2007–08 A-League

A-League
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Season	2007–08
Dates	24 August 2007 – 24 February 2008
Champions	Newcastle Jets (1st title)
Premiers	Central Coast Mariners; (1st title)
AFC Champions League	Newcastle Jets,; Central Coast Mariners
Matches played	111
Goals scored	223 (2.01 per match)
Top goalscorer	Joel Griffiths ; (12 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Michael Theoklitos
Biggest home win	Central Coast Mariners 3–0 Wellington Phoenix; Wellington Phoenix 4–1 Perth Glory; Adelaide United 4–1 Melbourne Victory; Adelaide United 4–1 Wellington Phoenix; Queensland Roar 3–0 Wellington Phoenix; Wellington Phoenix 3–0 Perth Glory; Melbourne Victory 3–0 Wellington Phoenix; Central Coast Mariners 3–0 Newcastle Jets
Biggest away win	Newcastle Jets 1–4 Perth Glory; Perth Glory 1–4 Queensland Roar; Central Coast Mariners 2–5 Melbourne Victory
Highest scoring	Central Coast Mariners 4–5 Sydney FC
Longest winning run	4 games; Newcastle Jets
Longest unbeaten run	6 games; Melbourne Victory
Longest winless run	11 games; Perth Glory
Longest losing run	4 games; Adelaide United; Wellington Phoenix
Highest attendance	33,458
Lowest attendance	6,252
Average attendance	14,610 (File:Green Arrow Up.svg 1683)
	← 2006–07 2008–09 →

The 2007–08 A-League was the 31st season of top-flight soccer in Australia, and the third season of the A-League competition since its establishment in 2004. Football Federation Australia hoped to build on the success of the previous two seasons and on the interest generated by Sydney FC and Adelaide United playing in the 2007 AFC Champions League, and the Socceroos competing in the 2007 AFC Asian Cup. Based on their A-League 2006-07 season performances Adelaide United and Melbourne Victory competed in the 2008 AFC Champions League, making it two consecutive seasons in the competition for Adelaide United. Based on the 2007–08 season of the A-League, the Central Coast Mariners and Newcastle Jets qualified for the 2009 AFC Champions League, as the competition's Premiers and Champions respectively. Changes included:

The New Zealand Knights, who folded at the conclusion of the 2006–07 season, were replaced by Wellington Phoenix.^[1]
An increase of the squad size, from 20 to 23 players, increasing the salary cap from A$1.6 million to A$1.8 million.^[2]^[3]

Clubs

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Adelaide United

Central Coast Mariners

Melbourne Victory

Newcastle Jets

Queensland Roar

Perth Glory

Sydney FC

Wellington Phoenix

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Adelaide United	Adelaide	Hindmarsh Stadium	17,000
Central Coast Mariners	Gosford	Bluetongue Stadium	20,119
Melbourne Victory	Melbourne	Telstra Dome	56,347
Newcastle Jets	Newcastle	Energy Australia Stadium	26,164
Perth Glory	Perth	Members Equity Stadium	18,156
Queensland Roar	Brisbane	Suncorp Stadium	52,500
Sydney FC	Sydney	Aussie Stadium	42,500
Wellington Phoenix	Wellington	Westpac Stadium	34,500

Foreign players

Club	Visa 1	Visa 2	Visa 3	Visa 4	Non-Visa foreigner(s)	Former player(s)
Adelaide United	Brazil Cássio	Brazil Diego Walsh	Netherlands Bobby Petta		Ivory Coast Jonas Salley¹
Central Coast Mariners	Germany André Gumprecht				Malta John Hutchinson²
Melbourne Victory	Brazil Leandro Love	Costa Rica Carlos Hernández	England Joe Keenan	Scotland Grant Brebner
Newcastle Jets	Brazil Denni	Brazil Mário Jardel	South Korea Song Jin-hyung			Argentina Jorge Drovandi
Perth Glory	England James Robinson	Croatia Mate Dragicevic			Liberia Jerry Karpeh¹
Queensland Roar	Brazil Marcinho	Brazil Reinaldo	Scotland Simon Lynch		South Korea Seo Hyuk-su¹
Sydney FC	Brazil Juninho	Brazil Patrick da Silva	Northern Ireland Terry McFlynn	United States Michael Enfield		England Michael Bridges³ France Michael Herbet³
Wellington Phoenix	Brazil Cleberson	Brazil Daniel	Brazil Felipe	Brazil George

The following do not fill a Visa position:
¹Those players who were born and started their professional career abroad but have since gained Australian Residency (and New Zealand Residency, in the case of Wellington Phoenix);
²Australian residents (and New Zealand residents, in the case of Wellington Phoenix) who have chosen to represent another national team;
³Injury Replacement Players, or National Team Replacement Players;
⁴Guest Players (eligible to play a maximum of ten games)

Salary cap exemptions and captains

Club	Marquee	Captain	Vice-Captain
Adelaide United	Australia Paul Agostino^[4]	Australia Michael Valkanis^[5]^[6]	Australia Travis Dodd^[7]
Central Coast Mariners	Australia Tony Vidmar^[8]	Australia Alex Wilkinson^[9]	None
Melbourne Victory	Australia Archie Thompson^[10]^[11]	Australia Kevin Muscat^[12]^[13]	None
Newcastle Jets	Brazil Mário Jardel^[14]	Australia Jade North^[15]	Australia Ante Covic^{[citation needed]}
Perth Glory	Australia Stan Lazaridis^[16]	Australia Simon Colosimo^[17]	None
Queensland Roar	Australia Craig Moore^[18]	Australia Craig Moore^[19]	None
Sydney FC	Brazil Juninho^[20]	Australia Tony Popovic^[21]	None
Wellington Phoenix	Australia Ahmad Elrich^[22]	Australia Ross Aloisi^[23]	New Zealand Tim Brown^[23]^[24]

Pre-Season Challenge Cup

The pre-season cup competition was held in July and August in the lead up to the start of the A-League season. The opening round began on 14 July 2007. The competition featured a group stage, with three regular rounds, followed by a two-week finals playoff. The pre-season cup was won by Adelaide United at the final on 12 August 2007.

