2007–08 Manchester City F.C. season

Manchester City
2007–08 season
Owner & ; chairman	Thaksin Shinawatra
Manager	Sven-Göran Eriksson
Stadium	City of Manchester Stadium
Premier League	9th
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Fifth round
Top goalscorer	League: Elano (8); All: Elano (10)
Highest home attendance	47,321; (vs. Liverpool, 30 December 2007)
Lowest home attendance	20,938; (vs. Norwich City, 25 September 2007)
Average home league attendance	42,126

The 2007–08 season was Manchester City Football Club's sixth consecutive season playing in the Premier League, the top division of English football, and its 11th season since the Premier League was first created, with Manchester City as one of its original 22 founding member clubs. Overall, it was the team's 116th season playing in a division of English football, most of which have been spent in the top flight.

Season review

The season started with a new owner in Thaksin Shinawatra and his newly appointed manager, Sven-Göran Eriksson. After spending three of the four previous Premier League seasons finishing in low mid-table positions (i.e., two to four places above the relegation zone), the Manchester City team was badly in need of an influx of new blood if it was to avoid a similar fate, or worse, in the upcoming season. Consequently, the newly infused funds from the club's wealthy Thai owner came at quite a fortuitous time for the team, and Eriksson was very active in the summer transfer market as he spent approximately £30 million adding eight relatively high-profile players to the City first team squad.

As a consequence of this mini spending spree Manchester City started the new season strongly and spent a large portion of it occupying one of the top five positions in the Premier League table. Unfortunately, the strong results of the first two-thirds of the season were not sustained in the final third and the team ultimately slipped down the rankings to finish the season in ninth place. This loss of form in the final months also led to Shinawatra summarily sacking Eriksson, a decision that was received with mixed emotions by the Manchester City supporters since both characters had achieved the status of "white knights" in their eyes for their respective financial and managerial contributions to the transformation of the club.[1] Two days after his end-of-season dismissal, on 2 June 2008 Eriksson was replaced by Mark Hughes.[2]

This season also saw Manchester City gain entry into the next season's UEFA Cup competition by finishing sixth in the English "Fair Play" rankings (with the five teams ranked above City having already qualified for European competition).

Team kit

Supplier: Le Coq Sportif / Sponsor: Thomas Cook

Home

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Memorial

Away

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Third

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Third alt. 2

Goalkeeper 1

Goalkeeper 2

Goalkeeper 3

Kit description

The start of the 2007–08 Premier League campaign saw a number of changes for Manchester City, the most notable being the hiring of former England manager Sven-Göran Eriksson, while a somewhat less prominent change for the club saw the termination of Reebok as the team's kit supplier (for the four previous seasons) with the French sportswear manufacturer, Le Coq Sportif, now resuming this role once again. The shirt sponsor continued to be Thomas Cook, although the travel company had undergone a name change during the close season after its announced merger with MyTravel Group in June 2007, with the newly merged company now being called Thomas Cook Group.

The switch to a new kit supplier resulted in three new team kits for this season. The new home kit consisted of a return to a full sky blue shirt, but now with vertical white pin stripes on the body (but not the sleeves and shoulders) together with matching solid sky blue socks and the traditional all white shorts. The shirt sported a Le Coq Sportif logo on the upper portion of both sleeves with the Manchester City crest in the centre of the chest above the Thomas Cook logo, while the City crest was also repeated at the base of the right leg on the shorts.

The new away kit – a striking solid purple colour but sporting the same vertical white pin stripes on the body of the shirt as the home kit plus all the same kit supplier, sponsorship and club crest logos – was possibly a throwback to the classic maroon and thin white striped shirts that had been the club's one-time strip created for its appearance at Wembley in the 1956 FA Cup Final against Birmingham City. In comparison to the new home and away kits, the new third kit consisted of a relatively conservative all white shirt and socks with solid sky blue shorts, with the white shirt sporting a thin sky blue diagonal sash across the front of the left shoulder.

