2007–08 Wellington Phoenix FC season
Appearance
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The 2007–08
New Zealand Knights
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Players
First team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Transfers
In
No. | Pos. | Player | From | Notes |
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1 | GK | Mark Paston | New Zealand Knights |
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2 | DF | Jeremy Christie | Perth Glory |
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3 | DF | Tony Lochhead | New England Revolution | |
4 | DF | Cleberson |
Cabofriense | |
5 | DF | Karl Dodd | Falkirk FC |
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6 | MF | Tim Brown | Newcastle Jets |
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7 | DF | Ross Aloisi | Adelaide United |
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8 | FW | Vaughan Coveny | Newcastle Jets |
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9 | FW | Shane Smeltz | Halifax Town | |
10 | MF | Michael Ferrante | Melbourne Victory |
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11 | MF | Daniel |
Madureira | |
12 | MF | Richard Johnson |
New Zealand Knights |
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13 | DF | Steven Old | Newcastle Jets |
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14 | DF | Steven O'Dor | New Zealand Knights |
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15 | MF | George |
Carabobo |
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16 | DF | Kristian Rees | Whittlesea Zebras |
Short-term contract |
17 | MF | Vince Lia | Melbourne Victory |
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18 | MF | Ahmad Elrich | Fulham FC |
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19 | FW | Greg Draper | Canterbury United |
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20 | GK | Glen Moss | Dinamo Bucharest | |
21 | MF | Felipe |
Hajduk Split |
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22 | FW | Royce Brownlie | Swindon Town |
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23 | FW | Kosta Barbarouses | Team Wellington |
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30 | GK | Jacob Spoonley | Auckland City FC |
Matches
2007 Pre-season Cup fixtures
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | BP | Pts |
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1 | Central Coast Mariners | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 3 | 10 |
2 | Queensland Roar | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 6 |
3 | Wellington Phoenix | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
4 | Sydney FC | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 | 1 |
Source: [citation needed]
14 July 2007 Group Stage | Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford | |||
A. Wilkinson 3' A. Kwasnik 30' |
Report | Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Srebre Delovski |
22 July 2007 Group Stage | Westpac Stadium, Wellington | |||
S. Smeltz 13' 89' (pen) M. Rudan 14' (o.g.) |
Report | Attendance: 6,039 Referee: Peter O'Leary |
27 July 2007 Group Stage | Queensland Roar | Queen Elizabeth II Park, Christchurch | ||
S. Old 46' | Report | 40' | Attendance: 4,081 Referee: Michael Hester |
4 August 2007 Play-offs | Melbourne Victory | 1–2 | Wellington Phoenix | Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne |
K. Dodd 34' (o.g.) | Report | 53' Daniel |
Attendance: 4,100 Referee: Kevin Docherty |
10 August 2007 5th Place Play-off | Westpac Stadium, Wellington | |||
(2–4 pen.) Report |
Attendance: 5,174 Referee: Michael Hester | |||
Penalties | ||||
R. Johnson |
2007–08 Hyundai A-League fixtures
26 August 2007 Round 1 | Westpac Stadium, Wellington | |||
84' | (0–1) Summary |
19' ( | Attendance: 14,421 Referee: Mark Shield |
31 August 2007 Round 2 | Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford | |||
N. Mrdja 9', 35' A. Kwasnik 13' J. Hutchinson 63' T. Vidmar 90' |
(3–0) Summary |
29' | Attendance: 9,052 Referee: Peter Green |
9 September 2007 Round 3 | Westpac Stadium, Wellington | |||
86' | (0–0) Summary |
6' M. Thompson |
Attendance: 11,478 Referee: Peter O'Leary |
14 September 2007 Round 4 | Sydney FC | 1–2 | Wellington Phoenix | Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney |
89' | (1–2) Summary |
8' | Attendance: 11,491 Referee: Matthew Breeze |
22 September 2007 Round 5 | Westpac Stadium, Wellington | |||
88' | (0–0) Summary |
70' Diego 78' B. Djite |
Attendance: 12,127 Referee: Ben Williams |
30 September 2007 Round 6 | Westpac Stadium, Wellington | |||
84' | (2–1) Summary |
10' B. Celeski 46' 54' D. Djulbic 47' S. Colosimo |