Regular season

The league season took a triple round-robin format over 21 rounds between 24 August 2007 and 20 January 2008 with each team playing the other seven teams three times.^[25]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Central Coast Mariners	21	10	4	7	30	25	+5	34	Qualification for 2009 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series^{[lower-alpha 1]}
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^{[lower-alpha 2]}	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:

↑ 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.

Round 1

24 August 2007	Sydney FC	0–1	Central Coast Mariners	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
20:00 UTC+10		Report Summary	Petrovski File:Soccerball shade.svg 7'	Attendance: 18,457 Referee: Peter Green

25 August 2007	Queensland Roar	2–2	Adelaide United	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
19:00 UTC+10	McKay File:Soccerball shade.svg 45' Ognenovski File:Soccerball shade.svg 76'	Report Summary	Burns File:Soccerball shade.svg 8' Djité File:Soccerball shade.svg 47'	Attendance: 16,828 Referee: Ben Williams

26 August 2007	Perth Glory	0–0	Newcastle Jets	Members Equity Stadium, Perth
15:00 UTC+8		Report Summary		Attendance: 8,508 Referee: Simon Przydacz

26 August 2007	Wellington Phoenix	2–2	Melbourne Victory	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
16:00 UTC+12	Daniel File:Soccerball shade.svg 79' Smeltz File:Soccerball shade.svg 84'	Report Summary	Muscat File:Soccerball shade.svg 19' (pen.) Allsopp File:Soccerball shade.svg 60'	Attendance: 14,421 Referee: Mark Shield

Round 2

31 August 2007	Central Coast Mariners	3–0	Wellington Phoenix	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
20:00 UTC+10	Mrdja File:Soccerball shade.svg 9', 35' Kwasnik File:Soccerball shade.svg 13'	Report Summary		Attendance: 9,052 Referee: Peter Green

1 September 2007	Sydney FC	2–2	Adelaide United	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
17:00 UTC+10	TalayFile:Soccerball shade.svg 13' Brosque File:Soccerball shade.svg 74'	Report Summary	Alagich File:Soccerball shade.svg 9' Burns File:Soccerball shade.svg 76'	Attendance: 14,233 Referee: Mark Shield

1 September 2007	Melbourne Victory	0–0	Perth Glory	Telstra Dome, Melbourne
19:00 UTC+10		Report Summary		Attendance: 31,545 Referee: Peter O'Leary

2 September 2007	Newcastle Jets	1–1	Queensland Roar	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
17:00 UTC+10	J. Griffiths File:Soccerball shade.svg 89'	Report Summary	Reinaldo File:Soccerball shade.svg 70'	Attendance: 13,144 Referee: Simon Przydacz

Round 3

6 September 2007	Queensland Roar	0–1	Central Coast Mariners	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
20:00 UTC+10		Report Summary	Kwasnik File:Soccerball shade.svg 55'	Attendance: 8,815 Referee: Mark Shield

7 September 2007	Adelaide United	1–1	Melbourne Victory	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
19:30 UTC+9:30	Dodd File:Soccerball shade.svg 83' (pen.)	Report Summary	Vargas File:Soccerball shade.svg 80'	Attendance: 12,231 Referee: Peter Green

9 September 2007	Wellington Phoenix	0–1	Newcastle Jets	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
17:00 UTC+12		Report Summary	Thompson File:Soccerball shade.svg 77'	Attendance: 11,478 Referee: Peter O'Leary

9 September 2007	Perth Glory	0–0	Sydney FC	Members Equity Stadium, Perth
15:00 UTC+8		Report Summary		Attendance: 7,907 Referee: Craig Zetter

Round 4

14 September 2007	Sydney FC	1–2	Wellington Phoenix	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
20:00 UTC+10	Casey File:Soccerball shade.svg 6'	Report Summary	Felipè File:Soccerball shade.svg 8' Daniel File:Soccerball shade.svg 29' (pen.)	Attendance: 11,491 Referee: Matthew Breeze

15 September 2007	Newcastle Jets	1–0	Adelaide United	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
19:00 UTC+10	Bridge File:Soccerball shade.svg 81'	Report Summary		Attendance: 13,627 Referee: Angelo Nardi

16 September 2007	Melbourne Victory	0–0	Central Coast Mariners	Telstra Dome, Melbourne
17:00 UTC+10		Report Summary		Attendance: 27,351 Referee: Mark Shield

16 September 2007	Perth Glory	1–2	Queensland Roar	Members Equity Stadium, Perth
17:00 UTC+8	Harnwell File:Soccerball shade.svg 14'	Report Summary	McCloughan File:Soccerball shade.svg 21' McKay File:Soccerball shade.svg 84'	Attendance: 7,203 Referee: Ben Williams

Round 5

21 September 2007	Newcastle Jets	2–2	Melbourne Victory	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
20:00 UTC+10	A Griffiths File:Soccerball shade.svg 5' Musialik File:Soccerball shade.svg 21'	Report Summary	Thompson File:Soccerball shade.svg 65' Caceres File:Soccerball shade.svg 83'	Attendance: 11,179 Referee: Matthew Breeze

22 September 2007	Wellington Phoenix	2–2	Adelaide United	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
19:00 UTC+12	Felipe File:Soccerball shade.svg 65' Smeltz File:Soccerball shade.svg 87'	Report Summary	Diego File:Soccerball shade.svg 70' Djite File:Soccerball shade.svg 78'	Attendance: 12,127 Referee: Ben Williams

22 September 2007	Queensland Roar	0–1	Sydney FC	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
19:00 UTC+10		Report Summary	Patrick File:Soccerball shade.svg 69'	Attendance: 16,582 Referee: Mark Shield

