grand Final runner up qualifies.
⁵New Zealand Knights cannot qualify for the 2008 AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Round 1

25 August 2006	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	2 – 0	Adelaide United !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 !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 !Newcastle Jets	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
16:30 UTC+12				Attendance: 7,304 Referee: Simon Przydacz

27 August 2006	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	1 – 0	Central Coast Mariners !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 !Newcastle Jets	2 – 3	Queensland Roar	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
	Bridge 40' Gibson 25' (o.g.) Griffiths 22', 90+1'		Lynch 88' Okon 38' (o.g.) Reinaldo 5'	Attendance: 7,276 Referee: Angelo Nardi

2 September 2006	New Zealand Knights	1 – 0	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
	Buari 84'			Attendance: 4,100 Referee: Peter Green

2 September 2006	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	3 – 2	Sydney FC !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 !Perth Glory	2 – 0	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	Members Equity Stadium, Perth
	Young 81' Colosimo 52'			Attendance: 7,229 Referee: Craig Zetter

Round 3

8 September 2006	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	5 – 1	Newcastle Jets !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 !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 !Melbourne Victory	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
			Muscat 35' Thompson 22' Allsopp 9'	Attendance: 2,071 Referee: Matthew Breeze

10 September 2006	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	1 – 1	Sydney FC !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 !Adelaide United	3 – 0	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
	Dodd 34' Rech 14', 50'			Attendance: 11,474 Referee: Peter O'Leary

17 September 2006	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	2 – 2	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	Aussie Stadium, Sydney
	Zdrillic 38' Corica 33' (pen.), 68'		Rodriguez 45', 62'	Attendance: 15,488 Referee: Matthew Breeze

17 September 2006	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	1 – 0	Central Coast Mariners !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 !Sydney FC	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
			Rudan 58'	Attendance: 2,764 Referee: Ben Williams

22 September 2006	Queensland Roar	0 – 0	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
			Qu 58'	Attendance: 16,143 Referee: Matthew Breeze

23 September 2006	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	1 – 1	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
	Hutchinson 12'		Griffiths 84', , 90' Okon 75'	Attendance: 8,439 Referee: Simon Przydacz

24 September 2006	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	1 – 2	Melbourne Victory !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 !Central Coast Mariners	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
	Duruz 87' Bunce 83'		Kwasnik 85' (pen.)	Attendance: 1,632 Referee: Peter O'Leary

29 September 2006	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	0 – 3	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
			Harnwell 83' Young 44', 90'	Attendance: 7,961 Referee: Matthew Breeze

1 October 2006	Melbourne Victory !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 !Adelaide United	1 – 4	Sydney FC !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 !Adelaide United	3 – 1	Central Coast Mariners !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 !Perth Glory	1 – 0	New Zealand Knights	Members Equity Stadium, Perth
	Young 37'			Attendance: 7,309 Referee: Craig Zetter

8 October 2006	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	1 – 1	Queensland Roar	Aussie Stadium, Sydney
	Ceccoli 45'		Dilevski 15'	Attendance: 17,274 Referee: Matthew Breeze

8 October 2006	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	0 – 2	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
			Allsopp 69', 90'	Attendance: 4,635 Referee: Peter Green

Round 8

13 October 2006	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	3 – 1	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
	Mori 52', 90' O'Grady 40'		Carbone 12'	Attendance: 11,567 Referee: Simon Przydacz

14 October 2006	Newcastle Jets !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 !Melbourne Victory	0 – 1	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	Telstra Dome, Melbourne
			Owens 83'	Attendance: 32,368 Referee: Matthew Breeze

15 October 2006	Perth Glory !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 !Central Coast Mariners	2 – 1	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
	Pondeljak 2', 87'		Despotovski 58'	Attendance: 8,496 Referee: Matthew Breeze

21 October 2006	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	1 – 2	Melbourne Victory !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 !Newcastle Jets	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
			Coveny 34'	Attendance: 16,061 Referee: Peter O'Leary

22 October 2006	Adelaide United !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 !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 !Newcastle Jets	2 – 1	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
	Carle 90' North 87' Coveny 26'		Veart 37' (pen.)	Attendance: 10,895 Referee: Matthew Breeze

28 October 2006	Queensland Roar	1 – 1	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
	Reinaldo 49'		Mori 21'	Attendance: 13,727 Referee: Mark Shield

29 October 2006	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	1 – 1	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	Aussie Stadium, Sydney
	Zdrillic 15'		Glavas 75'	Attendance: 12,316 Referee: Ben Williams

Round 11

3 November 2006	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	3 – 3	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	Telstra Dome, Melbourne
	Allsopp 4', 68' Thompson 10' Vargas 21' Muscat 45'		McMaster 6' Petrie 11' Kwasnik 23' (pen.)	Attendance: 28.118 Referee: Peter Green

