2007–08 A-League

The 2007–08 A-League was the 31st season of top-flight soccer in Australia, and the third season of the A-League competition since its establishment in 2004. Football Federation Australia hoped to build on the success of the previous two seasons and on the interest generated by Sydney FC and Adelaide United playing in the 2007 AFC Champions League, and the Socceroos competing in the 2007 AFC Asian Cup.
Based on their A-League 2006-07 season performances Adelaide United and Melbourne Victory competed in the 2008 AFC Champions League, making it two consecutive seasons in the competition for Adelaide United. Based on the 2007–08 season of the A-League, the Central Coast Mariners and Newcastle Jets qualified for the 2009 AFC Champions League, as the competition's Premiers and Champions respectively.
Changes included:

The New Zealand Knights, who folded at the conclusion of the 2006–07 season, were replaced by Wellington Phoenix.
An increase of the squad size, from 20 to 23 players, increasing the salary cap from A$1.6 million to A$1.8 million.

Clubs

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Adelaide United	Adelaide	Hindmarsh Stadium	17,000
Central Coast Mariners	Gosford	Bluetongue Stadium	20,119
Melbourne Victory	Melbourne	Telstra Dome	56,347
Newcastle Jets	Newcastle	Energy Australia Stadium	26,164
Perth Glory	Perth	Members Equity Stadium	18,156
Queensland Roar	Brisbane	Suncorp Stadium	52,500
Sydney FC	Sydney	Aussie Stadium	42,500
Wellington Phoenix	Wellington	Westpac Stadium	34,500

Foreign players

The following do not fill a Visa position:

¹Those players who were born and started their professional career abroad but have since gained Australian Residency ;

²Australian residents who have chosen to represent another national team;

³Injury Replacement Players, or National Team Replacement Players;

⁴Guest Players

Pre-Season Challenge Cup

The pre-season cup competition was held in July and August in the lead up to the start of the A-League season. The opening round began on 14 July 2007. The competition featured a group stage, with three regular rounds, followed by a two-week finals playoff.
The pre-season cup was won by Adelaide United at the final on 12 August 2007.

Regular season

The league season took a triple round-robin format over 21 rounds between 24 August 2007 and 20 January 2008 with each team playing the other seven teams three times.

League table

Round 8

Round 16

Finals series

Season statistics

Attendance

The attendance records of each of the teams at the end of the home and away season, does not include finals series attendances.
* Adelaide United played a one-off match at the Adelaide Oval against Sydney FC in their Round 18 match. This is why Adelaide United's Highest single attendance exceeds the capacity of Hindmarsh Stadium.

Disciplinary

The Fair Play Award was awarded to Newcastle Jets, the team with the lowest points on the fair play ladder at the conclusion of the home and away season.

Awards

The Premiers' Plate was awarded to Central Coast Mariners, who finished on top of the ladder after the regular season.
The Championship Trophy was awarded to the Newcastle Jets.
The Johnny Warren Medal was awarded to Joel Griffiths from the Newcastle Jets for the best player in the league.
The Coach of the Year was awarded to Gary van Egmond of the Newcastle Jets.
The Joe Marston Medal was awarded to Andrew Durante of Newcastle Jets.
The Reebok Golden Boot was awarded to Joel Griffiths of Newcastle Jets.
The Rising Star award was awarded to Bruce Djite of Adelaide United.
The Fair Play Award was awarded to the Newcastle Jets.