2007–08 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season

December 2014 December 2014 Blackburn Rovers 2007–08 Mark Hughes Premier League 7th FA Cup Third round League Cup Fifth round Roque Santa Cruz (19) Roque Santa Cruz (23) 30,316 (vs. Manchester United, 19 April) 19,316 (vs. Birmingham City, 7 October) 23,916 2006–07 2008–09 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round UEFA Cup First round Blackburn Rovers F.C. finished in the top half of the Premier League for the third successive season, this time ending up in 7th place, ultimately not enough for European qualification. Manager Mark Hughes departed for Manchester City at the end of the season, while successful winger David Bentley was sold to Tottenham Hotspur for a club record fee. Striker Roque Santa Cruz, a summer signing from Bayern Munich, had the season of his life, scoring 19 league goals, making up for Benni McCarthy's loss of form. Despite interest for richer clubs, Santa Cruz stayed on for another season. Final league table 2007–08 Premier League BLB First-team squad Squad at end of seasonhttp://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2007-2008/faprem/blackbrn.htm FootballSquads - Blackburn Rovers - 2007/08 www.footballsquads.co.uk 1 USA GK Brad Friedel 2 NED DF André Ooijer 3 ENG DF Stephen Warnock 4 CGO DF Christopher SambaSamba was born in Créteil, France, but also qualified to represent the Republic of the Congo internationally and made his international debut for the Congo in 2004. 5 TUR MF Tugay Kerimoğlu 6 NZL DF Ryan Nelsen captain 7 AUS MF Brett Emerton 8 SUI MF Johann Vogel 9 PAR FW Roque Santa Cruz 10 RSA FW Benni McCarthy 11 ENG FW David Bentley 12 NOR MF Morten Gamst Pedersen 13 GEO DF Zurab Khizanishvili 14 IRL MF Steven ReidReid was born in Kingston upon Thames, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his father, and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in 2001. 15 RSA MF Aaron Mokoena 17 NED FW Maceo Rigters 19 ENG MF David Dunn 20 SUI DF Bruno Berner 22 IRL MF Keith Treacy 27 ENG FW Matt Derbyshire 29 SWE DF Martin Olsson 30 GRN FW Jason RobertsRoberts was born in Park Royal, London, England, but also qualified to represent Grenada internationally through his father, and made his international debut for Grenada in 1999. Left club during season 8 WAL MF Robbie Savage to Derby County 25 ENG DF Andy Taylor to Tranmere Rovers Reserve squad 16 SUI DF Stéphane Henchoz 18 SCO FW Paul Gallagher 21 GER MF Sergio Peter 26 IRL DF Eddie Nolan 28 NIR DF Tony KaneKane was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and has represented Northern Ireland at youth level, but later chose to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally at level. He would however later switch allegiances back and was called up to the Northern Ireland squad in November 2007. 31 FIN GK Peter Enckelman 32 WAL GK Jason BrownBrown was born in Southwark, London, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally, and made his full international debut for Wales in May 2006. 33 ENG GK Frank Fielding 34 FRO GK Gunnar Nielsen 35 ENG DF Dean Winnard 36 ENG MF Josh O'KeefeO'Keefe was born in Whalley, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally, and would represent them at level. 