2007 A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup

The 2007 A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup competition was held in July and August in the lead-up to the start of the A-League 2007-08 season. The opening round started on 14 July 2007. The competition featured a group stage, with three regular rounds, followed by a two-week finals playoff.

In previous years, the Pre-Season Cup was used to enhance the A-League's profiles by playing pre-season games in regional centres. In 2007 venues included Sunshine Coast, Launceston, Canberra, Port Macquarie, Darwin, Orange and Geelong.^[1]

The group stage had a bonus point system. One point was awarded for 2 goals in a match, two points for 3 and three points for 4 or more goals in a match.

If two or more teams were level on points accumulated, the following criteria would be applied, in order, until one of the teams was be determined as the higher ranked:

1. highest goal difference;
2. highest number of goals scored;
3. result of the match played between the teams concerned;
4. highest number of bonus points accumulated;
5. lowest number of red cards accumulated;
6. lowest number of yellow cards accumulated;
7. toss of a coin.

The finals series was held over two weekends – 3 August to 5 August, and 10 August to 12 August.

Contents 1 Pre-Season Cup group stage fixtures and results 1.1 Round 1 1.2 Round 2 1.3 Round 3 1.4 Playoffs 1.5 Finals 1.6 Group A table 1.7 Group B table 1.8 Finals 1.9 Scorers 2 References

Pre-Season Cup group stage fixtures and results

Round 1

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14 July 2007 14:30 UTC+10	Newcastle Jets	0–1	Perth Glory	Port Macquarie Regional Stadium, Port Macquarie, New South Wales Attendance: 2,700 Referee: James Lewis
		(Report)	Harnwell  48'

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14 July 2007 18:00 UTC+10	Central Coast Mariners	2–0	Wellington Phoenix	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford, New South Wales Attendance: 8,136 Referee: Srebre Delovski
	Wilkinson  3' Kwasnik  30'	(Report)

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14 July 2007 19:00 UTC+10	Queensland Roar	0–0	Sydney FC	Maroochydore Soccer Club, Maroochydore, Queensland Attendance: 4,892 Referee: Peter Green
		(Report)

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15 July 2007 13:00 UTC+10	Melbourne Victory	1–1	Adelaide United	Aurora Stadium, Launceston, Tasmania Attendance: 8,061 Referee: Angelo Nardi
	Allsopp  74'	(Report)	Dodd  9'

Round 2

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20 July 2007 19:30 UTC+9:30	Adelaide United	1–1	Perth Glory	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide, South Australia Attendance: 3,513 Referee: Steven Gregory
	Cassio  59'	(Report)	Rukavytsya  53'

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21 July 2007 15:00 UTC+10	Central Coast Mariners	1–1	Queensland Roar	Wade Park, Orange, New South Wales Attendance: 3,531 Referee: James Lewis
	Boogaard  6'	(Report)	Lynch  60'

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22 July 2007 14:00 UTC+12	Wellington Phoenix	3–0	Sydney FC	Westpac Stadium, Wellington, New Zealand Attendance: 6,039 Referee: Peter O’Leary
	Smeltz  13',  89' Rudan  14' (own)	(Report)

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22 July 2007 14:00 UTC+10	Melbourne Victory	0–1	Newcastle Jets	Skilled Stadium, Geelong, Victoria Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Ben Williams
		(Report)	Wheelhouse  51'

Round 3

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27 July 2007 19:00 UTC+12	Wellington Phoenix	1–2	Queensland Roar	Queen Elizabeth II Park, Christchurch, New Zealand Attendance: 4,081 Referee: Michael Hester
	Old  47'	(Report)	Lynch  41' Ognenovski  50'

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27 July 2007 19:30 UTC+9:30	Adelaide United	4–1	Newcastle Jets	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide, South Australia Attendance: 3,800 Referee: Craig Zetter
	Burns  6' Djite  66' Sarkies  80' (pen) Alagich  86'	(Report)	Bridge  69' A. Griffiths  79' J. Griffiths  90+2' (pen)

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28 July 2007 18:30 UTC+9:30	Perth Glory	2–1	Melbourne Victory	Darwin Football Stadium, Darwin, Northern Territory Attendance: 2,700 Referee: Peter Green
	Rukavytsya  52' Harnwell  70'	(Report)	Hernandez  34'

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29 July 2007 15:00 UTC+10	Sydney FC	0–3	Central Coast Mariners	Canberra Stadium, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory Attendance: 5,735 Referee: Ben Williams
		(Report)	Osman  36' Kwasnik  44' Gumprecht  51'

Playoffs

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4 August 2007 18:00 UTC+10	Central Coast Mariners	2–3	Perth Glory	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford, New South Wales Attendance: 5,967 Referee: Ben Williams
	Mrdja  43' Petrovski  90'	(Report)	Dragicevic  23' Bertos  55' Tarka  78'

