2007–08 Manchester City F.C. season

Manchester City
2007-08 season
Owner &
chairman		 Thaksin Shinawatra
Manager Sven-Göran Eriksson
Stadium City of Manchester Stadium
Premier League 9th
FA Cup Fourth round
League Cup Fifth round
Top goalscorer League:
Elano (8)
All:
Elano (10)
Highest home attendance 47,321
(vs. Liverpool, 30 December 2007)
Lowest home attendance 20,938
(vs. Norwich City, 25 September 2007)
Average home league attendance 42,126
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
← 2006-07 2008-09 →

The 2007–08 season was Manchester City Football Club's sixth consecutive season playing in the Premier League, the top division of English football, and its eleventh season since the Premier League was first created with Manchester City as one of the its original 22 founding member clubs. Overall, it was the team's 116th season playing in a division of English football, most of which have been spent in the top flight.

Season review

The season started with a new owner in Thaksin Shinawatra and his newly appointed manager, Sven-Göran Eriksson. After spending three of the four previous Premier League seasons finishing in low mid-table positions (i.e., two to four places above the relegation zone), the Manchester City team was badly in need of an influx of new blood if it was to avoid a similar fate, or worse, in the upcoming season. Consequently, the newly infused funds from the club's wealthy Thai owner came at quite a fortuitous time for the team, and Eriksson was very active in the summer transfer market as he spent approximately £30 million adding eight relatively high profile players to the City first team squad.

As a consequence of this mini spending spree Manchester City started the new season strongly and spent a large portion of it occupying one of the top five positions in the Premier League table. Unfortunately, the strong results of the first two thirds of the season were not sustained in the final third and the team ultimately slipped down the rankings to finish the season in ninth place. This loss of form in the final months also led to Shinawatra summarily sacking Eriksson, a decision that was received with mixed emotions by the Manchester City supporters since both characters had achieved the status of "white knights" in their eyes for their respective financial and managerial contributions to the transformation of the club.[1] Two days after his end-of-season dismissal on 2 June 2008 Sven-Göran Eriksson was replaced as manager by Mark Hughes.[2]

This season also saw Manchester City gain entry into the next season's UEFA Cup competition by finishing sixth in the English "Fair Play" rankings (with the five teams above having already qualified for European competition).

Team kit

Supplier: Le Coq Sportif / Sponsor: Thomas Cook

Home
Home alt
Memorial
Away
Away alt.
Third
Third alt.
Third alt. 2
Goalkeeper 1
Goalkeeper 2
Goalkeeper 3

Kit description

The start of the 2007-08 Premiership campaign saw a number of changes for Manchester City, the most notable being the hiring of former England manager Sven-Göran Eriksson, while a somewhat less prominent change for the club saw the termination of Reebok as the team's kit supplier (for the four previous seasons) with the French sportswear manufacturer, Le Coq Sportif, now resuming this role once again. The shirt sponsor continued to be Thomas Cook, although the travel company had undergone a name change during the close season after its announced merger with MyTravel Group in June 2007, with the newly merged company now being called Thomas Cook Group.

The switch to a new kit supplier resulted in three new team kits for this season. The new home kit consisted of a return to a full sky blue shirt, but now with vertical white pin stripes on the body (but not the sleeves and shoulders) together with matching solid sky blue socks and the traditional all white shorts. The shirt sported a Le Coq Sportif logo on the upper portion of both sleeves with the Manchester City crest in the centre of the chest above the Thomas Cook logo, while the City crest was also repeated at the base of the right leg on the shorts.

The new away kit - a striking solid purple colour but sporting the same vertical white pin stripes on the body of the shirt as the home kit plus all the same kit supplier, sponsorship and club crest logos - was possibly a throwback to the classic maroon and thin white striped shirts that had been the club's one-time strip created for its appearance at Wembley in the 1956 FA Cup Final against Birmingham City. In comparison to the new home and away kits, the new third kit consisted of a relatively conservative all white shirt and socks with solid sky blue shorts, with the white shirt sporting a thin sky blue diagonal sash across the front of the left shoulder. New goalkeeper strips, a two-tone green (solid light green shirt plus solid dark green shorts and socks) and an all-grey change, were introduced for this season.