37 AUS MF Rostyn GriffithsGriffiths was born in Stoke-on-Trent, England, but also qualified to represent Australia internationally, and has represented them at youth level. 38 ENG FW Jamie Clarke 44 ITA FW Raffaele De Vita 45 SCO MF Bryan Hodge Statistics Appearances and goals Premier League FA Cup League Cup UEFA Intertoto Cup UEFA Cup |- ! colspan=16 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers 1 Brad Friedel GK USA 38 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 4 0 |- ! colspan=16 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders 2 André Ooijer DF NED 23+4 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 4 0 3 Stephen Warnock DF ENG 37 1 0 0 1+1 0 2 0 4 1 4 Christopher Samba DF CGO 33 2 1 0 3 0 2 1 2 0 6 Ryan Nelsen DF NZL 22 0 0+1 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 7 Brett Emerton DF AUS 31+2 1 1 0 1+1 0 0 0 3+1 0 13 Zurab Khizanishvili DF GEO 10+3 0 1 0 1+1 0 0 0 0+1 0 20 Bruno Berner DF SUI 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 29 Martin Olsson DF SWE 0+2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0+1 0 |- ! colspan=16 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders 5 Tugay Kerimoğlu MF TUR 12+8 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 2+2 0 8 Johann Vogel MF SUI 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 David Bentley MF ENG 37 6 1 1 3 1 2 0 4 1 12 Morten Gamst Pedersen MF NOR 32+5 4 0+1 0 2 1 2 1 3+1 0 14 Steven Reid MF IRL 20+4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 Aaron Mokoena MF RSA 8+10 0 1 0 2+1 0 1+1 0 2 0 19 David Dunn MF ENG 25+6 1 0 0 3 0 0+1 0 3 0 22 Keith Treacy MF IRL 0 0 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 |- ! colspan=16 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards 9 Roque Santa Cruz FW PAR 36+1 19 0 0 2+1 3 0 0 3 1 10 Benni McCarthy FW RSA 21+10 8 1 0 1+1 1 2 2 1+1 0 17 Maceo Rigters FW NED 0+2 0 1 0 0+1 0 0+2 0 1 0 27 Matt Derbyshire FW ENG 4+19 3 0+1 0 2+1 1 0+2 1 1+3 1 30 Jason Roberts FW GRN 11+15 3 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 1 |- ! colspan=16 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players transferred out during the season 8 Robbie Savage MF WAL 10+2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2+1 0 31 June 2008 Competitions November 2017 Results Pre-season 10 July 2007 Wrexham 2–1 W Blackburn Rovers Racecourse Ground, Wrexham 15 July 2007 Arminia Bielefeld 1–2 L Blackburn Rovers Bielefelder Alm, Bielefeld 1 August 2007 Huddersfield Town 1–2 L Blackburn Rovers Galpharm Stadium, Huddersfield 4 August 2007 Preston North End 0–3 W Blackburn Rovers Deepdale, Preston Premier League Results by matchday table b Matchday Ground A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/A/H/H/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A Result W/D/D/W/D/L/W/W/W/W/D/L/D/L/W/L/L/L/D/W/W/W/D/D/D/L/W/W/D/L/W/D/D/L/D/W/W/L Position 5/11/11/9/10/11/10/9/8/6/7/8/9/9/8/9/9/10/9/9/9/8/9/8/8/9/9/7/8/9/8/7/8/9/9/8/7/7 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st 2nd 3rd green1 blue1 lavender red1 worldfootball.net 26 January 2020 ccffcc 11 August 2007 15:00 1 1–2 