2007–08 A-League

A-League
Season 2007–08
Champions Newcastle Jets (1st title)
Premiers Central Coast Mariners (1st title)
AFC Champions League Newcastle Jets,
Central Coast Mariners
Matches played 111
Goals scored 223 (2.01 per match)
Top goalscorer Joel Griffiths
(12 goals)
Biggest home win Central 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 win Newcastle Jets 1–4 Perth Glory
Perth Glory 1–4 Queensland Roar
Central Coast Mariners 2–5 Melbourne Victory
Highest scoring Central Coast Mariners 4–5 Sydney FC
Longest winning run 4 games
Newcastle Jets
Longest unbeaten run 6 games
Melbourne Victory
Longest winless run 11 games
Perth Glory
Longest losing run 4 games
Adelaide United
Wellington Phoenix
Highest attendance 33,458
Lowest attendance 6,252
Average attendance 14,610

The 2007–08 A-League was the third season of the Australian A-League soccer 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:

Clubs

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

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.[4]

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 2009 AFC Champions League Group stage
2 Newcastle Jets (C) 21 9 7 5 25 21+4 34
3 Sydney FC 21 8 8 5 28 24+4 32 2008 Pan-Pacific Championship
4 Queensland Roar 21 8 7 6 25 21+4 31 2008 A-League Finals Series
5 Melbourne Victory 21 6 9 6 29 290 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 21 5 5 11 25 37−12 20

Updated to games played on 20 January 2008
Source: theworldgame.sbs.com.au
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
1First place through to fourth place qualify for the 2008 A-League Finals Series.
2First place qualifies for the 2009 AFC Champions League Group stage.
3Winning 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.
4Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the 2009 AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

Round 13

Round 14

Round 15

Round 16

Round 17

Round 18

Round 19

Round 20

Round 21

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

Preliminary-final

Grand Final

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 Victory1026,06431,88420,938260,642
Queensland Roar1116,95131,9338,815186,456
Sydney FC1116,37333,45810,732180,107
Newcastle Jets1113,20916,4338,112145,303
Central Coast Mariners1012,74119,2388,113127,409
Adelaide United1012,69725,03910,256126,966
Wellington Phoenix1011,68318,3458,039116,833
Perth Glory117,5969,6146,25283,557
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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.

All attendances over 20,000

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
25,489 Round 20 11 January 2008 Melbourne Victory 3–0 Wellington Phoenix Telstra Dome Friday Night
25,039 Round 18 28 December 2007 Adelaide United 1–3 Sydney FC Adelaide Oval Friday Night
23,450 Finals – Week 1 25 January 2008 Sydney FC 0–0 Queensland Roar Sydney Football Stadium Friday Night
22,960 Finals – Week 1 27 January 2008 Newcastle Jets 2–0 Central Coast Mariners EnergyAustralia Stadium Sunday Afternoon
22,626 Round 17 16 December 2007 Melbourne Victory 1–3 Newcastle Jets Telstra Dome Sunday Afternoon
22,466 Round 16 8 December 2007 Melbourne Victory 2–2 Adelaide United Telstra Dome Saturday Night
21,475 Round 19 5 January 2008 Queensland Roar 1–2 Melbourne Victory Suncorp Stadium Saturday Night
20,938 Round 14 24 November 2007 Melbourne Victory 1–1 Wellington Phoenix Telstra Dome Saturday Night

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
2 points Second Caution Red Card
3 points Direct Red Card
Team 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

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Kiwis alive as Townsville pulls pin". Fox Sports. 19 March 2007. Retrieved 19 March 2007.
  2. ↑ "The time is right to go into the ref's book". The Age. 31 December 2006. Retrieved 24 January 2007.
  3. ↑ "A-League lifts its salary cap to $1.8m". Sydney Morning Herald. 23 April 2007. Retrieved 23 April 2007.
  4. ↑ Hyundai A-League 2007–08 Season Draw, Hyundai A-League, 23 April 2007.
  5. ↑ Match postponed due to heavy rain affecting pitch conditions.
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