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The 2007–08 A-League was the 31st season of top-flight soccer in Australia, and the third season of the A-League 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.

A-League
Season2007–08
Dates24 August 2007 – 24 February 2008
ChampionsNewcastle Jets (1st title)
PremiersCentral Coast Mariners
(1st title)
AFC Champions LeagueNewcastle Jets,
Central Coast Mariners
Matches played111
Goals scored223 (2.01 per match)
Top goalscorerJoel Griffiths
(12 goals)
Best goalkeeperMichael Theoklitos
Biggest home winCentral 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 winNewcastle Jets 1–4 Perth Glory
Perth Glory 1–4 Queensland Roar
Central Coast Mariners 2–5 Melbourne Victory
Highest scoringCentral Coast Mariners 4–5 Sydney FC
Longest winning run4 games
Newcastle Jets
Longest unbeaten run6 games
Melbourne Victory
Longest winless run11 games
Perth Glory
Longest losing run4 games
Adelaide United
Wellington Phoenix
Highest attendance33,458
Lowest attendance6,252
Average attendance14,610 ( 1683)

← 2006–07

2008–09 →

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

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Adelaide United

Central Coast Mariners

Melbourne Victory

Newcastle Jets

Queensland Roar

Perth Glory

Sydney FC

Wellington Phoenix

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

Foreign players

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Club Visa 1 Visa 2 Visa 3 Visa 4 Non-Visa foreigner(s) Former player(s)
Adelaide United   Cássio   Diego Walsh   Bobby Petta   Jonas Salley1
Central Coast Mariners   André Gumprecht   John Hutchinson2
Melbourne Victory   Leandro Love   Carlos Hernández   Joe Keenan   Grant Brebner
Newcastle Jets   Denni   Mário Jardel   Song Jin-hyung   Jorge Drovandi
Perth Glory   James Robinson   Mate Dragicevic   Jerry Karpeh1
Queensland Roar   Marcinho   Reinaldo   Simon Lynch   Seo Hyuk-su1
Sydney FC   Juninho   Patrick da Silva   Terry McFlynn   Michael Enfield   Michael Bridges3
  Michael Herbet3
Wellington Phoenix   Cleberson   Daniel   Felipe   George

The following do not fill a Visa position:
1Those players who were born and started their professional career abroad but have since gained Australian Residency (and New Zealand Residency, in the case of Wellington Phoenix);
2Australian residents (and New Zealand residents, in the case of Wellington Phoenix) who have chosen to represent another national team;
3Injury Replacement Players, or National Team Replacement Players;
4Guest Players (eligible to play a maximum of ten games)

Salary cap exemptions and captains

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Club Marquee Captain Vice-Captain
Adelaide United   Paul Agostino[4]   Michael Valkanis[5][6]   Travis Dodd[7]
Central Coast Mariners   Tony Vidmar[8]   Alex Wilkinson[9] None
Melbourne Victory   Archie Thompson[10][11]   Kevin Muscat[12][13] None
Newcastle Jets   Mário Jardel[14]   Jade North[15]   Ante Covic[citation needed]
Perth Glory   Stan Lazaridis[16]   Simon Colosimo[17] None
Queensland Roar   Craig Moore[18]   Craig Moore[19] None
Sydney FC   Juninho[20]   Tony Popovic[21] None
Wellington Phoenix   Ahmad Elrich[22]   Ross Aloisi[23]   Tim Brown[23][24]

Pre-Season Challenge Cup

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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

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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.[25]

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Central Coast Mariners 21 10 4 7 30 25 +5 34 Qualification for 2009 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series[a]
2 Newcastle Jets (C) 21 9 7 5 25 21 +4 34
3 Sydney FC 21 8 8 5 28 24 +4 32 Qualification for 2008 Pan-Pacific Championship and Finals series
4 Queensland Roar 21 8 7 6 25 21 +4 31 Qualification for 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) Champions
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.
  • ^ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

