2007–08 Manchester City F.C. season

The 2007–08 season was Manchester City Football Club's sixth consecutive season playing in the Premier League, the top division of English football, and its 11th season since the Premier League was first created, with Manchester City as one of its original 22 founding member clubs. Overall, it was the team's 116th season playing in a division of English football, most of which have been spent in the top flight.

Manchester City

2007–08 season
Owner & chairman	Thaksin Shinawatra
Manager	Sven-Göran Eriksson
Stadium	City of Manchester Stadium
Premier League	9th
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Fifth round
Top goalscorer	League: Elano (8) All: Elano (10)
Highest home attendance	47,321 (vs. Liverpool, 30 December 2007)
Lowest home attendance	20,938 (vs. Norwich City, 25 September 2007)
Average home league attendance	42,126
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Season review

The season started with a new owner in Thaksin Shinawatra and his newly appointed manager, Sven-Göran Eriksson. After spending three of the four previous Premier League seasons finishing in low mid-table positions (i.e., two to four places above the relegation zone), the Manchester City team was badly in need of an influx of new blood if it was to avoid a similar fate, or worse, in the upcoming season. Consequently, the newly infused funds from the club's wealthy Thai owner came at quite a fortuitous time for the team, and Eriksson was very active in the summer transfer market as he spent approximately £30 million adding eight relatively high-profile players to the City first team squad.

As a consequence of this mini spending spree Manchester City started the new season strongly and spent a large portion of it occupying one of the top five positions in the Premier League table. Unfortunately, the strong results of the first two-thirds of the season were not sustained in the final third and the team ultimately slipped down the rankings to finish the season in ninth place. This loss of form in the final months also led to Shinawatra summarily sacking Eriksson, a decision that was received with mixed emotions by the Manchester City supporters since both characters had achieved the status of "white knights" in their eyes for their respective financial and managerial contributions to the transformation of the club.^[1] Two days after his end-of-season dismissal, on 2 June 2008 Eriksson was replaced by Mark Hughes.^[2]

This season also saw Manchester City gain entry into the next season's UEFA Cup competition by finishing sixth in the English "Fair Play" rankings (with the five teams ranked above City having already qualified for European competition).

Team kit

Supplier: Le Coq Sportif / Sponsor: Thomas Cook

Home

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Memorial

Away

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Third

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Goalkeeper 1

Goalkeeper 2

Goalkeeper 3

Kit description

The start of the 2007–08 Premier League campaign saw a number of changes for Manchester City, the most notable being the hiring of former England manager Sven-Göran Eriksson, while a somewhat less prominent change for the club saw the termination of Reebok as the team's kit supplier (for the four previous seasons) with the French sportswear manufacturer, Le Coq Sportif, now resuming this role once again. The shirt sponsor continued to be Thomas Cook, although the travel company had undergone a name change during the close season after its announced merger with MyTravel Group in June 2007, with the newly merged company now being called Thomas Cook Group.

The switch to a new kit supplier resulted in three new team kits for this season. The new home kit consisted of a return to a full sky blue shirt, but now with vertical white pin stripes on the body (but not the sleeves and shoulders) together with matching solid sky blue socks and the traditional all white shorts. The shirt sported a Le Coq Sportif logo on the upper portion of both sleeves with the Manchester City crest in the centre of the chest above the Thomas Cook logo, while the City crest was also repeated at the base of the right leg on the shorts.

The new away kit – a striking solid purple colour but sporting the same vertical white pin stripes on the body of the shirt as the home kit plus all the same kit supplier, sponsorship and club crest logos – was possibly a throwback to the classic maroon and thin white striped shirts that had been the club's one-time strip created for its appearance at Wembley in the 1956 FA Cup Final against Birmingham City. In comparison to the new home and away kits, the new third kit consisted of a relatively conservative all white shirt and socks with solid sky blue shorts, with the white shirt sporting a thin sky blue diagonal sash across the front of the left shoulder.

