2007–08 Central Coast Mariners FC season

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Central Coast Mariners
2007–08 season
ChairmanLyall Gorman
ManagerLawrie McKinna
StadiumBluetongue Stadium
A-League regular seasonPremiers
A-League finalsRunners-up
Pre-Season Cup4th
Top goalscorerLeague:
John Aloisi (7)
All:
Sasho Petrovski (9)
Highest home attendance36,354 vs Newcastle Jets
(24 February 2008)

The 2007–08 season was the 3rd season of competitive football played by Central Coast Mariners. The Mariners ended the season as A-League Premiers after topping the table in the regular season, but runners-up in the Championship after losing to local rivals Newcastle Jets in the 2008 A-League Grand Final.

In the transfer window the club signed experienced striker Sasho Petrovski and former Adelaide United midfielder Greg Owens. Left back Dean Heffernan also returned to the club after completing a loan spell with 1. FC Nürnberg. Club captain Noel Spencer was released, joining Sydney FC.

After a mixed pre-season, finishing fourth in the 2007 A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup, the Mariners began the 2007–08 A-League in good form, undefeated for their first five games. Winless runs in October and January saw a number of clubs threaten Central Coast at the top of the table. This included a 5–4 loss to Sydney FC in December, breaking the record for goals in an A-League match. The mid-season addition of Socceroo John Aloisi proved successful, with the striker scoring a team-high seven league goals. A win over Wellington Phoenix in the final game of the regular season secured a first Premiership for the club, ahead of Newcastle Jets on goal difference. In the Finals Series, the Mariners advanced to the Grand Final by defeating the Jets 3–2 over two legs. The Jets, however, claimed the Championship with a 1–0 win in controversial circumstances at the Sydney Football Stadium.

Background[]

See also: 2006-07 Central Coast Mariners FC season

The Mariners ended the previous season in sixth, missing out on the Finals Series.

Transfers[]

In
No. Position Player Transferred from Fee Date Ref
22 FW Sasho Petrovski Sydney FC Free 12 February 2007 [1]
23 MF Mile Jedinak Sydney United Free 26 February 2007 [2]
12 MF Greg Owens Adelaide United Free 12 March 2007 [3]
8 DF Dean Heffernan 1. FC Nürnberg Loan return 6 June 2007 [4]
30 GK Andrew Redmayne Australian Institute of Sport Free 19 June 2007 [5]
4 MF Ian McAndrew Central Coast Lightning Free 1 August 2007 [6]
24 FW Damian Mori Adelaide City Free 21 September 2007 [7]
25 FW John Aloisi Free agent N/A 19 October 2007 [8]
26 DF Alvin Ceccoli Free agent N/A 3 January 2008 [9]
Out
No. Position Player Transferred to Fee Date Ref
14 DF Vuko Tomasevic Free agent N/A 25 January 2007 [10]
2 DF Wayne O'Sullivan Free agent N/A 25 January 2007 [10]
4 MF Noel Spencer Sydney FC Free 16 February 2007 [11]
8 MF Jamie McMaster Free agent N/A 18 April 2007 [12]
12 FW Stewart Petrie Free agent N/A 18 April 2007 [12]
1 GK John Crawley Retired N/A 19 June 2007 [5]
24 FW Damian Mori Free agent N/A 13 October 2007 [13]

Pre-season[]

22 May 2007 Friendly Central Coast Mariners 3–0 Malaysia Lisarow
Hutchinson Goal 55'
Goal 78'
Owens Goal 86'		 Report Stadium:
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: James Lewis

A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup[]

Main article: 2007 A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup

Group stage[]

