2007–08 in Australian soccer

The 2007–08 season 31st season of competitive association football in Australia since restructuring of domestic system.

Soccer in Australia
Season2007–08
Men's soccer
A-League PremiershipCentral Coast Mariners
A-League ChampionshipNewcastle Jets
Pre-Season Challenge CupAdelaide United
2006–07 2008–09

National teams

Australia national soccer team

Friendlies
11 September 2007 Australia  0–1  Argentina Melbourne, Australia
Report Demichelis  49' Stadium: Melbourne Cricket Ground
Attendance: 70,171
Referee: Mike Dean
17 November 2007 Australia  1–0  Nigeria London, England
Carney  52' Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 11,953
Referee: Mark Clatenburg
22 March 2008 Singapore  0–0  Australia Singapore
Report Stadium: National Stadium
Attendance: 6,282
Referee: Veerapool Prayoon
23 May 2008 Australia  1–0  Ghana Sydney, Australia
Sterjovski  47' Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium
Attendance: 29,910
Referee: Hajime Matsuo
World Cup 2010 qualifying
Group 1
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Australia 6 3 1 2 7 3 +4 10 3–0 1–0 0–1
 Qatar 6 3 1 2 5 6 1 10 1–3 2–0 0–0
 Iraq 6 2 1 3 4 6 2 7 1–0 0–1 1–1
 China PR 6 1 3 2 3 4 1 6 0–0 0–1 1–2
Source:
6 February 2008 1 Australia  3–0  Qatar Melbourne, Australia
Kennedy  10'
Cahill  18'
Bresciano  33'
Stadium: Telstra Dome
Attendance: 50,969
Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)
26 March 2008 2 China PR  0–0  Australia Kunming, China
Stadium: Kunming Tuodong Sports Center
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Mohamed Omar Al Saeedi (United Arab Emirates)
1 June 2008 3 Australia  1–0  Iraq Brisbane, Australia
Kewell  47' Stadium: Lang Park
Attendance: 48,678
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
7 June 2008 4 Iraq  1–0  Australia Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Emad  27' Stadium: Al-Ahli Stadium
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Kazuhiko Matsumura (Japan)
14 June 2008 5 Qatar  1–3  Australia Doha, Qatar
Ibrahim  89' Emerton  17', 56'
Kewell  74'
Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Gi Young Lee (South Korea)
22 June 2008 6 Australia  0–1  China PR Sydney, Australia
Sun  11' Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium
Attendance: 70,054
Referee: Khalil Ibrahim Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)

Friendlies

The following is a list of friendlies played by the men's senior national team in 2007–08.

2 March 2008 Australia  1–1  Mexico San Francisco, United States
Hearfield  88' Report D'Apuzzo  18' (o.g.) Stadium: McAfee Coliseum
Attendance: 47,440
15 May 2008 Intercontinental Cup group stage Australia  3–0  Croatia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Rukavytsya  19'
Hearfield  52'
Troisi  74'
Report Stadium: Kuala Lumpur Stadium
18 May 2008 Intercontinental Cup group stage Australia  2–1  Chile Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Simon  25'
Zadkovich  60'
Report
20 May 2008 Intercontinental Cup group stage Australia  4–0  Togo Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Hoffman  7'
Downes  42'
Zullo  65'
Simon  70'
Report
23 May 2008 Intercontinental Cup semifinal Australia  3–1  Republic of Ireland Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Simon  7', 13', 75' Report Judge  85'
25 May 2008 Intercontinental Cup final Australia  0–2  Nigeria Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Report Okorowanta  7'
Sarki  85'
Referee: Krishnan Ramachandran (Malaysia)
28 June 2008 Australia  3–4  Chile Darwin, Australia
Downes  20', 68'
Hearfield  76'
Report Paredes  26', 85'
Sagredo  47'
Vargas  82'
Stadium: Darwin Football Stadium
Attendance: 1,404
Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)
29 June 2008 Australia  1–1  Chile Darwin, Australia
Sarkies  27' (pen.) Report Seymour  67' Stadium: Darwin Football Stadium
Attendance: 1,780
Referee: Peter Green (Australia)

2008 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers

22 August 2007 Preliminary Round 3 Iraq  0–0  Australia Al Rayyan, Qatar
Report Stadium: Ahmed bin Ali Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Sun Baojie (China)
12 September 2007 Preliminary Round 3 Australia  3–0  Lebanon Gosford, Australia
Ward  6' Report Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium
Attendance: 4,171
Referee: Kadyrbek Chynybekov ()
17 November 2007 Preliminary Round 3 Australia  2–0  Iraq Gosford, Australia
Leijer  18'
Milligan  58'
Report Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium
Attendance: 13,888
Referee: Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore)
21 November 2007 Preliminary Round 3 North Korea  1–1  Australia Pyongyang, North Korea
Pak  10' Report Milligan  71' Stadium: Kim Il-sung Stadium
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Muhsen Basma (Syria)

Friendlies

The following is a list of friendlies played by the men's senior national team in 2007–08.