Report Middlesbrough Downing 31 Blackburn Rovers Santa Cruz 63Derbyshire 79 Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough 25,058 Andre Marriner ffffcc 19 August 2007 15:00 2 1–1 Report Blackburn Rovers Dunn 72 Arsenal van Persie 18 Ewood Park, Blackburn 24,917 Alan Wiley ffffcc 25 August 2007 17:15 3 1–1 Everton McFadden 74 Blackburn Rovers Santa Cruz 15 Goodison Park, Liverpool ccffcc 2 September 2007 15:00 4 1–0 Report Blackburn Rovers McCarthy 16 Manchester City Ewood Park, Blackburn 26,881 Mike Dean ffffcc 15 September 2007 17:15 5 0–0 Chelsea J. Cole 74Belletti 75 Blackburn Rovers Warnock 82Savage 84 Stamford Bridge, London ffcccc 23 September 2007 15:00 6 0–1 Blackburn Rovers Portsmouth Kanu 25 Ewood Park, Blackburn ccffcc 29 September 2007 15:00 7 1–2 Sunderland Leadbitter 90 Blackburn Rovers Bentley 53Santa Cruz 55 Stadium of Light, Sunderland ccffcc 7 October 2007 15:00 8 2–1 Blackburn Rovers Bentley 15McCarthy 56 pen. Birmingham City Jerome 68 Ewood Park, Blackburn ccffcc 20 October 2007 15:00 9 4–2 Blackburn Rovers McCarthy 18 82 pen.Santa Cruz 22Tugay 32 Reading Doyle 80 90 Ewood Park, Blackburn ccffcc 28 October 2007 15:00 10 1–2 Tottenham Hotspur Keane 49 pen. Blackburn Rovers McCarthy 60Samba 90 White Hart Lane, London ffffcc 3 November 2007 17:15 11 0–0 Report Blackburn Rovers Liverpool Ewood Park, Blackburn 30,033 Martin Atkinson ffcccc 11 November 2007 15:00 12 2–0 Report Manchester United Ronaldo 34 35 Blackburn Rovers Old Trafford, Manchester 75,710 Alan Wiley ffffcc 25 November 2007 15:00 13 2–2 Fulham Murphy 51 pen.Kamara 63 Blackburn Rovers Emerton 57Warnock 79 Craven Cottage, London ffcccc 28 November 2007 20:00 14 0–4 Blackburn Rovers Aston Villa Carew 29Barry 53 pen.Young 81Harewood 89 Ewood Park, Blackburn ccffcc 1 December 2007 15:00 15 3–1 Blackburn Rovers Bentley 54 67Tugay 90 Newcastle United Martins 47 Ewood Park, Blackburn ffcccc 9 December 2007 16:00 16 0–1 Blackburn Rovers West Ham United Ashton 52 Ewood Park, Blackburn ffcccc 15 December 2007 15:00 17 5–3 Report Wigan Athletic Landzaat 10Bent 12 66 81Scharner 37 Blackburn Rovers Santa Cruz 45 50 61 DW Stadium, Wigan 16,489 Mark Clattenburg ffcccc 23 December 2007 16:10 18 0–1 Blackburn Rovers Chelsea J. Cole 22 Ewood Park, Blackburn ffffcc 27 December 2007 19:45 19 2–2 Manchester City Vassell 27Ryan Nelsen 30 o.g. Blackburn Rovers Santa Cruz 28 84 City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester ccffcc 30 December 2007 13:30 20 1–2 Derby County Oakley 27Lewis 38 Blackburn Rovers Nelsen 32Santa Cruz 39Bentley 42Mokoena 51Warnock 62 Pride Park Stadium, Derby 30,048 Peter Walton ccffcc 2 January 2008 20:00 21 1–0 Blackburn Rovers McCarthy 57 pen. Sunderland Ewood Park, Blackburn ccffcc 13 January 2008 16:00 22 1–2 Bolton Wanderers Nolan 43 Blackburn Rovers Samba 53Roberts 90 Reebok Stadium, Horwich ffffcc 19 January 2008 15:00 23 1–1 Blackburn Rovers Derbyshire 75 Middlesbrough Wheater 13 Ewood Park, Blackburn ffffcc 26 January 2008 15:00 24 1–1 Aston Villa Young 73 Blackburn Rovers Santa Cruz 68 Villa Park, Birmingham ffffcc 2 February 2008 15:00 25 0–0 Blackburn Rovers Everton Ewood Park, Blackburn ffcccc 11 February 2008 20:00 26 2–0 Arsenal