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

Event	2006–07 A-League
Melbourne Victory Adelaide United 6 0
Date	18 February 2007
Venue	Telstra Dome, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Man of the Match	Archie Thompson, Melbourne Victory
Referee	Mark Shield
Attendance	55,436
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Melbourne Victory during the trophy ceremony

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

	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

Details

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

	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

See also

• 2006–07 A-League
• List of A-League champions