New goalkeeper strips – a two-tone green (solid light green shirt plus solid dark green shorts and socks), an all-grey change and a yellow third with purple shorts and socks, were introduced for this season.

On 10 February 2008, during the club's local derby game against Manchester United, the City team played in a one-off special kit to mark the 50-year memorial of the Munich air disaster. This kit was devoid of the pinstripes, contained no kit supplier or sponsorship logos and had a black ribbon on the right shoulder bearing "1958–2008", with "Manchester remembers" written underneath.[3]

Historical league performance

Prior to this season, the history of Manchester City's performance in the English football league hierarchy since the creation of the Premier League in 1992 is summarised by the following timeline chart – which commences with the last season (1991–92) of the old Football League First Division (from which the Premier League was formed).

Friendly games

Pre-season

14 July 2007	Doncaster Rovers	1–3	Manchester City	Doncaster, England
15:00 BST	McDaid 17'	MCFC report	48' Corradi 62' Richards 64' Mpenza	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 6,375

18 July 2007	Örgryte IS	1–4	Manchester City	Varberg, Sweden
19:00 BST	Mwila 37'	MCFC report BBC Sport report YouTube video	18' Bianchi 53' Corradi 61' Samaras 64' Logan 65' Fernandes 75' Dickov	Stadium: Påskbergsvallen Attendance: 5,000+

21 July 2007	Carlstad United	0–4	Manchester City	Karlstad, Sweden
15:00 BST		MCFC report	5' Corradi 20' 51' Bianchi 52' Richards 78' Laird	Stadium: Tingvalla IP

28 July 2007	Charleroi	2–0	Manchester City	Charleroi, Belgium
18:00 BST	Oulmers 20' (pen.) Jovial 35'	MCFC report M.E.N. report	39' M. Mills	Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi

1 August 2007	Shrewsbury Town	0–2	Manchester City	Shrewsbury, England
19:45 BST		MCFC report Guardian report	42' Geovanni 81' Corradi 90' Dickov	Stadium: New Meadow

Thomas Cook Trophy

4 August 2007	Manchester City	0–1	Valencia	Manchester, England
15:00 BST	Corradi 74'	M.E.N. report Guardian report Dailymotion video	10' Silva 52' Angulo	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 27,902 Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)

Post-season

17 May 2008	Thai League All-Star XI	3–1	Manchester City	Bangkok, Thailand
17:00 (local time)	Ney Fabiano 37' Sripan 44' Chanabut 73'	MCFC report	22' Caicedo	Stadium: Rajamangala National Stadium Attendance: 25,000

22 May 2008	Hong Kong Invitational XI	3–1	Manchester City	Hong Kong, China
18:00 (local time)	Giovane 27' Festus 48' Liang 71'	MCFC report	15' Hamann	Stadium: Hong Kong Stadium Attendance: 20,000

Competitive games

Premier League

Position in final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	Blackburn Rovers	38	15	13	10	50	48	+2	58
8	Portsmouth	38	16	9	13	48	40	+8	57	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[lower-alpha 1]
9	Manchester City	38	15	10	13	45	53	−8	55	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round[lower-alpha 2]
10	West Ham United	38	13	10	15	42	50	−8	49
11	Tottenham Hotspur	38	11	13	14	66	61	+5	46	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[lower-alpha 3]

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
For further information on European qualification see Premier League – Competition
Notes:

As FA Cup winners
Manchester City qualified as the highest-ranked team not already qualified for European competitions of Premier League Fair Play Ranking by The Football Association, the top association among UEFA Fair Play ranking winners.
As League Cup winners

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	15	10	13	45	53	−8	55	11	4	4	28	20	+8	4	6	9	17	33	−16

Last updated: 11 May 2008 (end of season).
Source: Premier League results 2007–08

Points breakdown

Points at home: 37
Points away from home: 18

Points against "Big Four" teams: 7
Points against promoted teams: 13

6 points: Manchester United, Newcastle United, Sunderland

4 points: Aston Villa, Bolton Wand., Derby County, Portsmouth, West Ham Utd.