    • Round 1

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    24 August 2007 Sydney FC 0–1 Central Coast Mariners Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
    20:00 UTC+10 Report
    Summary    		 Petrovski   7' Attendance: 18,457
    Referee: Peter Green
    25 August 2007 Queensland Roar 2–2 Adelaide United Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
    19:00 UTC+10 McKay   45'
    Ognenovski   76'    		 Report
    Summary    		 Burns   8'
    Djité   47'    		 Attendance: 16,828
    Referee: Ben Williams
    26 August 2007 Perth Glory 0–0 Newcastle Jets Members Equity Stadium, Perth
    15:00 UTC+8 Report
    Summary    		 Attendance: 8,508
    Referee: Simon Przydacz
    26 August 2007 Wellington Phoenix 2–2 Melbourne Victory Westpac Stadium, Wellington
    16:00 UTC+12 Daniel   79'
    Smeltz   84'    		 Report
    Summary    		 Muscat   19' (pen.)
    Allsopp   60'    		 Attendance: 14,421
    Referee: Mark Shield

    Round 2

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    31 August 2007 Central Coast Mariners 3–0 Wellington Phoenix Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
    20:00 UTC+10 Mrdja   9', 35'
    Kwasnik   13'    		 Report
    Summary    		 Attendance: 9,052
    Referee: Peter Green
    1 September 2007 Sydney FC 2–2 Adelaide United Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
    17:00 UTC+10 Talay  13'
    Brosque   74'    		 Report
    Summary    		 Alagich   9'
    Burns   76'    		 Attendance: 14,233
    Referee: Mark Shield
    1 September 2007 Melbourne Victory 0–0 Perth Glory Telstra Dome, Melbourne
    19:00 UTC+10 Report
    Summary    		 Attendance: 31,545
    Referee: Peter O'Leary
    2 September 2007 Newcastle Jets 1–1 Queensland Roar EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
    17:00 UTC+10 J. Griffiths   89' Report
    Summary    		 Reinaldo   70' Attendance: 13,144
    Referee: Simon Przydacz

    Round 3

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    6 September 2007 Queensland Roar 0–1 Central Coast Mariners Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
    20:00 UTC+10 Report
    Summary    		 Kwasnik   55' Attendance: 8,815
    Referee: Mark Shield
    7 September 2007 Adelaide United 1–1 Melbourne Victory Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
    19:30 UTC+9:30 Dodd   83' (pen.) Report
    Summary    		 Vargas   80' Attendance: 12,231
    Referee: Peter Green
    9 September 2007 Wellington Phoenix 0–1 Newcastle Jets Westpac Stadium, Wellington
    17:00 UTC+12 Report
    Summary    		 Thompson   77' Attendance: 11,478
    Referee: Peter O'Leary
    9 September 2007 Perth Glory 0–0 Sydney FC Members Equity Stadium, Perth
    15:00 UTC+8 Report
    Summary    		 Attendance: 7,907
    Referee: Craig Zetter

    Round 4

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    14 September 2007 Sydney FC 1–2 Wellington Phoenix Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
    20:00 UTC+10 Casey   6' Report
    Summary    		 Felipè   8'
    Daniel   29' (pen.)    		 Attendance: 11,491
    Referee: Matthew Breeze
    15 September 2007 Newcastle Jets 1–0 Adelaide United EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
    19:00 UTC+10 Bridge   81' Report
    Summary    		 Attendance: 13,627
    Referee: Angelo Nardi
    16 September 2007 Melbourne Victory 0–0 Central Coast Mariners Telstra Dome, Melbourne
    17:00 UTC+10 Report
    Summary    		 Attendance: 27,351
    Referee: Mark Shield
    16 September 2007 Perth Glory 1–2 Queensland Roar Members Equity Stadium, Perth
    17:00 UTC+8 Harnwell   14' Report
    Summary    		 McCloughan   21'
    McKay   84'    		 Attendance: 7,203
    Referee: Ben Williams

