2007–08 KF Tirana season
The 2007–08 season was Klubi i Futbollit Tirana's 69th competitive season, 69th consecutive season in the Kategoria Superiore and 87th year in existence as a football club. It covered a period from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008.


2007–08 KF Tirana season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2007–08 KFC Cup
The 2007–08 KFC Cup was the 34th edition of the Regional Super50, the domestic limited-overs cricket competition for the countries of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB). The competition was played between 16 and 28 October 2007, with the group stage hosted by Guyana and the play-offs hosted by Barbados.


2007–08 KFC Cup
Eight teams contested the competition – the six regular teams of West Indian domestic cricket (Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, the Leeward Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Windward Islands), and two development teams (Combined Campuses and Colleges and the West Indies under-19 side). The Combined Campuses were competing for the first team. Jamaica eventually defeated Trinidad and Tobago in the final by 28 runs, winning their seventh domestic one-day title. Earlier in the tournament, the West Indies under-19s had been bowled out for 18 by Barbados, setting a new record for the lowest total in a List A match.


2007–08 KFC Cup, Statistics, Most runs
The top five run scorers (total runs) are included in this table.


2007–08 KFC Cup, Statistics, Most wickets
The top five wicket takers are listed in this table, listed by wickets taken and then by bowling average.


2007–08 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash
The 2007–08 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash was the 3rd season of the official Twenty20 domestic cricket in Australia. Six teams representing six states in Australia  participated in the competition. The competition began on 31 December 2007 when the Queensland Bulls took on two-time champions the Victorian Bushrangers at the new Tony Ireland Stadium in Thuringowa. Another match between the Western Warriors and last year's finalists the Tasmanian Tigers was held on the same day at the WACA Ground.


2007–08 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash
This season comprised 15 regular matches, instead of twelve from the 2006–07 season. This allowed each team to play every other team once.


2007–08 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash, Table
Teams received 2 points for a win, 1 for a tie or no result, and 0 for a loss. The top two teams, Western Australia and Victoria, played in the final at the WACA Ground in Perth. These two teams also qualified for the 1st edition of the Champions Twenty20 League, expected to be hosted by India in December 2008.


2007–08 KK Partizan season
In the 2007–08 season, Partizan Belgrade will compete in the Basketball League of Serbia, Radivoj Korać Cup, Adriatic League and Euroleague.


2007–08 KML season
The 2007–08 SEB Korvpalli Meistriliiga is the 17th season of the Estonian basketball league and the fourth under the title sponsorship of SEB. Including the competition's previous incarnations, this is the 83rd season of the Estonian men's basketball league. TÜ/Rock came into the season as defending champions of the 2006–07 KML season.


2007–08 KML season
The season started on 3 October 2007 and concluded on 21 May 2008 with TÜ/Rock defeating Tallinna Kalev/Cramo 4 games to 0 in the 2008 KML Finals to win their 24th Estonian League title.


2007–08 KML season, Regular season, League table
Updated to match(es) played on 21 May 2008. Source:  (2007/2008)


2007–08 KML season, Playoffs
The playoffs began on 18 April 2008 and ended on 21 May 2008. The tournament concluded with TÜ/Rock defeating Tallinna Kalev/Cramo 4 games to 0 in the 2008 KML Finals.


2007–08 KNVB Cup
The 2007–08 KNVB Cup was the 90th edition of the premier knockout tournament in the Netherlands. The competition started on 25 August 2007 and the final was held on 27 April 2008 at the Feijenoord Stadion in Rotterdam. Feyenoord defeated Roda JC 2–0 in the final, taking home the cup for the eleventh time.


2007–08 KNVB Cup, First round
Only amateur clubs from the Hoofdklasse and below participated in this round. Türkiyemspor were expelled from the cup tournament as a result of financial problems, their opponents VVSB advanced to the second round automatically.


2007–08 KNVB Cup, Second round
The Eredivisie and Eerste divisie teams; the two youth teams and one extra amateur team entered the tournament this round.


2007–08 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team
The 2007–08 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas for the NCAA Division I men's intercollegiate basketball season of 2007–08, which was the Jayhawks' 110th Season. The team was led by Bill Self in his fifth season as head coach. The team played its home games in Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, Kansas.