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA BP Pts
Central Coast Mariners 3 2 1 0 6 1 3 10
Queensland Roar 3 1 2 0 3 2 1 6
Wellington Phoenix 3 1 0 2 4 4 2 5
Sydney FC 3 0 1 2 0 6 0 1
14 July 2007 1 Central Coast Mariners 2–0 Wellington Phoenix Gosford
18:00 Wilkinson Goal 3'
Kwasnik Goal 32'		 Report Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium
Attendance: 8,136
Referee: Strebre Delovski
21 July 2007 2 Central Coast Mariners 1–1 Queensland Roar Orange
15:00 Boogaard Goal 6' Report Lynch Goal 60' Stadium: Wade Park
Attendance: 3,531
Referee: James Lewis
29 July 2007 3 Sydney FC 0–3 Central Coast Mariners Canberra
15:00 Report Osman Goal 36'
Kwasnik Goal 44'
Gumprecht Goal 51'		 Stadium: Canberra Stadium
Attendance: 5,735
Referee: Ben Williams

Playoffs[]

4 August 2007 Semi-final Central Coast Mariners 2–3 Perth Glory Gosford
18:00 Mrdja Goal 43'
Petrovski Goal 90'		 Report Dragičevi�� Goal 23'
Bertos Goal 55'
Tarka Goal 78'		 Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium
Attendance: 5,967
Referee: Ben Williams
12 August 2007 3rd place playoff Central Coast Mariners 1–3 Queensland Roar Gosford
16:00 Simon Goal 9' Report Milicic Goal 30'
Marchinho Goal 48'
Goal 86'		 Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: James Lewis

2007–08 Hyundai A-League fixtures[]

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: Australia Peter Green
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: Australia Peter Green
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: Australia Mark Shield
16 September 2007 Melbourne Victory 0–0 Central Coast Mariners Telstra Dome, Melbourne
17:00 UTC+10 Report
Summary		 Vidmar Red card 90+2' Attendance: 27,351
Referee: Australia 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: Australia 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'
Vidmar Yellow card 65' Yellow-red card 79'		 Attendance: 11,019
Referee: Australia Matthew Breeze
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: Australia Matthew Breeze
14 October 2007 Central Coast Mariners 0–1 Queensland Roar Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
17:00 UTC+10 Porter Red card 31' Report
Summary		 McCloughan Goal 5' Attendance: 8,113
Referee: New Zealand Peter O'Leary
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: Australia Peter Green
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: Australia Mark Shield
4 November 2007 Central Coast Mariners 2–1 Melbourne Victory Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
17:00 UTC+11 Petrovski Goal 83', Yellow card 73' Yellow-red card 90'
Pondeljak Goal 88'		 Report
Summary		 Keenan Red card 22'
Hernández Goal 77'
Vargas Red card 90'		 Attendance: 11,354
Referee: Australia Mark Shield
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: Australia
18 November 2007 Perth Glory 0–1 Central Coast Mariners Members Equity Stadium, Perth
19:00 UTC+9 Summary Owens Goal 13'
Jedinak Yellow card 83' Yellow-red card 88'		 Attendance: 7,310
Referee: Australia Craig Zetter
25 November 2007 Newcastle Jets 0–0 Central Coast Mariners EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
17:00 UTC+11 Report
Summary		 Attendance: 14,169
Referee: Australia Mark Shield
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: Australia 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: Australia Peter Green
22 December 2007[14] Central Coast Mariners 4–5 Sydney FC Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
19:00 UTC+11 Jedinak Goal 3'
J.Aloisi Goal 16'
Vukovic Red card 17'
Owens Goal 63' (pen.)
Kwasnik Goal 86' Red card 90+4'		 Report
Summary		 Fyfe Goal 33'
McFlynn Goal 50'
Biddle Goal 71'
Santalab Goal 76'
Talay Goal 90+5' (pen.)		 Attendance: 17,514
Referee: Australia Matthew Breeze
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: Australia Mark Shield
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: Australia Strebre Delovski
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: Australia Matthew Breeze
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: Australia

2007–08 Finals series[]

27 January 2008 Major SF Leg 1 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: Australia Matthew Breeze
10 February 2008 Major SF Leg 2 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: Australia Ben Williams
24 February 2008 Grand Final Central Coast Mariners 0–1 Newcastle Jets Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
17:00 UTC+11 Vukovic Red card 90+5' Summary Bridge Goal 64' Attendance: 36,354
Referee: Australia Mark Shield

Home-and-Away Season[]

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.