New goalkeeper strips – a two-tone green (solid light green shirt plus solid dark green shorts and socks), an all-grey change and a yellow third with purple shorts and socks, were introduced for this season.

On 10 February 2008, during the club's local derby game against Manchester United, the City team played in a one-off special kit to mark the 50-year memorial of the Munich air disaster. This kit was devoid of the pinstripes, contained no kit supplier or sponsorship logos and had a black ribbon on the right shoulder bearing "1958–2008", with "Manchester remembers" written underneath.^[3]

Historical league performance

Prior to this season, the history of Manchester City's performance in the English football league hierarchy since the creation of the Premier League in 1992 is summarised by the following timeline chart – which commences with the last season (1991–92) of the old Football League First Division (from which the Premier League was formed).

Friendly games

Pre-season

Doncaster Rovers v Manchester City

14 July 2007	Doncaster Rovers	1–3	Manchester City	Doncaster, England
15:00 BST	McDaid 17'	MCFC report	48' Corradi 62' Richards 64' Mpenza	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 6,375

Örgryte IS v Manchester City

18 July 2007	Örgryte IS	1–4	Manchester City	Varberg, Sweden
19:00 BST	Mwila 37'	MCFC report BBC Sport report YouTube video	18' Bianchi 53' Corradi 61' Samaras 64' Logan  65' Fernandes  75' Dickov	Stadium: Påskbergsvallen Attendance: 5,000+

Carlstad United v Manchester City

21 July 2007	Carlstad United	0–4	Manchester City	Karlstad, Sweden
15:00 BST		MCFC report	5' Corradi 20' 51' Bianchi  52' Richards 78' Laird	Stadium: Tingvalla IP

Charleroi v Manchester City

28 July 2007	Charleroi	2–0	Manchester City	Charleroi, Belgium
18:00 BST	Oulmers 20' (pen.) Jovial 35'	MCFC report M.E.N. report	39' M. Mills	Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi

Shrewsbury Town v Manchester City

1 August 2007	Shrewsbury Town	0–2	Manchester City	Shrewsbury, England
19:45 BST		MCFC report Guardian report	42' Geovanni 81' Corradi 90' Dickov	Stadium: New Meadow

Thomas Cook Trophy

Manchester City v Valencia

4 August 2007	Manchester City	0–1	Valencia	Manchester, England
15:00 BST	Corradi  74'	M.E.N. report Guardian report Dailymotion video	10' Silva  52' Angulo	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 27,902 Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)

Post-season

Thai League All-Star XI v Manchester City

17 May 2008	Thai League All-Star XI	3–1	Manchester City	Bangkok, Thailand
17:00 (local time)	Ney Fabiano 37' Sripan 44' Chanabut 73'	MCFC report	22' Caicedo	Stadium: Rajamangala National Stadium Attendance: 25,000

Hong Kong Invitational XI v Manchester City

22 May 2008	Hong Kong Invitational XI	3–1	Manchester City	Hong Kong, China
18:00 (local time)	Giovane 27' Festus 48' Liang 71'	MCFC report	15' Hamann	Stadium: Hong Kong Stadium Attendance: 20,000

Competitive games

Premier League

Main article: 2007–08 Premier League

Position in final standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	Blackburn Rovers	38	15	13	10	50	48	+2	58
8	Portsmouth	38	16	9	13	48	40	+8	57	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[a]
9	Manchester City	38	15	10	13	45	53	−8	55	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round[b]
10	West Ham United	38	13	10	15	42	50	−8	49
11	Tottenham Hotspur	38	11	13	14	66	61	+5	46	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[c]

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
For further information on European qualification see Premier League – Competition
Notes:

1. As FA Cup winners
2. Manchester City qualified as the highest-ranked team not already qualified for European competitions of Premier League Fair Play Ranking by The Football Association, the top association among UEFA Fair Play ranking winners.
3. As League Cup winners

