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Manchester United F.C
Season 2007-08
League	Premier League
Manager	Sir Alex Ferguson
Chairman	Joel & Avram Glazer
League position	1st (In progress)
Win-Draw-Loss	League: 5-2-1 Cup: 0-0-1 Europe: 2-0-0
Top goalscorer	League: Cristiano Ronaldo: 26 Cup: N/A Europe: Cristiano Ronaldo: 5
FA Cup	Third Round (In progress)
Carling Cup	Third Round: Losers v Coventry City (0-2)
FA Community Shield	Winners v Chelsea (1-1, 3-0 pens)
UEFA Champions League	Group Stage (In progress)

Contents 1 Overall 2 Players 2.1 Squad information 2.2 Squad stats 2.3 Start formations 2.4 Most frequent start 2.5 Players in / out 2.5.1 In 2.5.2 Out 3 Club 3.1 The Management 3.2 Kit 3.3 Other Information 4 Competitions 4.1 Overall 4.2 Premier League 4.2.1 Classification 4.2.2 Results summary 4.2.3 Results by round 4.3 UEFA Champions League 4.3.1 Group stage 4.3.1.1 Classification 5 Matches 5.1 Competitive 5.2 Pre-season 6 External links

[edit] Overall

The 2007-08 season is Manchester United's 116th season in the Football League, and their 33nd consecutive season in the top division of English football.

[edit] Players

[edit] Squad information

EU	Country	N	P	Name	Cap	Age	Since	App (GS/Sub)		Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
	NED	1	GK	van der Sar		37	2005	104 (104/0)	0	2008	£ 2m
	ENG	12	GK	Foster		25	2005	0 (0/0)	0	2009	£ 1m
	POL	29	GK	Kuszczak		26	2007	13 (13/0)	0	2010	£ 3m
	ENG	2	RB	Neville	Cap	33	1991	540 (514/26)	7	2009	Youth system
	ENG	6	RB	Brown		28	1996	259 (229/30)	2	2008	Youth system
	ENG	25	RB	Simpson		21	2005	0 (0/0)	0	2009	Youth system
	ENG	26	RB	Bardsley		22	2001	17 (9/8)	0	2009	Youth system
	ENG	5	CB	Ferdinand		29	2002	222 (218/4)	4	2009	£29.1m
	SRB	15	CB	Vidić		26	2006	59 (55/4)	4	2010	£ 7.2m
	ESP	19	CB	Piqué		21	2004	10 (5/5)	0	2009	Free
	NIR	23	CB	Evans		20	2006	0 (0/0)	0	2009	Youth system
	FRA  SEN	3	LB	Evra		27	2006	56 (43/13)	2	2009	£ 5.5m
	FRA	27	LB	Silvestre		30	1999	357 (323/34)	10	2009	£ 4m
	ENG  CAN	4	DM	Hargreaves		27	2007	3 (3/0)	0	2012	£17m
	IRE	22	DM	O'Shea		27	1998	255 (199/56)	12	2009	Youth system
	ENG	16	CM	Carrick		26	2006	57 (53/4)	6	2011	£15m
	ENG	18	CM	Scholes		33	1991	541 (449/92)	138	2009	Youth system
	SCO	24	CM	Fletcher		24	2000	152 (115/37)	7	2009	Youth system
N	BRA	8	AM	Anderson		20	2007	1 (1/0)	0	2012	£17m
	POR	7	WI	Ronaldo		23	2003	193 (153/40)	50	2012	£12m
	WAL	11	WI	Giggs	VC	34	1990	725 (645/80)	141	2008	Youth system
N	KOR	13	WI	Park Ji-Sung		27	2005	65 (39/26)	7	2010	£ 4m
	POR	17	WI	Nani		21	2007	5 (4/1)	1	2012	£17m
	ENG	30	WI	Martin		21	2005	1 (1/0)	0		Youth system
	ENG	33	WI	Eagles		22	2003	15 (5/10)	1		Youth system
	FRA	9	CF	Saha		29	2004	101 (66/35)	37	2010	£12.5m
	ENG	10	CF	Rooney		22	2004	148 (134/14)	59	2012	£27m
N	CHN	21	CF	Dong		23	2004	1 (1/0)	0	2010	£ 0.5m
N	ARG	32	CF	Tévez		24	2007	3 (3/0)	0	2009	Loan
	ENG	39	CF	Campbell		20	2004	1 (0/1)	0		Youth system

