The 2006-07

A-League 2006-07

The 2006–07 A-League season was the second season of the Australian football competition, the A-League. Football Federation Australia hoped to build on the success of the first season and on the interest generated by the Socceroos competing in the 2006 FIFA World Cup...

 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

Sydney FC

Sydney FC is a professional football club based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and competes in the country's premier football competition, the A-League...

 in the minor Semi-Final but lost to Adelaide United in the Preliminary Final on penalties.

First team squad

In

Name	Position	From	Fee (A$ Australian dollar The Australian dollar is the currency of the Commonwealth of Australia, including Christmas Island, Cocos Islands, and Norfolk Island, as well as the independent Pacific Island states of Kiribati, Nauru and Tuvalu... )
Adam D'Apuzzo Adam D'Apuzzo Adam D'Apuzzo is an Australian professional football player. He currently plays as a left back for NSW Premier League club APIA Leichhardt Tigers.-Biography:...	Midfield	Marconi Stallions Marconi Stallions The Marconi Stallions Football Club is an Australian football club located in Sydney, Australia. The club won the National Soccer League title a record four times, along with South Melbourne FC and Sydney City SC...	Free
Tony Faria Tony Faria Antonio "Tony" Faria is an association football player. He plays left midfield and is currently unattached....	Midfield	Marconi Stallions Marconi Stallions The Marconi Stallions Football Club is an Australian football club located in Sydney, Australia. The club won the National Soccer League title a record four times, along with South Melbourne FC and Sydney City SC...	Free
Ben Kennedy Ben Kennedy (goalkeeper) Ben Kennedy is a football goalkeeper who plays for the Newcastle United Jets in the A-League.-Biography:...	Goalkeeper	Broadmeadow Magic FC Broadmeadow Magic FC Broadmeadow Magic is a football club based in Broadmeadow a suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales. They currently play in the NBN State Football League in the Australian state of New South Wales.-History:...	Free
Milton Rodriguez Milton Rodriguez Milton Fabián Rodríguez Suárez is a Colombian footballer.-Club career:Rodríguez began his professional career with Cortuluá in 1997. In two years at the club the left-footed striker scored 22 goals in 45 appearances. In 1999 he moved to Independiente Santa Fe and continued his goal scoring prowess...	Forward	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors are a professional football club based in Jeonju, Jeonbuk, South Korea. They won their first K-League title in 2009. Prior to this, the club won the AFC Champions League title in 2006, becoming the first club from East Asia to win the tournament since the AFC Champions...	Free
Paul Okon Paul Okon Paul Okon is a former Australian football player who retired after playing with Australian side Newcastle United Jets....	Defender	APOEL FC APOEL FC APOEL F.C. is a professional football club based in Lefkosia , Cyprus and they are one of the founding members of the Cyprus Football Association. APOEL is one of the most popular football teams in Cyprus and they are the most successful with an overall tally of 21 championships, 19 cups and 12...	Free
Steven Old Steven Old Steven David Old is a New Zealand football player who plays as a defender. He is currently a free agent after being released from Kilmarnock in May 2011.-Club career:...	Midfield	YoungHeart Manawatu YoungHeart Manawatu YoungHeart Manawatu is a football club is based in Palmerston North, New Zealand. It participates in the ASB Premiership and their home ground is Memorial Park.- History :...	Free
Tolgay Özbey Tolgay Ozbey Tolgay Özbey is an Australian football player, who currently plays for Kingfisher East Bengal.-Biography:Early in his career, Özbey was recognized for his contributions as a Striker with Blacktown City Demons during which he was chosen as the NSW Premier League Player Of The Year in 2006 and won...	Forward	Blacktown City	Free
Joel Griffiths Joel Griffiths Joel Griffiths is an Australian football player who currently plays for Beijing Guoan.-Club career:He played for Sydney United, Parramatta Power and Newcastle United in the now defunct National Soccer League...	Forward	Leeds United	Free
Ivan Necevski Ivan Necevski Ivan Necevski is a football goalkeeper who currently plays in the Australian A-League for Sydney FC.-Club career:...	Goalkeeper	Blacktown City	Free
Troy Hearfield Troy Hearfield Troy Hearfield is an attacking football midfielder who currently plays for Central Coast Mariners in the A-League.Married to Deanne Hearfield.-Club career:Hearfield signed for Newcastle Jets in 2006...	Forward	Unsigned	N/A
Tim Brown	Midfield	Richmond Kickers Richmond Kickers The Richmond Kickers are an American professional soccer club based in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Founded in 1993, the team plays in the American Division of the USL Professional Division, the third tier of the American Soccer Pyramid...	Free
Shane Webb Shane Webb Shane Webb is an Australian football player currently playing for the Bonnyrigg White Eagles in the New South Wales Premier League.He has also played for Newcastle United Jets in the A-League domestic competition....	Defender	Unknown	N/A
Tando Velaphi Tando Velaphi Tando Yuji Velaphi is an Australian football goalkeeper who currently plays for Melbourne Victory in the A-League. Before joining Victory in 2011, he spent several seasons at , eventually developing into their first-choice 'keeper....	Goalkeeper	Perth SC Perth SC Perth Soccer Club is a football club based in West Perth, Western Australia. It competes in the Football West Premier League.-Perth Italia:...	Loan
Ante Čović Ante Covic Ante Čović is an Australian football player. He is a goalkeeper who currently plays for Melbourne Victory in the Hyundai A-League...	Goalkeeper	Hammarby Hammarby Hammarby is a locality situated in Sandviken Municipality, Gävleborg County, Sweden with 550 inhabitants in 2005....	Free