3 points: Birmingham City, Middlesbrough, Reading, Tottenham Hotspur

2 points: Wigan Athletic

1 point: 0Blackburn Rovers, Fulham, Liverpool

0 points: Arsenal, Chelsea, Everton

Biggest & smallest

Biggest home wins: 4–2 vs. Bolton Wanderers, 15 December 2007
000000000003–1 vs. Middlesbrough, 7 October 2007 & vs. Portsmouth, 20 April 2008
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Biggest home defeats: 1–3 vs. Arsenal, 2 February 2008
00000000000000000000–2 vs. Everton, 25 February 2008 & vs. Chelsea, 5 April 2008
Biggest away wins: 0–2 vs. West Ham, 11 Aug. 2007 & vs. Newcastle Utd., 2 Jan. 2008
Biggest away defeat: 8–1 vs. Middlesbrough, 11 May 2008

Biggest home attendance: 47,321 vs. Liverpool, 30 December 2007
Smallest home attendance: 38,261 vs. Wigan Athletic, 1 March 2008
Biggest away attendance: 75,970 vs. Manchester United, 10 February 2008
Smallest away attendance: 18,614 vs. Wigan Athletic, 1 December 2007

Results per matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A
Result	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	D	L	W	D	D	D	W	L	D	D	L	W	L	D	L	W	D	L	L	W	W	L	L	L
Position	2	2	1	2	5	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	6	4	4	5	5	4	7	5	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	9

Updated to match(es) played on 11 May 2008. Source: 2007–08 Premier League results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Individual match reports

11 August 2007 1	West Ham United	0–2	Manchester City	London, England
15:00 BST		MCFC report	Bianchi 18' Geovanni 87'	Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 34,921 Referee: Peter Walton

15 August 2007 2	Manchester City	1–0	Derby County	Manchester, England
19:45 BST	Johnson 43'	MCFC report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 43,620 Referee: L. S. Mason

19 August 2007 3	Manchester City	1–0	Manchester United	Manchester, England
13:30 BST	Geovanni 31'	MCFC report YouTube video		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 44,955 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

25 August 2007 4	Arsenal	1–0	Manchester City	London, England
15:00 BST	Fàbregas 80'	MCFC report		Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,114 Referee: Chris Foy

2 September 2007 5	Blackburn Rovers	1–0	Manchester City	Blackburn, England
15:00 BST	McCarthy 13' Kerimoğlu 54'	MCFC report	Dunne 65'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 26,881 Referee: Mike Dean

16 September 2007 6	Manchester City	1–0	Aston Villa	Manchester, England
16:00 BST	Johnson 48'	MCFC report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 38,363 Referee: Martin Atkinson

22 September 2007 7	Fulham	3–3	Manchester City	London, England
15:00 BST	Davies 13' Bouazza 48' Murphy 74'	MCFC report	Petrov 36', 60' Mpenza 50'	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 24,674 Referee: Mark Halsey

29 September 2007 8	Manchester City	3–1	Newcastle United	Manchester, England
12:45 BST	Petrov 37' Mpenza 47' Elano 87'	MCFC report	Martins 29'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 40,606 Referee: Chris Foy

7 October 2007 9	Manchester City	3–1	Middlesbrough	Manchester, England
15:00 BST	Riggott 10' (o.g.) Elano 33', 63'	MCFC report	Hutchinson 88'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 40,438 Referee: Steve Bennett

20 October 2007 10	Manchester City	1–0	Birmingham City	Manchester, England
15:00 BST	Elano 36'	MCFC report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 45,688 Referee: Mike Dean

27 October 2007 11	Chelsea	6–0	Manchester City	London, England
15:00 BST	Essien 16' Drogba 31', 56' Cole 60' Kalou 75' Shevchenko 90'	MCFC report		Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 41,832 Referee: Mike Riley

