The A-League Cup Competition - 2005/2006 Season results
2005/2006 A-League Cup
written by Thomas Esamie

The eight A-League teams meet two groups of four, with the top two of each group progressing to the semi finals.


Group A
Adelaide United FC
Melbourne Victory FC
Newcastle Jets FC
Perth Glory FC

Group B
New Zealand Knights FC
Central Coast Mariners FC
Queensland Roar FC
Sydney FC


Cup Final Match
Played (20/08/05) Central Coast Stadium
Referee : Matthew Breeze, Crowd : 6609
Central Coast Mariners
John Crawley, Wayne O'Sullivan (Michael Beauchamp 69), Noel Spencer, Andre Gumprecht, Dean Heffernan, Nick Mrdja (Stewart Petrie 16), Tom Pondeljak, Damien Brown (John Hutchinson 89), Andrew Clark, Matthew Osman, Alex Wilkinson
Goal : Petrie 39
Coach : Lawrie McKinna
1 - 0 Perth Glory
Jason Petkovic, Matthew Horsley, Simon Colosimo, Scott Miller (Hiroyuki Ishida 67), Nick Ward, Ante Kovacevic, Jamie Coyne, Billy Celeski, Henry Fa'Arodo (Stuart Young 81), Naum Sekulovski, Adrian Caceres
Coach : Steve McMahon
Match report by Chris Dunkerley
Match report by Football Federation Australia

Semi-Final 1
Played (14/08/05) Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
Referee : Ben Williams, Crowd : 3424
Sydney FC
Clint Bolton, Iain Fyfe, Alvin Ceccoli, Ufuk Talay, Robbie Middleby (Mark Rudan 68), Steve Corica, David Carney, Alejandro Salazar (David Zdrilic 68), Andrew Packer, Terry McFlynn, Jacob Timpano
Coach : Pierre Littbarski
0 - 1 Perth Glory
Jason Petkovic, Matt Horsley, Simon Colosimo, Steve McMahon Jnr (Nick Ward 88), Scott Miller, Bobby Despotovski, Hiroyuki Ishida (Naum Sekulovski 66), Ante Kovacevic, Jamie Coyne, Billy Celeski, Adrian Caceres (Henry Fa'Arodo 75)
Goal : Ward 91
Coach : Steve McMahon
Semi-Final 2
Played (12/08/05) Olympic Park, Melbourne
Referee : Mark Shield, Crowd : 3781
Melbourne Victory
Michael Theoklitos, Kevin Muscat, Mark Byrnes (sent off 73), Geoffrey Claeys, Michael Ferrante, Andy Vlahos, Daniel Allsopp, Archie Thompson, Steve Pantelidis (Carl Recchia 75), Kristian Sarkies, Richard Kitzbichler (Ricky Daico 64)
Goal : Byrnes 31
Coach : Ernie Merrick
1 - 3 Central Coast Mariners
John Crawley, Wayne O'Sullivan, Noel Spencer, Michael Beauchamp, Andre Gumprecht, Dean Heffernan, Nick Mrdja (Russell Woodruffe 86), Tom Pondeljak (Leo Carle 93), Damien Brown, Matthew Osman (John Hutchinson 83), Alex Wilkinson
Goals : Pondeljak 39pk, 53, Brown 66
Coach : Lawrie McKinna
Match report by Talia Cerritelli

