2006–07 in Australian soccer

The 2006–07 season was the 38th season of national competitive association football in Australia and 124th overall.

Soccer in Australia
Season2006–07
Men's soccer
A-League ChampionshipMelbourne Victory
A-League PremiershipMelbourne Victory
A-League Pre-Season Challenge CupAdelaide United
← 2005–06 Australia 2007–08 →

A-League

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The 2006–07 A-League season began on 25 August 2006 and ended on 18 February 2007.

Regular season

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Melbourne Victory (C) 21 14 3 4 41 20 +21 45 Qualification for 2008 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
2 Adelaide United 21 10 3 8 32 27 +5 33
3 Newcastle Jets 21 8 6 7 32 30 +2 30 Qualification for Finals series
4 Sydney FC 21 8 8 5 29 19 +10 29[a]
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[b] 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) Champions
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.

Finals

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A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup

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The 2006 A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup began on 15 July 2006 and ended on 19 August 2006

Group stage

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Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA BP Pts Qualification
1 Central Coast Mariners 4 2 2 0 5 2 0 8 Advance to semi-finals
2 Adelaide United 4 2 2 0 2 0 0 8
3 Melbourne Victory FC 4 1 1 2 5 7 2 6
4 Perth Glory 4 0 2 2 3 6 0 2
Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA BP Pts Qualification
1 Sydney FC 4 3 1 0 7 2 2 12 Advance to semi-finals
2 Newcastle Jets FC 4 0 2 2 4 6 1 3
3 New Zealand Knights 4 0 3 1 2 3 0 3[A]
4 Queensland Roar 4 0 3 1 2 3 0 3[A]
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    Head-to-head results: Queensland Roar 1–1 New Zealand Knights (tied on head-to-head results, ranked on disciplinary record).
  • Finals

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    Asian Champions League

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    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

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    7 March 2007 Group stage Adelaide United   0–1   Shandong Luneng Taishan Adelaide, Australia
    Report
    Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
    Attendance: 7,645
    Referee: Satop Tongkhan (Thailand)
    21 March 2007 Group stage Gach Dong Tam Long An   0–2   Adelaide United Tân An, Vietnam
    Report
    Stadium: Long An Stadium
    Attendance: 10,000
    Referee: Ali Saleem (Maldives)
    11 April 2007 Group stage Adelaide United   2–2   Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma Adelaide, Australia
    Report
    Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
    Attendance: 9,093
    Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)
    9 May 2007 Group stage Shandong Luneng Taishan   2–2   Adelaide United Jinan, China
    Report
    Stadium: Shandong Stadium
    Attendance: 30,000
    Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)
    23 May 2007 Group stage Adelaide United   3–0   Gach Dong Tam Long An Adelaide, Australia
    • Dodd   7', 22', 49'
    Report Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
    Attendance: 6,917
    Referee: Abdul Bashir (Singapore)

    Sydney FC

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    7 March 2007 Group stage Shanghai Shenhua   1–2   Sydney FC Shanghai, China
    Xie Hui   78' Report Steve Corica   8'
    Ufuk Talay   23'
    Stadium: Yuanshen Stadium
    Attendance: 12,000
    Referee: Lee Gi-Young (South Korea)
    21 March 2007 Group stage Sydney FC   2–2   Urawa Red Diamonds Sydney, Australia
    David Carney   1'
    Ufuk Talay   23' (pen.)
    Report Robson Ponte   30'
    Yuichiro Nagai   55'
    Stadium: Aussie Stadium
    Attendance: 21,010
    Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)
    12 April 2007 Group stage Persik Kediri   2–1   Sydney FC Surakarta, Indonesia
    Aris Budi Prasetyo   25'
    Budi Sudarsono   70'
    Report Steve Corica   8' Stadium: Manahan Stadium
    Attendance: 15,000
    Referee: Abdullah Balideh (Qatar)
    25 April 2007 Group stage Sydney FC   3–0   Persik Kediri Sydney, Australia
    Steve Corica   54', 90'
    Alex Brosque   73'
    Report Stadium: Parramatta Stadium
    Attendance: 10,075
    Referee: Minh Tri Vo (Vietnam)
    9 May 2007 Group stage Sydney FC   0–0   Shanghai Shenhua Sydney, Australia
    (Report 1 2) Stadium: Aussie Stadium
    Attendance: 14,786
    Referee: Abdul Bashir (Singapore)

    National teams

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    Friendlies

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    The following is a list of friendlies played by the men's senior national team in 2006–07.

