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2007–08 Central Coast Mariners FC season
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| club | Central Coast Mariners |
| season | 2007–08 |
| manager | Lawrie McKinna |
| chairman | Lyall Gorman |
| stadium | Bluetongue Stadium |
| league | A-League regular season |
| league result | Premiers |
| cup1 | A-League finals |
| cup1 result | Runners-up |
| cup2 | Pre-Season Cup |
| cup2 result | 4th |
| league topscorer | |
| John Aloisi (7) | |
| season topscorer | |
| Sasho Petrovski (9) | |
| highest attendance | 36,354 vs Newcastle Jets |
| (24 February 2008) | |
| prevseason | 2006–07 |
| nextseason | 2008–09 |
John Aloisi (7) Sasho Petrovski (9) (24 February 2008)
The 2007–08 season was the 3rd season of competitive football played by Central Coast Mariners. The Mariners ended the season as A-League Premiers after topping the table in the regular season, but runners-up in the Championship after losing to local rivals Newcastle Jets in the 2008 A-League Grand Final.
In the transfer window the club signed experienced striker Sasho Petrovski and former Adelaide United midfielder Greg Owens. Left back Dean Heffernan also returned to the club after completing a loan spell with 1. FC Nürnberg. Club captain Noel Spencer was released, joining Sydney FC.
After a mixed pre-season, finishing fourth in the 2007 A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup, the Mariners began the 2007–08 A-League in good form, undefeated for their first five games. Winless runs in October and January saw a number of clubs threaten Central Coast at the top of the table. This included a 5–4 loss to Sydney FC in December, breaking the record for goals in an A-League match. The mid-season addition of Socceroo John Aloisi proved successful, with the striker scoring a team-high seven league goals. A win over Wellington Phoenix in the final game of the regular season secured a first Premiership for the club, ahead of Newcastle Jets on goal difference. In the Finals Series, the Mariners advanced to the Grand Final by defeating the Jets 3–2 over two legs. The Jets, however, claimed the Championship with a 1–0 win in controversial circumstances at the Sydney Football Stadium.
Background
The Mariners ended the previous season in sixth, missing out on the Finals Series.
Transfers
;In
| No. | Position | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Ref | Sasho Petrovski | Mile Jedinak | Greg Owens | Dean Heffernan | Andrew Redmayne | Ian McAndrew | Damian Mori | John Aloisi | Alvin Ceccoli | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | FW | Sydney FC | Free | 12 February 2007 | |||||||||||||
| 23 | MF | Sydney United | Free | 26 February 2007 | |||||||||||||
| 12 | MF | Adelaide United | Free | 12 March 2007 | |||||||||||||
| 8 | DF | 1. FC Nürnberg | Loan return | 6 June 2007 | |||||||||||||
| 30 | GK | Australian Institute of Sport | Free | 19 June 2007 | title=Out with the old, in with the new | publisher=Central Coast Mariners FC | date=19 June 2007}} | ||||||||||
| 4 | MF | Central Coast Lightning | Free | 1 August 2007 | |||||||||||||
| 24 | FW | Adelaide City | Free | 21 September 2007 | |||||||||||||
| 25 | FW | Free agent | N/A | 19 October 2007 | |||||||||||||
| 26 | DF | Free agent | N/A | 3 January 2008 |
;Out
| No. | Position | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Ref | Vuko Tomasevic | Wayne O'Sullivan | Noel Spencer | Jamie McMaster | Stewart Petrie | John Crawley | Damian Mori | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | DF | Free agent | N/A | 25 January 2007 | newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald | date=25 January 2007 | accessdate=9 September 2016 | url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/Sport/Mariners-axe-ALeague-skipper-Spencer/2007/01/25/1169594414824.html | title=Mariners axe A-League skipper Spencer}} | ||||||||
| 2 | DF | Free agent | N/A | 25 January 2007 | |||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | Sydney FC | Free | 16 February 2007 | |||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | Free agent | N/A | 18 April 2007 | url=http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/article/2007/04/18/new-deals-mariners-duo | title=New deals for Mariners duo | publisher=The World Game | date=18 April 2007 | accessdate=9 September 2016}} | ||||||||
| 12 | FW | Free agent | N/A | 18 April 2007 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | Retired | N/A | 19 June 2007 | |||||||||||||
| 24 | FW | Free agent | N/A | 13 October 2007 |
Pre-season
Woodcock Owens
A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup
Main article: 2007 A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup
Group stage
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | BP | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Coast Mariners | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| Queensland Roar | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Wellington Phoenix | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
| Sydney FC | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
Kwasnik Kwasnik Gumprecht
Playoffs
Petrovski Bertos Tarka Marchinho Reinaldo
2007–08 Hyundai A-League fixtures
Summary Kwasnik
Summary Vidmar
Summary Petrovski
Summary Popovic
Summary Pondeljak Hernández Vargas
Jedinak
Summary McKay
Summary Petrovski
Summary
J.Aloisi
Vukovic
Owens
Kwasnik
McFlynn
Biddle
Santalab
Talay
Summary
J.Aloisi
Allsopp
Thompson
Muscat
Summary J. Griffiths
Summary Kwasnik
2007–08 Finals series
Summary J. Griffiths
Petrovski
Home-and-Away Season
Player statistics
;Key No. = Squad number
Pos = Playing position
Nat. = Nationality
Apps = Appearances GK = Goalkeeper
DF = Defender
MF = Midfielder
FW = Forward
Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute. Players with number struck through and marked left the club during the playing season.
