2006 A-League Grand Final

2006 A-League Grand Final
Event	2005–06 A-League
Date	5 March 2006
Venue	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Man of the Match	Dwight Yorke, Sydney FC
Referee	Mark Shield
Attendance	41,689
	← 2004 (NSL) 2007 →

The 2006 A-League Grand Final, the first edition of the A-League grand final was played between Sydney FC and Central Coast Mariners to decide the champion of the 2005–06 season. The Grand Final took place at Sydney Football Stadium in Sydney on 5 March 2006 after Sydney FC won the ground advantage after defeating Adelaide United in the major semi-final.

In the Grand Final, a goal from Steve Corica in the second half secured the premiership for Sydney. As the winners of the Grand Final, Sydney qualified through to the 2007 AFC Champions League joining Adelaide United who were the minor premiers.

Road to the final


Semifinals			Preliminary final		Final



Adelaide United	2	1			Sydney FC	1

Sydney FC	2	2			Central Coast Mariners	0

			Adelaide United	0

			Central Coast Mariners	1

Central Coast Mariners	1	1

Newcastle Jets	0	1

Match

Details

5 March 2006
17:00 AEDT

Sydney FC	1–0	Central Coast Mariners
Corica 62'	Reports^[1]

Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney

Attendance: 41,689

Referee: Mark Shield

Sydney FC

Central Coast Mariners


GK	1	Clint Bolton
DF	3	Alvin Ceccoli
DF	4	Mark Rudan	72'
DF	8	Matthew Bingley
MF	10	Steve Corica
FW	11	Sasho Petrovski	90'
MF	12	David Carney
MF	14	Andrew Packer
MF	15	Terry McFlynn
DF	17	Jacob Timpano	81'
FW	19	Dwight Yorke (c)
Substitutes:
GK	20	Justin Pasfield
DF	2	Iain Fyfe	72'
MF	7	Robbie Middleby	90'
FW	23	Ruben Zadkovich	81'
Manager:
Pierre Littbarski


GK	20	Danny Vukovic
DF	2	Wayne O'Sullivan
MF	4	Noel Spencer (c)	57'
DF	5	Michael Beauchamp
MF	6	Andre Gumprecht
DF	8	Dean Heffernan
MF	10	Tom Pondeljak
MF	11	Damien Brown		68'
FW	12	Stewart Petrie		73'
FW	15	Andrew Clark
DF	18	Alex Wilkinson		84'
Substitutes:
GK	30	Matthew Trott
DF	17	Matthew Osman		68'
MF	3	Paul O'Grady		84'
FW	19	Adam Kwasnik		73'
Manager:
Lawrie McKinna

Joe Marston Medal:
Dwight Yorke (Sydney FC)

Assistant referees:
Fourth official:

Match rules

90 minutes
30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.

A-League 2006 Champions

Sydney FC First Title

Statistics

	Sydney	Central Coast
Attempts at goal	15	15
Attempts on target	6	5
Attempts off target	9	10
Attempts - Woodwork	0	0
Keeper saves	4	3
Ball possession	50%	50%
Corners	4	9
Fouls committed	20	16
Offsides	4	3
Yellow cards	0	1
Red cards	0	0

References

^ Lucas, Adam (5 March 2006). "Sydney FC prevails". Archived from the original on 3 September 2006.

External links

[1] Lucas, Adam (5 March 2006). "Sydney FC prevails". Archived from the original on 3 September 2006.

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