2007–08 A-League

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A-League
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Season2007–08
Dates24 August 2007 – 24 February 2008
ChampionsNewcastle Jets (1st title)
PremiersCentral Coast Mariners
(1st title)
AFC Champions LeagueNewcastle Jets,
Central Coast Mariners
Matches played111
Goals scored223 (2.01 per match)
Top goalscorerJoel Griffiths
(12 goals)
Best goalkeeperMichael Theoklitos
Biggest home winCentral Coast Mariners 3–0 Wellington Phoenix
Wellington Phoenix 4–1 Perth Glory
Adelaide United 4–1 Melbourne Victory
Adelaide United 4–1 Wellington Phoenix
Queensland Roar 3–0 Wellington Phoenix
Wellington Phoenix 3–0 Perth Glory
Melbourne Victory 3–0 Wellington Phoenix
Central Coast Mariners 3–0 Newcastle Jets
Biggest away winNewcastle Jets 1–4 Perth Glory
Perth Glory 1–4 Queensland Roar
Central Coast Mariners 2–5 Melbourne Victory
Highest scoringCentral Coast Mariners 4–5 Sydney FC
Longest winning run4 games
Newcastle Jets
Longest unbeaten run6 games
Melbourne Victory
Longest winless run11 games
Perth Glory
Longest losing run4 games
Adelaide United
Wellington Phoenix
Highest attendance33,458
Lowest attendance6,252
Average attendance14,610

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.

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:

  • The New Zealand Knights, who folded at the conclusion of the 2006–07 season, were replaced by Wellington Phoenix.[1]
  • An increase of the squad size, from 20 to 23 players, increasing the salary cap from A$1.6 million to A$1.8 million.[2][3]

Clubs[]

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Adelaide United
Melbourne Victory
Newcastle Jets
Queensland Roar
Wellington Phoenix
Further information: A-League § Clubs
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Adelaide United Adelaide Hindmarsh Stadium 17,000
Central Coast Mariners Gosford Bluetongue Stadium 20,119
Melbourne Victory Melbourne Telstra Dome 56,347
Newcastle Jets Newcastle Energy Australia Stadium 26,164
Perth Glory Perth Members Equity Stadium 18,156
Queensland Roar Brisbane Suncorp Stadium 52,500
Sydney FC Sydney Aussie Stadium 42,500
Wellington Phoenix Wellington Westpac Stadium 34,500

Foreign players[]

Club Visa 1 Visa 2 Visa 3 Visa 4 Non-Visa foreigner(s) Former player(s)
Adelaide United Brazil Cássio Brazil Diego Walsh Netherlands Bobby Petta Ivory Coast Jonas Salley1
Central Coast Mariners Germany André Gumprecht Malta John Hutchinson2
Melbourne Victory Brazil Leandro Love Costa Rica Carlos Hernández England Joe Keenan Scotland Grant Brebner
Newcastle Jets Brazil Denni Brazil Mário Jardel South Korea Song Jin-hyung Argentina Jorge Drovandi
Perth Glory England James Robinson Ivory Coast Eugène Dadi Liberia Jerry Karpeh1
Queensland Roar Brazil Marcinho Brazil Reinaldo Scotland Simon Lynch South Korea Seo Hyuk-su1
Sydney FC Brazil Juninho Brazil Patrick da Silva Northern Ireland Terry McFlynn United States Michael Enfield England Michael Bridges3
France 3
Wellington Phoenix Brazil Cleberson Brazil Daniel Brazil Felipe Brazil George

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[]

Club Marquee Captain Vice-Captain
Adelaide United Australia Paul Agostino[4] Australia Michael Valkanis[5][6] Australia Travis Dodd[7]
Central Coast Mariners Australia Tony Vidmar[8] Australia Alex Wilkinson[9] None
Melbourne Victory Australia Archie Thompson[10][11] Australia Kevin Muscat[12][13] None
Newcastle Jets Brazil Mário Jardel[14] Australia Jade North[15] Australia Ante Covic[citation needed]
Perth Glory Australia Stan Lazaridis[16] Australia Simon Colosimo[17] None
Queensland Roar Australia Craig Moore[18] Australia Craig Moore[19] None
Sydney FC Brazil Juninho[20] Australia Tony Popovic[21] None
Wellington Phoenix Australia Ahmad Elrich[22] Australia Ross Aloisi[23] New Zealand Tim Brown[23][24]