On 10 February 2008 during the club's local derby game against Manchester United, the City team played in a one-off special kit to mark the 50 year memorial of the Munich air disaster. This kit was devoid of the pinstripes, contained no kit supplier or sponsorship logos and had a black ribbon on the right shoulder bearing '1958–2008', with 'Manchester remembers' underneath.[3]

Historical league performance

Prior to this season, the history of Manchester City's performance in the English football league hierarchy since the creation of the Premier League in 1992 is summarised by the following timeline chart – which commences with the last season (1991–92) of the old Football League First Division (from which the Premier League was formed).

Friendly games

Pre-season

Thomas Cook Trophy

Post-season

Competitive games

Premier League

Position in final standings

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
6 Aston Villa 38 17 13 8 66 61+5 64
7 Blackburn Rovers 38 15 13 10 50 48+2 58
8 Portsmouth 38 16 9 13 48 40+8 57
9 Manchester City 38 15 10 13 45 53−8 55
10 West Ham United 38 13 10 15 42 50−8 49

Updated to games played on 11 May 2008 (end of season).
Source: Premier League 2007-08
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (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; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
38 15 10 13 45 53 −8 55 11 4 4 28 20 +8 4 6 9 17 33 −16

Last updated: 11 May 2008 (end of season).
Source: Premier League results 2007-08

Points breakdown


Points at home: 37
Points away from home: 18

Points against "Big Four" teams: 7
Points against promoted teams: 13


6 points: Manchester United, Newcastle United, Sunderland
4 points: Aston Villa, Bolton Wand., Derby County, Portsmouth, West Ham Utd.
3 points: Birmingham City, Middlesbrough, Reading, Tottenham Hotspur
2 points: Wigan Athletic
1 point: 0Blackburn Rovers, Fulham, Liverpool
0 points: Arsenal, Chelsea, Everton

Biggest & smallest

Biggest home wins: 4–2 vs. Bolton Wanderers, 15 December 2007
000000000003–1 vs. Middlesbrough, 7 October 2007 & vs. Portsmouth, 20 April 2008
000000000000& vs. Newcastle United, 29 September 2007
Biggest home defeats: 1–3 vs. Arsenal, 2 February 2008
00000000000000000000–2 vs. Everton, 25 February 2008 & vs. Chelsea, 5 April 2008
Biggest away wins: 0–2 vs. West Ham, 11 Aug. 2007 & vs. Newcastle Utd., 2 Jan. 2008
Biggest away defeat: 8–1 vs. Middlesbrough, 11 May 2008

Biggest home attendance: 47,321 vs. Liverpool, 30 December 2007
Smallest home attendance: 38,261 vs. Wigan Athletic, 1 March 2008
Biggest away attendance: 75,970 vs. Manchester United, 10 February 2008
Smallest away attendance: 18,614 vs. Wigan Athletic, 1 December 2007

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHHAAHAHHHAHAHAAHAHHAAHAHAHHAHAAHAHHAA
Result W W W L L W D W W W L W D W D L W D D D W L D D L W L D L W D L L W W L L L

Last updated: 11 May 2008.
Source: Premier League results 2007-08
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Individual match reports

11 August 2007
15:00
West Ham United England 0 – 2 England Manchester City
MCFC report Bianchi  18'
Geovanni  87'
Upton Park, London
Attendance: 34,921
Referee: Peter Walton

15 August 2007
19:45
Manchester City England 1 – 0 England Derby County
Johnson  43' MCFC report
City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 43,620
Referee: L. S. Mason

19 August 2007
13:30
Manchester City England 1 – 0 England Manchester United
Geovanni  31' MCFC report
YouTube video
City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 44,955
Referee: Mark Clattenburg

25 August 2007
15:00
Arsenal England 1 – 0 England Manchester City
Fàbregas  80' MCFC report
Emirates Stadium, London
Attendance: 60,114
Referee: Chris Foy

2 September 2007
15:00
Blackburn Rovers England 1 – 0 England Manchester City
McCarthy  13'
Tugay Yellow cardYellow cardRed card 54' 		MCFC report Dunne Yellow cardRed card 65'
Ewood Park, Blackburn
Attendance: 26,881
Referee: Mike Dean

