2006–07 Newcastle Jets FC season

2006 A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup
Country	Australia; New Zealand
Dates	15 July – 19 August 2006
Teams	8
Defending champions	Central Coast Mariners
Champions	Adelaide United (1st title)
Runners-up	Central Coast Mariners
Third place	Sydney FC
Fourth place	Newcastle Jets FC
Matches played	24
Goals scored	44 (1.83 per match)
Attendance	112,254 (4,677 per match)
	← 2005 2007 →

Newcastle United Jets FC
2006-07 season
Owner	Con Constantine
Manager	Gary van Egmond
Top goalscorer	Mark Bridge - 8
Highest home attendance	24,338 v Sydney FC; 2 February 2007
Lowest home attendance	4,635 v Melbourne Victory; 8 October 2006
	← 2005–06 2007–08 →

The 2006-07 season was Newcastle Jets' second season in the Hyundai A-League. After a poor start to the season, The Jets finished strongly to place 3rd at the conclusion of the regular season. They beat Sydney FC in the minor Semi-Final but lost to Adelaide United in the Preliminary Final on penalties.

Players

First team squad

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	AUS	Ivan Necevski
2	DF	AUS	Steve Eagleton
3	DF	AUS	Jade North
4	DF	AUS	Craig Deans
5	FW	COL	Milton Rodriguez
6	DF	AUS	Andrew Durante
7	MF	AUS	Tony Faria
8	MF	AUS	Matt Thompson
9	FW	NZL	Vaughan Coveny
10	MF	AUS	Nick Carle
11	MF	AUS	Tarek Elrich
12	MF	AUS	Paul Okon (captain)
13	MF	AUS	Adam D'Apuzzo
14	MF	AUS	Jobe Wheelhouse


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	MF	AUS	Stuart Musialik
16	FW	ALB	Labinot Haliti
17	FW	AUS	Tolgay Özbey
18	FW	AUS	Joel Griffiths
19	FW	AUS	Mark Bridge
20	GK	AUS	Ben Kennedy
21	MF	AUS	Troy Hearfield
22	DF	NZL	Steven Old
23	DF	AUS	Shane Webb
24	MF	AUS	Paul Kohler
25	MF	NZL	Tim Brown
30	GK	AUS	Tando Velaphi
40	GK	AUS	Ante Covic

Transfers

In

Name	Position	From	Fee (A$)
Adam D'Apuzzo	Midfield	Marconi Stallions	Free
Tony Faria	Midfield	Marconi Stallions	Free
Ben Kennedy	Goalkeeper	Broadmeadow Magic FC	Free
Milton Rodriguez	Forward	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Free
Paul Okon	Defender	APOEL FC	Free
Steven Old	Midfield	YoungHeart Manawatu	Free
Tolgay Özbey	Forward	Blacktown City	Free
Joel Griffiths	Forward	Leeds United	Free
Ivan Necevski	Goalkeeper	Blacktown City	Free
Troy Hearfield	Forward	Unsigned	N/A
Tim Brown	Midfield	Richmond Kickers	Free
Shane Webb	Defender	Unknown	N/A
Tando Velaphi	Goalkeeper	Perth SC	Loan
Ante Čović	Goalkeeper	Hammarby	Free

Out

Name	Position	To	Fee (A$)
Mateo Corbo	Defender	Released	N/A
Richard Johnson	Midfield	New Zealand Knights	Free
Franco Parisi	Forward	New Zealand Knights	Free
Brett Studman	Defender	Released	N/A
Ante Milicic	Forward	Queensland Roar	Free
Andy Petterson	Goalkeeper	ECU Joondalup	Free
Liam Reddy	Goalkeeper	Queensland Roar	Free
Ned Zelic	Defender	Helmond Sport	Free
Allan Picken	Defender	Walsall	$50,000
Guy Bates	Forward	Darlington	Free
James Monie	Midfield	Sydney Olympic	Free
Peter McPherson	Midfield	Unknown	N/A

Matches

2006-07 Pre-Season Cup

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.^[1]