Pre-Season Challenge Cup[]

Main article: 2007 A-League 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[]

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[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Central Coast Mariners 21 10 4 7 30 25 +5 34 Finals Series and 2009 AFC Champions League Group stage[a]
2 Newcastle Jets (C) 21 9 7 5 25 21 +4 34
3 Sydney FC 21 8 8 5 28 24 +4 32 Finals Series and 2008 Pan-Pacific Championship
4 Queensland Roar 21 8 7 6 25 21 +4 31 Finals Series
5 Melbourne Victory 21 6 9 6 29 29 0 27
6 Adelaide United 21 6 8 7 31 29 +2 26
7 Perth Glory 21 4 8 9 27 34 −7 20
8 Wellington Phoenix[b] 21 5 5 11 25 37 −12 20
Source: ultimatealeague.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion
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 Goal 7' Attendance: 18,457
Referee: Peter Green
25 August 2007 Queensland Roar 2–2 Adelaide United Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
19:00 UTC+10 McKay Goal 45'
Ognenovski Goal 76'		 Report
Summary		 Burns Goal 8'
Djité Goal 47'		 Attendance: 16,828
Referee: Ben Williams
26 August 2007 Perth Glory 0–0 Newcastle Jets Members Equity Stadium, Perth
15:00 UTC+8 Report
Summary		 Attendance: 8,508
Referee:
26 August 2007 Wellington Phoenix 2–2 Melbourne Victory Westpac Stadium, Wellington
16:00 UTC+12 Daniel Goal 79'
Smeltz Goal 84'		 Report
Summary		 Muscat Goal 19' (pen.)
Allsopp Goal 60'		 Attendance: 14,421
Referee: Mark Shield

Round 2[]

31 August 2007 Central Coast Mariners 3–0 Wellington Phoenix Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
20:00 UTC+10 Mrdja Goal 9', 35'
Kwasnik Goal 13'		 Report
Summary		 Attendance: 9,052
Referee: Peter Green
1 September 2007 Sydney FC 2–2 Adelaide United Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
17:00 UTC+10 TalayGoal 13'
Brosque Goal 74'		 Report
Summary		 Alagich Goal 9'
Burns Goal 76'		 Attendance: 14,233
Referee: Mark Shield
1 September 2007 Melbourne Victory 0–0 Perth Glory Telstra Dome, Melbourne
19:00 UTC+10 Report
Summary		 Attendance: 31,545
Referee: Peter O'Leary
2 September 2007 Newcastle Jets 1–1 Queensland Roar EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
17:00 UTC+10 J. Griffiths Goal 89' Report
Summary		 Reinaldo Goal 70' Attendance: 13,144
Referee:

Round 3[]

6 September 2007 Queensland Roar 0–1 Central Coast Mariners Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
20:00 UTC+10 Report
Summary		 Kwasnik Goal 55' Attendance: 8,815
Referee: Mark Shield
7 September 2007 Adelaide United 1–1 Melbourne Victory Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
19:30 UTC+9:30 Dodd Goal 83' (pen.) Report
Summary		 Vargas Goal 80' Attendance: 12,231
Referee: Peter Green
9 September 2007 Wellington Phoenix 0–1 Newcastle Jets Westpac Stadium, Wellington
17:00 UTC+12 Report
Summary		 Thompson Goal 77' Attendance: 11,478
Referee: Peter O'Leary
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[]

14 September 2007 Sydney FC 1–2 Wellington Phoenix Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
20:00 UTC+10 Casey Goal 6' Report
Summary		 Felipè Goal 8'
Daniel Goal 29' (pen.)		 Attendance: 11,491
Referee: Matthew Breeze
15 September 2007 Newcastle Jets 1–0 Adelaide United EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
19:00 UTC+10 Bridge Goal 81' Report
Summary		 Attendance: 13,627
Referee: Angelo Nardi
16 September 2007 Melbourne Victory 0–0 Central Coast Mariners Telstra Dome, Melbourne
17:00 UTC+10 Report
Summary		 Attendance: 27,351
Referee: Mark Shield
16 September 2007 Perth Glory 1–2 Queensland Roar Members Equity Stadium, Perth
17:00 UTC+8 Harnwell Goal 14' Report
Summary		 McCloughan Goal 21'
McKay Goal 84'		 Attendance: 7,203
Referee: Ben Williams