    7 October 2006 Australia   1–1   Paraguay Brisbane, Australia
    Popovic   88' Report Beauchamp   90+2' (o.g.) Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
    Attendance: 47,609
    Referee: Joji Kashihara (Japan)
    14 November 2006 Australia   1–1   Ghana London, England
    Aloisi   25' (pen.) Report Agogo   75' Stadium: Loftus Road
    Attendance: 14,379
    Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)
    6 February 2007 Australia   1–3   Denmark London, England
    Emerton   85' Report Tomasson   5', 38'
    Jensen   28'
    Stadium: Loftus Road
    Attendance: 12,476
    Referee: Rob Styles (England)
    24 March 2007 China   0–2   Australia Guangzhou, China
    Report Holman   8'
    Bresciano   28'
    Stadium: Yuexiushan Stadium
    Attendance: 20,000
    Referee: Wu Chao Jue (Hong Kong)
    2 June 2007 Australia   1–2   Uruguay Sydney, Australia
    Sterjovski   6' Report Forlán   40'
    Recoba   77'
    Stadium: Telstra Stadium
    Attendance: 61,795
    Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)
    30 June 2007 Singapore   0–3   Australia Kallang, Singapore
    Report Viduka   55', 88'
    Kewell   76'
    Stadium: National Stadium
    Attendance: 45,000
    Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)

    AFC Asian Cup qualification

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    16 August 2006 Qualifying round Australia   2–0   Kuwait Sydney, Australia
    Dodd   75'
    Petrovski   86'
    Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium
    Attendance: 32,622
    Referee: Junjie Huang (China)
    6 September 2006 Qualifying round Kuwait   2–0   Australia Kuwait City, Kuwait
    Al Mutairi   55'
    Al-Mutwa   60'
    Stadium: National Stadium
    Attendance: 8,000
    Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)

    Friendlies

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    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   China 2–0   Australia Hong Kong
    Cornthwaite   7' (o.g.)
    Jiang   87'
    Report Stadium: Hong Kong Stadium
    Attendance: 14,633

    Olympic qualification

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    7 February 2007 Preliminary Round 1 Australia   11–0   Chinese Taipei Adelaide, Australia
    19:00 UTC+09:30 Milligan   4'
    Burns   10'
    Sarkies   45', 63', 84', 89'
    Djite   48'
    Stanley   62', 78'
    Cornthwaite   81'
    Vidošić   90'
    Report Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
    Attendance: 1,459
    Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)
    14 February 2007 Preliminary Round 1 Chinese Taipei   0–1
    (0–12 agg.)
      Australia Taipei
    18:00 UTC+08:00 Report Milligan   66' Stadium: Zhongshan Soccer Stadium
    Attendance: 2,500
    Referee: Rosdi Shaharul (Malaysia)
    28 February 2007 Preliminary Round 2 Iran   0–0   Australia Tehran, Iran
    15:00 UTC+03:30 Report Stadium: Azadi Stadium
    Attendance: 4,000
    Referee: Abdullah Balideh (Qatar)
    14 March 2007 Preliminary Round 2 Australia   1–1   Jordan Adelaide, Australia
    19:00 UTC+10:30 Sarkies   58' Report Abdel-Halim   86' Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
    Attendance: 1,296
    Referee: Chaiwat Kunsuta (Thailand)
    28 March 2007 Preliminary Round 2 Australia   2–0   Saudi Arabia Adelaide, Australia
    19:00 UTC+10:30 Topor-Stanley   73'
    Sarkies   90+3'
    Report Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
    Attendance: 3,434
    Referee: Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore)
    18 April 2007 Preliminary Round 2 Saudi Arabia   2–1   Australia Dammam, Saudi Arabia
    20:30 UTC+03:00 Al-Bishi   60' (pen.)
    Al-Salem   67'
    Report Bridge   45+2' Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium
    Attendance: 11,000
    Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
    16 May 2007 Preliminary Round 2 Australia   3–1   Iran Adelaide, Australia
    19:00 UTC+09:30 Downes   3'
    Bridge   42' (pen.)
    Troisi   52'
    Report Amraei   4' Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
    Attendance: 6,750
    Referee: Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli (Kuwait)
    6 June 2007 Preliminary Round 2 Jordan   0–4   Australia Amman, Jordan
    18:30 UTC+02:00 Report Williams   54', 73'
    Ward   66'
    Vidošić   90+2'
    Stadium: King Abdullah Stadium
    Attendance: 100
    Referee: Jasim Karim (Bahrain)

    Friendlies

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    The following is a list of friendlies played by the men's senior national team in 2006–07.

