2007–08 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season

Tottenham Hotspur
2007–08 season
Chairman Daniel Levy
Manager

Martin Jol (until 25 October)[1]

Juande Ramos (from 27 October)[2]
Premier League 11th
FA Cup Fourth round
Carling Cup Winners
UEFA Cup Round of 16
Top goalscorer League:
Dimitar Berbatov,
Robbie Keane (15)
All:
Dimitar Berbatov,
Robbie Keane (23)
Highest home attendance 36,178 (vs. Chelsea, 19 March 2008)
Lowest home attendance 35,504 (vs. Wigan Athletic, 11 November 2007)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

During the 2007–08 season, Tottenham Hotspur participated in the Premier League.

Contents

Season 2007-08

After two consecutive fifth place finishes, Tottenham were earmarked by many to finally break the top four. This was intensified by heavy spending in the summer, with new recruits Younes Kaboul and record signing Darren Bent the most notable in terms of cost. After winning all of their pre-season matches, the 2007-08 Premier league season started badly with a 1-0 loss to newly promoted Sunderland. Tottenham continued to demonstrate poor form in the league, picking up only seven points from their first ten games.

This difficult start and the improved form of other European hopefuls such as Manchester City, Portsmouth and Blackburn Rovers amongst others meant that a top-four finish was impossible and even a finish in European places would be a great achievement. Tottenham's poor form continued and the pressure on Martin Jol continued to increase until eventually, during Spurs' loss to Getafe in the UEFA Cup, it was announced that the game would be Jol's last. After a match with Clive Allen and Alex Inglethorpe in caretaker charge, Juande Ramos was employed as Tottenham manager, having previously managed successfully at Sevilla. Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy was widely criticised for his treatment of Martin Jol following revelations that Juande Ramos was approached to replace Jol during the summer, which many thought undermined his leadership and ruined his credibility as an authoritative figure.[3]

Ramos' reign began with a 2-0 win over Blackpool in the Carling Cup. Immediately following Ramos's appointment, it was made clear in the public forum that he was very unhappy with the fitness and weight of the team and instigated a new diet and fitness regime. Tottenham's league form began to improve, and Tottenham's progress in the Carling Cup began to be noted with a 2-0 win over Manchester City, ending City's unbeaten home record.

On January 27, 2008 Spurs went out of the FA Cup fourth round to a 3-1 defeat at the hands of Manchester United at Old Trafford. Tottenham took the lead through Robbie Keane but eventually lost to United thanks to a goal from Carlos Tévez, a Cristiano Ronaldo penalty and the 68th minute sending off of Spurs centre-back Michael Dawson.[4]

Tottenham's run in the Carling Cup continued with a convincing 5-1 win over rivals Arsenal, which booked a place in the final against Chelsea. Tottenham managed to win the match 2-1 thanks to a Jonathan Woodgate header in extra time, securing Tottenham's first trophy since the Worthington Cup in 1999. It also guaranteed them UEFA Cup qualification for the third season running.

On 13 March, Tottenham were eliminated from the UEFA Cup in the last 16 round by PSV Eindhoven. The first leg, played at White Hart Lane, heralded a 1-0 defeat for Tottenham following a mistake from Gilberto. Dimitar Berbatov scored in the second leg, played at the Philips Stadion, to take the game to extra time and penalties where Tottenham lost 6-5 when Pascal Chimbonda missed during sudden death.[5]

During the 22nd March fixture, Tottenham's 2-0 win over Portmouth, Darren Bent struck the 100th goal scored at White Hart Lane in the 2007-08 season. Jamie O'Hara followed, two minutes later, with the 101st.[6]

After earning a point in the 19th April 1-1 draw against Wigan, Tottenham made themselves mathematically safe from relegation with at least 42 points. Berbatov's sixth minute strike was Tottenham's 100th in all competitions that season: 64 in the Premier League and 36 in cup competitions.[7]

The 2007-08 season ended on 11 May 2008 with a 2-0 home defeat to Liverpool.

