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2007/2008 A-League Cup
written by Thomas Esamie |
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The eight A-League teams split into two groups of four, then some weird stuff happens and you end up with a first to eigth thingo.
Group A Adelaide United FC Newcastle United Jets FC Melbourne Victory FC Perth Glory FC Group B Wellington Phoenix FC Queensland Roar FC Sydney FC Central Coast Mariners FC
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Cup Final Match Played (12/08/07) Hindmarsh Stadium Referee : Craig Zetter, Crowd : 9606 | ||||
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| Adelaide United Robert Bajic, Richie Alagich, Angelo Costanzo, Michael Valkanis, Cassio Jose de Abreu Oliveira, Nathan Burns, Bruce Djite, Travis Dodd, Jonas Salley (Isyan Erdogan 88), Bobby Petta (Jason Spagnuolo 62), Robert Cornthwaite Goals : Djite 66, Oliveira 83 Coach : Aurelio Vidmar |
2 | - | 1 | Perth Glory Tando Velaphi, Nikolai Topor-Stanley, Simon Colosimo, Dino Djulbic, Anthony Danze (Mitchell Prentice 82), David Micevski, Mate Dragicevic, Leo Bertos (Nick Rizzo 62), Nikita Rukavytsya, Jamie Coyne, Naum Sekulovski (Jamie Harnwell 87) Goal : Bertos 45 Coach : Ron Smith |
3rd place match Played (12/08/07) , Bluetongue Stadium Referee : James Lewis, Crowd : 3500 | ||||
| Central Coast Mariners Danny Vukovic, Matthew Simon (Nik Mrdja 62), Andre Gumprecht, Dean Heffernan, Damien Brown (Greg Owens 70), Andrew Clark (Tony Vidmar 46), Nigel Boogaard, Matthew Osman, Alex Wilkinson, Adam Kwasnik, Mile Jedinak Goals : Simon 8 Coach : Lawrie McKinna |
1 | - | 3 | Queensland Roar Griffin McMaster, Craig Moore (Ben Griffin 46), Simon Lynch, Ante Milicic (Reinaldo Elias da Costa 70), Matt McKay, Hyuk-Su Seo (sent off 77), Mitch Nichols (sent off 34), Danny Tiatto (Stuart McLaren 46), Sasa Ognenovski, Chris Grossman, Marcio Luiz Adurens Goal : Milicic 30, Adurens 48, da Costa 86 Coach : Frank Farina |
| Chris Dunkerley | ||||
5th place match Played (10/08/07) , Westpac Stadium Referee : Mike Hester, Crowd : 5174 | ||||
| Wellington Phoenix Mark Paston, Jeremy Christie, Tony Lochhead, Karl Dodd, Ross Aloisi, Shane Smeltz, Daniel Lins Cortes, Steven O'Dor, Vince Lia, Felipe de Souza Campos (Vaughan Coveny 65), Royce Brownlie (Richard Johnson 77) Coach : Ricki Herbert |
0 | - | 0 | Newcastle Jets Ante Covic, Adam Griffiths, Stuart Musialik, Andrew Durante, Matt Thompson, Joel Griffiths, Tarek Elrich, Adam D'Apuzzo, Scott Tunbridge (Paul Kohler 67), Noel Spencer (Troy Hearfield 51), Mark Bridge Coach : Gary van Egmond |
| The Jets win in the penalty shootout 4-2 to claim 5th place in the Cup. No extra time was played | ||||
7th place match Played (11/08/07) , Olympic Park Referee : Simon Przydacz, Crowd : 3400 | ||||
| Melbourne Victory Michael Theoklitos, Kevin Muscat, Daniel Piorkowski, Steve Pantelidis, Grant Brebner, Daniel Allsopp, Archie Thompson (Matthew Kemp 84), Joseph Keenan, Rodrigo Vargas, Carlos Hernandez (Adrian Caceres 65), Leigh Broxham (Kaz Patafta 46) Coach : Ernie Merrick |
0 | - | 1 | Sydney FC Clint Bolton, Mark Rudan, Tony Popovic, Ruben Zadkovich, David Zdrilic (Nikolas Tsattalios 90), Alex Brosque, Terry McFlynn, Mark Milligan, Michael Enfield, Adam Biddle, Ufuk Talay (Shannon Cole 46) Goal : Brosque 34 Coach : Branko Culina |
