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2007–08 A-League

31st season of top-tier soccer league in Australia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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The 2007–08 A-League was the 31st season of top-flight soccer in Australia, and the third season of the A-League competition since its establishment in 2004. Football Federation Australia hoped to build on the success of the previous two seasons and on the interest generated by Sydney FC and Adelaide United playing in the 2007 AFC Champions League, and the Socceroos competing in the 2007 AFC Asian Cup.

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Based on their A-League 2006-07 season performances Adelaide United and Melbourne Victory competed in the 2008 AFC Champions League, making it two consecutive seasons in the competition for Adelaide United. Based on the 2007–08 season of the A-League, the Central Coast Mariners and Newcastle Jets qualified for the 2009 AFC Champions League, as the competition's Premiers and Champions respectively.

Changes included:

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Clubs

Foreign players

The following do not fill a Visa position:
1Those players who were born and started their professional career abroad but have since gained Australian Residency (and New Zealand Residency, in the case of Wellington Phoenix);
2Australian residents (and New Zealand residents, in the case of Wellington Phoenix) who have chosen to represent another national team;
3Injury Replacement Players, or National Team Replacement Players;
4Guest Players (eligible to play a maximum of ten games)

Salary cap exemptions and captains

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Pre-Season Challenge Cup

The pre-season cup competition was held in July and August in the lead up to the start of the A-League season. The opening round began on 14 July 2007. The competition featured a group stage, with three regular rounds, followed by a two-week finals playoff.

The pre-season cup was won by Adelaide United at the final on 12 August 2007.

Regular season

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The league season took a triple round-robin format over 21 rounds between 24 August 2007 and 20 January 2008 with each team playing the other seven teams three times.[25]

League table

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Source: ultimatealeague.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. First place qualifies for the 2009 AFC Champions League group stage.
    Winning the 2008 A-League Grand Final earns qualification for the 2009 AFC Champions League group stage, unless the Grand Final winners are also first place, in which case the Grand Final runner up qualifies.
  2. Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Round 1

24 August 2007 Sydney FC 0–1 Central Coast Mariners Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
20:00 UTC+10 Report
Summary
Petrovski 7' Attendance: 18,457
Referee: Peter Green
26 August 2007 Perth Glory 0–0 Newcastle Jets Members Equity Stadium, Perth
15:00 UTC+8 Report
Summary
Attendance: 8,508
Referee: Simon Przydacz

Round 2

2 September 2007 Newcastle Jets 1–1 Queensland Roar EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
17:00 UTC+10 J. Griffiths 89' Report
Summary
Reinaldo 70' Attendance: 13,144
Referee: Simon Przydacz

Round 3

9 September 2007 Perth Glory 0–0 Sydney FC Members Equity Stadium, Perth
15:00 UTC+8 Report
Summary
Attendance: 7,907
Referee: Craig Zetter

Round 4

15 September 2007 Newcastle Jets 1–0 Adelaide United EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
19:00 UTC+10 Bridge 81' Report
Summary
Attendance: 13,627
Referee: Angelo Nardi

Round 5

22 September 2007 Queensland Roar 0–1 Sydney FC Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
19:00 UTC+10 Report
Summary
Patrick 69' Attendance: 16,582
Referee: Mark Shield
23 September 2007 Central Coast Mariners 1–0 Perth Glory Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
19:00 UTC+10 Petrovski 80' Report
Summary
Attendance: 9,274
Referee: Craig Zetter

Round 6

29 September 2007 Sydney FC 1–0 Newcastle Jets Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
19:00 UTC+10 Brosque 36' Report
Summary
Attendance: 13,755
Referee: Craig Zetter

Round 7

5 October 2007 Queensland Roar 2–1 Wellington Phoenix Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
20:00 UTC+10 Zullo 4'
Kruse 45+1'
Report
Summary
Smeltz 90+5' Attendance: 12,458
Referee: Craig Zetter

Round 8

12 October 2007 Perth Glory 3–3 Sydney FC Members Equity Stadium, Perth
20:00 UTC+8 Harnwell 53'
Robinson 59'
Prentice 69'
Report
Summary
Brosque 40', 90+3'
Patrick 72'
Attendance: 6,876
Referee: Matthew Breeze