2007–08 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team
The Jayhawks finished the season 37–3, 13–3 in Big 12 play to finish in second place. They defeated Nebraska, Texas Tech, and Texas A&M to win the Big 12 Tournament championship. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament as the No. 1 seed in the Midwest region. They defeated Portland State in the First Round, UNLV in the Second Round, Villanova in the Sweet Sixteen, and Davidson in the Elite Eight to advance to the Final Four. In the National Semifinal, they defeated North Carolina before defeating Memphis in the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, marking the third tournament title in the school's history and fifth national title overall.


2007–08 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team
The 2007–08 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team represented Kansas State University in the 2007–08 college basketball season. The team was led by first-year head coach Frank Martin. The team relied on a talented crop of young players, headlined by true-freshman star Michael Beasley, the #1-ranked player in the high school class of 2007 by Rivals.com and one of the top prospects for the 2008 NBA Draft.


2007–08 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team
The young team concluded the season 21–12 (10–6) and reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament.


2007–08 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team, Players, Roster
1Transfer, ineligible for 2007–08 season. 2Enrolled early to join team for Spring 2007 semester, but was injured and opted to begin freshman season in 2007–08. 3Will miss all of 2007–08 season with knee injury; intends to appeal to NCAA for sixth year to complete eligibility. 4Did not meet academic eligibility requirements to enroll for Fall 2007 semester; will complete academic coursework and join team for Spring 2008 semester.


2007–08 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team, Players, Incoming signees
2007 saw the Wildcats put together one of the nation's strongest signing classes, ranked 1st according to , 2nd according to , and 5th according to . PF Beasley (Washington, D.C.) is the standout of the class, but is far from being its only talented member. The Wildcats signed two talented PGs in Fred Brown (West Palm Beach, Florida) and Jacob Pullen (Maywood, Illinois) and added SF Andre Gilbert (Brooklyn Park, Minnesota), a JUCO transfer with Division I experience.


2007–08 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team, Players, Incoming signees
KSU signed a pair of talented players from the Patterson School in North Carolina in SF Dominique Sutton (Durham, North Carolina) and PF Jamar Samuels (Washington, D.C.). Both will attend prep school for the Fall 2007 semester to improve their grades and will join the team at the start of the Spring 2008 semester.


2007–08 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team, Players, Incoming signees
Though scheduled to graduate from high school in the Spring of 2007, SF Bill Walker (Huntington, West Virginia) finished high school early and enrolled at KSU for the 2007 Spring Semester and was allowed to join the team immediately in December of the 2006–07 season. However, he was injured in just his sixth game at KSU and opted to redshirt for the remainder of the season. He will resume his freshman season of eligibility in 2007–08. PF Ron Anderson (Upper Marlboro, Maryland), a long time AAU teammate of Beasley's, rounded out the class when he was offered a scholarship after a strong AAU showing in the Summer of 2007.


2007–08 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team, Post-season, Big 12 tournament
The Wildcats went on to a 10–6 record in conference play, earning a number 3 seed in the 2008 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri. The Wildcats faced the No. 6 seed Texas A&M Aggies and lost 60–63.


2007–08 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team, Post-season, NCAA tournament, First round
The Wildcats earned a berth in the 2008 NCAA Tournament as the No. 11 seed in the Midwest Region. In the first round they beat the No. 6 seed USC Trojans, 80–67. The victory over the Trojans was the Wildcats' first win in a tournament game since beating No. 1 seed Purdue, 73–70, in the Midwest Regional Semifinals on March 25, 1988.


2007–08 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team, Post-season, NCAA tournament, Second round
The Wildcats faced the Wisconsin Badgers from the Big Ten Conference in the second round and were soundly defeated, 55–72.


2007–08 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team, Post-season, NCAA tournament, Second round
Michael Beasley scored 23 points and grabbed 13 rebounds for his 28th double-double of the season, but he had only six after halftime.


2007–08 Karlsruher SC season
During the 2007–08 German football season, Karlsruher SC competed in the Bundesliga.


2007–08 Karlsruher SC season, Season summary
Karlsruher SC secured safety with a comfortable 11th place in the season following promotion.


2007–08 Karlsruher SC season, First-team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2007–08 Karlsruher SC season, First-team squad, Left club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2007–08 Karlsruher SC season, Notes
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2007–08 Karnataka State Film Awards
The Karnataka State Film Awards 2007–08, presented by Government of Karnataka, to felicitate the best of Kannada Cinema released in the year 2007.


