2007–08 in Australian soccer

Soccer in Australia
Season	2007–08
Men's soccer
A-League Premiership	Central Coast Mariners
A-League Championship	Newcastle Jets
Pre-Season Challenge Cup	Adelaide United

The 2007–08 season 31st season of competitive association football in Australia since restructuring of domestic system.

National teams[]

Australia national soccer team[]

Results and fixtures[]

Friendlies[]

11 September 2007	Australia	0–1	Argentina	showMelbourne, Australia
		Report	Demichelis 49'	Stadium: Melbourne Cricket Ground Attendance: 70,171 Referee: Mike Dean

17 November 2007	Australia	1–0	Nigeria	showLondon, England
	Carney 52'			Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 11,953 Referee:

22 March 2008	Singapore	0–0	Australia	showSingapore
		Report		Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 6,282 Referee:

23 May 2008	Australia	1–0	Ghana	showSydney, Australia
	Sterjovski 47'			Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium Attendance: 29,910 Referee:

World Cup 2010 qualifying[]

Group 1[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Australia	6	3	1	2	7	3	+4	10	—	3–0	1–0	0–1
Qatar	6	3	1	2	5	6	−1	10	1–3	—	2–0	0–0
Iraq	6	2	1	3	4	6	−2	7	1–0	0–1	—	1–1
China PR	6	1	3	2	3	4	−1	6	0–0	0–1	1–2	—

Source:^{[citation needed]}

6 February 2008 1	Australia	3–0	Qatar	showMelbourne, Australia
	Kennedy 10' Cahill 18' Bresciano 33'			Stadium: Telstra Dome Attendance: 50,969 Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)

26 March 2008 2	China PR	0–0	Australia	showKunming, China
				Stadium: Kunming Tuodong Sports Center Attendance: 33,000 Referee: (United Arab Emirates)

1 June 2008 3	Australia	1–0	Iraq	showBrisbane, Australia
	Kewell 47'			Stadium: Lang Park Attendance: 48,678 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

7 June 2008 4	Iraq	1–0	Australia	showDubai, United Arab Emirates
	Emad 27'			Stadium: Al-Ahli Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: (Japan)

14 June 2008 5	Qatar	1–3	Australia	showDoha, Qatar
	Ibrahim 89'		Emerton 17', 56' Kewell 74'	Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: (South Korea)

22 June 2008 6	Australia	0–1	China PR	showSydney, Australia
			Sun 11'	Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium Attendance: 70,054 Referee: Khalil Ibrahim Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)

Men's under-23[]

Friendlies[]

The following is a list of friendlies played by the men's senior national team in 2007–08.

2 March 2008	Australia	1–1	Mexico	showSan Francisco, United States
	Hearfield 88'	Report	D'Apuzzo 18' (o.g.)	Stadium: McAfee Coliseum Attendance: 47,440

15 May 2008 Intercontinental Cup group stage	Australia	3–0	Croatia	showKuala Lumpur, Malaysia
	Rukavytsya 19' Hearfield 52' Troisi 74'	Report		Stadium: Kuala Lumpur Stadium

18 May 2008 Intercontinental Cup group stage	Australia	2–1	Chile	showKuala Lumpur, Malaysia
	Simon 25' Zadkovich 60'	Report

20 May 2008 Intercontinental Cup group stage	Australia	4–0		showKuala Lumpur, Malaysia
	Hoffman 7' Downes 42' Zullo 65' Simon 70'	Report

23 May 2008 Intercontinental Cup semifinal	Australia	3–1	Republic of Ireland	showKuala Lumpur, Malaysia
	Simon 7', 13', 75'	Report	Judge 85'

25 May 2008 Intercontinental Cup final	Australia	0–2	Nigeria	showKuala Lumpur, Malaysia
		Report	Okorowanta 7' Sarki 85'	Referee: (Malaysia)

28 June 2008	Australia	3–4	Chile	showDarwin, Australia
	Downes 20', 68' Hearfield 76'	Report	Paredes 26', 85' Sagredo 47' Vargas 82'	Stadium: Darwin Football Stadium Attendance: 1,404 Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)

29 June 2008	Australia	1–1	Chile	showDarwin, Australia
	Sarkies 27' (pen.)	Report	Seymour 67'	Stadium: Darwin Football Stadium Attendance: 1,780 Referee: Peter Green (Australia)

2008 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers[]

22 August 2007 Preliminary Round 3	Iraq	0–0	Australia	showAl Rayyan, Qatar
		Report		Stadium: Ahmed bin Ali Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Sun Baojie (China)