23 September 2007	Central Coast Mariners	1–0	Perth Glory	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
19:00 UTC+10	Petrovski File:Soccerball shade.svg 80'	Report Summary		Attendance: 9,274 Referee: Craig Zetter

Round 6

28 September 2007	Melbourne Victory	2–0	Queensland Roar	Telstra Dome, Melbourne
20:00 UTC+10	Muscat File:Soccerball shade.svg 68' (pen.) Thompson File:Soccerball shade.svg 85'	Report Summary		Attendance: 25,622 Referee: Ben Williams

29 September 2007	Sydney FC	1–0	Newcastle Jets	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
19:00 UTC+10	Brosque File:Soccerball shade.svg 36'	Report Summary		Attendance: 13,755 Referee: Craig Zetter

30 September 2007	Adelaide United	2–1	Central Coast Mariners	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
16:30 UTC+9:30	Djite File:Soccerball shade.svg 19', 88'	Report Summary	Petrovski File:Soccerball shade.svg 37'	Attendance: 11,019 Referee: Matthew Breeze

30 September 2007	Wellington Phoenix	4–1	Perth Glory	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
17:00 UTC+12	R.Aloisi File:Soccerball shade.svg 14' Smeltz File:Soccerball shade.svg 42' Coveny File:Soccerball shade.svg 55' Lochhead File:Soccerball shade.svg 83'	Report Summary	Celeski File:Soccerball shade.svg 10'	Attendance: 10,127 Referee: Peter Green

Round 7

5 October 2007	Queensland Roar	2–1	Wellington Phoenix	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
20:00 UTC+10	Zullo File:Soccerball shade.svg 4' Kruse File:Soccerball shade.svg 45+1'	Report Summary	Smeltz File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+5'	Attendance: 12,458 Referee: Craig Zetter

6 October 2007	Sydney FC	0–1	Melbourne Victory	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
19:00 UTC+10		Report Summary	Allsopp File:Soccerball shade.svg 82'	Attendance: 18,436 Referee: Mark Shield

7 October 2007	Central Coast Mariners	1–1	Newcastle Jets	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
17:00 UTC+10	Pondeljak File:Soccerball shade.svg 62'	Report Summary	Bridge File:Soccerball shade.svg 82'	Attendance: 12,622 Referee: Matthew Breeze

7 October 2007	Perth Glory	0–0	Adelaide United	Members Equity Stadium, Perth
17:00 UTC+8		Report Summary		Attendance: 6,252 Referee: Peter Green

Round 8

12 October 2007	Adelaide United	4–1	Melbourne Victory	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
19:30 UTC+9:30	Milicevic File:Soccerball shade.svg 14' (o.g.) Dodd File:Soccerball shade.svg 15', 54' Pantelis File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+2'	Report Summary	Thompson File:Soccerball shade.svg 45+2'	Attendance: 13,372 Referee: Mark Shield

12 October 2007	Perth Glory	3–3	Sydney FC	Members Equity Stadium, Perth
20:00 UTC+8	Harnwell File:Soccerball shade.svg 53' Robinson File:Soccerball shade.svg 59' Prentice File:Soccerball shade.svg 69'	Report Summary	Brosque File:Soccerball shade.svg 40', 90+3' Patrick File:Soccerball shade.svg 72'	Attendance: 6,876 Referee: Matthew Breeze

14 October 2007	Newcastle Jets	2–1	Wellington Phoenix	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
15:00 UTC+10	Holland File:Soccerball shade.svg 17' J. Griffiths File:Soccerball shade.svg 40'	Report Summary	Old File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+4'	Attendance: 11,947 Referee: Ben Williams

14 October 2007	Central Coast Mariners	0–1	Queensland Roar	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
17:00 UTC+10		Report Summary	McCloughan File:Soccerball shade.svg 5'	Attendance: 8,113 Referee: Peter O'Leary

Round 9

19 October 2007	Newcastle Jets	1–1	Queensland Roar	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
20:00 UTC+10	J. Griffiths File:Soccerball shade.svg 49' (pen.)	Report Summary	Kruse File:Soccerball shade.svg 1'	Attendance: 12,326 Referee: Mark Shield

20 October 2007	Sydney FC	0–1	Adelaide United	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
19:00 UTC+10		Report Summary	Pantelis File:Soccerball shade.svg 53'	Attendance: 12,922 Referee: Matthew Breeze

21 October 2007	Wellington Phoenix	1–2	Central Coast Mariners	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
17:00 UTC+12	Elrich File:Soccerball shade.svg 24'	Report Summary	Heffernan File:Soccerball shade.svg 16' Petrovski File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+1'	Attendance: 10,560 Referee: Peter Green

21 October 2007	Melbourne Victory	2–1	Perth Glory	Telstra Dome, Melbourne
16:30 UTC+10	Hernandez File:Soccerball shade.svg 24' Thompson File:Soccerball shade.svg 34'	Report Summary	Harnwell File:Soccerball shade.svg 42'	Attendance: 25,598 Referee: Simon Przydacz

Round 10

26 October 2007	Melbourne Victory	0–2	Newcastle Jets	Telstra Dome, Melbourne
20:00 UTC+10		Report Summary	A. Griffiths File:Soccerball shade.svg 8' J. Griffiths File:Soccerball shade.svg 88'	Attendance: 27,123 Referee: Matthew Breeze

27 October 2007	Queensland Roar	3–3	Perth Glory	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
19:00 UTC+10	Marcinho File:Soccerball shade.svg 45+3' Lynch File:Soccerball shade.svg 69' (pen.), 86'	Report Summary	Moore File:Soccerball shade.svg 18' (o.g.) Harnwell File:Soccerball shade.svg 43' Coyne File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+3'	Attendance: 16,715 Referee: Ben Williams

28 October 2007	Sydney FC	3–2	Central Coast Mariners	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
15:00 UTC+10	Brosque File:Soccerball shade.svg 16', 26' Popovic File:Soccerball shade.svg 32'	Report Summary	Hutchinson File:Soccerball shade.svg 27', 56'	Attendance: 17,652 Referee: Mark Shield