Attendance: 10,127 Referee: Peter Green |
5 October 2007 Round 7 | Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane | |||
90' | (2–0) Summary |
88' K. Dodd 90' T. Lochhead 90+5' S. Smeltz |
Attendance: 12,458 Referee: Craig Zetter |
14 October 2007 Round 8 | EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle | |||
52' | (2–0) Summary |
37' | Attendance: 11,947 Referee: Ben Williams |
21 October 2007 Round 9 | Westpac Stadium, Wellington | |||
65' | (1–1) Summary |
16' D. Heffernan 83' N. Boogaard 90+1' S. Petrovski |
Attendance: 10,562 Referee: Peter Green |
28 October 2007 Round 10 | Adelaide United | 4–1 | Wellington Phoenix | Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide |
75' | (2–1) Summary |
3' S. Smeltz 83' V. Lia |
Attendance: 11,740 Referee: Simon Przydacz |
2 November 2007 Round 11 | Perth | |||
S. Colosimo 11' N. Topor-Stanley 68' |
(0–1) Report Summary |
13' | Attendance: 7,105 Referee: Simon Przydacz |
11 November 2007 Round 12 | Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane | |||
Marcinho 83' |
(0–0) Summary |
11' K. Dodd 34' A. Elrich 52' T. Lochhead 90' J. Christie 90' T. Brown |
Attendance: 13,808 Referee: Matthew Breeze |
17 November 2007 Round 13 | Westpac Stadium, Wellington | |||
R. Aloisi 29' S. Old 61' 90' K. Rees 76' V. Coveny 78' |
(1–0) Summary |
27' 69' T. Popovic 90+3' (pen.) U. Talay |
Attendance: 8,062 Referee: Peter Green |
24 November 2007 Round 14 | Melbourne Victory | 1–1 | Wellington Phoenix | Etihad Stadium, Melbourne |
K. Muscat 34' 45' D. Allsopp 43' L. Broxham 62' A. Thompson 62' |
(1–0) Summary |
42' M. Ferrante 58' V. Lia |
Attendance: 20,938 Referee: Peter Green |
30 November 2007 Round 15 | Westpac Stadium, Wellington | |||
Daniel 69' (pen. ) |
(0–1) Summary |
9' I. Erdogan |
Attendance: 18,345 Referee: Craig Zetter |
7 December 2007 Round 16 | Westpac Stadium, Wellington | |||
Felipe 32' |
(1–0) Summary |
34' N. Topor-Stanley 35' M. Prentice 37' D. Micevski 66' H. Foxe 73' J. Harnwell |
Attendance: 8,039 Referee: Strebre Delovski |
14 December 2007 Round 17 | Westpac Stadium, Wellington | |||
Daniel 90' |
(1–1) Summary |
5' H. Seo |
Attendance: 9,384 Referee: Ben Williams |
30 December 2007 Round 18 | EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle | |||
M. Bridge 29' (pen.) S. Musialik 55' S. Tunbridge 81' |
(1–1) Summary |
16' S. Smeltz 28' G. Moss 49' M. Ferrante 51' K. Rees 59' V. Lia 84' T. Brown 90' A. Elrich |
Attendance: 15,107 Referee: Strebre Delovski |
4 January 2008 Round 19 | Westpac Stadium, Wellington | |||
90' | (0–0) Summary |
26' U. Talay 79' T. McFlynn 83' A. Brosque |
Attendance: 14,288 Referee: Ben Williams |
11 January 2008 Round 20 | Melbourne Victory | 3–0 | Wellington Phoenix | Etihad Stadium, Melbourne |
88' | (2–0) Summary |
54' Felipe |
Attendance: 25,489 Referee: Peter Green |
19 January 2008 Round 21 | Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford | |||
M. Jedinak 22' J. Aloisi 52' A. Kwasnik 90+4' |
(0–0) Summary |
41' J. Christie 86' V. Lia |
Attendance: 9,849 Referee: Kevin Docherty |
Exhibition match
1 December 2007 | Westpac Stadium, Wellington | |||
R. Aloisi 7' | 17' C. Mathis 45' L. Donovan 48' C. Pavón 77' (pen) D. Beckham |
Attendance: 31,853 Referee: Michael Hester |
Results by round
Source: Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Central Coast Mariners | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 25 | +5 | 34 | Qualification for 2009 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series[a] |
2 | Newcastle Jets (C) | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 21 | +4 | 34 | |
3 | Sydney FC | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 28 | 24 | +4 | 32 | Qualification for 2008 Pan-Pacific Championship and Finals series |
4 | Queensland Roar | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 21 | +4 | 31 | Qualification for Finals series |
5 | Melbourne Victory | 21 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 27 | |
6 | Adelaide United | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 31 | 29 | +2 | 26 | |
7 | Perth Glory | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 27 | 34 | −7 | 20 | |
8 | Wellington Phoenix[b] | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 25 | 37 | −12 | 20 |
Source: ultimatealeague.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
- ^ First place qualifies for the 2009 AFC Champions League group stage.
Winning the 2008 A-League Grand Final earns qualification for the 2009 AFC Champions League group stage, unless the Grand Final winners are also first place, in which case the Grand Final runner up qualifies. - ^ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.