8 September 2007 Preliminary Round 3	Australia	1–0	North Korea	showNewcastle, Australia
	Milligan 49'	Report		Stadium: EnergyAustralia Stadium Attendance: 4,903 Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama (Japan)

12 September 2007 Preliminary Round 3	Australia	3–0	Lebanon	showGosford, Australia
	Ward 6'	Report		Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium Attendance: 4,171 Referee: ()

17 October 2007 Preliminary Round 3	Lebanon	0–0	Australia	showBeirut, Lebanon
		Report		Stadium: Beirut Municipal Stadium Attendance: 350 Referee: Lee Gi-young (South Korea)

17 November 2007 Preliminary Round 3	Australia	2–0	Iraq	showGosford, Australia
	Leijer 18' Milligan 58'	Report		Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium Attendance: 13,888 Referee: Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore)

21 November 2007 Preliminary Round 3	North Korea	1–1	Australia	showPyongyang, North Korea
	Pak 10'	Report	Milligan 71'	Stadium: Kim Il-sung Stadium Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Muhsen Basma (Syria)

Men's under-20[]

Friendlies[]

The following is a list of friendlies played by the men's senior national team in 2007–08.

27 July 2007 Weifang Cup	Australia	1–0	South Korea	showWeifang, China
	M. Mullen 73'	Report

29 July 2007 Weifang Cup	Australia	4–1	Iran	showWeifang, China
	Holland 8', 76' 26', 89'	Report	60'

31 July 2007 Weifang Cup	China PR	1–0	Australia	showWeifang, China
	86'	Report

5 August 2007 Weifang Cup	Australia	1–0	Uzbekistan	showWeifang, China
	M. Mullen 31'	Report

2008 AFC U-19 Championship qualification[]

6 November 2007	Australia	2–0	Indonesia	showHo Chi Minh City, Vietnam
	D. Mullen 60' Nichols 80'	Report		Stadium: Attendance: 1,500 Referee: (China)

8 November 2007	Australia	2–0	Vietnam	showHo Chi Minh City, Vietnam
	Nichols 73' Cernak 80'	Report		Stadium: Attendance: 2,000 Referee: (Syria)

10 November 2007	Guatemala	0–15	Australia	showHo Chi Minh City, Vietnam
		Report	Nichols 9', 34', 51' Minniecon 15', 40' Trifiro 31', 45+1' Jesic 45+2' 53' Hoffman 60' Cernak 70' Sebastian Ryall 74', 80' 85' DeVere 90+4'	Stadium: Attendance: 500 Referee: (Uzbekistan)

14 November2007	South Korea	4–0	Australia	showHo Chi Minh City, Vietnam
	Kim Bo-kyung 3' Kim Dong-sub 28' Cho Young-cheol 40' Park Seung-il 69'	Report		Stadium: Attendance: 1,000 Referee: (Lebanon)

Men's under-17[]

Friendlies[]

The following is a list of friendlies played by the men's senior national team in 2007–08.

9 August 2007 Toyota International Youth Cup	Japan	3–0	Australia	showNagoya, Japan
	70'	Report

11 August 2007 Toyota International Youth Cup	Australia	0–3	United States	showNagoya, Japan
		Report

13 August 2007 Toyota International Youth Cup	Australia	3–0	South Korea	showNagoya, Japan
	Ibrahim Warren	Report

AFC U-16 Championship qualification[]

17 October 2007	Malaysia	0–2	Australia	showSingapore
		Report	Warren 14' Babalj 26'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: (Bangladesh)

17 October 2007	Australia	0–0	North Korea	showSingapore
		Report		Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Võ Minh Trí (Vietnam

Women's senior[]

Results and fixtures[]

Friendlies[]

1 March 2008	Australia	2–0	New Zealand	showSydney, Australia
	Walsh 16' 54'	Report		Stadium: Stockland Park

3 March 2008	Australia	2–1	New Zealand	showSydney, Australia
	Gill 22' Chapman 47'	Report	Kete 30'	Stadium: Stockland Park

5 March 2008	Australia	4–2	New Zealand	showSydney, Australia
	McCallum 9' Salisbury 58' (pen.) Polkinghorne 90'	Report	Smith 13' Moorwood 45'	Stadium: Stockland Park

27 April 2008	United States	3–2	Australia	showCary, North Carolina, United States
	Kai 35' Wambach 49' Lloyd 90'	Report	Gill 86' Salisbury 88'	Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 3,698 Referee: Margaret Domka (United States)

3 May 2008	United States	5–4	Australia	showBirmingham, Alabama, United States
	Tarpley 28', 42' Wambach 29', 46' Hucles 90+4'	Report	Whitehill 19' (o.g.) Walsh 49' Colthorpe 64' Rampone 69' (o.g.)	Stadium: Legion Field Attendance: 5,000 Referee: (United States)