    Round 5

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    21 September 2007 Newcastle Jets 2–2 Melbourne Victory EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
    20:00 UTC+10 A Griffiths   5'
    Musialik   21'    		 Report
    Summary    		 Thompson   65'
    Caceres   83'    		 Attendance: 11,179
    Referee: Matthew Breeze
    22 September 2007 Wellington Phoenix 2–2 Adelaide United Westpac Stadium, Wellington
    19:00 UTC+12 Felipe   65'
    Smeltz   87'    		 Report
    Summary    		 Diego   70'
    Djite   78'    		 Attendance: 12,127
    Referee: Ben Williams
    22 September 2007 Queensland Roar 0–1 Sydney FC Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
    19:00 UTC+10 Report
    Summary    		 Patrick   69' Attendance: 16,582
    Referee: Mark Shield
    23 September 2007 Central Coast Mariners 1–0 Perth Glory Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
    19:00 UTC+10 Petrovski   80' Report
    Summary    		 Attendance: 9,274
    Referee: Craig Zetter

    Round 6

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    28 September 2007 Melbourne Victory 2–0 Queensland Roar Telstra Dome, Melbourne
    20:00 UTC+10 Muscat   68' (pen.)
    Thompson   85'    		 Report
    Summary    		 Attendance: 25,622
    Referee: Ben Williams
    29 September 2007 Sydney FC 1–0 Newcastle Jets Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
    19:00 UTC+10 Brosque   36' Report
    Summary    		 Attendance: 13,755
    Referee: Craig Zetter
    30 September 2007 Adelaide United 2–1 Central Coast Mariners Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
    16:30 UTC+9:30 Djite   19', 88' Report
    Summary    		 Petrovski   37' Attendance: 11,019
    Referee: Matthew Breeze
    30 September 2007 Wellington Phoenix 4–1 Perth Glory Westpac Stadium, Wellington
    17:00 UTC+12 R.Aloisi   14'
    Smeltz   42'
    Coveny   55'
    Lochhead   83'    		 Report
    Summary    		 Celeski   10' Attendance: 10,127
    Referee: Peter Green

    Round 7

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    5 October 2007 Queensland Roar 2–1 Wellington Phoenix Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
    20:00 UTC+10 Zullo   4'
    Kruse   45+1'    		 Report
    Summary    		 Smeltz   90+5' Attendance: 12,458
    Referee: Craig Zetter
    6 October 2007 Sydney FC 0–1 Melbourne Victory Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
    19:00 UTC+10 Report
    Summary    		 Allsopp   82' Attendance: 18,436
    Referee: Mark Shield
    7 October 2007 Central Coast Mariners 1–1 Newcastle Jets Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
    17:00 UTC+10 Pondeljak   62' Report
    Summary    		 Bridge   82' Attendance: 12,622
    Referee: Matthew Breeze
    7 October 2007 Perth Glory 0–0 Adelaide United Members Equity Stadium, Perth
    17:00 UTC+8 Report
    Summary    		 Attendance: 6,252
    Referee: Peter Green

    Round 8

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    12 October 2007 Adelaide United 4–1 Melbourne Victory Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
    19:30 UTC+9:30 Milicevic   14' (o.g.)
    Dodd   15', 54'
    Pantelis   90+2'    		 Report
    Summary    		 Thompson   45+2' Attendance: 13,372
    Referee: Mark Shield
    12 October 2007 Perth Glory 3–3 Sydney FC Members Equity Stadium, Perth
    20:00 UTC+8 Harnwell   53'
    Robinson   59'
    Prentice   69'    		 Report
    Summary    		 Brosque   40', 90+3'
    Patrick   72'    		 Attendance: 6,876
    Referee: Matthew Breeze
    14 October 2007 Newcastle Jets 2–1 Wellington Phoenix EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
    15:00 UTC+10 Holland   17'
    J. Griffiths   40'    		 Report
    Summary    		 Old   90+4' Attendance: 11,947
    Referee: Ben Williams
    14 October 2007 Central Coast Mariners 0–1 Queensland Roar Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
    17:00 UTC+10 Report
    Summary    		 McCloughan   5' Attendance: 8,113
    Referee: Peter O'Leary

