2007 A-League Pre-season Challenge Cup

October 2026 August 2011 A-League Pre-season Challenge Cup 2007 AustraliaNew Zealand 14 July – 12 August 2007 8 Adelaide United 2 Perth Glory 20 53 2006 2008 The 2007 A-League Pre-season Challenge Cup competition was held in July and August in the lead-up to the start of the A-League 2007-08 season. The opening round started on 14 July 2007. The competition featured a group stage, with three regular rounds, followed by a two-week finals playoff. In previous years, the Pre-season Cup was used to enhance the A-League's profiles by playing pre-season games in regional centres. In 2007 venues included Sunshine Coast, Launceston, Canberra, Port Macquarie, Darwin, Orange and Geelong.http://www.a-league.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=7466&pageid=11 Regional Focus for Pre-Season Cup 23 April 2007 23 April 2007 https://archive.today/20120716094527/http://www.a-league.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=7466&pageid=11 16 July 2012 dead The group stage had a bonus point system. One point was awarded for 2 goals in a match, two points for 3 and three points for 4 or more goals in a match. If two or more teams were level on points accumulated, the following criteria would be applied, in order, until one of the teams was determined as the higher ranked: highest goal difference; highest number of goals scored; result of the match played between the teams concerned; highest number of bonus points accumulated; lowest number of red cards accumulated; lowest number of yellow cards accumulated; toss of a coin. The finals series was held over two weekends – 3 to 5 August, and 10 to 12 August. Pre-Season Cup group stage fixtures and results Round 1 #eeeeee 14 July 200714:30 UTC+10 Newcastle Jets 0–1 (Report) Perth Glory Harnwell 48 Port Macquarie Regional Stadium,Port Macquarie, New South Wales 2,700 James Lewis #eeeeee 14 July 200718:00 UTC+10 Central Coast Mariners 2–0 (Report) Wellington Phoenix Wilkinson 3Kwasnik 30 Bluetongue Stadium,Gosford, New South Wales 8,136 Srebre Delovski #eeeeee 14 July 200719:00 UTC+10 Queensland Roar 0–0 (Report) Sydney FC Maroochydore Soccer Club,Maroochydore, Queensland 4,892 Peter Green #eeeeee 15 July 200713:00 UTC+10 Melbourne Victory 1–1 (Report) Adelaide United Allsopp 74 Dodd 9 Aurora Stadium,Launceston, Tasmania 8,061 Angelo Nardi Round 2 #eeeeee 20 July 200719:30 UTC+9:30 Adelaide United 1–1 (Report) Perth Glory Cassio 59 Rukavytsya 53 Hindmarsh Stadium,Adelaide, South Australia 3,513 Steven Gregory #eeeeee 21 July 200715:00 UTC+10 Central Coast Mariners 1–1 (Report) Queensland Roar Boogaard 6 Lynch 60 Wade Park,Orange, New South Wales 3,531 James Lewis #eeeeee 22 July 200714:00 UTC+12 Wellington Phoenix 3–0 (Report) Sydney FC Smeltz 13, 89Rudan 14 own Westpac Stadium,Wellington, New Zealand 6,039 Peter O’Leary #eeeeee 22 July 200714:00 UTC+10 Melbourne Victory 0–1 (Report) Newcastle Jets Wheelhouse 51 Skilled Stadium,Geelong, Victoria 8,500 Ben Williams Round 3 #eeeeee 27 July 200719:00 UTC+12 Wellington Phoenix 1–2 (Report) Queensland Roar Old 47 Lynch 41 Ognenovski 50 Queen Elizabeth II Park,Christchurch, New Zealand 4,081 Michael Hester #eeeeee 27 July 200719:30 UTC+9:30 Adelaide United 4–1 (Report) Newcastle Jets Burns 6Djite 66Sarkies 80 penAlagich 86 Bridge 2 69A. Griffiths 2 79J. Griffiths 90+2 pen Hindmarsh Stadium,Adelaide, South Australia 3,800 Craig Zetter #eeeeee 28 July 200718:30 UTC+9:30 Perth Glory 2–1 (Report) Melbourne Victory Rukavytsya 52Harnwell 70 Hernandez 34 Darwin Football Stadium,Darwin, Northern Territory 2,700 Peter Green #eeeeee 