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | A-League | A-League finals | Pre-Season Cup | Total | Discipline | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | [[Image:Yellow card.svg | 13px | Booked | alt=A yellow rectangular card]] | [[Image:Red card.svg | 13px | Sent off | alt=A red rectangular card]] | Matthew Trott | Matt Simon | Paul O'Grady | Ian McAndrew | Brad Porter | André Gumprecht | John Hutchinson | Dean Heffernan | Nik Mrdja | Tom Pondeljak | Damien Brown | Greg Owens | Tony Vidmar | Andrew Clark | Nigel Boogaard | Matthew Osman | Alex Wilkinson | Adam Kwasnik | Danny Vukovic | Sasho Petrovski | Mile Jedinak | Damian Mori | John Aloisi | Alvin Ceccoli | Andrew Redmayne |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | AUS | 4 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | FW | AUS | 4 (14) | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 (16) | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | AUS | 2 (4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 2 (5) | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | AUS | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | MF | AUS | 5 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (4) | 0 | 5 (7) | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | GER | 8 (6) | 0 | 0 (3) | 0 | 5 | 1 | 13 (9) | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | AUS | 18 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | DF | AUS | 15 (1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 17 (2) | 1 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | AUS | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 (2) | 1 | 6 (2) | 3 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | MF | AUS | 13 (5) | 2 | 2 (1) | 0 | 2 (2) | 0 | 17 (8) | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | DF | AUS | 7 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 (1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | MF | AUS | 10 (2) | 2 | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 11 (4) | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | DF | AUS | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 (2) | 0 | 19 (2) | 0 | 6 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | DF | AUS | 12 (5) | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 (7) | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | DF | AUS | 13 (1) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 (1) | 1 | 20 (2) | 1 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | MF | AUS | 6 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 11 (1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | DF | AUS | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | FW | AUS | 12 (7) | 5 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 20 (7) | 8 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | GK | AUS | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | FW | AUS | 18 (1) | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 25 (1) | 9 | 11 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | MF | AUS | 19 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 24 | FW | AUS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 25 | DF | AUS | 12 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 26 | DF | AUS | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 30 | GK | AUS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
References
References
- (12 February 2007). "Petrovski signs with Mariners". [[News.com.au]].
- (26 February 2007). "Jedi signs permanent deal for 2007–08". [[Central Coast Mariners FC]].
- (12 March 2007). "Mariners snap up Owens". [[The World Game]].
- (6 June 2007). "Heffernan returns to the Central Coast". [[ESPN FC]].
- (19 June 2007). "Out with the old, in with the new". [[Central Coast Mariners FC]].
- (1 August 2007). "Mariners sign teenage defender". [[Fox Sports (Australia).
- Smithies, Tom. (21 September 2007). "Mariners land old boy Mori". [[Fox Sports (Australia).
- Henderson, Philip. (19 October 2007). "Mariners confirm signing John Aloisi". [[ESPN FC]].
- (3 January 2008). "Ceccoli back as 'ancient mariner'". [[Fox Sports (Australia).
- (25 January 2007). "Mariners axe A-League skipper Spencer". [[The Sydney Morning Herald]].
- [[Mike Cockerill. (16 February 2007). "Mariner finds his way to Sydney for the Asian experience". [[The Sydney Morning Herald]].
- (18 April 2007). "New deals for Mariners duo". [[The World Game]].
- (13 October 2007). "Pacesetters Central Coast Mariners are "down to the bare bones"". [[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney).
- Match postponed due to heavy rain affecting pitch conditions.
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