Last updated: 2 September
Source: manutd.com, players' Wikipedia articles, stretfordend.co.uk and ESPN (for appearances and goals) and footballdatabase.com (for EU passport, contract ending and transfer fee)
Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).
Player must own an EU passport or be a full, current, 'A' international to legally play in English football. (Source)
Squad size is unlimited.
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Cap: Cap = captain, VC = vice-captain; Age = current age or age on the end of the season; Since = when the player started to be a permanent part of the squad (no icon for summer transfer; for winter transfer); App and = only competitive appearances and goals. See source for more detail; GS = games started; Sub = appearances as substitute; Ends = when the player's contract ends; = undisclosed.

[edit] Squad stats

				Total			Premier League		UEFA Champions League		FA Cup		Football League Cup		FA Community Shield

Country	N	P	Name	GS	App		App		App		App		App		App		Notes
SRB	15	CB	Vidić	11	11	1	8	1	2						1
ENG	5	CB	Ferdinand	11	11		8		2						1
FRA  SEN	3	LB	Evra	11	11		8		2						1		Has also stared as LM
ENG	6	RB	Brown	10	11		8		1				1		1
ENG	16	CM	Carrick	10	11		7		2				1		1
ENG	18	CM	Scholes	10	10	1	8	1	2
NED	1	GK	van der Sar	9	10		8		1						1
WAL	11	WI	Giggs	9	9	1	7		1						1	1	Has also started as SS
POR	7	WI	Ronaldo	8	8	2	5	1	2	1					1
ARG	32	CF	Tévez	7	8	1	7	1	1
POR  CPV	17	WI	Nani	7	10	1	6	1	2				1		1
ENG	10	CF	Rooney	6	6		3		2						1
IRE	22	DM	O'Shea	3	8		5		1				1		1
ENG  CAN	4	DM	Hargreaves	3	3		3
FRA	27	LB	Silvestre	3	3		2								1		Source
ENG	33	WI	Eagles	2	5		4						1
POL	29	GK	Kuszczak	2	3		1		1				1
BRA	8	AM	Anderson	2	3		1		1				1
ESP	19	CB	Piqué	1	2		1						1
ENG	25	RB	Simpson	1	1								1
ENG	26	RB	Bardsley	1	1								1
NIR	23	CB	Evans	1	1								1
ENG	30	WI	Martin	1	1								1
CHN	21	CF	Dong	1	1								1
FRA	9	CF	Saha		5	2	4	2	1
SCO	24	CM	Fletcher		4		3								1		Source
ENG	39	CF	Campbell		2		1						1
ENG	12	GK	Foster		0
ENG	2	RB	Neville		0												Source
KOR	13	WI	Park Ji-Sung		0

Last updated: 2 October
Source: Competitive Matches
Ordered by Number of games started, then number of appearances, then number of goals scored, then position on pitch (from back right to front left), then squad number
0 shown as blank
Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); GS = Game Started; App = Appearances.

[edit] Start formations

Qnt	Formation	Match(es)
5	4-4-1-1	1, 2, 3, 7 and 8
4	4-4-2	9, 10, 11 and 12
3	4-3-3	4, 5 and 6

Last updated: 2 October
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches
Only competitive matches.

[edit] Most frequent start

Country	N	P	Name	GS	Notes
NED	1	GK	Van der Sar	10
ENG	6	RB	Brown	10
ENG	5	CB	Ferdinand	11
SRB	15	CB	Vidić	11
FRA  SEN	3	LB	Evra	11	Played 2 games at LM
POR	7	RM	Ronaldo	8
ENG	16	CM	Carrick	10
ENG	18	CM	Scholes	10
POR  CPV	17	LM	Nani	7
WAL	11	SS	Giggs	9	Played 2 games at LM
ARG	32	CF	Tévez	7

Last updated: 2 October
Source: Squad stats and Start formations.
Only competitive matches.
Using the most used start formation.
Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).
Country: 1st flag=country of birth, 2nd flag=country that plays for internationally (if different); N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name).