28 October 2007	Adelaide United	4–1	Wellington Phoenix	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
16:30 UTC+9:30	Giraldi File:Soccerball shade.svg 5' Burns File:Soccerball shade.svg 45+4' Pantelis File:Soccerball shade.svg 50' Spagnuolo File:Soccerball shade.svg 75'	Report Summary	Smeltz File:Soccerball shade.svg 3'	Attendance: 11,740 Referee: Simon Przydacz

Round 11

2 November 2007	Adelaide United	0–1	Queensland Roar	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
19:30 UTC+10:30		Report Summary	Reinaldo File:Soccerball shade.svg 63'	Attendance: 10,705 Referee: Peter Green

2 November 2007	Perth Glory	0–1	Wellington Phoenix	Members Equity Stadium, Perth
20:00 UTC+9		Report Summary	Daniel File:Soccerball shade.svg 51'	Attendance: 7,105 Referee: Simon Przydacz

3 November 2007	Newcastle Jets	0–1	Sydney FC	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
19:00 UTC+11		Report Summary	Bridges File:Soccerball shade.svg 69'	Attendance: 16,433 Referee: Matthew Breeze

4 November 2007	Central Coast Mariners	2–1	Melbourne Victory	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
17:00 UTC+11	Petrovski File:Soccerball shade.svg 83' Pondeljak File:Soccerball shade.svg 88'	Report Summary	[ Hernández File:Soccerball shade.svg 77'	Attendance: 11,354 Referee: Mark Shield

Round 12

9 November 2007	Newcastle Jets	1–4	Perth Glory	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
20:00 UTC+11	J. Griffiths File:Soccerball shade.svg 49'	Report Summary	Durante File:Soccerball shade.svg 25' (o.g.) J. Simpson File:Soccerball shade.svg 51' Rukavytsya File:Soccerball shade.svg 63', 90+1'	Attendance: 8,112 Referee: Peter Green

10 November 2007	Central Coast Mariners	2–0	Adelaide United	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
17:00 UTC+11	J.Aloisi File:Soccerball shade.svg 48' (pen.), 59'	Report Summary		Attendance: 11,680 Referee: Simon Przydacz

10 November 2007	Melbourne Victory	0–0	Sydney FC	Telstra Dome, Melbourne
19:00 UTC+11		Report Summary		Attendance: 31,884 Referee: Mark Shield

11 November 2007	Queensland Roar	3–0	Wellington Phoenix	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
17:00 UTC+10	Reinaldo File:Soccerball shade.svg 67' (pen.), 79' Marcinho File:Soccerball shade.svg 83'	Report Summary		Attendance: 13,808 Referee: Matthew Breeze

Round 13

16 November 2007	Queensland Roar	1–0	Melbourne Victory	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
19:00 UTC+10	Kruse File:Soccerball shade.svg 10'	Report Summary		Attendance: 17,207 Referee: Ben Williams

17 November 2007	Wellington Phoenix	1–1	Sydney FC	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
19:00 UTC+12	R.Aloisi File:Soccerball shade.svg 29'	Report Summary	Talay File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+3' (pen.)	Attendance: 8,062 Referee: Peter Green

18 November 2007	Adelaide United	1–1	Newcastle Jets	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
18:30 UTC+10:30	Dodd File:Soccerball shade.svg 76'	Report Summary	J. Griffiths File:Soccerball shade.svg 70'	Attendance: 10,256 Referee: Matthew Breeze

18 November 2007	Perth Glory	0–1	Central Coast Mariners	Members Equity Stadium, Perth
19:00 UTC+9		Summary	Owens File:Soccerball shade.svg 13'	Attendance: 7,310 Referee: Craig Zetter

Round 14

23 November 2007	Adelaide United	1–1	Perth Glory	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
19:30 UTC+10:30	Alagich File:Soccerball shade.svg 41'	Report Summary	Harnwell File:Soccerball shade.svg 68'	Attendance: 10,678 Referee: Peter O'Leary

24 November 2007	Melbourne Victory	1–1	Wellington Phoenix	Telstra Dome, Melbourne
19:00 UTC+11	Allsopp File:Soccerball shade.svg 43'	Report Summary	Lia File:Soccerball shade.svg 58'	Attendance: 20,938 Referee: Peter Green

25 November 2007	Newcastle Jets	0–0	Central Coast Mariners	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
17:00 UTC+11		Report Summary		Attendance: 14,169 Referee: Mark Shield

25 November 2007	Sydney FC	0–0	Queensland Roar	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
19:00 UTC+11		Report Summary		Attendance: 16,569 Referee: Matthew Breeze

Round 15

30 November 2007	Wellington Phoenix	1–2	Adelaide United	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
19:30 UTC+12	Daniel File:Soccerball shade.svg 69' (pen.)	Report Summary	Agostino File:Soccerball shade.svg 9' Pantelis File:Soccerball shade.svg 79'	Attendance: 18,345 Referee: Craig Zetter

30 November 2007	Queensland Roar	0–1	Newcastle Jets	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
19:00 UTC+10		Report Summary	J. Griffiths File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+2'	Attendance: 14,193 Referee: Peter Green

22 December 2007^[26]	Central Coast Mariners	4–5	Sydney FC	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
19:00 UTC+11	Jedinak File:Soccerball shade.svg 3' J.Aloisi File:Soccerball shade.svg 16' Owens File:Soccerball shade.svg 63' (pen.) Kwasnik File:Soccerball shade.svg 86'	Report Summary	Fyfe File:Soccerball shade.svg 33' McFlynn File:Soccerball shade.svg 50' Biddle File:Soccerball shade.svg 71' Santalab File:Soccerball shade.svg 76' Talay File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+5' (pen.)	Attendance: 17,514 Referee: Matthew Breeze

