2007–08 Central Coast Mariners season

The Central Coast Mariners FC have had a successful A-League 2007-08 season.

Contents

1 Squad
- 1.1 Coaching Staff
- 1.2 Squad changes for 2007-08 season
2 Pre-season
- 2.1 Summary
3 2007-08 Hyundai A-League fixtures
- 3.1 2007-08 Finals series
4 Home-and-Away Season
5 References
6 See also

Squad

Further information: List of Central Coast Mariners FC players

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

No.		Position	Player
1		GK	Matthew Trott
2		FW	Matt Simon
3		DF	Paul O'Grady
4		MF	Ian McAndrew
5		MF	Brad Porter
6		MF	André Gumprecht
7		MF	John Hutchinson
8		DF	Dean Heffernan
9		FW	Nik Mrdja
10		MF	Tom Pondeljak
11		MF	Damien Brown
12		MF	Greg Owens
13		DF	Tony Vidmar
15		DF	Andrew Clark

No.		Position	Player
16		DF	Nigel Boogaard
17		MF	Matthew Osman
18		DF	Alex Wilkinson (captain)
19		FW	Adam Kwasnik
20		GK	Danny Vukovic
22		FW	Sasho Petrovski
23		MF	Mile Jedinak
24		FW	Damian Mori (Short term cover Rd 5 - 7, for Paul O Grady)
25		FW	John Aloisi (Short term cover Rd 10- Grand Final, for Matthew Osman)
26		DF	Alvin Ceccoli (Short term cover Rd 19- Grand Final, for Dean Heffernan)
30		GK	Andrew Redmayne

Coaching Staff

Football Manager: Lawrie McKinna
Head Coach: Ian Ferguson
Development Manager: Alex Tobin
Strength & Conditioning: Andrew Clark
Goalkeeping Coach: John Crawley

Squad changes for 2007-08 season

In

Player	From	League	Date
Sasho Petrovski	Sydney FC	A-League	12 February 2007
Greg Owens	Adelaide United	A-League	12 March 2007
Dean Heffernan	1. FC Nuremberg	Bundesliga	6 June 2007
Andrew Redmayne	AIS	Victorian Premier League	19 June 2007
Mile Jedinak	Sydney United	New South Wales Premier League
John Aloisi	Free Agent

Out

Player	To	League	Date
Noel Spencer	Sydney FC	A-League
Wayne O'Sullivan	released
Vuko Tomasevic	Marconi Stallions	New South Wales Premier League
Stewart Petrie	Ross County FC	Scottish Football League
Jamie McMaster	released
John Crawley	released

Pre-season

Summary

Group B

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

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

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'

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'

Semi-Final

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

3rd-4th Playoff

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' Marcinho 48' Reinaldo 86'

2007-08 Hyundai A-League fixtures

24 August 2007	Sydney FC	0 : 1	Central Coast Mariners	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
20:00 UTC+10		Report Summary	Petrovski 7'	Attendance: 18,457 Referee: Peter Green

31 August 2007	Central Coast Mariners	3 : 0	Wellington Phoenix	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
20:00 UTC+10	Mrdja 9', 35' Kwasnik 13'	Report Summary		Attendance: 9,052 Referee: Peter Green

6 September 2007	Queensland Roar	0 : 1	Central Coast Mariners	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
20:00 UTC+10		Report Summary	Kwasnik 55'	Attendance: 8,815 Referee: Mark Shield

16 September 2007	Melbourne Victory	0 : 0	Central Coast Mariners	Telstra Dome, Melbourne
17:00 UTC+10		Report Summary	Vidmar 90+2'	Attendance: 27,351 Referee: Mark Shield

23 September 2007	Central Coast Mariners	1 : 0	Perth Glory	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
19:00 UTC+10	Petrovski 80'	Report Summary		Attendance: 9,274 Referee: Craig Zetter