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 semifinals
2	Adelaide United	4	2	2	0	2	0	0	8	Advance to semifinals
3	Melbourne Victory FC	4	1	1	2	5	7	2	6
4	Perth Glory	4	0	2	2	3	6	0	2

15 July 2006

18:00 AEST

Central Coast Mariners	2–1	Perth Glory
Petrie 7' Kwasnik 8'		Bertos 62'

Central Coast Stadium, Gosford

Attendance: 5,860

Referee: James Lewis

16 July 2006

13:00 AEST

Melbourne Victory FC	0–1	Adelaide United
		Veart 65'

Aurora Stadium, Launceston

Attendance: 6,834

Referee: Matthew Breeze

22 July 2006

15:00 AEST

Central Coast Mariners	0–0	Adelaide United

Wade Park, Orange

Attendance: 4,344

Referee: Simon Przydacz

22 July 2006

22:00 AWST

Perth Glory	1–1	Melbourne Victory FC
Young 59'		Allsopp 51'

Dorrien Gardens, Perth

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Angelo Nardi

29 July 2006

15:00 AEST

Melbourne Victory FC	1–3	Central Coast Mariners
Thompson 4'		Kwasnik 35' O'Grady 63' Spencer 77'

Olympic Park, Melbourne

Attendance: 6,593

Referee: Craig Zetter

30 July 2006

18:00 AWST

Perth Glory	0–0	Adelaide United

Dorrien Gardens, Perth

Attendance: 3,038

Referee: Angelo Nardi

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 semifinals
2	Newcastle Jets FC	4	0	2	2	4	6	1	3	Advance to semifinals
3	New Zealand Knights	4	0	3	1	2	3	0	3^[A]
4	Queensland Roar	4	0	3	1	2	3	0	3^[A]

^

Head-to-head results: Queensland Roar 1–1 New Zealand Knights (tied on head-to-head results, ranked on disciplinary record).

15 July 2006

18:00 AEST

Queensland Roar	1–2	Sydney FC
Smits 31'		Petrovski 16' Brosque 87'

Carrara Stadium, Gold Coast

Attendance: 7,132

Referee: Peter Green

16 July 2006

16:00 NZDT

New Zealand Knights	1–1	Newcastle Jets FC
Richter 39'		Bridge 57'

North Harbour Stadium, Auckland

Attendance: 804

Referee: Neil Fox

22 July 2006

14:00 AEST

Sydney FC	2–1	Newcastle Jets FC
Topor-Stanley 2' Middleby 25'		McFlynn 68' (o.g.)

Canberra Stadium, Canberra

Attendance: 7,226

Referee: Ben Williams

22 July 2006

18:00 AEST

Queensland Roar	1–1	New Zealand Knights
Dilevski 8'		Rodrigues 24'

Maroochydore Soccer Club, Maroochydore

Attendance: 3,347

Referee: Matthew Breeze

29 July 2006

12:00 NZDT

New Zealand Knights	0–0	Sydney FC

North Harbour Stadium

Attendance: 3,121

Referee: Peter O'Leary

29 July 2006

18:30 AEST

Newcastle Jets FC	0–0	Queensland Roar

Port Macquarie Regional Stadium, Port Macquarie

Attendance: 2,822

Referee: James Lewis

Bonus round

4 August 2006

Adelaide United	1–0	New Zealand Knights
Veart 19' (pen.)	Report

Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide

Attendance: 12,006

Referee: Craig Zetter

5 August 2006

Newcastle Jets FC	2–3	Melbourne Victory FC
North 17' Carle 65' (pen.)	Report	Thompson 4' Muscat 62' (pen.) Allsopp 84'

Scully Park, Tamworth

Attendance: 3,126

Referee: Matthew Breeze

6 August 2006

Queensland Roar	0–0	Central Coast Mariners
	Report

Clive Berghofer Stadium, Toowoomba

Attendance: 4,571

Referee: Peter Green

6 August 2006

Sydney FC	3–0	Perth Glory
Brosque 26', 27' Petrovski 57'	Report

WIN Stadium, Wollongong

Attendance: 6,634

Referee: Strebre Delovski

Knockout stage

Bracket


Playoffs			Finals



A1	Central Coast Mariners	2
			Grand final
B2	Newcastle Jets FC	1
			Central Coast Mariners	1 (4)