    Round 9

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    19 October 2007 Newcastle Jets 1–1 Queensland Roar EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
    20:00 UTC+10 J. Griffiths   49' (pen.) Report
    Summary    		 Kruse   1' Attendance: 12,326
    Referee: Mark Shield
    20 October 2007 Sydney FC 0–1 Adelaide United Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
    19:00 UTC+10 Report
    Summary    		 Pantelis   53' Attendance: 12,922
    Referee: Matthew Breeze
    21 October 2007 Wellington Phoenix 1–2 Central Coast Mariners Westpac Stadium, Wellington
    17:00 UTC+12 Elrich   24' Report
    Summary    		 Heffernan   16'
    Petrovski   90+1'    		 Attendance: 10,560
    Referee: Peter Green
    21 October 2007 Melbourne Victory 2–1 Perth Glory Telstra Dome, Melbourne
    16:30 UTC+10 Hernandez   24'
    Thompson   34'    		 Report
    Summary    		 Harnwell   42' Attendance: 25,598
    Referee: Simon Przydacz

    Round 10

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    26 October 2007 Melbourne Victory 0–2 Newcastle Jets Telstra Dome, Melbourne
    20:00 UTC+10 Report
    Summary    		 A. Griffiths   8'
    J. Griffiths   88'    		 Attendance: 27,123
    Referee: Matthew Breeze
    27 October 2007 Queensland Roar 3–3 Perth Glory Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
    19:00 UTC+10 Marcinho   45+3'
    Lynch   69' (pen.), 86'    		 Report
    Summary    		 Moore   18' (o.g.)
    Harnwell   43'
    Coyne   90+3'    		 Attendance: 16,715
    Referee: Ben Williams
    28 October 2007 Sydney FC 3–2 Central Coast Mariners Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
    15:00 UTC+10 Brosque   16', 26'
    Popovic   32'    		 Report
    Summary    		 Hutchinson   27', 56' Attendance: 17,652
    Referee: Mark Shield
    28 October 2007 Adelaide United 4–1 Wellington Phoenix Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
    16:30 UTC+9:30 Giraldi   5'
    Burns   45+4'
    Pantelis   50'
    Spagnuolo   75'    		 Report
    Summary    		 Smeltz   3' Attendance: 11,740
    Referee: Simon Przydacz

    Round 11

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    2 November 2007 Adelaide United 0–1 Queensland Roar Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
    19:30 UTC+10:30 Report
    Summary    		 Reinaldo   63' Attendance: 10,705
    Referee: Peter Green
    2 November 2007 Perth Glory 0–1 Wellington Phoenix Members Equity Stadium, Perth
    20:00 UTC+9 Report
    Summary    		 Daniel   51' Attendance: 7,105
    Referee: Simon Przydacz
    3 November 2007 Newcastle Jets 0–1 Sydney FC EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
    19:00 UTC+11 Report
    Summary    		 Bridges   69' Attendance: 16,433
    Referee: Matthew Breeze
    4 November 2007 Central Coast Mariners 2–1 Melbourne Victory Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
    17:00 UTC+11 Petrovski   83'
    Pondeljak   88'    		 Report
    Summary    		 [ Hernández   77' Attendance: 11,354
    Referee: Mark Shield

    Round 12

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    9 November 2007 Newcastle Jets 1–4 Perth Glory EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
    20:00 UTC+11 J. Griffiths   49' Report
    Summary    		 Durante   25' (o.g.)
    J. Simpson   51'
    Rukavytsya   63', 90+1'    		 Attendance: 8,112
    Referee: Peter Green
    10 November 2007 Central Coast Mariners 2–0 Adelaide United Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
    17:00 UTC+11 J.Aloisi   48' (pen.), 59' Report
    Summary    		 Attendance: 11,680
    Referee: Simon Przydacz
    10 November 2007 Melbourne Victory 0–0 Sydney FC Telstra Dome, Melbourne
    19:00 UTC+11 Report
    Summary    		 Attendance: 31,884
    Referee: Mark Shield
    11 November 2007 Queensland Roar 3–0 Wellington Phoenix Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
    17:00 UTC+10 Reinaldo   67' (pen.), 79'
    Marcinho   83'    		 Report
    Summary    		 Attendance: 13,808
    Referee: Matthew Breeze