5 November 2007 12	Manchester City	1–0	Sunderland	Manchester, England
20:00 GMT	Ireland 66'	MCFC report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 40,038 Referee: Alan Wiley

11 November 2007 13	Portsmouth	0–0	Manchester City	Portsmouth, England
16:00 GMT		MCFC report		Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 19,529 Referee: Mark Halsey

24 November 2007 14	Manchester City	2–1	Reading	Manchester, England
15:00 GMT	Petrov 11' Ireland 90'	MCFC report	Harper 43'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 43,813 Referee: Steve Tanner

1 December 2007 15	Wigan Athletic	1–1	Manchester City	Wigan, England
15:00 GMT	Scharner 24' Melchiot 88'	MCFC report	Geovanni 1'	Stadium: JJB Stadium Attendance: 18,614 Referee: Mike Riley

9 December 2007 16	Tottenham Hotspur	2–1	Manchester City	London, England
15:00 GMT	Chimbonda 44' Defoe 82'	MCFC report	Bianchi 60' Ireland 81'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 35,646 Referee: Mark Halsey

15 December 2007 17	Manchester City	4–2	Bolton Wanderers	Manchester, England
15:00 GMT	Bianchi 7' Michalík 48' (o.g.) Vassell 77' Etuhu 90'	MCFC report	Diouf 31' Nolan 40'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 40,506 Referee: P. Walton

22 December 2007 18	Aston Villa	1–1	Manchester City	Birmingham, England
15:00 GMT	Carew 14'	MCFC report	Bianchi 11'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 41,455 Referee: Lee Mason

27 December 2007 19	Manchester City	2–2	Blackburn Rovers	Manchester, England
19:45 GMT	Vassell 27' Nelsen 30' (o.g.)	MCFC report	Santa Cruz 28', 84'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 42,112 Referee: Howard Webb

30 December 2007 20	Manchester City	0–0	Liverpool	Manchester, England
16:00 GMT		MCFC report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 47,321 Referee: Uriah Rennie

2 January 2008 21	Newcastle United	0–2	Manchester City	Newcastle, England
19:45 GMT		MCFC report	Elano 38' Fernandes 76'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 50,956 Referee: Martin Atkinson

12 January 2008 22	Everton	1–0	Manchester City	Liverpool, England
15:00 GMT	Lescott 31'	MCFC report		Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 38,474 Referee: Mark Halsey

20 January 2008 23	Manchester City	1–1	West Ham United	Manchester, England
16:00 GMT	Vassell 16'	MCFC report	Cole 8'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 39,042 Referee: Phil Dowd

30 January 2008 24	Derby County	1–1	Manchester City	Derby, England
19:45 GMT	Jihai 47' (o.g.)	BBC Sport report MCFC report	Sturridge 63'	Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 31,368 Referee: Steve Bennett

2 February 2008 25	Manchester City	1–3	Arsenal	Manchester, England
12:45 GMT	Fernandes 28'	BBC Sport report MCFC report	Adebayor 9', 88' Eduardo 26'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 46,426 Referee: Andre Marriner

10 February 2008 26	Manchester United	1–2	Manchester City	Manchester, England
13:30 GMT	O'Shea 57' Carrick 90'	BBC Sport report MCFC report	Vassell 24' Benjani 45'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 75,970 Referee: Howard Webb

25 February 2008 27	Manchester City	0–2	Everton	Manchester, England
20:00 GMT	Petrov 90'	BBC Sport report MCFC report	Yakubu 30' Lescott 37'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 41,478 Referee: Rob Styles

1 March 2008 28	Manchester City	0–0	Wigan Athletic	Manchester, England
17:15 GMT		BBC Sport report MCFC report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 38,261 Referee: Steve Bennett

8 March 2008 29	Reading	2–0	Manchester City	Reading, England
15:00 GMT	Long 62' Kitson 87'	BBC Sport report MCFC report		Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 24,062 Referee: Uriah Rennie