30 September 2007	Adelaide United	2 : 1	Central Coast Mariners	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
16:30 UTC+9:30	Djite 19', 88'	Report Summary	Petrovski 37' Vidmar 65', 79'	Attendance: 11,019 Referee: Matthew Breeze

7 October 2007	Central Coast Mariners	1 : 1	Newcastle Jets	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
17:00 UTC+10	Pondeljak 62'	Report Summary	Bridge 82'	Attendance: 12,622 Referee: Matthew Breeze

14 October 2007	Central Coast Mariners	0 : 1	Queensland Roar	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
17:00 UTC+10	Porter 31'	Report Summary	McCloughan 5'	Attendance: 8,113 Referee: Peter O'Leary

21 October 2007	Wellington Phoenix	1 : 2	Central Coast Mariners	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
17:00 UTC+12	Elrich 24'	Report Summary	Heffernan 16' Petrovski 90+1'	Attendance: 10,560 Referee: Peter Green

28 October 2007	Sydney FC	3 : 2	Central Coast Mariners	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
15:00 UTC+10	Brosque 16', 26' Popovic 32'	Report Summary	Hutchinson 27', 56'	Attendance: 17,652 Referee: Mark Shield

4 November 2007	Central Coast Mariners	2 : 1	Melbourne Victory	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
17:00 UTC+11	Petrovski 83', 73', 90' Pondeljak 88'	Report Summary	Keenan 22' Hernández 77' Vargas 90'	Attendance: 11,354 Referee: Mark Shield

10 November 2007	Central Coast Mariners	2 : 0	Adelaide United	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
17:00 UTC+11	J.Aloisi 48' (pen.), 59'	Report Summary		Attendance: 11,680 Referee: Simon Przydacz

18 November 2007	Perth Glory	0 : 1	Central Coast Mariners	Members Equity Stadium, Perth
19:00 UTC+9		Summary	Owens 13' Jedinak 83', 88'	Attendance: 7,310 Referee: Craig Zetter

25 November 2007	Newcastle Jets	0 : 0	Central Coast Mariners	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
17:00 UTC+11		Report Summary		Attendance: 14,169 Referee: Mark Shield

9 December 2007	Queensland Roar	2 : 1	Central Coast Mariners	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
18:00 UTC+10	Vidmar 21' (o.g.) McKay 28'	Report Summary	J.Aloisi 13'	Attendance: 16,442 Referee: Ben Williams

14 December 2007	Adelaide United	1 : 2	Central Coast Mariners	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
19:30 UTC+10:30	Agostino 70'	Report Summary	J.Aloisi 24' Petrovski 48'	Attendance: 11,123 Referee: Peter Green

22 December 2007^[1]	Central Coast Mariners	4 : 5	Sydney FC	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
19:00 UTC+11	Jedinak 3' J.Aloisi 16' Vukovic 17' Owens 63' (pen.) Kwasnik 86' 90+4'	Report Summary	Fyfe 33' McFlynn 50' Biddle 71' Santalab 76' Talay 90+5' (pen.)	Attendance: 17,514 Referee: Matthew Breeze

31 December 2007	Central Coast Mariners	2 : 5	Melbourne Victory	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
18:00 UTC+11	Jedinak 32' J.Aloisi 63'	Report Summary	Caceres 4' Allsopp 23', 61' Thompson 36' Muscat 43' (pen.)	Attendance: 18,686 Referee: Mark Shield

6 January 2008	Perth Glory	1 : 1	Central Coast Mariners	Members Equity Stadium, Perth
19:00 UTC+9	Rukavytsya 69'	Report Summary	Hutchinson 38'	Attendance: 6,727 Referee: Strebre Delovski

12 January 2008	Central Coast Mariners	1 : 2	Newcastle Jets	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
19:00 UTC+11	Kwasnik 9'	Report Summary	Holland 6' J. Griffiths 52'	Attendance: 19,238 Referee: Matthew Breeze

19 January 2008	Central Coast Mariners	2 : 0	Wellington Phoenix	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
19:00 UTC+11	Aloisi 52' Kwasnik 90+4'	Report Summary		Attendance: 9,849 Referee: Kevin Docherty

