2007–08 Queensland Roar FC season

May 2020 August 2011 Queensland Roar FC 2007–08 Frank Farina Manager John Ribot Chairman A-League 4th Pre-Season Cup 3rd Reinaldo – 6 Goals Reinaldo – 9 Goals 36,221 v Sydney FC 8,815 v Central Coast Mariners 18,556 2006–07 2008–09 _qldroar0708h FF6700 _qldroar0708lah _qldroar0708rah 660000 660000 660000 FF6700 _qldroar0708a FF6700 FFFFFF FF6700 660000 FFFFFF The 2007–08 Queensland Roar season was the club's third season participating in the A-League where they would finish in fourth place in the regular season. 2007–08 season Failure to qualify for the 2006–2007 finals series resulted in the release from contract of defenders Chad Gibson (the club's first captain and A-league pin-up boy) and Swiss import Remo Buess. Both left on good terms with the club during January 2007 stating that the team had to be altered to make it more competitive in the future. In further evidence of "spring cleaning" in preparation for Season 3, Chinese signing Yuning Zhang was released from a contract with the Roar. Billed as the Chinese David Beckham, Zhang underwhelmed Roar supporters and returned to China in search of a club within the local scene there. Danny Tiatto signed a two-year contract with Queensland Roar, becoming Frank Farina's first 07/08 signing. Tiatto, who had played in England for the past 11 years for Leicester City and Manchester City, agreed to terms with Queensland after Melbourne declined to sign him. Farina has highlighted his favoritism toward young Queensland and indeed Australian players with the signings for the 2007–08 season of highly rated Queenslanders and Youth International Strikers Robbie Kruse and Tahj Minniecon, as well as attacking Midfielder Mitch Nichols. Also, the contracts of highly rated 20-year-olds Chris Grossman and Ben Griffin have been renewed, while Farina has given two-year contracts to Queenslanders Under-17 International Striker Tahj Minniecon and Under-20 and AIS Scholarship holder Robbie. These signings made the Roar a team consisting predominantly of young Queenslanders. Queensland Roar's German import Marcus Wedau has been released from the remaining year of his contract by the A-League club on compassionate grounds. Wedau, 31, will return to Germany to be with his pregnant partner who is expecting their first child in October. On 25 July 2007, Craig Moore was unveiled as the new marquee player for the Roar, returning to his native home state of Queensland, Australia, to play in the 2007/2008 Hyundai A-League Season and the 2008–2009 season"Moore tipped to join Roar", SBS The World Game website https://web.archive.org/web/20071011085109/http://www.theworldgame.com.au/home/index.php?pid=st&cid=92286 11 October 2007 Retrieved 25 July 2007"Moore signs for Roar", Brisbane Times "Retrieved 25 July 2007" Squad 1 Australia Liam Reddy GK 2 Australia Andrew Packer MF 4 Australia Craig Moore DF marquee and captain 5 Australia Josh McCloughan DF 6 Australia Stuart McLaren DF 7 Australia Michael Zullo MF youth 8 Australia Massimo Murdocca MF 9 Scotland Simon Lynch FW 10 Australia Ante Milicic FW 11 Brazil Reinaldo FW 12 Australia Tahj Minniecon FW youth 13 Australia Zoran Petrevski FW 14 Australia Ben Griffin DF 15 Australia Matt McKay MF 16 South Korea Hyuk-Su Seo MF 17 Australia Mitch Nichols MF youth 18 Australia Danny Tiatto MF 19 Australia Sasa Ognenovski DF 21 Australia Chris Grossman MF youth 22 Australia Robbie Kruse FW youth 23 Brazil Marcinho MF 30 Australia Griffin McMaster GK injury cover Trialists Position Name Current clubFW Victor