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	15	10	13	45	53	−8	55	11	4	4	28	20	+8	4	6	9	17	33	−16

Last updated: 11 May 2008 (end of season).
Source: Premier League results 2007–08

Points breakdown Points at home: 37 Points away from home: 18 Points against "Big Four" teams: 7 Points against promoted teams: 13 6 points: Manchester United, Newcastle United, Sunderland 4 points: Aston Villa, Bolton Wand., Derby County, Portsmouth, West Ham Utd. 3 points: Birmingham City, Middlesbrough, Reading, Tottenham Hotspur 2 points: Wigan Athletic 1 point: 0Blackburn Rovers, Fulham, Liverpool 0 points: Arsenal, Chelsea, Everton

Biggest & smallest Biggest home wins: 4–2 vs. Bolton Wanderers, 15 December 2007 000000000003–1 vs. Middlesbrough, 7 October 2007 & vs. Portsmouth, 20 April 2008 000000000000& vs. Newcastle United, 29 September 2007 Biggest home defeats: 1–3 vs. Arsenal, 2 February 2008 00000000000000000000–2 vs. Everton, 25 February 2008 & vs. Chelsea, 5 April 2008 Biggest away wins: 0–2 vs. West Ham, 11 Aug. 2007 & vs. Newcastle Utd., 2 Jan. 2008 Biggest away defeat: 8–1 vs. Middlesbrough, 11 May 2008 Biggest home attendance: 47,321 vs. Liverpool, 30 December 2007 Smallest home attendance: 38,261 vs. Wigan Athletic, 1 March 2008 Biggest away attendance: 75,970 vs. Manchester United, 10 February 2008 Smallest away attendance: 18,614 vs. Wigan Athletic, 1 December 2007

Results per matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A
Result	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	D	L	W	D	D	D	W	L	D	D	L	W	L	D	L	W	D	L	L	W	W	L	L	L
Position	2	2	1	2	5	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	6	4	4	5	5	4	7	5	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	9

Updated to match(es) played on 11 May 2008. Source: 2007–08 Premier League results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Individual match reports

West Ham United v Manchester City

11 August 2007 1	West Ham United	0–2	Manchester City	London, England
15:00 BST		MCFC report	Bianchi 18' Geovanni 87'	Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 34,921 Referee: Peter Walton

Manchester City v Derby County

15 August 2007 2	Manchester City	1–0	Derby County	Manchester, England
19:45 BST	Johnson 43'	MCFC report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 43,620 Referee: L. S. Mason

Manchester City v Manchester United

19 August 2007 3	Manchester City	1–0	Manchester United	Manchester, England
13:30 BST	Geovanni 31'	MCFC report YouTube video		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 44,955 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

Arsenal v Manchester City

25 August 2007 4	Arsenal	1–0	Manchester City	London, England
15:00 BST	Fàbregas 80'	MCFC report		Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,114 Referee: Chris Foy

Blackburn Rovers v Manchester City

2 September 2007 5	Blackburn Rovers	1–0	Manchester City	Blackburn, England
15:00 BST	McCarthy 13' Kerimoğlu  54'	MCFC report	Dunne  65'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 26,881 Referee: Mike Dean

Manchester City v Aston Villa

16 September 2007 6	Manchester City	1–0	Aston Villa	Manchester, England
16:00 BST	Johnson 48'	MCFC report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 38,363 Referee: Martin Atkinson

Fulham v Manchester City

22 September 2007 7	Fulham	3–3	Manchester City	London, England
15:00 BST	Davies 13' Bouazza 48' Murphy 74'	MCFC report	Petrov 36', 60' Mpenza 50'	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 24,674 Referee: Mark Halsey

Manchester City v Newcastle United

29 September 2007 8	Manchester City	3–1	Newcastle United	Manchester, England
12:45 BST	Petrov 37' Mpenza 47' Elano 87'	MCFC report	Martins 29'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 40,606 Referee: Chris Foy