2 December 2007	Perth Glory	3–1	Melbourne Victory	Members Equity Stadium, Perth
17:00 UTC+9	Harnwell File:Soccerball shade.svg 18' Rukavytsya File:Soccerball shade.svg 27', 46'	Report Summary	Caceres File:Soccerball shade.svg 38'	Attendance: 8,030 Referee: Ben Williams

Round 16

7 December 2007	Wellington Phoenix	3–0	Perth Glory	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
19:00 UTC+12	Smeltz File:Soccerball shade.svg 29' (pen.), 72' Felipe File:Soccerball shade.svg 32'	Report Summary		Attendance: 8,039 Referee: Strebre Delovski

7 December 2007	Sydney FC	1–0	Newcastle Jets	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
20:00 UTC+11	Corica File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+3'	Report Summary		Attendance: 10,732 Referee: Matthew Breeze

8 December 2007	Melbourne Victory	2–2	Adelaide United	Telstra Dome, Melbourne
19:00 UTC+11	Muscat File:Soccerball shade.svg 71' (pen.) Alagich File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+2' (o.g.)	Report Summary	Agostino File:Soccerball shade.svg 18', 50'	Attendance: 22,466 Referee: Peter Green

9 December 2007	Queensland Roar	2–1	Central Coast Mariners	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
18:00 UTC+10	Vidmar File:Soccerball shade.svg 21' (o.g.) McKay File:Soccerball shade.svg 28'	Report Summary	J.Aloisi File:Soccerball shade.svg 13'	Attendance: 16,442 Referee: Ben Williams

Round 17

14 December 2007	Wellington Phoenix	1–1	Queensland Roar	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
19:30 UTC+12	Smeltz File:Soccerball shade.svg 24'	Report Summary	Reinaldo File:Soccerball shade.svg 5'	Attendance: 9,384 Referee: Ben Williams

14 December 2007	Adelaide United	1–2	Central Coast Mariners	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
19:30 UTC+10:30	Agostino File:Soccerball shade.svg 70'	Report Summary	J.Aloisi File:Soccerball shade.svg 24' Petrovski File:Soccerball shade.svg 48'	Attendance: 11,123 Referee: Peter Green

15 December 2007	Sydney FC	2–4	Perth Glory	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
19:00 UTC+11	Corica File:Soccerball shade.svg 50' Bridges File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'	Report Summary	Celeski File:Soccerball shade.svg 34', 35', 77' (pen.) Bertos File:Soccerball shade.svg 49'	Attendance: 12,402 Referee: Michael Hester

16 December 2007	Melbourne Victory	1–3	Newcastle Jets	Telstra Dome, Melbourne
17:00 UTC+11	Hernández File:Soccerball shade.svg 11'	Report Summary	Denni File:Soccerball shade.svg 41' J. Griffiths File:Soccerball shade.svg 54', 76'	Attendance: 22,626 Referee: Matthew Breeze

Round 18

28 December 2007	Adelaide United	1–3	Sydney FC	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
19:30 UTC+10:30	Sarkies File:Soccerball shade.svg 20'	Report Summary	Santalab File:Soccerball shade.svg 44' Corica File:Soccerball shade.svg 54' Middleby File:Soccerball shade.svg 66'	Attendance: 25,039 Referee: Matthew Breeze

30 December 2007	Newcastle Jets	2–3	Wellington Phoenix	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
19:00 UTC+11	Bridge File:Soccerball shade.svg 29' (pen.) Tunbridge File:Soccerball shade.svg 81'	Report Summary	Smeltz File:Soccerball shade.svg 16' Ferrante File:Soccerball shade.svg 49' Rees File:Soccerball shade.svg 51'	Attendance: 15,107 Referee: Strebre Delovski

30 December 2007	Perth Glory	1–4	Queensland Roar	Members Equity Stadium, Perth
19:00 UTC+9	Rizzo File:Soccerball shade.svg 57'	Report Summary	Kruse File:Soccerball shade.svg 34' Reinaldo File:Soccerball shade.svg 42' Minniecon File:Soccerball shade.svg 59' McCloughan File:Soccerball shade.svg 74'	Attendance: 9,614 Referee: Peter Green

Round 19

4 January 2008	Wellington Phoenix	0–2	Sydney FC	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
19:30 UTC+12		Report Summary	McFlynn File:Soccerball shade.svg 79' Brosque File:Soccerball shade.svg 83'	Attendance: 14,288 Referee: Ben Williams

4 January 2008	Newcastle Jets	2–1	Adelaide United	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
20:00 UTC+11	J. Griffiths File:Soccerball shade.svg 13' Holland File:Soccerball shade.svg 73'	Report Summary	Pantelis File:Soccerball shade.svg 41'	Attendance: 13,047 Referee: Peter Green

5 January 2008	Queensland Roar	1–2	Melbourne Victory	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
19:00 UTC+10	Marcinho File:Soccerball shade.svg 73'	Report Summary	Allsopp File:Soccerball shade.svg 56' Thompson File:Soccerball shade.svg 63'	Attendance: 21,475 Referee: Matthew Breeze

6 January 2008	Perth Glory	1–1	Central Coast Mariners	Members Equity Stadium, Perth
19:00 UTC+9	Rukavytsya File:Soccerball shade.svg 69'	Report Summary	Hutchinson File:Soccerball shade.svg 38'	Attendance: 6,727 Referee: Strebre Delovski

Round 20

11 January 2008	Melbourne Victory	3–0	Wellington Phoenix	Telstra Dome, Melbourne
20:00 UTC+11	Hernández File:Soccerball shade.svg 31' Ward File:Soccerball shade.svg 35' Patafta File:Soccerball shade.svg 88'	Report Summary		Attendance: 25,489 Referee: Peter Green

12 January 2008	Central Coast Mariners	1–2	Newcastle Jets	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
19:00 UTC+11	Kwasnik File:Soccerball shade.svg 9'	Report Summary	Holland File:Soccerball shade.svg 6' J. Griffiths File:Soccerball shade.svg 52'	Attendance: 19,238 Referee: Matthew Breeze