29 July 2007 Weifang Cup Australia  4–1  Iran Weifang, China
Holland  8', 76'
Lujic  26', 89'
Report  60'
31 July 2007 Weifang Cup China PR  1–0  Australia Weifang, China
 86' Report

2008 AFC U-19 Championship qualification

6 November 2007 Australia  2–0  Indonesia Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
D. Mullen  60'
Nichols  80'
Report Stadium: Thanh Long Sports Centre
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Yang Zhiqiang (China)
8 November 2007 Australia  2–0  Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Nichols  73'
Cernak  80'
Report Stadium: Thanh Long Sports Centre
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Mahmoud Turki (Syria)
10 November 2007 Guatemala  0–15  Australia Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Report Nichols  9', 34', 51'
Minniecon  15', 40'
Trifiro  31', 45+1'
Jesic  45+2'
Lujic  53'
Hoffman  60'
Cernak  70'
Sebastian Ryall  74', 80'
Theodore  85'
DeVere  90+4'
Stadium: Thanh Long Sports Centre
Attendance: 500
Referee: Rustam Saidov (Uzbekistan)
14 November2007 South Korea  4–0  Australia Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Kim Bo-kyung  3'
Kim Dong-sub  28'
Cho Young-cheol  40'
Park Seung-il  69'
Report Stadium: Thanh Long Sports Centre
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Mohamad Mansour (Lebanon)

Friendlies

The following is a list of friendlies played by the men's senior national team in 2007–08.

9 August 2007 Toyota International Youth Cup Japan  3–0  Australia Nagoya, Japan
 70'

Report
11 August 2007 Toyota International Youth Cup Australia  0–3  United States Nagoya, Japan
Report
13 August 2007 Toyota International Youth Cup Australia  3–0  South Korea Nagoya, Japan
DiLizia
Ibrahim
Warren
Report

AFC U-16 Championship qualification

17 October 2007 Malaysia  0–2  Australia Singapore
Report Warren  14'
Babalj  26'
Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium
Attendance: 200
Referee: Ram Krishna Gosh (Bangladesh)
17 October 2007 Australia  0–0  North Korea Singapore
Report Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium
Attendance: 500
Referee: Võ Minh Trí (Vietnam
Friendlies
1 March 2008 Australia  2–0  New Zealand Sydney, Australia
Walsh  16'
Burgess  54'
Report Stadium: Stockland Park
3 March 2008 Australia  2–1  New Zealand Sydney, Australia
Gill  22'
Chapman  47'
Report Kete  30' Stadium: Stockland Park
5 March 2008 Australia  4–2  New Zealand Sydney, Australia
McCallum  9'
Salisbury  58' (pen.)
Polkinghorne  90'
Report Smith  13'
Moorwood  45'
Stadium: Stockland Park
27 April 2008 United States  3–2  Australia Cary, North Carolina, United States
Kai  35'
Wambach  49'
Lloyd  90'
Report Gill  86'
Salisbury  88'
Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 3,698
Referee: Margaret Domka (United States)
3 May 2008 United States  5–4  Australia Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Tarpley  28', 42'
Wambach  29', 46'
Hucles  90+4'
Report Whitehill  19' (o.g.)
Walsh  49'
Colthorpe  64'
Rampone  69' (o.g.)
Stadium: Legion Field
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Sandra Serafini (United States)
23 May 2008 Australia  2–1  Canada Sydney, Australia
Chapman  22'
Munoz  40'
Report Lang  55' Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium
Referee: Tammy Ogston (Australia)
15 June 2008 Australia  1–2  United States Suwon, South Korea
Garriock  57' Report Kai  35'
Wambach  77'
Stadium: Suwon Sports Complex
Attendance: 1,357
Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus (Germany)
17 June 2008 Australia  3–0  Italy Suwon, South Korea
Garriock  66', 68'
Chapman  89'
Report Stadium: Suwon Sports Complex
19 June 2008 Australia  1–0  Brazil Suwon, South Korea
Simon  90' Stadium: Suwon Sports Complex
Attendance: 1,075
Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Norway 3 2 1 0 10 4 +6 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Australia 3 1 2 0 7 4 +3 5
3  Canada 3 1 1 1 7 4 +3 4
4  Ghana 3 0 0 3 3 15 12 0
Source: FIFA
12 September 2007 1 Ghana  1–4  Australia Hangzhou, China
Amankwa  70' Report Walsh  15'
De Vanna  57', 81'
Garriock  69'
Stadium: Hangzhou Dragon Stadium
Attendance: 30,752
Referee: Adriana Correa (Colombia)
15 September 2007 2 Australia  1–1  Norway Hangzhou, China
De Vanna  83' Report Gulbrandsen  5' Stadium: Hangzhou Dragon Stadium
Attendance: 33,835
Referee: Huijin Niu (China)
20 September 2007 3 Australia  2–2  Canada Chengdu, China
McCallum  53'
Salisbury  90+2'
Report Tancredi  1'
Christine Sinclair  85'
Stadium: Chengu Sports Center Stadium
Attendance: 29,300
Referee: Gyoengi Gaal (Hungary)
Knockout stage
23 September 2007 Quarter-finals Brazil  3–2  Australia Tianjin, China
Formiga  4'
Marta  23' (pen.)
Rozeira  75'
Report De Vanna  36'
Colthorpe  68'
Stadium: Olympic Center Stadium
Attendance: 35,061
Referee: Christine Beck (Germany)
Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Japan 3201154+116
 Australia 320173+46
 South Korea 320153+26
 Chinese Taipei 3003017−170
29 May 2008 1 Australia  4–0  Chinese Taipei Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
Garriock  19', 42'
Tristram  51'
De Vanna  82'
Report Stadium: Thống Nhất Stadium
Attendance: 600
Referee: Hong Sil Ri (North Korea)
31 May 2008 2 South Korea  0–2  Australia Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
Report Perry  30'
De Vanna  69'
Stadium: Thống Nhất Stadium
Attendance: 300
Referee: Bentla D'Coth (India)
2 June 2008 3 Australia  1–3  Japan Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
Polkinghorne  70' Report Ando  8'
Nagasato  33'
Miyama  50'
Stadium: Thống Nhất Stadium
Attendance: 300
Referee: Hong Sil Ri (North Korea)
Knockout stage
5 June 2008 Semi-finals North Korea  3–0  Australia Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
Kum-suk  2', 41', 60' Report Stadium: Thống Nhất Stadium
Attendance: 2,700
Referee: Pannipar Kamneung (Thailand)
8 June 2008 Third place play-off Australia  0–3  Japan Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
Report Nagasato  15'
Miyama  78'
Sawa  86'
Stadium: Thống Nhất Stadium
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Hong Eun-ah (South Korea)