4 November 2006	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	1 – 1	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
	Brown 86'		Zdrillic 14' Bingley 45+3', 90+1'	Attendance: 8,493 Referee: Mark Shield

5 November 2006	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	3 – 2	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
	Veart 8' Owens 24' Kemp 57'		Saric 14' Despotovski 45+2' Pezos 74'	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 !Melbourne Victory	1 – 0	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	Telstra Dome, Melbourne
	Brebner 88'			Attendance: 22,890 Referee: Craig Zetter

10 November 2006	Sydney FC !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 !Adelaide United	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
			Dodd 62'	Attendance: 14,154 Referee: Ben Williams

11 November 2006	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	3 – 1	Central Coast Mariners !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 !Melbourne Victory	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
			Packer 18' (o.g.) Thompson 46'	Attendance: 14,797 Referee: Simon Przydacz

18 November 2006	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	2 – 1	Newcastle Jets !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 !Central Coast Mariners	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
			Mori 65' Mrdja 90+5'	Attendance: 2,139 Referee: Peter Green

19 November 2006	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	2 – 1	Adelaide United !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 !Sydney FC	3 – 0	Queensland Roar	Aussie Stadium, Sydney
	Talay 23' (pen.) Corica 64' Middleby 89'		Gibson 20'	Attendance: 12,718 Referee: Ben Williams

25 November 2006	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	2 – 0	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
	Kwasnik 55' Petrie 59'			Attendance: 13,119 Referee: Mark Shield

26 November 2006	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	4 – 1	New Zealand Knights	Members Equity Stadium, Perth
	Harnwell 10', 42', 60' Despotovski 83'		Hickey 3' Salley 8', 33'	Attendance: 6,251 Referee: Simon Przydacz

26 November 2006	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	0 – 1	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	Telstra Dome, Melbourne
			Rodriguez 61'	Attendance: 27,753 Referee: Matthew Breeze

Round 15

1 December 2006	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	1 – 3	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
	Bajic 13' Fernando 42'		Muscat 16' (pen.) Brebner 20' Allsopp 61' Fred 86'	Attendance: 16,378 Referee: Mark Shield

2 December 2006	Queensland Roar	1 – 0	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
	McKay 80'			Attendance: 11,237 Referee: Craig Zetter

3 December 2006	New Zealand Knights	1 – 1	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
	Marcina 29' (pen.)		Griffiths 13'	Attendance: 2,039 Referee: Peter O’Leary

3 December 2006	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	0 – 0	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
				Attendance: 12,457 Referee: Matthew Breeze

Round 16

7 December 2006	Queensland Roar	0 – 3	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
			Bridge 9', 77' Griffiths 53'	Attendance: 10,040 Referee: Matthew Breeze

8 December 2006	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	0 – 0	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	Telstra Dome, Melbourne
				Attendance: 50,333 Referee: Mark Shield

10 December 2006	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	1 – 0	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
	Kwasnik 12'			Attendance: 8,089 Referee: Peter O’Leary

10 December 2006	Adelaide United !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 !Sydney FC	1 – 0	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	Aussie Stadium, Sydney
	Rudan 28' Brosque 80'			Attendance: 11,816 Referee: Simon Przydacz

15 December 2006	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	3 – 2	Newcastle Jets !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 !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 !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 !Perth Glory	0 – 0	Adelaide United !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 !Central Coast Mariners	1 – 2	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
	Kwasnik 52'		Fred 23' Thompson 26'	Attendance: 15404 Referee: Mark Shield

1 January 2007	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	0 – 2	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
			Brosque 46' Petrovski 90+1'	Attendance: 20,980 Referee: Matthew Breeze

Round 19

4 January 2007	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	0 – 1	Queensland Roar	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
			Reinaldo 52'	Attendance: 10,435 Referee: Matthew Breeze

5 January 2007	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	1 – 0	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
	Rodriguez 25'			Attendance: 14,828 Referee: Mark Shield

7 January 2007	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	0 – 1	New Zealand Knights	Aussie Stadium, Sydney
			Bunce 16'	Attendance: 16,040 Referee: Simon Przydacz

7 January 2007	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	2 – 2	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	Members Equity Stadium, Perth
	Harnwell 29' Byrnes 43' (o.g.)		Sarkies 58', 76' Byrnes 72'	Attendance: 6,462 Referee: Peter Green

Round 20

11 January 2007	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	0 – 0	New Zealand Knights	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
				Attendance: 10,637 Referee: Ben Williams

12 January 2006	Melbourne Victory !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 !Adelaide United	1 – 0	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
	Fernando 89'			Attendance: 14,704 Referee: Matthew Breeze

14 January 2007	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	3 – 3	Newcastle Jets !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 !Newcastle Jets	4 – 0	Melbourne Victory !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 !Sydney FC	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
	Mori 20'		Brosque 13' Talay 81'	Attendance: 32,371 Referee: Mark Shield