			Adelaide United (pen.)	1 (5)
A2	Adelaide United	2
			Third place
B1	Sydney FC	1
			Sydney FC	2

			Newcastle Jets FC	0
A3	Melbourne Victory FC (pen.)	0 (4)
			Fifth place
B4	Queensland Roar	0 (2)
			Melbourne Victory FC	1

			Perth Glory	0
A4	New Zealand Knights	0
			Seventh place
B3	Perth Glory	1
			New Zealand Knights	1

			Queensland Roar	2

Playoffs

11 August 2006

17:30 NZDT

New Zealand Knights	0–1	Perth Glory
		Young 87'

North Harbour Stadium, Auckland

Attendance: 1,104

Referee: Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)

11 August 2006

19:30 AEST

Sydney FC	1–2	Adelaide United
Carney 43'		Dodd 16' Rees 90'

WIN Stadium

Attendance: 4,210

Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)

11 August 2006

19:30 AEST

Melbourne Victory FC	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Queensland Roar

Penalties
Muscat Vargas Thompson Sarkies	4–2	Lynch Fitzsimmons Ognenovski Gibson

12 August 2006

18:00 AEST

Central Coast Mariners	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Newcastle Jets FC
Petrie 52' (pen.) O'Grady 96'		Coveny 25'

Central Coast Stadium, Gosford

Attendance: 7,567

Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)

Seventh place play-off

18 August 2006

17:30 NZDT

New Zealand Knights	1–2	Queensland Roar
Bazeley 65'		Reinaldo 49' Vidošić 88'

North Harbour Stadium, Auckland

Referee: Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)

Fifth place play-off

18 August 2006

19:30 AEST

Melbourne Victory FC	1–0	Perth Glory
Allsopp 84'

Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne

Attendance: 2,215

Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)

Third place play-off

19 August 2006

19:30 AEST

Sydney FC	2–0	Newcastle Jets FC
Petrovski 40' Rudan 68'

Campbelltown Stadium, Campbelltown

Attendance: 5,326

Referee: Strebe Delovski (Australia)

Final

19 August 2006

18:00 AEST

Central Coast Mariners	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Adelaide United
Gumprecht 77'		Veart 7'
Penalties
McMaster Petrie O'Sullivan Spencer Hutchinson	4–5	Alagich Owens Aloisi Qu Veart

Central Coast Stadium, Gosford

Attendance: 10,463

Referee: Simon Przydacz (Australia)

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^[2]	23	4,881	12,006	804	112,254

Top goalscorers

3 goals:

2 goals:

1 goal:

References

^ "A-League Pre-Season Schedule Confirmed". 1 June 2006. Archived from the original on 30 August 2006.
^ "Totals" regarding attendances for Pre-Season Cup, including highest and lowest crowds, are excluding the unknown figure for 7th Place Playoff match.

16 July 2006 Group Stage	New Zealand Knights	1 : 1	Newcastle Jets	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
14:00 UTC+12	Richter 39'	Report	Bridge 57'	Attendance: 804 Referee: Neil Fox

22 July 2006 Group Stage	Sydney FC	2 : 1	Newcastle Jets	Canberra Stadium, Canberra
14:00 UTC+10	Topor-Stanley 3' Middleby 25'	Report	McFlynn 68' (own)	Attendance: 7,226 Referee: Ben Williams

29 July 2006 Group Stage	Newcastle Jets	0 : 0	Queensland Roar	Port Macquarie Regional Stadium, Port Macquarie
18:30 UTC+10		Report		Attendance: 2,822

5 August 2006 Bonus Round	Newcastle Jets	2 : 3	Melbourne Victory	Scully Park Oval, Tamworth
18:00 UTC+10	North 17' Carle 70' (pen)	Report	Thompson 44' Muscat 62' (pen) Allsop 84'	Attendance: 3,100

12 August 2006 Playoffs	Central Coast Mariners	2 : 1 (a.e.t.)	Newcastle Jets	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
18:00 UTC+10	Petrie 52' (pen) O'Grady 96'	Report	Coveny 25'	Attendance: 7,567 Referee: Ben Williams