Group A
Played (22/07/05) Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Referee : Craig Zetter, Crowd : 5263
Adelaide United
Daniel Beltrame, Richie Alagich (Aaron Goulding 63), Kristian Rees, Angelo Costanzo, Michael Valkanis, Ross Aloisi, Carl Veart, Matthew Kemp, Aurelio Vidmar (Shengqing Qu 63), Travis Dodd, Adam van Dommele (Chad Bugeja 79)
Goals : Aloisi 54, Valkanis 62
Coach : John Kosmina
2 - 2 Perth Glory
Milan Jovanic, Simon Colosimo, Jamie Harnwell, Scott Miller, Nick Ward (Adrian Caceres 68), Bobby Despotovski, Hiroyuki Ishida (Steve McMahon Jnr 68 (sent off 76)), Ante Kovacevic, Jamie Coyne, Billy Celeski, Naum Sekulovski (Matthew Horsley 82)
Goals : Valkanis 29og, Despotovski 52
Coach : Steve McMahon
Match report by Andrew Howe
Match report by Lino Fusco
Played (22/07/05) Newcastle International Sports Centre, Newcastle
Referee : James Lewis, Crowd : 1864
Newcastle United Jets
Liam Reddy, Steve Eagleton, Jade North, Craig Deans, Ned Zelic, Richard Johnson, Matt Thompson, Nick Carle, Paul Kohler, Labinot Haliti (Guy Bates 66), Franco Parisi (Tarek Elrich 46)
Goal : Deans 28
Coach : Richard Money
1 - 1 Melbourne Victory
Eugene Galekovic, Daniel Piokowski (Carl Recchia 23), Mark Byrnes, Geoffrey Claeys, Steve Pantelidis, Michael Ferrante, Danny Allsopp, Archie Thompson, Kristian Sarkies, Richard Kitzbichler (Ricky Diaco 82), Chris Tadrosse
Goal : Thompson 85
Coach : Ernie Merrick
Match report by Robert Szomolnoki
Played (29/07/05) Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Referee : Simon Przydacz, Crowd : 6750
Adelaide United
Daniel Beltrame, Richie Alagich, Kristian Rees, Angelo Costanzo, Michael Valkanis, Ross Aloisi, Carl Veart, Matthew Kemp (Aaron Goulding 85), Aurelio Vidmar (Shengqing Qu 61), Travis Dodd (Chad Bugeja 72), Adam van Dommele
Goal : Valkanis 74
Coach : John Kosmina
1 - 1 Newcastle United Jets
Liam Reddy, Steve Eagleton, Jade North, Craig Deans, Ned Zelic, Richard Johnson, Matthew Thompson, Nick Carle, Labinot Haliti, Franco Parisi (Guy Bates 68), Allan Picken
Goal : Johnson 79
Coach : Richard Money
Match report by Andrew Howe
Match report by Lino Fusco
Played (30/07/05) Olympic Park, Melbourne
Referee : Peter Green, Crowd : 4528
Melbourne Victory
Michael Theoklitos, Kevin Muscat, Mark Byrnes, Geoffrey Claeys, Richard Kitzbichler (Ricky Diaco 89), Michael Ferrante, Steve Pantelidis (Andy Vlahos 46), Kristian Sarkies, Carl Recchia (Adrian Leijer 86), Daniel Allsopp, Archie Thompson
Goal : Thompson 60
Coach : Ernie Merrick
1 - 0 Perth Glory
Jason Petkovic, Jamie Coyne, Ante Kovacevic, Jamie Harnwell (Matt Horsley 82), Scott Miller, Adrian Caceres, Nick Ward (Henry Fa'arodo 67), Simon Colosimo, Billy Celeski, Naum Sekulovski (Hiroyuki Ishida 63), Bobby Despotovski
Coach : Steve McMahon
Match report by Alan Clark
Played (06/08/05) Members Equity Stadium, Perth
Referee : Angelo Nardi, Crowd : 7089
Perth Glory
Jason Petkovic, Matt Horsley, Simon Colosimo, Steve McMahon Jnr (Nick Ward 75), Scott Miller, Bobby Despotovski, Hiroyuki Ishida (Adrian Caceres 65), Ante Kovacevic, Jamie Coyne, Billy Celeski, Naum Sekulovski (Henry Fa'Arodo 61)
Goals : Despotovski 12, 61
Coach : Steve McMahon
2 - 1 Newcastle United Jets
Liam Reddy, Steve Eagleton (Paul Kohler 71), Jade North, Craig Deans, Ned Zelic, Richard Johnson, Matthew Thompson, Nick Carle, Guy Bates, Labinot Haliti, Allan Picken (Franco Parisi 74)
Goal : Thompson 29
Coach : Richard Money
Match report by Eamon Duffy
Played (06/08/05) Olympic Park, Melbourne
Referee : Perry Mur, Crowd : 4687
Melbourne Victory
Eugene Galekovic, Kevin Muscat, Daniel Piorkowski (Chris Tadrosse 51), Geoffrey Claeys, Michael Ferrante, Andy Vlahos (Steve Pantelidis 81), Daniel Allsopp, Archie Thompson, Kristian Sarkies, Adrian Leijer, Richard Kitzbichler (Vince Lia 77)
Coach : Ernie Merrick
0 - 0 Adelaide United
Daniel Beltrame, Richie Alagich, Kristian Rees, Angelo Costanzo, Michael Valkanis, Ross Aloisi, Lucas Pantelis (Matthew Kemp 72), Carl Veart, Travis Dodd, Adam van Dommele, Shengqing Qu (Chad Bugeja 76)
Coach : John Kosmina
Match report by Alan Clark

