A-League 2007-08

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The New Zealand Knights, who folded at the conclusion of the 2006-07 season, have been replaced by the Wellington Phoenix.^[1]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

[edit] 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 July 14, 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.

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Home and away season

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

[edit] Round 1

August 24, 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'

August 25, 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'	Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 16,828 Referee: Ben Williams

August 26, 2007 15:00 UTC+8	Perth Glory	0 – 0	Newcastle Jets	Members Equity Stadium Attendance: 8,508 Referee: Simon Przydacz
		(Report) (Summary)

August 26, 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'	Westpac Stadium Attendance: 14,421 Referee: Mark Shield

[edit] Round 2

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

September 1, 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'

September 1, 2007 19:00 UTC+10	Melbourne Victory	0 – 0	Perth Glory	Telstra Dome Attendance: 31,545 Referee: Peter O'Leary
		(Report) (Summary)		Telstra Dome Attendance: 31,545 Referee: Peter O'Leary

September 2, 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'

[edit] 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'	Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 8,815 Referee: Mark Shield

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'	Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 12,231 Referee: Peter Green

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

9 September 2007 15:00 UTC+8	Perth Glory	0 – 0	Sydney FC	Members Equity Stadium Attendance: 7,907 Referee: Craig Zetter
		(Report) (Summary)

[edit] 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'	Telstra Dome Attendance: 27,351 Referee: Mark Shield

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'

[edit] 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'	Westpac Stadium Attendance: 12,127 Referee: Ben Williams

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'	Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 16,582 Referee: Mark Shield

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

[edit] 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)		Telstra Dome Attendance: 25,622 Referee: Ben Williams

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'	Westpac Stadium Attendance: 10,127 Referee: Peter Green

[edit] 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'	Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 12,458 Referee: Craig Zetter

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 Stadium Attendance: 12,622 Referee: Matthew Breeze
	Pondeljak 62'	(Report) (Summary)	Bridge 82'

7 October 2007 17:00 UTC+8	Perth Glory	0 – 0	Adelaide United	Members Equity Stadium Attendance: 6,252 Referee: Peter Green
		(Report) (Summary)

[edit] 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'	Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 13,372 Referee: Mark Shield

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 Stadium Attendance: 8,113 Referee: Peter O'Leary
	Porter 31'	(Report) (Summary)	McCloughan 5'	Bluetongue Stadium Attendance: 8,113 Referee: Peter O'Leary

[edit] 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'	Westpac Stadium Attendance: 10,560 Referee: Peter Green

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'	Telstra Dome Attendance: 25,598 Referee: Simon Przydacz

[edit] 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'	Telstra Dome Attendance: 27,123 Referee: Matthew Breeze

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'	Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 16,715 Referee: Ben Williams

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'

[edit] 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'	Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 10,705 Referee: Peter Green

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 Stadium Attendance: 11,354 Referee: Mark Shield
	Petrovski 83', 73', 90' Pondeljak 88'	(Report) (Summary)	Keenan 22' Hernández 77' Vargas 90'	Bluetongue Stadium Attendance: 11,354 Referee: Mark Shield

[edit] Round 12

9 November 2007 20:00 UTC+11	Newcastle Jets	1 – 4	Perth Glory	EnergyAustralia Stadium Attendance: 8,112 Referee: Peter Green
	J. Griffiths 49'	(Report) (Summary)	Durante 25' (o.g.) J. Simpson 51' Rukavytsya 63' 90+1'

10 November 2007 17:00 UTC+11	Central Coast Mariners	2 – 0	Adelaide United	Bluetongue Stadium Attendance: 11,680 Referee: Simon Przydacz
	J.Aloisi 48' (pen) 59'	(Report) (Summary)

10 November 2007 19:00 UTC+11	Melbourne Victory	0 – 0	Sydney FC	Telstra Dome Attendance: 31,884 Referee: Mark Shield
		(Report) (Summary)		Telstra Dome Attendance: 31,884 Referee: Mark Shield

11 November 2007 17:00 UTC+10	Queensland Roar	3 – 0	Wellington Phoenix	Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 13,808 Referee: Matthew Breeze
	Reinaldo 67' (pen) 79' Marcinho 83'	(Report) (Summary)	Elrich 34'	Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 13,808 Referee: Matthew Breeze

