2006 A-League Grand Final

2006 A-League Grand Final
Date 5 March 2006
Venue Aussie Stadium, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Man of the Match Dwight Yorke, Sydney FC
Referee Mark Shield
Attendance 41,689
← inaugural
2007

The 2006 A-League Grand Final took place at Aussie Stadium in Sydney on 5 March 2006. It was a South NSW derby. Sydney FC had the home ground 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 winning goal in the 62nd minute after a pass from Sydney captain Dwight Yorke.

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Match details

2005-06 Finals series

  Semifinals Preliminary final Grand final
    L1 L2    
    February 10 & 17                        
1  Adelaide United 2 1     5 March
2  Sydney FC 2 2     26 February          Sydney FC 1
       Adelaide United 0      Central Coast Mariners 0
  February 12 & 19      Central Coast Mariners 1  
3  Central Coast Mariners 1 1
4  Newcastle Jets 0 1  
5 March 2006
17:00 AEDT
Sydney FC 1 – 0 Central Coast Mariners Aussie Stadium, Sydney
Attendance: 41,689
Referee: Mark Shield
Corica  62' (Report)
SYDNEY FC:
GK 1 Clint Bolton
DF 3 Alvin Ceccoli
DF 4 Mark Rudan 72'
DF 8 Matthew Bingley
MF 10 Steve Corica
FW 11 Sasho Petrovski 90'
MF 12 David Carney
MF 14 Andrew Packer
MF 15 Terry McFlynn
DF 17 Jacob Timpano 81'
FW 19 Dwight Yorke (c)
Substitutes:
GK 20 Justin Pasfield
DF 2 Iain Fyfe 72'
MF 7 Robbie Middleby 90'
FW 23 Ruben Zadkovich 81'
Manager:
Pierre Littbarski

Joe Marston Medal: Dwight Yorke

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

CENTRAL COAST MARINERS:
GK 20 Danny Vukovic
DF 2 Wayne O'Sullivan
MF 4 Noel Spencer (c) 57'
DF 5 Michael Beauchamp
MF 6 Andre Gumprecht
DF 8 Dean Heffernan
MF 10 Tom Pondeljak
MF 11 Damien Brown 68'
FW 12 Stewart Petrie 73'
FW 15 Andrew Clark
DF 18 Alex Wilkinson 84'
Substitutes:
GK 30 Matthew Trott
DF 17 Matthew Osman 68'
MF 3 Paul O'Grady 84'
FW 19 Adam Kwasnik 73'
Manager:
Lawrie McKinna
Hyundai A-League
2005-06 Winners
Sydney FC
First Title

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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