16 September 2007
16:00
Manchester City England 1 – 0 England Aston Villa
Johnson  48' MCFC report
City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 38,363
Referee: Martin Atkinson

22 September 2007
15:00
Fulham England 3 – 3 England Manchester City
Davies  13'
Bouazza  48'
Murphy  74' 		MCFC report Petrov  36', 60'
Mpenza  50'
Craven Cottage, London
Attendance: 24,674
Referee: Mark Halsey

29 September 2007
12:45
Manchester City England 3 – 1 England Newcastle United
Petrov  37'
Mpenza  47'
Elano  87' 		MCFC report Martins  29'
City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 40,606
Referee: Chris Foy

7 October 2007
15:00
Manchester City England 3 – 1 England Middlesbrough
Riggott  10' (o.g.)
Elano  33', 63' 		MCFC report Hutchinson  88'
City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 40,438
Referee: Steve Bennett

20 October 2007
15:00
Manchester City England 1 – 0 England Birmingham City
Elano  36' MCFC report
City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 45,688
Referee: Mike Dean

27 October 2007
15:00
Chelsea England 6 – 0 England Manchester City
Essien  16'
Drogba  31', 56'
Cole  60'
Kalou  75'
Shevchenko  90' 		MCFC report
Stamford Bridge, London
Attendance: 41,832
Referee: Mike Riley

5 November 2007
20:00
Manchester City England 1 – 0 England Sunderland
Ireland  66' MCFC report
City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 40,038
Referee: Alan Wiley

11 November 2007
16:00
Portsmouth England 0 – 0 England Manchester City
MCFC report
Fratton Park, Portsmouth
Attendance: 19,529
Referee: Mark Halsey

24 November 2007
15:00
Manchester City England 2 – 1 England Reading
Petrov  11'
Ireland  90' 		MCFC report Harper  43'
City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 43,813
Referee: Steve Tanner

1 December 2007
15:00
Wigan Athletic England 1 – 1 England Manchester City
Scharner  24'
Melchiot Red card 88' 		MCFC report Geovanni  1'
JJB Stadium, Wigan
Attendance: 18,614
Referee: Mike Riley

9 December 2007
15:00
Tottenham Hotspur England 2 – 1 England Manchester City
Chimbonda  44'
Defoe  82' 		MCFC report Bianchi  60'
Ireland Red card 81'
White Hart Lane, London
Attendance: 35,646
Referee: Mark Halsey

15 December 2007
15:00
Manchester City England 4 – 2 England Bolton Wanderers
Bianchi  7'
Michalík  48' (o.g.)
Vassell  77'
Etuhu  90' 		MCFC report Diouf  31'
Nolan  40'
City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 40,506
Referee: P. Walton

22 December 2007
15:00
Aston Villa England 1 – 1 England Manchester City
Carew  14' MCFC report Bianchi  11'
Villa Park, Birmingham
Attendance: 41,455
Referee: Lee Mason

27 December 2007
19:45
Manchester City England 2 – 2 England Blackburn Rovers
Vassell  27'
Nelsen  30' (o.g.) 		MCFC report Santa Cruz  28', 84'
City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 42,112
Referee: Howard Webb

30 December 2007
16:00
Manchester City England 0 – 0 England Liverpool
MCFC report Torres  85'
City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 47,321
Referee: Uriah Rennie

2 January 2008
19:45
Newcastle United England 0 – 2 England Manchester City
MCFC report Elano  38'
Fernandes  76'
St James' Park, Newcastle
Attendance: 50,956
Referee: Martin Atkinson

12 January 2008
15:00
Everton England 1 – 0 England Manchester City
Lescott  31' MCFC report
Goodison Park, Liverpool
Attendance: 38,474
Referee: Mark Halsey

20 January 2008
16:00
Manchester City England 1 – 1 England West Ham United
Vassell  16' MCFC report Cole  8'
City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 39,042
Referee: Phil Dowd

30 January 2008
19:45
Derby County England 1 – 1 England Manchester City
Jihai  47' (o.g.) BBC Sport report
MCFC report 		Sturridge  63'
Pride Park Stadium, Derby
Attendance: 31,368
Referee: Steve Bennett

