2007–08 in Australian soccer

none May 2020 yes Australia 2007–08 A-League Premiership Central Coast Mariners A-League Championship Newcastle Jets Pre-Season Challenge Cup Adelaide United 2006–07 2008–09 yes The 2007–08 season was the 39th season of national competitive soccer in Australia and 125th overall. National teams Australia national soccer team Australia men's national soccer team Results and fixtures Friendlies 11 September 2007 AUS 0–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Socceroo/reports/vARG2007a.html ARG Demichelis 49 Melbourne Cricket Ground Melbourne, Australia 70,171 Mike Dean L 17 November 2007 AUS 1–0 NGR Carney 52 Craven Cottage London, England 11,953 Mark Clatenburg W 22 March 2008 SGP 0–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Socceroo/reports/vSIN2008b.html AUS National Stadium Singapore 6,282 Veerapool Prayoon D 23 May 2008 AUS 1–0 GHA Sterjovski 47 Sydney Football Stadium Sydney, Australia 29,910 Hajime Matsuo W World Cup 2010 qualifying 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Group 1 main WDL Group 1 yes Q n AUS AUS AUS QAT QAT QAT IRQ IRQ IRQ CHN CHN CHN 3 1 2 7 3 3 1 2 5 6 2 1 3 4 6 1 3 2 3 4 #ccffcc A A FBR 0–1 1–0 3–0 0–0 1–2 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–3 0–0 2–0 complete 1 6 February 2008 AUS 3–0 QAT Kennedy 10Cahill 18Bresciano 33 Melbourne, Australia Telstra Dome 50,969 Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia) W 2 26 March 2008 CHN 0–0 AUS Kunming, China Kunming Tuodong Sports Center 33,000 Mohamed Omar Al Saeedi (United Arab Emirates) D 3 1 June 2008 AUS 1–0 IRQ Kewell 47 Brisbane, Australia Lang Park 48,678 Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) W 4 7 June 2008 IRQ 1–0 AUS Emad 27 Dubai, United Arab Emirates Al-Ahli Stadium 8,000 Kazuhiko Matsumura (Japan) L 5 14 June 2008 QAT 1–3 AUS Ibrahim 89 Emerton 17 56Kewell 74 Doha, Qatar Jassim bin Hamad Stadium 12,000 Gi Young Lee (South Korea) W 6 22 June 2008 AUS 0–1 CHN Sun 11 Sydney, Australia Sydney Football Stadium 70,054 Khalil Ibrahim Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia) L Men's under-23 Friendlies The following is a list of friendlies played by the men's senior national team in 2007–08. 2 March 2008 23 AUS Hearfield 88 23 MEX D'Apuzzo 18 o.g. 1–1 https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080713204403/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/45673/20080714-0000/www.footballaustralia.com.au/defaulta64e.html San Francisco, United States McAfee Coliseum 47,440 D 15 May 2008 Intercontinental Cup group stage 23 AUS Rukavytsya 19Hearfield 52Troisi 74 21 CRO 3–0 https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080713204407/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/45673/20080714-0000/www.footballaustralia.com.au/defaultd1b3.html Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Stadium W 18 May 2008 Intercontinental Cup group stage 23 AUS Simon 25Zadkovich 60 23 CHI 2–1 https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080713204403/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/45673/20080714-0000/www.footballaustralia.com.au/defaulta80e.html Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia W 20 May 2008 Intercontinental Cup group stage 23 AUS Hoffman 7Downes 42Zullo 65Simon 70 23 TOG 4–0 https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080713204408/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/45673/20080714-0000/www.footballaustralia.com.au/defaultde30.html Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia W 23 May 2008 Intercontinental Cup semifinal 23 AUS Simon 7 13 75 21 Republic of Ireland Judge 85 3–1 https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080713204353/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/45673/20080714-0000/www.footballaustralia.com.au/default370a.html Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia W 25 May 2008 Intercontinental Cup final 23 AUS 23 NGA Okorowanta 7Sarki 85 0–2 https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080713204406/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/45673/20080714-0000/www.footballaustralia.com.au/defaultcc35.html Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia L Krishnan Ramachandran (Malaysia) 28 June 2008 23 AUS