19 August 2006 Third Place Playoff	Sydney FC	2 : 0	Newcastle Jets	Campbelltown Stadium, Campbelltown
19:30 UTC+10	Petrovski 40' Rudan 68'	Report		Attendance: 5,326

2006-07 Hyundai A-League fixtures

27 August 2006 Round 1	New Zealand Knights	0 : 0	Newcastle Jets	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
17:00 UTC+12		Report Summary		Attendance: 7,304 Referee: Simon Przydacz

1 September 2006 Round 2	Newcastle Jets	2 : 3	Queensland Roar	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
20:00 UTC+10	Gibson 26' (own) Bridge 40'	Report Summary	Reinaldo 5' Okon 38' (own) Lynch 88'	Attendance: 7,276 Referee: Angelo Nardi

8 September 2006 Round 3	Adelaide United	5 : 1	Newcastle Jets	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
19:30 UTC+9:30	Fernando 8', 72' Cornthwaite 19' Qu 28' Durante 65' (own)	Report Summary	Bridge 52'	Attendance: 8,785 Referee: Mark Shield

17 September 2006 Round 4	Sydney FC	2 : 2	Newcastle Jets	Aussie Stadium, Sydney
20:00 UTC+10	Corica 33' (pen) Zdrilić 38'	Report Summary	Rodriguez 45+1', 62'	Attendance: 15,488 Referee: Matthew Breeze

23 September 2006 Round 5	Central Coast Mariners	1 : 1	Newcastle Jets	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
19:00 UTC+10	Hutchinson 12'	Report Summary	Griffiths 82'	Attendance: 8,439 Referee: Simon Przydacz

29 September 2006 Round 6	Newcastle Jets	0 : 3	Perth Glory	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
20:00 UTC+10		Report Summary	Young 44', 92' Harnwell 83'	Attendance: 7,961 Referee: Matthew Breeze

8 October 2006 Round 7	Newcastle Jets	0 : 2	Melbourne Victory	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
20:00 UTC+10		Report Summary	Allsopp 69', 90'	Attendance: 4,635 Referee: Peter Green

14 October 2006 Round 8	Newcastle Jets	3 : 0	New Zealand Knights	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
19:00 UTC+10	North 72' Musialik 86' Rodriguez 93'	Report Summary		Attendance: 5,725 Referee: Peter Green

22 October 2006 Round 9	Queensland Roar	0 : 1	Newcastle Jets	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
17:00 UTC+10		Report Summary	Coveny 35'	Attendance: 16,061 Referee: Peter O'Leary

27 October 2006 Round 10	Newcastle Jets	2 : 1	Adelaide United	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
20:00 UTC+10	Coveny 26' Carle 89'	Report Summary	Veart 37' (pen)	Attendance: 10,895 Referee: Matthew Breeze

4 November 2006 Round 11	Newcastle Jets	1 : 1	Sydney FC	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
19:00 UTC+11	Brown 86'	Report Summary	Zdrilić 14'	Attendance: 8,493 Referee: Mark Shield

12 November 2006 Round 12	Newcastle Jets	3 : 1	Central Coast Mariners	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
17:00 UTC+11	Bridge 6' Carle 17' Rodriguez 79'	Report Summary	Mori 40'	Attendance: 14,026 Referee: Matthew Breeze

18 November 2006 Round 13	Perth Glory	2 : 1	Newcastle Jets	Members Equity Stadium, Perth
17:00 UTC+9	Harnwell 38' Glavas 90+4'	Report Summary	Carle 77' (pen)	Attendance: 7,315 Referee: Angelo Nardi

26 November 2006 Round 14	Melbourne Victory	0 : 1	Newcastle Jets	Telstra Dome, Melbourne
17:00 UTC+11		Report Summary	Rodriguez 61'	Attendance: 27,753 Referee: Matthew Breeze

3 December 2006 Round 15	New Zealand Knights	1 : 1	Newcastle Jets	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
17:00 UTC+13	Marcina 29' (pen)	Report Summary	Griffiths 13'	Attendance: 2,039 Referee: Peter O'Leary