[edit] Round 13

16 November 2007 19:00 UTC+10	Queensland Roar	1 – 0	Melbourne Victory	Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 17,207 Referee: Ben Williams
	Kruse 10'	(Report) (Summary)		Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 17,207 Referee: Ben Williams

17 November 2007 19:00 UTC+12	Wellington Phoenix	1 – 1	Sydney FC	Westpac Stadium Attendance: 8,062 Referee: Peter Green
	R.Aloisi 29' Old 61', 90+2'	(Report) (Summary)	Popovic 27', 70' Talay 90+3' (pen)	Westpac Stadium Attendance: 8,062 Referee: Peter Green

18 November 2007 18:30 UTC+10:30	Adelaide United	1 – 1	Newcastle Jets	Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 10,256 Referee: Matthew Breeze
	Dodd 76'	(Report) (Summary)	J. Griffiths 70'

18 November 2007 19:00 UTC+9	Perth Glory	0 – 1	Central Coast Mariners	Members Equity Stadium Attendance: 7,310 Referee: Craig Zetter
		(Summary)	Owens 13' Jedinak 83', 88'

[edit] Round 14

23 November 2007 19:30 UTC+10:30	Adelaide United	1 – 1	Perth Glory	Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 10,678 Referee: Peter O'Leary
	Alagich 41'	(Report) (Summary)	Harnwell 68'	Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 10,678 Referee: Peter O'Leary

24 November 2007 19:00 UTC+11	Melbourne Victory	1 – 1	Wellington Phoenix	Telstra Dome Attendance: 20,938 Referee: Peter Green
	Muscat 34', 35' Allsopp 43'	(Report) (Summary)	Lia 58'	Telstra Dome Attendance: 20,938 Referee: Peter Green

25 November 2007 17:00 UTC+11	Newcastle Jets	0 – 0	Central Coast Mariners	EnergyAustralia Stadium Attendance: 14,169 Referee: Mark Shield
		(Report) (Summary)

25 November 2007 19:00 UTC+11	Sydney FC	0 – 0	Queensland Roar	Sydney Football Stadium Attendance: 16,569 Referee: Matthew Breeze
		(Report) (Summary)	Packer 43', 83'

[edit] Round 15

30 November 2007 19:30 UTC+12	Wellington Phoenix	1 – 2	Adelaide United	Westpac Stadium Attendance: 18,345 Referee: Craig Zetter
	Daniel 69' (pen)	(Report) (Summary)	Agostino 9' Pantelis 79' Šušak 49', 69'	Westpac Stadium Attendance: 18,345 Referee: Craig Zetter

30 November 2007 19:00 UTC+10	Queensland Roar	0 – 1	Newcastle Jets	Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 14,193 Referee: Peter Green
		(Report) (Summary)	J. Griffiths 90+2'	Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 14,193 Referee: Peter Green

1 December 2007 19:00 UTC+11 Postponed	Central Coast Mariners	v	Sydney FC	Bluetongue Stadium Referee: Matthew Breeze
				Bluetongue Stadium Referee: Matthew Breeze

Game was postponed until 22 December 2007 due to heavy rain affecting pitch conditions.

2 December 2007 17:00 UTC+9	Perth Glory	3 – 1	Melbourne Victory	Members Equity Stadium Attendance: 8,030 Referee: Ben Williams
	Harnwell 18' Rukavytsya 27' 46'	Report (Summary)	Caceres 38'

[edit] Round 16

7 December 2007 19:00 UTC+12	Wellington Phoenix	3 – 0	Perth Glory	Westpac Stadium Attendance: 8,039 Referee: Srebre Delovski
	Smeltz 29' (pen), 72' Felipe 32'	(Report) (Summary)	Topor-Stanley 27' Harnwell 74'	Westpac Stadium Attendance: 8,039 Referee: Srebre Delovski

7 December 2007 20:00 UTC+11	Sydney FC	1 – 0	Newcastle Jets	Sydney Football Stadium Attendance: 10,732 Referee: Matthew Breeze
	Zadkovich 52' Corica 90+3'	(Report) (Summary)