16 March 2008 30	Manchester City	2–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Manchester, England
16:00 GMT	Ireland 59' Onuoha 71'	BBC Sport report MCFC report	Keane 32'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 40,108 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

22 March 2008 31	Bolton Wanderers	0–0	Manchester City	Bolton, England
15:00 GMT		MCFC report		Stadium: Reebok Stadium Attendance: 22,633 Referee: Andre Marriner

29 March 2008 32	Birmingham City	3–1	Manchester City	Birmingham, England
15:00 GMT	Zárate 40', 54' Queudrue 57' McSheffrey 77' (pen.)	BBC Sport report MCFC report	Elano 59' (pen.)	Stadium: St Andrews Attendance: 22,962 Referee: Rob Styles

5 April 2008 33	Manchester City	0–2	Chelsea	Manchester, England
15:00 BST		BBC Sport report MCFC report	Dunne 6' (o.g.) Kalou 53'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 42,594 Referee: Chris Foy

12 April 2008 34	Sunderland	1–2	Manchester City	Sunderland, England
15:00 BST	Whitehead 82'	BBC Sport report MCFC report	Elano 79' (pen.) Vassell 87'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 46,797 Referee: Mike Riley

20 April 2008 35	Manchester City	3–1	Portsmouth	Manchester, England
16:00 BST	Vassell 11' Petrov 13' Benjani 74'	BBC Sport report MCFC report	Utaka 24' Hreiðarsson 40'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 40,205 Referee: Andre Marriner

26 April 2008 36	Manchester City	2–3	Fulham	Manchester, England
15:00 BST	Ireland 10' Benjani 21'	BBC Sport report MCFC report	Kamara 69', 90' Murphy 79'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 43,634 Referee: Mike Dean

4 May 2008 37	Liverpool	1–0	Manchester City	Liverpool, England
16:00 BST	Torres 58'	BBC Sport report MCFC report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 43,074 Referee: Mark Halsey

11 May 2008 38	Middlesbrough	8–1	Manchester City	Middlesbrough, England
15:00 BST	Downing 16' (pen.), 58' Alves 37', 60', 90' Johnson 70' Rochemback 80' Aliadiere 85'	BBC Sport report MCFC report	Dunne 15' Elano 88'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 27,613 Referee: Phil Dowd

League Cup

29 August 2007 Second Round	Bristol City	1–2	Manchester City	Bristol, England
19:45 BST	Orr 69'	MCFC report	Mpenza 17' Bianchi 81'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 14,541 Referee: Richard Beeby

25 September 2007 Third Round	Manchester City	1–0	Norwich City	Manchester, England
19:45 BST	Samaras 89'	MCFC report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 20,938 Referee: Andre Marriner

31 October 2007 Fourth Round	Bolton Wanderers	0–1	Manchester City	Bolton, England
20:00 GMT		MCFC report	Elano 85' (pen.)	Stadium: Reebok Stadium Attendance: 15,501 Referee: Howard Webb

18 December 2007 Fifth Round	Manchester City	0–2	Tottenham Hotspur	Manchester, England
19:45 GMT		MCFC report	Defoe 5' Zokora 19' Malbranque 83'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 38,564 Referee: Steve Bennett

FA Cup

5 January 2008 Third Round	West Ham United	0–0	Manchester City	London, England
15:00 GMT		MCFC report		Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 33,806 Referee: Rob Styles

16 January 2008 Third Round Replay	Manchester City	1–0	West Ham United	Manchester, England
15:00 GMT	Elano 73'	MCFC report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 27,809 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

27 January 2008 Fourth Round	Sheffield United	2–1	Manchester City	Sheffield, England
16:00 GMT	Shelton 11' Stead 24'	MCFC report	Sturridge 48'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 20,800 Referee: Alan Wiley

