A-League Grand Final 2006

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2005-06 A-League Grand Final
Home Team Sydney FC
Away Team Central Coast Mariners
Date March 5, 2006
Stadium Aussie Stadium, Sydney
TV in Australia
Network Fox Sports

The 2006 A-League Grand Final took place at Aussie Stadium in Sydney on March 5th, 2006. Sydney FC had the home grown advantage after beating Adelaide United over 2 semifinal legs. Sydney FC would eventually go on to take the honours of being crowned the first ever A-League Champions.

Steve Corica scored the only, and therefore winning, goal in the 62nd minute after some excellent work and a pass from Sydney captain Dwight Yorke.


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[edit] Match Details

March 5, 2006
17:00 AEDT
Sydney FC 1 – 0 Central Coast Mariners Aussie Stadium, Sydney
Attendance: 41,689
Referee: Mark Shield
Corica Scored after 62 minutes 62' (Report)


SYDNEY FC:
GK 1 Flag of Australia Clint Bolton
DF 3 Flag of Australia Alvin Ceccoli
DF 4 Flag of Australia Mark Rudan Substituted off after 72 minutes 72'
DF 8 Flag of Australia Matthew Bingley
MF 10 Flag of Australia Steve Corica
FW 11 Flag of Australia Sasho Petrovski Substituted off after 90 minutes 90'
MF 12 Flag of Australia David Carney
MF 14 Flag of Australia Andrew Packer
MF 15 Flag of Northern Ireland Terry McFlynn
DF 17 Flag of Australia Jacob Timpano Substituted off after 81 minutes 81'
FW 19 Flag of Trinidad and Tobago Dwight Yorke (c)
Substitutes:
GK 20 Flag of Australia Justin Pasfield
DF 2 Flag of Australia Iain Fyfe Substituted on after 72 minutes 72'
DF 7 Flag of Australia Robbie Middleby Substituted on after 90 minutes 90'
MF 23 Flag of Australia Ruben Zadkovich Substituted on after 81 minutes 81'
FW 24 Flag of Australia Tolgay Ozbey
Manager:
Flag of Germany Pierre Littbarski


Joe Marston Medal: Flag of Trinidad and Tobago Dwight Yorke

Assistant Referees:
Fourth Official:

CENTRAL COAST MARINERS:
GK 20 Flag of Australia Danny Vukovic
DF 2 Flag of Australia Wayne O'Sullivan
MF 4 Flag of Australia Noel Spencer (c) Booked after 57 minutes 57'
DF 5 Flag of Australia Michael Beauchamp
MF 6 Flag of Germany Andre Gumprecht
DF 8 Flag of Australia Dean Heffernan
MF 10 Flag of Australia Tom Pondeljak
MF 11 Flag of Australia Damien Brown Substituted off after 68 minutes 68'
FW 12 Flag of Scotland Stewart Petrie Substituted off after 73 minutes 73'
FW 15 Flag of Australia Andrew Clark
DF 18 Flag of Australia Alex Wilkinson Substituted off after 84 minutes 84'
Substitutes:
GK 24 Flag of Australia Matthew Trott
DF 22 Flag of Australia Matthew Osman Substituted on after 68 minutes 68'
DF 20 Flag of Australia Paul O'Grady Substituted on after 84 minutes 84'
MF 16 Flag of Australia Jamie McMaster
FW 9 Flag of Australia Adam Kwasnik Substituted on after 73 minutes 73'
Manager:
Flag of Scotland Lawrie McKinna

[edit] Match Statistics

Sydney Central Coast
Attempts at goal 15 15
Attempts on target 6 5
Attempts off target 9 10
Attempts - Woodwork 0 0
Keeper saves 4 3
Ball possession 50% 50%
Corners 4 9
Fouls committed 20 16
Offsides 4 3
Yellow cards 0 1
Red cards 0 0

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