2006–07 Queensland Roar FC season

Queensland Roar FC

2006–07 season

Chairman

John Ribot

Manager

see Coaches
Miron Bleiberg
Frank Farina

A-League

5th

Pre-Season Cup

7th

Top goalscorer

Dario Vidosic – 5 Goals

Highest home attendance

32,371 v Sydney FC

Lowest home attendance

10,040 v Newcastle Jets

Average home league attendance

16,465

Home colours

Away colours

← 2005–06

2007–08 →

Queensland Roar took part in the 2006–07 A-League competition, hoping to improve on their performance in the previous domestic season, which saw them finish in sixth position at the end of the A-League competition.

Transfers

In

Player	Details
Liam Reddy	from Newcastle Jets
Marcus Wedau	from VfL Osnabrück
Andrew Packer	from Sydney FC
Ante Milicic	from Newcastle Jets
Simon Lynch	from Dundee
Sasa Ognenovski	from Fawkner-Whittlesea Blues
Dario Vidosic	from Queensland Lions
Steve Fitzsimmons	from New Zealand Knights
Robbie Kruse	from Queensland Academy of Sport
Damian Mori	from Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners
Chris Grossman	from Queensland Academy of Sport

Out

Player	Details
Alex Brosque	to Sydney FC
Jonti Richter	to New Zealand Knights
Scott Higgins	to Falkirk
Todd Gava	Released
Michael Baird	to FC Universitatea Craiova
Royce Brownlie	to Swindon Town
Tyler Simpson	to Perth Glory
Reece Tollenaere	Released
Warren Moon	to Queen of the South
David Williams	to Brøndby
Tim Smits	to New Zealand Knights

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Tom Willis
2	MF	Andrew Packer
3	DF	Remo Buess
4	DF	Chad Gibson (captain)
5	DF	Josh McCloughlan
6	DF	Stuart McLaren
7	MF	Marcus Wedau
8	MF	Massimo Murdocca
9	FW	Simon Lynch
10	FW	Reinaldo Elias da Costa
11	FW	Ante Milicic

No.	Position	Player
12	FW	Zhang Yuning
13	MF	Spase Dilevski
14	DF	Ben Griffin
15	MF	Matt McKay
16	MF	Hyuk-Su Seo
17	FW	Damian Mori
18	MF	Dario Vidosic
19	DF	Sasa Ognenovski
20	GK	Liam Reddy
21	MF	Steve Fitzsimmons
27	MF	Chris Grossman

Injuries & replacements

Round 8 to Season Massimo Murdocca (foot)
Round 14 to Round 18 Marcus Wedau (grade one hamstring tear) replaced by Chris Grossman

Suspensions

Round 15 Chad Gibson (red card)

Coaches

Coach Miron Bleiberg resigned after the Round 12 loss to Adelaide United !Adelaide United. Frank Farina became coach on 16 November 2006.^[1]

Pre-Season Cup

Summary

Round	Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Crowd
1	15 July 2006	Queensland Roar	1–2	Sydney FC	7,132
2	22 July 2006	Queensland Roar	1–1	New Zealand Knights	3,347
3	29 July 2006	Newcastle Jets	0–0	Queensland Roar	2,822
4	6 August 2006	Queensland Roar	0–0	Central Coast	4,571
Playoff	11 August 2006	Melbourne Victory (PEN)	(4) 1–1 (2)	Queensland Roar	2,117
Final	18 August 2006	New Zealand Knights	1–2	Queensland Roar	Unknown

Group stage

Table

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	8	4	2	2	0	5	2
Adelaide United !Adelaide United	8	4	2	2	0	2	0
Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	6	4	1	1	2	5	7
Perth Glory !Perth Glory	3	4	0	3	1	2	3

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Sydney FC !Sydney FC	12	4	3	1	0	7	2
Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	3	4	0	2	2	4	6
New Zealand Knights ^[2]	3	4	0	3	1	2	3
Queensland Roar ^[2]	3	4	0	3	1	2	3