1st to 4th place match Played (05/08/07) , Hindmarsh Stadium Referee : Angelo Nardi, Crowd : 5221 | ||||
| Adelaide United Robert Bajic, Richie Alagich, Angelo Costanzo, Michael Valkanis, Cassio Jose de Abreu Oliveira, Nathan Burns, Bruce Djite, Travis Dodd (Kristian Sarkies 70), Jonas Salley (Robert Cornthwaite 70), Bobby Petta (Lucas Pantelis 75), Jason Spagnuolo Goals : Djite 1, Petta 45, Oliveira 64 Coach : Aurelio Vidmar |
3 | - | 2 | Queensland Roar Liam Reddy, Josh McCloughan, Simon Lynch (Ante Milicic 60), Reinaldo Elias da Costa, Ben Griffin, Matt Mckay, Hyuk-Su Seo, Danny Tiatto, Sasa Ognenovski, Chris Grossman (Stuart Mclaren 75), Marcio Luiz Adurens (Mitch Nichols 60) Goals : Lynch 16, Milicic 74 Coach : Frank Farina |
| 1st to 4th place match Played (04/08/07) , Bluetongue Stadium Referee : Ben Williams, Crowd : 5967 | ||||
| Central Coast Mariners Danny Vukovic, Andre Gumprecht, John Hutchinson (Bradley Porter 84), Nik Mrdja, Damien Brown (Dean Heffernan 62), Nigel Boogaard, Matthew Osman, Alex Wilkinson, Adam Kwasnik (Tom Pondeljak 58), Sasho Petrovski, Mile Jedinak Goals : Mrdja 44, Petrovski 90 Coach : Lawrie McKinna |
2 | - | 3 | Perth Glory Tando Velaphi, Nikolai Topor-Stanley, David Tarka, Simon Colosimo (Mitchell Prentice 67), Dino Djulbic, David Micevski, Mate Dragicevic, Leo Bertos (Nick Rizzo 78), Nikita Rukavytsya, Jamie Coyne, Naum Sekulovski Goals : Dragicevic 23, Bertos 57, Tarka 78 Coach : Ron Smith |
| Match report by Chris Dunkerley | ||||
5th to 8th place match Played (04/08/07) , Parramatta Stadium Referee : Peter Green, Crowd : 2611 | ||||
| Newcastle Jets Ante Covic, Jade North, Steve Eagleton, Andrew Durante, Matt Thompson (Jorge Drovandi 8 (Scott Tunbridge 53)), Joel Griffiths, Tarek Elrich, Adam D'Apuzzo, Jobe Wheelhouse, Troy Hearfield (Paul Kohler 89), Noel Spencer Goals : Griffiths 5, 76, Tunbridge 56 Coach : Gary van Egmond |
3 | - | 2 | Sydney FC Clint Bolton, Iain Fyfe (Nikolas Tsattalios 67), Mark Rudan, Tony Popovic, Robbie Middleby, David Zdrilic, Brendon Santalab (Ruben Zadkovich 67), Alex Brosque, Terry McFlynn, Michael Enfield, Ufuk Talay Goals : Zadkovich 79, Talay 83 Coach : Branko Culina |
| I was at this game chiefly to see Juninho (Osvaldo Giroldo Junior) who had just been announced as Sydney's marquee player. He didn't play but he was introduced to the crowd, not very exciting really... it was still the highlight of the night. | ||||
| 5th to 8th place match Played (04/08/07) , Olympic Park, Melbourne Referee : Kevin Docherty, Crowd : 4100 | ||||
| Welington Phoenix Glen Moss, Jeremy Christie, Tony Lochhead, Karl Dodd, Ross Aloisi, Vaughan Coveny (Royce Brownlie 83), Shane Smeltz, Michael Ferrante, Daniel Lins Cortes, Steven Old, Steven O'Dor Goals : Smeltz 53, Cortes 87 Coach : Ricki Herbert |
2 | - | 1 | Melbourne Victory Michael Theoklitos, Kevin Muscat, Daniel Piorkowski, Ljubo Milicevic, Matthew Kemp (Leandro Rodrigues Da Silva 79), Grant Brebner, Daniel Allsopp, Archie Thompson, Joseph Keenan (Leigh Broxham 46), Rodrigo Vargas, Carlos Hernandez Goal : Dodd 35og Coach : Ernie Merrick |
