2007 Baltic League

Football club tournament held between the top clubs from Baltic states Baltic League 2007 6 March – 11 November LAT Metalurgs 34 105 2008 Ģirts Karlsons (10) The 2007 season of Baltic League (known as the TrioBet Baltic League for sponsorship reasons) was the first edition of the Baltic League. The competition was won by Liepājas Metalurgs of Latvia, who beat fellow Latvians FK Ventspils 8–2 on aggregate in the final, which was spread over two legs on 8 November 2007 and 11 November 2007. Group stage Group A main WDL Group A Q n KAU LTU FBK Kaunas NTR EST FC Narva Trans DIN LAT Dinaburg FC 1 1 0 5 4 0 1 1 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 Dinaburg FC were ejected from the competition for match fixing.FC Dinaburg eliminated from the Baltic League 2007 #ccffcc Advanced to knockout stage A A #cccccc Ejected DQ complete Matchday 1 1 7 March 2007 18:00 EET (UTC+02) FBK Kaunas 3 – 2 Narva Trans Ričardas Beniušis 61Givi Kvaratskhelia 83Rafael Gaúcho 88 11 Aleksandr Dubõkin65 Sergei Kazakov Vilnius Sportima Sports Hall 350 Sergejs Braga Matchday 6 EFEFEF 1 22 May 2007 18:00 EEST (UTC+03) Narva Trans 2 – 2 FBK Kaunas Aleksandr Dubõkin 49Maksim Gruznov 73 24 33 Mindaugas Grigalevičius Narva Narva Kreenholmi Stadium 1500 Vadims Direktorenko Group B main WDL Group B Q n VEN LAT FK Ventspils EKR LTU FK Ekranas TVMK EST FC TVMK Tallinn 3 1 0 7 2 1 2 1 5 7 0 1 3 6 9 #ccffcc Advanced to knockout stage A A #ffcccc Eliminated from the competition E complete Matchday 1 1 6 March 2007 18:00 EET (UTC+02) Ekranas 2 – 1 TVMK Giedrius Tomkevičius 11Liivo Leetma 34 og. 76 Artur Ossipov Vilnius 600 Roman Lajuks Matchday 2 EFEFEF 1 13 March 2007 18:00 EEST (UTC+03) TVMK 0 – 1 Ventspils 83 Aleksejs Soleičuks Tallinn Sportland Arena 150 Audrius Zhuta Matchday 3 1 17 March 2007 14:00 EEST (UTC+03) Ventspils 3 – 0 Ekranas Vīts Rimkus 3 23Igors Sļesarčuks 19 500 Hannes Kaasik Matchday 4 EFEFEF 1 1 April 2007 Ekranas 0 – 0 Ventspils Matchday 5 1 11 April 2007 18:00 EEST (UTC+03) Ventspils 3 – 2 TVMK Serhij Sernecki 6 9Sergei Zangareev 23 1 Oliver Konsa85 Viktors Dobrecovs Ventspils 350 Gediminas Mažeika Matchday 6 EFEFEF 1 22 May 2007 17:00 EEST (UTC+03) TVMK 3 – 3 Ekranas Artur Ossipov 45 65Aleksandr Kulatšenko 76 7 38 Dainius Saulėnas63 Andrius Šidlauskas Tallinn Kadrioru Stadium 100 Group C main WDL Group C Q n LMT LAT FK Liepājas Metalurgs ŽAL LTU FK Žalgiris Vilnius LEV EST FC Levadia Tallinn 2 2 0 6 3 1 2 1 4 5 0 2 2 4 6 #ccffcc Advanced to knockout stage A A #ffcccc Eliminated from the competition E complete Matchday 1 1 7 March 2007 18:00 EET (UTC+02) Levadia 1 – 1 Žalgiris Indrek Zelinski 30 pen. 74 Eimantas Poderis Tallinn Sportland Arena 300 Andrejs Sipailo Matchday 2 EFEFEF 1 13 March 2007 18:00 EEST (UTC+03) SK Liepājas Metalurgs 1 – 1 Levadia Oskars Kļava 32 pen. 38 Tarmo Kink Liepāja Daugava Stadium's Artificial Pitch 1200 Vijunas Vasiliauskas Matchday 3 1 17 March 2007 14:00 EEST (UTC+03) Žalgiris 0 – 0 SK Liepājas Metalurgs Sten Kaldma Matchday 4 EFEFEF 1 1 April 2007 SK Liepājas Metalurgs 3 – 1 Žalgiris Mindaugas Kalonas 23Ģirts Karlsons 64 67 90 pen. Igoris Morinas Matchday 5 