    Round 13

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    16 November 2007 Queensland Roar 1–0 Melbourne Victory Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
    19:00 UTC+10 Kruse   10' Report
    Summary    		 Attendance: 17,207
    Referee: Ben Williams
    17 November 2007 Wellington Phoenix 1–1 Sydney FC Westpac Stadium, Wellington
    19:00 UTC+12 R.Aloisi   29' Report
    Summary    		 Talay   90+3' (pen.) Attendance: 8,062
    Referee: Peter Green
    18 November 2007 Adelaide United 1–1 Newcastle Jets Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
    18:30 UTC+10:30 Dodd   76' Report
    Summary    		 J. Griffiths   70' Attendance: 10,256
    Referee: Matthew Breeze
    18 November 2007 Perth Glory 0–1 Central Coast Mariners Members Equity Stadium, Perth
    19:00 UTC+9 Summary Owens   13' Attendance: 7,310
    Referee: Craig Zetter

    Round 14

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    23 November 2007 Adelaide United 1–1 Perth Glory Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
    19:30 UTC+10:30 Alagich   41' Report
    Summary    		 Harnwell   68' Attendance: 10,678
    Referee: Peter O'Leary
    24 November 2007 Melbourne Victory 1–1 Wellington Phoenix Telstra Dome, Melbourne
    19:00 UTC+11 Allsopp   43' Report
    Summary    		 Lia   58' Attendance: 20,938
    Referee: Peter Green
    25 November 2007 Newcastle Jets 0–0 Central Coast Mariners EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
    17:00 UTC+11 Report
    Summary    		 Attendance: 14,169
    Referee: Mark Shield
    25 November 2007 Sydney FC 0–0 Queensland Roar Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
    19:00 UTC+11 Report
    Summary    		 Attendance: 16,569
    Referee: Matthew Breeze

    Round 15

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    30 November 2007 Wellington Phoenix 1–2 Adelaide United Westpac Stadium, Wellington
    19:30 UTC+12 Daniel   69' (pen.) Report
    Summary    		 Agostino   9'
    Pantelis   79'    		 Attendance: 18,345
    Referee: Craig Zetter
    30 November 2007 Queensland Roar 0–1 Newcastle Jets Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
    19:00 UTC+10 Report
    Summary    		 J. Griffiths   90+2' Attendance: 14,193
    Referee: Peter Green
    22 December 2007[26] Central Coast Mariners 4–5 Sydney FC Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
    19:00 UTC+11 Jedinak   3'
    J.Aloisi   16'
    Owens   63' (pen.)
    Kwasnik   86'    		 Report
    Summary    		 Fyfe   33'
    McFlynn   50'
    Biddle   71'
    Santalab   76'
    Talay   90+5' (pen.)    		 Attendance: 17,514
    Referee: Matthew Breeze
    2 December 2007 Perth Glory 3–1 Melbourne Victory Members Equity Stadium, Perth
    17:00 UTC+9 Harnwell   18'
    Rukavytsya   27', 46'    		 Report
    Summary    		 Caceres   38' Attendance: 8,030
    Referee: Ben Williams

    Round 16

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    7 December 2007 Wellington Phoenix 3–0 Perth Glory Westpac Stadium, Wellington
    19:00 UTC+12 Smeltz   29' (pen.), 72'
    Felipe   32'    		 Report
    Summary    		 Attendance: 8,039
    Referee: Strebre Delovski
    7 December 2007 Sydney FC 1–0 Newcastle Jets Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
    20:00 UTC+11 Corica   90+3' Report
    Summary    		 Attendance: 10,732
    Referee: Matthew Breeze
    8 December 2007 Melbourne Victory 2–2 Adelaide United Telstra Dome, Melbourne
    19:00 UTC+11 Muscat   71' (pen.)
    Alagich   90+2' (o.g.)    		 Report
    Summary    		 Agostino   18', 50' Attendance: 22,466
    Referee: Peter Green
    9 December 2007 Queensland Roar 2–1 Central Coast Mariners Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
    18:00 UTC+10 Vidmar   21' (o.g.)
    McKay   28'    		 Report
    Summary    		 J.Aloisi   13' Attendance: 16,442
    Referee: Ben Williams