Group B
Played (23/07/05) Central Coast Stadium, Gosford
Referee : Srebre Delovski, Crowd : 4247
Central Coast Mariners
John Crawley, Wayne O'Sullivan, Noel Spencer, Michael Beauchamp, John Hutchinson (Damien Brown 78), Dean Heffernan, Nick Mrdja, Tom Pondeljak, Stewart Petrie (Adam Kwasnik 71), Andrew Clark (Paul O'Grady 63), Alex Wilkinson
Goals : Mrdja 22, 40, 59
Coach : Lawrie McKinna
3 - 1 Queensland Roar
Tom Willis, Karl Dodd, Remo Buess, Chad Gibson, Tae-Yong Shin (Alex Brosque 46), Massimo Murdocca, Royce Brownlie (Reece Tollenaere 73), Jonathan Richter, Hyuk-Su Seo, Warren Moon (Todd Gava 65), Spase Dilevski
Goal : Tollenaere 86
Coach : Miron Bleiberg
Match report by Football Australia
Match report by Trent Dickeson
Played (23/07/05) Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
Referee : Ben Williams, Crowd : 8714
Sydney FC
Clint Bolton, Iain Fyfe, Alvin Ceccoli, Robbie Middleby (Alejandro Salazar 71), Steve Corica, Sasho Petrovski, David Carney, Andrew Packer, Terry McFlynn, Jacob Timpano, Dwight Yorke (Ufuk Talay 74)
Goals : Yorke 25pk, Petrovski 45, 72
Coach : Pierre Littbarksi
3 - 1 New Zealand Knights
Danny Milosevic, Ronnie Bull, John Tambouras, Danny Hay, Neil Emblen, Steve Fitzsimmons, Ben Collett (Xiaobin Zhang 77), Simon Yeo, Sean Devine, Cole Tinkler, Joshua Rose (Noah Hickey 69)
Goal : Fitzsimmons 83
Coach : John Adshead
Match report by Football Australia
Played (30/07/05) North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Referee : Peter O'Leary, Crowd : 3397
New Zealand Knights
Glen Moss, Ronnie Bull, John Tambouras, Danny Hay, Neil Emblen, Steve Fitzsimmons, Ben Collett, Sean Devine, Noah Hickey (Jeremy Brockie 46), Frank van Eijs, Xiaobin Zhang (Joshua Rose 77)
Coach : John Adshead
0 - 5 Queensland Roar
Scott Higgins, Todd Gava (Warren Moon 54), Karl Dodd, Chad Gibson, Remo Buess, Massimo Murdocca, Hyuk-Su Seo, Spase Dilevski, Reece Tollenaere, Royce Brownlie (Jonathan Richter 16), Alex Brosque (Ben Griffin 76)
Goals : Brownlie 8, 9, Tollenaere 82, Moon 91, Murdocca 93
Coach : Miron Bleiberg
Match report by Michael Brown
Played (30/07/05) Central Coast Stadium, Gosford
Referee : Matthew Breeze, Crowd : 8362
Central Coast Mariners
John Crawley, Wayne O'Sullivan (Matthew Osman 82), Noel Spencer (Andre Gumprecht 80), Michael Beauchamp, John Hutchinson (Adam Kwasnik 78), Dean Heffernan, Nick Mrdja, Tom Pondeljak, Stewart Petrie, Andrew Clark, Alex Wilkinson
Coach : Lawrie McKinna
0 - 2 Sydney FC
Clint Bolton, Iain Fyfe, Alvin Ceccoli, Ufuk Talay (Robbie Middleby 82), Steve Corica, Sasho Petrovski, David Carney, Andrew Packer, Terry McFlynn, Jacob Timpano, Dwight Yorke
Goals : Corica 57, Petrovski 79
Coach : Pierre Littbarksi
Match report by Football Australia
Match report by Paul Green
Played (06/08/05) North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Referee : Neil Fox, Crowd : 2269
New Zealand Knights
Danny Milosevic, Ronnie Bull, John Tambouras, Neil Emblen, Steve Fitzsimmons, Ben Collett, Sean Devine, Cole Tinkler (Jeremy Brockie 91), Josh Maguire, Joshua Rose, Xiaobin Zhang
Coach : John Adshead
0 - 1 Central Coast Mariners
John Crawley, Wayne O'Sullivan, Michael Beauchamp, Andre Gumprecht, Dean Heffernan, Nick Mrdja, Tom Pondeljak, Damien Brown, Stewart Petrie (Noel Spencer 60), Andrew Clark (Matthew Osman 46), Alex Wilkinson
Goal : Brown 5
Coach : Lawrie McKinna
Match report by Football Australia
Played (06/08/05) Barlow Park, Cairns
Referee : Mark Shield, Crowd : 4500
Queensland Roar
Scott Higgins, Karl Dodd, Remo Buess, Chad Gibson, Massimo Murdocca, Jonathon Richter, Ben Griffin, Hyuk-Su Seo, Reece Tollenaere, Alex Brosque, Spase Dilevski
Coach : Miron Bleiberg
0 - 0 Sydney FC
Clint Bolton, Iain Fyfe, Alvin Ceccoli, Robbie Middleby, Steve Corica, Sasho Petrovski, David Carney, Andrew Packer, Terry McFlynn, Jacob Timpano, Dwight Yorke
Coach : Pierre Littbarski
Match report by Vitor Sobral