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2006–07 Central Coast Mariners FC season

Field	Value
club	Central Coast Mariners FC
season	2006–07
manager	Lawrie McKinna
league	A-League
league result	6th
cup1	A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup	cup1 result = Runners-up
league topscorer	Adam Kwasnik (7)
season topscorer	Adam Kwasnik (9)
highest attendance	13,119 (vs Adelaide United, 25 November 2006)
lowest attendance	4,644 (vs Queensland Roar, 9 September 2006)
prevseason	2005–06
nextseason	2007–08

The 2006–07 season was the second season of competitive football played by Central Coast Mariners. The club ended the 2006–07 A-League in sixth, and so did not qualify for the finals. They failed to retain their A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup title, losing to Adelaide United in the final.

In the transfer window, Central Coast signed Australian international Tony Vidmar and defender Vuko Tomasevic. The short term contracts of Brad Porter and Jamie McMaster were also extended.

The Mariners began the season in good form and reached the final of the 2006 A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup. However, they failed to retain the title after losing in a penalty shoot-out to Adelaide United. The team were winless for the first five games of the A-League season, before a resurgent period featuring only two losses, to Adelaide Newcastle Jets in eleven games. However, the team failed to win any of its final five games and missed the finals series by five points as a result. Central Coast's top goalscorer was Adam Kwasnik, who scored nine goals.

Background

Transfers

On the back of the Mariners' highly successful first season, expectation arose as to the big-name players that could potentially join Central Coast. There were strong rumours about Stan Lazaridis, Ned Zelic and Paul Okon coming to the Mariners, but none eventuated. However, on 3 August 2006 Tony Vidmar announced he was joining the Mariners, signing a two-year deal.{{cite news |url-status=dead

;In

No.	Position	Player	Transferred from	Transfer type
14	DF	AUSMarconi Stallions	Free transfer	4 July 2006
13	DF	Unattached	Free transfer	4 August 2006
30	GK	AUS Central Coast Lightning	Injury replacement deal for John Crawley	10 July 2006
	FW	AUS NSWIS	Short term contract	12 July 2006
	MF	AUS NSWIS	Short term contract	20 July 2006
	MF	AUS Sydney United	Short term contract	5 August 2006
	FW	AUS Central Coast Lightning	Short term contract	10 August 2006
	FW	AUS Adelaide City	Injury replacement deal for Nik Mrdja	27 September 2006

;Out

No.	Position	Player	Transferred to	Transfer type	Date	Ref	AUS Leo Carle	AUS Russell Woodruffe	AUS Damian Mori
14	MF	Unattached	Free transfer	2 May 2006	date=2 May 2006	title=Boogaard, Hutchinson and Kwasnik pen new deals	url=http://www.ccmariners.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=3833	archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20060824044842/http://www.ccmariners.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=3833	archive-date=24 August 2006 }}
13	FW	Unattached	Free transfer	2 May 2006
	FW	AUS Brisbane Roar	Free transfer	22 November 2006

Pre-season

The Mariners competed in the QNI North Queensland Trophy against A-League club Melbourne Victory, Chinese Super League team Changchun Yatai and the Young Socceroos finishing a respectable third.

The Mariners also played two friendly matches prior to the season commencing.

Kwasnik Petrie Brebner Claudinho Byrnes Allsopp Brebner McMaster O'Grady Brown

Squad

Short term deal 15/07/06-19/08/06 Short term deal 22/07/06-19/08/06 Short term deals 12/08/06, 12/11/06-11/01/07 Short term deals 12/08/06, 05/05/07-21/01/07 Short term deal 06/10/06 - 19/11/06 Short term deal

Coaching staff

Football Manager: Lawrie McKinna
Head Coach: Ian Ferguson
Development Manager: Alex Tobin
Strength & Conditioning: Andrew Clark

Pre-Season Cup

Main article: 2006 A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup

Group stage

The Mariners were put in Group A, along with Adelaide United (3rd in 2005-06 A-League season), Perth Glory (5th) and Melbourne Victory (7th). They had two home games in the three-game round-robin series, with one played at Wade Park, Orange, New South Wales, against Adelaide United, and the other at their traditional home, Central Coast Stadium. Central Coast started their defence of the Pre-Season Cup well, defeating Perth Glory - the team they defeated in the 2005 Pre-Season Cup final - 2–1 at Central Coast Stadium, Gosford in front of 5,682 spectators. Both Central Coast strikers, Stewart Petrie and Adam Kwasnik, scored early goals.{{cite news | archive-date = 22 August 2006 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060822011423/http://www.ccmariners.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=4271&pageid=261 | url-status = dead | archive-date = 22 August 2006 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060822004552/http://www.ccmariners.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=4421&pageid=261 | url-status = dead Central Coast played their "bonus" fourth group-crossover round against the Queensland Roar. The "bonus" round awarded "bonus points" based on goals scored (one point for two goals, two points for three goals and three points for four or more goals). On this occasion, the Mariners and Roar drew 0–0, and both earned the conventional one point for a draw.{{cite news