8 December 2007 19:00 UTC+11	Melbourne Victory	2 – 2	Adelaide United	Telstra Dome Attendance: 22,466 Referee: Peter Green
	Muscat 71' (pen) Alagich 90+2' (o.g.)	(Report) (Summary)	Agostino 18' 50'	Telstra Dome Attendance: 22,466 Referee: Peter Green

9 December 2007 18:00 UTC+10	Queensland Roar	2 – 1	Central Coast Mariners	Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 16,442 Referee: Ben Williams
	Vidmar 21' (o.g.) McKay 28'	(Report) (Summary)	J.Aloisi 13'	Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 16,442 Referee: Ben Williams

[edit] Round 17

14 December 2007 19:30 UTC+12	Wellington Phoenix	1 – 1	Queensland Roar	Westpac Stadium Attendance: 9,384 Referee: Ben Williams
	Smeltz 24'	(Report) (Summary)	Reinaldo 5'	Westpac Stadium Attendance: 9,384 Referee: Ben Williams

14 December 2007 19:30 UTC+10:30	Adelaide United	1 – 2	Central Coast Mariners	Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 11,123 Referee: Peter Green
	Agostino 70'	(Report) (Summary)	J.Aloisi 24' Petrovski 48'	Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 11,123 Referee: Peter Green

15 December 2007 19:00 UTC+11	Sydney FC	2 – 4	Perth Glory	Sydney Football Stadium Attendance: 12,402 Referee: Michael Hester
	Corica 50' Bridges 90'	(Report) (Summary)	Celeski 34' 35' 77' (pen) Bertos 49'

16 December 2007 17:00 UTC+11	Melbourne Victory	1 – 3	Newcastle Jets	Telstra Dome Attendance: 22,626 Referee: Matthew Breeze
	Hernández 11'	(Report) (Summary)	Denni 41' J. Griffiths 54' 76'	Telstra Dome Attendance: 22,626 Referee: Matthew Breeze

[edit] Round 15 completion

22 December 2007 19:00 UTC+11	Central Coast Mariners	4 – 5	Sydney FC	Bluetongue Stadium Attendance: 17,514 Referee: Matthew Breeze
	Jedinak 3' J.Aloisi 16' Vukovic 17' Owens 63' (pen) Kwasnik 86' 90+4'	(Report) (Summary)	Fyfe 33' McFlynn 50' Biddle 71' Santalab 76' Talay 90+5' (pen)

[edit] Round 18

28 December 2007 19:30 UTC+10:30	Adelaide United	1 – 3	Sydney FC	Adelaide Oval Attendance: 25,039 Referee: Matthew Breeze
	Sarkies 20' Cornthwaite 33'	(Report) (Summary)	Santalab 44' Corica 54' Middleby 66'	Adelaide Oval Attendance: 25,039 Referee: Matthew Breeze

30 December 2007 19:00 UTC+11	Newcastle Jets	2 – 3	Wellington Phoenix	EnergyAustralia Stadium Attendance: 15,107 Referee: Srebre Delovski
	Bridge 29' (pen) Tunbridge 81'	(Report) (Summary)	Smeltz 16' Ferrante 49' Rees 51'

30 December 2007 19:00 UTC+9	Perth Glory	1 – 4	Queensland Roar	Members Equity Stadium Attendance: 9,614 Referee: Peter Green
	Rizzo 57'	(Report) (Summary)	Kruse 34' Reinaldo 42' Minniecon 59' McCloughan 74'

31 December 2007 18:00 UTC+11	Central Coast Mariners	2 – 5	Melbourne Victory	Bluetongue Stadium Attendance: 18,686 Referee: Mark Shield
	Jedinak 32' J.Aloisi 63'	(Report) (Summary)	Caceres 4' Allsopp 23' 61' Thompson 36' Muscat 43' (pen)	Bluetongue Stadium Attendance: 18,686 Referee: Mark Shield

[edit] Round 19

4 January 2008 19:30 UTC+12	Wellington Phoenix	0 – 2	Sydney FC	Westpac Stadium Attendance: 14,288 Referee: Ben Williams
	R. Aloisi 90+1'	(Report) (Summary)	McFlynn 79' Brosque 83'	Westpac Stadium Attendance: 14,288 Referee: Ben Williams

