2007 A-League Grand Final

2007 A-League Grand Final
Event	2006–07 A-League
Date	18 February 2007
Venue	Telstra Dome, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Man of the Match	Archie Thompson, Melbourne Victory
Referee	Mark Shield
Attendance	55,436
	← 2006 2008 →

The 2007 A-League Grand Final took place at Telstra Dome in Melbourne, Australia, on 18 February 2007. The match was contested by premiers Melbourne Victory and Adelaide United, who had to play over half the game with ten men after their captain Ross Aloisi was sent off after 34 minutes. After the game, Adelaide coach John Kosmina heavily criticized the refereeing of the match and this, coupled with other issues, saw him forced to resign by the Adelaide board.^[1]

Melbourne prevailed 6–0 in the joint largest win in A-League history, and the greatest ever deficit in any Australian soccer Grand Final, including the old NSL. The match also set the largest sporting attendance at Docklands Stadium of 55,436 people. Archie Thompson scored five goals, only the sixth A-League hat-trick, and the most goals by an individual in any A-League match. This performance earned him the Joe Marston Medal.

Route to the finals edit


Semifinals			Preliminary final		Final



Melbourne Victory	0	2			Melbourne Victory	6

Adelaide United	0	1			Adelaide United	0

			Adelaide United	1 (4)

			Newcastle Jets	1 (3)

Newcastle Jets	1	2

Sydney FC	2	0

Match edit

Details edit

18 February 2007
18:00 AEDT

Melbourne Victory	6–0	Adelaide United
Thompson 20', 29', 39', 56', 72' Sarkies 93+'	Reports^[2]

Etihad Stadium, Melbourne

Attendance: 55,436

Referee: Mark Shield

Melbourne Victory

Adelaide United


GK	1	Michael Theoklitos
DF	16	Simon Storey
DF	15	Adrian Leijer
DF	12	Rodrigo Vargas
DF	6	Steve Pantelidis
MF	15	Fred
MF	2	Kevin Muscat (c)
MF	17	Grant Brebner	59'
MF	14	Adrian Caceres	62'
FW	9	Danny Allsopp
FW	10	Archie Thompson	90'
Substitutes:
GK	20	Eugene Galekovic
MF	13	Kristian Sarkies	90'
MF	18	Alessandro
FW	23	James Robinson	62'
MF	24	Leigh Broxham	59'
Manager:
Ernie Merrick


GK	1	Daniel Beltrame
DF	2	Richie Alagich		70'
DF	4	Angelo Costanzo	57'
DF	5	Michael Valkanis	57'
DF	12	Greg Owens		46'
MF	13	Travis Dodd
MF	6	Ross Aloisi (c)	22' 34'
MF	26	Diego Walsh
MF	15	Nathan Burns
FW	10	Fernando		59'
FW	8	Carl Veart	68'
Substitutes:
GK	20	Robert Bajic
DF	3	Kristian Rees
DF	14	Aaron Goulding		46'
MF	21	Jason Spagnuolo		70'
FW	25	Bruce Djite		59'
Manager:
John Kosmina

Joe Marston Medal:
Archie Thompson (Melbourne Victory)

Assistant referees:
Ben Wilson
Nathan Gibson
Fourth official:
Matthew Breeze

Match rules

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

A-League 2007 Champions

Melbourne Victory First Title

Statistics edit

	Melbourne	Adelaide
Attempts at goal	22	14
Attempts on target	15	9
Attempts off target	6	5
Attempts - Woodwork	1	0
Keeper saves	5	3
Ball possession	51%	49%
Corners	5	5
Fouls committed	12	23
Offsides	4	1
Yellow cards	1	5
Red cards	0	1

References edit

^ David Davutovic (22 February 2007). "Kosmina sacked". Daily Telegraph (Australia). Retrieved 31 January 2009.
^ "2007 A-League Grand Final". Melbourne Victory. Retrieved 30 December 2022.

External links edit

[1] David Davutovic (22 February 2007). "Kosmina sacked". Daily Telegraph (Australia). Retrieved 31 January 2009.

[2] "2007 A-League Grand Final". Melbourne Victory. Retrieved 30 December 2022.

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