Manchester City v Middlesbrough

7 October 2007 9	Manchester City	3–1	Middlesbrough	Manchester, England
15:00 BST	Riggott 10' (o.g.) Elano 33', 63'	MCFC report	Hutchinson 88'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 40,438 Referee: Steve Bennett

Manchester City v Birmingham City

20 October 2007 10	Manchester City	1–0	Birmingham City	Manchester, England
15:00 BST	Elano 36'	MCFC report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 45,688 Referee: Mike Dean

Chelsea v Manchester City

27 October 2007 11	Chelsea	6–0	Manchester City	London, England
15:00 BST	Essien 16' Drogba 31', 56' Cole 60' Kalou 75' Shevchenko 90'	MCFC report		Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 41,832 Referee: Mike Riley

Manchester City v Sunderland

5 November 2007 12	Manchester City	1–0	Sunderland	Manchester, England
20:00 GMT	Ireland 66'	MCFC report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 40,038 Referee: Alan Wiley

Portsmouth v Manchester City

11 November 2007 13	Portsmouth	0–0	Manchester City	Portsmouth, England
16:00 GMT		MCFC report		Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 19,529 Referee: Mark Halsey

Manchester City v Reading

24 November 2007 14	Manchester City	2–1	Reading	Manchester, England
15:00 GMT	Petrov 11' Ireland 90'	MCFC report	Harper 43'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 43,813 Referee: Steve Tanner

Wigan Athletic v Manchester City

1 December 2007 15	Wigan Athletic	1–1	Manchester City	Wigan, England
15:00 GMT	Scharner 24' Melchiot  88'	MCFC report	Geovanni 1'	Stadium: JJB Stadium Attendance: 18,614 Referee: Mike Riley

Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester City

9 December 2007 16	Tottenham Hotspur	2–1	Manchester City	London, England
15:00 GMT	Chimbonda 44' Defoe 82'	MCFC report	Bianchi 60' Ireland  81'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 35,646 Referee: Mark Halsey

Manchester City v Bolton Wanderers

15 December 2007 17	Manchester City	4–2	Bolton Wanderers	Manchester, England
15:00 GMT	Bianchi 7' Michalík 48' (o.g.) Vassell 77' Etuhu 90'	MCFC report	Diouf 31' Nolan 40'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 40,506 Referee: P. Walton

Aston Villa v Manchester City

22 December 2007 18	Aston Villa	1–1	Manchester City	Birmingham, England
15:00 GMT	Carew 14'	MCFC report	Bianchi 11'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 41,455 Referee: Lee Mason

Manchester City v Blackburn Rovers

27 December 2007 19	Manchester City	2–2	Blackburn Rovers	Manchester, England
19:45 GMT	Vassell 27' Nelsen 30' (o.g.)	MCFC report	Santa Cruz 28', 84'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 42,112 Referee: Howard Webb

Manchester City v Liverpool

30 December 2007 20	Manchester City	0–0	Liverpool	Manchester, England
16:00 GMT		MCFC report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 47,321 Referee: Uriah Rennie

Newcastle United v Manchester City

2 January 2008 21	Newcastle United	0–2	Manchester City	Newcastle, England
19:45 GMT		MCFC report	Elano 38' Fernandes 76'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 50,956 Referee: Martin Atkinson

Everton v Manchester City

12 January 2008 22	Everton	1–0	Manchester City	Liverpool, England
15:00 GMT	Lescott 31'	MCFC report		Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 38,474 Referee: Mark Halsey

Manchester City v West Ham United

20 January 2008 23	Manchester City	1–1	West Ham United	Manchester, England
16:00 GMT	Vassell 16'	MCFC report	Cole 8'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 39,042 Referee: Phil Dowd

Derby County v Manchester City

30 January 2008 24	Derby County	1–1	Manchester City	Derby, England
19:45 GMT	Jihai 47' (o.g.)	BBC Sport report MCFC report	Sturridge 63'	Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 31,368 Referee: Steve Bennett