Downes 20 68Hearfield 76 3–4 23 CHI Paredes 26 85Sagredo 47Vargas 82 Darwin, Australia Darwin Football Stadium L Ben Williams (Australia) 1,404 https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080713204407/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/45673/20080714-0000/www.footballaustralia.com.au/defaultcf35.html 29 June 2008 23 AUS Sarkies 27 pen. 23 CHI Seymour 67 1–1 https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080713204406/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/45673/20080714-0000/www.footballaustralia.com.au/defaultc923.html Darwin, Australia Darwin Football Stadium D Peter Green (Australia) 1,780 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers Preliminary Round 3 22 August 2007 23 IRQ 23 AUS 0–0 https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080713204516/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/45673/20080714-0000/www.footballaustralia.com.au/MensU23/defaultfb1d.html Al Rayyan, Qatar Ahmed bin Ali Stadium D Sun Baojie (China) 1,500 Preliminary Round 3 8 September 2007 23 AUS Milligan 49 23 PRK 1–0 https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080713204514/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/45673/20080714-0000/www.footballaustralia.com.au/MensU23/default3614.html Newcastle, Australia W Hiroyoshi Takayama (Japan) EnergyAustralia Stadium 4,903 Preliminary Round 3 12 September 2007 23 AUS Ward 6 23 LIB 3–0 https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080713204516/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/45673/20080714-0000/www.footballaustralia.com.au/MensU23/defaultd340.html W Gosford, Australia Bluetongue Stadium Kadyrbek Chynybekov () 4,171 Preliminary Round 3 17 October 2007 23 LIB 23 AUS 0–0 https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080713204514/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/45673/20080714-0000/www.footballaustralia.com.au/MensU23/default732b.html D Beirut, Lebanon Beirut Municipal Stadium Lee Gi-young (South Korea) 350 Preliminary Round 3 17 November 2007 23 AUS Leijer 18Milligan 58 23 IRQ 2–0 W Bluetongue Stadium Gosford, Australia Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore) https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080713204515/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/45673/20080714-0000/www.footballaustralia.com.au/MensU23/defaultae7b.html 13,888 Preliminary Round 3 21 November 2007 23 PRK Pak 10 23 AUS Milligan 71 1–1 https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080713204515/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/45673/20080714-0000/www.footballaustralia.com.au/MensU23/defaultae7b.html D Kim Il-sung Stadium Pyongyang, North Korea Muhsen Basma (Syria) 8,500 Men's under-20 Friendlies The following is a list of friendlies played by the men's senior national team in 2007–08. 27 July 2007 Weifang Cup 20 AUS M. Mullen 73 20 KOR 1–0 https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080713204512/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/45673/20080714-0000/www.footballaustralia.com.au/MensU20/defaultbd9a.html W Weifang, China 29 July 2007 Weifang Cup 20 AUS Holland 8 76Lujic 26 89 20 IRN 60 4–1 https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080713204511/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/45673/20080714-0000/www.footballaustralia.com.au/MensU20/default1a4f.html W Weifang, China 31 July 2007 Weifang Cup 20 CHN 86 20 AUS 1–0 https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080713204511/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/45673/20080714-0000/www.footballaustralia.com.au/MensU20/default4945.html L Weifang, China 5 August 2007 Weifang Cup 20 AUS M. Mullen 31 20 UZB 1–0 https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080713204511/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/45673/20080714-0000/www.footballaustralia.com.au/MensU20/default1b1b.html W Weifang, China 2008 AFC U-19 Championship qualification 2008 AFC U-19 Championship qualification 6 November 2007 20 AUS D. Mullen 60Nichols 80 20 IDN 2–0 https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080713204512/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/45673/20080714-0000/www.footballaustralia.com.au/MensU20/defaultae8c.html W Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Thanh Long Sports Centre 1,500 Yang Zhiqiang (China) 8 November 2007 20 AUS Nichols 73Cernak 80 20 VIE 2–0 https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080713204512/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/45673/20080714-0000/www.footballaustralia.com.au/MensU20/defaultd64b.html W Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Thanh Long Sports Centre 2,000 Mahmoud Turki (Syria) 10 November 2007 20 GUA 20 AUS Nichols 9 34 51Minniecon 15 40Trifiro 31 45+1Jesic 45+2Lujic 53Hoffman 60Cernak 70Sebastian Ryall 74 80Theodore 85DeVere 90+4 0–15 https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080713204513/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/45673/20080714-0000/www.footballaustralia.com.au/mensu20/default5d3f.html W Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Thanh Long Sports Centre 500 Rustam Saidov (Uzbekistan) 14 November 2007 20 KOR Kim Bo-kyung 3Kim Dong-sub 28Cho Young-cheol 40Park Seung-il 69 20 AUS 4–0 https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080713204513/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/45673/20080714-0000/www.footballaustralia.com.au/mensu20/defaultb2ff.html L Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Thanh Long Sports Centre Mohamad Mansour (Lebanon) 1,000 Men's under-17 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 20 JPN 70 17 AUS 3–0 https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080713204507/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/45673/20080714-0000/www.footballaustralia.com.au/MensU17/default247c.html L Nagoya, Japan 11 August 2007 Toyota International Youth Cup 17 AUS 17 USA 0–3 L https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080713204508/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/45673/20080714-0000/www.footballaustralia.com.au/MensU17/default6a0b.html Nagoya, Japan 13 August 2007 Toyota International Youth Cup 17 AUS DiLizia Ibrahim Warren 17 KOR 3–0 https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080713204508/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/45673/20080714-0000/www.footballaustralia.com.au/MensU17/default6a0b.html W Nagoya, Japan AFC U-16 Championship qualification 2008 AFC U-16 Championship qualification 17 October 2007 17 MAS 17 AUS Warren 14Babalj 26 0–2 https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080713204510/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/45673/20080714-0000/www.footballaustralia.com.au/MensU17/defaulte88f.html W Singapore Jalan Besar Stadium Ram Krishna Gosh (Bangladesh) 200 17 October 2007 17 AUS 17 PRK 0–0 https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080713204509/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/45673/20080714-0000/www.footballaustralia.com.au/MensU17/default9a53.html D Singapore Jalan Besar Stadium Võ Minh Trí (Vietnam 500 Women's senior Results and fixtures Friendlies 1 March 2008 AUS 2–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Matildas/reports/vNZ2008a.html NZL Walsh 16Burgess 54 Sydney, Australia Stockland Park W 3 March 2008 AUS 2–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Matildas/reports/vNZ2008c.html NZL Gill 22Chapman 47 Kete 30 Sydney, Australia Stockland Park W 5 March 2008 AUS 4–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Matildas/reports/vNZ2008e.html NZL McCallum 9Salisbury 58 pen.Polkinghorne 90 Smith 13Moorwood 45 Sydney, Australia Stockland Park W 27 April 2008 USA 3–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Matildas/reports/vUSA2008a.html AUS Kai 35Wambach 49Lloyd 90 Gill 86Salisbury 88 Cary, North Carolina, United States WakeMed Soccer Park 3,698 Margaret Domka (United States) L 3 May 2008 USA 5–4 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Matildas/reports/vUSA2008c.html AUS Tarpley 28 42Wambach 29 46Hucles 90+4 Whitehill 19 o.g.Walsh 49Colthorpe 64Rampone 69 o.g. Birmingham, Alabama, United States Legion Field 5,000 Sandra Serafini (United States) L 23 May 2008 AUS 2–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Matildas/reports/vCAN2008b.html CAN Chapman 22Munoz 40 Lang 55 Sydney, Australia Sydney Football Stadium Tammy Ogston (Australia) W 15 June 2008 AUS 