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.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country | Australia New Zealand |
| Dates | 14 July – 12 August 2007 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Defending champions | Adelaide United |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Adelaide United (2nd title) |
| Runner-up | Perth Glory |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 20 |
| Goals scored | 53 (2.65 per match) |
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 determined as the higher ranked:
- highest goal difference;
- highest number of goals scored;
- result of the match played between the teams concerned;
- highest number of bonus points accumulated;
- lowest number of red cards accumulated;
- lowest number of yellow cards accumulated;
- toss of a coin.
The finals series was held over two weekends – 3 to 5 August, and 10 to 12 August.
Pre-Season Cup group stage fixtures and results edit
Round 1 edit
| Newcastle Jets | 0–1 | Perth Glory |
|---|---|---|
| (Report) | Harnwell  48' |
| Melbourne Victory | 1–1 | Adelaide United |
|---|---|---|
| Allsopp 74' |
(Report) | Dodd 9' |
Round 2 edit
| Adelaide United | 1–1 | Perth Glory |
|---|---|---|
| Cassio 59' |
(Report) | Rukavytsya 53' |
Round 3 edit
| Wellington Phoenix | 1–2 | Queensland Roar |
|---|---|---|
| Old 47' |
(Report) | Lynch 41' Ognenovski 50' |
| Adelaide United | 4–1 | Newcastle Jets |
|---|---|---|
| Burns 6' Djite 66'Sarkies 80' (pen)Alagich 86' |
(Report) | Bridge  69'  A. Griffiths 79' J. Griffiths 90+2' (pen) |
| Perth Glory | 2–1 | Melbourne Victory |
|---|---|---|
| Rukavytsya 52' Harnwell 70' |
(Report) | Hernandez 34' |
Playoffs edit
| Central Coast Mariners | 2–3 | Perth Glory |
|---|---|---|
| Mrdja 43' Petrovski 90' |
(Report) | Dragicevic 23' Bertos 55'Tarka 78' |
| Newcastle Jets | 3–2 | Sydney FC |
|---|---|---|
| J. Griffiths 5', 76' Tunbridge 56' |
(Report) | Zadkovich 79' Talay 83' |
| Melbourne Victory | 1–2 | Wellington Phoenix |
|---|---|---|
| Dodd 34' (own) |
(Report) | Smeltz 53' Daniel 87' |
| Adelaide United | 3–2 | Queensland Roar |
|---|---|---|
| Djite 1' Petta 45'Cássio 64' |
(Report) | Lynch 16' Milicic 73' |
Finals edit
| Wellington Phoenix | 0–0 | Newcastle Jets |
|---|---|---|
| (Report) | ||
| Penalties | ||
Smeltz  Aloisi  Christie Johnson |
2–4 | J. Griffiths Bridge Thompson Elrich |
| Adelaide United | 2–1 | Perth Glory |
|---|---|---|
| Djite 66' Cássio 83' |
(Report) | Bertos 45' |
| Central Coast Mariners | 1–3 | Queensland Roar |
|---|---|---|
| Simon 9' |
(Report) | Milicic 30' Nichols  33'Marcinho 48'Seo 76'Reinaldo 86' |
Group A table edit
Source: [citation needed]
Group B table edit
Source: [citation needed]
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Finals edit
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Scorers edit
As at 12 August 2007
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 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 edit
- ^ "Regional Focus for Pre-Season Cup". 23 April 2007. Archived from the original on 16 July 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2007.