Playing statistics

Starting XI

No.	Pos.	Name	MS	Notes
25	GK	Joe Hart	32
16	RB	Vedran Ćorluka	43
2	CB	Micah Richards	29
22	CB	Richard Dunne	42
3	LB	Michael Ball	35	Javier Garrido had 29 starts
7	RM	Stephen Ireland	50
19	CM	Gélson Fernandes	32
21	CM	Dietmar Hamann	45
15	LM	Martin Petrov	38
11	AM	Elano	37
12	CF	Darius Vassell	32

Appearances (Apps.) numbers are for appearances in competitive games only
Apps. numbers denote: Total no. of games played (No. of games subbed on, when applicable)
Red card numbers denote: No. of second yellow cards / No. of straight red cards

No.	Pos.	Player	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total		Discipline
No.	Pos.	Player	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals
1	GK	Andreas Isaksson	5				1		6
2	DF	Micah Richards (vc)	25		2		2		29		4
3	DF	Michael Ball	28 (9)		3		4 (1)		35 (10)		2
4	DF	Nedum Onuoha	16 (3)	1	2		3 (1)		21 (4)	1
Sold	MF	Ousmane Dabo					1 (1)		1 (1)
6	MF	Michael Johnson	23	2			2		25	2	4
7	MF	Stephen Ireland	33 (1)	4	3 (1)		3		39 (2)	4	2	- / 1
8	MF	Geovanni	19 (17)	3	1 (1)		3 (1)		23 (19)	3	4
9	FW	Émile Mpenza	15 (7)	2	1		2 (1)	1	18 (8)	3
10	FW	Rolando Bianchi	19 (12)	4	2 (2)		3	1	24 (14)	5
11	MF	Elano	34 (5)	8	2	1	2	1	38 (5)	10	5
12	FW	Darius Vassell	27 (6)	6	3		2 (1)		32 (7)	6	3
14	FW	Paul Dickov					1 (1)		1 (1)
15	MF	Martin Petrov	34	5	3		1		38	5	2	- / 1
16	DF	Vedran Ćorluka	37 (1)		3		3		43 (1)		5
17	DF	Sun Jihai	14 (7)				2		16 (7)		2
19	GK	Kasper Schmeichel	7						7
20	FW	Georgios Samaras	5 (3)				2	1	7 (3)	1
21	MF	Dietmar Hamann	29 (3)		3		2		34 (3)		10
22	DF	Richard Dunne (c)	36		3		3		42		4	- / 2
24	DF	Javier Garrido	27 (5)				2		29 (5)		4
25	GK	Joe Hart	26		3		3		32
27	FW	Benjani	13 (1)	3					13 (1)	3
28	MF	Gélson Fernandes	26 (5)	2	3 (2)		3 (1)		32 (8)	2	6
29	FW	Valeri Bojinov	3 (2)						3 (2)
30	MF	Nery Castillo	10 (8)		2				12 (8)
33	FW	Ched Evans					1 (1)		1 (1)
34	DF	Sam Williamson	1 (1)						1 (1)		1
36	FW	Daniel Sturridge	3 (1)	1	1 (1)	1			4 (2)	2
37	MF	Kelvin Etuhu	6 (4)	1	1 (1)		1 (1)		8 (6)	1	1
38	DF	Shaleum Logan					2		2
20	FW	Felipe Caicedo	7 (7)						7 (7)		1
TOTALS				42		2		4		48	60	- / 4

Information current as of 11 May 2008 (end of season)

Last updated: 16 January 2011.
Source: (for players and positions) Season 2007–08 First Team Squad 00(for squad numbers) Season 2007–08 Squad Numbers 00(for actual stats.) All match Reports in Competitive games section above

Goal scorers

All competitions

Scorer	Goals
Elano	10
Darius Vassell	6
Rolando Bianchi	5
Martin Petrov	5
Stephen Ireland	4
Geovanni	3
Émile Mpenza
Benjani Mwaruwari
Gélson Fernandes	2
Michael Johnson
Daniel Sturridge
Kelvin Etuhu	1
Nedum Onuoha
Georgios Samaras