2007–08 Karnataka State Film Awards, Jury
A committee headed by Kesari Haravoo was appointed to evaluate the awards.


2007–08 Kategoria Superiore
The 2007–08 Kategoria Superiore was the 72nd season of top-tier football in Albania and the tenth season under the name Kategoria Superiore. The season began on 25 August 2007 and ended on 17 May 2008. KF Tirana were the defending champions, having won their twenty-third title the previous season.


2007–08 Kategoria Superiore, Results
The schedule consisted of three rounds. During the first two rounds, each team played each other once home and away for a total of 22 matches. The pairings of the third round were then set according to the standings after the first two rounds, giving every team a third game against each opponent for a total of 33 games per team.


2007–08 Kategoria e Parë
The 2007–08 Kategoria e Parë was the 61st season of a second-tier association football league in Albania.


2007–08 Kazakhstan Hockey Championship
The 2007–08 Kazakhstan Hockey Championship was the 16th season of the Kazakhstan Hockey Championship, the top level of ice hockey in Kazakhstan. Ten teams participated in the league, and Barys Astana won the championship.


2007–08 Kent Football League
The 2007–08 Kent Football League season was the 42nd in the history of Kent Football League a football competition in England.


2007–08 Kent Football League, Clubs
The league featured 16 clubs which competed in the previous season, along with one new club:


2007–08 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team
The 2007–08 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team represented Kent State University in the 2007–08 college basketball season. The team was coached by Geno Ford and played their home games in the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center. They were members of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 28–7, 13–3 in MAC play. The Golden Flashes won the MAC Tournament to receive an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. Kent State lost to UNLV in the opening round.


2007–08 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team
The 2007–08 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team represented the University of Kentucky in the college basketball season of 2007–2008. The team's head coach was Billy Gillispie. It was his 1st year as Kentucky's head coach. The Wildcats played their home games at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky. The highlights of the season were the unranked Wildcats upsetting the #3 ranked Tennessee Volunteers 72–66, and pushing the then ranked #1 Vols to the final seconds in a 63–60 loss at Tennessee.


2007–08 Kilmarnock F.C. season
The 2007–08 season was Kilmarnock's ninth consecutive season in the Scottish Premier League, having competed in it since its inauguration in 1998–99. Kilmarnock also competed in the Scottish Cup and the League Cup.


2007–08 Kilmarnock F.C. season, Summary, Season
Kilmarnock finished eleventh in the Scottish Premier League with 40 points. They reached the second round of the League Cup, losing to Hamilton Academical and the fifth round of the Scottish Cup, losing to Celtic.


2007–08 Korisliiga season
The Korisliiga is the premier basketball league in Finland. The 2007-08 season was the 68th Finnish club basketball season. It began on October 6, 2007 and ended on April 27, 2008. The Espoon Honka successfully defended their national championship with a 3-1 victory over the Kouvot. Petteri Koponen won the MVP Award and Akeem Scott won the Finals MVP Award.


2007–08 Kuwaiti Division One
The Kuwaiti Division One was introduced for the 2006/2007 season. Both Al Shabab and Al Fahaheel claimed the top 2 spots which earned them promotion to the Kuwaiti Premier League 2008-09.


2007–08 Kuwaiti Premier League
The 2007–08 Kuwaiti Premier League season is the 46th since its establishment. The first matches of the season were played on 7 December 2007, and the final matchday was on the 4 April 2008.


2007–08 Kuwaiti Premier League
Al Kuwait won the title for the 3rd successive time.


2007–08 LEB Oro season
The 2007–08 LEB season is the 12th season of the Liga Española de Baloncesto. The 612-game regular season (34 games for each of the 18 teams) began on Friday, September 21, 2007, and will end on Friday, May 16, 2008. The champion of the regular season will be promoted to ACB. The teams between 2nd and 9th position will play a best of 3 games play off between May 20 and May 27 to see who plays the Final Four in Cáceres, between May 31 and June 1. Two bottom teams will be relegated to LEB Plata.