[edit] Players in / out

[edit] In

Status	EU	Country	N	P	Name	Age	Moving from	Transfer Window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
Transferred Y		ENG  CAN	4	DM	Hargreaves	27	Bayern Munich		2012	£17m
Transferred Y		POR  CPV	17	WI	Nani	21	Sporting CP		2012	£17m
Transferred Y	N	BRA	8	MF	Anderson	20	Porto		2012	£17m
Transferred Y		POL	29	GK	Kuszczak	26	West Brom		2010	£ 3m
Transferred Y1	N	ARG	32	CF	Tévez	24	West Ham United		2009		International Herald Tribune

¹ Loaned from Media Sports Investments.

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[edit] Out

Status	EU	Country	N	P	Name	Age	Moving to	Transfer Window	Transfer fee	Source
Released Y		ENG		CF	Marsh	21			Free
Released Y		BEL		DM	Ngalula	21			Free
Released Y		ENG		MF	Rose	17			Free
Transferred Y		ENG	23	WI	Richardson	23	Sunderland		Undisclosed	BBC
Transferred Y		ITA  US	19	CF	Rossi	21	Villarreal		Undisclosed	BBC
Transferred Y		ENG	14	CF	Smith	27	Newcastle United		Undisclosed	BBC
Loaned out Y		WAL  ENG		CB	Jones	20	Yeovil Town		—
Loaned out Y		ENG		CM	Shawcross	21	Stoke City		—
Transferred Y		ARG	14	LB	Heinze	30	Real Madrid		Undisclosed
Retired Y		NOR	20	CF	Solskjær	35				BBC

Last updated: 31 August
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; = Undisclosed; = Summer transfer window; = Winter transfer window; n/a = Not applicable.

[edit] Club

[edit] The Management

Position	Staff
Manager	Sir Alex Ferguson
Assistant Manager	Carlos Queiroz
Goalkeeping Coach	Tony Coton
Club Doctor	Dr Steve McNally
First Team Coach	Mike Phelan
Chief Scout	Jim Lawlor
First Team Physio	Rob Swire

Last updated: 19 August
Source: Manchester United F.C. article on 19 Aug 2007

[edit] Kit

Supplier: Nike
Sponsor: AIG

Home

Away

Third

GK 1st

GK 2nd

GK 3rd

Source: Wikipedia Manchester United Article

[edit] Other Information

Chairman	Joel Glazer/ Avram Glazer
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Old Trafford (76,212 / 116x76 yards)

Source: Manchester United F.C. article on 6 Aug 2007 and Internet Football Grounds Guide

[edit] Competitions

[edit] Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
FA Community Shield	—	—	Winner	5 Aug 2007
Premier League	—	2		12 Aug 2007
UEFA Champions League	Group Stage	Group Stage		19 Sep 2007
Football League Cup	3rd round	3rd round	3rd round	26 Sep 2007	26 Sep 2007
FA Cup	3rd round	3rd round		5 Jan 2007

Last updated: 26 September
Source: Competitions' Wikipedia articles.

[edit] Premier League

Manchester United's 2007-08 Premiership season got off to a slow start, with the club drawing their opening two games against Reading and Portsmouth. United lost Wayne Rooney to a foot injury picked up against Reading, and Cristiano Ronaldo to suspension after he was sent off for apparently headbutting Portsmouth's Richard Hughes, while a derby defeat to Manchester City saw the Reds slip into 17th place in the table. Results elsewhere pushed them into the relegation zone for the first time in years. However, pundits were quick to point out that the last time United were in the relegation zone after three games, in 1992, they went on to win their first title in 26 years.