    12 August 2006 Chile   1–1   Australia Santiago, Chile
      57' Report Djite   71' Stadium: Estadio Bicentenario de La Florida
    14 August 2006 Chile   2–2   Australia Santiago, Chile
      70'
      87'
    Report Bozanic   25', 32'
    18 January 2007 Australian Youth Olympic Festival Australia   3–3   Japan Sydney, Australia
    Ryall   37'
    Naidovski   58'
    Jesic   90+1'
    Report Marutani   40'
    Kiyotake   45+1'
    Yamamoto   63'

    AFF U-20 Youth Championship

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    13 September 2006 Thailand   0–3   Australia Kuantan, Malaysia
    Report Djite   1'
    Downey   79'
    Burns   90+2'
    Stadium: Darul Makmur Stadium
    15 September 2006 Australia   4–0   Vietnam Kuantan, Malaysia
    Berger   10'
    Hearfield   48'
    Burns   53'
    Elrich   76'
    Report Stadium: Darul Makmur Stadium
    17 September 2006 Malaysia   0–1   Australia Kuantan, Malaysia
    Report Vidošić   29' Stadium: Darul Makmur Stadium

    AFC Youth Championship

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    30 October 2006 Group stage China   1–0   Australia Kolkata, India
    16:00 IST Xu   65' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
    Attendance: 300
    Referee: Qassim Shaban (Kuwait)
    1 November 2006 Group stage Australia   3–1   Thailand Kolkata, India
    16:00 IST Burns   26'   90+2'
    Vidosic   33' (pen.)
    Report Phukom   40' (pen.) Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
    Attendance: 100
    Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)
    3 November 2006 Group stage Australia   2–0   United Arab Emirates Kolkata, India
    14:45 IST Williams   14', 31' Report Stadium: Municipal Corporation Stadium
    Attendance: 3,000
    Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
    6 November 2006 Quarterfinal South Korea   2–1   Australia Kolkata, India
    16:00 IST Song Jin-hyung   10', 36' Report Grossman   18' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
    Attendance: 600
    Referee: Muhsen Basma (Syria)

    Friendlies

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    The following is a list of friendlies played by the women's senior national team in 2006–07.

    29 October 2006 Peace Queen Cup group stage Netherlands   0–1   Australia Gimhae, South Korea
    Report Walsh   65' Stadium: Gimhae Stadium
    Attendance: 13,800
    Referee: Cha Sung Mi (South Korea)
    31 October 2006 Peace Queen Cup group stage Australia   0–2   United States Cheonan, South Korea
    Report Lilly   20'
    Kai   35'
    Stadium: Cheonan Stadium
    Attendance: 8,215
    Referee: Kim Eun Jin (South Korea)
    2 November 2006 Peace Queen Cup group stage Australia   1–2   Denmark Suwon, South Korea
    Munoz   69' Report Juliussen   13'
    Rasmussen   81'
    Stadium: Suwon World Cup Stadium
    Attendance: 2,350
    Referee: Shin Hwa Yeon (South Korea)
    19 November 2006 Japan   1–0   Australia Tokyo, Japan
    Nagasato   51' Report Stadium: Fukuda-Denshi Arena
    Attendance: 4,093
    Referee: Deng Junxia (China)

    AFC Women's Asian Cup

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    16 July 2006 Group stage Australia   4–0   South Korea Adelaide, Australia
    Shin Sun-Nam   30' (o.g.)
    Walsh   66'
    Munoz   75'
    De Vanna   87'
    Report Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
    Attendance: 3,000
    Referee: Bentla D'Coth (India)
    18 July 2006 Group stage Australia   2–0   Myanmar Adelaide, Australia
    Shipard   31'
    De Vanna   77'
    Report Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
    Attendance: 2,000
    Referee: Dongqing Zhang (China)
    22 July 2006 Group stage Australia   0–0   North Korea Adelaide, Australia
    Report Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
    Attendance: 4,000
    Referee: Mayumi Oiwa (Japan)
    24 July 2006 Group stage Australia   5–0   Thailand Adelaide, Australia
    Ferguson   3'
    Burgess   27'
    Walsh   53'
    Gill   62'
    De Vanna   81'
    Report Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
    Attendance: 400
    Referee: Hong Eun-Ah (South Korea)
    27 July 2006 Semifinal Australia   2–0   Japan Adelaide, Australia
    Munoz   10'
    Peters   45'
    Report Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
    Attendance: 4,000
    Referee: Jenny Palmqvist (Sweden)
    27 July 2006 Final Australia   2–2 (a.e.t.)
    (2–4 p)
      China Adelaide, Australia
    Munoz   29'
    Peters   33'
    Report Han Duan   68'
    Ma Xiaoxu   73'
    Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
    Attendance: 5,000
    Referee: Mayumi Oiwa (Japan)
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    Olympic qualification

