# 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.
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

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Preliminary final | Preliminary final | Preliminary final | Final | Final | Final |
| Melbourne Victory | Melbourne Victory | 0 | 2 | | | | Melbourne Victory | Melbourne Victory | 6 |
| Adelaide United | Adelaide United | 0 | 1 | | | | Adelaide United | Adelaide United | 0 |
| | | | | Adelaide United | Adelaide United | 1 (4) | | | |
| | | | | Newcastle Jets | Newcastle Jets | 1 (3) | | | |
| Newcastle Jets | Newcastle Jets | 1 | 2 | | | | | | |
| Sydney FC | Sydney FC | 2 | 0 | | | | | | |

## Match
### Details

| 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 Victory clinch A-League premiership
| | 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 |