2007–08 LEB Oro season, LEB Oro Regular season
1 Ciudad de Huelva relegated to LEB Bronce due economic problems. 2 CB Alcúdia disappeared. 3 Alerta Cantabria relegated to LEB Bronce due economic problems. 4 Basquetinca.com refounded with Bàsquet Muro under the name of Bàsquet Mallorca. 5 UB La Palma clinched a vacant LEB berth and was not relegated


2007–08 LEB Oro season, LEB Oro Playoffs, Quarterfinals
Each quarterfinal was a best-of-three (if third serie necessary) series between teams in the 2-9 positions, with the best-place team receiving home advantage. All opening games were played on May 20, 2008, and all second games were played on May 24. The deciding third games were played on May 27.


2007–08 LEB Oro season, LEB Oro Playoffs, Final Four
The Final Four is the last phase of the LEB Oro season, and is held over a weekend in Cáceres. The semifinal games are played on May 31. The championship final is played on June 1.


2007–08 LEB Plata season
The 2007–08 LEB Plata season was the 8th  season of the LEB Plata, second league of the Liga Española de Baloncesto and third division in Spain. It is also named Adecco Plata for sponsorship reasons.


2007–08 LEB Plata season, Competition format
18 teams play the regular season. This is a round robin, where each team will play twice against every rival. The champion of the Regular Season is promoted to LEB Oro and the eight next teams join the play-offs. A best-of-three quarterfinal and a Final Four decided the second promoted team.


2007–08 LEB Plata season, Competition format
The last two qualified teams were relegated to LEB Bronce.


2007–08 LEB Plata season, Competition format
If two or more teams have got the same number of winning games, the criteria of tie-breaking are these:


2007–08 LEB Plata season, Playoffs
Teams qualified from 2nd to 9th will play the promotion play-off. If the winner of Copa LEB Plata is qualified between 2nd and 5th at the final of the Regular Season, it will join the play-offs as 2nd qualified. A best-of-three series and a Final Four hosted at Cáceres (with re-seeding) decided who promotes to LEB Oro.


2007–08 LEN Euroleague
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2007–08 LEN Euroleague
The 2007–08 LEN Euroleague was the 45th edition of LEN's premier competition for men's water polo clubs. It ran from 26 September 2007 to 10 May 2008, and was contested by 42 teams. The Final Four (semifinals, final, and third place game) took place on May 9 and May 10 in Barcelona. The winning team was Pro Recco from Italy.


2007–08 LEN Euroleague, Knockout stage, Quarter-finals
The first legs were played on 26 March, and the second legs were played on 9 April 2008.


2007–08 LEN Women's Champions' Cup
The 2007–08 LEN Women's Champions' Cup was the 21st edition of LEN's premier competition for women's water polo clubs, running from 29 November 2007 to 26 April 2008. Orizzonte Catania defeated NC Vouiagmeni to win its eighth title. Defending champion Fiorentina Waterpolo and ZVL Leiden also reached the newly introduced final four, which replaced the previous editions' round-robin final stage.


2007–08 LNAH season
The 2007–08 LNAH season was the 12th season of the Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey (before 2004 the Quebec Semi-Pro Hockey League), a minor professional league in the Canadian province of Quebec. Eight teams participated in the regular season, and Caron & Guay de Trois-Rivieres won the league title.


2007–08 LNBP season
The 2007–08 LNBP was the 8th season of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional, one of the professional basketball leagues of Mexico. The regular season began September 6, 2007 and ended on January 19, 2008. The playoffs ended on March 13, 2008. The league title was won by Halcones UV Xalapa, which defeated Soles de Mexicali in the championship series, 4–3.


2007–08 LNBP season, Format
24 teams participate. The teams are divided in two groups of 12 teams each, called Zonas (zones): Zona Norte (North) and Zona Sur (South). The first 8 teams in each group qualify for the playoffs. The group playoffs have quarterfinals (best-of-5), semifinals (best-of-7) and finals (best-of-7). The winner of each group series qualify for the championship series (best-of-7), named Final de Finales (Final of Finals).


2007–08 LNBP season, All-Star Game
The 2007 LNBP All-Star Game was played in Nuevo Laredo on December 10, 2007 at 21:00 and was broadcast by TVC Deportes. The game was played between Zona Norte and Zona Sur, with no distinction between foreign and Mexican players. Zona Norte won, 123–113, in front of an attendance of 1,800 people.