Out

Name	Position	To	Fee (A$ Australian dollar The Australian dollar is the currency of the Commonwealth of Australia, including Christmas Island, Cocos Islands, and Norfolk Island, as well as the independent Pacific Island states of Kiribati, Nauru and Tuvalu... )
Mateo Corbo Mateo Corbo Mateo Corbo is a Uruguayan footballer. He currently plays as a left full back, most recently for the Australian A-League club Newcastle United Jets before being released. He previously played for River Plate , Real Oviedo , Barnsley F.C...	Defender	Released	N/A
Richard Johnson Richard Johnson (footballer) Richard Johnson is an Australian former football player.-Club career:When still a teenager Johnson moved to England to seek a professional football contract. He joined the youth ranks of Watford, and made his league début in the closing stages of the 1991/92 season...	Midfield		Free
Franco Parisi Franco Parisi Franco Parisi is an Australian football player.-Biography:Franco plays as a striker for APIA Leichhardt Tigers in the New South Wales Premier League...	Forward		Free
Brett Studman Brett Studman Brett Studman is an Australian football player currently playing for Sydney Olympic.Studman was a part of the AIS before signing for Sydney Olympic...	Defender	Released	N/A
Ante Milicic Ante Milicic Ante Milicic is an Australian former football player. He is currently one of the assistant managers of A-League club Melbourne Heart. He is of Croatian Australian origin....	Forward		Free
Andy Petterson Andy Petterson Andrew Keith Petterson is a former Australian football player who plays for ECU Joondalup in the Western Australian state league.-Career:...	Goalkeeper	ECU Joondalup ECU Joondalup The ECU Joondalup Soccer Club is an Australian football club from Joondalup, Western Australia currently playing in the Premier Division in the Football West State League which is one grade lower than the Australian A-League.-History:The ECU Joondalup Soccer Club was formed in 1992 and they were...	Free
Liam Reddy Liam Reddy Liam Reddy is an Australian football player who is currently on a three year contract with the Hyundai A-League team, Sydney FC-Club career:...	Goalkeeper		Free
Ned Zelic Ned Zelic Nedijeljko "Ned" Zelić is a former Australian football player.-Club career:Zelic started his career in the old Australian National Soccer League,where he played with clubs Sydney Croatia and Sydney Olympic...	Defender	Helmond Sport Helmond Sport Helmond Sport is a Dutch football club, playing in the Dutch Eerste Divisie and located in Helmond, Noord-Brabant. The club was founded on July 27, 1967, as a breakaway from the local professional club Helmondia '55, which had gone bankrupt.-History:...	Free
Allan Picken Allan Picken Allan Picken was born in New South Wales, Sydney on 17 September 1981. He is a professional footballer and plays in the centre of defence.Picken started his career at Sydney FC playing in the youth team but moved to Newcastle Jets after then manager Richard Money signed him...	Defender	Walsall Walsall F.C. Walsall Football Club are an English association football club based in Walsall, West Midlands. They currently play in League One. The club was founded in 1888 as Walsall Town Swifts, an amalgamation of Walsall Town F.C. and Walsall Swifts F.C. The club was one of the founder members of the Second...	$50,000
Guy Bates Guy Bates Guy Bates is an English footballer who plays for Black Bull FC in the Meath & District League.-Career:Bates joined his hometown club Newcastle United at the age of 8 in 1993...	Forward	Darlington Darlington F.C. Darlington Football Club is a professional association football club based in Darlington, County Durham, currently playing in the Conference National. The club was founded in 1883, and originally played its games at Feethams, before moving to the Darlington Arena in 2003...	Free
James Monie James Monie James Monie is an Australian football player, who plays for Sydney Olympic.-References:...	Midfield	Sydney Olympic Sydney Olympic FC Sydney Olympic Football Club is an Australian football club that plays in the NSW Premier League. It competed in the National Soccer League from 1977 until the league's demise in 2004, having won the championship in 1989–90, 2001–02, the League Cup in 1980, the minor premiership in 2002–03 and the...	Free
Peter McPherson Peter McPherson Peter McPherson is an Australian football player who currently plays for Australian NSW Premier League side Sydney Olympic.-Career:...	Midfield	Unknown	N/A