Round 5[]

21 September 2007 Newcastle Jets 2–2 Melbourne Victory EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
20:00 UTC+10 A Griffiths Goal 5'
Musialik Goal 21'		 Report
Summary		 Thompson Goal 65'
Caceres Goal 83'		 Attendance: 11,179
Referee: Matthew Breeze
22 September 2007 Wellington Phoenix 2–2 Adelaide United Westpac Stadium, Wellington
19:00 UTC+12 Felipe Goal 65'
Smeltz Goal 87'		 Report
Summary		 Diego Goal 70'
Djite Goal 78'		 Attendance: 12,127
Referee: Ben Williams
22 September 2007 Queensland Roar 0–1 Sydney FC Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
19:00 UTC+10 Report
Summary		 Patrick Goal 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 Goal 80' Report
Summary		 Attendance: 9,274
Referee: Craig Zetter

Round 6[]

28 September 2007 Melbourne Victory 2–0 Queensland Roar Telstra Dome, Melbourne
20:00 UTC+10 Muscat Goal 68' (pen.)
Thompson Goal 85'		 Report
Summary		 Attendance: 25,622
Referee: Ben Williams
29 September 2007 Sydney FC 1–0 Newcastle Jets Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
19:00 UTC+10 Brosque Goal 36' Report
Summary		 Attendance: 13,755
Referee: Craig Zetter
30 September 2007 Adelaide United 2–1 Central Coast Mariners Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
16:30 UTC+9:30 Djite Goal 19', 88' Report
Summary		 Petrovski Goal 37' Attendance: 11,019
Referee: Matthew Breeze
30 September 2007 Wellington Phoenix 4–1 Perth Glory Westpac Stadium, Wellington
17:00 UTC+12 R.Aloisi Goal 14'
Smeltz Goal 42'
Coveny Goal 55'
Lochhead Goal 83'		 Report
Summary		 Celeski Goal 10' Attendance: 10,127
Referee: Peter Green

Round 7[]

5 October 2007 Queensland Roar 2–1 Wellington Phoenix Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
20:00 UTC+10 Zullo Goal 4'
Kruse Goal 45+1'		 Report
Summary		 Smeltz Goal 90+5' Attendance: 12,458
Referee: Craig Zetter
6 October 2007 Sydney FC 0–1 Melbourne Victory Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
19:00 UTC+10 Report
Summary		 Allsopp Goal 82' Attendance: 18,436
Referee: Mark Shield
7 October 2007 Central Coast Mariners 1–1 Newcastle Jets Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
17:00 UTC+10 Pondeljak Goal 62' Report
Summary		 Bridge Goal 82' Attendance: 12,622
Referee: Matthew Breeze
7 October 2007 Perth Glory 0–0 Adelaide United Members Equity Stadium, Perth
17:00 UTC+8 Report
Summary		 Attendance: 6,252
Referee: Peter Green

Round 8[]

12 October 2007 Adelaide United 4–1 Melbourne Victory Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
19:30 UTC+9:30 Milicevic Goal 14' (o.g.)
Dodd Goal 15', 54'
Pantelis Goal 90+2'		 Report
Summary		 Thompson Goal 45+2' Attendance: 13,372
Referee: Mark Shield
12 October 2007 Perth Glory 3–3 Sydney FC Members Equity Stadium, Perth
20:00 UTC+8 Harnwell Goal 53'
Robinson Goal 59'
Prentice Goal 69'		 Report
Summary		 Brosque Goal 40', 90+3'
Patrick Goal 72'		 Attendance: 6,876
Referee: Matthew Breeze
14 October 2007 Newcastle Jets 2–1 Wellington Phoenix EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
15:00 UTC+10 Holland Goal 17'
J. Griffiths Goal 40'		 Report
Summary		 Old Goal 90+4' Attendance: 11,947
Referee: Ben Williams
14 October 2007 Central Coast Mariners 0–1 Queensland Roar Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
17:00 UTC+10 Report
Summary		 McCloughan Goal 5' Attendance: 8,113
Referee: Peter O'Leary