2007–08 La Liga
The 2007–08 La Liga season, the 77th since its establishment, started on 25 August 2007 and finished on 18 May 2008. Real Madrid defended their La Liga title successfully after a 2–1 victory over Osasuna. This season, all European leagues ended earlier than the previous season, due to the UEFA Euro 2008 championship. It also was the first year of the new La Liga television agreement that had La Sexta mark its first year of television broadcasting.


2007–08 La Liga, Teams
Twenty teams competed in the league – the top seventeen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the Segunda División. The promoted teams were Valladolid, Almería and Murcia. Valladolid and Murcia returned to the top flight after an absence of three years while UD Almería were promoted for the first time. However, since AD Almería played in the 1980–81 La Liga, the city of Almería returned to the top fight after an absence of twenty six years. They replaced Celta de Vigo, Real Sociedad and Gimnàstic, ending their top flight spells of two, forty and one year respectively.


2007–08 La Liga, Awards, Pichichi Trophy
The Pichichi Trophy is awarded to the player who scores the most goals in a season.


2007–08 La Liga, Awards, Zamora Trophy
The Zamora Trophy is awarded to the goalkeeper with least goals to games ratio.


2007–08 Latvian Hockey League season
The 2007-08 Latvian Hockey League season was the 17th season of the Latvian Hockey League, the top level of ice hockey in Latvia. Seven teams participated in the league, and HK Liepājas Metalurgs won the championship.


2007–08 Lebanese FA Cup
The 2007–08 Lebanese FA Cup was the 36th edition of the national football cup competition of Lebanon. It started with the first round on 20 October 2007, and ended on 3 July 2008 with the final. The cup winners were guaranteed a place in the 2009 AFC Cup.


2007–08 Lebanese Premier League
The Lebanese Premier League 2007/08 season is the 47th season in the Lebanese Premier League. The Championship was decided on the final matchday, when Al-Ansar and Nejmeh tied each other 1–1 while Al Ahed defeated Tadamon Sour 2–1 to win its first championship title. Striker Mohammed Ghaddar from Nejmeh won the top scorer award, having found the net 22 times.


2007–08 Lebanese Premier League
Due to the 2008 unrest in Lebanon, the games where postponed for one month. Thus the league finished in June 2008 instead of May 2008 as scheduled.


2007–08 Lebanese Premier League, Top scorers
This is a list of top scorers of the 2007–08 season. Mohammed Ghaddar is currently leading.


2007–08 Lebanese Second Division
The 2007–08 Lebanese Second Division was the 74th season of the Second Division league which featured 14 clubs. Two of these teams were eligible for promotion to the top league of Lebanese football, the Lebanese Premier League, while two of the 14 teams had to face relegation to the Lebanese Third Division for the 2007–08 Season.


2007–08 Lebanese Second Division
Salam Zgharta and Shabab Al-Ghazieh were promoted to the Lebanese Premier League, having finished respectively in first and second place.


2007–08 Lebanese Women's Football League
The 2007–08 Lebanese Women's Football League was the 1st edition of the Lebanese Women's Football League. Sadaka won the competition's first title, with a 2–1 victory over Ansar in the final matchday of the season.


2007–08 Leeds United F.C. season
The 2007–08 season was Leeds United F.C. 's first ever season in the third tier of English football after relegation from the Championship the previous season. They finished in the play-offs in League One. Dennis Wise started the season as manager, but left the club in January 2008 to join Newcastle as Executive Director of Football. Wise was replaced just days later with former Leeds captain, Gary McAllister.


2007–08 Leeds United F.C. season
In pre-season, the club were hit with a 15-point deduction for exiting administration without a CVA. However, the team won their first seven games and effectively eliminated the 15-point deduction. As the season progressed, results slipped, but the team still finished 5th in the league – qualifying them for the play-offs. In the play-off semi-finals, the club beat Carlisle over two legs, booking them a place at Wembley in the final. However, dreams were shattered when the team were beaten 1–0 by Doncaster, resigning the club to a second season in League One.


2007–08 Leeds United F.C. season
Jermaine Beckford had an impressive first full season with the club, being named League One Player of the Year and scoring over 20 goals in the process. The club recorded the highest attendance in the country outside the Premier League, in the 2–1 victory against Gillingham in May.


