The A-League Cup Competition - 2006/2007 Season results
2006/2007 A-League Cup
written by Thomas Esamie

The eight A-League teams split into two groups of four, then some weird stuff happens and you end up with a first to eigth thingo.


Group A
Adelaide United FC
Central Coast Mariners FC
Melbourne Victory FC
Perth Glory FC

Group B
New Zealand Knights FC
Queensland Roar FC
Sydney FC
Newcastle United Jets FC


Cup Final Match
Played (19/08/06) Central Coast Stadium, Gosford
Referee : Simon Przydacz, Crowd : 10463
Central Coast Mariners
Danny Vukovic, Wayne O'Sullivan, Noel Spencer, Andre Gumprecht, Damien Brown (John Hutchinson 98), Stewart Petrie, Tony Vidmar (Jamie McMaster 75), Vuko Tomasevic, Andrew Clark, Alex Wilksinson, Adam Kwasnik
Goal : Gumprecht 77
Coach : Lawrie McKinna
1aet - 1aet Adelaide United
Robert Bajic, Richie Alagich, Angelo Costanzo (Shengqing Qu 70), Michael Valkanis, Ross Aloisi, Carl Veart, Greg Owens, Travis Dodd (Adam van Dommele 46), Aaron Goulding, Robert Cornthwaite, Jason Spagnuolo (Kristian Rees 56)
Goal : Veart 7
Coach : John Kosmina
Adelaide United won 5-4 on penalties after extra time failed to find a winner.

3rd place match
Played (19/08/06) , Campbelltown Stadium, Campbelltown
Referee : Srebre Delovski, Crowd : 5326
Sydney FC
Justin Pasfield, Iain Fyfe, Mark Rudan (Steven Bozinovski 70), Ufuk Talay, Robbie Middleby, David Zdrilic, Sasho Petrovski, Jeremy Brockie, Terry McFlynn, Nikolai Topor-Stanley, Nikolas Tsattalios (Jason Naidovski 83)
Goals : Petrovski 40, Rudan 68
Coach : Terry Butcher
2 - 0 Newcastle United Jets
Ben Kennedy, Matthew Thompson, Vaughan Coveny (Tolgay Ozbey 79), Nick Carle, Paul Okon, Adam D'Apuzzo , Jobe Wheelhouse, Stuart Musialik (Tarek Elrich 81), Labinot Haliti, Joel Griffiths, Mark Bridge
Coach : Nick Theodorakopoulos

5th place match
Played (18/08/06) , Olympic Park, Melbourne
Referee : Ben Williams, Crowd : 2215
Melbourne Victory
Eugene Galekovic, Daniel Piorkowski, Steve Pantelidis, Helbert Frederico Carreiro da Silva, Kristian Sarkies (Archie Thompson 62), Adrian Caceres, Adrian Leijer, Simon Storey, Grant Brebner, Alessandro Viana Da Silva (Vince Lia 78), Claudio Andre Santos Assis (Daniel Allsopp 67)
Goal : Allsopp 84
Coach : Ernie Merrick
1 - 0 Perth Glory
Aleks Vrteski, David Tarka, Jamie Harnwell, Jeremy Christie, Mislav Saric (Josip Magdic 62), Stan Lazaridis, Leo Bertos, Ante Kovacevic, Mark Robertson, Stuart Young (Luka Glavas 78), Tyler Simpson
Coach : Ron Smith

7th place match
Played (18/08/06) , North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Referee : Peter O'Leary, Crowd :
New Zealand Knights
Danny Milosevic, Darren Bazeley, Neil Emblen, Richard Johnson, Scot Gemmill, Dani Rodrigues (Sean Devine 23), Malik Buari, Noah Hickey (Jonty Richter 10 (Michael White 70 )), Adam Casey, Frank van Eijs (sent off 71), Sime Kovacevic
Goal : Bazeley 65
Coach : Paul Nevin
1 - 2 Queensland Roar
Liam Reddy (Tom Willis 69), Andrew Packer, Remo Buess, Josh McCloughan, Marcus Wedau (Steve Fitzsimmons 66), Simon Lynch, Reinaldo, Ben Griffin, Matthew McKay (Massimo Murdocca 60), Dario Vidosic, Sasa Ognenovski
Goals : Reinaldo 49, Vidosic 55
Coach : Miron Bleiberg