    Round 17

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    14 December 2007 Wellington Phoenix 1–1 Queensland Roar Westpac Stadium, Wellington
    19:30 UTC+12 Smeltz   24' Report
    Summary    		 Reinaldo   5' Attendance: 9,384
    Referee: Ben Williams
    14 December 2007 Adelaide United 1–2 Central Coast Mariners Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
    19:30 UTC+10:30 Agostino   70' Report
    Summary    		 J.Aloisi   24'
    Petrovski   48'    		 Attendance: 11,123
    Referee: Peter Green
    15 December 2007 Sydney FC 2–4 Perth Glory Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
    19:00 UTC+11 Corica   50'
    Bridges   90'    		 Report
    Summary    		 Celeski   34', 35', 77' (pen.)
    Bertos   49'    		 Attendance: 12,402
    Referee: Michael Hester
    16 December 2007 Melbourne Victory 1–3 Newcastle Jets Telstra Dome, Melbourne
    17:00 UTC+11 Hernández   11' Report
    Summary    		 Denni   41'
    J. Griffiths   54', 76'    		 Attendance: 22,626
    Referee: Matthew Breeze

    Round 18

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    28 December 2007 Adelaide United 1–3 Sydney FC Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
    19:30 UTC+10:30 Sarkies   20' Report
    Summary    		 Santalab   44'
    Corica   54'
    Middleby   66'    		 Attendance: 25,039
    Referee: Matthew Breeze
    30 December 2007 Newcastle Jets 2–3 Wellington Phoenix EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
    19:00 UTC+11 Bridge   29' (pen.)
    Tunbridge   81'    		 Report
    Summary    		 Smeltz   16'
    Ferrante   49'
    Rees   51'    		 Attendance: 15,107
    Referee: Strebre Delovski
    30 December 2007 Perth Glory 1–4 Queensland Roar Members Equity Stadium, Perth
    19:00 UTC+9 Rizzo   57' Report
    Summary    		 Kruse   34'
    Reinaldo   42'
    Minniecon   59'
    McCloughan   74'    		 Attendance: 9,614
    Referee: Peter Green
    31 December 2007 Central Coast Mariners 2–5 Melbourne Victory Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
    18:00 UTC+11 Jedinak   32'
    J.Aloisi   63'    		 Report
    Summary    		 Caceres   4'
    Allsopp   23', 61'
    Thompson   36'
    Muscat   43' (pen.)    		 Attendance: 18,686
    Referee: Mark Shield

    Round 19

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    4 January 2008 Wellington Phoenix 0–2 Sydney FC Westpac Stadium, Wellington
    19:30 UTC+12 Report
    Summary    		 McFlynn   79'
    Brosque   83'    		 Attendance: 14,288
    Referee: Ben Williams
    4 January 2008 Newcastle Jets 2–1 Adelaide United EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
    20:00 UTC+11 J. Griffiths   13'
    Holland   73'    		 Report
    Summary    		 Pantelis   41' Attendance: 13,047
    Referee: Peter Green
    5 January 2008 Queensland Roar 1–2 Melbourne Victory Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
    19:00 UTC+10 Marcinho   73' Report
    Summary    		 Allsopp   56'
    Thompson   63'    		 Attendance: 21,475
    Referee: Matthew Breeze
    6 January 2008 Perth Glory 1–1 Central Coast Mariners Members Equity Stadium, Perth
    19:00 UTC+9 Rukavytsya   69' Report
    Summary    		 Hutchinson   38' Attendance: 6,727
    Referee: Strebre Delovski

    Round 20

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    11 January 2008 Melbourne Victory 3–0 Wellington Phoenix Telstra Dome, Melbourne
    20:00 UTC+11 Hernández   31'
    Ward   35'
    Patafta   88'    		 Report
    Summary    		 Attendance: 25,489
    Referee: Peter Green
    12 January 2008 Central Coast Mariners 1–2 Newcastle Jets Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
    19:00 UTC+11 Kwasnik   9' Report
    Summary    		 Holland   6'
    J. Griffiths   52'    		 Attendance: 19,238
    Referee: Matthew Breeze
    13 January 2008 Queensland Roar 0–0 Sydney FC Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
    18:00 UTC+10 Report
    Summary    		 Attendance: 31,933
    Referee: Mark Shield
    13 January 2008 Perth Glory 3–2 Adelaide United Members Equity Stadium, Perth
    19:00 UTC+9 Robinson   12'
    Rukavytsya   45+1'
    Harnwell   62'    		 Report
    Summary    		 Djité   8'
    Dodd   59'    		 Attendance: 8,025
    Referee: Ben Williams