1 11 April 2007 18:00 EEST (UTC+03) Levadia 1 – 2 SK Liepājas Metalurgs Tarmo Kink 66 46 Mindaugas Kalonas68 Antonio Ferreira Tallinn Kadrioru Stadium 530 Audrius Kancleris Matchday 6 EFEFEF 1 22 May 2007 17:00 EEST (UTC+03) Žalgiris 2 – 1 Levadia Edvinas Lukoševičius 44Nikolaj Misiuk 83 59 Indrek Zelinski Vilnius Žalgiris Stadium 500 Group D main WDL Group D Q n SKO LVA Skonto FC VĖT LTU FK Vėtra FLO EST FC Flora Tallinn 2 2 0 7 2 1 2 1 5 3 1 0 3 1 8 #ccffcc Advanced to knockout stage A A #ffcccc Eliminated from the competition E complete Matchday 1 1 6 March 2007 18:00 EET (UTC+02) Flora 0 – 3 Vėtra 54 Algis Jankauskas64 Nerijus Sasnauskas85 Severino Lima de Maura Tallinn Sportland Arena 300 Vadims Direktorenko Matchday 2 EFEFEF 1 14 March 2007 18:00 EEST (UTC+03) Skonto FC 4 – 0 Flora Vitālijs Astafjevs 35Gatis Kalniņš 50Andrejs Perepļotkins 85Jozef Piaček 87 Riga Ķeizarmežs Sports Complex 320 Gediminas Mazheika Matchday 3 1 18 March 2007 14:00 EEST (UTC+03) Vėtra 1 – 1 Skonto FC Vitalis Stankevičius 70 20 Aleksejs Višņakovs Vilnius Eiko Saar Matchday 4 EFEFEF 1 1 April 2007 Skonto FC 1 – 1 Vėtra Aleksandrs Cauņa 53 19 Severino Lima de Maura Riga Matchday 5 1 10 April 2007 18:00 EEST (UTC+03) Flora 0 – 1 Skonto FC 90+3 Aleksejs Višņakovs Tallinn A. Le Coq Arena 220 Paulius Malžinskas Matchday 6 EFEFEF 1 22 May 2007 20:45 EEST (UTC+03) Vėtra 0 – 1 Flora 41 Enver Jääger Vilnius Vėtra Stadium 350 Andrejs Sipailo Knockout stage Bracket Quarterfinals Semifinals Final yes LTU Žalgiris 1 1 2 LTU FBK Kaunas 9 1 10 LTU Vėtra 0 2 2 LVA Ventspils 0 4 4 LVA Metalurgs 4 1 5 EST Narva Trans 1 2 3 LVA Skonto FC 1 0 1 LTU Ekranas 2 0 2 LTU FBK Kaunas 0 0 0 LVA Ventspils 0 1 1 LVA Metalurgs 6 2 8 LTU Ekranas 1 2 3 LVA Ventspils 1 1 2 LVA Metalurgs 3 5 8 Quarter-finals Leg 1 1 12 June 2007 Žalgiris 1 – 9 FBK Kaunas Virmantas Lemežis 23 20 Audrius Kšanavičius22 Mindaugas Grigalevičius36 Marius Činikas43 Rafael Gaúcho48 65 73 90 Ričardas Beniušis52 Adrian Mrowiec Vilnius Žalgiris Stadium 600 A. Sipailo Leg 2 EFEFEF 1 4 July 2007 FBK Kaunas 1 – 1 Žalgiris Artūras Rimkevičius 88 45 Nikolaj Misiuk Kaunas S.Darius and S.Girėnas R. Lajuks FBK Kaunas won 10–2 on aggregate. Leg 1 1 13 June 2007 Skonto FC 1 – 2 Ekranas Marián Dirnbach 73 45 Mantas Savėnas74 Povilas Lukšys Riga Skonto Stadions E. Saar Leg 2 EFEFEF 1 4 July 2007 Ekranas 0 – 0 Skonto FC Panevėžys Aukštaitija Stadium 1,420 Hannes Kaasik Ekranas won 2–1 on aggregate. Leg 1 1 13 June 2007 Vėtra 0 – 0 Ventspils Vilnius Vėtra Stadium Kristo Tohver Leg 2 EFEFEF 1 4 July 2007 Ventspils 4 – 2 Vėtra Vladimirs Koļesņičenko 23Serhij Sernecki 60 90+6Vīts Rimkus 90 2 Darvydas Šernas90+2 Dejan Milošeski Ventspils Ventspils Olimpiskais Stadions 800 Margus Kotter FK Ventspils won 4–2 on aggregate. Leg 1 1 13 June 2007 SK Liepājas Metalurgs 4 – 1 Narva Trans Mindaugas Kalonas 19 63Ģirts Karlsons 72Genādijs Soloņicins 77 27 Dmitry Lipartov Liepāja Daugava Stadium 1,200 V. Direktorenko Leg 2 EFEFEF 1 4 July 2007 Narva Trans 2 – 1 SK Liepājas Metalurgs Dmitry Lipartov 9Aleksandr Dubõkin 45+1 26 Genādijs Soloņicins Narva Narva Kreenholmi Stadium 150 P. Malžinskas Liepājas Metalurgs won 5–3 on aggregate. Semi-finals Leg 1 1 29 August 2007 18:00 EEST (UTC+03) FBK Kaunas 0 – 0 Ventspils Leg 2 EFEFEF 1 26 September 2007 17:00 EEST (UTC+03) Ventspils 1 – 0 FBK Kaunas Aleksandr Mysikov 61 FK Ventspils won 1–0 on aggregate. Leg 1 1 19 September 2007 19:40 EEST (UTC+03) SK Liepājas Metalurgs 6 – 1 Ekranas Genādijs Soloņicins 4Alfredas Skroblas 32 og.