The following week, in a match against Tottenham, Nani scored his first competitive goal for the club to give them their first win of the season. Two more 1-0 victories followed, first against Sunderland, where Louis Saha scored in his first game back from injury, and then against Everton. Next up were Chelsea, who had parted company with manager José Mourinho only two days before, following a run of poor form. Fortunately for United, this poor form continued into their next match, and the Reds were able to claim a 2-0 victory, goals from Carlos Tévez and Louis Saha coming at the end of each half.

One notable thing about United's season so far is the paucity of goals conceded, having let in only two goals in eight games. However, the team has also been unable to score many goals, only getting seven in eight games. This changed on 6 October, when United beat Wigan Athletic 4-0, which looks to have ended their goal drought.

[edit] Classification

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Arsenal	7	6	1	0	16	4	12	19	UEFA Champions League 2008-09 Group Stage
2	Manchester United	8	5	2	1	7	2	5	17
3	Manchester City	8	5	1	2	11	6	5	16	UEFA Champions League 2008-09 Third Qualifying Round

Last updated: 29 September
Source: Premier League 2007-08
Rules for classification: 1^st points; 2^nd goal difference; 3^rd goals scored.
P = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points; (C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted.

[edit] Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
8	17	5	2	1	7	2	+5	3	1	0	4	0	+4	2	1	1	3	2	+1

Last updated: 29 September
Source: Barclays Premier League
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

[edit] Results by round

Round	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A
Result	D	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	W

Last updated: 29 September.
Source: Competitive Matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win.

[edit] UEFA Champions League

[edit] Group stage

United were drawn into a group with Sporting, the previous club of Cristiano Ronaldo and new signing Nani, Dynamo Kyiv, and Roma, who suffered a huge 7-1 loss to the Red Devils in the 2006-07 season. United started their 2007-08 Champions League campaign with a 1-0 win against Sporting, which they followed up with another 1-0 win, this time against Roma.

[edit] Classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Roma	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	3
2	Manchester United	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	3
3	Sporting CP	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0
4	Dynamo Kyiv	1	0	0	1	0	2	-2	0

Last updated: 2 October
Source: UEFA Champions League 2007-08

[edit] Matches

[edit] Competitive

M	Date	Tournament	Round	Ground	Opponent	Score1	Report
1	5 Aug 2007	FA Community Shield	—	N	Chelsea	1 – 1 (3-0 pen.)	Kick off: 15:00 WEST Attendance: 80,731 Referee: M Halsey  35' Giggs Rooney
2	12 Aug 2007	Premier League	1	H	Reading	0 – 0	Kick off: 16:00 WEST Attendance: 75,655 Referee: R Styles
3	15 Aug 2007	Premier League	2	A	Portsmouth	1 – 1	Kick off: 19:45 WEST Attendance: 20,510 Referee: S Bennett  51' Scholes Vidić Ronaldo
4	19 Aug 2007	Premier League	3	A	Manchester City	0 – 1	Kick off: 13:30 WEST Attendance: 44,955 Referee: M Clattenburg Brown, Ferdinand
5	26 Aug 2007	Premier League	4	H	Tottenham Hotspur	1 – 0	Kick off: 16:00 WEST Attendance: 75,696 Referee: H Webb  68' Nani Giggs, Brown
6	1 Sep 2007	Premier League	5	H	Sunderland	1 – 0	Attendance: 75,648  71' Saha
7	15 Sep 2007	Premier League	6	A	Everton	1 – 0	Attendance: 39,364  83' Vidic
8	19 Sep 2007	UEFA Champions League	Group Stage	A	Sporting CP	1 – 0	Attendance: 39,514 Referee: Herbert Fandel  62' Ronaldo
9	23 Sep 2007	Premier League	7	H	Chelsea	2 – 0	Attendance: 75,633  45' Tevez  89' Saha (pen)
10	26 Sep 2007	Football League Cup	3rd round	H	Coventry City	0 – 2	Attendance: 74,055
11	29 Sep 2007	Premier League	8	A	Birmingham City	1 – 0	52' Ronaldo
12	2 Oct 2007	UEFA Champions League	Group Stage	H	Roma	1 – 0	52' Ronaldo
15	23 Oct 2007	UEFA Champions League	Group Stage	A	Dynamo Kiev
18	7 Nov 2007	UEFA Champions League	Group Stage	H	Dynamo Kiev
21	27 Nov 2007	UEFA Champions League	Group Stage	H	Sporting CP
24	12 Dec 2007	UEFA Champions League	Group Stage	A	Roma
30	5 Jan 2008	FA Cup	3rd round