Round 9[]

19 October 2007 Newcastle Jets 1–1 Queensland Roar EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
20:00 UTC+10 J. Griffiths Goal 49' (pen.) Report
Summary		 Kruse Goal 1' Attendance: 12,326
Referee: Mark Shield
20 October 2007 Sydney FC 0–1 Adelaide United Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
19:00 UTC+10 Report
Summary		 Pantelis Goal 53' Attendance: 12,922
Referee: Matthew Breeze
21 October 2007 Wellington Phoenix 1–2 Central Coast Mariners Westpac Stadium, Wellington
17:00 UTC+12 Elrich Goal 24' Report
Summary		 Heffernan Goal 16'
Petrovski Goal 90+1'		 Attendance: 10,560
Referee: Peter Green
21 October 2007 Melbourne Victory 2–1 Perth Glory Telstra Dome, Melbourne
16:30 UTC+10 Hernandez Goal 24'
Thompson Goal 34'		 Report
Summary		 Harnwell Goal 42' Attendance: 25,598
Referee:

Round 10[]

26 October 2007 Melbourne Victory 0–2 Newcastle Jets Telstra Dome, Melbourne
20:00 UTC+10 Report
Summary		 A. Griffiths Goal 8'
J. Griffiths Goal 88'		 Attendance: 27,123
Referee: Matthew Breeze
27 October 2007 Queensland Roar 3–3 Perth Glory Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
19:00 UTC+10 Marcinho Goal 45+3'
Lynch Goal 69' (pen.), 86'		 Report
Summary		 Moore Goal 18' (o.g.)
Harnwell Goal 43'
Coyne Goal 90+3'		 Attendance: 16,715
Referee: Ben Williams
28 October 2007 Sydney FC 3–2 Central Coast Mariners Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
15:00 UTC+10 Brosque Goal 16', 26'
Popovic Goal 32'		 Report
Summary		 Hutchinson Goal 27', 56' Attendance: 17,652
Referee: Mark Shield
28 October 2007 Adelaide United 4–1 Wellington Phoenix Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
16:30 UTC+9:30 Giraldi Goal 5'
Burns Goal 45+4'
Pantelis Goal 50'
Spagnuolo Goal 75'		 Report
Summary		 Smeltz Goal 3' Attendance: 11,740
Referee:

Round 11[]

2 November 2007 Adelaide United 0–1 Queensland Roar Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
19:30 UTC+10:30 Report
Summary		 Reinaldo Goal 63' Attendance: 10,705
Referee: Peter Green
2 November 2007 Perth Glory 0–1 Wellington Phoenix Members Equity Stadium, Perth
20:00 UTC+9 Report
Summary		 Daniel Goal 51' Attendance: 7,105
Referee:
3 November 2007 Newcastle Jets 0–1 Sydney FC EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
19:00 UTC+11 Report
Summary		 Bridges Goal 69' Attendance: 16,433
Referee: Matthew Breeze
4 November 2007 Central Coast Mariners 2–1 Melbourne Victory Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
17:00 UTC+11 Petrovski Goal 83'
Pondeljak Goal 88'		 Report
Summary		 [ Hernández Goal 77' Attendance: 11,354
Referee: Mark Shield

Round 12[]

9 November 2007 Newcastle Jets 1–4 Perth Glory EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
20:00 UTC+11 J. Griffiths Goal 49' Report
Summary		 Durante Goal 25' (o.g.)
J. Simpson Goal 51'
Rukavytsya Goal 63', 90+1'		 Attendance: 8,112
Referee: Peter Green
10 November 2007 Central Coast Mariners 2–0 Adelaide United Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
17:00 UTC+11 J.Aloisi Goal 48' (pen.), 59' Report
Summary		 Attendance: 11,680
Referee:
10 November 2007 Melbourne Victory 0–0 Sydney FC Telstra Dome, Melbourne
19:00 UTC+11 Report
Summary		 Attendance: 31,884
Referee: Mark Shield
11 November 2007 Queensland Roar 3–0 Wellington Phoenix Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
17:00 UTC+10 Reinaldo Goal 67' (pen.), 79'
Marcinho Goal 83'		 Report
Summary		 Attendance: 13,808
Referee: Matthew Breeze

Round 13[]