2007–08 Leeds United F.C. season, Events
This is a list of the significant events to occur at the club during the 2007–08 season, presented in chronological order (starting from 1 May 2007 and ending on 25 May 2008). This list does not include transfers, which are listed in the transfers section below, or match results, which are in the matches section.


2007–08 Leeds United F.C. season, Players, Squad information
Appearances (starts and substitute appearances) and goals include those in The Premiership, The Championship (and playoffs), League One (and playoffs), FA Cup, League Cup, Football League Trophy, UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup. Squad includes players registered with the club on the last day of the season (25 May 2008) only.


2007–08 Leeds United F.C. season, Players, Disciplinary record
Last updated: 25 May 2008Source: Only competitive matches = Number of bookings;  = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card;  = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.


2007–08 Leeds United F.C. season, Awards, Player of the Year Awards
The results of the 2007–08 Leeds United F.C. Player of the Year Awards were announced at a dinner on 29 April 2008 at Elland Road.


2007–08 Leeds United F.C. season, Awards, Team of the Week
The following players have been selected in the official Coca-Cola Football League One team of the week.


2007–08 Leeds United F.C. season, Awards, Other Awards
The following Leeds United F.C. players and staff have won the following awards whilst contracted to the club in the 2007–08 season.


2007–08 Leeds United F.C. season, Transfers, Out
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable.


2007–08 Leeds United F.C. season, Transfers, Out
1Original transfer fee was £300k, but rose to £500k when Stoke City were promoted to The Premiership. 2Player came out of retirement in November 2008 to play for MK Dons. Detailing transfers up to 25 May 2008 only.


2007–08 Leeds United F.C. season, Club, Coaching and medical staff
Last updated: 8 February 2008Source: Leeds United A.F.C. Matchday Programme


2007–08 Leeds United F.C. season, Club, Coaching and medical staff
Includes staff registered with the club on the last day of the season (25 May 2008) only.


2007–08 Leeds United F.C. season, Club, Former staff
Date = Date the staff member left the club. Reason = Reason for departure from the club.


2007–08 Leeds United F.C. season, Competitions, Overall summary
Updated to match played 4 May 2008Source: Competitions1 Qualified for play-offs. Lost to Doncaster Rovers in the final. With the 15-point deduction, would have finished second and received automatic promotion.


2007–08 Leeds United F.C. season, Competitions, League One, Results summary
Last updated: 4 May 2008. Source: 1 Deducted 15 points for failure to comply with rules on insolvency.


2007–08 Lega Basket Serie A
The 2007–08 Lega Basket Serie A season, known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons, was the 86th season of the Lega Basket Serie A, the highest professional basketball league in Italy.


2007–08 Lega Basket Serie A
The regular season ran from September 30, 2007 to April 27, 2008, 18 teams played 34 games each. At the end of the regular season, the top 8 teams made the play-offs whilst the lowest ranked teams, Cimberio Varese and Legea Scafati, were relegated to the Legadue.


2007–08 Lega Basket Serie A
Montepaschi Siena won their 3rd title by winning the playoff finals series against Lottomatica Roma.


2007–08 Lega Basket Serie A, Regular season
* Legea Scafati was penalized by 7 points for administrative irregularities


2007–08 Leicester City F.C. season
The 2007–08 season was Leicester City's 103rd season in the English football league system and their 57th in the second tier of English football.


2007–08 Leicester City F.C. season, Season summary
Martin Allen had joined Leicester from Milton Keynes Dons in May, but his refusal to sign Dutch striker Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, who had been invited for a medical by chairman Milan Mandarić but turned away by Allen, created friction between the two. The tension was only exacerbated when Allen refused to put in a bid for Celtic striker Derek Riordan. Eventually Martin Allen left Leicester by mutual consent on 29 August, after three months and four matches in charge, with Leicester in ninth place.


2007–08 Leicester City F.C. season, Season summary
Former West Bromwich Albion and Nottingham Forest manager Gary Megson was appointed as Allen's successor on 13 September, but left 41 days later, signing as Bolton Wanderers manager on 24 October, leaving Leicester 15th after nine league matches in charge. Ian Holloway, who had stabilised Plymouth Argyle in the Championship, was named Megson's successor on 22 November, but he was unable to revitalise Leicester and a 0–0 draw at Stoke City and with Southampton (who started the day in the relegation zone) beating Sheffield United on the final day of the season sealed Leicester's relegation to the third tier. Holloway left the club by mutual consent on 23 May.