1st Round match, Group A Played (14/07/07) , Port Macquarie Regional Stadium Referee : James Lewis, Crowd : 2700 | ||||
| Newcastle United Jets Ante Covic, Adam Griffiths, Jade North, Andrew Durante, Tarek Elrich, Paul Kohler (Steve Eagleton 71), Adam D'Apuzzo, Scott Tunbridge, Troy Hearfield, Noel Spencer, Mark Bridge Coach : Gary van Egmond |
0 | - | 1 | Perth Glory Tando Velaphi, David Tarka, Simon Colosimo, Jamie Harnwell, Dino Djulbic, Anthony Danze (Simon Colosimo 84), David Micevski (Mitchell Prentice 33), Billy Celeski, Nikita Rukavytsya, Jamie Coyne, Nick Rizzo, Naum Sekulovski Goal : Harnwell 48 Coach : Ron Smith |
| 1st Round match, Group A Played (15/07/07) , Aurora Stadium, Launceston Referee : Angelo Nardi, Crowd : 8000 | ||||
| Melbourne Victory Michael Theoklitos, Kevin Muscat, Adrian Leijer, Ljubo Milicevic, Steve Pantelidis (Daniel Piorkowski 53), Matthew Kemp, Daniel Allsopp, Joseph Keenan, Rodrigo Vargas, Kaz Patafta (Leigh Broxham 61), Adrian Caceres Goal : Allsopp 74 Coach : Ernie Merrick |
1 | - | 1 | Adelaide United Robert Bajic, Richie Alagich, Cassio Jose de Abreu Oliveira, Nathan Burns, Bruce Djite, Travis Dodd, Bobby Petta, Isyan Erdogan (Jonas Salley 61), Diego Walsh (Jason Spagnoulo 80), Les Anastasiou (Robert Cornthwaite 75), Milan Susak Goal : Dodd 9 Coach : Aurelio Vidmar |
1st Round match, Group B Played (14/07/07) , Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford Referee : Srebre Delovski, Crowd : 8136 | ||||
| Central Coast Mariners Danny Vukovic, Andre Gumprecht (Paul O'Grady 83), John Hutchinson, Nik Mrdja, Tom Pondeljak, Tony Vidmar (Nigel Boogaard 61), Matthew Osman, Alex Wilkinson, Adam Kwasnik (Bradley Porter 72), Sasho Petrovski, Mile Jedinak Goals : Wilkinson 2, Kwasnik 32 Coach : Lawrie McKinna |
2 | - | 0 | Wellington Phoenix Glen Moss, Jeremy Christie, Tony Lochhead, Cleberson Souza Santos Gois (Greg Draper 83), Vaughan Coveny, Shane Smeltz, Michael Ferrante, Daniel Lins Cortes, Steven Old, Steven O'Dor (sent off 53), Royce Brownlie (Felipe de Souza Campos 60) Coach : Ricki Herbert |
| Match report by Chris Dunkerley | ||||
| 1st Round match, Group B Played (14/07/07) , Maroochydore SC, Sunshine Coast Referee : Chris Beath, Crowd : 4892 | ||||
| Queensland Roar Liam Reddy, Josh Mccloughan, Massimo Murdocca, Ante Milicic (Simon Lynch 73), Reinaldo Elias da Costa, Ben Griffin, Matt Mckay, Hyuk-Su Seo, Mitch Nichols (Tahj Minniecon 54), Danny Tiatto (Sasa Ognenovski 73), Chris Grossman Coach : Frank Farina |
0 | - | 0 | Sydney FC Clint Bolton, Iain Fyfe, Nikolas Tsattalios (Jacob Timpano 65), Mark Rudan, Robbie Middleby, David Zdrilic, Steve Corica, Brendon Santalab (Benjamin Vidaic 83), Terry McFlynn, Adam Casey, Ufuk Talay Coach : Branko Culina |
2nd Round match, Group A Played (20/07/07) , Hindmarsh Stadium Referee : Steven Gregory, Crowd : 3513 | ||||
| Adelaide United Robert Bajic, Richie Alagich, Angelo Costanzo, Cassio Jose de Abreu Oliveira, Nathan Burns, Bruce Djite, Travis Dodd, Jonas Salley, Bobby Petta (Jason Spagnuolo 68), Les Anastasiou (Robert Cornthwaite 68), Milan Susak Goal : Oliveira 59 Coach : Aurelio Vidmar |
1 | - | 1 | Perth Glory Tommi Tomich, Nikolai Topor-Stanley, David Tarka, Simon Colosimo, Jamie Harnwell, Billy Celeski, Nikita Rukavytsya, Jamie Coyne, Mitchell Prentice, Nick Rizzo (Naum Sekulovski 79), Hayden Foxe (Dino Djulbic 75) Goal : Rukavytsya 54 Coach : Ron Smith |