16 November 2007 Queensland Roar 1–0 Melbourne Victory Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
19:00 UTC+10 Kruse Goal 10' Report
Summary		 Attendance: 17,207
Referee: Ben Williams
17 November 2007 Wellington Phoenix 1–1 Sydney FC Westpac Stadium, Wellington
19:00 UTC+12 R.Aloisi Goal 29' Report
Summary		 Talay Goal 90+3' (pen.) Attendance: 8,062
Referee: Peter Green
18 November 2007 Adelaide United 1–1 Newcastle Jets Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
18:30 UTC+10:30 Dodd Goal 76' Report
Summary		 J. Griffiths Goal 70' Attendance: 10,256
Referee: Matthew Breeze
18 November 2007 Perth Glory 0–1 Central Coast Mariners Members Equity Stadium, Perth
19:00 UTC+9 Summary Owens Goal 13' Attendance: 7,310
Referee: Craig Zetter

Round 14[]

23 November 2007 Adelaide United 1–1 Perth Glory Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
19:30 UTC+10:30 Alagich Goal 41' Report
Summary		 Harnwell Goal 68' Attendance: 10,678
Referee: Peter O'Leary
24 November 2007 Melbourne Victory 1–1 Wellington Phoenix Telstra Dome, Melbourne
19:00 UTC+11 Allsopp Goal 43' Report
Summary		 Lia Goal 58' Attendance: 20,938
Referee: Peter Green
25 November 2007 Newcastle Jets 0–0 Central Coast Mariners EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
17:00 UTC+11 Report
Summary		 Attendance: 14,169
Referee: Mark Shield
25 November 2007 Sydney FC 0–0 Queensland Roar Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
19:00 UTC+11 Report
Summary		 Attendance: 16,569
Referee: Matthew Breeze

Round 15[]

30 November 2007 Wellington Phoenix 1–2 Adelaide United Westpac Stadium, Wellington
19:30 UTC+12 Daniel Goal 69' (pen.) Report
Summary		 Agostino Goal 9'
Pantelis Goal 79'		 Attendance: 18,345
Referee: Craig Zetter
30 November 2007 Queensland Roar 0–1 Newcastle Jets Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
19:00 UTC+10 Report
Summary		 J. Griffiths Goal 90+2' Attendance: 14,193
Referee: Peter Green
22 December 2007[26] Central Coast Mariners 4–5 Sydney FC Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
19:00 UTC+11 Jedinak Goal 3'
J.Aloisi Goal 16'
Owens Goal 63' (pen.)
Kwasnik Goal 86'		 Report
Summary		 Fyfe Goal 33'
McFlynn Goal 50'
Biddle Goal 71'
Santalab Goal 76'
Talay Goal 90+5' (pen.)		 Attendance: 17,514
Referee: Matthew Breeze
2 December 2007 Perth Glory 3–1 Melbourne Victory Members Equity Stadium, Perth
17:00 UTC+9 Harnwell Goal 18'
Rukavytsya Goal 27', 46'		 Report
Summary		 Caceres Goal 38' Attendance: 8,030
Referee: Ben Williams

Round 16[]

7 December 2007 Wellington Phoenix 3–0 Perth Glory Westpac Stadium, Wellington
19:00 UTC+12 Smeltz Goal 29' (pen.), 72'
Felipe Goal 32'		 Report
Summary		 Attendance: 8,039
Referee: Strebre Delovski
7 December 2007 Sydney FC 1–0 Newcastle Jets Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
20:00 UTC+11 Corica Goal 90+3' Report
Summary		 Attendance: 10,732
Referee: Matthew Breeze
8 December 2007 Melbourne Victory 2–2 Adelaide United Telstra Dome, Melbourne
19:00 UTC+11 Muscat Goal 71' (pen.)
Alagich Goal 90+2' (o.g.)		 Report
Summary		 Agostino Goal 18', 50' Attendance: 22,466
Referee: Peter Green
9 December 2007 Queensland Roar 2–1 Central Coast Mariners Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
18:00 UTC+10 Vidmar Goal 21' (o.g.)
McKay Goal 28'		 Report
Summary		 J.Aloisi Goal 13' Attendance: 16,442
Referee: Ben Williams

Round 17[]