2 February 2008
12:45
Manchester City England 1 – 3 England Arsenal
Fernandes  28' BBC Sport report
MCFC report 		Adebayor  9', 88'
Eduardo  26'
City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 46,426
Referee: Andre Marriner

10 February 2008
13:30
Manchester United England 1 – 2 England Manchester City
O'Shea  57'
Carrick  90' 		BBC Sport report
MCFC report 		Vassell  24'
Benjani  45'
Old Trafford, Manchester
Attendance: 75,970
Referee: Howard Webb

25 February 2008
20:00
Manchester City England 0 – 2 England Everton
Petrov Red card 90' BBC Sport report
MCFC report 		Yakubu  30'
Lescott  37'
City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 41,728
Referee: Rob Styles

1 March 2008
17:15
Manchester City England 0 – 0 England Wigan Athletic
BBC Sport report
MCFC report
City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 38,261
Referee: Steve Bennett

8 March 2008
15:00
Reading England 2 – 0 England Manchester City
Long  62'
Kitson  87' 		BBC Sport report
MCFC report
Madejski Stadium, Reading
Attendance: 24,062
Referee: Uriah Rennie

16 March 2008
16:00
Manchester City England 2 – 1 England Tottenham Hotspur
Ireland  59'
Onuoha  71' 		BBC Sport report
MCFC report 		Keane  32'
City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 40,108
Referee: Mark Clattenburg

22 March 2008
15:00
Bolton Wanderers England 0 – 0 England Manchester City
MCFC report
Reebok Stadium, Bolton
Attendance: 22,633
Referee: Andre Marriner

29 March 2008
15:00
Birmingham City England 3 – 1 England Manchester City
Zárate  40', 54'
Queudrue Red card 57'
McSheffrey  77' (pen.) 		BBC Sport report
MCFC report 		Elano  59' (pen.)
St Andrews, Birmingham
Attendance: 22,962
Referee: Rob Styles

5 April 2008
15:00
Manchester City England 0 – 2 England Chelsea
BBC Sport report
MCFC report 		Dunne  6' (o.g.)
Kalou  53'
City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 42,594
Referee: Chris Foy

20 April 2008
16:00
Manchester City England 3 – 1 England Portsmouth
Vassell  11'
Petrov  13'
Benjani  74' 		BBC Sport report
MCFC report 		Utaka  24'
Hreiðarsson Red card 40'
City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 40,205
Referee: Andre Marriner

26 April 2008
15:00
Manchester City England 2 – 3 England Fulham
Ireland  10'
Benjani  21' 		BBC Sport report
MCFC report 		Kamara  69', 90'
Murphy  78'
City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 43,634
Referee: Mike Dean

11 May 2008
15:00
Middlesbrough England 8 – 1 England Manchester City
Downing  16' (pen.), 58'
Alves  37', 60', 90'
Johnson  70'
Rochemback  80'
Aliadiere  85' 		BBC Sport report
MCFC report 		Dunne Red card 15'
Elano  88'
Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough
Attendance: 27,613
Referee: Phil Dowd

League Cup

Second round

29 August 2007
19:45
Bristol City England 1 – 2 England Manchester City
Orr  69' MCFC report Mpenza  17'
Bianchi  81'
Ashton Gate, Bristol
Attendance: 14,541
Referee: R. Beeby

Third round

25 September 2007
19:45
Manchester City England 1 – 0 England Norwich City
Samaras  89' MCFC report
City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 20,938
Referee: Andre Marriner

Fourth round

31 October 2007
20:00
Bolton Wanderers England 0 – 1 England Manchester City
MCFC report Elano  85' (pen.)
Reebok Stadium, Bolton
Attendance: 15,501
Referee: Howard Webb

Fifth Round

18 December 2007
19:45
Manchester City England 0 – 2 England Tottenham Hotspur
MCFC report Defoe  5'
Zokora Red card 19'
Malbranque  83'
City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 38,564
Referee: Steve Bennett

FA Cup

Third round

5 January 2008
15:00
West Ham United England 0 – 0 England Manchester City
MCFC report
Upton Park, London
Attendance: 33,806
Referee: Rob Styles
Third Round replay

