Newcastle United Jets FC
2007–08 season
OwnerCon Constantine
CEOJohn Tsatsimas[1]
ManagerGary van Egmond
Top goalscorerJoel Griffiths - 14
Highest home attendance22,960 v Cen. Coast
27 January 2008
Lowest home attendance8,112 v Perth
9 November 2007

The 2007–08 season was Newcastle Jets' third season in the Hyundai A-League and their most successful, placing second in the regular season, and defeating Central Coast Mariners in the Grand Final to be crowned the 2007–08 Champions.

Players

First team squad

Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Australia AUS Ante Covic (Vice-Captain)
2 DF Australia AUS Adam Griffiths
3 DF Australia AUS Jade North (Captain)
4 DF Australia AUS Steve Eagleton (de-listed due to injury)
5 MF Australia AUS Stuart Musialik
6 DF Australia AUS Andrew Durante
7 FW Argentina ARG Jorge Drovandi
8 MF Australia AUS Matt Thompson
9 FW Australia AUS Joel Griffiths
10 MF Brazil BRA Denni
11 MF Australia AUS Tarek Elrich (Youth)
12 DF Australia AUS Paul Kohler
13 MF Australia AUS Adam D'Apuzzo (Youth)
14 MF Australia AUS Jobe Wheelhouse
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 FW Australia AUS Scott Tunbridge
16 DF Australia AUS Craig Deans (de-listed due to injury)
17 MF Australia AUS Troy Hearfield (Youth)
18 MF Australia AUS Noel Spencer
19 FW Australia AUS Mark Bridge
20 GK Australia AUS Ben Kennedy (Youth)
21 FW Brazil BRA Mário Jardel (Marquee)
22 GK Australia AUS Ben McNamara (Youth)
23 FW Australia AUS Jason Hoffman (Youth)
25 MF Australia AUS James Holland (Youth)
26 MF Australia AUS Ben Kantarovski (Youth)
27 DF Australia AUS Stephen Laybutt
28 MF South Korea KOR Song Jin-Hyung

Transfers

In

Name Position From (Club) Date Joined Debut
Australia Noel SpencerMidfieldAustralia Sydney FC7 May 2007Round 1
Australia Adam GriffithsDefenderEngland Brentford17 May 2007Round 1
Argentina Jorge DrovandiForwardArgentina Rosario Central2 August 2007Round 1
Brazil DenniMidfieldBrazil Santo André17 August 2007Round 1
Australia Scott TunbridgeForwardScotland Hamilton Academical4 July 2007Round 11
Brazil Mário JardelForwardCyprus Anorthosis13 August 2007Round 4
Australia Ben McNamaraGoalkeeperAustralia Lake Macquarie City18 August 2007Uncapped
Australia Jason HoffmanForwardAustralia Hamilton Olympic30 August 2007Round 2
Australia Stephen LaybuttDefenderBelgium Gent30 August 2007Round 6
Australia James HollandMidfieldAustralia AIS14 October 2007[2]Round 8
Australia Ben KantarovskiMidfieldAustralia Broadmeadow Magic12 January 2008Uncapped
South Korea Song Jin-HyungMidfieldSouth Korea FC Seoul18 January 2008Semi Final (2nd leg)

Out

Name Position To (Club) Date Left
Colombia Milton RodriguezForwardColombia América de CaliStart of season
New Zealand Tim BrownMidfieldAustralia Wellington PhoenixStart of season
Albania Labinot HalitiForwardCroatia SlavenStart of season
Australia Tony FariaMidfieldReleasedStart of season
Australia Tolgay ÖzbeyForwardAustralia Blacktown CityStart of season
New Zealand Steven OldDefenderAustralia Wellington PhoenixStart of season
New Zealand Vaughan CovenyForwardAustralia Wellington PhoenixStart of season
Australia Nick CarleMidfieldTurkey GençlerbirliğiStart of season
Australia Paul OkonDefenderRetiredStart of season
Australia Ivan NecevskiGoalkeeperAustralia Sydney FCStart of season
Australia Shane WebbDefenderReleasedStart of season
Argentina Jorge DrovandiForwardUnknown4 December 2007