14 December 2007 Wellington Phoenix 1–1 Queensland Roar Westpac Stadium, Wellington
19:30 UTC+12 Smeltz Goal 24' Report
Summary		 Reinaldo Goal 5' Attendance: 9,384
Referee: Ben Williams
14 December 2007 Adelaide United 1–2 Central Coast Mariners Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
19:30 UTC+10:30 Agostino Goal 70' Report
Summary		 J.Aloisi Goal 24'
Petrovski Goal 48'		 Attendance: 11,123
Referee: Peter Green
15 December 2007 Sydney FC 2–4 Perth Glory Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
19:00 UTC+11 Corica Goal 50'
Bridges Goal 90'		 Report
Summary		 Celeski Goal 34', 35', 77' (pen.)
Bertos Goal 49'		 Attendance: 12,402
Referee: Michael Hester
16 December 2007 Melbourne Victory 1–3 Newcastle Jets Telstra Dome, Melbourne
17:00 UTC+11 Hernández Goal 11' Report
Summary		 Denni Goal 41'
J. Griffiths Goal 54', 76'		 Attendance: 22,626
Referee: Matthew Breeze

Round 18[]

28 December 2007 Adelaide United 1–3 Sydney FC Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
19:30 UTC+10:30 Sarkies Goal 20' Report
Summary		 Santalab Goal 44'
Corica Goal 54'
Middleby Goal 66'		 Attendance: 25,039
Referee: Matthew Breeze
30 December 2007 Newcastle Jets 2–3 Wellington Phoenix EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
19:00 UTC+11 Bridge Goal 29' (pen.)
Tunbridge Goal 81'		 Report
Summary		 Smeltz Goal 16'
Ferrante Goal 49'
Rees Goal 51'		 Attendance: 15,107
Referee: Strebre Delovski
30 December 2007 Perth Glory 1–4 Queensland Roar Members Equity Stadium, Perth
19:00 UTC+9 Rizzo Goal 57' Report
Summary		 Kruse Goal 34'
Reinaldo Goal 42'
Minniecon Goal 59'
McCloughan Goal 74'		 Attendance: 9,614
Referee: Peter Green
31 December 2007 Central Coast Mariners 2–5 Melbourne Victory Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
18:00 UTC+11 Jedinak Goal 32'
J.Aloisi Goal 63'		 Report
Summary		 Caceres Goal 4'
Allsopp Goal 23', 61'
Thompson Goal 36'
Muscat Goal 43' (pen.)		 Attendance: 18,686
Referee: Mark Shield

Round 19[]

4 January 2008 Wellington Phoenix 0–2 Sydney FC Westpac Stadium, Wellington
19:30 UTC+12 Report
Summary		 McFlynn Goal 79'
Brosque Goal 83'		 Attendance: 14,288
Referee: Ben Williams
4 January 2008 Newcastle Jets 2–1 Adelaide United EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
20:00 UTC+11 J. Griffiths Goal 13'
Holland Goal 73'		 Report
Summary		 Pantelis Goal 41' Attendance: 13,047
Referee: Peter Green
5 January 2008 Queensland Roar 1–2 Melbourne Victory Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
19:00 UTC+10 Marcinho Goal 73' Report
Summary		 Allsopp Goal 56'
Thompson Goal 63'		 Attendance: 21,475
Referee: Matthew Breeze
6 January 2008 Perth Glory 1–1 Central Coast Mariners Members Equity Stadium, Perth
19:00 UTC+9 Rukavytsya Goal 69' Report
Summary		 Hutchinson Goal 38' Attendance: 6,727
Referee: Strebre Delovski

Round 20[]

11 January 2008 Melbourne Victory 3–0 Wellington Phoenix Telstra Dome, Melbourne
20:00 UTC+11 Hernández Goal 31'
Ward Goal 35'
Patafta Goal 88'		 Report
Summary		 Attendance: 25,489
Referee: Peter Green
12 January 2008 Central Coast Mariners 1–2 Newcastle Jets Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
19:00 UTC+11 Kwasnik Goal 9' Report
Summary		 Holland Goal 6'
J. Griffiths Goal 52'		 Attendance: 19,238
Referee: Matthew Breeze
13 January 2008 Queensland Roar 0–0 Sydney FC Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
18:00 UTC+10 Report
Summary		 Attendance: 31,933
Referee: Mark Shield
13 January 2008 Perth Glory 3–2 Adelaide United Members Equity Stadium, Perth
19:00 UTC+9 Robinson Goal 12'
Rukavytsya Goal 45+1'
Harnwell Goal 62'		 Report
Summary		 Djité Goal 8'
Dodd Goal 59'		 Attendance: 8,025
Referee: Ben Williams