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    21 February 2007 First round Australia   2–0   Myanmar Taipei, Taiwan
    Walsh   9', 55' Report Stadium: Zhongshan Soccer Stadium
    Attendance: 300
    Referee: Sachiko Baba (Japan)
    23 February 2007 First round Uzbekistan   0–10   Australia Taipei, Taiwan
    Report Gill   3'
    Slatyer   14'
    Colthorpe   18'   57', 81'
    Small   25'
    Walsh   27'
    Garriock   52'
    Davies   57'
    Walsh   15'
    McCallum   59', 83'
    Harch   75'
    Stadium: Zhongshan Soccer Stadium
    Referee: Etsuko Fukano (Japan)
    25 February 2007 First round Chinese Taipei   1–8   Australia Taipei, Taiwan
    Pei-Wen Tsai   35' Report Gill   14', 26', 44', 49', 90'
    Walsh   29'
    Peters   72'
    Small   83'
    Stadium: Zhongshan Soccer Stadium
    Attendance: 300
    Referee: Bentla D'Coth (India)
    7 April 2007 Final round Australia   15–0   Hong Kong Coffs Harbour, Australia
    Walsh   10', 12'
    McCallum   16', 43', 54'
    Gill   26', 52', 72', 74', 89'
    Peters   33'
    Burgess   56'
    Small   72'
    Salisbury   85', 87'
    Report Stadium: Coffs Harbour International Stadium
    Attendance: 1,511
    Referee: Mayumi Oiwa (Japan)
    15 April 2007 Final round Chinese Taipei   0–10   Australia Taipei, Taiwan
    Report Gill   6', 28', 29'
    Walsh   18', 32', 45'
    Peters   42', 57'
    Salisbury   81'
    Burgess   83'
    Stadium: Zhongshan Soccer Stadium
    Attendance: 600
    Referee: Etsuko Fukano (Japan)
    3 June 2007 Final round North Korea   2–0   Australia Pyongyang, North Korea
    Ri Kum-suk   35', 55' (pen.) Report Stadium: Yanggakdo Stadium
    Attendance: 3,100
    Referee: Huijin Niu (China)
    10 June 2007 Final round Australia   0–2   North Korea Coffs Harbour, Australia
    Report Ri Kum-suk   60'
    Kim Kyong-hwa   69'
    Stadium: Coffs Harbour International Stadium
    Attendance: 2,121
    Referee: Sachiko Baba (Japan)

    FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship

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    17 August 2006 Group stage New Zealand   0–3   Australia Saint Petersburg, Russia
    Report McCallum   39', 80'
    Shipard   90+2'
    Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
    Attendance: 1,100
    Referee: Gyöngyi Gaál (Hungary)
    20 August 2006 Group stage Brazil   2–0   Australia Saint Petersburg, Russia
    Francielle   41' (pen.)
    Fabiana   69'
    Report Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
    Attendance: 700
    Referee: Jennifer Bennett (United States)
    23 August 2006 Group stage Australia   1–1   Russia Moscow, Russia
    Brogan   85' Report Kozhnikova   75' Stadium: Torpedo Stadium
    Attendance: 1,000
    Referee: Christine Baitinger (Germany)

    Friendlies

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    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 Australia   1–2   South Korea Sydney, Australia
    Hogben   88' Report Ji So-yun   51', 74' Stadium: Valentine Sports Park
    20 January 2007 Australian Youth Olympic Festival Australia   2–1   China Sydney, Australia
    Kingsley   53'
    Butt   73' (pen.)
    Report Zhao   48'

    AFC U-16 Women's Championship

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    10 March 2007 Group stage South Korea   3–1   Australia Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
    Park Hee-young   51'
    Kim Jung-in   53'
    Lee Hyun-young   58'
    Report Simon   61' Stadium: Petaling Jaya Stadium
    Attendance: 150
    Referee: Praew Semaksuk (Thailand)
    12 March 2007 Group stage Australia   0–0   China Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
    Report Stadium: Petaling Jaya Stadium
    Attendance: 100
    Referee: Kim Kyong-hui (North Korea)

    Retirements

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    References

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    1. ^ "VictoryTV - November 22, 2006". Retrieved 22 June 2020.
    2. ^ "Carl Veart retires gracefully". Sydney Morning Herald. 16 May 2007. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
    3. ^ "Out with the old, in with the new". Archived from the original on 11 March 2014.
    4. ^ "Injuries force Okon to retire". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
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