Statistics
Appearances
Rank | Player | Minutes played | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | App. | GS | Min. | ||||
1 | Glen Moss | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1,800 | |
2 | Karl Dodd | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1,710 | ||
Shane Smeltz | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1,710 | |||
4 | Tony Lochhead | 90 | 90 | 90 | 82 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1,612 | |||
Michael Ferrante | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 19 | 90 | 45 | 33 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1,537 | ||||
6 | Daniel |
90 | 90 | 48 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 84 | 80 | 67 | 86 | 87 | 90 | 8 | 12 | 30 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 1,222 | ||||
Felipe |
26 | 36 | 82 | 62 | 86 | 71 | 41 | 56 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 67 | 78 | 65 | 77 | 90 | 8 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 1,115 | |||||
Vaughan Coveny | 76 | 62 | 42 | 28 | 4 | 77 | 70 | 75 | 10 | 90 | 11 | 25 | 83 | 90 | 89 | 90 | 65 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 987 | |||||
9 | Jeremy Christie | 64 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 83 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1,069 | |||||
10 | Richard Johnson |
90 | 90 | 86 | 86 | 90 | 90 | 6 | 90 | 77 | 75 | 23 | 5 | 25 | 82 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 915 | |||||||
11 | Vince Lia | 75 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 79 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 83 | 90 | 90 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1,137 | ||||||||
Ross Aloisi | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 84 | 77 | 8 | 62 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 1,041 | |||||||||
Steven O'Dor | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 49 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 80 | 4 | 1 | 90 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1,034 | |||||||||
Ahmad Elrich | 45 | 86 | 90 | 79 | 34 | 90 | 90 | 86 | 85 | 90 | 82 | 60 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 924 | |||||||||
15 | Steven Old | 90 | 8 | 41 | 90 | 90 | 10 | 90 | 89 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 868 | |||||||||
16 | Tim Brown | 13 | 20 | 90 | 6 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 65 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 734 | ||||||||||
17 | Kristian Rees | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 810 | ||||||||||||
18 | Royce Brownlie | 14 | 28 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 117 | |||||||||||||
19 | George |
4 | 4 | 49 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 72 | |||||||||||||||||
20 | Cleberson |
90 | 54 | 90 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 234 | ||||||||||||||||||
Kosta Barbarouses | 4 | 13 | 90 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 107 | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | Greg Draper | 25 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 53 | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | Mark Paston | 90 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 | ||||||||||||||||||||
23 | Jacob Spoonley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Player started Player subbed in Player suspended Player injured
Goal scorers
Rank | Player | Goals by round | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | ||||
1 | Shane Smeltz | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | ||||||||||||||
2 | Daniel |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
3 | Felipe |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
4 | Ross Aloisi | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Steven Old | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Tony Lochhead | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Vaughan Coveny | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Ahmad Elrich | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Vince Lia | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Michael Ferrante | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Kristian Rees | 1 | 1 |
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A goal was scored from a penalty kick |
Goal assists
Rank | Player | Assists by round | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | ||||
1 | Vaughan Coveny | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Daniel |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Shane Smeltz | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
4 | Vince Lia | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Tony Lochhead | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Ross Aloisi | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Tim Brown | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Jeremy Christie | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Karl Dodd | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Ahmad Elrich | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Felipe |
1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Michael Ferrante | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
George |
1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Steven O'Dor | 1 | 1 |
Discipline
Rank | Player | Cards by round | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | |||||
1 | Daniel |
7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Ross Aloisi | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Karl Dodd | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Ahmad Elrich | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Tim Brown | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Vince Lia | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Jeremy Christie | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Richard Johnson |
4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tony Lochhead | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | Steven Old | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Shane Smeltz | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | Vaughan Coveny | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Felipe |
2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michael Ferrante | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Glen Moss | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kristian Rees | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | Cleberson |
1 |
Goal times
nth Min. | Goals for Wellington Phoenix | Goals against Wellington Phoenix |
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01-05 | 1 |
3
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06-10 | 1 |
4
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11–15 | 1 |
1
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16–20 | 1 |
3
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21–25 | 2 |
0
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26–30 | 3 |
1
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31–35 | 1 |
3
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36–40 | 0 |
1
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41–45 | 1 |
3
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46–50 | 1 |
1
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51–55 | 3 |
1
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56–60 | 1 |
1
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61–65 | 1 |
0
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66–70 | 1 |
2
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71–75 | 1 |
1
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76–80 | 1 |
5
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81–85 | 2 |
3
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86–90 | 3 |
4
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Home attendance
Date | Round | Attendance | Opposition | Stadium |
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26 August 2007 | Round 1 | 14,421 | Melbourne Victory | Westpac Stadium
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9 September 2007 | Round 3 | 11,478 | Newcastle Jets | |
22 September 2007 | Round 5 | 12,127 | Adelaide United | |
30 September 2007 | Round 6 | 10,127 | Perth Glory | |
21 October 2007 | Round 9 | 10,560 | Central Coast Mariners | |
17 November 2007 | Round 13 | 8,062 | Sydney FC | |
30 November 2007 | Round 15 | 18,345 | Adelaide United | |
1 December 2007 | Exhibition | 31,853 | Los Angeles Galaxy
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7 December 2007 | Round 16 | 8,032 | Perth Glory | |
14 December 2007 | Round 17 | 9,384 | Queensland Roar | |
4 January 2008 | Round 19 | 14,288 | Sydney FC | |
Total | 116,824 excl. exhibition match | |||
Average | 11,682 excl. exhibition match |
Club
Kit
Supplier: Reebok
Sponsor(s): Sony
End-of-season awards
- Sony Player of the Year: Shane Smeltz
- Players' Player of the Year: Shane Smeltz
- Media Player of the Year: Shane Smeltz
- Golden Boot: Shane Smeltz – 9 goals