1st Semifinal
Played (11/08/06) WIN Stadium, Wollongong
Referee : Mark Shield, Crowd : 4210
Sydney FC
Clint Bolton, Iain Fyfe, Alvin Ceccoli (sent off 45), Mark Rudan, Steve Corica (David Zdrilic 92), Sasho Petrovski (Jeremy Brockie 62), David Carney (Robbie Middleby 81), Alex Brosque, Terry McFlynn, Mark Milligan, Nikolai Topor-Stanley
Goal : Carney 43
Coach : Terry Butcher
1 - 2 Adelaide United
Robert Bajic, Richie Alagich (Matthew Kenp 46), Angelo Costanzo, Michael Valkanis, Ross Aloisi (Kristian Rees 76), Carl Veart, Greg Owens, Travis Dodd, Aaron Goulding, Robert Cornthwaite, Jason Spagnuolo (Adam van Dommele 93)
Goals : Dodd 16, Rees 90
Coach : John Kosmina
2nd Semifinal
Played (12/08/06) Central Coast Stadium, Gosford
Referee : Ben Williams, Crowd : 7567
Central Coast Mariners
Danny Vukovic, Wayne O'Sullivan, Paul O'Grady, Noel Spencer, Andre Gumprecht (Michael Jedinak 113), Damien Brown (Tony Vidmar 73), Stewart Petrie, Vuko Tomasevic, Andrew Clark, Alex Wilkinson, Adam Kwasnik (Matthew Simon 102)
Goals : Petrie 53pk, O'Grady 96
Coach : Lawrie McKinna
2 - 1 Newcastle United Jets
Ben Kennedy, Jade North, Andrew Durante, Matthew Thompson, Vaughan Coveny, Nick Carle, Paul Okon (Labinot Haliti 58), Adam D'Apuzzo (Shane Webb 46 (sent off 48)), Jobe Wheelhouse, Stuart Musialik (Joel Griffiths 62), Mark Bridge
Goal : Coveny 25
Coach : Nick Theodorakopoulos
This match was won by the Mariners in extra time

5th Place Qualifying Match 1
Played (11/08/06) Epping Stadium, Epping
Referee : Simon Przydacz, Crowd : 2117
Melbourne Victory
Michael Theoklitos, Kevin Muscat, Daniel Piorkowski, Helbert Frederico Carreiro da Silva, Daniel Allsopp, Archie Thompson , Rodrigo Vargas, Adrian Leijer, Simon Storey, Grant Brebner, Alessandro Viana Da Silva
Coach : Ernie Merrick
0 - 0 Queensland Roar
Liam Reddy, Andrew Packer, Remo Buess, Chad Gibson, Josh McCloughan, Massimo Murdocca, Simon Lynch, Ante Milicic , Hyuk-Su Seo, Dario Vidosic, Saso Ognenovski
Coach : Miron Bleiberg
This match was won by Melbourne 4-2 in a penalty shootout after extra time still saw the match goalless
5th Place Qualifying Match 2
Played (11/08/06) North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Referee : Peter O'Leary, Crowd : 1104
New Zealand Knights
Iavan Necevski, Darren Bazeley, Che Bunce (Neil Emblen 52), Richard Johnson, Daniel Rodrigues, Jonti Richter (Scot Gemmill 46), Jonas Salley (Sean Devine 84), Malik Buari, Noah Hickey, Frank van Eijs, Sime Kovacevic
Coach : Paul Nevin
0 - 1 Perth Glory
Andy Petterson, David Tarka, Jamie Harnwell, Jeremy Christie (Simon Colosimo 68), Mislav Saric, Luka Glavas, Leo Bertos, Ante Kovacevic, Stuart Young, Josip Magdic, Naum Sekulovski
Goal : Young 86
Coach : Ron Smith


2006 Pre-Season Cup Points Tables
Group A
TeamWDLFABonusTotal Points
Central Coast Mariners2205208
Adelaide United2202008
Melbourne Victory1125726
Perth Glory0222602
Group B
TeamWDLFABonusTotal Points
Sydney FC31072212
Newcastle United Jets0224613
New Zealand Knights0312303
Queensland Roar0312303
Note : Knights & Roar finished equal and with a 1-all draw in their group match. A red-card to new Roar recruit Saso Ognenovski against Sydney FC determined that Knights finish in 3rd place.