Manchester City v Arsenal

2 February 2008 25	Manchester City	1–3	Arsenal	Manchester, England
12:45 GMT	Fernandes 28'	BBC Sport report MCFC report	Adebayor 9', 88' Eduardo 26'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 46,426 Referee: Andre Marriner

Manchester United v Manchester City

10 February 2008 26	Manchester United	1–2	Manchester City	Manchester, England
13:30 GMT	O'Shea  57' Carrick 90'	BBC Sport report MCFC report	Vassell 24' Benjani 45'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 75,970 Referee: Howard Webb

Manchester City v Everton

25 February 2008 27	Manchester City	0–2	Everton	Manchester, England
20:00 GMT	Petrov  90'	BBC Sport report MCFC report	Yakubu 30' Lescott 37'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 41,478 Referee: Rob Styles

Manchester City v Wigan Athletic

1 March 2008 28	Manchester City	0–0	Wigan Athletic	Manchester, England
17:15 GMT		BBC Sport report MCFC report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 38,261 Referee: Steve Bennett

Reading v Manchester City

8 March 2008 29	Reading	2–0	Manchester City	Reading, England
15:00 GMT	Long 62' Kitson 87'	BBC Sport report MCFC report		Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 24,062 Referee: Uriah Rennie

Manchester City v Tottenham Hotspur

16 March 2008 30	Manchester City	2–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Manchester, England
16:00 GMT	Ireland 59' Onuoha 71'	BBC Sport report MCFC report	Keane 32'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 40,108 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

Bolton Wanderers v Manchester City

22 March 2008 31	Bolton Wanderers	0–0	Manchester City	Bolton, England
15:00 GMT		MCFC report		Stadium: Reebok Stadium Attendance: 22,633 Referee: Andre Marriner

Birmingham City v Manchester City

29 March 2008 32	Birmingham City	3–1	Manchester City	Birmingham, England
15:00 GMT	Zárate 40', 54' Queudrue  57' McSheffrey 77' (pen.)	BBC Sport report MCFC report	Elano 59' (pen.)	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 22,962 Referee: Rob Styles

Manchester City v Chelsea

5 April 2008 33	Manchester City	0–2	Chelsea	Manchester, England
15:00 BST		BBC Sport report MCFC report	Dunne 6' (o.g.) Kalou 53'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 42,594 Referee: Chris Foy

Sunderland v Manchester City

12 April 2008 34	Sunderland	1–2	Manchester City	Sunderland, England
15:00 BST	Whitehead 82'	BBC Sport report MCFC report	Elano 79' (pen.) Vassell 87'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 46,797 Referee: Mike Riley

Manchester City v Portsmouth

20 April 2008 35	Manchester City	3–1	Portsmouth	Manchester, England
16:00 BST	Vassell 11' Petrov 13' Benjani 74'	BBC Sport report MCFC report	Utaka 24' Hreiðarsson  40'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 40,205 Referee: Andre Marriner

Manchester City v Fulham

26 April 2008 36	Manchester City	2–3	Fulham	Manchester, England
15:00 BST	Ireland 10' Benjani 21'	BBC Sport report MCFC report	Kamara 69', 90' Murphy 79'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 43,634 Referee: Mike Dean

Liverpool v Manchester City

4 May 2008 37	Liverpool	1–0	Manchester City	Liverpool, England
16:00 BST	Torres 58'	BBC Sport report MCFC report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 43,074 Referee: Mark Halsey

Middlesbrough v Manchester City

11 May 2008 38	Middlesbrough	8–1	Manchester City	Middlesbrough, England
15:00 BST	Downing 16' (pen.), 58' Alves 37', 60', 90' Johnson 70' Rochemback 80' Aliadiere 85'	BBC Sport report MCFC report	Dunne  15' Elano 88'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 27,613 Referee: Phil Dowd