2006-07 Pre-Season Cup

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	BP
	12	4	3	1	0	7	2	2
	3	4	0	2	2	4	6	1
	3	4	0	3	1	2	3	0
	3	4	0	3	1	2	3	0

2006-07 Hyundai A-League fixtures

2006-07 Finals series

Points Table

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Goal scorers

Name	Pre-Season	A-League	Finals
Mark Bridge Mark Bridge Mark Bridge is an Australian football player. He currently plays as a striker for Australian A-League club Sydney FC.-Newcastle United Jets FC:...	1	8	0
Milton Rodriguez Milton Rodriguez Milton Fabián Rodríguez Suárez is a Colombian footballer.-Club career:Rodríguez began his professional career with Cortuluá in 1997. In two years at the club the left-footed striker scored 22 goals in 45 appearances. In 1999 he moved to Independiente Santa Fe and continued his goal scoring prowess...	0	6	1
Joel Griffiths Joel Griffiths Joel Griffiths is an Australian football player who currently plays for Beijing Guoan.-Club career:He played for Sydney United, Parramatta Power and Newcastle United in the now defunct National Soccer League...	0	6	1
Nick Carle Nick Carle Nicholas Alberto "Nick" Carle is an Australian football player who currently plays as an attacking midfielder for Sydney FC.- Club career :...	1	4	0
Vaughan Coveny Vaughan Coveny Vaughan Coveny is a former football player, who frequently represented New Zealand from 1992 onwards. Coveny's senior club career spanned 20 years, with his most notable stint being at South Melbourne during their National Soccer League era. He was primarily a striker although he also played as a...	1	3	2
Jade North Jade North Jade Bronson North is an Indigenous Australian association football player. He played as a centre back or full back for the FC Tokyo in the J. League Division 2...	1	1	0
Stuart Musialik Stuart Musialik Stuart Musialik is an Australian football player who currently plays for Central Coast Mariners in the A-League.- Club career :...	0	1	0
Tim Brown	0	1	0
Matt Thompson	0	1	0