Ģirts Karlsons 34 86Serghei Pogreban 44 og.Vladimirs Kamešs 90 71 Egidijus Varnas Leg 2 EFEFEF 1 26 September 2007 17:00 EEST (UTC+03) Ekranas 2 – 2 SK Liepājas Metalurgs Egidijus Varnas 16 68 50 Cristián Torres64 Ģirts Karlsons Liepājas Metalurgs won 8–3 on aggregate. Final 2007 Baltic League final Leg 1 1 8 November 2007 13:00 EET (UTC+02) Ventspils 1 – 3 SK Liepājas Metalurgs Kristaps Grebis 75 3 Antonio Ferreira38 Ģirts Karlsons78 Genādijs Soloņicins Ventspils Ventspils Olimpiskais Stadions 250 Kristo Tohver Leg 2 EFEFEF 1 11 November 2007 14:00 EET (UTC+02) SK Liepājas Metalurgs 5 – 1 Ventspils Ģirts Karlsons 36 66 75Genādijs Soloņicins 49Deniss Ivanovs 78 41 Igors Savčenkovs Liepāja Daugava Stadium 1000 Audrius Žuta Liepājas Metalurgs won 8–2 on aggregate. 2007 Baltic League Player Awards Goalkeeper of the Year: EST Mihkel Aksalu (EST FC Flora)http://sport.delfi.ee/news/jalgpall/euroliigad/mihkel-aksalu-valiti-balti-liiga-parimaks.d?id=17935876 Mihkel Aksalu valiti Balti Liiga parimaks Defender of the Year: LTU Midfielder of the Year: LVA Forward of the Year: LVA Young Footballer of the Year: LTU Goalscorers 10 goals LAT Ģirts Karlsons 5 goals LTU Ričardas Beniušis LAT Genādijs Soloņicins 4 goals LTU Mindaugas Kalonas UKR Serhiy Sernetskyi 3 goals 18em EST Aleksandr Dubõkin LTU Mindaugas Grigalevičius EST Artur Ossipov LAT Vīts Rimkus LTU Egidijus Varnas 2 goals 18em BRA Antonio Ferreira BRA Rafael Gaúcho EST Tarmo Kink BRA Severino Lima de Maura RUS Dmitry Lipartov LTU Nikolaj Misiuk LTU Dainius Saulėnas LAT Aleksejs Višņakovs EST Indrek Zelinski 1 goal 18em LAT Vitālijs Astafjevs LAT Aleksandrs Cauņa LTU Marius Činikas SVK Marián Dirnbach LAT Viktors Dobrecovs LAT Kristaps Grebis EST Maksim Gruznov LAT Deniss Ivanovs LTU Algis Jankauskas EST Enver Jääger LAT Gatis Kalniņš LAT Vladimirs Kamešs EST Sergei Kazakov LAT Oskars Kļava LAT Vladimirs Koļesņičenko EST Oliver Konsa LTU Audrius Kšanavičius EST Aleksandr Kulatšenko GEO Givi Kvaratskhelia LTU Virmantas Lemežis LTU Edvinas Lukoševičius LTU Povilas Lukšys MKD Dejan Milošeski LTU Igoris Morinas POL Adrian Mrowiec RUS Aleksandr Mysikov LAT Andrejs Perepļotkins SVK Jozef Piaček LTU Eimantas Poderis LTU Artūras Rimkevičius LTU Nerijus Sasnauskas LAT Igors Savčenkovs LTU Mantas Savėnas LAT Igors Sļesarčuks LAT Aleksejs Soleičuks LTU Vitalis Stankevičius LTU Darvydas Šernas LTU Andrius Šidlauskas LTU Giedrius Tomkevičius ARG Cristián Torres RUS Sergei Zangareev Own goals EST Liivo Leetma MDA Serghei Pogreban LTU Alfredas Skroblas References External links http://www.balticleague.com/ Match reports at Estonian Football Association 2007 Category:2007 in European men's international football Category:2007 in Estonian football Category:2007 in Latvian football Category:2007 in Lithuanian football