13 January 2008	Queensland Roar	0–0	Sydney FC	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
18:00 UTC+10		Report Summary		Attendance: 31,933 Referee: Mark Shield

13 January 2008	Perth Glory	3–2	Adelaide United	Members Equity Stadium, Perth
19:00 UTC+9	Robinson File:Soccerball shade.svg 12' Rukavytsya File:Soccerball shade.svg 45+1' Harnwell File:Soccerball shade.svg 62'	Report Summary	Djité File:Soccerball shade.svg 8' Dodd File:Soccerball shade.svg 59'	Attendance: 8,025 Referee: Ben Williams

Round 21

18 January 2008	Newcastle Jets	2–1	Perth Glory	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
20:00 UTC+11	J. Griffiths File:Soccerball shade.svg 22' Bridge File:Soccerball shade.svg 64'	Report Summary	Harnwell File:Soccerball shade.svg 45+2'	Attendance: 16,212 Referee: Michael Hester

19 January 2008	Central Coast Mariners	2–0	Wellington Phoenix	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
19:00 UTC+11	Aloisi File:Soccerball shade.svg 52' Kwasnik File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+4'	Report Summary		Attendance: 9,849 Referee: Kevin Docherty

20 January 2008	Sydney FC	2–2	Melbourne Victory	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
17:00 UTC+11	Corica File:Soccerball shade.svg 4' Brosque File:Soccerball shade.svg 62'	Report Summary	Milligan File:Soccerball shade.svg 46' (o.g.) Allsopp File:Soccerball shade.svg 76'	Attendance: 33,458 Referee: Peter O'Leary

20 January 2008	Adelaide United	2–0	Queensland Roar	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
18:30 UTC+10:30	Djite File:Soccerball shade.svg 18' Pantelis File:Soccerball shade.svg 45'	Report Summary		Attendance: 10,803 Referee: Strebre Delovski

Finals series


Semifinals					Preliminary final			Final



2	Newcastle Jets	2	0	2				1	Central Coast Mariners	0

1	Central Coast Mariners	0	3	3				2	Newcastle Jets	1

					2	Newcastle Jets (a.e.t.)	3

					4	Queensland Roar	2

3	Sydney FC	0	0	0

4	Queensland Roar	0	2	2

Semi-finals

25 January 2008	Sydney FC	0–0	Queensland Roar	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
20:00 UTC+11		Report Summary		Attendance: 23,450 Referee: Mark Shield

27 January 2008	Newcastle Jets	2–0	Central Coast Mariners	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
18:00 UTC+11	A. Griffiths File:Soccerball shade.svg 22' J. Griffiths File:Soccerball shade.svg 85' (pen.)	Report Summary		Attendance: 22,960 Referee: Matthew Breeze

8 February 2008	Queensland Roar	2–0	Sydney FC	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
20:07 UTC+10 (Delayed Kickoff)	Reinaldo File:Soccerball shade.svg 13' S. Ognenovski File:Soccerball shade.svg 84' (pen.)	Report Summary		Attendance: 36,221 Referee: Mark Shield

10 February 2008	Central Coast Mariners	3–0 (a.e.t.)	Newcastle Jets	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
18:00 UTC+11	Kwasnik File:Soccerball shade.svg 37' Petrovski File:Soccerball shade.svg 74', 95'	Summary		Attendance: 19,112 Referee: Ben Williams

Preliminary-final

17 February 2008	Newcastle Jets	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Queensland Roar	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
18:00 UTC+11	Thompson File:Soccerball shade.svg 40' J.Griffiths File:Soccerball shade.svg 104' (pen.) Elrich File:Soccerball shade.svg 111'	Report Summary	Reinaldo File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+2' (pen.), 118' (pen.)	Attendance: 16,021 Referee: Peter Green

Grand Final

24 February 2008	Central Coast Mariners	0–1	Newcastle Jets	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
17:00 UTC+11		Summary	Mark Bridge File:Soccerball shade.svg 64'	Attendance: 36,354 Referee: Mark Shield

Season statistics

Leading scorers

Total	Player		Team	Goals per Round
Total	Player		Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
12	Australia	Joel Griffiths	Newcastle Jets		1						1	1	1		1	1		1		2		1	1	1
9	New Zealand	Shane Smeltz	Wellington Phoenix	1				1	1	1			1						2	1	1
8	Australia	Alex Brosque	Sydney FC		1				1		2		2									1		1
8	Australia	Jamie Harnwell	Perth Glory				1				1	1	1				1	1					1	1
7	Australia	Daniel Allsopp	Melbourne Victory	1						1							1				2	1		1
7	Australia	John Aloisi	Central Coast Mariners												2			1	1	1	1			1
6	Australia	Sasho Petrovski	Central Coast Mariners	1				1	1			1		1						1
6	Brazil	Reinaldo	Queensland Roar		1									1	2					1	1
6	Australia	Archie Thompson	Melbourne Victory					1	1		1	1									1	1
6	Australia	Lucas Pantelis	Adelaide United								1	1	1					1				1		1

Goal scored from penalty kick

Attendance

The attendance records of each of the teams at the end of the home and away season, does not include finals series attendances.

Team	Hosted	Average	High	Low	Total
Melbourne Victory	10	26,064	31,884	20,938	260,642
Queensland Roar	11	16,951	31,933	8,815	186,456
Sydney FC	11	16,373	33,458	10,732	180,107
Newcastle Jets	11	13,209	16,433	8,112	145,303
Central Coast Mariners	10	12,741	19,238	8,113	127,409
Adelaide United	10	12,697	25,039	10,256	126,966
Wellington Phoenix	10	11,683	18,345	8,039	116,833
Perth Glory	11	7,596	9,614	6,252	83,557
{{{T9}}}	0	0	0	0	0
{{{T10}}}	0	0	0	0	0
{{{T11}}}	0	0	0	0	0
{{{T12}}}	0	0	0	0	0
League total	84	14,610	33,458	6,252	1,227,273

* Adelaide United played a one off match at the Adelaide Oval against Sydney FC in their Round 18 match. This is why Adelaide United's Highest single attendance exceeds the capacity of Hindmarsh Stadium.