Premier League

Scorer	Goals
Elano	8
Darius Vassell	6
Martin Petrov	5
Rolando Bianchi	4
Stephen Ireland	4
Geovanni	3
Benjani Mwaruwari	3
Gélson Fernandes	2
Michael Johnson
Émile Mpenza
Kelvin Etuhu	1
Nedum Onuoha
Daniel Sturridge

League Cup

Scorer	Goals
Elano	1
Rolando Bianchi
Émile Mpenza
Georgios Samaras

FA Cup

Scorer	Goals
Elano	1
Daniel Sturridge	1

Information current as of 11 May 2008 (end of season)

Awards

Premier League awards

Awarded monthly to the player and manager that were chosen by a panel assembled by the Premier League's sponsor

Month	Manager of the Month	Player of the Month
August 2007[4]	Sven-Göran Eriksson	Micah Richards

Thomas Cook Player of the Month awards

Awarded to the player in each category that receives the most votes in a poll conducted each month on the MCFC OWS

Month	First Team	Reserve Team	Academy
August/September[5]	Dietmar Hamann	Richard Martin	Scott Kay
October[6]	Elano	Ashley Grimes	Ben Mee
November[7]	Vedran Ćorluka	Javan Vidal	Kieran Trippier
December[8]	Richard Dunne	Karl Moore	David Ball
January[9]	Michael Ball	not announced	Vladimír Weiss
February[9]	Joe Hart	Paul Marshall	Greg Hartley
March[10]	Gélson Fernandes	Adam Clayton	Andrew Tutte
April[10]	Darius Vassell	Sam Williamson	Vladimír Weiss

Football Association of Ireland awards

Player	Year 2007 awards[11]
Richard Dunne	International Player of the Year
Stephen Ireland	Young International Player of the Year

Official Supporters Club awards

Player	Season 2007–08 awards[12]
Richard Dunne	Player of the Year
Joe Hart	Young Player of the Year
Ben Mee	Most Promising Player of the Year

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

First team

Date	Pos.	Player	From club	Transfer fee
13 July 2007	FW	Rolando Bianchi	Reggina	£8.8M[13]
14 July 2007	MF	Gélson Fernandes	Sion	£4.2M[14]
17 July 2007	MF	Geovanni	Cruzeiro	Free[15]
26 July 2007	MF	Martin Petrov	Atlético Madrid	£4.7M[16]
2 Aug. 2007	DF	Vedran Ćorluka	Dinamo Zagreb	£8M[17]
2 Aug. 2007	MF	Elano	Shakhtar Donetsk	£8M[17]
2 Aug. 2007	DF	Javier Garrido	Real Sociedad	£1.5M[17]
3 Aug. 2007	FW	Valeri Bojinov	Fiorentina	£5.75M[18][19]
31 Jan. 2008	FW	Felipe Caicedo	Basel	£5.2M[20][21]
31 Jan. 2008[22]	FW	Benjani	Portsmouth	£3.87M[23]

Reserves & Academy

Date	Pos.	Player	From club	Transfer fee
10 Aug. 07	GK	Richard Martin	Free agent / 1-month trial[24][25]
16 Nov. 07	FW	Teerasil Dangda	Mueang Thong NongJork	Free[26]
16 Nov. 07	DF	Kiatprawut Saiwaeo	Chonburi	Free[26]
16 Nov. 07	DF	Suree Sukha	Chonburi	Free[26]

Transfers out

First team

Exit date	Pos.	Player	To club	Transfer fee
15 May 2007	DF	Hatem Trabelsi	Al-Hilal	Released[27][28]
23 May 2007	DF	Sylvain Distin	Portsmouth	Free[29][30]
14 June 2007	MF	Joey Barton	Newcastle United	£5.8M[29][31]
4 July 2007	GK	Nicky Weaver	Charlton Athletic	Free[32]
10 July 2007	MF	Trevor Sinclair	Cardiff City	Free[33][34]
16 July 2007	DF	Stephen Jordan	Burnley	Free[29][35]
31 Jan. 2008	MF	Ousmane Dabo	Lazio	Free[36]
31 Jan. 2008	FW	Ishmael Miller	West Brom. Albion	£0.9M–£1.4M[37][38]

