2007 A-League Grand Final

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]

2007 A-League Grand Final
Event2006–07 A-League
Melbourne Victory Adelaide United
6 0
Date18 February 2007
VenueTelstra Dome, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Man of the MatchArchie Thompson, Melbourne Victory
RefereeMark Shield
Attendance55,436

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
See also: 2006–07 A-League
  Semi Finals Preliminary Final Grand Final
    L1 L2    
    28 Jan & 4 Feb                        
1 Melbourne Victory 0 2     18 February
2 Adelaide United 0 1     11 February         Melbourne Victory 6
      Adelaide United 1 (4)     Adelaide United 0
  26 Jan & 2 Feb     Newcastle Jets 1 (3)  
3 Newcastle Jets 1 2
4 Sydney FC 2 0  

Match

Details
Melbourne Victory6–0Adelaide United
Thompson  20', 29', 39', 56', 72'
Sarkies  93+'		 (Report)
Attendance: 55,436
Referee: Mark Shield
Melbourne Victory
Adelaide United
GK1 Michael Theoklitos
DF16 Simon Storey
DF15 Adrian Leijer
DF12 Rodrigo Vargas
DF6 Steve Pantelidis
MF15 Fred
MF2 Kevin Muscat (c)
MF17 Grant Brebner 59'
MF14 Adrian Caceres 62'
FW9 Danny Allsopp
FW10 Archie Thompson 90'
Substitutes:
GK20 Eugene Galekovic
MF13 Kristian Sarkies 90'
MF18 Alessandro
FW23 James Robinson 62'
MF24 Leigh Broxham 59'
Manager:
Ernie Merrick


Joe Marston Medal: Archie Thompson

Assistant Referees:
Ben Wilson
Nathan Gibson
Fourth Official:
Matthew Breeze
GK1 Daniel Beltrame
DF2 Richie Alagich 70'
DF4 Angelo Costanzo 57'
DF5 Michael Valkanis 57'
DF12 Greg Owens 46'
MF13 Travis Dodd
MF6 Ross Aloisi (c) 22'  34'
MF26 Diego Walsh
MF15 Nathan Burns
FW10 Fernando 59'
FW8 Carl Veart 68'
Substitutes:
GK20 Robert Bajic
DF3 Kristian Rees
DF14 Aaron Goulding 46'
MF21 Jason Spagnuolo 70'
FW25 Bruce Djite 59'
Manager:
John Kosmina
A-League
2007 Champions
Melbourne Victory
First Title

Statistics
Melbourne Adelaide
Attempts at goal2214
Attempts on target159
Attempts off target65
Attempts - Woodwork10
Keeper saves53
Ball possession51%49%
Corners55
Fouls committed1223
Offsides41
Yellow cards15
Red cards01

See also

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