Group A

Played (15/07/06) Central Coast Stadium, Gosford
Referee : James Lewis, Crowd : 5682
Central Coast Mariners
Danny Vukovic, Bradley Porter (Paul O'Grady 73m), Andre Gumprecht, Jamie McMaster, Damien Brown, Stewart Petrie, Vuko Tomasevic, Andrew Clark (James Holland 81), Matthew Osman (Noel Spencer 37), Alex Wilkinson, Adam Kwasnik
Goals : Petrie 7, Kwasnik 8
Coach : Lawrie McKinna
2 - 1 Perth Glory
Jason Petkovic, Ryan Townsend, Jamie Harnwell, David Micevski, Slobodan Despotovski, Ante Kovacevic, Mark Robertson (Josip Magdic 62), Adrian Webster, Stuart Young (David Tarka 62), Naum Sekulovski
Goal : Bertos 62
Coach : Ron Smith
Played (16/07/06) Aurora Stadium, Launceston
Referee : Matthew Breeze, Crowd : 6834
Melbourne Victory
Eugene Galekovic, Adrian Leijer, Roddy Vargas, Mark Byrnes (Simon Storey 80), Steve Pantelidis (sent off 74), Kevin Muscat, Grant Brebner, Adrian Caceres, Helbert Frederico Carreiro da Silva, Claudio Andre Santos Assis (Kristian Sarkies 55), Daniel Allsopp
Coach : Ernie Merrick
0 - 1 Adelaide United
Robert Bajic, Richie Alagich, Michael Valkanis, Angelo Costanzo, Robert Cornthwaite, Aaron Goulding, Matthew Kemp (Nathan Burns 73), Travis Dodd, Jason Spagnuolo (Adam van Dommel 86), Carl Veart, Greg Owens
Goal : Veart 65
Coach : John Kosmina
Played (22/07/06) Wade Park, Orange
Referee : Simon Przydacz, Crowd : 4344
Central Coast Mariners
Danny Vukovic, Paul O'Grady, Noel Spencer, Bradley Porter, Andre Gumprecht, Jamie McMaster (James Holland 79), Damien Brown, Vuko Tomasevic, Alex Wilkinson, Adam Kwasnik, Oliver Bozanic
Coach : Lawrie McKinna
0 - 0 Adelaide United
Daniel Beltrame, Richie Alagich, Angelo Costanzo (Nathan Burns 72), Michael Valkanis, Ross Aloisi, Carl Veart (Bruce Djite 57), Matthew Kemp (Jason Spagnuolo 57), Greg Owens, Travis Dodd, Aaron Goulding, Robert Cornthwaite
Coach : John Kosmina
Played (22/07/06) Dorrien Gardens, West Perth
Referee : Angelo Nardi, Crowd : 1872
Perth Glory
Jason Petkovic (Aleks Vrteski 73), Ryan Townsend, David Tarka (Slobodan Despotovski 17), Jamie Harnwell, David Micevski, Ante Kovacevic, Mark Robertson, Adrian Webster, Stuart Young (Josip Magdic 79), Naum Sekulovski
Goal : Young 59
Coach : Ron Smith
1 - 1 Melbourne Victory
Eugene Galekovic, Kevin Muscat, Mark Byrnes (Simon Storey), Helbert Frederico Carreiro da Silva, Daniel Allsopp, Vince Lia, Adrian Caceres (Michael Ferrante 82), Adrian Leijer, Grant Brebner, Rodrigo Vargas, Archie Thompson (Claudio Andre Santos Assis 78)
Goal : Allsopp 51
Coach : Ernie Merrick
Played (29/07/06) Olympic Park, Melbourne
Referee : Craig Zetter, Crowd : 6593
Melbourne Victory
Eugene Galekovic, Kevin Muscat, Steve Pantelidis, Helbert Frederico Carreiro da Silva (Kristian Sarkies 76), Danny Allsopp (Claudio Andre Santos Assis 69), Archie Thompson, Vince Lia (Adrian Caceras 66), Rodrigo Vargas, Adrian Leijer, Grant Brebner, Alessandro Viana Da Silva
Goal : Thompson 4
Coach : Ernie Merrick
1 - 3 Central Coast Mariners
Danny Vukovic (Matthew Trott 92), Paul O'Grady, Noel Spencer, Jamie McMaster (Andre Gumprecht 70), Damien Brown (Oliver Bozanic 90), Stewart Petrie, Vuko Tomasevic, Andrew Clark, Matthew Osman (Bradley Porter 86), Alex Wilkinson, Adam Kwasnik
Goals : Kwasnik 35, O'Grady 64, Spencer 77
Coach : Lawrie McKinna
Played (30/07/06) Dorrien Gardens, West Perth
Referee : Angelo Nardi, Crowd : 3038
Perth Glory
Aleks Vrteski, Ryan Townsend, David Tarka, Jamie Harnwell, David Micevski, Stan Lazaridis (Slobodan Despotovski 72), Leo Bertos, Ante Kovacevic, Adrian Webster, Stuart Young, Naum Sekulovski
0 - 0 Adelaide United
Robert Bajic, Richie Alagich, Michael Valkanis, Ross Aloisi, Carl Veart (Bruce Djite 77), Matthew Kemp (Nathan Burns 57), Greg Owens, Travis Dodd, Aaron Goulding, Robert Cornthwaite, Jason Spagnuolo
Coach : John Kosmina