29 July 200715:00 UTC+10 Sydney FC 0–3 (Report) Central Coast Mariners Osman 36Kwasnik 44Gumprecht 51 Canberra Stadium,Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 5,735 Ben Williams Playoffs #eeeeee 4 August 200718:00 UTC+10 Central Coast Mariners 2–3 (Report) Perth Glory Mrdja 43 Petrovski 90 Dragicevic 23Bertos 55Tarka 78 Bluetongue Stadium,Gosford, New South Wales 5,967 Ben Williams #eeeeee 4 August 200719:30 UTC+10 Newcastle Jets 3–2 (Report) Sydney FC J. Griffiths 5, 76Tunbridge 56 Zadkovich 79Talay 83 Parramatta Stadium,Parramatta, New South Wales 2,611 Peter Green #eeeeee 4 August 200719:30 UTC+10 Melbourne Victory 1–2 (Report) Wellington Phoenix Dodd 34 own Smeltz 53 Daniel 87 Olympic Park Stadium,Melbourne, Victoria 4,100 Kevin Docherty #eeeeee 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 Finals #eeeeee 10 August 200719:30 UTC+12 Wellington Phoenix 0–0 (Report) Newcastle Jets Westpac Stadium 5,174 Mike Hester Smeltz Aloisi Christie Johnson 2–4 J. Griffiths Bridge Thompson Elrich #eeeeee 11 August 200719:30 UTC+10 Melbourne Victory 0–1 (Report) Sydney FC Brosque 34 Olympic Park Stadium 3,400 Simon Przydacz #eeeeee 12 August 200715:00 UTC+9:30 Adelaide United 2–1 (Report) Perth Glory Djite 66Cássio 83 Bertos 45 Hindmarsh Stadium 9,606 Craig Zetter #eeeeee 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 Group A table main WDL Group A Q y y AU Adelaide United PG Perth Glory NJ Newcastle Jets MV Melbourne Victory 1 2 0 6 3 3 2 1 0 4 2 1 1 0 2 2 5 0 1 2 2 4 #cfc A A complete Group B table main WDL Group B Q y y CCM Central Coast Mariners QR Queensland Roar WP Wellington Phoenix SFC Sydney FC 2 1 0 6 1 3 1 2 0 3 2 1 1 0 2 4 4 2 0 1 2 0 6 #cfc A A complete 1em Finals 150 30 Adelaide United 3 Queensland Roar 2 Perth Glory 3 Central Coast Mariners 2 Newcastle Jets 3 Sydney FC 2 Melbourne Victory 1 Wellington Phoenix 2 Adelaide United 2 Perth Glory 1 Queensland Roar 3 Central Coast Mariners 1 Newcastle Jets 0 (4) Wellington Phoenix 0 (2) Sydney FC 1 Melbourne Victory 0 Scorers As at 12 August 2007 3 goals 25em BRA Cássio (Adelaide United) AUS Bruce Djite (Adelaide United) AUS Joel Griffiths (Newcastle Jets) SCO Simon Lynch (Queensland Roar) NZL Shane Smeltz (Wellington Phoenix) 2 goals 25em NZL Leo Bertos (Perth Glory) AUS Jamie Harnwell (Perth Glory) AUS Adam Kwasnik (Central Coast Mariners) AUS Ante Milicic (Queensland Roar) AUS Nikita Rukavytsya (Perth Glory) 1 goal 25em AUS Richie Alagich (Adelaide United) AUS Danny Allsopp (Melbourne Victory) AUS Nigel Boogaard (Central Coast Mariners) AUS Alex Brosque (Sydney FC) AUS Nathan Burns (Adelaide United) BRA Daniel (Wellington Phoenix) CRO Mate Dragičević (Perth Glory) AUS Travis Dodd (Adelaide United) GER Andre Gumprecht (Central Coast Mariners) Costa Rica Carlos Hernandez (Melbourne Victory) BRA Marcinho (Queensland Roar) AUS Nick Mrdja (Central Coast Mariners) AUS Sasa Ognenovski (Queensland Roar) NZL Steven Old (Wellington Phoenix) AUS Matthew Osman (Central Coast Mariners) AUS Sasho Petrovski (Central Coast Mariners) AUS Bobby Petta (Adelaide United) BRA Reinaldo (Queensland Roar) AUS Kristian Sarkies (Adelaide United) AUS Matt Simon (Central Coast Mariners) AUS Ufuk Talay (Sydney FC) AUS David Tarka (Perth Glory) AUS Scott Tunbridge (Newcastle Jets) AUS Jobe Wheelhouse (Newcastle Jets) AUS Alex Wilkinson (Central Coast Mariners) AUS Ruben Zadkovich (Sydney FC) Own goals NZL Karl Dodd (Wellington Phoenix) for (Melbourne Victory) AUS Mark Rudan (Sydney FC) for (Wellington Phoenix) References Category:A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup Challenge Cup, 2007