A-League 2007–08

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A-League 2007-08
League	A-League
Sport	Association football
Duration	July 2007-February 2008
Number of teams	8
Total attendance	1,227,273 (regular season)
TV partner/s	Fox Sports
A-League season
Champions	Newcastle Jets
Premiers	Central Coast Mariners
Top scorer	Joel Griffiths (12)
Pre-season Cup
Champions	Adelaide United
A-League seasons
← 2006-07	2008-09 →

The A-League 2007-08 season was the third season of the Australian A-League football (soccer) competition, won by the Newcastle Jets. Football Federation Australia hopes 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 will compete 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 have qualified for the 2009 AFC Champions League, as the competition's Premiers and Champions respectively.

Changes include:

• The New Zealand Knights, who folded at the conclusion of the 2006-07 season, have been replaced by Wellington Phoenix.^[1]
• An increase of the squad size, from 20 to 23 players, increasing the salary cap from AU$1.6 million to AU$1.85 million. ^[2][3]

Perth

Adelaide

Melbourne

Newcastle

Central Coast

Sydney

Queensland

Wellington

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

Home and away season

The league season will take a triple round-robin format, and will take place over 21 rounds between 24 August 2007 and 20 January 2008 with each team playing the other 7 teams 3 times.^[4]

Round 1

24 August 2007 20:00 UTC+10	Sydney FC	0 – 1	Central Coast Mariners	Sydney Football Stadium Attendance: 18,457 Referee: Peter Green
		(Report) (Summary)	Petrovski  7'

25 August 2007 19:00 UTC+10	Queensland Roar	2 – 2	Adelaide United	Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 16,828 Referee: Ben Williams
	McKay  45' Moore  63', 68' Ognenovski  76'	(Report) (Summary)	Burns  8' Djité  47'

26 August 2007 16:00 UTC+12	Wellington Phoenix	2 – 2	Melbourne Victory	Westpac Stadium Attendance: 14,421 Referee: Mark Shield
	Daniel  79' Smeltz  84'	(Report) (Summary)	Muscat  19' (pen) Allsopp  60'

Round 2

31 August 2007 20:00 UTC+10	Central Coast Mariners	3 – 0	Wellington Phoenix	Bluetongue Central Coast Stadium Attendance: 9,052 Referee: Peter Green
	Mrdja  9',  35' Kwasnik  13'	(Report) (Summary)

1 September 2007 17:00 UTC+10	Sydney FC	2 – 2	Adelaide United	Sydney Football Stadium Attendance: 14,233 Referee: Mark Shield
	Talay 13' Brosque  74'	(Report) (Summary)	Alagich  9' Burns  76'

2 September 2007 17:00 UTC+10	Newcastle Jets	1 – 1	Queensland Roar	EnergyAustralia Stadium Attendance: 13,144 Referee: Simon Przydacz
	J. Griffiths  89'	(Report) (Summary)	Reinaldo  70' McLaren  42', 85'

Round 3

6 September 2007 20:00 UTC+10	Queensland Roar	0 – 1	Central Coast Mariners	Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 8,815 Referee: Mark Shield
		(Report) (Summary)	Kwasnik  55'

7 September 2007 19:30 UTC+9:30	Adelaide United	1 – 1	Melbourne Victory	Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 12,231 Referee: Peter Green
	Dodd  83' (pen)	(Report) (Summary)	Vargas  80'

9 September 2007 17:00 UTC+12	Wellington Phoenix	0 – 1	Newcastle Jets	Westpac Stadium Attendance: 11,478 Referee: Peter O'Leary
		(Report) (Summary)	Thompson  77'

Round 4

14 September 2007 20:00 UTC+10	Sydney FC	1 – 2	Wellington Phoenix	Sydney Football Stadium Attendance: 11,491 Referee: Matthew Breeze
	Casey  6'	(Report) (Summary)	Felipè  8' Daniel  29' (pen)