16 January 2008
15:00
Manchester City England 1 – 0 England West Ham United
Elano  73' MCFC report
City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 27,809
Referee: Mark Clattenburg

Fourth round

27 January 2008
16:00
Sheffield United England 2 – 1 England Manchester City
Shelton  11'
Stead  24' 		MCFC report Sturridge  48'
Bramall Lane, Sheffield
Attendance: 20,800
Referee: Alan Wiley

Playing statistics

Starting XI

No.
 Pos
 Nat
 Name
 MS Notes
25 GK England Joe Hart 32
16 RB Croatia Vedran Ćorluka 43
2 CB England Micah Richards 29
22 CB Republic of Ireland Richard Dunne 42
3 LB England Michael Ball 35 Javier Garrido had 29 starts
7 RM Republic of Ireland Stephen Ireland 50
19 CM Switzerland Gélson Fernandes 32
21 CM Germany Dietmar Hamann 45
15 LM Bulgaria Martin Petrov 38
11 AM Brazil Elano 37
12 CF England Darius Vassell 32

Appearances (Apps.) numbers are for appearances in competitive games only
Apps. numbers denote: Total no. of games played (No. of games subbed on, when applicable)
Red card numbers denote: No. of second yellow cards / No. of straight red cards

No. Pos. Player League FA Cup League Cup Total Discipline
Apps. Goals Apps. Goals Apps. Goals Apps. Goals
1GKSweden Andreas Isaksson 5 1 6
2DFEngland Micah Richards (vc) 25 2 2 29 4
3DFEngland Michael Ball 28 (9) 3 4 (1) 35 (10) 2
4DFEngland Nedum Onuoha 16 (3)12 3 (1) 21 (4)1
SoldMFFrance Ousmane Dabo 1 (1) 1 (1)
6MFEngland Michael Johnson 232 2 2524
7MFRepublic of Ireland Stephen Ireland 33 (1)43 (1) 3 39 (2)42- / 1
8MFBrazil Geovanni 19 (17)31 (1) 3 (1) 23 (19)34
9FWBelgium Émile Mpenza 15 (7)21 2 (1)118 (8)3
10FWItaly Rolando Bianchi 19 (12)42 (2) 3124 (14)5
11MFBrazil Elano 34 (5)8212138 (5)105
12FWEngland Darius Vassell 27 (6)63 2 (1) 32 (7)63
14FWScotland Paul Dickov 1 (1) 1 (1)
15MFBulgaria Martin Petrov 3453 1 3852- / 1
16DFCroatia Vedran Ćorluka 37 (1) 3 3 43 (1) 5
17DFChina Sun Jihai 14 (7) 2 16 (7) 2
19GKDenmark Kasper Schmeichel 7 7
20FWGreece Georgios Samaras 5 (3) 217 (3)1
21MFGermany Dietmar Hamann 29 (3) 3 2 34 (3) 10
22DFRepublic of Ireland Richard Dunne (c) 36 3 3 42 4- / 2
24DFSpain Javier Garrido 27 (5) 2 29 (5) 4
25GKEngland Joe Hart 26 3 3 32
27FWZimbabwe Benjani 13 (1)3 13 (1)3
28MFSwitzerland Gélson Fernandes 26 (5)23 (2) 3 (1) 32 (8)26
29FWBulgaria Valeri Bojinov 3 (2) 3 (2)
30MFMexico Nery Castillo 10 (8) 2 12 (8)
33FWWales Ched Evans 1 (1) 1 (1)
34DFEngland Sam Williamson 1 (1) 1 (1) 1
36FWEngland Daniel Sturridge 3 (1)11 (1)1 4 (2)2
37MFNigeria Kelvin Etuhu 6 (4)11 (1) 1 (1) 8 (6)11
38DFEngland Shaleum Logan 2 2
–FWEcuador Felipe Caicedo 7 (7) 7 (7) 1
TOTALS 42 2 4 4860- / 4

Information current as of 11 May 2008 (end of season)

Last updated: 16 January 2011.
Source: (for players and positions) Season 2007-08 First Team Squad 00(for squad numbers) Season 2007-08 Squad Numbers 00(for actual stats.) All match Reports in Competitive games section above