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Qualification
Central Coast Mariners	8	4	2	2	0	5	2	Advance to semi-finals
Adelaide United	8	4	2	2	0	2	0
Melbourne Victory	6	4	1	1	2	5	7
Perth Glory	3	4	0	3	1	2	3

Kwasnik O'Grady Spencer

Finals

Finishing on top of Group A, with Adelaide United relegated to second on goal differential, the Mariners took on the Newcastle Jets in a fiery local derby in the playoff stage. Newcastle took the lead in the 25th minute, before Stewart Petrie converted a penalty in the 53rd minute. The game progressed into extra time, and a 96th-minute header from Paul O'Grady gave the Mariners a chance to defend their Pre-Season title in what was their fourth consecutive domestic final in as many competition entries.{{cite news | archive-date = 19 August 2006 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060819183158/http://www.ccmariners.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=4596&pageid=558 | url-status = dead

In the grand final, they lost to Adelaide United 5-4 on penalties, after the score was tied 1-1 after extra time. Carl Veart scored early for Adelaide before the Mariners levelled in the 77th minute through attacking midfielder Andre Gumprecht. In the penalty shootout, Stewart Petrie was the only player to miss on either side, hitting the crossbar. | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060824143432/http://www.a-league.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=4679 | archive-date = 24 August 2006 | url-status = dead

O'Grady

McMaster
Petrie
O'Sullivan
Spencer
Hutchinson
Alagich
Owens
Aloisi
Qu
Veart

2006-07 Hyundai A-League fixtures

Colosimo

Okon

Bunce

Rees Veart

O'Grady

Thompson Vargas Muscat Petrie Kwasnik

Carle Rodriguez

Mrdja

Petrie

Vidosic

Thompson

Table

Results summary

Player statistics

The Mariners used a total of 23 players during the 2006–07 season and there were nine different goalscorers. There were also two squad members who did not make a first-team appearance in the campaign. Alex Wilkinson and Adam Kwasnik both featured in all 27 competitive matches the side played in the campaign.

The team scored a total of 30 goals in all competitions. The highest scorere was Kwasnik, with nine goals, followed by Damian Mori who scored six goals. Mile Jedinak was the only player sent off in the season.

;Key No. = Squad number

Pos = Playing position

Nat. = Nationality

Apps = Appearances GK = Goalkeeper

DF = Defender

MF = Midfielder

FW = Forward

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute. Players with number struck through and marked left the club during the playing season.

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	A-League	Pre-Season Cup	Total	Discipline	Apps	Goals	Apps
1	GK	AUS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	IRE	14	0	2	0	16	0	1	0
3	DF	AUS	13 (1)	1	4 (1)	2	17 (2)	3	5	0
4	MF	AUS	16	0	6	1	22	1	5	0
5	DF	AUS	3 (3)	0	(3)	0	3 (6)	0	0	0
6	MF	GER	11	0	6	1	17	1	2	0
7	MF	AUS	6 (10)	1	(1)	0	6 (11)	1	2	0
8	MF	AUS	19	1	5	0	24	1	9	0
9	FW	AUS	3 (3)	1	0	0	3 (3)	1	1	0
10	MF	AUS	16	3	0	0	16	3	0	0
11	DF	AUS	14	0	6	0	20	0	1	0
12	FW	SCO	18	2	5	2	23	4	4	0
13	DF	AUS	15	0	2	0	17	0	4	0
14	DF	AUS	8 (3)	0	6	0	14 (3)	0	1	0
15	DF	AUS	8 (3)	0	5	0	13 (3)	0	3	0
16	DF	AUS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF	AUS	13	0	2	0	15	0	4	0
18	DF	AUS	21	0	6	0	27	0	2	0
19	FW	AUS	19 (2)	7	6	2	25 (2)	9	4	0
20	GK	AUS	20	0	6	0	26	0	1	0
21	FW	AUS	0	0	(3)	0	(3)	0	1	0
22	MF	AUS	0	0	1 (1)	0	1 (1)	0	0	0
23	MF	AUS	8	0	(1)	0	8 (1)	0	2	1
24	FW	AUS	(3)	0	(1)	0	(4)	0	0	0
25	FW	AUS	8	6	0	0	8	6	1	0
30	GK	AUS	1	0	(1)	0	1 (1)	0	0	0

References

(4 July 2006). "A-League's Mariners sign Tomasevic".
(4 August 2006). "Vidmar to resume playing with Mariners".
(10 July 2006). "Trott added to Mariners roster for short term".
(12 July 2006). "Local youth bound for Glory".
(20 July 2006). "Promising youngster pens short-term deal".
(5 August 2006). "Jedinak to debut in Toowoomba".
(10 August 2006). "Local youth added ahead of derby blockbuster".
(27 September 2006). "Mori becomes a Mariner".
(2 May 2006). "Boogaard, Hutchinson and Kwasnik pen new deals".
(24 November 2006). "Sydney FC determined to shut out Mori".
2005 Pre-Season Cup, 2005 World Club Qualification, 2005-06 A-League, 2006 Pre-Season Cup

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