2007-08 Finals series

Major SF Leg 1 27 January 2008	Newcastle Jets	2 : 0	Central Coast Mariners	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
18:00 UTC+11	A. Griffiths 22' J. Griffiths 85' (pen.)	Report Summary		Attendance: 22,960 Referee: Matthew Breeze

Major SF Leg 2 10 February 2008	Central Coast Mariners	3 : 0 (a.e.t.)	Newcastle Jets	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
18:00 UTC+11	Kwasnik 37' Petrovski 74', 95'	Summary		Attendance: 19,112 Referee: Ben Williams

Grand Final 24 February 2008	Central Coast Mariners	0 : 1	Newcastle Jets	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
17:00 UTC+11	Vukovic 90+5'	Summary	Bridge 64'	Attendance: 36,354 Referee: Mark Shield

Home-and-Away Season

#	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Central Coast Mariners	21	10	4	7	30	25	+5sm=n	34
2	Newcastle Jets	21	9	7	5	25	21	+4sm=n	34
3	Sydney FC	21	8	8	5	28	24	+4sm=n	32
4	Queensland Roar	21	8	7	6	25	21	+4sm=n	31
5	Melbourne Victory	21	6	9	6	29	29	0sm=n	27
6	Adelaide United	21	6	8	7	31	29	+2sm=n	26
7	Perth Glory	21	4	8	9	27	34	-7sm=n	20
8	Wellington Phoenix	21	5	5	11	25	37	-12sm=n	20

References

^ Match postponed due to heavy rain affecting pitch conditions.

See also

Soccer in Australia

Football Federation Australia

National teams	Men (Olympic team U23 · Under-20 · Under-17) · Women · Women's Under-20

Current national leagues	A-League · Youth League · W-League

Former leagues	National Soccer League · National Soccer Youth League · Women's National Soccer League

Cup competitions	Australian Cup (defunct) • FFA Cup (proposed)

Domestic leagues	Australian Capital Territory • New South Wales (Northern, Southern) • Queensland • South Australia • Tasmania (Northern, Southern) • Victoria • Western Australia

A-League

Champions · Records · Foreign players · Players

Seasons	2005–06 · 2006–07 · 2007–08 · 2008–09 · 2009–10 · 2010–11 · 2011–12

Grand Finals	2006 · 2007 · 2008 · 2009 · 2010 · 2011

2011–12 Clubs	Adelaide United · Brisbane Roar · Central Coast Mariners · Gold Coast United · Melbourne Heart · Melbourne Victory · Newcastle Jets · Perth Glory · Sydney FC · Wellington Phoenix

Former Clubs	New Zealand Knights · North Queensland Fury

Associated competitions	W-League · National Youth League · A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup (defunct) · AFC Champions League · FFA Cup (proposed)

Central Coast Mariners Football Club

Players · Records · W-League

History	History

Home stadium	Bluetongue Stadium

League	A-League

Seasons (6)	2005-06 · 2006-07 · 2007-08 · 2008-09 · 2009–10 · 2010–11 · 2011-12

Championships (0)	Nil

Premierships (1)	2007-08

Managers	Lawrie McKinna (2005-2010) · Graham Arnold (2010-)

Captains	Noel Spencer (2005-2007) · Alex Wilkinson (2008-)

Rivalries	The F3 Derby · NSW derby

website: www.centralcoastmariners.com.au

2007–08 in Australian football

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Domestic leagues

A-League (Pre-Season Challenge Cup, Grand Final)

International competitions

AFC Champions League ('07, '08) · 2008 FIFA Club World Cup

National team

Men's	Results ('07, '08) · 2007 AFC Asian Cup

Women's	2007 FIFA Women's World Cup

Club seasons

Adelaide United · Central Coast Mariners · Melbourne Victory · Newcastle Jets · Perth Glory · Queensland Roar · Sydney FC · Wellington Phoenix