| Competition: | A-League |
| Season: | 2006–07 |
| Dates: | 25 August 2006 – 18 February 2007 |
| Winners: | Melbourne Victory (1st title) |
| Premiers: | Melbourne Victory (1st title) |
| Continentalcup1: | AFC Champions League |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Melbourne Victory Adelaide United |
| League Topscorer: | Archie Thompson (15 goals) |
| Biggest Home Win: | Brisbane Roar 5–0 New Zealand Knights (15 September 2006) |
| Biggest Away Win: | New Zealand Knights 0–4 Melbourne Victory (27 October 2006) |
| Highest Scoring: | (8 September 2006) Adelaide United 4–2 New Zealand Knights (22 October 2006) |
| Longest Wins: | 7 Matches Melbourne Victory |
| Longest Unbeaten: | 9 Matches Sydney FC |
| Matches: | 84 |
| Total Goals: | 218 |
| Longest Winless: | 8 Matches New Zealand Knights |
| Longest Losses: | 8 Matches New Zealand Knights |
| Highest Attendance: | 50,333 Melbourne Victory 0–0 Sydney FC (8 December 2006) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 1,632 New Zealand Knights 0–1 Central Coast Mariners (28 September 2006) |
| Attendance: | 1,281,447 |
| Average Attendance: | 12,927 (1972) |
| Prevseason: | 2005–06 |
| Nextseason: | 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]
| 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 | 18,500 | |
| Melbourne | Telstra Dome | 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 |
| 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 Mohammed3Sean Devine1 Scot Gemmill3 | Dean Gordon3 | |
| Newcastle Jets |  Milton Rodríguez |  Tim Brown | Steven Old | Vaughan Coveny1 | |||
| Perth Glory | Leo Bertos | Jeremy Christie | Danny Hay | Mark Lee1 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 |
See 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.[22]
The pre-season cup was won by Adelaide United at the final on 19 August 2006.
The league season took a triple round-robin format, and took place over 21 rounds between 25 August 2006 and 21 January 2007.
Newcastle Jets won 3–2 on aggregate.
Melbourne Victory won 2–1 on aggregate.
See also: 2007 A-League Grand Final.
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.[23]
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.
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Archie Thompson | Melbourne Victory | 15 |
| 2 | Daniel Allsopp | Melbourne Victory | 12 |
| 3 | Damian Mori | Central Coast Mariners (6), Queensland Roar (2) | 8 |
| Mark Bridge | Newcastle Jets | ||
| 5 | Adam Kwasnik | Central Coast Mariners | 7 |
| Jamie Harnwell | Perth Glory |
| Rank | Player | Team | Yellow Cards |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adrian Leijer | Melbourne Victory | 7 |
| 2 | Nick Carle | Newcastle Jets | 6 |
| Andrew Durante | Newcastle Jets | ||
| 4 | Kevin Muscat | Melbourne Victory | 5 |
| Terry McFlynn | Sydney FC | ||
| Simon Colosimo | Perth Glory |
The 2007 A-League Awards ceremony was held on 27 February 2007.[24]