Goal scorers

All competitions

Scorer Goals
Brazil Elano 10
England Darius Vassell 6
Italy Rolando Bianchi 5
Bulgaria Martin Petrov
Republic of Ireland Stephen Ireland 4
Brazil Geovanni 3
Belgium Émile Mpenza
Zimbabwe Benjani Mwaruwari
Switzerland Gélson Fernandes 2
England Michael Johnson
England Daniel Sturridge
Nigeria Kelvin Etuhu 1
England Nedum Onuoha
Greece Georgios Samaras

Premier League

Scorer Goals
Brazil Elano 8
England Darius Vassell 6
Bulgaria Martin Petrov 5
Italy Rolando Bianchi 4
Republic of Ireland Stephen Ireland
Brazil Geovanni 3
Zimbabwe Benjani Mwaruwari
Switzerland Gélson Fernandes 2
England Michael Johnson
Belgium Émile Mpenza
Nigeria Kelvin Etuhu 1
England Nedum Onuoha
England Daniel Sturridge

League Cup

Scorer Goals
Brazil Elano 1
Italy Rolando Bianchi
Belgium Émile Mpenza
Greece Georgios Samaras

FA Cup

Scorer Goals
Brazil Elano 1
England Daniel Sturridge

Information current as of 11 May 2008 (end of season)

Awards

Premier League awards

Awarded monthly to the player and manager that were chosen by a panel assembled by the Premier League's sponsor

Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month
August 2007[4] Sweden Sven-Göran Eriksson England Micah Richards

Thomas Cook Player of the Month awards

Awarded to the player in each category that receives the most votes in a poll conducted each month on the MCFC OWS

Month First Team Reserve Team Academy
August/September[5] Germany Dietmar Hamann England Richard Martin England Scott Kay
October[6] Brazil Elano England Ashley Grimes England Ben Mee
November[7] Croatia Vedran Ćorluka England Javan Vidal England Kieran Trippier
December[8] Republic of Ireland Richard Dunne Republic of Ireland Karl Moore England David Ball
January[9] England Michael Ball not announced Slovakia Vladimír Weiss
February[9] England Joe Hart Republic of Ireland Paul Marshall England Greg Hartley
March[10] Switzerland Gélson Fernandes England Adam Clayton England Andrew Tutte
April[10] England Darius Vassell England Sam Williamson Slovakia Vladimír Weiss

Football Association of Ireland awards

Player Year 2007 awards[11]
Republic of Ireland Richard Dunne International Player of the Year
Republic of Ireland Stephen Ireland Young International Player of the Year

Official Supporters Club awards

Player Season 2007–08 awards[12]
Republic of Ireland Richard Dunne Player of the Year
England Joe Hart Young Player of the Year
England Ben Mee Most Promising Player of the Year

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

First team

Date Pos. Player From club Transfer fee
13 July 2007 FW Italy Rolando Bianchi Italy Reggina £8.8M[13]
14 July 2007 MF Switzerland Gélson Fernandes Switzerland Sion £4.2M[14]
17 July 2007 MF Brazil Geovanni Brazil Cruzeiro Free[15]
26 July 2007 MF Bulgaria Martin Petrov Spain Atlético Madrid £4.7M[16]
2 Aug. 2007 DF Croatia Vedran Ćorluka Croatia Dinamo Zagreb £8M[17]
2 Aug. 2007 MF Brazil Elano Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk £8M[17]
2 Aug. 2007 DF Spain Javier Garrido Spain Real Sociedad £1.5M[17]
3 Aug. 2007 FW Bulgaria Valeri Bojinov Italy Fiorentina £5.75M[18][19]
31 Jan. 2008 FW Ecuador Felipe Caicedo Switzerland Basel £5.2M[20][21]
31 Jan. 2008[22] FW Zimbabwe Benjani Mwaruwari England Portsmouth £3.87M[23]

Reserves & Academy

Date Pos. Player From club Transfer fee
10 Aug. 07 GK England Richard Martin Free agent / 1-month trial[24][25]
16 Nov. 07 FW Thailand Teerasil Dangda Thailand Mueang Thong NongJork Free[26][27]
16 Nov. 07 DF Thailand Kiatprawut Saiwaeo Thailand Chonburi Free[26][27]
16 Nov. 07 DF Thailand Suree Sukha Thailand Chonburi Free[26][27]