Group B

Played (15/07/06) Carrara Stadium, Gold Coast
Referee : Peter Green, Crowd : 7130
Queensland Roar
Liam Reddy, Andrew Packer, Remo Buess, Josh McCloughan, Stuart MacLaren, Massimo Murdocca, Ante Milicic (Chad Gibson 70), Matt Mckay, Hyuk Su Seo, Saso Ognenovski, Timothy Smits (Ben Griffen 70)
Goal : Smits 30
Coach : Miron Bleiberg
1 - 2 Sydney FC
Clint Bolton (Justin Pasfield 61), Iain Fyfe, Alvin Ceccoli (Nikolai Topor-Stanley 77), Mark Rudan, Ufuk Talay, Steve Corica, Sasho Petrovski (Robbie Middleby 57), David Carney, Alex Brosque, Terry McFlynn, Mark Milligan
Goals : Petrovski 16, Brosque 87
Coach : Terry Butcher
Played (16/07/06) North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Referee : Neil Fox, Crowd : 804
New Zealand Knights
Michael Turnbull, Che Bunce, Sime Kovacevic, Frank van Eijs (Gregory Duruz 63), Noah Hickey, Jonas Salley, Malik Buari, Scot Gemmill, Michael White (Adam Casey 75), Jonti Richter (Darren Bazeley 88), Sean Devine
Goal : Richter 40
Coach : Paul Nevin
1 - 1 Newcastle United Jets
Ben Kennedy, Jade North, Andrew Durante, Matthew Thompson, Vaughan Coveny, Nick Carle, Paul Okon, Adam D'Appuzzo (Steve Eagleton 86), Jobe Wheelhouse, Labinot Haliti (Tarek Elrich 80), Mark Bridge
Goal : Bridge 58
Coach : Nick Theodorakopoulos
Played (22/07/06) Canberra Stadium
Referee : Ben Williams, Crowd : 7226
Sydney FC
Clint Bolton (Justin Pasfield 46), Iain Fyfe, Alvin Ceccoli, Ufuk Talay, Robbie Middleby, David Zdrilic (Sasho Petrovski 67), Steve Corica, Alex Brosque (David Carney 76), Terry McFlynn, Mark Milligan (Wade Oostendorp 76), Nikolai Topor-Stanley
Goals : Topor-Stanley 2, Middleby 25
Coach : Terry Butcher
2 - 1 Newcastle United Jets
Ben Kennedy, Jade North, Andrew Durante (Troy Hearfield 90), Matthew Thompson, Vaughan Coveny, Nick Carle, Paul Okon (Tolgay Ozbey 78), Adam D'Apuzzo (Stuart Musialik 46), Jobe Wheelhouse, Labinot Haliti, Mark Bridge
Goal : McFlynn 68og
Coach : Nick Theodorakopoulos
Played (22/07/06) Maroochydore Soccer Club, Sunshine Coast
Referee : Matthew Breeze, Crowd : 3447
Queensland Roar
Tom Willis, Andrew Packer, Chad Gibson, Josh McCloughan, Massimo Murdocca, Ante Milicic, Spase Dilevski, Ben Griffen (Remo Buess 62), Matt Mckay, Hyuk Su Seo, Timothy Smits (Steve Fitzsimmons 46)
Goal : Dilevski 8
Coach : Miron Bleiberg
1 - 1 New Zealand Knights
Michael Turnbull, Gregory Duruz, Che Bunce (Richard Johnson 90), Daniel Rodrigues, Jonti Richter (Sean Devine 78), Jonas Salley, Malik Buari, Adam Casey, Noah Hickey, Michael White (Darren Bazeley 45), Sime Kovacevic
Goal : Rodrigues 24
Coach : Paul Nevin
Played (29/07/06) North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Referee : Peter O'Leary, Crowd : 3121
New Zealand Knights
Danny Milosevic, Darren Bazeley, Gregory Duruz, Richard Johnson, Daniel Rodrigues, Jonti Richter (Adam Casey 85), Jonas Salley, Malik Buari, Noah Hickey (Sean Devine 90), Frank Van Eijs, Sime Kovacevic
Coach : Paul Nevin
0 - 0 Sydney FC
Clint Bolton, Iain Fyfe, Alvin Ceccoli, Mark Rudan, Ufuk Talay (Nikolai Topor-Stanley 78), Robbie Middleby (Steve Corica 70), David Zdrilic (Sasho Petrovski 61), David Carney, Alex Brosque, Terry McFlynn, Mark Milligan
Coach : Terry Butcher
Played (29/07/06) Port Macquarie Regional Stadium
Referee : James Lewis, Crowd : 2822
Newcastle United Jets
Ben Kennedy, Jade North, Andrew Durante, Matthew Thompson (Tolgay Ozbey 76), Vaughan Coveny (Tarek Elrich 85), Nick Carle, Adam D'Apuzzo, Jobe Wheelhouse, Stuart Musialik, (Troy Hearfield 90), Labinot Haliti, Mark Bridge
Coach : Nick Theodorakopoulos
0 - 0 Queensland Roar
Liam Reddy (Tom Willis), Remo Buess, Chad Gibson, Josh McCloughan (Ben Griffen 79), Massimo Murdocca, Ante Milicic (Timothy Smits 84), Spase Dilevski, Matt McKay, Hyuk Su Seo, Sasa Ognenovski, Steve Fitzsimmons
Coach : Miron Bleiberg