Finals

Table

Playoffs			Finals

				Grand final
A1	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	2		Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	1 (4)
B2	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	1		Adelaide United !Adelaide United (PEN)	1 (5)

				Third place playoff
A2	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	1		Sydney FC !Sydney FC	2
B1	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	2		Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	0

				Fifth place playoff
A3	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory (PEN)	0 (4)		Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	1
B4	Queensland Roar	0 (2)		Perth Glory !Perth Glory	0

				Seventh place playoff
A4	New Zealand Knights	0		New Zealand Knights	1
B3	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	1		Queensland Roar	2

2006–07 A-League Season

Summary

Round	Date	Result	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Crowd	Ladder
1	26 August 2006	Win	Queensland Roar	3–0	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	Suncorp Stadium (N)	20,606	1st
2	1 September 2006	Win	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	2–3	Queensland Roar	EnergyAustralia Stadium (N)	7,276	1st
3	9 September 2006	Draw	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	0–0	Queensland Roar	Central Coast Stadium (N)	4,644	2nd
4	15 September 2006	Win	Queensland Roar	5–0	New Zealand Knights	Suncorp Stadium (N)	15,517	2nd
5	22 September 2006	Draw	Queensland Roar	1–1	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	Suncorp Stadium (N)	16,143	2nd
6	1 October 2006	Loss	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	4–1	Queensland Roar	Telstra Dome (T)	25,921	2nd
7	8 October 2006	Draw	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	1–1	Queensland Roar	Aussie Stadium	17,274	2nd
8	15 October 2006	Win	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	1–2	Queensland Roar	Members Equity Stadium (T)	9,978	2nd
9	22 October 2006	Loss	Queensland Roar	0–1	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	Suncorp Stadium (T)	16,061	3rd
10	28 October 2006	Draw	Queensland Roar	1–1	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	Suncorp Stadium (N)	13,727	2nd
11	5 November 2006	Loss	New Zealand Knights	1–0	Queensland Roar	North Harbour Stadium	2,600	3rd
12	11 November 2006	Loss	Queensland Roar	0–1	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	Suncorp Stadium (N)	14,154	4th
13	17 November 2006	Loss	Queensland Roar	0–2	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	Suncorp Stadium (N)	14,797	4th
14	24 November 2006	Loss	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	3–0	Queensland Roar	Aussie Stadium (N)	12,718	7th
15	2 December 2006	Win	Queensland Roar	1–0	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	Suncorp Stadium (N)	11,237	6th
16	7 December 2006	Loss	Queensland Roar	0–3	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	Suncorp Stadium (N)	10,040	6th
17	16 December 2006	Win	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	2–3	Queensland Roar	Central Coast Stadium (N)	7,132	6th
18	29 December 2006	Loss	New Zealand Knights	3–1	Queensland Roar	North Harbour Stadium (N)	1,963	6th
19	4 January 2007	Win	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	0–1	Queensland Roar	Hindmarsh Stadium (N)	10,435	5th
20	12 January 2006	Win	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	1–2	Queensland Roar	Telstra Dome (N)	28,937	4th
21	20 January 2006	Draw	Queensland Roar	1–1	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	Suncorp Stadium (N)	32,371	5th

KEY (N) = Night game (T) = Twilight game

Table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory (C)	21	14	3	4	41	20	+21	45	2008 AFC Champions League Group stage
2	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	21	10	3	8	32	27	+5	33	2008 AFC Champions League Group stage
3	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	21	8	6	7	32	30	+2	30	2007 A-League Finals Series
4	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	21	8	8	5	29	19	+10	029¹	2007 A-League Finals Series
5	Queensland Roar !Queensland Roar	21	8	5	8	25	27	−2	29
6	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	21	6	6	9	22	26	−4	24
7	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	21	5	5	11	24	30	−6	20
8	New Zealand Knights !New Zealand Knights	21	5	4	12	13	39	−26	19	Disbanded at end of season and were replaced