Transfers out

First team

Exit date Pos. Player To club Transfer fee
15 May 2007 DF Tunisia Hatem Trabelsi Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal Released[28][29]
23 May 2007 DF France Sylvain Distin England Portsmouth Free[30][31]
14 June 2007 MF England Joey Barton England Newcastle United £5.8M[30][32]
4 July 2007 GK England Nicky Weaver England Charlton Athletic Free[33]
10 July 2007 MF England Trevor Sinclair Wales Cardiff City Free[34][35]
16 July 2007 DF England Stephen Jordan England Burnley Free[30][36]
31 Jan. 2008 MF France Ousmane Dabo Italy Lazio Free[37]
31 Jan. 2008 FW England Ishmael Miller England West Brom. Albion £0.9M–£1.4M[38][39]

Reserves & Academy

Exit date Pos. Player To club Transfer fee
15 May 2007 GK England Laurence Matthewson Released[28]
15 May 2007 MF England Ashley Williams Released[28]
4 July 2007 DF England Nathan D'Laryea England Rochdale Free[28][40]
9 Jan. 2008 MF Scotland Marc Laird England Millwall Free[41]

Loans in

First team

Start date End date Pos. Player From club
1 Jan. 2008 31 Dec. 2008 MF Mexico Nery Castillo Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk[42]

Reserves & Academy

Start date End date Pos. Player From club
31 Jan. 2008 30 June 2008 FW Italy Filippo Mancini Italy Inter Milan[20]

Loans out

First team

Start date End date Pos. Player To club
15 Aug. 07 31 May 08 MF England Ishmael Miller England West Bromwich Albion[43]
21 Aug. 07 11 Nov. 07 DF England Matthew Mills England Doncaster Rovers[44][45]
31 Aug. 07 31 May 08 FW Italy Bernardo Corradi Italy Parma[46]
31 Aug. 07 31 Dec. 07 FW Scotland Paul Dickov England Crystal Palace[47]
31 Aug. 07 31 Dec. 07 DF England Danny Mills England Charlton Athletic[48]
11 Oct. 07 10 Nov. 07 DF England Shaleum Logan England Grimsby Town[49]
25 Oct. 07 24 Nov. 07 GK Denmark Kasper Schmeichel Wales Cardiff City[50]
10 Nov. 07 19 Dec. 07 DF England Shaleum Logan England Scunthorpe United[51]
21 Oct. 07 20 Dec. 07 FW Wales Ched Evans England Norwich City[52]
4 Jan. 08 31 May 08 DF England Danny Mills England Derby County[53]
10 Jan. 08 26 Feb. 08 FW Wales Ched Evans England Norwich City[54]
11 Jan. 08 31 May 08 DF England Matthew Mills England Doncaster Rovers[55]
23 Jan. 08 31 May 08 FW Italy Rolando Bianchi Italy Lazio[56]
29 Jan. 08 31 May 08 FW Greece Georgios Samaras Scotland Celtic[57]
31 Jan. 08 31 May 08 FW Scotland Paul Dickov England Blackpool[58]
22 Feb. 08 14 Mar. 08 DF England Shaleum Logan England Stockport County[59][60]
4 Mar. 08 31 May 08 MF Nigeria Kelvin Etuhu England Leicester City[61][62]
13 Mar. 08 31 May 08 GK Denmark Kasper Schmeichel England Coventry City[63]
24 Mar. 08 31 May 08 DF England Shaleum Logan England Stockport County[64]

Reserves & Academy

Start date End date Pos. Player To club
8 Nov. 07 7 Dec. 07 MF Scotland Marc Laird England Port Vale[65]
27 Feb. 08 30 June 08 FW Thailand Teerasil Dangda Switzerland Grasshoppers[66][67]
27 Feb. 08 30 June 08 DF Thailand Suree Sukha Switzerland Grasshoppers[66][67]
14 Apr. 08 30 June 08 DF Thailand Kiatprawut Saiwaeo Belgium Club Brugge[66][67]

See also

References

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