4 January 2008 20:00 UTC+11	Newcastle Jets	2 – 1	Adelaide United	EnergyAustralia Stadium Attendance: 13,047 Referee: Peter Green
	J. Griffiths 13' Holland 73'	(Report) (Summary)	Pantelis 41' Barbiero 18, 45+1'

5 January 2008 19:00 UTC+10	Queensland Roar	1 – 2	Melbourne Victory	Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 21,475 Referee: Matthew Breeze
	Marcinho 73'	(Report) (Summary)	Allsopp 56' Thompson 63'	Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 21,475 Referee: Matthew Breeze

6 January 2008 19:00 UTC+9	Perth Glory	1 – 1	Central Coast Mariners	Members Equity Stadium Attendance: 6,727 Referee: Srebre Delovski
	Rukavytsya 69'	(Report) (Summary)	Hutchinson 38'

[edit] Round 20

11 January 2008 20:00 UTC+11	Melbourne Victory	3 – 0	Wellington Phoenix	Telstra Dome Attendance: 25,489 Referee: Peter Green
	Hernández 31' Ward 35' Patafta 88'	(Report) (Summary)		Telstra Dome Attendance: 25,489 Referee: Peter Green

12 January 2008 19:00 UTC+11	Central Coast Mariners	1 – 2	Newcastle Jets	Bluetongue Stadium Attendance: 19,238 Referee: Matthew Breeze
	Kwasnik 9'	(Report) (Summary)	Holland 6' J. Griffiths 52'

13 January 2008 18:00 UTC+10	Queensland Roar	0 – 0	Sydney FC	Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 31,933 Referee: Mark Shield
		(Report) (Summary)		Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 31,933 Referee: Mark Shield

13 January 2008 19:00 UTC+9	Perth Glory	3 – 2	Adelaide United	Members Equity Stadium Attendance: 8,025 Referee: Ben Williams
	Robinson 12' Rukavytsya 45+1' Harnwell 62'	(Report) (Summary)	Djité 8' Dodd 59'

[edit] Round 21

18 January 2008 20:00 UTC+11	Newcastle Jets	2 – 1	Perth Glory	EnergyAustralia Stadium Attendance: 16,212 Referee: Michael Hester
	J. Griffiths 22' Bridge 64'	(Report) (Summary)	Rizzo 37' Harnwell 45+2'

19 January 2008 19:00 UTC+11	Central Coast Mariners	2 – 0	Wellington Phoenix	Bluetongue Stadium Attendance: 9,849 Referee: Kevin Docherty
	Aloisi 52' Kwasnik 90+4'	(Report) (Summary)

20 January 2008 17:00 UTC+11	Sydney FC	2 – 2	Melbourne Victory	Sydney Football Stadium Attendance: 33,458 Referee: Peter O'Leary
	Corica 4' Brosque 62'	(Report) (Summary)	Milligan 46' (o.g.) Allsopp 76'

20 January 2008 18:30 UTC+10:30	Adelaide United	2 – 0	Queensland Roar	Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 10,803 Referee: Srebre Delovski
	Djite 18' Pantelis 45'	(Report) (Summary)	Tiatto 41'

[edit] League table

edit ladder

#	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Central Coast Mariners	21	10	4	7	30	25	5sm=n	34
2	Newcastle Jets	21	9	7	5	25	21	4sm=n	34
3	Sydney FC	21	8	8	5	28	24	4sm=n	32
4	Queensland Roar	21	8	7	6	25	21	4sm=n	31
5	Melbourne Victory	21	6	9	6	29	29	0sm=n	27
6	Adelaide United	21	6	8	7	31	29	2sm=n	26
7	Perth Glory	21	4	8	9	27	34	-7sm=n	20
8	Wellington Phoenix	21	5	5	11	25	37	-12sm=n	20

[edit] Finals series

See A-League#Regular_season for information on how teams are ranked at the end of the Regular Season.