Round 9

21 October 2007 Melbourne Victory 2–1 Perth Glory Telstra Dome, Melbourne
16:30 UTC+10 Hernandez 24'
Thompson 34'
Report
Summary
Harnwell 42' Attendance: 25,598
Referee: Simon Przydacz

Round 10

27 October 2007 Queensland Roar 3–3 Perth Glory Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
19:00 UTC+10 Marcinho 45+3'
Lynch 69' (pen.), 86'
Report
Summary
Moore 18' (o.g.)
Harnwell 43'
Coyne 90+3'
Attendance: 16,715
Referee: Ben Williams
28 October 2007 Adelaide United 4–1 Wellington Phoenix Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
16:30 UTC+9:30 Giraldi 5'
Burns 45+4'
Pantelis 50'
Spagnuolo 75'
Report
Summary
Smeltz 3' Attendance: 11,740
Referee: Simon Przydacz

Round 11

2 November 2007 Perth Glory 0–1 Wellington Phoenix Members Equity Stadium, Perth
20:00 UTC+9 Report
Summary
Daniel 51' Attendance: 7,105
Referee: Simon Przydacz

Round 12

10 November 2007 Central Coast Mariners 2–0 Adelaide United Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
17:00 UTC+11 J.Aloisi 48' (pen.), 59' Report
Summary
Attendance: 11,680
Referee: Simon Przydacz
11 November 2007 Queensland Roar 3–0 Wellington Phoenix Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
17:00 UTC+10 Reinaldo 67' (pen.), 79'
Marcinho 83'
Report
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Attendance: 13,808
Referee: Matthew Breeze

Round 13

18 November 2007 Perth Glory 0–1 Central Coast Mariners Members Equity Stadium, Perth
19:00 UTC+9 Summary Owens 13' Attendance: 7,310
Referee: Craig Zetter

Round 14

Round 15

30 November 2007 Wellington Phoenix 1–2 Adelaide United Westpac Stadium, Wellington
19:30 UTC+12 Daniel 69' (pen.) Report
Summary
Agostino 9'
Pantelis 79'
Attendance: 18,345
Referee: Craig Zetter

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Round 17

15 December 2007 Sydney FC 2–4 Perth Glory Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
19:00 UTC+11 Corica 50'
Bridges 90'
Report
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Celeski 34', 35', 77' (pen.)
Bertos 49'
Attendance: 12,402
Referee: Michael Hester

Round 18

30 December 2007 Perth Glory 1–4 Queensland Roar Members Equity Stadium, Perth
19:00 UTC+9 Rizzo 57' Report
Summary
Kruse 34'
Reinaldo 42'
Minniecon 59'
McCloughan 74'
Attendance: 9,614
Referee: Peter Green

Round 19

Round 20

Round 21

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Finals series

Semi-finals

8 February 2008 Queensland Roar 2–0 Sydney FC Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
20:07 UTC+10
(Delayed Kickoff)
Report
Summary
Attendance: 36,221
Referee: Mark Shield

Preliminary-final

17 February 2008 Newcastle Jets 3–2 (a.e.t.) Queensland Roar EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
18:00 UTC+11
Report
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Reinaldo 90+2' (pen.), 118' (pen.) Attendance: 16,021
Referee: Peter Green

Grand Final

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Season statistics

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Leading scorers

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  Goal scored from penalty kick

Attendance

The attendance records of each of the teams at the end of the home and away season, does not include finals series attendances.

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* Adelaide United played a one-off match at the Adelaide Oval against Sydney FC in their Round 18 match. This is why Adelaide United's Highest single attendance exceeds the capacity of Hindmarsh Stadium.

Top 10 attendances

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Disciplinary

The Fair Play Award was awarded to Newcastle Jets, the team with the lowest points on the fair play ladder at the conclusion of the home and away season.

1 pointYellow Card
2 pointsSecond Caution Red Card
3 pointsDirect Red Card
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Awards

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References

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