15 September 2007 19:00 UTC+10	Newcastle Jets	1 – 0	Adelaide United	EnergyAustralia Stadium Attendance: 13,627 Referee: Angelo Nardi
	Bridge  81'	(Report) (Summary)

16 September 2007 17:00 UTC+10	Melbourne Victory	0 – 0	Central Coast Mariners	Telstra Dome Attendance: 27,351 Referee: Mark Shield
		(Report) (Summary)	Vidmar  90+2'

16 September 2007 17:00 UTC+8	Perth Glory	1 – 2	Queensland Roar	Members Equity Stadium Attendance: 7,203 Referee: Ben Williams
	Harnwell  14'	(Report) (Summary)	McCloughan  21' McKay  84'

Round 5

21 September 2007 20:00 UTC+10	Newcastle Jets	2 – 2	Melbourne Victory	EnergyAustralia Stadium Attendance: 11,179 Referee: Matthew Breeze
	A Griffiths  5' Musialik  21'	(Report) (Summary)	Thompson  65' Caceres  83'

22 September 2007 19:00 UTC+12	Wellington Phoenix	2 – 2	Adelaide United	Westpac Stadium Attendance: 12,127 Referee: Ben Williams
	Felipe  65' Smeltz  87'	(Report) (Summary)	Diego  70' Djite  78'

22 September 2007 19:00 UTC+10	Queensland Roar	0 – 1	Sydney FC	Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 16,582 Referee: Mark Shield
		(Report) (Summary)	Patrick  69'

23 September 2007 19:00 UTC+10	Central Coast Mariners	1 – 0	Perth Glory	Bluetongue Central Coast Stadium Attendance: 9,274 Referee: Craig Zetter
	Petrovski  80'	(Report) (Summary)

Round 6

28 September 2007 20:00 UTC+10	Melbourne Victory	2 – 0	Queensland Roar	Telstra Dome Attendance: 25,622 Referee: Ben Williams
	Muscat  68' (pen) Thompson  85'	(Report) (Summary)

29 September 2007 19:00 UTC+10	Sydney FC	1 – 0	Newcastle Jets	Sydney Football Stadium Attendance: 13,755 Referee: Craig Zetter
	Brosque  36'	(Report) (Summary)

30 September 2007 16:30 UTC+9:30	Adelaide United	2 – 1	Central Coast Mariners	Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 11,019 Referee: Matthew Breeze
	Djite  19',  88'	(Report) (Summary)	Petrovski  37' Vidmar  65', 79'

30 September 2007 17:00 UTC+12	Wellington Phoenix	4 – 1	Perth Glory	Westpac Stadium Attendance: 10,127 Referee: Peter Green
	R.Aloisi  14' Smeltz  42' Coveny  55' Lochhead  83'	(Report) (Summary)	Celeski  10' Djulbic  46', 54'

Round 7

5 October 2007 20:00 UTC+10	Queensland Roar	2 – 1	Wellington Phoenix	Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 12,458 Referee: Craig Zetter
	Zullo  4' Kruse  45+1'	(Report) (Summary)	Smeltz  90+5'

6 October 2007 19:00 UTC+10	Sydney FC	0 – 1	Melbourne Victory	Sydney Football Stadium Attendance: 18,436 Referee: Mark Shield
	Corica  25'	(Report) (Summary)	Allsopp  82'

7 October 2007 17:00 UTC+10	Central Coast Mariners	1 – 1	Newcastle Jets	Bluetongue Central Coast Stadium Attendance: 12,622 Referee: Matthew Breeze
	Pondeljak  62'	(Report) (Summary)	Bridge  82'

Round 8

12 October 2007 19:30 UTC+9:30	Adelaide United	4 – 1	Melbourne Victory	Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 13,372 Referee: Mark Shield
	Milicevic  14' (o.g.) Dodd  15',  54' Pantelis  90+2'	(Report) (Summary)	Thompson  45+2'