Reserves & Academy

Exit date	Pos.	Player	To club	Transfer fee
15 May 2007	GK	Laurence Matthewson	Released[27]
15 May 2007	MF	Ashley Williams	Released[27]
4 July 2007	DF	Nathan D'Laryea	Rochdale	Free[27][39]
9 Jan. 2008	MF	Marc Laird	Millwall	Free[40]

Loans in

First team

Start date	End date	Pos.	Player	From club
1 Jan. 2008	31 Dec. 2008	MF	Nery Castillo	Shakhtar Donetsk[41]

Reserves & Academy

Start date	End date	Pos.	Player	From club
31 Jan. 2008	30 June 2008	FW	Filippo Mancini	Inter Milan[20]

Loans out

First team

Start date	End date	Pos.	Player	To club
15 Aug. 07	31 May 08	MF	Ishmael Miller	West Bromwich Albion[42]
21 Aug. 07	11 Nov. 07	DF	Matthew Mills	Doncaster Rovers[43][44]
31 Aug. 07	31 May 08	FW	Bernardo Corradi	Parma[45]
31 Aug. 07	31 Dec. 07	FW	Paul Dickov	Crystal Palace[46]
31 Aug. 07	31 Dec. 07	DF	Danny Mills	Charlton Athletic[47]
11 Oct. 07	10 Nov. 07	DF	Shaleum Logan	Grimsby Town[48]
25 Oct. 07	24 Nov. 07	GK	Kasper Schmeichel	Cardiff City[49]
10 Nov. 07	19 Dec. 07	DF	Shaleum Logan	Scunthorpe United[50]
21 Oct. 07	20 Dec. 07	FW	Ched Evans	Norwich City[51]
4 Jan. 08	31 May 08	DF	Danny Mills	Derby County[52]
10 Jan. 08	26 Feb. 08	FW	Ched Evans	Norwich City[53]
11 Jan. 08	31 May 08	DF	Matthew Mills	Doncaster Rovers[54]
23 Jan. 08	31 May 08	FW	Rolando Bianchi	Lazio[55]
29 Jan. 08	31 May 08	FW	Georgios Samaras	Celtic[56]
31 Jan. 08	31 May 08	FW	Paul Dickov	Blackpool[57]
22 Feb. 08	14 Mar. 08	DF	Shaleum Logan	Stockport County[58][59]
4 Mar. 08	31 May 08	MF	Kelvin Etuhu	Leicester City[60][61]
13 Mar. 08	31 May 08	GK	Kasper Schmeichel	Coventry City[62]
24 Mar. 08	31 May 08	DF	Shaleum Logan	Stockport County[63]

Reserves & Academy

Start date	End date	Pos.	Player	To club
8 Nov. 07	7 Dec. 07	MF	Marc Laird	Port Vale[64]
27 Feb. 08	30 June 08	FW	Teerasil Dangda	Grasshoppers[65][66]
27 Feb. 08	30 June 08	DF	Suree Sukha	Grasshoppers[65][66]
14 Apr. 08	30 June 08	DF	Kiatprawut Saiwaeo	Club Brugge[65][66]

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[table_note_res_UC1b0.9470930928118-4] As FA Cup winners

[table_note_res_UC1c0.9470930928118-5] Manchester City qualified as the highest-ranked team not already qualified for European competitions of Premier League Fair Play Ranking by The Football Association, the top association among UEFA Fair Play ranking winners.

[table_note_res_UC1d0.9470930928118-6] As League Cup winners

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[March/April-13] "Darius is Player of Month for April". mcfc.co.uk. (Manchester City Football Club). 7 May 2008. Retrieved 28 November 2010.

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[25] Signing completed on 31 January, ratified on 5 February.

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