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4 August 2007 19:30 UTC+10	Newcastle Jets	3–2	Sydney FC	Parramatta Stadium, Parramatta, New South Wales Attendance: 2,611 Referee: Peter Green
	J. Griffiths  5',  76' Tunbridge  56'	(Report)	Zadkovich  79' Talay  83'

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4 August 2007 19:30 UTC+10	Melbourne Victory	1–2	Wellington Phoenix	Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne, Victoria Attendance: 4,100 Referee: Kevin Docherty
	Dodd  34' (own)	(Report)	Smeltz  53' Daniel  87'

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5 August 2007 18:00 UTC+9:30	Adelaide United	3–2	Queensland Roar	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide, South Australia Attendance: 5,221 Referee: Angelo Nardi
	Djite  1' Petta  45' Cássio  64'	(Report)	Lynch  16' Milicic  73'

Finals

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10 August 2007 19:30 UTC+12	Wellington Phoenix	0–0	Newcastle Jets	Westpac Stadium Attendance: 5,174 Referee: Mike Hester
		(Report)
		Penalties
	Smeltz Aloisi Christie Johnson	2–4	J. Griffiths Bridge Thompson Elrich

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11 August 2007 19:30 UTC+10	Melbourne Victory	0–1	Sydney FC	Olympic Park Stadium Attendance: 3,400 Referee: Simon Przydacz
		(Report)	Brosque  34'

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12 August 2007 15:00 UTC+9:30	Adelaide United	2–1	Perth Glory	Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 9,606 Referee: Craig Zetter
	Djite  66' Cássio  83'	(Report)	Bertos  45'

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12 August 2007 16:00 UTC+10	Central Coast Mariners	1–3	Queensland Roar	Bluetongue Stadium Attendance: 3,500 (estimate) Referee: James Lewis
	Simon  9'	(Report)	Milicic  30' Nichols  33' Marcinho  48' Seo  76' Reinaldo  86'

Group A table Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA BP Adelaide United 8 3 1 2 0 6 3 3 Perth Glory 8 3 2 1 0 4 2 1 Newcastle Jets 3 3 1 0 2 2 5 0 Melbourne Victory 1 3 0 1 2 2 4 0 Group B table Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA BP Central Coast Mariners 10 3 2 1 0 6 1 3 Queensland Roar 6 3 1 2 0 3 2 1 Wellington Phoenix 5 3 1 0 2 4 4 2 Sydney FC 1 3 0 1 2 0 6 0

Finals   Playoffs Finals                                 Grand final     A1  Adelaide United 3      Adelaide United 2   B2  Queensland Roar 2      Perth Glory 1                                 Third place playoff     A2  Perth Glory 3      Queensland Roar 3   B1  Central Coast Mariners 2      Central Coast Mariners 1                                 Fifth place playoff     A3  Newcastle Jets 3      Newcastle Jets 0 (4)   B4  Sydney FC 2      Wellington Phoenix 0 (2)                                 Seventh place playoff     A4  Melbourne Victory 1      Sydney FC 1   B3  Wellington Phoenix 2      Melbourne Victory 0

Scorers

As at 12 August 2007

3 goals

• Cássio (Adelaide United)
• Bruce Djite (Adelaide United)
• Joel Griffiths (Newcastle Jets)
• Simon Lynch (Queensland Roar)
• Shane Smeltz (Wellington Phoenix)

2 goals

• Leo Bertos (Perth Glory)
• Jamie Harnwell (Perth Glory)
• Adam Kwasnik (Central Coast Mariners)
• Ante Milicic (Queensland Roar)
• Nikita Rukavytsya (Perth Glory)

1 goal

Richie Alagich (Adelaide United) Danny Allsopp (Melbourne Victory) Nigel Boogaard (Central Coast Mariners) Alex Brosque (Sydney FC) Nathan Burns (Adelaide United) Daniel (Wellington Phoenix) Mate Dragičević (Perth Glory) Travis Dodd (Adelaide United) Andre Gumprecht (Central Coast Mariners) Carlos Hernandez (Melbourne Victory) Marcinho (Queensland Roar) Nick Mrdja (Central Coast Mariners) Sasa Ognenovski (Queensland Roar)

Steven Old (Wellington Phoenix) Matthew Osman (Central Coast Mariners) Sasho Petrovski (Central Coast Mariners) Bobby Petta (Adelaide United) Reinaldo (Queensland Roar) Kristian Sarkies (Adelaide United) Matt Simon (Central Coast Mariners) Ufuk Talay (Sydney FC) David Tarka (Perth Glory) Scott Tunbridge (Newcastle Jets) Jobe Wheelhouse (Newcastle Jets) Alex Wilkinson (Central Coast Mariners) Ruben Zadkovich (Sydney FC)

Own Goals

• Karl Dodd (Wellington Phoenix) for (Melbourne Victory)
• Mark Rudan (Sydney FC) for (Wellington Phoenix)

References

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