Semifinals				Preliminary final			Grand final
		L1	L2
	Jan 27 & Feb 10
1	Central Coast Mariners	0	3					February 24
2	Newcastle Jets	2	0		February 17			Central Coast Mariners	0
					Newcastle Jets (aet)	3		Newcastle Jets	1
	Jan 25 & Feb 8				Queensland Roar	2
3	Sydney FC	0	0
4	Queensland Roar	0	2

[edit] Minor Semi-Final (Leg 1)

25 January 2008 20:00 UTC+11	Sydney FC	0 – 0	Queensland Roar	Sydney Football Stadium Attendance: 23,450 Referee: Mark Shield
		(Report) (Summary)

[edit] Major Semi-Final (Leg 1)

27 January 2008 18:00 UTC+11	Newcastle Jets	2 – 0	Central Coast Mariners	EnergyAustralia Stadium Attendance: 22,960 Referee: Matthew Breeze
	A. Griffiths 22' J. Griffiths 85' (pen)	(Report) (Summary)

[edit] Minor Semi-Final (Leg 2)

8 February 2008 20:07 UTC+10 (Delayed Kickoff)	Queensland Roar	2 – 0	Sydney FC	Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 36,221 Referee: Mark Shield
	Reinaldo 13' S. Ognenovski 84' (pen)	(Report) (Summary)	Middleby 20'	Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 36,221 Referee: Mark Shield

[edit] Major Semi-Final (Leg 2)

10 February 2008 18:00 UTC+11	Central Coast Mariners	2 – 0 3 – 0 (AET)	Newcastle Jets	Bluetongue Stadium Attendance: 19,112 Referee: Ben Williams
	Kwasnik 37' Petrovski 74' 95'	(Summary)		Bluetongue Stadium Attendance: 19,112 Referee: Ben Williams

[edit] Preliminary Final

17 February 2008 18:00 UTC+11	Newcastle Jets	3 – 2 (AET)	Queensland Roar	EnergyAustralia Stadium Attendance: 16,021 Referee: Peter Green
	Thompson 40' J.Griffiths 104' (pen) Elrich 111'	(Report) (Summary)	Reinaldo 90+2' (pen), 118' (pen) Moore 77', 112'

[edit] Grand Final

See also: A-League Grand Final 2008

24 February 2008 17:00 UTC+11	Central Coast Mariners	0 – 1	Newcastle Jets	Sydney Football Stadium Attendance: 36,354 Referee: Mark Shield
	Vukovic 90+5'	(Summary)	Bridge 64'

[edit] Leading scorers

Further information: A-League Top scorers

Total	Player		Team	Goals per Round
Total	Player		Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
12		Joel Griffiths	Newcastle Jets		1						1	1	1		1	1		1		2		1	1	1
9		Shane Smeltz	Wellington Phoenix	1				1	1	1			1						2	1	1
8		Alex Brosque	Sydney FC		1				1		2		2									1		1
8		Jamie Harnwell	Perth Glory				1				1	1	1				1	1					1	1
7		Daniel Allsopp	Melbourne Victory	1						1							1				2	1		1
7		John Aloisi	Central Coast Mariners												2			1	1	1	1			1
6		Sasho Petrovski	Central Coast Mariners	1				1	1			1		1						1
6		Reinaldo	Queensland Roar		1									1	2					1	1
6		Archie Thompson	Melbourne Victory					1	1		1	1									1	1
As of the end of the regular season

A goal was scored from a penalty kick

[edit] 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 scoring the most goals in the home and away season (12 goals).
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.