League Cup

Bristol City v Manchester City

29 August 2007 Second Round	Bristol City	1–2	Manchester City	Bristol, England
19:45 BST	Orr 69'	MCFC report	Mpenza 17' Bianchi 81'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 14,541 Referee: Richard Beeby

Manchester City v Norwich City

25 September 2007 Third Round	Manchester City	1–0	Norwich City	Manchester, England
19:45 BST	Samaras 89'	MCFC report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 20,938 Referee: Andre Marriner

Bolton Wanderers v Manchester City

31 October 2007 Fourth Round	Bolton Wanderers	0–1	Manchester City	Bolton, England
20:00 GMT		MCFC report	Elano 85' (pen.)	Stadium: Reebok Stadium Attendance: 15,501 Referee: Howard Webb

Manchester City v Tottenham Hotspur

18 December 2007 Fifth Round	Manchester City	0–2	Tottenham Hotspur	Manchester, England
19:45 GMT		MCFC report	Defoe 5' Zokora  19' Malbranque 83'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 38,564 Referee: Steve Bennett

FA Cup

West Ham United v Manchester City

5 January 2008 Third Round	West Ham United	0–0	Manchester City	London, England
15:00 GMT		MCFC report		Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 33,806 Referee: Rob Styles

Manchester City v West Ham United

16 January 2008 Third Round Replay	Manchester City	1–0	West Ham United	Manchester, England
15:00 GMT	Elano 73'	MCFC report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 27,809 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

Sheffield United v Manchester City

27 January 2008 Fourth Round	Sheffield United	2–1	Manchester City	Sheffield, England
16:00 GMT	Shelton 11' Stead 24'	MCFC report	Sturridge 48'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 20,800 Referee: Alan Wiley

Playing statistics

No.	Pos.	Player	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total		Discipline
			Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals
1	GK	Andreas Isaksson	5				1		6
2	DF	Micah Richards (vc)	25		2		2		29		4
3	DF	Michael Ball	28 (9)		3		4 (1)		35 (10)		2
4	DF	Nedum Onuoha	16 (3)	1	2		3 (1)		21 (4)	1
Sold	MF	Ousmane Dabo					1 (1)		1 (1)
6	MF	Michael Johnson	23	2			2		25	2	4
7	MF	Stephen Ireland	33 (1)	4	3 (1)		3		39 (2)	4	2	- / 1
8	MF	Geovanni	19 (17)	3	1 (1)		3 (1)		23 (19)	3	4
9	FW	Émile Mpenza	15 (7)	2	1		2 (1)	1	18 (8)	3
10	FW	Rolando Bianchi	19 (12)	4	2 (2)		3	1	24 (14)	5
11	MF	Elano	34 (5)	8	2	1	2	1	38 (5)	10	5
12	FW	Darius Vassell	27 (6)	6	3		2 (1)		32 (7)	6	3
14	FW	Paul Dickov					1 (1)		1 (1)
15	MF	Martin Petrov	34	5	3		1		38	5	2	- / 1
16	DF	Vedran Ćorluka	37 (1)		3		3		43 (1)		5
17	DF	Sun Jihai	14 (7)				2		16 (7)		2
19	GK	Kasper Schmeichel	7						7
20	FW	Georgios Samaras	5 (3)				2	1	7 (3)	1
21	MF	Dietmar Hamann	29 (3)		3		2		34 (3)		10
22	DF	Richard Dunne (c)	36		3		3		42		4	- / 2
24	DF	Javier Garrido	27 (5)				2		29 (5)		4
25	GK	Joe Hart	26		3		3		32
27	FW	Benjani	13 (1)	3					13 (1)	3
28	MF	Gélson Fernandes	26 (5)	2	3 (2)		3 (1)		32 (8)	2	6
29	FW	Valeri Bojinov	3 (2)						3 (2)
30	MF	Nery Castillo	10 (8)		2				12 (8)
33	FW	Ched Evans					1 (1)		1 (1)
34	DF	Sam Williamson	1 (1)						1 (1)		1
36	FW	Daniel Sturridge	3 (1)	1	1 (1)	1			4 (2)	2
37	MF	Kelvin Etuhu	6 (4)	1	1 (1)		1 (1)		8 (6)	1	1
38	DF	Shaleum Logan					2		2
20	FW	Felipe Caicedo	7 (7)						7 (7)		1
TOTALS				42		2		4		48	60	- / 4

