2006 A-League Grand Final

Football match

2006 A-League Grand FinalEvent| 2005–06 A-League

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| Sydney FC | Central Coast Mariners

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1 | 0
Date| 5 March 2006
Venue| Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Man of the Match| Dwight Yorke, Sydney FC
Referee| Mark Shield
Attendance| 41,689

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The 2006 A-League Grand Final, the first edition of the A-League grand final was played between Sydney FC and Central Coast Mariners to decide the champion of the 2005–06 season. The Grand Final took place at Sydney Football Stadium in Sydney on 5 March 2006 after Sydney FC won the ground advantage after defeating Adelaide United in the major semi-final.

In the Grand Final, a goal from Steve Corica in the second half secured the premiership for Sydney. As the winners of the Grand Final, Sydney qualified through to the 2007 AFC Champions League joining Adelaide United who were the minor premiers.

## Road to the final

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See also: 2005–06 A-League

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| Semifinals| | | Preliminary final| | | Final
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| Adelaide United| 2| 1| | Sydney FC| 1
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| Sydney FC| 2| 2| | | | | | Central Coast Mariners| 0
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| | Adelaide United| 0|
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| | | Central Coast Mariners| 1| | |
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| Central Coast Mariners| 1| 1| |
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| Newcastle Jets| 0| 1| | |
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## Match

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### Details

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5 March 2006
17:00 AEDT

Sydney FC| 1–0| Central Coast Mariners

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Corica 62' | Reports[1] |

Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney

Attendance: 41,689

Referee: Mark Shield

Sydney FC

Central Coast Mariners

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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

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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

Joe Marston Medal:
Dwight Yorke (Sydney FC)

Assistant referees:
Fourth official:

Match rules

* 90 minutes
* 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
* Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.

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A-League
2006 Champions

Sydney FC
First Title

### Statistics

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| Sydney  | Central Coast

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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

## See also

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* 2005–06 A-League
* List of A-League honours

## References

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1. ^ Lucas, Adam (5 March 2006). "Sydney FC prevails". Archived from the original on 3 September 2006.

## External links

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* Full Match highlights on YouTube
* Official A-League Website

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