1–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Matildas/reports/vUSA2008e.html USA Garriock 57 Kai 35Wambach 77 Suwon, South Korea Suwon Sports Complex 1,357 Bibiana Steinhaus (Germany) L 17 June 2008 AUS 3–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Matildas/reports/vITA2008a.html ITA Garriock 66 68Chapman 89 Suwon, South Korea Suwon Sports Complex W 19 June 2008 AUS 1–0 BRA Simon 90 Suwon, South Korea Suwon Sports Complex 1,075 W Women's World Cup 2007 Group C Group C no_hide_class_rules 1 12 September 2007 GHA 1–4 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Matildas/reports/vGHA2007a.html AUS Amankwa 70 Walsh 15De Vanna 57 81Garriock 69 Hangzhou, China Hangzhou Dragon Stadium 30,752 Adriana Correa (Colombia) W 2 15 September 2007 AUS 1–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Matildas/reports/vNOR2007a.html NOR De Vanna 83 Gulbrandsen 5 Hangzhou, China Hangzhou Dragon Stadium 33,835 Huijin Niu (China) D 3 20 September 2007 AUS 2–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Matildas/reports/vCAN2007a.html CAN McCallum 53Salisbury 90+2 Tancredi 1Christine Sinclair 85 Chengdu, China Chengu Sports Center Stadium 29,300 Gyoengi Gaal (Hungary) D Knockout stage Quarter-finals 23 September 2007 BRA 3–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Matildas/reports/vBRA2007a.html AUS Formiga 4Marta 23 pen.Rozeira 75 De Vanna 36Colthorpe 68 Tianjin, China Olympic Center Stadium 35,061 Christine Beck (Germany) L Women's Asian Cup 2008 Group B Team Pld Played W Wins D Drawn L Lost GF Goals for GA Goals against GD Goal difference Pts Points JPN3201154+116 AUS320173+46 KOR320153+26 TPE3003017−170 1 29 May 2008 AUS 4–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Matildas/reports/vTWN2008a.html TPE Garriock 19 42Tristram 51De Vanna 82 Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam Thống Nhất Stadium 600 Hong Sil Ri (North Korea) W 2 31 May 2008 KOR 0–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Matildas/reports/vSKO2008a.html AUS Perry 30De Vanna 69 Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam Thống Nhất Stadium 300 Bentla D'Coth (India) W 3 2 June 2008 AUS 1–3 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Matildas/reports/vJPN2008a.html JPN Polkinghorne 70 Ando 8Nagasato 33Miyama 50 Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam Thống Nhất Stadium 300 Hong Sil Ri (North Korea) L Knockout stage Semi-finals 5 June 2008 PRK 3–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Matildas/reports/vNKO2008a.html AUS Kum-suk 2 41 60 Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam Thống Nhất Stadium 2,700 Pannipar Kamneung (Thailand) L Third place play-off 8 June 2008 AUS 0–3 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Matildas/reports/vJPN2008b.html JPN Nagasato 15Miyama 78Sawa 86 Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam Thống Nhất Stadium 1,200 Hong Eun-ah (South Korea) L Women's under-20 Friendlies The following is a list of friendlies played by the women's under-20 national team in 2007–08. 28 September 2007 20 CHN 33 20 AUS Chengdu, China 1–0 https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080713204547/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/45673/20080714-0000/www.footballaustralia.com.au/womensu20/default2f7a.html L 30 September 2007 20 CHN 20 AUS Chengdu, China 0–0 https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080713204547/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/45673/20080714-0000/www.footballaustralia.com.au/womensu20/default3af1.html D AFC U-19 Women's Championship 2007 AFC U-19 Women's Championship 6 October 2007 20 JPN Kira 21 20 AUS Chongqing, China Chongqing Olympic Sports Center L 1–0 https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080713204547/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/45673/20080714-0000/www.footballaustralia.com.au/womensu20/default2fa0.html Pannipar Kamueng (Thailand) 300 8 October 2007 20 AUS Butt 13 pen. 20 PRK Cha Hu-nam 41Ra Un-sim 83 pen. 1–2 https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080713204547/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/45673/20080714-0000/www.footballaustralia.com.au/womensu20/default80cb.html L Chongqing, China Chongqing Olympic Sports Center Wang Jia (China) 1,000 10 October 2007 20 AUS Connor 33Simon 53 20 MYA Mu Mu Lwin 32 2–1 https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080713204547/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/45673/20080714-0000/www.footballaustralia.com.au/womensu20/default6bf5.html W Chongqing, China Chongqing Olympic Sports Center Praew Semaksuk (Thailand) 150 Women's under-17 Friendlies The following is a list of friendlies played by the women's under-17 national team in 2007–08. 