Round 21[]

18 January 2008 Newcastle Jets 2–1 Perth Glory EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
20:00 UTC+11 J. Griffiths Goal 22'
Bridge Goal 64'		 Report
Summary		 Harnwell Goal 45+2' Attendance: 16,212
Referee: Michael Hester
19 January 2008 Central Coast Mariners 2–0 Wellington Phoenix Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
19:00 UTC+11 Aloisi Goal 52'
Kwasnik Goal 90+4'		 Report
Summary		 Attendance: 9,849
Referee:
20 January 2008 Sydney FC 2–2 Melbourne Victory Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
17:00 UTC+11 Corica Goal 4'
Brosque Goal 62'		 Report
Summary		 Milligan Goal 46' (o.g.)
Allsopp Goal 76'		 Attendance: 33,458
Referee: Peter O'Leary
20 January 2008 Adelaide United 2–0 Queensland Roar Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
18:30 UTC+10:30 Djite Goal 18'
Pantelis Goal 45'		 Report
Summary		 Attendance: 10,803
Referee: Strebre Delovski

Finals series[]

  Semi Finals Preliminary Final Grand Final
    L1 L2    
    27 January & 10 February                        
1 Central Coast Mariners 0 3     24 February
2 Newcastle Jets 2 0     17 February       1 Central Coast Mariners 0
    2 Newcastle Jets (aet) 3   2 Newcastle Jets 1
  25 January & 8 February   4 Queensland Roar 2  
3 Sydney FC 0 0
4 Queensland Roar 0 2  

Semi-finals[]

25 January 2008 Sydney FC 0–0 Queensland Roar Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
20:00 UTC+11 Report
Summary		 Attendance: 23,450
Referee: Mark Shield
27 January 2008 Newcastle Jets 2–0 Central Coast Mariners EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
18:00 UTC+11 A. Griffiths Goal 22'
J. Griffiths Goal 85' (pen.)		 Report
Summary		 Attendance: 22,960
Referee: Matthew Breeze
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
10 February 2008 Central Coast Mariners 3–0 (a.e.t.) Newcastle Jets Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
18:00 UTC+11 Kwasnik Goal 37'
Petrovski Goal 74', 95'		 Summary Attendance: 19,112
Referee: Ben Williams

Preliminary-final[]

17 February 2008 Newcastle Jets 3–2 (a.e.t.) Queensland Roar EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
18:00 UTC+11
  • Thompson Goal 40'
  • J.Griffiths Goal 104' (pen.)
  • Elrich Goal 111'
 Report
Summary		 Reinaldo Goal 90+2' (pen.), 118' (pen.) Attendance: 16,021
Referee: Peter Green

Grand Final[]

See also: 2008 A-League Grand Final
24 February 2008 Central Coast Mariners 0–1 Newcastle Jets Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
17:00 UTC+11 Summary Bridge Goal 64' Attendance: 36,354
Referee: Mark Shield

Season statistics[]

Leading scorers[]

Further information: A-League Top scorers
Total Player Team Goals per Round
 1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
12 Australia Joel Griffiths Newcastle Jets 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1
9 New Zealand Shane Smeltz Wellington Phoenix 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1
8 Australia Alex Brosque Sydney FC 1 1 2 2 1 1
8 Australia Jamie Harnwell Perth Glory 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
7 Australia Daniel Allsopp Melbourne Victory 1 1 1 2 1 1
7 Australia John Aloisi Central Coast Mariners 2 1 1 1 1 1
6 Australia Sasho Petrovski Central Coast Mariners 1 1 1 1 1 1
6 Brazil Reinaldo Queensland Roar 1 1 2 1 1
6 Australia Archie Thompson Melbourne Victory 1 1 1 1 1 1
6 Australia Lucas Pantelis Adelaide United 1 1 1 1 1 1

  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.