Fenehia Mitchelton FCDF Blake Charity AISDF Joel Peach AISFW Gareth Musson Mitchelton FC Transfers In Name Position Moving from Danny Tiatto Midfield Leicester City England Tahj Minniecon Forward AIS Robbie Kruse Forward AIS Chris Grossman Midfield AIS / Rochedale Rovers Mitch Nichols Midfield Palm Beach Matthew Ham Goalkeeper Brisbane Wolves Griffin McMaster Goalkeeper Mount Gravatt Hawks Michael Zullo Midfield Brisbane City Soccer Club Marcinho Brazil Forward São Paulo FC Brazil Craig Moore Defender Newcastle United FC England Zoran Petrevski Forward Preston Lions Out Name Position Moving to Chad Gibson Defender Released: contract not renewed Remo Buess Switzerland Defender Released: contract not renewed Yuning Zhang China Forward Released: contract not renewed Dario Vidosic Midfield 1. FC Nürnberg Germany Spase Dilevski Midfield FC Universitatea Craiova Romania Marcus Wedau Germany Midfield Released: compassionate grounds Tom Willis Goalkeeper Released: contract not renewed Ante Milicic Forward Free Transfer: Shahzan Muda FC (December 2007) #e0ffe0 Foreign player#e0e0ff Marquee Pre-season Date Home team Score Away team Stadium Scorers30 May 2007 Palm Beach Sharks 0–5 Queensland Roar Runaway Bay Sports Super Centre, Gold Coast, Queensland McCloughan 7, Marcinho 30, Minniecon 44, Murdocca 60, Peach 665 June 2007 Queensland Roar 3–0 Brisbane City Luxury Paint Stadium Richlands, Brisbane, Queensland Reinaldo 4, Milicic 50, Murdocca 6512 June 2007 Queensland Roar 13–0 Souths Utd, Brisbane Luxury Paint Stadium Richlands, Brisbane, Queensland Reinaldo , Milicic , Murdocca , Nichols, McKay, Fenehia, Wedau, Kruse19 June 2007 Queensland Roar 5–1 Mt Gravatt Hawks Luxury Paint Stadium Richlands, Brisbane, Queensland Milicic 26, McKay 45+1', 55, Volker (Hawks) , Musson89, Zullo90+127 June 2007 Queensland Roar 5–0 Brisbane Strikers Luxury Paint Stadium Richlands, Brisbane, Queensland Milicic 18, Kruse 43, Marcinho 55', 78, Reinaldo 621 July 2007 Queensland Roar 4–1 Supersport United FC Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane, Queensland Reinaldo 12', 37, Lynch 52, Minniecon 70, Mashego (Supersport) 397 July 2007 Capricorn Cougars 0–6 Queensland Roar Jardine Park, Rockhampton, Queensland Reinaldo 10', 85, Lynch 13, Milicic 44, Marcinho 61, Kruse 7317 August 2007 Queensland Roar 1–1 Solomon Islands Luxury Paint Stadium Richlands, Brisbane, Queensland Menapi (Solomons) 19, Milicic 48 Pre-season Cup group stage Round Date Home team Score Away team Crowd Stadium Scorers 1 14 July 2007 Queensland Roar 0–0 Sydney FC 4,892 Maroochydore Soccer Club 2 21 July 2007 Central Coast Mariners 1–1 Queensland Roar 3,531 Wade Park Boogaard (CCM) 6, Lynch 60 3 27 July 2007 Wellington Phoenix 1–2 Queensland Roar 4,081 Queen Elizabeth II Park Lynch 41, Ognenovski 50, Old (Phoenix) 47 Pre-season Cup semi-final 5 August 200718:00 UTC+9:30 Adelaide United 3–2 (Report) Queensland Roar Djite 1Petta 45Cássio 64 Lynch 16Milicic 73 Hindmarsh Stadium,Adelaide, South Australia 5,221 Angelo Nardi Pre-season Cup third place playoff 12 August 200716:00 UTC+10 Central Coast Mariners 1–3 (Report) Queensland Roar Simon 9 Milicic 30Nichols 0 33Marcinho 48Seo 0 76Reinaldo 86 Bluetongue Stadium 3,500 (estimate) James Lewis Hyundai A-League fixtures Home and Away 1 25 August 2007 19:00 UTC+10 Queensland Roar AUS 2 : 2 Reporthttps://archive.today/20121230065230/http://www.a-league.com.au/Scoreboard_HAL/0000780022/scoreboard.html Summary AUS Adelaide United McKay 45Moore 2 63 68Ognenovski 76 Burns 8Djité 47 Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane 16,828 AUS Ben Williams D 2 2 September 2007 17:00 UTC+10 Newcastle Jets AUS 1 : 1 Reporthttps://archive.today/20121230090226/http://www.a-league.com.au/Scoreboard_HAL/0000780030/scoreboard.html Summary AUS Queensland Roar J. Griffiths 89 Reinaldo 70McLaren 2 42 85 EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle 13,144 AUS Simon Przydacz D 3 6 September 2007 20:00 UTC+10 Queensland Roar AUS 0 : 1 Reporthttps://archive.today/20121230090505/http://www.a-league.com.au/Scoreboard_HAL/0000780031/scoreboard.html Summary AUS Central Coast Mariners Kwasnik 55 Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane 8,815 AUS Mark Shield L 4 16 September 2007 17:00 UTC+8 Perth Glory AUS 1 : 2 Reporthttps://archive.today/20121230083829/http://www.a-league.com.au/Scoreboard_HAL/0000780038/scoreboard.html Summary AUS Queensland Roar Harnwell 14 McCloughan 21McKay 84 Members Equity Stadium, Perth 7,203 AUS Ben Williams W 5 22 September 2007 19:00 UTC+10 Queensland Roar AUS 0 : 1 Reporthttps://archive.today/20121230062157/http://www.a-league.com.au/Scoreboard_HAL/0000780041/scoreboard.html Summary AUS Sydney FC Patrick 69 Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane 16,582 AUS Mark Shield L 6 28 September 2007 20:00 UTC+10 Melbourne Victory AUS 2 : 0 Reporthttps://archive.today/20121230123922/http://www.a-league.com.au/Scoreboard_HAL/0000780043/scoreboard.html Summary AUS Queensland Roar Muscat 68 pen.Thompson 85 Telstra Dome, Melbourne 25,622 AUS Ben Williams L 7 5 October 2007 20:00 UTC+10 Queensland Roar AUS 2 : 1 ReportSummarySeptember 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes NZL Wellington Phoenix Zullo 4Kruse 45+1 Smeltz 90+5 Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane 12,458 AUS Craig Zetter W 8 14 October 2007 17:00 UTC+10 Central Coast Mariners AUS 0 : 1 ReportSummarySeptember 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes AUS Queensland Roar Porter 0 31 McCloughan 5 Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford 8,113 NZL Peter O'Leary W 9 19 October 2007 20:00 UTC+10 Newcastle Jets AUS 1 : 1 Reporthttps://archive.today/20121230134614/http://www.a-league.com.au/Scoreboard_HAL/0000380007/scoreboard.html Summary AUS Queensland Roar J. Griffiths 49 pen. Kruse 1 EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle 12,326 AUS Mark Shield D 10 27 October 2007 19:00 UTC+10 Queensland Roar AUS 3 : 3 Reporthttps://archive.today/20121231044311/http://www.a-league.com.au/Scoreboard_HAL/0000780057/scoreboard.html Summary AUS Perth Glory Marcinho 45+3 Lynch 69 pen. 86 Moore 18 o.g.Harnwell 43Coyne 90+3 Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane 16,715 AUS Ben Williams D 11 2 November 2007 19:30 UTC+10:30 Adelaide United AUS 0 : 1 Reporthttps://archive.today/20121230134800/http://www.a-league.com.au/Scoreboard_HAL/0000780060/scoreboard.html Summary AUS Queensland Roar Reinaldo 63 Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide 10,705 AUS Peter Green W 12 11 November 2007 17:00 UTC+10 Queensland Roar AUS 3 : 0 Reporthttps://archive.today/20121230071550/http://www.a-league.com.au/Scoreboard_HAL/0000780067/scoreboard.html Summary NZL Wellington Phoenix Reinaldo 67 pen. 79Marcinho 83 Elrich 0 34 Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane 13,808 AUS Matthew Breeze W 13 16 November 2007 19:00 UTC+10 Queensland Roar AUS 1 : 0 Reporthttps://archive.today/20121230080810/http://www.a-league.com.au/Scoreboard_HAL/0000780069/scoreboard.html Summary AUS Melbourne Victory Kruse 10 Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane 17,207 AUS Ben Williams W 14 25 November 2007 19:00 UTC+11 Sydney FC AUS 0 : 0 Reporthttps://archive.today/20121231051250/http://www.a-league.com.au/Scoreboard_HAL/0000780076/scoreboard.html Summary AUS Queensland Roar Packer 2 43 83 Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney 16,569 AUS Matthew Breeze D 15 30 November 2007 19:00 UTC+10 Queensland Roar AUS 0 : 1 Reporthttps://archive.today/20121230112330/http://www.a-league.com.au/Scoreboard_HAL/0000780078/scoreboard.html Summary AUS Newcastle Jets J. Griffiths 90+2 Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane 14,193 AUS Peter Green L 16 9 December 2007 18:00 UTC+10 Queensland Roar AUS 2 : 1 Reporthttps://archive.today/20121230081617/http://www.a-league.com.au/Scoreboard_HAL/0000780085/scoreboard.html Summary AUS Central Coast Mariners Vidmar 21 o.g.McKay 28 J.Aloisi 13 Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane 16,442 AUS Ben Williams W 17 14 December 2007 19:30 UTC+12 Wellington Phoenix NZL 1 : 1 Reporthttps://archive.today/20121230124215/http://www.a-league.com.au/Scoreboard_HAL/0000780086/scoreboard.html Summary AUS Queensland Roar Smeltz 24 Reinaldo 5 Westpac Stadium, Wellington 9,384 AUS Ben Williams D 18 30 December 2007 19:00 UTC+9 Perth Glory AUS 1 : 4 Reporthttps://archive.today/20121230111956/http://www.a-league.com.au/Scoreboard_HAL/0000780092/scoreboard.html Summary AUS Queensland Roar Rizzo 57 Kruse 34 Reinaldo 42 Minniecon 59 McCloughan 74 Members Equity Stadium, Perth 9,614 AUS Peter Green W 19 5 January 2008 19:00 UTC+10 Queensland Roar AUS 1 : 2 ReportSummarySeptember 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes AUS Melbourne Victory Marcinho 73 Allsopp 56Thompson 63 Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane 21,475 AUS Matthew Breeze L 20 13 January 2008 18:00 UTC+10 Queensland Roar AUS 0 : 0 Reporthttps://archive.today/20121230061225/http://www.a-league.com.au/Scoreboard_HAL/0000780100/scoreboard.html Summary AUS Sydney FC Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane 31,933 AUS Mark Shield D 21 20 January 2008 18:30 UTC+10:30 Adelaide United AUS 2 : 0 Reporthttps://archive.today/20121230200758/http://www.a-league.com.au/Scoreboard_HAL/0000780105/scoreboard.html Summary AUS Queensland Roar Djite 18Pantelis 45 Tiatto 0 41 Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide 10,803 AUS Strebre Delovski L Finals Minor SF Leg 1 25 January 2008 20:00 UTC+11 Sydney FC AUS 0 : 0 Reporthttps://archive.today/20121230074100/http://www.a-league.com.au/Scoreboard_HAL/0000240098/scoreboard.html Summary AUS Queensland Roar Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney 23,450 AUS Mark Shield D Minor SF Leg 2 8 February 2008 20:07 UTC+10(Delayed Kickoff) Queensland Roar AUS 2 : 0 ReportSummarySeptember 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes AUS Sydney FC Reinaldo 13S. Ognenovski 84 pen. Middleby 0 20 Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane 36,221 AUS Mark Shield 2 : 0 W Preliminary Final 17 February 2008 18:00 UTC+11 Newcastle Jets AUS 3 : 2 yes ReportSummarySeptember 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes AUS Queensland Roar Thompson 40J.Griffiths 104 pen.Elrich 111 Reinaldo 90+2 pen. 118 pen.Moore 2 77 112 EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle 16,021 AUS Peter Green L Ladder position Standings QR References 27 27 53 S 153 0 34 E Suncorp Stadium title 2007–08 Category:2007–08 A-League by team Category:2007 in sport in Brisbane Category:2008 in sport in Brisbane