Updated to games played on 21 January 2007
Source: theworldgame.sbs.com.au
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
¹Sydney FC were penalised three competition points following round 18 due to salary cap breaches which occurred during the 2005–06 season.
²First place through to fourth place qualify for the 2007 A-League Finals Series.
³First place qualifies for the 2008 AFC Champions League Group stage.
⁴Winning the 2007 A-League Grand Final earns qualification for the 2008 AFC Champions League Group stage, unless the Grand Final winners are also first place, in which case the Grand Final runner up qualifies.
⁵New Zealand Knights cannot qualify for the 2008 AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Goal scorers

5 Goals: Dario Vidosic
4 Goals: Ante Milicic; Reinaldo
3 Goals: Simon Lynch; Matt McKay
2 Goals: Damian Mori
1 Goal: Stuart McLaren; Spase Dilevski; Ben Griffin
Own Goals: Chad Gibson; Josh McCloughlan; Sasa Ognenovski; Andrew Packer

Clean sheets

Liam Reddy – 6^[3]

Notes and references

↑ Frank Farina link
1 2 As the New Zealand Knights and Queensland Roar were tied on points, goal difference, goals for, goals against, and points earned in the "Bonus Round", the sixth degree of disambiguality, number of red cards received, was used. See official A-League press release for more details.
↑ http://www.qldroar.com.au/default.aspx?s=playerstats&showdetailstatisticstype=7&seasonid=18

Soccer in Australia

Football Federation Australia

National teams	Men's Men's U-23 Men's U-20 Men's U-17 Men's Beach Men's Paralympic Women's Women's U-20 Women's U-17

Current competitions	A-League Youth League W-League National Premier Leagues FFA Cup FFA State Institute Challenge Kanga Cup

Defunct competitions	National Soccer League NSL Cup National Youth League (1984–2004) Women's National Soccer League Australia Cup

Lists	Clubs Venues (stadiums by capacity) Champions

Other	League system Professional Footballers Australia Football Hall of Fame Women's soccer in Australia

A-League

Seasons	2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Grand Finals	2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Current clubs	Adelaide United Brisbane Roar Central Coast Mariners Melbourne City Melbourne Victory Newcastle Jets Perth Glory Sydney FC Wellington Phoenix Western Sydney Wanderers

Former clubs	Gold Coast United New Zealand Knights North Queensland Fury

Proposed clubs	Canberra South Coast Sydney Rovers Tasmanian

Rivalries	The Big Blue F3 Derby Melbourne Derby Sydney Derby

Competition	Players (Foreign) Head coaches Records (All-time table Golden Boot Young Footballer of the Year Hat-tricks Highest scoring games Attendance Clubs in Asia) Honours Stadiums Expansion

Associated competitions	W-League National Youth League National Premier Leagues AFC Champions League FFA Cup Pre-Season Challenge Cup (defunct) All Stars Game

Brisbane Roar FC

Players Managers Seasons Records Captains Youth W-League Current season

Club	History

Home stadium	Suncorp Stadium

Seasons (11)	2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Managers	Miron Bleiberg (2005–06) Frank Farina (2006–09) Ange Postecoglou (2009–2012) Rado Vidošić (2012) Mike Mulvey (2012–2014) Frans Thijssen (2014–2015) John Aloisi (2015–)

Captains	Chad Gibson (2005–07) Craig Moore (2007–09) Matt McKay (2009–2011) Matt Smith (2011–2014) Matt McKay (2014–)

Rivalries	Central Coast Mariners Sydney FC

2006–07 in Australian soccer

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Domestic leagues

A-League (Pre-Season Challenge Cup, Grand Final)

Asian competitions

AFC Champions League

National team

Men's	Results ('06, '07) 2006 FIFA World Cup (Group F) 2007 AFC Asian Cup

Women's	2006 AFC Women's Asian Cup 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup

Club seasons

A-League

Coordinates: 27°27′53″S 153°0′34″E / 27.46472°S 153.00944°E / -27.46472; 153.00944 (Suncorp Stadium)

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