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.
2006, league, grand, final, first, edition, league, grand, final, played, between, sydney, central, coast, mariners, decide, champion, 2005, season, grand, final, took, place, sydney, football, stadium, sydney, march, 2006, after, sydney, ground, advantage, af. 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 2006 A League Grand FinalEvent2005 06 A LeagueSydney FC Central Coast Mariners1 0Date5 March 2006VenueSydney Football Stadium Sydney New South Wales AustraliaMan of the MatchDwight Yorke Sydney FCRefereeMark ShieldAttendance41 689 2004 NSL 2007 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 Contents 1 Road to the final 2 Match 2 1 Details 2 2 Statistics 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksRoad to the final editSee also 2005 06 A League SemifinalsPreliminary finalFinalAdelaide United21Sydney FC1Sydney FC22Central Coast Mariners0Adelaide United0Central Coast Mariners1Central Coast Mariners11Newcastle Jets01Match editDetails edit 5 March 200617 00 AEDTSydney FC1 0Central Coast MarinersCorica nbsp 62 Reports 1 Sydney Football Stadium SydneyAttendance 41 689Referee Mark Shield nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Sydney FC nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Central Coast MarinersGK 1 nbsp Clint BoltonDF 3 nbsp Alvin CeccoliDF 4 nbsp Mark Rudan nbsp 72 DF 8 nbsp Matthew BingleyMF 10 nbsp Steve CoricaFW 11 nbsp Sasho Petrovski nbsp 90 MF 12 nbsp David CarneyMF 14 nbsp Andrew PackerMF 15 nbsp Terry McFlynnDF 17 nbsp Jacob Timpano nbsp 81 FW 19 nbsp Dwight Yorke c Substitutes GK 20 nbsp Justin PasfieldDF 2 nbsp Iain Fyfe nbsp 72 MF 7 nbsp Robbie Middleby nbsp 90 FW 23 nbsp Ruben Zadkovich nbsp 81 Manager nbsp Pierre Littbarski nbsp GK 20 nbsp Danny VukovicDF 2 nbsp Wayne O SullivanMF 4 nbsp Noel Spencer c nbsp 57 DF 5 nbsp Michael BeauchampMF 6 nbsp Andre GumprechtDF 8 nbsp Dean HeffernanMF 10 nbsp Tom PondeljakMF 11 nbsp Damien Brown nbsp 68 FW 12 nbsp Stewart Petrie nbsp 73 FW 15 nbsp Andrew ClarkDF 18 nbsp Alex Wilkinson nbsp 84 Substitutes GK 30 nbsp Matthew TrottDF 17 nbsp Matthew Osman nbsp 68 MF 3 nbsp Paul O Grady nbsp 84 FW 19 nbsp Adam Kwasnik nbsp 73 Manager nbsp 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 A League2006 Champions nbsp Sydney FCFirst TitleStatistics edit Sydney Central CoastAttempts at goal 15 15Attempts on target 6 5Attempts off target 9 10Attempts Woodwork 0 0Keeper saves 4 3Ball possession 50 50 Corners 4 9Fouls committed 20 16Offsides 4 3Yellow cards 0 1Red cards 0 0See also edit2005 06 A League List of A League honoursReferences edit Lucas Adam 5 March 2006 Sydney FC prevails Archived from the original on 3 September 2006 External links editFull Match highlights on YouTube Official A League Website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2006 A League Grand Final amp oldid 1188927380, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
