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2006 A-League Pre-season Challenge Cup
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| title | A-League Pre-season Challenge Cup |
| year | 2006 |
| country | Australia |
| New Zealand | |
| dates | 15 July – 19 August 2006 |
| num_teams | 8 |
| defending_champions | Central Coast Mariners |
| champions | Adelaide United |
| count | 1 |
| runner-up | Central Coast Mariners |
| third | Sydney FC |
| fourth | Newcastle Jets FC |
| matches | 24 |
| goals | 44 |
| attendance | 112254 |
| prevseason | [2005](2005-a-league-pre-season-challenge-cup) |
| nextseason | [2007](2007-a-league-pre-season-challenge-cup) |
New Zealand | runner-up = Central Coast Mariners
The 2006 A-League Pre-season Challenge Cup was a series in the Australian A-League football competition held in July and August in the lead up to the start of the main season. The opening round was 15 July 2006. The competition featured a group stage, with three regular rounds and a bonus round, followed by a two-week finals playoff. The bonus group round matched up teams against opponents from the other group, and also offered the incentive of "bonus points" based on goals scored (1 point for 2 goals, 2 points for 3 goals, 3 points for 4 or more goals).
The Pre-season Cup was used to enhance the A-League's profiles by playing pre-season games in regional centres including the Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, Toowoomba, Launceston, Canberra, Wollongong, Port Macquarie, Orange and Tamworth.
Group stage
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | BP | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central Coast Mariners | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | **8** | Advance to semi-finals |
| 2 | Adelaide United | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | **8** | |
| 3 | Melbourne Victory FC | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | **6** | |
| 4 | Perth Glory | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | **2** |
Kwasnik O'Grady Spencer
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | BP | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sydney FC | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | **12** | Advance to semi-finals |
| 2 | Newcastle Jets FC | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | **3** | |
| 3 | New Zealand Knights | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | **3** | |
| 4 | Queensland Roar | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | **3** |
- Petrovski
- Brosque Middleby
Bonus round
Carle Muscat Allsopp Petrovski
Knockout stage
Bracket
|team-width=170 |score-width=30 |RD1-team1=Central Coast Mariners |RD1-score1=2 |RD1-team2=Newcastle Jets FC |RD1-score2=1 |RD1-team3=Adelaide United |RD1-score3=2 |RD1-team4=Sydney FC |RD1-score4=1 |RD1-team5=Melbourne Victory FC (pen.) |RD1-score5=0 (4) |RD1-team6=Queensland Roar |RD1-score6=0 (2) |RD1-team7=New Zealand Knights |RD1-score7=0 |RD1-team8=Perth Glory |RD1-score8=1 |RD2-team1=Central Coast Mariners |RD2-score1=1 (4) |RD2-team2=Adelaide United (pen.) |RD2-score2=1 (5) |RD2-team3=Sydney FC |RD2-score3=2 |RD2-team4=Newcastle Jets FC |RD2-score4=0 |RD2-team5=Melbourne Victory FC |RD2-score5=1 |RD2-team6=Perth Glory |RD2-score6=0 |RD2-team7=New Zealand Knights |RD2-score7=1 |RD2-team8=Queensland Roar |RD2-score8=2
Playoffs
Rees Vargas Thompson Sarkies Fitzsimmons Ognenovski Gibson O'Grady
Seventh place play-off
Vidošić
Fifth place play-off
Third place play-off
Rudan
Final
- McMaster
- Petrie
- O'Sullivan
- Spencer
- Hutchinson
- Alagich
- Owens
- Aloisi
- Qu
- Veart
Attendances
| Round | Games | Average | Highest | Lowest | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-Season Group Stage | 16 | 4,954 | 12,006 | 804 | 79,252 |
| Pre-Season Finals | 7 | 4,715 | 10,463 | 1,104 | 33,002 |
| **Totals** | 23 | 4,881 | 12,006 | 804 | 112,254 |
Top goalscorers
3 goals:
- AUS Carl Veart (Adelaide United)
- AUS Danny Allsopp (Melbourne Victory FC)
- AUS Alex Brosque (Sydney FC)
- AUS Sasho Petrovski (Sydney FC)
2 goals:
- AUS Adam Kwasnik (Central Coast Mariners)
- AUS Paul O'Grady (Central Coast Mariners)
- SCO Stewart Petrie (Central Coast Mariners)
- AUS Archie Thompson (Melbourne Victory FC)
- ENG Stuart Young (Perth Glory)
1 goal:
- AUS Travis Dodd (Adelaide United)
- AUS Kristian Rees (Adelaide United)
- GER Andre Gumprecht (Central Coast Mariners)
- AUS Noel Spencer (Central Coast Mariners)
- AUS Kevin Muscat (Melbourne Victory FC)
- ENG Darren Bazeley (New Zealand Knights)
- AUS Jonti Richter (New Zealand Knights)
- POR Dani Rodrigues (New Zealand Knights)
- AUS Mark Bridge (Newcastle Jets FC
- AUS Nicky Carle (Newcastle Jets FC)
- NZL Vaughan Coveny (Newcastle Jets FC)
- AUS Jade North (Newcastle Jets FC)
- NZL Leo Bertos (Perth Glory)
- AUS Spase Dilevski (Queensland Roar)
- BRA Reinaldo (Queensland Roar)
- AUS Tim Smits (Queensland Roar)
- AUS Dario Vidosic (Queensland Roar)
- AUS David Carney (Sydney FC)
- AUS Robbie Middleby (Sydney FC)
- AUS Mark Rudan (Sydney FC)
- AUS Nikolai Topor-Stanley (Sydney FC)
References
References
- (1 June 2006). "A-League Pre-Season Schedule Confirmed".
- "Totals" regarding attendances for Pre-Season Cup, including highest and lowest crowds, are excluding the unknown figure for 7th Place Playoff match.
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