Senderos 4Adebayor 90 Blackburn Rovers Emirates Stadium, London ccffcc 24 February 2008 15:00 27 4–1 Blackburn Rovers McCarthy 25 pen. 67 pen.Bentley 71Pedersen 90 Bolton Wanderers Davies 50 Ewood Park, Blackburn ccffcc 1 March 2008 15:00 28 0–1 Newcastle United Blackburn Rovers Derbyshire 90 St James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne ffffcc 8 March 2008 15:00 29 1–1 Blackburn Rovers Pedersen 59 Fulham Bullard 89 Ewood Park, Blackburn ffcccc 15 March 2008 15:00 30 2–1 West Ham United Ashton 39Sears 81 Blackburn Rovers Santa Cruz 19 Upton Park, London ccffcc 22 March 2008 15:00 31 3–1 Blackburn Rovers Santa Cruz 12 63Roberts 45 Wigan Athletic King 17 pen. Ewood Park, Blackburn ffffcc 29 March 2008 15:00 32 0–0 Reading Blackburn Rovers Madejski Stadium, Reading ffffcc 5 April 2008 15:00 33 1–1 Blackburn Rovers Pedersen 30 Tottenham Hotspur Berbatov 7 Ewood Park, Blackburn ffcccc 13 April 2008 13:30 34 3–1 Liverpool Gerrard 62Torres 80Voronin 90 Blackburn Rovers Santa Cruz 90 Anfield, Liverpool ffffcc 19 April 2008 17:15 35 1–1 Blackburn Rovers Santa Cruz 21 Manchester United Tevez 88 Ewood Park, Blackburn ccffcc 27 April 2008 13:30 36 0–1 Portsmouth Blackburn Rovers Santa Cruz 74 Fratton Park, Portsmouth ccffcc 3 May 2008 15:00 37 3–1 Blackburn Rovers Santa Cruz 45 77Roberts 47 Derby County Miller 19 Ewood Park, Blackburn ffcccc 11 May 2008 15:00 38 4–1 Birmingham City Murphy 31Jerome 73 89Muamba 90 Blackburn Rovers Pedersen 49 St Andrew's, Birmingham League Cup ccffcc 26 September 2007, 20:00 Round 3 3 – 0 Blackburn Bentley 66Derbyshire 82 pen.Santa Cruz 90 Birmingham Ewood Park, Blackburn 9,205 ccffcc 31 October 2007, 19:45 Round 4 1 – 2 Portsmouth Kanu 90 Blackburn McCarthy 11Pedersen 77 Fratton Park, Portsmouth 11,788 ffcccc 18 December 2007, 20:00 Round 5 2 – 3 (a.e.t.) Blackburn Santa Cruz 42 60 Arsenal Diaby 6Eduardo 29 104 Ewood Park, Blackburn 16,207 FA Cup ffcccc 5 January 2008, 15:00 Round 3 1 – 4 Blackburn Bentley 85 Coventry Mifsud 34 90Ward 64 pen.Adebloa 83 Ewood Park, Blackburn 14,421 UEFA Intertoto Cup ccffcc 22 July 2007, 19:00 Round 3, Leg 1 0 – 2 FK Vetra LTU Blackburn ENG McCarthy 29Derbyshire 80 Vetra Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania 5,200 (112 away) Tony Asumaa (Finland) ccffcc 28 July 2007, 15:00 Round 3, Leg 2 4 – 0 Blackburn ENG Pedersen 25Roberts 48McCarthy 54Samba 55 FK Vetra LTU Ewood Park, Blackburn 11,854 Michael Weiner (Germany) UEFA Cup ccffcc 16 August 2007, 19:45 Qualifying round 2, Leg 1 0 – 1 MyPa-47 FIN Blackburn ENG Santa Cruz 6 Kymenlaakson Sähkö, Anjalankoski, Finland 2,012 (93 away) Olivier Thual (France) ccffcc 30 August 2007, 20:05 Qualifying round 2, Leg 2 2 – 0 Blackburn ENG Bentley 48Roberts 90 MyPa-47 FIN Ewood Park, Blackburn 13,490 Thomas Einwaller (Austria) ffcccc 20 September 2007, 17:00 Round 1, Leg 1 2 – 0 AEL GRE Bakayoko33Cleyton35 Blackburn ENG Alcazar Stadium, Larissa, Greece 8,126 Peter Sippel (Germany) ccffcc 4 October 2007, 20:00 Round 1, Leg 2 2 – 1 Blackburn ENG Derbyshire 45 pen.Warnock 51 AEL GRE Cleyton17 Ewood Park, Blackburn 20,741 (1,200 away) Claudio Circhetta (Switzerland) Notes note References 32em Category:Blackburn Rovers F.C. seasons Black