2007 A-League Pre-season Challenge Cup

2007 A-League Pre-season Challenge Cup

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)
Runners-up	Perth Glory
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	53 (2.65 per match)
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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.

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:

1. highest goal difference;
2. highest number of goals scored;
3. result of the match played between the teams concerned;
4. highest number of bonus points accumulated;
5. lowest number of red cards accumulated;
6. lowest number of yellow cards accumulated;
7. 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

Round 1

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14 July 2007
14:30 UTC+10

Newcastle Jets	0–1	Perth Glory
	(Report)	Harnwell 48'

Port Macquarie Regional Stadium,
Port Macquarie, New South Wales

Attendance: 2,700

Referee: James Lewis

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14 July 2007
18:00 UTC+10

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

Bluetongue Stadium,
Gosford, New South Wales

Attendance: 8,136

Referee: Srebre Delovski

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14 July 2007
19:00 UTC+10

Queensland Roar	0–0	Sydney FC
	(Report)

Maroochydore Soccer Club,
Maroochydore, Queensland

Attendance: 4,892

Referee: Peter Green

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15 July 2007
13:00 UTC+10

Melbourne Victory	1–1	Adelaide United
Allsopp 74'	(Report)	Dodd 9'

Aurora Stadium,
Launceston, Tasmania

Attendance: 8,061

Referee: Angelo Nardi

Round 2

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20 July 2007
19:30 UTC+9:30

Adelaide United	1–1	Perth Glory
Cassio 59'	(Report)	Rukavytsya 53'

Hindmarsh Stadium,
Adelaide, South Australia

Attendance: 3,513

Referee: Steven Gregory

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21 July 2007
15:00 UTC+10

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

Wade Park,
Orange, New South Wales

Attendance: 3,531

Referee: James Lewis

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22 July 2007
14:00 UTC+12

Wellington Phoenix	3–0	Sydney FC
Smeltz 13', 89' Rudan 14' (own)	(Report)

Westpac Stadium,
Wellington, New Zealand

Attendance: 6,039

Referee: Peter O’Leary

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22 July 2007
14:00 UTC+10

Melbourne Victory	0–1	Newcastle Jets
	(Report)	Wheelhouse 51'

Skilled Stadium,
Geelong, Victoria

Attendance: 8,500

Referee: Ben Williams

Round 3

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27 July 2007
19:00 UTC+12

Wellington Phoenix	1–2	Queensland Roar
Old 47'	(Report)	Lynch 41' Ognenovski 50'

Queen Elizabeth II Park,
Christchurch, New Zealand

Attendance: 4,081

Referee: Michael Hester

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27 July 2007
19:30 UTC+9:30

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)

Hindmarsh Stadium,
Adelaide, South Australia

Attendance: 3,800

Referee: Craig Zetter

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28 July 2007
18:30 UTC+9:30

Perth Glory	2–1	Melbourne Victory
Rukavytsya 52' Harnwell 70'	(Report)	Hernandez 34'

Darwin Football Stadium,
Darwin, Northern Territory

Attendance: 2,700

Referee: Peter Green

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29 July 2007
15:00 UTC+10

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

Canberra Stadium,
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Attendance: 5,735

Referee: Ben Williams

Playoffs

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4 August 2007
18:00 UTC+10

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

Bluetongue Stadium,
Gosford, New South Wales

Attendance: 5,967

Referee: Ben Williams

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4 August 2007
19:30 UTC+10

Newcastle Jets	3–2	Sydney FC
J. Griffiths 5', 76' Tunbridge 56'	(Report)	Zadkovich 79' Talay 83'

Parramatta Stadium,
Parramatta, New South Wales

Attendance: 2,611

Referee: Peter Green

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4 August 2007
19:30 UTC+10

Melbourne Victory	1–2	Wellington Phoenix
Dodd 34' (own)	(Report)	Smeltz 53' Daniel 87'

Olympic Park Stadium,
Melbourne, Victoria

Attendance: 4,100

Referee: Kevin Docherty

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5 August 2007
18:00 UTC+9:30

Adelaide United	3–2	Queensland Roar
Djite 1' Petta 45' Cássio 64'	(Report)	Lynch 16' Milicic 73'

Hindmarsh Stadium,
Adelaide, South Australia

Attendance: 5,221

Referee: Angelo Nardi

Finals

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10 August 2007
19:30 UTC+12

Wellington Phoenix	0–0	Newcastle Jets
	(Report)
Penalties
Smeltz Aloisi Christie Johnson	2–4	J. Griffiths Bridge Thompson Elrich

Westpac Stadium

Attendance: 5,174

Referee: Mike Hester

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11 August 2007
19:30 UTC+10

Melbourne Victory	0–1	Sydney FC
	(Report)	Brosque 34'

Olympic Park Stadium

Attendance: 3,400

Referee: Simon Przydacz

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12 August 2007
15:00 UTC+9:30

Adelaide United	2–1	Perth Glory
Djite 66' Cássio 83'	(Report)	Bertos 45'

Hindmarsh Stadium

Attendance: 9,606

Referee: Craig Zetter

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12 August 2007
16:00 UTC+10

Central Coast Mariners	1–3	Queensland Roar
Simon 9'	(Report)	Milicic 30' Nichols  33' Marcinho 48' Seo  76' Reinaldo 86'

Bluetongue Stadium

Attendance: 3,500 (estimate)

Referee: James Lewis

Group A table 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: [ citation needed ] Group B table Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD BP Pts 1 Central Coast Mariners 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 3 10 2 Queensland Roar 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 1 6 3 Wellington Phoenix 3 1 0 2 4 4 0 2 5 4 Sydney FC 3 0 1 2 0 6 −6 0 1 Source: [ citation needed ]

Finals Playoffs Finals A1 Adelaide United 3 Grand final B2 Queensland Roar 2 Adelaide United 2 Perth Glory 1 A2 Perth Glory 3 Third place B1 Central Coast Mariners 2 Queensland Roar 3 Central Coast Mariners 1 A3 Newcastle Jets 3 Fifth place B4 Sydney FC 2 Newcastle Jets 0 (4) Wellington Phoenix 0 (2) A4 Melbourne Victory 1 Seventh place B3 Wellington Phoenix 2 Sydney FC 1 Melbourne Victory 0

Scorers

As at 12 August 2007

3 goals

• Cássio (Adelaide United)
• Bruce Djite (Adelaide United)
• Joel Griffiths (Newcastle Jets)
• Simon Lynch (Queensland Roar)
• Shane Smeltz (Wellington Phoenix)

2 goals

• Leo Bertos (Perth Glory)
• Jamie Harnwell (Perth Glory)
• Adam Kwasnik (Central Coast Mariners)
• Ante Milicic (Queensland Roar)
• Nikita Rukavytsya (Perth Glory)

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

1. "Regional Focus for Pre-Season Cup". 23 April 2007. Archived from the original on 16 July 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2007.