2006 A-League Pre-season Challenge Cup

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2006 A-League Pre-season Challenge Cup
Tournament details
CountryAustralia
New Zealand
Dates15 July – 19 August 2006
Teams8
Defending championsCentral Coast Mariners
Final positions
ChampionsAdelaide United (1st title)
Runner-upCentral Coast Mariners
Third placeSydney FC
Fourth placeNewcastle Jets FC
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored44 (1.83 per match)
Attendance112,254 (4,677 per match)
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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). 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 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
Central Coast Mariners2–1Perth Glory
Petrie File:Soccerball shade.svg 7'
Kwasnik File:Soccerball shade.svg 8'		 Bertos File:Soccerball shade.svg 62'
Attendance: 5,860
Referee: James Lewis
Melbourne Victory FC0–1Adelaide United
Veart File:Soccerball shade.svg 65'
Attendance: 6,834
Central Coast Mariners0–0Adelaide United
Attendance: 4,344
Perth Glory1–1Melbourne Victory FC
Young File:Soccerball shade.svg 59' Allsopp File:Soccerball shade.svg 51'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Angelo Nardi
Melbourne Victory FC1–3Central Coast Mariners
Thompson File:Soccerball shade.svg 4' Kwasnik File:Soccerball shade.svg 35'
O'Grady File:Soccerball shade.svg 63'
Spencer File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 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]
  • ^
    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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 31'
    Attendance: 7,132
    Referee: Peter Green
    New Zealand Knights1–1Newcastle Jets FC
    Richter File:Soccerball shade.svg 39' Bridge File:Soccerball shade.svg 57'
    Attendance: 804
    Referee: Neil Fox
    Sydney FC2–1Newcastle Jets FC
    Topor-Stanley File:Soccerball shade.svg 2'
    Middleby File:Soccerball shade.svg 25'    		 McFlynn File:Soccerball shade.svg 68' (o.g.)
    Attendance: 7,226
    Referee: Ben Williams
    Queensland Roar1–1New Zealand Knights
    Dilevski File:Soccerball shade.svg 8' Rodrigues File:Soccerball shade.svg 24'
    Attendance: 3,347
    New Zealand Knights0–0Sydney FC
    Attendance: 3,121
    Referee: Peter O'Leary
    Newcastle Jets FC0–0Queensland Roar
    Attendance: 2,822
    Referee: James Lewis

    Bonus round

    Adelaide United1–0New Zealand Knights
    Veart File:Soccerball shade.svg 19' (pen.) Report
    Attendance: 12,006
    Referee: Craig Zetter
    Newcastle Jets FC2–3Melbourne Victory FC
    North File:Soccerball shade.svg 17'
    Carle File:Soccerball shade.svg 65' (pen.)    		 Report Thompson File:Soccerball shade.svg 4'
    Muscat File:Soccerball shade.svg 62' (pen.)
    Allsopp File:Soccerball shade.svg 84'
    Attendance: 3,126
    Queensland Roar0–0Central Coast Mariners
    Report
    Attendance: 4,571
    Referee: Peter Green
    Sydney FC3–0Perth Glory
    Brosque File:Soccerball shade.svg 26', 27'
    Petrovski File:Soccerball shade.svg 57'    		 Report
    Attendance: 6,634

    Knockout stage

    Bracket

    Playoffs

    Seventh place play-off

    Fifth place play-off

    Third place play-off

    Final

    Attendances

    Round Games Average Highest Lowest Total
    Pre-Season Group Stage 16 4,954 12,006 804 79,252
    Pre-Season Finals 7 4,715 10,463 1,104 33,002
    Totals[2] 23 4,881 12,006 804 112,254

    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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