"Bonus" Round
In this round additional bonus points are awarded for scoring 2 goals (1pt), 3 goals (2pts) or 4 or more (3pts)

Played (04/08/06) Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Referee : Craig Zetter, Crowd : 12006
Adelaide United
Daniel Beltrame, Richie Alagich (Kristian Rees 69), Michael Valkanis, Ross Aloisi (Adam van Dommele 80), Carl Veart, Matthew Kemp (Angelo Costanzo 53), Greg Owens, Travis Dodd, Aaron Goulding, Robert Cornthwaite, Jason Spagnuolo
Goal : Veart 20pk
Coach : John Kosmina
1 - 0 New Zealand Knights
Ivan Necevski, Darren Bazeley, Gregory Duruz, Richard Johnson, Daniel Rodrigues, Sean Devine (Malik Buari 73), Jonti Richter (Adam Casey 88), Jonas Salley, Noah Hickey, Frank van Eijs, Sime Kovacevic
Coach : Paul Nevin
Played (05/08/06) Scully Park Oval, Tamworth
Referee : Matthew Breeze, Crowd : 3126
Newcastle United Jets
Ben Kennedy, Jade North, Paul Okon, Andrew Durante, Matthew Thompson (Tolgay Ozbey 46), Vaughan Coveny, Nick Carle, Adam D'Apuzzo, Stuart Musialik, Labinot Haliti, Mark Bridge
Goals : North 17, Carle 65pk
Coach : Nick Theodorakopoulos
2 - 3 Melbourne Victory
Michael Theoklitos, Kevin Muscat, Daniel Piorkowski, Daniel Allsopp, Archie Thompson (Vince Lia 80), Rodrigo Vargas, Kristian Sarkies (Claudio Andre Santos Assis 76), Adrian Leijer, Simon Storey, Grant Brebner, Alessandro Viana Da Silva (Steve Pantelidis 90)
Goals : Thompson 4, Muscat 62pk, Allsopp 84
Coach : Ernie Merrick
Played (06/08/06) Clive Burghoffer Stadium, Toowoomba
Referee : Peter Green, Crowd : 4571
Queensland Roar
Tom Willis, Andrew Packer, Remo Buess, Chad Gibson, Massimo Murdocca, Ante Milicic (Tim Smits 46), Ben Griffin, Matthew McKay, Hyuk-Su Seo, Saso Ognenovski, Steve Fitzsimmons
Coach : Miron Bleiberg
0 - 0 Central Coast Mariners
Danny Vukovic, Paul O'Grady, Noel Spencer, Andre Gumprecht, Jamie McMaster, Damien Brown, Stewart Petrie, Vuko Tomasevic, Andrew Clark, Alex Wilkinson, Adam Kwasnik (James Holland 70)
Coach : Lawrie McKinna
Played (06/08/06) WIN Stadium, Wollongong
Referee : Srebre Delovski, Crowd : 6634
Sydney FC
Clint Bolton, Iain Fyfe, Alvin Ceccoli, Mark Rudan, Steve Corica (David Zdrilic 61), Sasho Petrovski (Jeremy Brockie 82), David Carney, Alex Brosque (Robbie Middleby 75), Terry McFlynn, Mark Milligan, Nikolai Topor-Stanley
Goals : Brosque 26, 27, Petrovski 57
Coach : Terry Butcher
3 - 0 Perth Glory
Andrews Crews, Ryan Townsend, David Tarka, Jamie Harnwell, David Micevski, Leo Bertos, Ante Kovacevic, Mark Robertson (Josip Magdic 68), Adrian Webster (Slobodan Despotovski 68), Stuart Young, Naum Sekulovski
Coach : Ron Smith
Match Report by Malcolm Rowney