23 May 2008	Australia	2–1	Canada	showSydney, Australia
	Chapman 22' Munoz 40'	Report	Lang 55'	Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium Referee: Tammy Ogston (Australia)

15 June 2008	Australia	1–2	United States	showSuwon, South Korea
	Garriock 57'	Report	Kai 35' Wambach 77'	Stadium: Suwon Sports Complex Attendance: 1,357 Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus (Germany)

17 June 2008	Australia	3–0	Italy	showSuwon, South Korea
	Garriock 66', 68' Chapman 89'	Report		Stadium: Suwon Sports Complex

19 June 2008	Australia	1–0	Brazil	showSuwon, South Korea
	Simon 90'			Stadium: Suwon Sports Complex Attendance: 1,075

Women's World Cup 2007[]

Group C[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	3	2	1	0	10	4	+6	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Australia	3	1	2	0	7	4	+3	5	Advance to knockout stage
3	Canada	3	1	1	1	7	4	+3	4
4	Ghana	3	0	0	3	3	15	−12	0

Source: FIFA

12 September 2007 1	Ghana	1–4	Australia	showHangzhou, China
	Amankwa 70'	Report	Walsh 15' De Vanna 57', 81' Garriock 69'	Stadium: Hangzhou Dragon Stadium Attendance: 30,752 Referee: (Colombia)

15 September 2007 2	Australia	1–1	Norway	showHangzhou, China
	De Vanna 83'	Report	Gulbrandsen 5'	Stadium: Hangzhou Dragon Stadium Attendance: 33,835 Referee: (China)

20 September 2007 3	Australia	2–2	Canada	showChengdu, China
	McCallum 53' Salisbury 90+2'	Report	Tancredi 1' Christine Sinclair 85'	Stadium: Chengu Sports Center Stadium Attendance: 29,300 Referee: (Hungary)

Knockout stage[]

23 September 2007 Quarter-finals	Brazil	3–2	Australia	showTianjin, China
	Formiga 4' Marta 23' (pen.) Rozeira 75'	Report	De Vanna 36' Colthorpe 68'	Stadium: Olympic Center Stadium Attendance: 35,061 Referee: Christine Beck (Germany)

Women's Asian Cup 2008[]

Group B[]

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Japan	3	2	1	15	4	+11	6
Australia	3	2	1	7	3	+4	6
South Korea	3	2	1	5	3	+2	6
Chinese Taipei	3	0	3	0	17	−17	0

29 May 2008 1	Australia	4–0	Chinese Taipei	showHo Chi Minh, Vietnam
	Garriock 19', 42' Tristram 51' De Vanna 82'	Report		Stadium: Thống Nhất Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: (North Korea)

31 May 2008 2	South Korea	0–2	Australia	showHo Chi Minh, Vietnam
		Report	Perry 30' De Vanna 69'	Stadium: Thống Nhất Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Bentla D'Coth (India)

2 June 2008 3	Australia	1–3	Japan	showHo Chi Minh, Vietnam
	Polkinghorne 70'	Report	Ando 8' Nagasato 33' Miyama 50'	Stadium: Thống Nhất Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: (North Korea)

Knockout stage[]

5 June 2008 Semi-finals	North Korea	3–0	Australia	showHo Chi Minh, Vietnam
	Kum-suk 2', 41', 60'	Report		Stadium: Thống Nhất Stadium Attendance: 2,700 Referee: (Thailand)

8 June 2008 Third place play-off	Australia	0–3	Japan	showHo Chi Minh, Vietnam
		Report	Nagasato 15' Miyama 78' Sawa 86'	Stadium: Thống Nhất Stadium Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Hong Eun-ah (South Korea)

Women's under-20[]

Friendlies[]

The following is a list of friendlies played by the women's under-20 national team in 2007–08.

28 September 2007	China PR	1–0	Australia	showChengdu, China
	33'	Report

30 September 2007	China PR	0–0	Australia	showChengdu, China
		Report

AFC U-19 Women's Championship[]

6 October 2007	Japan	1–0	Australia	showChongqing, China
	Kira 21'	Report		Stadium: Chongqing Olympic Sports Center Attendance: 300 Referee: (Thailand)

8 October 2007	Australia	1–2	North Korea	showChongqing, China
	Butt 13' (pen.)	Report	41' Ra Un-sim 83' (pen.)	Stadium: Chongqing Olympic Sports Center Attendance: 1,000 Referee: (China)

10 October 2007	Australia	2–1	Myanmar	showChongqing, China
	Connor 33' Simon 53'	Report	32'	Stadium: Chongqing Olympic Sports Center Attendance: 150 Referee: (Thailand)

Women's under-17[]

Friendlies[]

The following is a list of friendlies played by the women's under-17 national team in 2007–08.