Premier League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
9 Manchester City 38 15 10 13 45 53 −8 55 2008–09 UEFA Cup First qualifying round 1
10 West Ham United 38 13 10 15 42 50 −8 49
11 Tottenham Hotspur 38 11 13 14 66 61 +5 46 2008–09 UEFA Cup First round 2
12 Newcastle United 38 11 10 17 45 65 −20 43
13 Middlesbrough 38 10 12 16 43 53 −10 42

Source: Barclays Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
1 via UEFA Fair Play ranking
2 via Football League Cup 2007-08
For further information on European qualification see Premier League - Competition.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Season Honours

Carling Cup: 2007-08

Team kit

The team kit for the 2007-08 season was produced by Puma. The main shirt sponsor was Mansion, an Internet gambling establishment. A special 125th anniversary commemorative kit was produced for a match against Aston Villa.

Home Kit
Away kit
Third kit
125 year anniversary kit
Alternate kit

Transfers

In

Date Player Previous Club Cost
25 May 2007 Gareth Bale Southampton £5 million[8]
29 June 2007 Darren Bent Charlton £16.5 million[9]
5 July 2007 Younes Kaboul Auxerre £8 million[10]
25 July 2007 Danny Rose Leeds Free[11]
31 July 2007 Kevin-Prince Boateng Hertha Berlin £5.4 million[12]
1 January 2008 Chris Gunter Cardiff £3 million[13]
28 January 2008 Jonathan Woodgate Middlesbrough £8 million[14]
30 January 2008 Alan Hutton Rangers £9 million[15]
31 January 2008 Gilberto Hertha Berlin £1.9 million[16]
Total
£57.5 million

Out

Date Player New Club Cost
3 July 2007 Reto Ziegler Sampdoria Undisclosed[17]
3 July 2007 Mark Yeates Colchester United Undisclosed[18]
5 July 2007 Emil Hallfredsson Lyn Oslo Undisclosed[19]
20 July 2007 Mido Middlesbrough £6 million[20]
31 August 2007 Danny Murphy Fulham Undisclosed[21]
10 January 2008 Philip Ifil Colchester United Undisclosed[22]
25 January 2008 Lee Barnard Southend United Undisclosed[23]
30 January 2008 Wayne Routledge Aston Villa £1.25 million[24]
30 January 2008 Jermain Defoe Portsmouth £7 million[25]
Total
£14.25 million

Loaned out

Date Player Club Loan Length
21 November 2008 Andy Barcham Leyton Orient End of season[26]
7 January 2008 Ben Alnwick Leicester End of season[27]
11 January 2008 Hossam Ghaly Derby End of 2007-08 season[28]
30 January 2008 Paul Stalteri Fulham End of 2007-08 season[29]
30 January 2008 Anthony Gardner Everton End of 2007-08 season[30]
29 February 2008 Jake Livermore Milton Keynes Dons 1 month[31]

Squad list

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 Paul Robinson
2 DF Pascal Chimbonda
3 DF Lee Young-Pyo
4 MF Didier Zokora
5 DF Younes Kaboul
6 MF Teemu Tainio
8 MF Jermaine Jenas
9 FW Dimitar Berbatov
10 FW Robbie Keane (Vice-captain)
11 DF Gilberto
12 GK Radek Černý (on loan from SK Slavia Praha)
15 MF Steed Malbranque
16 DF Gareth Bale
17 MF Kevin-Prince Boateng
19 MF Adel Taarabt
20 DF Michael Dawson
No. Position Player
22 MF Tom Huddlestone
23 FW Darren Bent
24 MF Jamie O'Hara
25 MF Aaron Lennon
26 DF Ledley King (captain)
28 DF Alan Hutton
31 GK Tommy Forecast
32 DF Benoît Assou-Ekotto
33 DF Ricardo Rocha
35 DF Dorian Dervite
36 FW Simon Dawkins
37 MF Danny Rose
38 DF Troy Archibald-Henville
39 DF Jonathan Woodgate
44 DF Chris Gunter