21 January 2007	New Zealand Knights	2 – 0	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
	Emblen 32' Buari 40'			Attendance: 4,936 Referee: Kevin Docherty

21 January 2007	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	1 – 3	Adelaide United !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 !Melbourne Victory	0	2					18 February
2	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	0	1		11 February		1	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	6
				2	Adelaide United !Adelaide United (pso)	1 (4)	2	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	0
	26 January & 2 February			3	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	1 (3)
3	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	1	2
4	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	2	0

26 January 2007 Minor Semi Final - Leg 1	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	2 – 1	Newcastle Jets !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 !Adelaide United	0 – 0	Melbourne Victory !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 !Newcastle Jets	2 – 0	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
20:00 UTC+11	Griffiths 57' Coveny 71'		Brosque 12', 44'	Attendance: 24,338 Referee: Matthew Breeze

4 February 2007 Major Semi Final - Leg 2	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	2 – 1	Adelaide United !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 !Adelaide United	1 – 1	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
17:30 UTC+10.30	Veart 57'	(4–3 Pen.)	Coveny 74'	Attendance: 13,798 Referee: Matthew Breeze

18 February 2007 Grand Final	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	6 – 0	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	Telstra Dome, Melbourne
18:00 UTC+11	Thompson 20', 29', 39', 56', 72' Sarkies 90+3'		Aloisi 22', 34'	Attendance: 55,436 Referee: Mark Shield

The Asian Football Confederation announced on 21 November 2006 that Adelaide United !Adelaide United and Sydney FC !Sydney FC would represent Australia in the 2007 AFC Champions League. Despite an appeal by the Football Federation Australia, it was determined that the A-League 2005-06 premiers and champions would qualify and not those from the current season.^[5]

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.

2006–07 league records (regular season)

Leading goalscorers

Player	Team	Goals
Archie Thompson	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	15
Daniel Allsopp	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	12
Damian Mori	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners (6), Queensland Roar (2)	8
Mark Bridge	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	8
Adam Kwasnik	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	7
Jamie Harnwell	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	7

Most goal assists

Player	Team	Goal Assists
Fred	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	9
Leo Bertos	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	9
Jason Spagnuolo	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	7
Matt Thompson	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	6
Nick Carle	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	6
Archie Thompson	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	5

Most yellow cards

Player	Team	Yellow Cards
Adrian Leijer	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	7
Nick Carle	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	6
Andrew Durante	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	6
Kevin Muscat	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	5
Terry McFlynn	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	5
Simon Colosimo	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	5

Attendances

Team	Hosted	Average	High	Low	Total
Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	13	31,374	55,436	15,563	407,860
Queensland Roar	10	16,465	32,371	10,040	164,653
Sydney FC !Sydney FC	11	15,554	21,112	9,871	171,098
Adelaide United !Adelaide United	13	12,550	16,378	8,785	163,155
Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	11	12,614	24,338	4,635	138,758
Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	11	9,828	15,404	4,644	108,112
Perth Glory !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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{{ALeague {{{T10}}}}}	0	0	0	0	0
{{ALeague {{{T11}}}}}	0	0	0	0	0
{{ALeague {{{T12}}}}}	0	0	0	0	0
League total	90	14,039	55,436	1,632	1,263,501

Highest attendances

55,436: Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory vs Adelaide United !Adelaide United, 18 February 2007 (Grand Final)
50,333: Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory vs Sydney FC !Sydney FC, 8 December 2006 (Round 16)
47,413: Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory vs Adelaide United !Adelaide United, 4 February 2007 (Finals Week 2)
39,730: Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory vs Sydney FC !Sydney FC, 2 September 2006 (Round 2)
32,371: Queensland Roar vs Sydney FC !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.^[6]

Johnny Warren Medal (Player of the Year): Nick Carle (Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets)
Joe Marston Medal (Best player in Grand Final) Archie Thompson (Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory)
Rising Star (Young Player of the Year): Adrian Leijer (Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory)
Coach of the Year: Ernie Merrick (Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory)
Golden Boot Award (Most Goals in Season): Danny Allsopp (v – 11 goals) (Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory)
Fair Play Award: Perth Glory !Perth Glory
Referee of the Year: Mark Shield

References

↑ "Historic deal for football". 26 April 2006.
↑ "Football's new kick-start". The Sydney Morning Herald. 26 August 2006. Archived from the original on 29 January 2008.
↑ "Version 2.0 launched". 25 August 2006.
↑ "A-League Pre-Season Schedule Confirmed". 1 June 2006.
↑ "AFC confirm Sydney and Adelaide". 21 November 2006.
↑ Nick Carle takes out Johnny Warren Medal, Hyundai A-League, 27 February 2007.

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