Matches

2007 Pre-season Cup

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD BP Pts
1 Adelaide United 3 1 2 0 6 3 +3 3 8
2 Perth Glory 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 1 8
3 Newcastle Jets 3 1 0 2 2 5 −3 0 3
4 Melbourne Victory 3 0 1 2 2 4 −2 0 1
Source:
14 July 2007 Group Stage Newcastle Jets 0 : 1 Perth Glory Port Macquarie Regional Stadium
14:30 UTC+10 Report Harnwell 48' Attendance: 2,700
Referee: James Lewis
22 July 2007 Group Stage Melbourne Victory 0 : 1 Newcastle Jets Skilled Stadium
14:00 UTC+10 Report Wheelhouse 51' Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Ben Williams
27 July 2007 Group Stage Adelaide United 4 : 1 Newcastle Jets Hindmarsh Stadium
19:30 UTC+9:30 Burns 6'
Djite 66'
Sarkies 80' (pen)
Alagich 86'		 Report Bridge Yellow card 69' Yellow-red card
A. Griffiths Yellow card 79' Yellow-red card
J. Griffiths 90+2' (pen)		 Attendance: 3,800
Referee: Craig Zetter
4 August 2007 Play-offs Newcastle Jets 3 : 2 Sydney FC Parramatta Stadium
19:30 UTC+10 J. Griffiths 5', 76'
Tunbridge 56'		 Report Zadkovich 79'
Talay 83'		 Attendance: 2,611
Referee: Peter Green

2007-08 Hyundai A-League fixtures

26 August 2007 Perth Glory 0 : 0 Newcastle Jets Members Equity Stadium, Perth
15:00 UTC+8 Report
Summary		 Attendance: 8,508
Referee: Australia Simon Przydacz
2 September 2007 Newcastle Jets 1 : 1 Queensland Roar EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
17:00 UTC+10 J. Griffiths 89' Report
Summary		 Reinaldo 70'
McLaren Yellow card 42' Yellow-red card 85'		 Attendance: 13,144
Referee: Australia Simon Przydacz
15 September 2007 Newcastle Jets 1 : 0 Adelaide United EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
19:00 UTC+10 Bridge 81' Report
Summary		 Attendance: 13,627
Referee: Angelo Nardi
29 September 2007 Sydney FC 1 : 0 Newcastle Jets Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
19:00 UTC+10 Brosque 36' Report
Summary		 Attendance: 13,755
Referee: Australia Craig Zetter

2007-08 Finals series

10 February 2008 Major SF Leg 2 Central Coast Mariners 3 : 0 (a.e.t.) Newcastle Jets Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
18:00 UTC+11 Kwasnik 37'
Petrovski 74', 95'		 Summary Attendance: 19,112
Referee: Australia Ben Williams
17 February 2008 Preliminary Final Newcastle Jets 3 : 2 (a.e.t.) Queensland Roar EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
18:00 UTC+11 Thompson 40'
J.Griffiths 104' (pen.)
Elrich 111'		 Report
Summary		 Reinaldo 90+2' (pen.), 118' (pen.)
Moore Yellow card 77' Yellow-red card 112'		 Attendance: 16,021
Referee: Australia Peter Green
24 February 2008 Grand Final Central Coast Mariners 0 : 1 Newcastle Jets Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
17:00 UTC+11 Vukovic Red card 90+5' Summary Bridge 64' Attendance: 36,354
Referee: Australia Mark Shield

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Central Coast Mariners 21 10 4 7 30 25 +5 34 Qualification for 2009 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series[lower-alpha 1]
2 Newcastle Jets (C) 21 9 7 5 25 21 +4 34
3 Sydney FC 21 8 8 5 28 24 +4 32 Qualification for 2008 Pan-Pacific Championship and Finals series
4 Queensland Roar 21 8 7 6 25 21 +4 31 Qualification for Finals series
5 Melbourne Victory 21 6 9 6 29 29 0 27
6 Adelaide United 21 6 8 7 31 29 +2 26
7 Perth Glory 21 4 8 9 27 34 −7 20
8 Wellington Phoenix[lower-alpha 2] 21 5 5 11 25 37 −12 20
Source: ultimatealeague.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ↑ First place qualifies for the 2009 AFC Champions League group stage.
    Winning 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.
  2. ↑ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Statistics

Goal scorers

Name Pre-Season A-League Finals
Australia Joel Griffiths3122
Australia Mark Bridge041
Australia Adam Griffiths021
Australia James Holland030
Australia Scott Tunbridge110
Brazil Denni010
Australia Matt Thompson011
Australia Stuart Musialik010
Australia Jobe Wheelhouse100
Australia Tarek Elrich001

References

  1. ↑ Tsatsimas, John (17 July 2007). "New Jets Boss Speaks To Fans". Newcastle United Jets. Retrieved 14 September 2007.
  2. ↑ Holland made his debut as a temporary squad member and was later signed to a permanent contract on 5 December 2007.
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