7 December 2006 Round 16	Queensland Roar	0 : 3	Newcastle Jets	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
19:00 UTC+10		Report Summary	Bridge 9', 77' Griffiths 53'	Attendance: 10,040 Referee: Matthew Breeze

15 December 2006 Round 17	Adelaide United	3 : 2	Newcastle Jets	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
19:30 UTC+10:30	Romário 15' Fernando 60' Owens 78'	Report Summary	Bridge 59' Thompson 67'	Attendance: 12,214 Referee: Mark Shield

1 January 2007 Round 18	Newcastle Jets	0 : 2	Sydney FC	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
18:00 UTC+11		Report Summary	Brosque 45+1' Petrovski 90+1'	Attendance: 20,980 Referee: Matthew Breeze

5 January 2007 Round 19	Newcastle Jets	1 : 0	Central Coast Mariners	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
20:00 UTC+11	Rodriguez 25'	Report Summary		Attendance: 14,828 Referee: Mark Shield

14 January 2007 Round 20	Perth Glory	3 : 3	Newcastle Jets	Members Equity Stadium, Perth
18:00 UTC+9	Colosimo 43' (pen) Harnwell 78' Magdic 81'	Report Summary	Carle 12' Griffiths 90+1', 90+4'	Attendance: 7,904 Referee: Simon Przydacz

19 January 2007 Round 21	Newcastle Jets	4 : 0	Melbourne Victory	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle, Newcastle
20:00 UTC+11	Bridge 36', 48' Coveny 51' Griffiths 73'	Report Summary		Attendance: 19,601 Referee: Matthew Breeze

2006-07 Finals series

26 January 2007 Minor Semi-Final Leg 1	Sydney FC	2 : 1	Newcastle Jets	Aussie Stadium, sydney
20:00 UTC+11	Brosque 15' Milligan 30'	Report Summary	Rodriguez 71'	Attendance: 21,122 Referee: Peter Green

2 February 2007 Minor Semi-Final Leg 2	Newcastle Jets	2 : 0	Sydney FC	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
20:00 UTC+11	Griffiths 57' Coveny 71'	Report Summary		Attendance: 24,338 Referee: Matthew Breeze

11 February 2007 Preliminary final	Adelaide United	1 : 1 (a.e.t.) (4 : 3 p)	Newcastle Jets	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
17:30 UTC+10:30	Veart 57'	Report Summary	Coveny 74'	Attendance: 13,798 Referee: Matthew Breeze
	Penalties
	Diego Owens Alagich Aloisi		Bridge Carle Thompson Coveny Musialik

Points table

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

Source: ultimatealeague.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion
Notes:

^ Sydney FC were penalised three competition points following round 18 due to salary cap breaches which occurred during the 2005–06 season
^ New Zealand Knights cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Statistics

Goal scorers

Name	Pre-Season	A-League	Finals
Mark Bridge	1	8	0
Milton Rodriguez	0	6	1
Joel Griffiths	0	6	1
Nick Carle	1	4	0
Vaughan Coveny	1	3	2
Jade North	1	1	0
Stuart Musialik	0	1	0
Tim Brown	0	1	0
Matt Thompson	0	1	0

References

[1] "A-League Pre-Season Schedule Confirmed". 1 June 2006. Archived from the original on 30 August 2006.

[2] "Totals" regarding attendances for Pre-Season Cup, including highest and lowest crowds, are excluding the unknown figure for 7th Place Playoff match.

[table_hth_SFC0.66997352180536-3] Sydney FC were penalised three competition points following round 18 due to salary cap breaches which occurred during the 2005–06 season

[table_note_NZK0.66997352180536-4] New Zealand Knights cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

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2006–07 Newcastle Jets FC season

Contents

Players

First team squad

Transfers

In

Out

Matches

2006-07 Pre-Season Cup

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Bonus round

Knockout stage

Bracket

Playoffs

Seventh place play-off

Fifth place play-off

Third place play-off

Final

Attendances

Top goalscorers

References

2006-07 Hyundai A-League fixtures

2006-07 Finals series

Points table

Statistics

Goal scorers

References

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