2007–08 Newcastle Jets FC season

Newcastle United Jets FC
2007–08 season
Owner	Con Constantine
CEO	John Tsatsimas
Manager	Gary van Egmond
Top goalscorer	Joel Griffiths - 14
Highest home attendance	22,960 v Cen. Coast; 27 January 2008
Lowest home attendance	8,112 v Perth; 9 November 2007
	← 2006–07 2008–09 →

The 2007–08 season was Newcastle Jets' third season in the Hyundai A-League and their most successful, placing second in the regular season, and defeating Central Coast Mariners in the Grand Final to be crowned the 2007–08 Champions.

Players

First team squad

Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	Australia AUS	Ante Covic (Vice-Captain)
2	DF	Australia AUS	Adam Griffiths
3	DF	Australia AUS	Jade North (Captain)
4	DF	Australia AUS	Steve Eagleton (de-listed due to injury)
5	MF	Australia AUS	Stuart Musialik
6	DF	Australia AUS	Andrew Durante
7	FW	Argentina ARG	Jorge Drovandi
8	MF	Australia AUS	Matt Thompson
9	FW	Australia AUS	Joel Griffiths
10	MF	Brazil BRA	Denni
11	MF	Australia AUS	Tarek Elrich (Youth)
12	DF	Australia AUS	Paul Kohler
13	MF	Australia AUS	Adam D'Apuzzo (Youth)
14	MF	Australia AUS	Jobe Wheelhouse


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	FW	Australia AUS	Scott Tunbridge
16	DF	Australia AUS	Craig Deans (de-listed due to injury)
17	MF	Australia AUS	Troy Hearfield (Youth)
18	MF	Australia AUS	Noel Spencer
19	FW	Australia AUS	Mark Bridge
20	GK	Australia AUS	Ben Kennedy (Youth)
21	FW	Brazil BRA	Mário Jardel (Marquee)
22	GK	Australia AUS	Ben McNamara (Youth)
23	FW	Australia AUS	Jason Hoffman (Youth)
25	MF	Australia AUS	James Holland (Youth)
26	MF	Australia AUS	Ben Kantarovski (Youth)
27	DF	Australia AUS	Stephen Laybutt
28	MF	South Korea KOR	Song Jin-Hyung

Transfers

In

Name	Position	From (Club)	Date Joined	Debut
Australia Noel Spencer	Midfield	Australia Sydney FC	7 May 2007	Round 1
Australia Adam Griffiths	Defender	England Brentford	17 May 2007	Round 1
Argentina Jorge Drovandi	Forward	Argentina Rosario Central	2 August 2007	Round 1
Brazil Denni	Midfield	Brazil Santo André	17 August 2007	Round 1
Australia Scott Tunbridge	Forward	Scotland Hamilton Academical	4 July 2007	Round 11
Brazil Mário Jardel	Forward	Cyprus Anorthosis	13 August 2007	Round 4
Australia Ben McNamara	Goalkeeper	Australia Lake Macquarie City	18 August 2007	Uncapped
Australia Jason Hoffman	Forward	Australia Hamilton Olympic	30 August 2007	Round 2
Australia Stephen Laybutt	Defender	Belgium Gent	30 August 2007	Round 6
Australia James Holland	Midfield	Australia AIS	14 October 2007^[2]	Round 8
Australia Ben Kantarovski	Midfield	Australia Broadmeadow Magic	12 January 2008	Uncapped
South Korea Song Jin-Hyung	Midfield	South Korea FC Seoul	18 January 2008	Semi Final (2nd leg)

Out

Name	Position	To (Club)	Date Left
Colombia Milton Rodriguez	Forward	Colombia América de Cali	Start of season
New Zealand Tim Brown	Midfield	Australia Wellington Phoenix	Start of season
Albania Labinot Haliti	Forward	Croatia Slaven	Start of season
Australia Tony Faria	Midfield	Released	Start of season
Australia Tolgay Özbey	Forward	Australia Blacktown City	Start of season
New Zealand Steven Old	Defender	Australia Wellington Phoenix	Start of season
New Zealand Vaughan Coveny	Forward	Australia Wellington Phoenix	Start of season
Australia Nick Carle	Midfield	Turkey Gençlerbirliği	Start of season
Australia Paul Okon	Defender	Retired	Start of season
Australia Ivan Necevski	Goalkeeper	Australia Sydney FC	Start of season
Australia Shane Webb	Defender	Released	Start of season
Argentina Jorge Drovandi	Forward	Unknown	4 December 2007