[edit] Attendance

Attendance	Round	Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue	Weekday	Time of Day
36,354	Grand Final	February 24, 2008	Central Coast Mariners	0 – 1	Newcastle Jets	Sydney Football Stadium	Sunday	Day
36,221	Finals - Week 2	February 8, 2008	Queensland Roar	2 – 0	Sydney FC	Suncorp Stadium	Sunday	Night
33,458	Round 21	January 20, 2008	Sydney FC	2 – 2	Melbourne Victory	Sydney Football Stadium	Sunday	Day
31,933	Round 20	January 13, 2008	Queensland Roar	0 – 0	Sydney FC	Suncorp Stadium	Sunday	Twilight
31,884	Round 12	November 10, 2007	Melbourne Victory	0 – 0	Sydney FC	Telstra Dome	Saturday	Night
31,545	Round 2	September 1, 2007	Melbourne Victory	0 – 0	Perth Glory	Telstra Dome	Saturday	Night
27,351	Round 4	September 16, 2007	Melbourne Victory	0 – 0	Central Coast Mariners	Telstra Dome	Sunday	Afternoon
27,123	Round 10	October 26, 2007	Melbourne Victory	0 – 2	Newcastle Jets	Telstra Dome	Friday	Night
25,622	Round 6	September 28, 2007	Melbourne Victory	2 – 0	Queensland Roar	Telstra Dome	Friday	Night
25,598	Round 9	October 21, 2007	Melbourne Victory	2 – 1	Perth Glory	Suncorp Stadium	Sunday	Afternoon
25,489	Round 20	January 11, 2008	Melbourne Victory	3 – 0	Wellington Phoenix	Telstra Dome	Friday	Night
25,039	Round 18	December 28, 2007	Adelaide United	1 – 3	Sydney FC	Adelaide Oval	Friday	Night
23,450	Finals - Week 1	January 25, 2008	Sydney FC	0 – 0	Queensland Roar	Sydney Football Stadium	Friday	Night
22,960	Finals - Week 1	January 27, 2008	Newcastle Jets	2 – 0	Central Coast Mariners	EnergyAustralia Stadium	Sunday	Afternoon
22,626	Round 17	December 16, 2007	Melbourne Victory	1 – 3	Newcastle Jets	Telstra Dome	Sunday	Afternoon
22,466	Round 16	December 8, 2007	Melbourne Victory	2 – 2	Adelaide United	Telstra Dome	Saturday	Night
21,475	Round 19	January 5, 2008	Queensland Roar	1 – 2	Melbourne Victory	Suncorp Stadium	Saturday	Night
20,938	Round 14	November 24, 2007	Melbourne Victory	1 – 1	Wellington Phoenix	Telstra Dome	Saturday	Night

[edit] Stadiums

Stadium	Capacity	A-League Clubs
Telstra Dome	56,347	Melbourne Victory
Suncorp Stadium	52,500	Queensland Roar
Sydney Football Stadium	45,500	Sydney FC
Westpac Stadium	36,000	Wellington Phoenix
EnergyAustralia Stadium	26,126	Newcastle Jets
Bluetongue Central Coast Stadium	20,059	Central Coast Mariners
Members Equity Stadium	17,288	Perth Glory
Hindmarsh Stadium	16,500	Adelaide United

[edit] Regular season

Team	Hosted	Average	Highest	Lowest	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
Totals	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.

[edit] Fair Play award

The Fair Play Award will go to 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		2nd Caution Red Card
3 points		Direct Red Card

Team	Yellow	Direct Red	2nd Caution Red	Points
Newcastle Jets	44	0	0	44
Perth Glory	34	3	1	45
Sydney FC	42	2	1	50
Queensland Roar	45	0	3	51
Wellington Phoenix	46	2	1	54
Adelaide United	45	1	3	54
Melbourne Victory	43	3	1	54
Central Coast Mariners	44	4	3	62

[edit] See also

[edit] References

^ "Kiwis alive as Townsville pulls pin", Fox Sports, 2007-03-19. Retrieved on 2007-03-19.
^ "The time is right to go into the ref's book", The Age, 2006-12-31. Retrieved on 2007-01-24.
^ "A-League lifts its salary cap to $1.8m", Sydney Morning Herald, 2007-04-23. Retrieved on 2007-04-23.
^ Hyundai A-League 2007-08 Season Draw, Hyundai A-League, 23 April 2007.

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[edit] Pre-Season Challenge Cup

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[edit] Round 1

[edit] Round 2

[edit] Round 3

[edit] Round 4

[edit] Round 5

[edit] Round 6

[edit] Round 7

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[edit] Round 9

[edit] Round 10

[edit] Round 11

[edit] Round 12

[edit] Round 13

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[edit] Round 16

[edit] Round 17

[edit] Round 15 completion

[edit] Round 18

[edit] Round 19

[edit] Round 20

[edit] Round 21

[edit] League table

[edit] Finals series

[edit] Minor Semi-Final (Leg 1)

[edit] Major Semi-Final (Leg 1)

[edit] Minor Semi-Final (Leg 2)

[edit] Major Semi-Final (Leg 2)

[edit] Preliminary Final

[edit] Grand Final

[edit] Leading scorers

[edit] Awards

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