Friendlies

The following is a list of friendlies played by the women's under-20 national team in 2007–08.

28 September 2007 China PR  1–0  Australia Chengdu, China
 33' Report
30 September 2007 China PR  0–0  Australia Chengdu, China
Report

AFC U-19 Women's Championship

6 October 2007 Japan  1–0  Australia Chongqing, China
Kira  21' Report Stadium: Chongqing Olympic Sports Center
Attendance: 300
Referee: Pannipar Kamueng (Thailand)
8 October 2007 Australia  1–2  North Korea Chongqing, China
Butt  13' (pen.) Report Cha Hu-nam  41'
Ra Un-sim  83' (pen.)
Stadium: Chongqing Olympic Sports Center
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Wang Jia (China)
10 October 2007 Australia  2–1  Myanmar Chongqing, China
Connor  33'
Simon  53'
Report Mu Mu Lwin  32' Stadium: Chongqing Olympic Sports Center
Attendance: 150
Referee: Praew Semaksuk (Thailand)

Friendlies

The following is a list of friendlies played by the women's under-17 national team in 2007–08.

29 January 2008 Australia  0–6  United States Auckland, New Zealand
Report S. Mewis  32', 41', 67'
DiMartino  40'
K. Mewis  59'
Verloo  79'
Stadium: North Harbour Stadium
31 January 2008 Australia  1–5  Germany Auckland, New Zealand
van Egmond  44' Report Huth  4'
Knaak  26'
Zumbült  33'
Doppler  62'
Popp  81'
Stadium: North Harbour Stadium
15 April 2008 Australia  0–4  New Zealand Canberra, Australia
Report Wall  16', 86'
Pearl  35'
Campbell  77'
Stadium: Australian Institute of Sport
17 April 2008 Australia  0–4  New Zealand Canberra, Australia
Report Murray  3', 40'
McLaughlin  23', 33'
Stadium: Australian Institute of Sport

AFC competitions

AFC Champions League

Group E
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Adelaide United 6 4 2 0 9 2 +7 14
Changchun Yatai 6 3 3 0 10 3 +7 12
Pohang Steelers 6 1 2 3 6 7 1 5
Bình Dương 6 0 1 5 4 17 13 1
Source:
Group G
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Gamba Osaka 6 4 2 0 14 8 +6 14
Melbourne Victory 6 2 1 3 10 11 1 7
Chunnam Dragons 6 1 3 2 8 10 2 6
Chonburi 6 1 2 3 7 10 3 5
Source:
Quarter-finals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Kashima Antlers 1–2 Adelaide United 1–1 0–1
Semi-finals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Adelaide United 3–1 Bunyodkor 3–0 0–1
Final
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Gamba Osaka 5–0 Adelaide United 3–0 2–0

Men's soccer

A-League

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

Pre-Season Challenge Cup

Final
Adelaide United2–1Perth Glory
Djite  65'
Cássio  83'
Bertos  45'
Attendance: 9,606
Referee: Ben Williams

Retirements

References

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