    Round 21

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    18 January 2008 Newcastle Jets 2–1 Perth Glory EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
    20:00 UTC+11 J. Griffiths   22'
    Bridge   64'    		 Report
    Summary    		 Harnwell   45+2' Attendance: 16,212
    Referee: Michael Hester
    19 January 2008 Central Coast Mariners 2–0 Wellington Phoenix Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
    19:00 UTC+11 Aloisi   52'
    Kwasnik   90+4'    		 Report
    Summary    		 Attendance: 9,849
    Referee: Kevin Docherty
    20 January 2008 Sydney FC 2–2 Melbourne Victory Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
    17:00 UTC+11 Corica   4'
    Brosque   62'    		 Report
    Summary    		 Milligan   46' (o.g.)
    Allsopp   76'    		 Attendance: 33,458
    Referee: Peter O'Leary
    20 January 2008 Adelaide United 2–0 Queensland Roar Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
    18:30 UTC+10:30 Djite   18'
    Pantelis   45'    		 Report
    Summary    		 Attendance: 10,803
    Referee: Strebre Delovski

    Finals series

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    SemifinalsPreliminary finalFinal
    2Newcastle Jets2021Central Coast Mariners0
    1Central Coast Mariners0332Newcastle Jets1
    2Newcastle Jets (a.e.t.)3
    4Queensland Roar2
    3Sydney FC000
    4Queensland Roar022

    Semi-finals

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    25 January 2008 Sydney FC 0–0 Queensland Roar Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
    20:00 UTC+11 Report
    Summary    		 Attendance: 23,450
    Referee: Mark Shield
    27 January 2008 Newcastle Jets 2–0 Central Coast Mariners EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
    18:00 UTC+11 A. Griffiths   22'
    J. Griffiths   85' (pen.)    		 Report
    Summary    		 Attendance: 22,960
    Referee: Matthew Breeze
    8 February 2008 Queensland Roar 2–0 Sydney FC Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
    20:07 UTC+10
    (Delayed Kickoff)
  • S. Ognenovski   84' (pen.)
    		•  Report
    Summary    		 Attendance: 36,221
    Referee: Mark Shield
    10 February 2008 Central Coast Mariners 3–0 (a.e.t.) Newcastle Jets Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
    18:00 UTC+11 Kwasnik   37'
    Petrovski   74', 95'    		 Summary Attendance: 19,112
    Referee: Ben Williams

    Preliminary-final

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    17 February 2008 Newcastle Jets 3–2 (a.e.t.) Queensland Roar EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
    18:00 UTC+11
  • J.Griffiths   104' (pen.)
  • Elrich   111'
    		•  Report
    Summary    		 Reinaldo   90+2' (pen.), 118' (pen.) Attendance: 16,021
    Referee: Peter Green

    Grand Final

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    See also: 2008 A-League Grand Final
    24 February 2008 Central Coast Mariners 0–1 Newcastle Jets Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
    17:00 UTC+11 Summary Mark Bridge   64' Attendance: 36,354
    Referee: Mark Shield

    Season statistics

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    Leading scorers

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    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   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
    6   Lucas Pantelis Adelaide United 1 1 1 1 1 1

      Goal scored from penalty kick

    Attendance

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    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 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
    {{{T9}}} 0 0 0 0 0
    {{{T10}}} 0 0 0 0 0
    {{{T11}}} 0 0 0 0 0
    {{{T12}}} 0 0 0 0 0
    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.