2007–08 Leicester City F.C. season, Kit and sponsorship
Leicester City's last deal with kit supplier JJB Sports came to an end on 9 May 2007. It was announced on 30 May that Topps Tiles would be the kits sponsor in a two-year agreement. On 26 June it was announced the new kit would be produced by Jako and would be an all blue kit. The last time Leicester City wore an all-blue kit was during the promotion season of 2002–03.


2007–08 Leicester City F.C. season, Final league table, Club standings
Last updated: 4 May 2008. Source: LCFC Football League Championship Results


2007–08 Leicester City F.C. season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2007–08 Leicester City F.C. season, Squad, Left club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2007–08 Leicester City F.C. season, Awards, Club awards
At the end of the season, Leicester's annual award ceremony, including categories voted for by the players and backroom staff, the supporters and the supporters club, saw the following players recognised for their achievements for the club throughout the 2007–08 season.


2007–08 Leinster Rugby season
The 2008-09 Leinster Rugby season was Leinster's seventh competing in the Celtic League alongside which they competed in the 2007–08 Heineken Cup. Though Leinster were eliminated early from the Heineken Cup, the season ended in celebration as 'the Lions' were crowned champions of the 2007–08 Celtic League. Home games were played in the RDS Arena, Dublin.


2007–08 Leinster Rugby season, Match Attendance
Leinster's average Celtic League attendance was 14,361, the League's highest .


2007–08 Leyton Orient F.C. season
The 2007–08 Leyton Orient F.C. season was the 109th season in the history of Leyton Orient Football Club, their 92nd in the Football League, and second consecutive season in the third tier of the English football league system.


2007–08 Leyton Orient F.C. season, Season summary
Having finished in 20th place, one spot above the relegation zone, most of the side that won the club promotion in 2006 left at the end of the season. Some players were released, some declined new contracts and the club's longest-serving player Matthew Lockwood was re-signed but later moved in pre-season to Nottingham Forest. The O's began the 2007-08 season in fine form, winning seven of their first nine games in all competitions.


2007–08 Leyton Orient F.C. season, Season summary
Orient were top of the table at the beginning of October and were in the top seven until after Christmas, though a loss of form in the second half of the season, recording only three wins from the last 12 games, meant the season ended in a respectable 14th placed finish with 60 points.


2007–08 Libyan Cup
The 2007-08 Libyan Cup was the 18th edition of the competition since its inception in 1976. 58 clubs entered this edition of the competition.


2007–08 Libyan Cup
The competition ended with the Libyan Cup Final, held at the 11 June Stadium, Tripoli, on July 26, 2008. The title was contested between Khaleej Sirte and Al Madina, with Khaleej winning 1-0, Idrees Salem scoring the only goal.


2007–08 Libyan Premier League
Libyan Premier League 2007/2008 was the 40th edition of the Libyan Premier League, the highest division of Libyan football, organised by the Libyan Football Federation.


2007–08 Libyan Premier League, Season summary
In a more closely contested league contest than in recent seasons, Al Ittihad took until week 28 to secure their 14th league title. Al Ahly Tripoli challenged their close rivals all the way in the title race, but just four points from their last three games, including a humiliating 1-0 defeat to eventually relegated Al Tahaddy, ended their title hopes and their 29-game unbeaten record, which had lasted all year. Al Ittihad also went through the league season unbeaten. After just one defeat in the 2006-07 season, this shows signs that the Big Two are pulling even further away, proved by the 20-point gap between 2nd placed Al Ahly Tripoli and 3rd placed Al Ahly Benghazi.


2007–08 Libyan Premier League, Season summary
2007-08 was a very successful season for Khaleej Sirte. The club won two trophies (its first major honours since the three Sirte clubs merged to form Khaleej Sirte). The club won the Libyan Confederation Cup, a newly created trophy similar to England's League Cup, before later lifting the Libyan Cup, beating Al Madina in a tense final 1-0.