12 October 2007 20:00 UTC+8	Perth Glory	3 – 3	Sydney FC	Members Equity Stadium Attendance: 6,876 Referee: Matthew Breeze
	Harnwell  53' Robinson  59' Prentice  69'	(Report) (Summary)	Brosque  40',  90+3' Patrick  72'

14 October 2007 15:00 UTC+10	Newcastle Jets	2 – 1	Wellington Phoenix	EnergyAustralia Stadium Attendance: 11,947 Referee: Ben Williams
	Holland  17' J. Griffiths  40'	(Report) (Summary)	Old  90+4'

14 October 2007 17:00 UTC+10	Central Coast Mariners	0 – 1	Queensland Roar	Bluetongue Central Coast Stadium Attendance: 8,113 Referee: Peter O'Leary
	Porter  31'	(Report) (Summary)	McCloughan  5'

Round 9

19 October 2007 20:00 UTC+10	Newcastle Jets	1 – 1	Queensland Roar	EnergyAustralia Stadium Attendance: 12,326 Referee: Mark Shield
	J. Griffiths  49' (pen)	(Report) (Summary)	Kruse  1'

20 October 2007 19:00 UTC+10	Sydney FC	0 – 1	Adelaide United	Sydney Football Stadium Attendance: 12,922 Referee: Matthew Breeze
		(Report) (Summary)	Pantelis  53'

21 October 2007 17:00 UTC+12	Wellington Phoenix	1 – 2	Central Coast Mariners	Westpac Stadium Attendance: 10,560 Referee: Peter Green
	Elrich  24'	(Report) (Summary)	Heffernan  16' Petrovski  90+1'

21 October 2007 16:30 UTC+10	Melbourne Victory	2 – 1	Perth Glory	Telstra Dome Attendance: 25,598 Referee: Simon Przydacz
	Hernandez  24' Thompson  34'	(Report) (Summary)	Harnwell  42'

Round 10

26 October 2007 20:00 UTC+10	Melbourne Victory	0 – 2	Newcastle Jets	Telstra Dome Attendance: 27,123 Referee: Matthew Breeze
	Pantelidis  66'	(Report) (Summary)	A. Griffiths  8' J. Griffiths  88'

27 October 2007 19:00 UTC+10	Queensland Roar	3 – 3	Perth Glory	Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 16,715 Referee: Ben Williams
	Marcinho  45+3' Lynch  69' (pen)  86'	(Report) (Summary)	Moore  18' (o.g.) Harnwell  43' Coyne  90+3'

28 October 2007 15:00 UTC+10	Sydney FC	3 – 2	Central Coast Mariners	Sydney Football Stadium Attendance: 17,652 Referee: Mark Shield
	Brosque  16'  26' Popovic  32'	(Report) (Summary)	Hutchinson  27'  56'

28 October 2007 16:30 UTC+9:30	Adelaide United	4 – 1	Wellington Phoenix	Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 11,740 Referee: Simon Przydacz
	Giraldi  5' Burns  45+4' Pantelis  50' Spagnuolo  75'	(Report) (Summary)	Smeltz  3'

Round 11

2 November 2007 19:30 UTC+10:30	Adelaide United	0 – 1	Queensland Roar	Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 10,705 Referee: Peter Green
		(Report) (Summary)	Reinaldo  63'

2 November 2007 20:00 UTC+9	Perth Glory	0 – 1	Wellington Phoenix	Members Equity Stadium Attendance: 7,105 Referee: Simon Przydacz
		(Report) (Summary)	Daniel  51'

3 November 2007 19:00 UTC+11	Newcastle Jets	0 – 1	Sydney FC	EnergyAustralia Stadium Attendance: 16,433 Referee: Matthew Breeze
		(Report) (Summary)	Bridges  69'

4 November 2007 17:00 UTC+11	Central Coast Mariners	2 – 1	Melbourne Victory	Bluetongue Central Coast Stadium Attendance: 11,354 Referee: Mark Shield
	Petrovski  83',  73', 90' Pondeljak  88'	(Report) (Summary)	Keenan  22'