29 January 2008 17 AUS 17 USA S. Mewis 32 41 67DiMartino 40K. Mewis 59Verloo 79 0–6 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/WomensU17/reports/vUSA2008a.html L Auckland, New Zealand North Harbour Stadium 31 January 2008 17 AUS van Egmond 44 17 GER Huth 4Knaak 26Zumbült 33Doppler 62Popp 81 1–5 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/WomensU17/reports/vGER2008a.html L Auckland, New Zealand North Harbour Stadium 2 February 2008 17 NZL 20 AUS Tabain 44 pen. 0–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/WomensU17/reports/vNZ2008b.html W Auckland, New Zealand North Harbour Stadium 15 April 2008 17 AUS 17 NZL Wall 16 86Pearl 35Campbell 77 0–4 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/WomensU17/reports/vNZ2008c.html L Canberra, Australia Australian Institute of Sport 17 April 2008 17 AUS 17 NZL Murray 3 40McLaughlin 23 33 0–4 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/WomensU17/reports/vNZ2008d.html L Canberra, Australia Australian Institute of Sport AFC competitions AFC Champions League 2008 AFC Champions League Group stage 2008 AFC Champions League group stage#Groups 2008 AFC Champions League group stage Group E main WDL Group E Q n ADE AUS Adelaide United CCY CHN Changchun Yatai POH KOR Pohang Steelers BBD VIE Bình Dương 4 2 0 9 2 3 3 0 10 3 1 2 3 6 7 0 1 5 4 17 #cfc A complete Group G main WDL Group G Q n OSA JPN Gamba Osaka MVC AUS Melbourne Victory DRA KOR Chunnam Dragons CHN THA Chonburi 4 2 0 14 8 2 1 3 10 11 1 3 2 8 10 1 2 3 7 10 #cfc A complete Knockout stage 2008 AFC Champions League knockout phase Quarter-finals Kashima Antlers JPN 1–2 Adelaide United AUS 1–1 0–1 Semi-finals Adelaide United AUS 3–1 UZB Bunyodkor 3–0 0–1 Final Gamba Osaka JPN 5–0 AUS Adelaide United 3–0 2–0 Men's soccer A-League 2007–08 A-League Standings Bracket Cup competitions Pre-Season Challenge Cup 2007 A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup Final 12 August 2007 15:00 ACST Adelaide United 2–1 Perth Glory Djite 65Cássio 83 Bertos 45 Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide 9,606 Ben Williams Retirements 1 July 2007: Paul Okon, 35, former Marconi Stallions and Newcastle Jets midfielder. 1 July 2007: Fernando Rech, 33, former Brisbane Strikers and Parramatta Power striker.https://www.ftbl.com.au/feature/in-my-own-words---fernando-rech-76105 In My Own Words — Fernando Rech Young Richir 20 March 2007 ftbl.com.au 1 January 2008: Brendan Renaud, 34, former Marconi Stallions, Parramatta Power, St George, Blacktown City and Sydney FC midfielder. 1 February 2008: Craig Deans, 33, former Fremantle Spirit and Newcastle Jets centre-back. 1 February 2008: Tony Vidmar, 37, former Adelaide City and Central Coast Mariners left-back.http://www.sportal.com.au/Football-news-display/vidmar-calls-it-a-day-43165 "Vidmar calls it a day" 10 June 2020 3 June 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110603233327/http://www.sportal.com.au/Football-news-display/vidmar-calls-it-a-day-43165 dead 1 March 2008: Damien Brown, 33, former Central Coast Mariners, Canberra Cosmos, Parramatta Power and Newcastle Jets midfielder. 21 April 2008: Stan Lazaridis, 35, former West Adelaide left midfielder.https://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/article/2008/04/21/lazaridis-cut-loose-glory Lazaridis cut loose by Glory 21 April 2008 SBS 12 July 2008: Richie Alagich, 34, former West Adelaide, South Melbourne, Brisbane Strikers and Adelaide United right-back.https://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/alagich-quits-after-three-world-cups-two-olympics-two-asian-cups-20080712-gdslv3.html Alagich quits after three World Cups, two Olympics, two Asian Cups Hassett Sebastian 12 July 2008 The Sydney Morning Herald References Category:Soccer in Australia by season