| 2nd Round match, Group A Played (22/07/07) , Skilled Stadium, Geelong Referee : , Crowd : | ||||
| Melbourne Victory Eugene Galekovic, Kevin Muscat, Daniel Piorkowski(Kaz Patafta 46), Adrian Leijer, Ljubo Milicevic (Daniel Vasilevski 72), Matthew Kemp, Daniel Allsopp, Joseph Keenan, Rodrigo Vargas, Adrian Caceres (Carlos Hernandez 60), Leigh Broxham Coach : Ernie Merrick |
0 | - | 1 | Newcastle United Jets Ante Covic, Adam Griffiths, Jade North, Andrew Durante, Matt Thompson, Joel Griffiths, Paul Kohler, Jobe Wheelhouse (Adam D’Apuzzo 88), Scott Tunbridge (Tarek Elrich 66), Noel Spencer, Mark Bridge Goal : Wheelhouse 51 Coach : Gary van Egmond |
2nd Round match, Group B Played (21/07/07) , Wade Park, Orange Referee : James Lewis, Crowd : 3531 | ||||
| Central Coast Mariners Matthew Trott, Andre Gumprecht, John Hutchinson, Dean Heffernan, Tom Pondeljak (Bradley Porter 85), Nigel Boogaard, Matthew Osman, Alex Wilkinson, Adam Kwasnik (Nik Mrdja 46), Sasho Petrovski, Mile Jedinak Goal : Boogaard 6 Coach : Lawrie McKinna |
1 | - | 1 | Queensland Roar Liam Reddy, Josh Mccloughan, Massimo Murdocca, Simon Lynch (Ante Milicic 65), Reinaldo Elias da Costa (Stuart Mclaren 86), Tahj Minniecon (Mitchell Nichols 38), Ben Griffin, Matt Mckay, Danny Tiatto, Sasa Ognenovski, Chris Grossman Goal : Lynch 59 Coach : Frank Farina |
| Match report by Chris Dunkerley | ||||
| 2nd Round match, Group B Played (22/07/07) , Westpac Stadium, Wellington Referee : Peter O'Leary, Crowd : 6039 | ||||
| Wellington Phoenix Glen Moss, Jeremy Christie, Tony Lochhead, Cleberson Souza Santos Gois (Felipe de Souza Campos 90), Karl Dodd, Ross Aloisi, Vaughan Coveny, Shane Smeltz, Michael Ferrante (Ross Brownlie 75), Daniel Lins Cortes (Greg Draper 90), Steven Old Goals : Smeltz 13, 89, Rudan 14og Coach : Ricki Herbert |
3 | - | 0 | Sydney FC Clint Bolton, Iain Fyfe, Mark Rudan, Robbie Middleby, David Zdrilic, Steve Corica (Benjamin Vidaic 69), Alex Brosque, Terry McFlynn, Adam Casey, Ufuk Talay, Cameron Watson (Nick Tsattalios 68) Coach : Branko Culina |
3rd Round match, Group A Played (27/07/07) , Hindmarsh Stadium Referee : Craig Zetter, Crowd : 3800 | ||||
| Adelaide United Robert Bajic, Richie Alagich, Angelo Costanzo (Isyan Erdogan 74), Cassio Jose de Abreu Oliveira, Nathan Burns, Bruce Djite, Travis Dodd, Jonas Salley, Bobby Petta (Kristian Sarkies 63), Robert Cornthwaite, Jason Spagnuolo (Lucas Pantelis 57) Goals : Burns 6pk, Djite 66, Sarkies 80pk, Alagich 86 Coach : Aurelio Vidmar |
4 | - | 1 | Newcastle United Jets Ante Covic, Adam Griffiths (sent off 79), Jade North, Andrew Durante (Steve Eagleton 62), Matt Thompson, Joel Griffiths, Paul Kohler, Jobe Wheelhouse, Scott Tunbridge (Tarek Elrich 79), Troy Hearfield, Noel Spencer (Adam D'Apuzzo 46), Mark Bridge (sent off 69) Goal : Griffiths 90pk Coach : Gary van Egmond |