Matches

2007 Pre-season Cup

Group A
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts
1	Adelaide United	3	1	2	0	6	3	+3	3	8
2	Perth Glory	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	1	8
3	Newcastle Jets	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3	0	3
4	Melbourne Victory	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	0	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

14 July 2007 Group Stage	Newcastle Jets File:NewcastleJetsColours.png	0 : 1	File:PerthGloryColours.png Perth Glory	Port Macquarie Regional Stadium
14:30 UTC+10		Report	Harnwell File:Soccerball shade.svg 48'	Attendance: 2,700 Referee: James Lewis

22 July 2007 Group Stage	Melbourne Victory File:MelbourneVictoryColours.png	0 : 1	File:NewcastleJetsColours.png Newcastle Jets	Skilled Stadium
14:00 UTC+10		Report	Wheelhouse File:Soccerball shade.svg 51'	Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Ben Williams

2007-08 Hyundai A-League fixtures

26 August 2007	Perth Glory File:PerthGloryColours.png	0 : 0	File:NewcastleJetsColours.png Newcastle Jets	Members Equity Stadium, Perth
15:00 UTC+8		Report Summary		Attendance: 8,508 Referee: Australia Simon Przydacz

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

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

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

7 October 2007	Central Coast Mariners File:CentralCoastColours 2.png	1 : 1	File:NewcastleJetsColours.png 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: Australia Matthew Breeze

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

18 November 2007	Adelaide United File:AdelaideUnitedColours.png	1 : 1	File:NewcastleJetsColours.png 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: Australia Matthew Breeze

25 November 2007	Newcastle Jets File:NewcastleJetsColours.png	0 : 0	File:CentralCoastColours 2.png Central Coast Mariners	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
17:00 UTC+11		Report Summary		Attendance: 14,169 Referee: Australia Mark Shield

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

7 December 2007	Sydney FC File:SYDicon.png	1 : 0	File:NewcastleJetsColours.png Newcastle Jets	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
20:00 UTC+11	Zadkovich Red card 52' Corica File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+3'	Report Summary		Attendance: 10,732 Referee: Australia Matthew Breeze

2007-08 Finals series

10 February 2008 Major SF Leg 2	Central Coast Mariners File:CentralCoastColours 2.png	3 : 0 (a.e.t.)	File:NewcastleJetsColours.png 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: Australia Ben Williams

24 February 2008 Grand Final	Central Coast Mariners File:CentralCoastColours 2.png	0 : 1	File:NewcastleJetsColours.png Newcastle Jets	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
17:00 UTC+11	Vukovic Red card 90+5'	Summary	Bridge File:Soccerball shade.svg 64'	Attendance: 36,354 Referee: Australia Mark Shield

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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.

Statistics

Goal scorers

Name	Pre-Season	A-League	Finals
Australia Joel Griffiths	3	12	2
Australia Mark Bridge	0	4	1
Australia Adam Griffiths	0	2	1
Australia James Holland	0	3	0
Australia Scott Tunbridge	1	1	0
Brazil Denni	0	1	0
Australia Matt Thompson	0	1	1
Australia Stuart Musialik	0	1	0
Australia Jobe Wheelhouse	1	0	0
Australia Tarek Elrich	0	0	1

References

↑ Tsatsimas, John (17 July 2007). "New Jets Boss Speaks To Fans". Newcastle United Jets. Retrieved 14 September 2007.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
↑ Holland made his debut as a temporary squad member and was later signed to a permanent contract on 5 December 2007.

[table_note_res_GS0.92544482924298-3] 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_WP0.92544482924298-4] Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

[1] Tsatsimas, John (17 July 2007). "New Jets Boss Speaks To Fans". Newcastle United Jets. Retrieved 14 September 2007.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[2] Holland made his debut as a temporary squad member and was later signed to a permanent contract on 5 December 2007.

