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The A-League is the major Australasian domestic football (soccer) competition, which kicked off its inaugural 2005-06 season on August 26, 2005. Football has had a troubled history in Australia, and has not traditionally been a major spectator sport. The A-League aspires to improve its status. Following the end of the National Soccer League, the former governing body Soccer Australia (now Football Federation Australia) announced the formation of a new 8-team competition to revitalise the sport. Clubs are from one city in Australia or New Zealand, in an attempt to concentrate player talent within regions. The cities represented are: Sydney, Perth, Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide, Newcastle, Gosford and Auckland (New Zealand). The average crowd for the inaugural home and away season was 10,861. The league has attracted corporate support with Hyundai as major sponsor, and is televised on Fox Sports. Additionally, Reebok have provided the playing kits for all 8 clubs.
The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th staging of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international association football world championship tournament. It was held from June 9 to July 9, 2006 in Germany, which won the right to host the event in July 2000. Italy won their fourth world championship, defeating France 5–3 in a penalty shootout after extra time finished in a 1–1 draw. Germany defeated Portugal 3–1 to finish third.
Teams representing 198 national football associations from all six populated continents participated in the qualification process which began in December 2003. Thirty-two teams qualified from this process for the final tournament.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Melbourne Victory | 21 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 41 | 20 | +21 | 45 |
| Adelaide United | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 32 | 27 | +5 | 33 |
| Newcastle Jets | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 32 | 30 | +2 | 30 |
| Sydney FC | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 29 | 19 | +10 | 29 |
| Queensland Roar | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 27 | -2 | 29 |
| Central Coast Mariners | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 26 | -4 | 24 |
| Perth Glory | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 30 | -6 | 20 |
| New Zealand Knights | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 39 | -26 | 19 |
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14 December 2006 the FFA announced that it had revoked the competition licence held by the New Zealand Knights owners. An arrangement with NZ Soccer will see the national body step in to manage the club for the remaning five weeks of the regular season, with former All White's player Ricki Herbert to fill the role of Head Coach.
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22 November 2006 - Queensland Roar sign striker Damian Mori on a short-term contract, after Central Coast Mariners were forced to release him due to the squad restrictions laws. New Queensland coach Frank Farina hopes the all-time record NSL striker can lift the Roar out of their goal-scoring slump.
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13 November 2006 - Queensland Roar accepts the resignation of Miron Bleiberg who becomes the third coach casualty in A-League history, the second of the season, and the first to resign rather than be dismissed. Frank Farina replaces him.
Photo credit: Corey Davis/Daniel Bryant
- Continually update the A-League 2006-07 article with results.
- In addition, update the 2006-07 season-specific content for each club.
- Continue to work on A-League player project, an attempt to expand the article of every A-League player.
- Try and get all club pages to good article status or better.
- WikiProject Football (soccer) in Australia's open task list
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