2006 A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup

The 2006 A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup was a series in the Australian A-League football competition held in July and August in the lead up to the start of the main 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).

2006> A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup
CountryAustralia
New Zealand
Dates15 July – 19 August 2006
Teams8
Defending championsCentral Coast Mariners
ChampionsAdelaide United (1st title)
Runners-upCentral Coast Mariners
Third placeSydney FC
Fourth placeNewcastle Jets
Matches played24
Goals scored44 (1.83 per match)
Attendance112,254 (4,677 per match)
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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.[1]

Group stage

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA BP Pts Qualification
1 Central Coast Mariners 42205208Advance to semifinals
2 Adelaide United 42202008
3 Melbourne Victory 41125726
4 Perth Glory 40312303
Central Coast Mariners2–1Perth Glory
Petrie  7'
Kwasnik  8'		 Bertos  62'
Attendance: 5,860
Referee: James Lewis
Melbourne Victory0–1Adelaide United
Veart  65'
Attendance: 6,834
Central Coast Mariners0–0Adelaide United
Attendance: 4,344
Referee: Simon Przydacz
Perth Glory1–1Melbourne Victory
Young  59' Allsopp  51'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Angelo Nardi
Melbourne Victory1–3Central Coast Mariners
Thompson  4' Kwasnik  35'
O'Grady  63'
Spencer  77'
Attendance: 6,593
Referee: Craig Zetter
Perth Glory0–0Adelaide United
Attendance: 3,038
Referee: Angelo Nardi

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA BP Pts Qualification
1 Sydney FC 431072212Advance to semifinals
2 Newcastle Jets 40224613
3 New Zealand Knights 40312303[A]
4 Queensland Roar 40312303[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).
    • Queensland Roar1–2Sydney FC
    Smits  31'
    Attendance: 7,132
    Referee: Peter Green
    New Zealand Knights1–1Newcastle Jets
    Richter  39' Bridge  57'
    Attendance: 804
    Referee: Neil Fox
    Sydney FC2–1Newcastle Jets
    Topor-Stanley  2'
    Middleby  25'    		 McFlynn  68' (o.g.)
    Attendance: 7,226
    Referee: Ben Williams
    Queensland Roar1–1New Zealand Knights
    Dilevski  8' Rodrigues  24'
    Maroochydore Soccer Club, Maroochydore
    Attendance: 3,347
    New Zealand Knights0–0Sydney FC
    Attendance: 3,121
    Referee: Peter O'Leary
    Newcastle Jets0–0Queensland Roar
    Attendance: 2,822
    Referee: James Lewis

    Bonus round
    Adelaide United1–0New Zealand Knights
    Veart  19' (pen.) Report
    Attendance: 12,006
    Referee: Craig Zetter
    Newcastle Jets2–3Melbourne Victory
    North  17'
    Carle  65' (pen.)    		 Report Thompson  4'
    Muscat  62' (pen.)
    Allsopp  84'
    Scully Park, Tamworth
    Attendance: 3,126
    Queensland Roar0–0Central Coast Mariners
    Report
    Attendance: 4,571
    Referee: Peter Green
    Sydney FC3–0Perth Glory
    Brosque  26', 27'
    Petrovski  57'    		 Report
    Attendance: 6,634

    Knockout stage

    Bracket
      Playoffs Finals
                     
                  Grand final  
      A1 Central Coast Mariners 2     Central Coast Mariners 1 (4)
      B2 Newcastle Jets 1     Adelaide United (pen.) 1 (5)
                     
                  Third place playoff  
      A2 Adelaide United 2     Sydney FC 2
      B1 Sydney FC 1     Newcastle Jets 0
                     
                  Fifth place playoff  
      A3 Melbourne Victory (pen.) 0 (4)     Melbourne Victory 1
      B4 Queensland Roar 0 (2)     Perth Glory 0
                     
                  Seventh place playoff  
      A4 New Zealand Knights 0     New Zealand Knights 1
      B3 Perth Glory 1     Queensland Roar 2

    Playoffs
    New Zealand Knights0–1Perth Glory
    Young  87'
    Attendance: 1,104
    Sydney FC1–2Adelaide United
    Carney  43' Dodd  16'
    Rees  90'
    Attendance: 4,210
    Central Coast Mariners2–1 (a.e.t.)Newcastle Jets
    Petrie  52' (pen.)
    O'Grady  96'    		 Coveny  25'
    Attendance: 7,567

    Seventh place play-off

    Fifth place play-off
    Melbourne Victory1–0Perth Glory
    Allsopp  84'
    Attendance: 2,215

    Third place play-off
    Sydney FC2–0Newcastle Jets
    Petrovski  40'
    Rudan  68'
    Attendance: 5,326
    Referee: Strebe Delovski (Australia)

    Final
    Central Coast Mariners1–1 (a.e.t.)Adelaide United
    Gumprecht  77' Veart  7'
    Penalties
    		 4–5
    Attendance: 10,463
    Referee: Simon Przydacz (Australia)

    Attendances
    Round Games Average Highest Lowest Total
    Pre-Season Group Stage 164,95412,00680479,252
    Pre-Season Finals 74,71510,4631,10433,002
    Totals[2] 234,88112,006804112,254

    Top goalscorers

    3 goals:

    2 goals:

    1 goal:

    References
    1. "A-League Pre-Season Schedule Confirmed". 1 June 2006. Archived from the original on 30 August 2006.
    2. "Totals" regarding attendances for Pre-Season Cup, including highest and lowest crowds, are excluding the unknown figure for 7th Place Playoff match.
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