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27 July 2007 Group Stage	Adelaide United File:AdelaideUnitedColours.png	4 : 1	File:NewcastleJetsColours.png Newcastle Jets	Hindmarsh Stadium
19:30 UTC+9:30	Burns File:Soccerball shade.svg 6' Djite File:Soccerball shade.svg 66' Sarkies File:Soccerball shade.svg 80' (pen) Alagich File:Soccerball shade.svg 86'	Report	Bridge Yellow card 69' Yellow-red card A. Griffiths Yellow card 79' Yellow-red card J. Griffiths File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+2' (pen)	Attendance: 3,800 Referee: Craig Zetter

4 August 2007 Play-offs	Newcastle Jets File:NewcastleJetsColours.png	3 : 2	File:SYDicon.png Sydney FC	Parramatta Stadium
19:30 UTC+10	J. Griffiths File:Soccerball shade.svg 5', File:Soccerball shade.svg 76' Tunbridge File:Soccerball shade.svg 56'	Report	Zadkovich File:Soccerball shade.svg 79' Talay File:Soccerball shade.svg 83'	Attendance: 2,611 Referee: Peter Green

10 August 2007 Finals	Wellington Phoenix File:WellingtonPhoenixColours.png	0 : 0 (a.e.t.)	File:NewcastleJetsColours.png Newcastle Jets	Westpac Stadium
19:30 UTC+12		(2-4 pen.) Report		Attendance: 5,174
	Penalties
	Smeltz soccer ball with red X Aloisi soccer ball with check mark Christie soccer ball with check mark Johnson soccer ball with red X		soccer ball with check mark J. Griffiths soccer ball with check mark Bridge soccer ball with check mark Thompson soccer ball with check mark Elrich

21 September 2007	Newcastle Jets File:NewcastleJetsColours.png	2 : 2	File:MelbourneVictoryColours.png 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: Australia Matthew Breeze

14 October 2007	Newcastle Jets File:NewcastleJetsColours.png	2 : 1	File:WellingtonPhoenixColours.png 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: Australia Ben Williams

2007–08 Newcastle Jets FC season

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First team squad

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2007-08 Finals series

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2007–08 season
Owner	Con Constantine
CEO	John Tsatsimas^[1]
Manager	Gary van Egmond
Top goalscorer	Joel Griffiths - 14
Highest home attendance	22,960 v Cen. Coast 27 January 2008
Lowest home attendance	8,112 v Perth 9 November 2007
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

2 September 2007	Newcastle Jets File:NewcastleJetsColours.png	1 : 1	File:QueenslandRoarColours(2).png Queensland Roar	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
17:00 UTC+10	J. Griffiths File:Soccerball shade.svg 89'	Report Summary	Reinaldo File:Soccerball shade.svg 70' McLaren Yellow card 42' Yellow-red card 85'	Attendance: 13,144 Referee: Australia Simon Przydacz

19 October 2007	Newcastle Jets File:NewcastleJetsColours.png	1 : 1	File:QueenslandRoarColours(2).png 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: Australia Mark Shield

26 October 2007	Melbourne Victory File:MelbourneVictoryColours.png	0 : 2	File:NewcastleJetsColours.png Newcastle Jets	Telstra Dome, Melbourne
20:00 UTC+10	Pantelidis Red card 66'	Report Summary	A. Griffiths File:Soccerball shade.svg 8' J. Griffiths File:Soccerball shade.svg 88'	Attendance: 27,123 Referee: Australia Matthew Breeze

9 November 2007	Newcastle Jets File:NewcastleJetsColours.png	1 : 4	File:PerthGloryColours.png 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: Australia Peter Green

16 December 2007	Melbourne Victory File:MelbourneVictoryColours.png	1 : 3	File:NewcastleJetsColours.png 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: Australia Matthew Breeze

30 December 2007	Newcastle Jets File:NewcastleJetsColours.png	2 : 3	File:WellingtonPhoenixColours.png 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: Australia Strebre Delovski

4 January 2008	Newcastle Jets File:NewcastleJetsColours.png	2 : 1	File:AdelaideUnitedColours.png 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' Barbiero Yellow card 18, 45+1' Yellow-red card	Attendance: 13,047 Referee: Australia Peter Green

12 January 2008	Central Coast Mariners File:CentralCoastColours 2.png	1 : 2	File:NewcastleJetsColours.png 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: Australia Matthew Breeze

27 January 2008 Major SF Leg 1	Newcastle Jets File:NewcastleJetsColours.png	2 : 0	File:CentralCoastColours 2.png 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: Australia Matthew Breeze

17 February 2008 Preliminary Final	Newcastle Jets File:NewcastleJetsColours.png	3 : 2 (a.e.t.)	File:QueenslandRoarColours(2).png 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.) Moore Yellow card 77' Yellow-red card 112'	Attendance: 16,021 Referee: Australia Peter Green

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