Top 10 attendances

Attendance	Round	Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue	Weekday	Time of Day
36,354	Grand Final	24 February 2008	Central Coast Mariners	0–1	Newcastle Jets	Sydney Football Stadium	Sunday	Day
36,221	Finals – Week 2	8 February 2008	Queensland Roar	2–0	Sydney FC	Suncorp Stadium	Friday	Night
33,458	Round 21	20 January 2008	Sydney FC	2–2	Melbourne Victory	Sydney Football Stadium	Sunday	Day
31,933	Round 20	13 January 2008	Queensland Roar	0–0	Sydney FC	Suncorp Stadium	Sunday	Twilight
31,884	Round 12	10 November 2007	Melbourne Victory	0–0	Sydney FC	Telstra Dome	Saturday	Night
31,545	Round 2	1 September 2007	Melbourne Victory	0–0	Perth Glory	Telstra Dome	Saturday	Night
27,351	Round 4	16 September 2007	Melbourne Victory	0–0	Central Coast Mariners	Telstra Dome	Sunday	Afternoon
27,123	Round 10	26 October 2007	Melbourne Victory	0–2	Newcastle Jets	Telstra Dome	Friday	Night
25,622	Round 6	28 September 2007	Melbourne Victory	2–0	Queensland Roar	Telstra Dome	Friday	Night
25,598	Round 9	21 October 2007	Melbourne Victory	2–1	Perth Glory	Telstra Dome	Sunday	Afternoon

Disciplinary

The Fair Play Award was awarded to Newcastle Jets, the team with the lowest points on the fair play ladder at the conclusion of the home and away season.

1 point	File:Yellow card.svg	Yellow Card
2 points	File:Yellow card.svgFile:Yellow card.svgFile:Red card.svg	Second Caution Red Card
3 points	File:Red card.svg	Direct Red Card

Team	File:Yellow card.svg	File:Yellow card.svgFile:Yellow card.svgFile:Red card.svg	File:Red card.svg	Points
Newcastle Jets	44	0	0	44
Perth Glory	34	1	3	45
Sydney FC	42	1	2	50
Queensland Roar	45	3	0	51
Wellington Phoenix	46	1	2	54
Adelaide United	45	3	1	54
Melbourne Victory	43	1	3	54
Central Coast Mariners	44	3	4	62
Sydney FC	0	0	0	0
Wellington Phoenix	0	0	0	0
Melbourne Heart	0	0	0	0
Sydney Rovers	0	0	0	0
Totals	343	13	15

Awards

The Premiers' Plate was awarded to Central Coast Mariners, who finished on top of the ladder after the regular season.
The Championship Trophy was awarded to the Newcastle Jets.
The Johnny Warren Medal was awarded to Joel Griffiths from the Newcastle Jets for the best player in the league.
The Coach of the Year was awarded to Gary van Egmond of the Newcastle Jets.
The Joe Marston Medal was awarded to Andrew Durante of Newcastle Jets.
The Reebok Golden Boot was awarded to Joel Griffiths of Newcastle Jets (12 goals - regular season).
The Rising Star award was awarded to Bruce Djite of Adelaide United.
The Fair Play Award was awarded to the Newcastle Jets.

References

↑ "Kiwis alive as Townsville pulls pin". Fox Sports. 19 March 2007. Retrieved 19 March 2007.
↑ "The time is right to go into the ref's book". The Age. 31 December 2006. Retrieved 24 January 2007.
↑ "A-League lifts its salary cap to $1.8m". The Sydney Morning Herald. 23 April 2007. Retrieved 23 April 2007.
↑ "Agostino Scores on His Debut". FTBL. 17 August 2007. United's marquee Paul Agostino scored in...
↑ "Injured Adelaide United skipper out for season". Brisbane Times. 10 September 2007.
↑ "Valkanis and Costanzo Stay With Adelaide". FTBL. 12 February 2008. Valkanis, a member of Adelaide United's inaugural squad back in 2003, was appointed captain prior to the 2007/08 season
↑ "Dodd Gets The Nod As Skipper". FTBL. 31 July 2008. Travis was vice-captain last year
↑ "Vidmar announces retirement". ABC News. 14 February 2008. Vidmar joined the Mariners as a marquee signing in the 2006–07 season
↑ "Captain Wilkinson promoted to Centurion". Central Coast Mariners. Football Federation Australia. 8 February 2011. Wilkinson took the captain-s armband from an injured Noel Spencer late in the second season of the Hyundai A-League
↑ Lynch, Michael (30 April 2016). "Archie Thompson should play on after leaving Melbourne Victory". The Sydney Morning Herald. As Victory's inauguaral marquee signing...
↑ "Archie Thompson, Adrian Leijer sign new deals with Melbourne Victory". The Guardian. 2 May 2014. Victory's first ever signing, and scorer, will join up with new marquee Besart Berisha next season, after agreeing a new deal with the club that takes him inside the salary cap
↑ "Muscat Takes on Coaching Role". FTBL. 29 August 2007. MELBOURNE Victory skipper Kevin Muscat has signed a new two-year contract that sees him taking on a coaching role as well as the captaincy
↑ "Kevin Muscat appointed as new Melbourne Victory coach". The Guardian. 31 October 2013. Phoenix's Ernie Merrick was the Victory's inaugural coach and Muscat the club's inaugural captain
↑ "Jardel flies in for Jets". The World Game. SBS. 14 August 2007.
↑ "North heading to Korea". Newcastle Jets. 13 December 2008. North is a Newcastle Jets foundation player, having been with the club since the 2005/06 Hyundai A-League season, and was instated as captain last season.
↑ Cockerill, Michael (14 December 2006). "Sydney stars on the radar as Smith goes Glory seeking". The Sydney Morning Herald. One player who will still be at the Glory next season is marquee signing Stan Lazaridis
↑ "Colosimo new Perth skipper". The World Game. SBS. 8 August 2007. Archived from the original on 14 September 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2008.
↑ Ritson, Jon (24 July 2007). "Moore Signs With Roar". FourFourTwo. Archived from the original on 30 September 2012.
↑ "Moore has his hands full". A-League. 28 September 2008. Queensland Roar captain Craig Moore might be....
↑ Cockerill, Michael (1 August 2007). "Sydney FC end marquee mess with Juninho swoop". The Sydney Morning Herald.
↑ "Poppa's Yer Ante in Family Affair". FTBL. 19 September 2007. ROAR striker Ante Milicic says there will be no love lost when he faces brother-in-law and Sydney FC captain Tony Popovic this Saturday.
↑ Maddaford, Terry (13 May 2008). "Soccer: Phoenix patient for marquee player". The New Zealand Herald. Of the marquee player – they had Socceroo Ahmad Elrich filling that role for the latter part of last season...
↑ ^23.0 ^23.1 "Aloisi named captain of Phoenix". The Sydney Morning Herald. 17 June 2007.
↑ "Durante named Wellington Phoenix skipper". Nine MSN. 17 July 2008. Archived from the original on 30 March 2012. Midfielder Brown filled the vice-captain's role with the Phoenix last season, also taking the field with the captain's armband despite a frustrating run of injuries.
↑ Hyundai A-League 2007–08 Season Draw^{[permanent dead link‍]}, A-League, 23 April 2007.
↑ Match postponed due to heavy rain affecting pitch conditions.