Information current as of 11 May 2008 (end of season)

Last updated: 16 January 2011.
Source: (for players and positions) Season 2007–08 First Team Squad 00(for squad numbers) Season 2007–08 Squad Numbers 00(for actual stats.) All match Reports in Competitive games section above

Goal scorers

All competitions Scorer Goals Elano 10 Darius Vassell 6 Rolando Bianchi 5 Martin Petrov Stephen Ireland 4 Geovanni 3 Émile Mpenza Benjani Mwaruwari Gélson Fernandes 2 Michael Johnson Daniel Sturridge Kelvin Etuhu 1 Nedum Onuoha Georgios Samaras

Premier League Scorer Goals Elano 8 Darius Vassell 6 Martin Petrov 5 Rolando Bianchi 4 Stephen Ireland Geovanni 3 Benjani Mwaruwari Gélson Fernandes 2 Michael Johnson Émile Mpenza Kelvin Etuhu 1 Nedum Onuoha Daniel Sturridge

League Cup Scorer Goals Elano 1 Rolando Bianchi Émile Mpenza Georgios Samaras

FA Cup Scorer Goals Elano 1 Daniel Sturridge

Information current as of 11 May 2008 (end of season)

Awards

Premier League awards

Awarded monthly to the player and manager that were chosen by a panel assembled by the Premier League's sponsor

Month	Manager of the Month	Player of the Month
August 2007[4]	Sven-Göran Eriksson	Micah Richards

Thomas Cook Player of the Month awards

Awarded to the player in each category that receives the most votes in a poll conducted each month on the MCFC OWS

Month	First Team	Reserve Team	Academy
August/September[5]	Dietmar Hamann	Richard Martin	Scott Kay
October[6]	Elano	Ashley Grimes	Ben Mee
November[7]	Vedran Ćorluka	Javan Vidal	Kieran Trippier
December[8]	Richard Dunne	Karl Moore	David Ball
January[9]	Michael Ball	not announced	Vladimír Weiss
February[9]	Joe Hart	Paul Marshall	Greg Hartley
March[10]	Gélson Fernandes	Adam Clayton	Andrew Tutte
April[10]	Darius Vassell	Sam Williamson	Vladimír Weiss

Football Association of Ireland awards

Player	Year 2007 awards[11]
Richard Dunne	International Player of the Year
Stephen Ireland	Young International Player of the Year

Official Supporters Club awards

Player	Season 2007–08 awards[12]
Richard Dunne	Player of the Year
Joe Hart	Young Player of the Year
Ben Mee	Most Promising Player of the Year

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

First team Date Pos. Player From club Transfer fee 13 July 2007 FW Rolando Bianchi Reggina £8.8M[13] 14 July 2007 MF Gélson Fernandes Sion £4.2M[14] 17 July 2007 MF Geovanni Cruzeiro Free[15] 26 July 2007 MF Martin Petrov Atlético Madrid £4.7M[16] 2 Aug. 2007 DF Vedran Ćorluka Dinamo Zagreb £8M[17] 2 Aug. 2007 MF Elano Shakhtar Donetsk £8M[17] 2 Aug. 2007 DF Javier Garrido Real Sociedad £1.5M[17] 3 Aug. 2007 FW Valeri Bojinov Fiorentina £5.75M[18][19] 31 Jan. 2008 FW Felipe Caicedo Basel £5.2M[20][21] 31 Jan. 2008[22] FW Benjani Portsmouth £3.87M[23]

