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Manchester United
Season 2007-08
Manager	Sir Alex Ferguson
Chairman	Joel & Avram Glazer
League	Premier League
Final league position	2nd
FA Cup
Carling Cup	Third Round
Community Shield	Winners
UEFA Champions League	Group Stage
Top goalscorer	League: Louis Saha (2) All: Louis Saha (2) Cristiano Ronaldo (2)
Highest home attendance	75,696 vs Tottenham Hotspur (26 August 2007)
Lowest home attendance	73,652 vs Roma (2 October 2007)

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

Contents 1 Pre-season and Friendlies 2 Premier League 3 Carling Cup 4 Champions League 4.1 Group stage 5 Squad statistics 6 Transfers 6.1 In 6.2 Out 6.3 Loan in 6.4 Loan out 7 See also

[edit] Pre-season and Friendlies

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.

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
2007-07-17	Urawa Red Diamonds	Saitama Stadium	2 – 2	Fletcher 47', Ronaldo 52'
2007-07-20	FC Seoul	Seoul World Cup Stadium	4 – 0	Ronaldo 5', Eagles 18', Rooney 20', Evra 60'
2007-07-23	Shenzhen FC	Macau Stadium	6 – 0	Giggs 12', Rooney 20', Nani 22', O'Shea 54', Ronaldo 56', Eagles 63'
2007-07-27	Guangzhou Pharmaceutical	Guangdong Olympic Stadium	3 – 0	Rooney 12' (pen.), Nani 43', Martin 53'
2007-08-01	Internazionale	H	2 – 3	Rooney 18', Adriano 50' (o.g.)	73,738
2007-08-03	Doncaster Rovers	A	2 – 0	Gibson 70', Evans 90'	13,080
2007-08-04	Peterborough United	A	3 – 1	Eckersley 23', Jones 72', Dong 82'
2007-08-05	Chelsea	Wembley	1 – 1 (3 – 0p)	Giggs 35'	80,731
2007-08-08	Dunfermline Athletic	A	4 – 0	Eagles 27', Giggs 35', Rooney (2) 63' (pen.), 85'
2007-08-08	Glentoran	A	3 – 0	Campbell 5', Evra 14', Nani 37'

[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.

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance	League position
12 August 2007	Reading	H	0 – 0		75,655	11th
15 August 2007	Portsmouth	A	1 – 1	Scholes 51'	20,510	12th
19 August 2007	Manchester City	A	0 – 1		44,955	17th
26 August 2007	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1 – 0	Nani 68'	75,696	10th
1 September 2007	Sunderland	H	1 – 0	Saha 71'	75,648	6th
15 September 2007	Everton	A	1 – 0	Vidić 83'	39,364	1st
23 September 2007	Chelsea	H	2 – 0	Tévez 45', Saha 89' (pen.)	75,633	2nd
29 September 2007	Birmingham City	A	1 – 0	Ronaldo 52'	26,526	2nd

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Arsenal	7	6	1	0	16	4	+12	19
2	Manchester United	8	5	2	1	7	2	+5	17
3	Manchester City	8	5	1	2	11	6	+5	16

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

[edit] Carling Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
26 September 2007	Round 3	Coventry City	H	0 – 2		74,055

[edit] Champions League

[edit] Group stage

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance	Group position
19 September 2007	Sporting	A	1 – 0	Ronaldo 62'	39,514	2nd
2 October 2007	Roma	H	1 – 0	Rooney 70'	73,652	1st

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Manchester United	2	2	0	0	2	0	+2	6
2	Roma	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1	3
3	Sporting	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
4	Dynamo Kyiv	2	0	0	2	1	4	-3	0

[edit] Squad statistics

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		Carling Cup		Europe		Other		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Edwin van der Sar	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	10	0
2	DF	Gary Neville (c)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	Patrice Evra	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	11	0
4	MF	Owen Hargreaves	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
5	DF	Rio Ferdinand	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	11	0
6	DF	Wes Brown	8	0	0	0	0(1)	0	1	0	1	0	10(1)	0
7	MF	Cristiano Ronaldo	5	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	8	2
8	MF	Anderson	1	0	0	0	1	0	0(2)	0	0	0	2(2)	0
9	FW	Louis Saha	0(4)	2	0	0	0	0	1(1)	0	0	0	1(5)	2
10	FW	Wayne Rooney	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	6	1
11	MF	Ryan Giggs (vc)	7	0	0	0	0	0	1(1)	0	1	1	9(1)	1
12	GK	Ben Foster	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	MF	Park Ji-Sung	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	Nemanja Vidić	8	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	11	1
16	MF	Michael Carrick	7	0	0	0	0(1)	0	2	0	1	0	10(1)	0
17	MF	Nani	4(2)	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0(1)	0	7(3)	1
18	MF	Paul Scholes	8	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	10	1
19	DF	Gerard Piqué	0(1)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1(1)	0
20	FW	Ole Gunnar Solskjær	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	FW	Dong Fangzhuo	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
22	DF	John O'Shea	0(5)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	3(5)	0
23	DF	Jonny Evans	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
24	MF	Darren Fletcher	0(3)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0(4)	0
25	DF	Danny Simpson	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
26	DF	Phil Bardsley	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
27	DF	Mikaël Silvestre	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
28	MF	Darron Gibson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	GK	Tomasz Kuszczak	0(1)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2(1)	0
30	MF	Lee Martin	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
32	FW	Carlos Tévez	7	1	0	0	0	0	0(2)	0	0	0	7(2)	1
33	MF	Chris Eagles	1(3)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2(3)	0
38	GK	Tom Heaton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	FW	Fraizer Campbell	0(1)	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	DF	Adam Eckersley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

[edit] Transfers

[edit] In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
2007-07-01	MF	Owen Hargreaves	Bayern Munich	Undisclosed
2007-07-02	MF	Anderson	Porto	£30m combined
2007-07-02	MF	Nani	Sporting
2007-07-02	GK	Tomasz Kuszczak	West Bromwich Albion	Undisclosed

[edit] Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
2007-07-16	MF	Kieran Richardson	Sunderland	Undisclosed
2007-07-31	FW	Giuseppe Rossi	Villarreal	Undisclosed
2007-08-03	FW	Alan Smith	Newcastle United	£6m
2007-08-23	DF	Gabriel Heinze	Real Madrid	Undisclosed

[edit] Loan in

Date From	Date To	Position	Name	From
2007-08-10	Unknown	FW	Carlos Tévez	MSI

[edit] Loan out

Date From	Date To	Position	Name	To
2007-08-09	2008-01-01	DF	Ryan Shawcross	Stoke City
2007-08-15	2007-12-31	MF	Ritchie Jones	Yeovil Town
2007-08-30	2008-01-01	DF	Craig Cathcart	Royal Antwerp
2007-08-31	2008-01-01	DF	Michael Lea	Royal Antwerp

[edit] See also

• Manchester United F.C. seasons

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