| Yes, yes, I know. Newcastle are unlikely to have had 12 players on the pitch but until I find some evidence as to who wasn't there I can't tell. I've seen references and pictures of players to eliminate to reduce the likely phantom to North, Thompson, Kohler or Hearfield. My money is on Hearfield because he plays a similar role to Wheelhouse and those two don't usually show up in the same lineup. Plus North is captain and the other two seem to be regulars. Getty images muddies the waters further by claiming Craig Deans was on the pitch at some stage, but the round 3 preview listed Deans as injured. This caper is hard.. trust me. | ||||
| 3rd Round match, Group A Played (28/07/07) , Darwin Football Stadium Referee : Peter Green, Crowd : 2700 | ||||
| Perth Glory Tando Velaphi, Nikolai Topor-Stanley, David Tarka, Simon Colosimo, Jamie Harnwell, Dino Djulbic, Billy Celeski, Leo Bertos (David Micevski 73), Nikita Rukavytsya, Jamie Coyne, Naum Sekulovski (Mate Dragicevic 46) Goals : Rukavytsya 52, Harnwell 70 Coach : Ron Smith |
2 | - | 1 | Melbourne Victory Michael Theoklitos, Kevin Muscat, Daniel Piorkowski, Ljubo Milicevic, Matthew Kemp, Daniel Allsopp, Joseph Keenan, Rodrigo Vargas, Kaz Patafta (Grant Brebner 59), Carlos Hernandez, Leigh Broxham (Adrian Caceres 75) Goal : Hernandez 34 Coach : Ernie Merrick |
3rd Round match, Group B Played (27/07/07) , QE2 Stadium, Christchurch Referee : Michael Hester, Crowd : 4081 | ||||
| Wellington Phoenix Glen Moss, Jeremy Christie, Tony Lochhead, Karl Dodd, Ross Aloisi, Vaughan Coveny (Royce Brownlie 71), Shane Smeltz, Michael Ferrante, Daniel Lins Cortes (Felipe de Souza Campos 71), Steven Old, Steven O'Dor Goal : Old 46 Coach : Ricki Herbert |
1 | - | 2 | Queensland Roar Liam Reddy, Josh McCloughan, Massimo Murdocca (Ben Griffin 46), Simon Lynch, Reinaldo Elias Da Costa, Matt McKay, Hyuk-Su Seo, Mitch Nichols (Michael Zullo 62), Danny Tiatto, Sasa Ognenovski (Stuart Mclaren 77), Chris Grossman Goals : Lynch 40, Ognenovski 48 Coach : Frank Farina |
| 3rd Round match, Group B Played (29/07/07) , Canberra Stadium Referee : Ben Williams, Crowd : 5735 | ||||
| Sydney FC Clint Bolton, Mark Rudan, Robbie Middleby, David Zdrilic, Brendon Santalab (Tony Popovic 46), Alex Brosque, Terry McFlynn, Adam Casey (Nikolas Tsattalios 38), Michael Enfield, Ufuk Talay, Daniel Severino (Ben Vidaic 66) Coach : Branko Culina |
0 | - | 3 | Central Coast Mariners Matthew Trott, Andre Gumprecht, John Hutchinson, Nik Mrdja, Damien Brown (Tony Vidmar 81), Nigel Boogaard, Matthew Osman, Alex Wilkinson, Adam Kwasink (Bradley Porter 73), Sasho Petrovski (Tom Pondeljak 69), Mile Jedinak Goals : Osman 36, Kwasnik 44, Gumprecht 52 Coach : Lawrie McKinna |
| Match Report by Nick Guoth | ||||
| 2007 Pre-Season Cup Points Tables | |||||||
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| Group A | |||||||
| Team | W | D | L | F | A | BP | Total |
| Adelaide United | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| Perth Glory | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Newcastle United Jets | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| Melbourne Victory | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Group B | |||||||
| Team | W | D | L | F | A | BP | Total |
| Central Coast Mariners | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| Queensland Roar | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Wellington Phoenix | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
| Sydney FC | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 |