Injury list

Date Player Injury Estimated return date
30 November 2007 Benoît Assou-Ekotto Knee Surgery Start of 2008-09 season[32]
31 August 2007 Gareth Bale Ankle Ligament damage Start of 2008-09 season[33]
3 April 2008 Ledley King Knee Rehabilitation Start of 2008-09 season[34]

Match results

Friendlies

Date Opponents H / A Result Scorers Attendance
7 July 2007 Stevenage A 1 – 3 Keane 17'.pen, Bent 46', Taarabt 62' N/A
12 July 2007 St Patricks A 0 – 1 Keane 42' N/A
21 July 2007 Kaizer Chiefs A 1 – 2 Keane 39', Berbatov 62' N/A
24 July 2007 Orlando Pirates A 1 – 2 Bent 12', Routledge 69' 30000
28 July 2007 Orlando Pirates A 0 – 3 Bent 10', 22', Berbatov 18' 30000
1 August 2007 Leyton Orient A 2 – 4 Keane 18', 56', Defoe 60', Bent 65' 9126
4 August 2007 Torino H 2 – 0 Keane 15', Berbatov 64' 30823

Premier League

Date Opponents H / A Result Spurs scorers Attendance
11 August 2007 Sunderland A 1 – 0 43967
14 August 2007 Everton H 1 – 3 Gardner 26' 35716
18 August 2007 Derby H 4 – 0 Malbranque 1', 6', Jenas 14', Bent 80' 35600
26 August 2007 Manchester United A 1 – 0 75696
1 September 2007 Fulham A 3 – 3 Kaboul 10', Berbatov 28', Bale 61' 24007
15 September 2007 Arsenal H 1 – 3 Bale 14' 36053
23 September 2007 Bolton Wanderers A 1 – 1 Keane 34' 20308
1 October 2007 Aston Villa H 4 – 4 Berbatov 19', Chimbonda 68', Keane 80'.pen, Kaboul 90+3', 36094
7 October 2007 Liverpool A 2 – 2 Keane 44', 46' 43986
22 October 2007 Newcastle United A 3 – 1 Keane 56' 51411
28 October 2007 Blackburn Rovers H 1 – 2 Keane 47'.pen 36086
3 November 2007 Middlesbrough A 1 – 1 Bent 35' 25625
11 November 2007 Wigan H 4 – 0 Jenas 13', 26', Lennon 34', Bent 72' 35504
25 November 2007 West Ham A 1 – 1 Dawson 67' 34966
2 December 2007 Birmingham H 2 – 3 Keane 50'.pen, 53' 35635
9 December 2007 Manchester City H 2 – 1 Chimbonda 45', Defoe 82' 35646
15 December 2007 Portsmouth A 0 – 1 Berbatov 81' 20520
22 December 2007 Arsenal A 2 – 1 Berbatov 66' 60087
26 December 2007 Fulham H 5 – 1 Keane 27', 62', Huddlestone 45' 71', Defoe 90' 36077
29 December 2007 Reading H 6 – 4 Berbatov 7', 63' , 73' , 83', Malbranque 76', Defoe 79' 36178
1 January 2008 Aston Villa A 2 – 1 Defoe 79' 41609
12 January 2008 Chelsea A 2 – 0 41777
19 January 2008 Sunderland H 2 – 0 Lennon 2', Keane 90' 36070
30 January 2008 Everton A 0 – 0 35840
2 February 2008 Manchester United H 1 – 1 Berbatov 21' 36075
9 February 2008 Derby County A 0 – 3 Keane 68', Kaboul 81', Berbatov 90'.pen 33058
1 March 2008 Birmingham City A 4 – 1 Jenas 89' 26055
9 March 2008 West Ham H 4 – 0 Berbatov 8', 11', Gilberto 85', Bent 90' 36062
16 March 2008 Manchester City A 2 – 1 Keane 32' 40188
19 March 2008 Chelsea H 4 – 4 Woodgate 12', Berbatov 61', Huddlestone 75', Keane 88' 36178
22 March 2008 Portsmouth H 2 – 0 Bent 80', O'Hara 82' 35998
30 March 2008 Newcastle H 1 – 4 Bent 26' 36067
5 April 2008 Blackburn A 1 – 1 Berbatov 7' 24592
12 April 2008 Middlesbrough H 1 – 1 Grounds 27' (o.g.) 36092
19 April 2008 Wigan A 1 – 1 Berbatov 6' 18673
26 April 2008 Bolton Wanderers H 1 – 1 Malbranque 52' 36176
3 May 2008 Reading A 0 – 1 Keane 16' 24125
11 May 2008 Liverpool H 0 – 2 36063

