Central Coast Mariners season 2007-08

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

Contents 1 Squad 1.1 Coaching Staff 1.2 Squad changes for 2007-08 season 2 Pre-season 2.1 Summary 3 2007-08 Hyundai A-League fixtures 4 Home-and-Away Season 5 See also

[edit] Squad

Further information: List of Central Coast Mariners FC players

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 DF 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

[edit] Coaching Staff

• Football Manager: Lawrie McKinna
• Head Coach: Ian Ferguson
• Development Manager: Alex Tobin
• Strength & Conditioning: Andrew Clark
• Goalkeeping Coach: John Crawley

[edit] Squad changes for 2007-08 season

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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 Nürnberg	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	Date
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

[edit] Pre-season

[edit] Summary

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	BP
Central Coast Mariners	10	3	2	1	0	6	1	3
Queensland Roar	6	3	1	2	0	3	2	1
Wellington Phoenix	5	3	1	0	2	4	4	2
Sydney FC	1	3	0	1	2	0	6	0

July 14, 2007 18:00 UTC+10	Central Coast Mariners	2 – 0	Wellington Phoenix	Bluetongue Central Coast Stadium, Gosford, New South Wales Attendance: 8,136 Referee: Srebre Delovski
	Wilkinson  3' Kwasnik  30'	(Report)

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July 21, 2007 15:00 UTC+10	Central Coast Mariners	1 – 1	Queensland Roar	Wade Park, Orange, New South Wales Attendance: 3,531 Referee: James Lewis
	Boogaard  6'	(Report)	Lynch  60'

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July 29, 2007 15:00 UTC+10	Sydney FC	0 – 3	Central Coast Mariners	Canberra Stadium, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory Attendance: 5,735 Referee: Ben Williams
		(Report)	Osman  36' Kwasnik  44' Gumprecht  51'

Semi-Final

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August 4, 2007 18:00 UTC+10	Central Coast Mariners	2 – 3	Perth Glory	Bluetongue Central Coast Stadium, Gosford, New South Wales Attendance: 5,967 Referee: Ben Williams
	Mrdja  43' Petrovski  90'	(Report)	Dragicevic  23' Bertos  55' Tarka  78'

3rd-4th Playoff

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12 August 2007 16:00 UTC+10	Central Coast Mariners	1 – 3	Queensland Roar	Bluetongue Stadium Attendance: 3,500 (estimate) Referee: James Lewis
	Simon  9'	(Report)	Milicic  30' Marcinho  48' Reinaldo  86'