Player statistics[]

Key

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute. Players with number struck through and marked Left club during playing season left the club during the playing season.

No. Pos. Nat. Name A-League A-League finals Pre-Season Cup Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals A yellow rectangular card A red rectangular card
1 GK  AUS Matthew Trott 4 (1) 0 0 0 2 0 6 (1) 0 0 0
2 FW  AUS Matt Simon 4 (14) 0 0 (2) 0 1 1 5 (16) 1 0 0
3 DF  AUS Paul O'Grady 2 (4) 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 2 (5) 0 2 0
4 MF  AUS Ian McAndrew 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 0
5 MF  AUS Brad Porter 5 (3) 0 0 0 0 (4) 0 5 (7) 0 0 1
6 MF  GER André Gumprecht 8 (6) 0 0 (3) 0 5 1 13 (9) 1 3 0
7 MF  AUS John Hutchinson 18 3 3 0 4 0 25 3 7 0
8 DF  AUS Dean Heffernan 15 (1) 1 0 0 2 (1) 0 17 (2) 1 7 0
9 FW  AUS Nik Mrdja 3 2 0 0 3 (2) 1 6 (2) 3 1 0
10 MF  AUS Tom Pondeljak 13 (5) 2 2 (1) 0 2 (2) 0 17 (8) 2 0 0
11 DF  AUS Damien Brown 7 (1) 0 0 0 3 0 10 (1) 0 2 0
12 MF  AUS Greg Owens 10 (2) 2 1 (1) 0 0 (1) 0 11 (4) 2 2 0
13 DF  AUS Tony Vidmar 15 0 3 0 1 (2) 0 19 (2) 0 6 2
15 DF  AUS Andrew Clark 12 (5) 0 0 (2) 0 1 0 13 (7) 0 5 0
16 DF  AUS Nigel Boogaard 13 (1) 0 3 0 4 (1) 1 20 (2) 1 5 0
17 MF  AUS Matthew Osman 6 (1) 0 0 0 5 1 11 (1) 1 0 0
18 DF  AUS Alex Wilkinson 12 0 3 0 5 1 20 1 1 0
19 FW  AUS Adam Kwasnik 12 (7) 5 3 1 5 2 20 (7) 8 2 0
20 GK  AUS Danny Vukovic 17 0 3 0 3 0 23 0 1 2
22 FW  AUS Sasho Petrovski 18 (1) 6 3 2 4 1 25 (1) 9 11 1
23 MF  AUS Mile Jedinak 19 2 3 0 5 0 27 2 8 1
24 FW  AUS Damian Mori Left club during playing season 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
25 DF  AUS John Aloisi 12 7 3 0 0 0 15 7 4 0
26 DF  AUS Alvin Ceccoli 3 0 3 0 0 0 6 0 0 0
30 GK  AUS Andrew Redmayne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

References[]

  1. ^ "Petrovski signs with Mariners". News.com.au. 12 February 2007. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Jedi signs permanent deal for 2007–08" (Press release). Central Coast Mariners FC. 26 February 2007.
  3. ^ "Mariners snap up Owens". The World Game. 12 March 2007. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Heffernan returns to the Central Coast". ESPN FC. 6 June 2007. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  5. ^ a b "Out with the old, in with the new" (Press release). Central Coast Mariners FC. 19 June 2007.
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  9. ^ "Ceccoli back as 'ancient mariner'". Fox Sports. 3 January 2008. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  10. ^ a b "Mariners axe A-League skipper Spencer". The Sydney Morning Herald. 25 January 2007. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  11. ^ Cockerill, Mike (16 February 2007). "Mariner finds his way to Sydney for the Asian experience". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  12. ^ a b "New deals for Mariners duo". The World Game. 18 April 2007. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  13. ^ "Pacesetters Central Coast Mariners are "down to the bare bones"". The Daily Telegraph. 13 October 2007.
  14. ^ Match postponed due to heavy rain affecting pitch conditions.

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