2007 A-League Grand Final

2007 A-League Grand Final
Date 18 February 2007
Venue Etihad Stadium, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Man of the Match Archie Thompson, Melbourne Victory
Referee Mark Shield
Attendance 55,436
2006
2008

Contents

2006-07 Finals series

Finals series

  Semifinals Preliminary final Grand final
    L1 L2    
    28 Jan & 4 Feb                        
1  Melbourne Victory 0 2     18 February
2  Adelaide United 0 1     11 February          Melbourne Victory 6
       Adelaide United 1 (4)      Adelaide United 0
  26 Jan & 2 Feb      Newcastle Jets 1 (3)  
3  Newcastle Jets 1 2
4  Sydney FC 2 0  

The 2007 A-League Grand Final took place at Etihad Stadium in Melbourne, Australia, on 18 February 2007. The match was contested by premiers Melbourne Victory and Adelaide United. Melbourne prevailed 6-0 in the equal greatest win in A-League history, and the greatest ever deficit in any Australian soccer Grand Final, including the old NSL.

Archie Thompson scored five goals, just the sixth ever A-League hat-trick and the most goal by an individual in any A-League match. This performance earned him the Joe Marston Medal.

Match details

18 February 2007
18:00 AEDT
Melbourne Victory 6 – 0 Adelaide United Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
Attendance: 55,436
Referee: Mark Shield
Thompson  20', 29', 39', 56', 72'
Sarkies  93+'
(Report)
MELBOURNE VICTORY:
GK 1 Michael Theoklitos
DF 2 Kevin Muscat (c)
DF 6 Steve Pantelidis
MF 8 Fred 64'
FW 9 Danny Allsopp
FW 10 Archie Thompson 90'
DF 12 Rodrigo Vargas
MF 14 Adrian Caceres 62'
DF 15 Adrian Leijer
MF 16 Simon Storey
MF 17 Grant Brebner 59'
Substitutes:
GK 20 Eugene Galekovic
MF 13 Kristian Sarkies 90'
MF 18 Alessandro
FW 23 James Robinson 62'
MF 24 Leigh Broxham 59'
Manager:
Ernie Merrick

Joe Marston Medal: Archie Thompson

Assistant Referees:
Ben Wilson
Nathan Gibson
Fourth Official:
Matthew Breeze

ADELAIDE UNITED:
GK 1 Daniel Beltrame
DF 2 Richie Alagich 70'
DF 4 Angelo Costanzo 57'
DF 5 Michael Valkanis 57'
MF 6 Ross Aloisi (c)  22', 34'
FW 8 Carl Veart 68'
MF 10 Fernando 59'
DF 12 Greg Owens 46'
MF 13 Travis Dodd
MF 15 Nathan Burns
MF 26 Diego Walsh
Substitutes:
GK 20 Robert Bajic
DF 3 Kristian Rees
DF 14 Aaron Goulding 46'
MF 21 Jason Spagnuolo 70'
FW 25 Bruce Djite 59'
Manager:
John Kosmina
Hyundai A-League
2006-07 Winners
Melbourne Victory
First Title

Match Statistics

Melbourne Adelaide
Attempts at goal 22 14
Attempts on target 15 9
Attempts off target 6 5
Attempts - Woodwork 1 0
Keeper saves 5 3
Ball possession 51% 49%
Corners 5 5
Fouls committed 12 23
Offsides 4 1
Yellow cards 1 5
Red cards 0 1

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