Team Hosted Average High Low Total
Melbourne Victory 10 26,064 31,884 20,938 260,642
Queensland Roar 11 16,951 31,933 8,815 186,456
Sydney FC 11 16,373 33,458 10,732 180,107
Newcastle Jets 11 13,209 16,433 8,112 145,303
Central Coast Mariners 10 12,741 19,238 8,113 127,409
Adelaide United 10 12,697 25,039 10,256 126,966
Wellington Phoenix 10 11,683 18,345 8,039 116,833
Perth Glory 11 7,596 9,614 6,252 83,557
{{{T9}}} 0 0 0 0 0
{{{T10}}} 0 0 0 0 0
{{{T11}}} 0 0 0 0 0
{{{T12}}} 0 0 0 0 0
League total 84 14,610 33,458 6,252 1,227,273

* 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[]

Attendance Round Date Home Score Away Venue Weekday Time of Day
36,354 Grand Final 24 February 2008 Central Coast Mariners 0–1 Newcastle Jets Sydney Football Stadium Sunday Day
36,221 Finals – Week 2 8 February 2008 Queensland Roar 2–0 Sydney FC Suncorp Stadium Friday Night
33,458 Round 21 20 January 2008 Sydney FC 2–2 Melbourne Victory Sydney Football Stadium Sunday Day
31,933 Round 20 13 January 2008 Queensland Roar 0–0 Sydney FC Suncorp Stadium Sunday Twilight
31,884 Round 12 10 November 2007 Melbourne Victory 0–0 Sydney FC Telstra Dome Saturday Night
31,545 Round 2 1 September 2007 Melbourne Victory 0–0 Perth Glory Telstra Dome Saturday Night
27,351 Round 4 16 September 2007 Melbourne Victory 0–0 Central Coast Mariners Telstra Dome Sunday Afternoon
27,123 Round 10 26 October 2007 Melbourne Victory 0–2 Newcastle Jets Telstra Dome Friday Night
25,622 Round 6 28 September 2007 Melbourne Victory 2–0 Queensland Roar Telstra Dome Friday Night
25,598 Round 9 21 October 2007 Melbourne Victory 2–1 Perth Glory Telstra Dome Sunday Afternoon

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 point Yellow card.svg Yellow Card
2 points Yellow card.svgYellow card.svgRed card.svg Second Caution Red Card
3 points Red card.svg Direct Red Card
Team Yellow card.svg Yellow card.svgYellow card.svgRed card.svg Red card.svg Points
Newcastle Jets 44 0 0 44
Perth Glory 34 1 3 45
Sydney FC 42 1 2 50
Queensland Roar 45 3 0 51
Wellington Phoenix 46 1 2 54
Adelaide United 45 3 1 54
Melbourne Victory 43 1 3 54
Central Coast Mariners 44 3 4 62
Sydney FC 0 0 0 0
Wellington Phoenix 0 0 0 0
Melbourne Heart 0 0 0 0
Sydney Rovers 0 0 0 0
Totals 343 13 15

Awards[]

  • The Premiers' Plate was awarded to Central Coast Mariners, who finished on top of the ladder after 21 rounds.
  • The Championship Trophy was awarded to the Newcastle Jets.
  • The Johnny Warren Medal was awarded to Joel Griffiths from the Newcastle Jets for the best player in the league.
  • The Coach of the Year was awarded to Gary van Egmond of the Newcastle Jets.
  • The Wooden Spoon was awarded to Wellington Phoenix, who finished last on the ladder after 21 rounds.
  • The Joe Marston Medal was awarded to Andrew Durante of Newcastle Jets.
  • The Reebok Golden Boot was awarded to Joel Griffiths of Newcastle Jets for scoring twelve goals at the end of the home and away season.
  • The Rising Star award was awarded to Bruce Djite of Adelaide United.
  • The Fair Play Award was awarded to the Newcastle Jets for the lowest number of yellow, direct red and 2nd caution red cards accumulated.

See also[]

  • 2007 Australian football code crowds
  • Adelaide United season 2007-08
  • Central Coast Mariners season 2007-08
  • Melbourne Victory season 2007-08
  • Newcastle United Jets season 2007-08
  • Perth Glory season 2007-08
  • Queensland Roar season 2007-08
  • Sydney FC season 2007-08
  • Wellington Phoenix season 2007-08

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