2007–08 Central Coast Mariners FC season

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

Squad

Further information: List of Central Coast Mariners FC players

Note: Flags indicate national team as 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
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 !Central Coast Mariners	10	3	2	1	0	6	1	3
Queensland Roar	6	3	1	2	0	3	2	1
Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix	5	3	1	0	2	4	4	2
Sydney FC !Sydney FC	1	3	0	1	2	0	6	0

14 July 2007
18:00 UTC+10

Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	2 – 0	Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix
Wilkinson 3' Kwasnik 30'	(Report)

Bluetongue Central Coast Stadium,
Gosford, New South Wales
Attendance: 8,136
Referee: Srebre Delovski

21 July 2007
15:00 UTC+10

Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	1 – 1	Queensland Roar
Boogaard 6'	(Report)	Lynch 60'

Wade Park,
Orange, New South Wales
Attendance: 3,531
Referee: James Lewis

29 July 2007
15:00 UTC+10

Sydney FC !Sydney FC	0 – 3	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners
	(Report)	Osman 36' Kwasnik 44' Gumprecht 51'

Canberra Stadium,
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Attendance: 5,735
Referee: Ben Williams

Semi-Final

4 August 2007
18:00 UTC+10

Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	2 – 3	Perth Glory !Perth Glory
Mrdja 43' Petrovski 90'	(Report)	Dragicevic 23' Bertos 55' Tarka 78'

Bluetongue Central Coast Stadium,
Gosford, New South Wales
Attendance: 5,967
Referee: Ben Williams

3rd-4th Playoff

12 August 2007
16:00 UTC+10

Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	1 – 3	Queensland Roar
Simon 9'	(Report)	Milicic 30' Marcinho 48' Reinaldo 86'

Bluetongue Stadium
Attendance: 3,500 (estimate)
Referee: James Lewis

2007-08 Hyundai A-League fixtures

24 August 2007	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	0 : 1	Central Coast Mariners !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 !Central Coast Mariners	3 : 0	Wellington Phoenix !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 !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 !Melbourne Victory	0 : 0	Central Coast Mariners !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 !Central Coast Mariners	1 : 0	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
19:00 UTC+10	Petrovski 80'	Report Summary		Attendance: 9,274 Referee: Craig Zetter

30 September 2007	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	2 : 1	Central Coast Mariners !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 !Central Coast Mariners	1 : 1	Newcastle Jets !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 !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 !Wellington Phoenix	1 : 2	Central Coast Mariners !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 !Sydney FC	3 : 2	Central Coast Mariners !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 !Central Coast Mariners	2 : 1	Melbourne Victory !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 !Central Coast Mariners	2 : 0	Adelaide United !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 !Perth Glory	0 : 1	Central Coast Mariners !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 !Newcastle Jets	0 : 0	Central Coast Mariners !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 !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 !Adelaide United	1 : 2	Central Coast Mariners !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 !Central Coast Mariners	4 : 5	Sydney FC !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 !Central Coast Mariners	2 : 5	Melbourne Victory !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 !Perth Glory	1 : 1	Central Coast Mariners !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 !Central Coast Mariners	1 : 2	Newcastle Jets !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 !Central Coast Mariners	2 : 0	Wellington Phoenix !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

27 January 2008 Major SF Leg 1	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	2 : 0	Central Coast Mariners !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

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

24 February 2008 Grand Final	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	0 : 1	Newcastle Jets !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


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	21	10	4	7	30	25	+5	34	2009 AFC Champions League Group stage
2	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets (C)	21	9	7	5	25	21	+4	34	2009 AFC Champions League Group stage
3	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	21	8	8	5	28	24	+4	32	2008 Pan-Pacific Championship
4	Queensland Roar !Queensland Roar	21	8	7	6	25	21	+4	31	2008 A-League Finals Series
5	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	21	6	9	6	29	29	0	27
6	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	21	6	8	7	31	29	+2	26
7	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	21	4	8	9	27	34	−7	20
8	Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix	21	5	5	11	25	37	−12	20

Updated to games played on 20 January 2008
Source: theworldgame.sbs.com.au
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
¹First place through to fourth place qualify for the 2008 A-League Finals Series.
²First place qualifies for the 2009 AFC Champions League Group stage.
³Winning the 2008 A-League Grand Final earns qualification for the 2009 AFC Champions League Group stage, unless the Grand Final winners are also first place, in which case the Grand Final runner up qualifies.
⁴Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the 2009 AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

References

↑ Match postponed due to heavy rain affecting pitch conditions.

External links

Central Coast Mariners FC

Women's Youth and Academy

Club	History Players Records Seasons Centre of Excellence Asia

Home stadium	Central Coast Stadium

Seasons (11)	2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Managers	Lawrie McKinna (2005–10) Graham Arnold (2010–13) Phil Moss (2013–15) Tony Walmsley (2015–)

Captains	Noel Spencer (2005–07) Alex Wilkinson (2007–12) John Hutchinson (2012–15) Nick Montgomery (2015–)

Rivalries	F3 Derby League record by opponent

2007–08 in Australian soccer

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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

A-League

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