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).

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 GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Central Coast Mariners 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7 Qualified for the Pre-Season Challenge Cup knockout stage
2 Adelaide United 3 1 2 0 1 0 +1 5
3 Perth Glory 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
4 Melbourne Victory 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1
Source:
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 GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sydney FC 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 7 Qualified for the Pre-Season Challenge Cup knockout stage
2 New Zealand Knights 3 0 3 0 2 2 0 3
3 Newcastle Jets 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
4 Queensland Roar 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
Source:
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
Brisbane 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

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: 10,463
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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