29 January 2008	Australia	0–6	United States	showAuckland, New Zealand
		Report	S. Mewis 32', 41', 67' DiMartino 40' K. Mewis 59' Verloo 79'	Stadium: North Harbour Stadium

31 January 2008	Australia	1–5	Germany	showAuckland, New Zealand
	van Egmond 44'	Report	Huth 4' Knaak 26' 33' 62' Popp 81'	Stadium: North Harbour Stadium

2 February 2008	New Zealand	0–1	Australia	showAuckland, New Zealand
		Report	Tabain 44' (pen.)	Stadium: North Harbour Stadium

15 April 2008	Australia	0–4	New Zealand	showCanberra, Australia
		Report	Wall 16', 86' 35' Campbell 77'	Stadium: Australian Institute of Sport

17 April 2008	Australia	0–4	New Zealand	showCanberra, Australia
		Report	3', 40' McLaughlin 23', 33'	Stadium: Australian Institute of Sport

AFC competitions[]

AFC Champions League[]

Group stage[]

Group E[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Adelaide United	6	4	2	0	9	2	+7	14
Changchun Yatai	6	3	3	0	10	3	+7	12
Pohang Steelers	6	1	2	3	6	7	−1	5
Bình Dương	6	0	1	5	4	17	−13	1

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Group G[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Gamba Osaka	6	4	2	0	14	8	+6	14
Melbourne Victory	6	2	1	3	10	11	−1	7
Chunnam Dragons	6	1	3	2	8	10	−2	6
Chonburi	6	1	2	3	7	10	−3	5

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Knockout stage[]

Quarter-finals[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Kashima Antlers	1–2	Adelaide United	1–1	0–1

Semi-finals[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Adelaide United	3–1	Bunyodkor	3–0	0–1

Final[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Gamba Osaka	5–0	Adelaide United	3–0	2–0

Men's soccer[]

A-League[]

Pos	Team v t	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	Finals Series and 2009 AFC Champions League Group stage^[a]
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:

^ 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.
^ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Cup competitions[]

Pre-Season Challenge Cup[]

Final[]

12 August 2007

15:00 ACST

Adelaide United	2–1	Perth Glory
Djite 65' Cássio 83'		Bertos 45'

Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide

Attendance: 9,606

Referee: Ben Williams

Retirements[]

1 July 2007: Paul Okon, 35, former Marconi Stallions and Newcastle Jets midfielder.
1 July 2007: Fernando Rech, 33, former Brisbane Strikers and Parramatta Power striker.^[1]
1 January 2008: Brendan Renaud, 34, former Marconi Stallions, Parramatta Power, St George, Blacktown City and Sydney FC midfielder.
1 February 2008: Craig Deans, 33, former Fremantle Spirit and Newcastle Jets centre-back.
1 February 2008: Tony Vidmar, 37, former Adelaide City and Central Coast Mariners left-back.^[2]
1 March 2008: Damien Brown, 33, former Central Coast Mariners, Canberra Cosmos, Parramatta Power and Newcastle Jets midfielder.
21 April 2008: Stan Lazaridis, 35, former West Adelaide left midfielder.^[3]
12 July 2008: Richie Alagich, 34, former West Adelaide, South Melbourne, Brisbane Strikers and Adelaide United right-back.^[4]

References[]

^ Young, Richir (20 March 2007). "In My Own Words — Fernando Rech". ftbl.com.au.
^ ""Vidmar calls it a day"". Archived from the original on 3 June 2011. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
^ "Lazaridis cut loose by Glory". SBS. 21 April 2008.
^ Hassett, Sebastian (12 July 2008). "Alagich quits after three World Cups, two Olympics, two Asian Cups". The Sydney Morning Herald.

[table_note_res_GS0.1981042051679-1] 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.

[table_note_WP0.1981042051679-2] Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

[3] Young, Richir (20 March 2007). "In My Own Words — Fernando Rech". ftbl.com.au.

[4] ""Vidmar calls it a day"". Archived from the original on 3 June 2011. Retrieved 10 June 2020.

[5] "Lazaridis cut loose by Glory". SBS. 21 April 2008.

[6] Hassett, Sebastian (12 July 2008). "Alagich quits after three World Cups, two Olympics, two Asian Cups". The Sydney Morning Herald.

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