Last updated: 2 October
Source: Report in Report column, UEFA Champions League 2007-08 and FA Cup 2007-08
Notes: Barclays Premier League fixture not list due to copyright. Results will be shown.
¹Manchester United goals come first.
Ground's country's flag and opponent's country's flag shown when from a different country of Manchester United.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral.

[edit] Pre-season

United began their pre-season in July 2007 with a tour of the Far East. The tour started slowly with a 1-1 draw against Urawa Red Diamonds, but picked up quickly with a 4-0 win against FC Seoul, a 6-0 thrashing of Shenzen FC and a 3-0 win at Guangzhou Pharmaceutical.

The team then took their pre-season preparations back home to Old Trafford, with a narrow 3-2 loss at the hands of Internazionale. This was followed by a 2-1 win against Doncaster Rovers at the Keepmoat Stadium, and a 3-0 win away to Peterborough United, managed by Fergie's son Darren a day later on 4 August. The next two matches were played simultaneously four days later; first team coach Jimmy Ryan took one squad to Scotland to play Dunfermline, while assistant manager Carlos Queiroz took another group to play Glentoran. United won both matches comfortably, winning 4-0 and 3-0 respectively.

The start of August saw United take part in the Community Shield against Chelsea, the winners of the previous seasons' FA Cup. The game finished 1-1 after 90 minutes, courtesy of goals from Ryan Giggs and Florent Malouda, forcing the game to a penalty shootout. United went on to win 3-0 with penalties converted by Rio Ferdinand, Michael Carrick and Wayne Rooney. Edwin van der Sar was considered the hero of the shootout, however, having saved all three of Chelsea's kicks.

In total, Man Utd won seven of their nine pre-season games, with Wayne Rooney emerging as pre-season's highest goalscorer, scoring five goals.

Match	Date	Competition or tour	Ground	Opponent	Score1	Scorers	GD
1	17 Jul 2007	Far East Tour	A	Urawa Red Diamonds	2 - 2	Fletcher 47', Ronaldo 52'	0
2	20 Jul 2007	Far East Tour	A	FC Seoul	4 - 0	Ronaldo 5', Eagles 18', Rooney 20', Evra 60'	4
3	23 Jul 2007	Far East Tour	N	Shenzhen FC	6 - 0	Giggs 12', Rooney 20', Nani 22', O'Shea 54', Ronaldo 56', Eagles 63'	6
4	27 Jul 2007	Far East Tour	N	Guangzhou Pharmaceutical	3 - 0	Rooney 12'(pen), Nani 43', Martin 53'	3
5	1 Aug 2007	Friendly	H	Internazionale	2 - 3	Rooney 18', Adriano og 50'	-1
6	3 Aug 2007	Friendly	A	Doncaster Rovers	2 - 0	Gibson 70', Evans 90'	2
7	4 Aug 2007	Friendly	A	Peterborough United	3 - 1	Eckersley 23', Jones 72', Dong Fangzhuo 82'	2
8	8 Aug 2007	Scott Thomson Testimonial	A	Dunfermline Athletic	4 - 0	Eagles 27', Giggs 35', Rooney 63' (pen), 85'	4
9	8 Aug 2007	Friendly	A	Glentoran	3 - 0	Campbell 5', Evra 14', Nani 37'	3

Last updated: 8 August
Source: Report linked to score
¹Manchester United goals come first.
Country's flag depict country of foreign team to that of Manchester United.
Ground: H = Home; A = Away; N = Neutral; GD = Goal difference

[edit] External links

• Manchester United FC official website
• Manchester United FC on Soccerbase
• UEFA Champions League

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