    Top 10 attendances

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    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

    Disciplinary

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    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

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    See also

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    References

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    1. ^ "Kiwis alive as Townsville pulls pin". Fox Sports. 19 March 2007. Retrieved 19 March 2007.
  • ^ "The time is right to go into the ref's book". The Age. 31 December 2006. Retrieved 24 January 2007.
  • ^ "A-League lifts its salary cap to $1.8m". The Sydney Morning Herald. 23 April 2007. Retrieved 23 April 2007.
  • ^ "Agostino Scores on His Debut". FTBL. 17 August 2007. United's marquee Paul Agostino scored in...
  • ^ "Injured Adelaide United skipper out for season". Brisbane Times. 10 September 2007.
  • ^ "Valkanis and Costanzo Stay With Adelaide". FTBL. 12 February 2008. Valkanis, a member of Adelaide United's inaugural squad back in 2003, was appointed captain prior to the 2007/08 season
  • ^ "Dodd Gets The Nod As Skipper". FTBL. 31 July 2008. Travis was vice-captain last year
  • ^ "Vidmar announces retirement". ABC News. 14 February 2008. Vidmar joined the Mariners as a marquee signing in the 2006–07 season
  • ^ "Captain Wilkinson promoted to Centurion". Central Coast Mariners. Football Federation Australia. 8 February 2011. Wilkinson took the captain-s armband from an injured Noel Spencer late in the second season of the Hyundai A-League
  • ^ Lynch, Michael (30 April 2016). "Archie Thompson should play on after leaving Melbourne Victory". The Sydney Morning Herald. As Victory's inauguaral marquee signing...
  • ^ "Archie Thompson, Adrian Leijer sign new deals with Melbourne Victory". The Guardian. 2 May 2014. Victory's first ever signing, and scorer, will join up with new marquee Besart Berisha next season, after agreeing a new deal with the club that takes him inside the salary cap
  • ^ "Muscat Takes on Coaching Role". FTBL. 29 August 2007. MELBOURNE Victory skipper Kevin Muscat has signed a new two-year contract that sees him taking on a coaching role as well as the captaincy
  • ^ "Kevin Muscat appointed as new Melbourne Victory coach". The Guardian. 31 October 2013. Phoenix's Ernie Merrick was the Victory's inaugural coach and Muscat the club's inaugural captain
  • ^ "Jardel flies in for Jets". The World Game. SBS. 14 August 2007.
  • ^ "North heading to Korea". Newcastle Jets. 13 December 2008. North is a Newcastle Jets foundation player, having been with the club since the 2005/06 Hyundai A-League season, and was instated as captain last season.
  • ^ Cockerill, Michael (14 December 2006). "Sydney stars on the radar as Smith goes Glory seeking". The Sydney Morning Herald. One player who will still be at the Glory next season is marquee signing Stan Lazaridis
  • ^ "Colosimo new Perth skipper". The World Game. SBS. 8 August 2007. Archived from the original on 14 September 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2008.
  • ^ Ritson, Jon (24 July 2007). "Moore Signs With Roar". FourFourTwo. Archived from the original on 30 September 2012.
  • ^ "Moore has his hands full". A-League. 28 September 2008. Queensland Roar captain Craig Moore might be....
  • ^ Cockerill, Michael (1 August 2007). "Sydney FC end marquee mess with Juninho swoop". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  • ^ "Poppa's Yer Ante in Family Affair". FTBL. 19 September 2007. ROAR striker Ante Milicic says there will be no love lost when he faces brother-in-law and Sydney FC captain Tony Popovic this Saturday.
  • ^ Maddaford, Terry (13 May 2008). "Soccer: Phoenix patient for marquee player". The New Zealand Herald. Of the marquee player – they had Socceroo Ahmad Elrich filling that role for the latter part of last season...
  • ^ a b "Aloisi named captain of Phoenix". The Sydney Morning Herald. 17 June 2007.
  • ^ "Durante named Wellington Phoenix skipper". Nine MSN. 17 July 2008. Archived from the original on 30 March 2012. Midfielder Brown filled the vice-captain's role with the Phoenix last season, also taking the field with the captain's armband despite a frustrating run of injuries.
  • ^ Hyundai A-League 2007–08 Season Draw[permanent dead link], A-League, 23 April 2007.
  • ^ Match postponed due to heavy rain affecting pitch conditions.

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