[table_note_res_GS0.061345892055587-26] 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.

[table_note_WP0.061345892055587-27] Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

[wellingtondecision-1] "Kiwis alive as Townsville pulls pin". Fox Sports. 19 March 2007. Retrieved 19 March 2007.

[2] "The time is right to go into the ref's book". The Age. 31 December 2006. Retrieved 24 January 2007.

[smhsalarycap-3] "A-League lifts its salary cap to $1.8m". The Sydney Morning Herald. 23 April 2007. Retrieved 23 April 2007.

[4] "Agostino Scores on His Debut". FTBL. 17 August 2007. United's marquee Paul Agostino scored in...

[5] "Injured Adelaide United skipper out for season". Brisbane Times. 10 September 2007.

[6] "Valkanis and Costanzo Stay With Adelaide". FTBL. 12 February 2008. Valkanis, a member of Adelaide United's inaugural squad back in 2003, was appointed captain prior to the 2007/08 season

[7] "Dodd Gets The Nod As Skipper". FTBL. 31 July 2008. Travis was vice-captain last year

[8] "Vidmar announces retirement". ABC News. 14 February 2008. Vidmar joined the Mariners as a marquee signing in the 2006–07 season

[9] "Captain Wilkinson promoted to Centurion". Central Coast Mariners. Football Federation Australia. 8 February 2011. Wilkinson took the captain-s armband from an injured Noel Spencer late in the second season of the Hyundai A-League

[10] Lynch, Michael (30 April 2016). "Archie Thompson should play on after leaving Melbourne Victory". The Sydney Morning Herald. As Victory's inauguaral marquee signing...

[11] "Archie Thompson, Adrian Leijer sign new deals with Melbourne Victory". The Guardian. 2 May 2014. Victory's first ever signing, and scorer, will join up with new marquee Besart Berisha next season, after agreeing a new deal with the club that takes him inside the salary cap

[12] "Muscat Takes on Coaching Role". FTBL. 29 August 2007. MELBOURNE Victory skipper Kevin Muscat has signed a new two-year contract that sees him taking on a coaching role as well as the captaincy

[13] "Kevin Muscat appointed as new Melbourne Victory coach". The Guardian. 31 October 2013. Phoenix's Ernie Merrick was the Victory's inaugural coach and Muscat the club's inaugural captain

[14] "Jardel flies in for Jets". The World Game. SBS. 14 August 2007.

[15] "North heading to Korea". Newcastle Jets. 13 December 2008. North is a Newcastle Jets foundation player, having been with the club since the 2005/06 Hyundai A-League season, and was instated as captain last season.

[16] Cockerill, Michael (14 December 2006). "Sydney stars on the radar as Smith goes Glory seeking". The Sydney Morning Herald. One player who will still be at the Glory next season is marquee signing Stan Lazaridis

[17] "Colosimo new Perth skipper". The World Game. SBS. 8 August 2007. Archived from the original on 14 September 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2008.

[18] Ritson, Jon (24 July 2007). "Moore Signs With Roar". FourFourTwo. Archived from the original on 30 September 2012.

[19] "Moore has his hands full". A-League. 28 September 2008. Queensland Roar captain Craig Moore might be....

[20] Cockerill, Michael (1 August 2007). "Sydney FC end marquee mess with Juninho swoop". The Sydney Morning Herald.

[21] "Poppa's Yer Ante in Family Affair". FTBL. 19 September 2007. ROAR striker Ante Milicic says there will be no love lost when he faces brother-in-law and Sydney FC captain Tony Popovic this Saturday.

[22] Maddaford, Terry (13 May 2008). "Soccer: Phoenix patient for marquee player". The New Zealand Herald. Of the marquee player – they had Socceroo Ahmad Elrich filling that role for the latter part of last season...

[NixCaptaincy-23] 23.0 ^23.1 "Aloisi named captain of Phoenix". The Sydney Morning Herald. 17 June 2007.

[24] "Durante named Wellington Phoenix skipper". Nine MSN. 17 July 2008. Archived from the original on 30 March 2012. Midfielder Brown filled the vice-captain's role with the Phoenix last season, also taking the field with the captain's armband despite a frustrating run of injuries.

[25] Hyundai A-League 2007–08 Season Draw^{[permanent dead link‍]}, A-League, 23 April 2007.

[28] Match postponed due to heavy rain affecting pitch conditions.

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