H/A = Home/Away Final updated: 11 May 2008

FA Cup

Round Date Opponents H / A Result Scorers Attendance
3 5 January 2008 Reading H 2 - 2 Berbatov 28', 48' pen. 35243
3R 15 January 2008 Reading A 0 - 1 Keane 15' 22130
4 27 January 2008 Manchester United A 3 - 1 Keane 24' 75369

Eliminated

H/A = Home/Away

Final update: 27 February 2008

Tottenham v Chelsea League Cup Final line-up.

League Cup

Round Date Opponents H / A Result Scorers Attendance
3 26 September 2007 Middlesbrough H 2 - 0 Bale 71', Huddlestone 74' 30084
4 31 October 2007 Blackpool H 2 - 0 Keane 17', Chimbonda 55' 32196
QF 18 December 2007 Manchester City A 0 - 2 Defoe 4', Malbranque 82' 38564
SF L1 9 January 2008 Arsenal A 1 - 1 Jenas 37' 53163
SF L2 22 January 2008 Arsenal H 5 - 1 Jenas 3', Bendtner 27' o.g., Keane 48', Lennon 60', Malbranque 90+4' 35979
F 24 February 2008 Chelsea N 1 - 2 (a.e.t) Berbatov 70' pen., Woodgate 94' 87660

Champions

H/A = Home/Away

Final update: 27 February 2008

UEFA Cup

First round and group stage

Round Date Opponents H / A Result Scorers Attendance
FR 20 September 2007 Anorthosis Famagusta H 6 - 1 Kaboul 5', Dawson 40', Keane 42', Bent 43', Defoe 65', 90' 35780
FR 4 October 2007 Anorthosis Famagusta A 1 - 1 Keane 78' 8000
G 25 October 2007 Getafe H 1 - 2 Defoe 19' 36240
G 8 November 2007 Hapoel Tel Aviv A 0 - 2 Keane 26', Berbatov 31' 8000
G 29 November 2007 Aalborg H 3 - 2 Berbatov 45', Malbranque 51', Bent 66' 29758
G 6 December 2007 Anderlecht A 1 - 1 Berbatov 71' pen. 22500

Group G final standings

Group G
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Getafe 4 3 0 1 7 5 +2 9
Tottenham Hotspur 4 2 1 1 7 5 +2 7
Anderlecht 4 1 2 1 5 4 +1 5
Aalborg 4 1 1 2 7 7 0 4
Hapoel Tel Aviv 4 1 0 3 3 8 -5 3

Knockout Rounds

Round Date Opponents H / A Result Scorers Attendance
L32 14 February 2008 Slavia Prague A 1 - 2 Berbatov 4', Keane 30' 11134
L32 21 February 2008 Slavia Prague H 1 - 1 O'Hara 7' 34224
L16 6 March 2008 PSV H 0 - 1 33259
L16 12 March 2008 PSV A 0 - 1 Berbatov 81' 33000
12 March 2008 PSV 6 - 5 Penalties

Eliminated

H/A = Home/Away

Final update: 13 March 2008

Player statistics

[35][36]