Reserves & Academy Date Pos. Player From club Transfer fee 10 Aug. 07 GK Richard Martin Free agent / 1-month trial[24][25] 16 Nov. 07 FW Teerasil Dangda Mueang Thong NongJork Free[26] 16 Nov. 07 DF Kiatprawut Saiwaeo Chonburi Free[26] 16 Nov. 07 DF Suree Sukha Chonburi Free[26]

Transfers out

First team Exit date Pos. Player To club Transfer fee 15 May 2007 DF Hatem Trabelsi Al-Hilal Released[27][28] 23 May 2007 DF Sylvain Distin Portsmouth Free[29][30] 14 June 2007 MF Joey Barton Newcastle United £5.8M[29][31] 4 July 2007 GK Nicky Weaver Charlton Athletic Free[32] 10 July 2007 MF Trevor Sinclair Cardiff City Free[33][34] 16 July 2007 DF Stephen Jordan Burnley Free[29][35] 31 Jan. 2008 MF Ousmane Dabo Lazio Free[36] 31 Jan. 2008 FW Ishmael Miller West Brom. Albion £0.9M–£1.4M[37][38]

Reserves & Academy Exit date Pos. Player To club Transfer fee 15 May 2007 GK Laurence Matthewson Released[27] 15 May 2007 MF Ashley Williams Released[27] 4 July 2007 DF Nathan D'Laryea Rochdale Free[27][39] 9 Jan. 2008 MF Marc Laird Millwall Free[40]

Loans in

First team Start date End date Pos. Player From club 1 Jan. 2008 31 Dec. 2008 MF Nery Castillo Shakhtar Donetsk[41]

Reserves & Academy Start date End date Pos. Player From club 31 Jan. 2008 30 June 2008 FW Filippo Mancini Inter Milan[20]

Loans out

First team Start date End date Pos. Player To club 15 Aug. 07 31 May 08 MF Ishmael Miller West Bromwich Albion[42] 21 Aug. 07 11 Nov. 07 DF Matthew Mills Doncaster Rovers[43][44] 31 Aug. 07 31 May 08 FW Bernardo Corradi Parma[45] 31 Aug. 07 31 Dec. 07 FW Paul Dickov Crystal Palace[46] 31 Aug. 07 31 Dec. 07 DF Danny Mills Charlton Athletic[47] 11 Oct. 07 10 Nov. 07 DF Shaleum Logan Grimsby Town[48] 25 Oct. 07 24 Nov. 07 GK Kasper Schmeichel Cardiff City[49] 10 Nov. 07 19 Dec. 07 DF Shaleum Logan Scunthorpe United[50] 21 Oct. 07 20 Dec. 07 FW Ched Evans Norwich City[51] 4 Jan. 08 31 May 08 DF Danny Mills Derby County[52] 10 Jan. 08 26 Feb. 08 FW Ched Evans Norwich City[53] 11 Jan. 08 31 May 08 DF Matthew Mills Doncaster Rovers[54] 23 Jan. 08 31 May 08 FW Rolando Bianchi Lazio[55] 29 Jan. 08 31 May 08 FW Georgios Samaras Celtic[56] 31 Jan. 08 31 May 08 FW Paul Dickov Blackpool[57] 22 Feb. 08 14 Mar. 08 DF Shaleum Logan Stockport County[58][59] 4 Mar. 08 31 May 08 MF Kelvin Etuhu Leicester City[60][61] 13 Mar. 08 31 May 08 GK Kasper Schmeichel Coventry City[62] 24 Mar. 08 31 May 08 DF Shaleum Logan Stockport County[63]

Reserves & Academy Start date End date Pos. Player To club 8 Nov. 07 7 Dec. 07 MF Marc Laird Port Vale[64] 27 Feb. 08 30 June 08 FW Teerasil Dangda Grasshoppers[65][66] 27 Feb. 08 30 June 08 DF Suree Sukha Grasshoppers[65][66] 14 Apr. 08 30 June 08 DF Kiatprawut Saiwaeo Club Brugge[65][66]