[edit] 2007-08 Hyundai A-League fixtures

Round	Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Crowd	Stadium	Referee
1	24 August 2007	Sydney FC	0-1	Central Coast Mariners	18,457	Aussie Stadium	Peter Green
2	31 August 2007	Central Coast Mariners	3-0	Wellington Phoenix	9,052	Bluetongue Central Coast Stadium	Peter Green
3	6 September 2007	Queensland Roar	0-1	Central Coast Mariners	8,814	Suncorp Stadium	Mark Shield
4	16 September 2007	Melbourne Victory	0-0	Central Coast Mariners	27,351	Telstra Dome	Mark Shield
5	23 September 2007	Central Coast Mariners	1-0	Perth Glory	9,274	Bluetongue Central Coast Stadium	Craig Zetter
6	30 September 2007	Adelaide United	2-1	Central Coast Mariners	11,019	Hindmarsh Stadium	Matthew Breeze
7	7 October 2007	Central Coast Mariners	1-1	Newcastle Jets	12,622	Bluetongue Central Coast Stadium	Matthew Breeze
8	14 October 2007	Central Coast Mariners	0-1	Queensland Roar	8,113	Bluetongue Central Coast Stadium	Peter O'Leary
9	21 October 2007	Wellington Phoenix	1-2	Central Coast Mariners	11,680	Westpac Stadium	Peter Green
10	28 October 2007	Sydney FC	3-2	Central Coast Mariners	17,652	Aussie Stadium	Mark Shield
11	4 November 2007	Central Coast Mariners	2-1	Melbourne Victory	11,354	Bluetongue Central Coast Stadium	Mark Shield
12	10 November 2007	Central Coast Mariners	2-0	Adelaide United	11,680	Bluetongue Central Coast Stadium	Simon Pryzdacz
13	18 November 2007	Perth Glory	1-0	Central Coast Mariners	7,310	Members Equity Stadium	Craig Zetter
14	25 November 2007	Newcastle Jets	0-0	Central Coast Mariners	14,169	EnergyAustralia Stadium	Mark Shield
15	22 December 2007***	Central Coast Mariners	4-5	Sydney FC	17,514*	Bluetongue Central Coast Stadium	Matthew Breeze
16	9 December 2007	Queensland Roar	2-1	Central Coast Mariners	16,442	Suncorp Stadium	Ben Williams
17	14 December 2007	Adelaide United	1-2	Central Coast Mariners	11,123	Hindmarsh Stadium	Peter Green
18	31 December 2007	Central Coast Mariners	2-5	Melbourne Victory	18,686*	Bluetongue Central Coast Stadium	Mark Shield
19	6 January 2008	Perth Glory	1-1	Central Coast Mariners	6,727	Members Equity Stadium	Sredbre Delovski
20	12 January 2008	Central Coast Mariners	1-2	Newcastle Jets	19,238**	Bluetongue Central Coast Stadium	Matthew Breeze
21	19 January 2008	Central Coast Mariners	2-0	Wellington Phoenix	9,849	Bluetongue Central Coast Stadium	Kevin Docherty
SF-L1	27 January 2008	Newcastle Jets	0-2	Central Coast Mariners	22,960	EnergyAustralia Stadium	Matthew Breeze
SF-L2	10 February 2008	Central Coast Mariners	3-0	Newcastle Jets	19,112	Bluetongue Central Coast Stadium	Ben Williams
GF	24 February 2008	Central Coast Mariners	0-1	Newcastle Jets	36,354	Sydney Football Stadium	Mark Shield

* Then record for football game at Bluetongue Stadium

** Current record for a football game at Bluetongue stadium

*** Match was originally scheduled for the 1 December 2007 but was postponed due to a dangerous playing surface

[edit] Home-and-Away Season

#	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Central Coast Mariners	21	10	4	7	30	25	5sm=n	34
2	Newcastle Jets	21	9	7	5	25	21	4sm=n	34
3	Sydney FC	21	8	8	5	28	24	4sm=n	32
4	Queensland Roar	21	8	7	6	25	21	4sm=n	31
5	Melbourne Victory	21	6	9	6	29	29	0sm=n	27
6	Adelaide United	21	6	8	7	31	29	2sm=n	26
7	Perth Glory	21	4	8	9	27	34	-7sm=n	20
8	Wellington Phoenix	21	5	5	11	25	37	-12sm=n	20

[edit] See also

Football in Australia v • d • e
Governing body: Football Federation Australia National leagues: A-League • Youth League | Former: National Soccer League
Hyundai A-League v • d • e
Lists: Champions • Records • Foreign players Seasons:  2005-06 • 2006-07 • 2007-08 • 2008-09 Teams:  Adelaide United • Central Coast Mariners Melbourne Victory • Newcastle Jets • Perth Glory Queensland Roar • Sydney FC • Wellington Phoenix Defunct team: New Zealand Knights
Central Coast Mariners v • d • e
Home: Bluetongue Central Coast Stadium, Gosford, New South Wales Coach: Lawrie McKinna | Captain: Alex Wilkinson Seasons: 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 Current squad: List of players | 1 Trott | 2 Simon | 3 O'Grady | 4 McAndrew | 5 Porter | 6 Gumprecht | 7 Hutchinson | 8 Heffernan | 9 Mrdja | 11 Brown | 13 Macallister | 12 Owens | 15 Clark | 16 Boogaard | 17 Osman | 18 Wilkinson | 19 Kwasnik | 20 Vukovic | 21 Elrich | 22 Petrovski | 23 Jedinak | 30 Redmayne

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