No. Pos. Nationality Player Apps Goals YC RC
1 GK England Robinson, PaulPaul Robinson 37 0 1 0
2 DF France Chimbonda, PascalPascal Chimbonda 49 3 7 0
3 DF South Korea Lee, Young-PyoYoung-Pyo Lee 29 0 2 0
4 MF Ivory Coast Zokora, DidierDidier Zokora 43 0 9 1
5 DF France Kaboul, YounesYounes Kaboul 29 4 3 0
6 DF Finland Tainio, TeemuTeemu Tainio 26 0 5 0
8 MF England Jenas, JermaineJermaine Jenas 45 6 9 0
9 FW Bulgaria Berbatov, DimitarDimitar Berbatov 52 23 5 0
10 FW Ireland Keane, RobbieRobbie Keane 54 23 2 1
11 DF Brazil Gilberto 7 1 1 0
12 GK Czech Republic Cerny, RadekRadek Cerny 20 0 1 0
15 MF France Malbranque, SteedSteed Malbranque 55 7 6 0
16 MF Wales Bale, GarethGareth Bale 12 3 1 0
17 MF Germany Boateng, Kevin-PrinceKevin-Prince Boateng 21 0 4 0
19 MF France Taarabt, AdelAdel Taarabt 10 0 0 0
20 DF England Dawson, MichaelMichael Dawson 40 2 4 1
22 MF England Huddlestone, TomTom Huddlestone 43 4 5 0
23 FW England Bent, DarrenDarren Bent 36 8 3 0
24 MF England O'Hara, JamieJamie O'Hara 25 2 3 0
25 MF England Lennon, AaronAaron Lennon 47 3 3 0
26 DF England King, LedleyLedley King 10 0 3 0
28 DF Scotland Hutton, AlanAlan Hutton 15 0 1 0
31 GK England Forecast, TommyTommy Forecast 0 0 0 0
32 DF Cameroon Assou-Ekotto, BenoîtBenoît Assou-Ekotto 2 0 1 0
33 DF Portugal Rocha, RicardoRicardo Rocha 5 0 1 0
35 DF France Dervite, DorianDorian Dervite 1 0 0 0
36 FW England Dawkins, SimonSimon Dawkins 0 0 0 0
37 MF England Rose, DannyDanny Rose 0 0 0 0
38 DF England Archibald-Henville, TroyTroy Archibald-Henville 0 0 0 0
39 DF England Woodgate, JonathanJonathan Woodgate 17 2 2 0
44 DF Wales Gunter, ChrisChris Gunter 4 0 0 0
  • Final update: 11 May 2008
  • Data includes all competitions

Top scorers

[36] As of End of 2007-08 season.

P Player Position Premier League FA Cup Carling Cup UEFA Cup Total
1 Dimitar Berbatov Forward 15 2 1 5 23
1 Robbie Keane Forward 15 2 2 4 23
3 Darren Bent Forward 6 0 0 2 8
4 Steed Malbranque Midfielder 4 0 2 1 7
5 Jermaine Jenas Midfielder 4 0 2 0 6

Most appearances

[36] As of End of 2007-08 season.

P Player Position Premier League FA Cup Carling Cup UEFA Cup Total
1 Steed Malbranque Midfielder 37 3 5 10 55
2 Robbie Keane Forward 36 3 5 10 54
3 Dimitar Berbatov Forward 36 2 6 8 52
4 Pascal Chimbonda Defender 31 2 6 9 49
5 Aaron Lennon Midfielder 29 3 6 9 47

Head coach statistics

Stats correct as of the End of season

 Manager   Played  Won Drawn Lost  Home Win %   Away Win %   Lge Pos   Lge Pts   PPLG   Lge Cup   FA Cup   Europe 
All* 57  22 (38.6%)    18 (31.6%)    17 (29.8%)  48.2% 30.0% 11th 46 1.21 Winners  KO (4th Rd)   KO (Last 16)
Ramos 42  19 (45.2%)   13 (31.0%)   10 (23.8%)  50.0% 40.9% 11th 39 1.44
Jol 14  3 ( 21.4%)   5 (35.7%)   6 (42.9%)  50.0% 0.0% 18th 7 0.70

*Includes one game after Jol had departed and prior to the appointment of Ramos

Lge Cup = League Cup, Lge Pos = League Position, Lge Pts = League Points, PPLG = Points Per League Game. Win/Draw/Loss % based on all competitions.

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