2007–08 Libyan Premier League, Season summary
At the bottom, Al Suqoor and Nojom Ajdabiya both had very poor seasons, with just 9 wins between the two sides. Al Suqoor suffered one of the worst defeats in Libyan history, as they were crushed 10-2 by A Ahli Tripoli. Al Urouba did put up a decent fight, winning 4 of their last 7 matches, nearly half of the number of wins they had obtained in their previous 23 matches. In the end, they paid the price for losing to relegation rivals.


2007–08 Libyan Premier League, Season summary
The Relegation/Promotion Play Off place was an interesting battle. Three teams were on 33 points, and it was head-to-head record that sent Al Tahaddy to their eventual relegation.


2007–08 Libyan Premier League, Season summary
In general, the league was pretty close, with just 10 points separating 5th placed Khaleej Sirte from 14th placed (and relegated) Al Urouba.


2007–08 Libyan Premier League, The competition
There are 16 clubs in the League. During the course of the season each clubs plays others two times, for a total of 30 games. At the end of season, the bottom three sides are automatically relegated to the Libyan Second Division, and the fourth bottom side goes into the Relegation Play-Off.


2007–08 Libyan Premier League, The competition
The winner of the LPL qualifies for the CAF Champions League, and the top two sides qualify for the Arab Champions League, while the Libyan Cup winner qualifies for the CAF Confederation Cup


2007–08 Libyan Second Division
The 2007–08 Libyan Second Division football championship took place between November 2007 and July 2008. The first round of matches were played between November 3 and November 5, 2007. The final round of games were played in July 2008.


2007–08 Libyan Second Division, Competition
43 sides competed in this edition of the competition, split into three groups. Groups A and B contained 27 sides from the surrounding areas of Tripoli, Zawiya, Misrata and Sabha. These were split into two groups, Group A with 14 sides, Group B with 13 sides. Group C contained 16 teams from the surrounding areas of Butnan, Benghazi, Jabal al Akhdar and Sirte.


2007–08 Libyan Second Division, Competition
Every side in each group played each other home and away; therefore, each team in Group A played 26 games, Group B 24 games, and Group C 32 games.


2007–08 Libyan Second Division, Promotion & Relegation
The team that finished top of each of the three groups won direct promotion to the Libyan Premier League, and would enter a mini-league at the end of the season to decide the winner of the competition. The team that finished second in each of the three groups entered a Relegation Promotion Play-Off League, along with the 13th-placed side in the 2007–08 edition of the Libyan Premier League.


2007–08 Libyan Second Division, Promotion & Relegation
The bottom three sides in each of Group A and Group B, along with the bottom four sides in Group C were relegated to the Libyan Third Division.


2007–08 Libyan Second Division, Championship stage
This contained the three sides that topped each group. They had already won promotion to the Libyan Premier League.


2007–08 Libyan Third Division
The 2007-08 Libyan Third Division was the 24th edition of the Libyan Third Division football. It took place from November 2007 to June 2008. Wefaq Ajdabiya won the title, having won the championship playoffs between the winners of the regional leagues.


2007–08 Libyan Third Division, Promotion
The top two clubs in the Sirte, Jabal al Akhdar, Benghazi, Sabha and Misrata regional leagues were promoted to the Libyan Second Division for the 2008-09 season. The top three clubs in the Tripoli regional league were also promoted.


2007–08 Libyan Third Division, Promotion, Playoffs, Semifinals
The promotion playoffs took place between the third and fourth placed teams in the Jabal al Akhdar region and the two third placed teams in the Benghazi and Sirte regions. The third placed team in the Jabal al Akhdar region played the third placed team in the Benghazi region in a one-off game, whereas the fourth placed team in the Jabal al Akhdar region played the third placed team in the Sirte region in a one-off game.


2007–08 Libyan Third Division, Promotion, Playoffs, Final
The winner of these two semi-finals play a one-off game, the winner of which will be promoted to the Libyan Second Division for the 2008-09 season.


2007–08 Libyan Third Division, Promotion, Playoffs, Final
The second placed team in the Misrata region (Al Ish'aa') played the second placed team in the Sabha region (Al Qal'aa)


2007–08 Libyan Third Division, Playoffs, Western Region
Libya Railway 1 - 1 Al Watan al ArabiLibya Railway 0 - 0 Khalid bin WaleedAl Watan al Arabi 0 - 0 Khalid bin WaleedAl Watan al Arabi 0 - 1 Libya RailwayKhalid bin Waleed 4 - 6 Libya RailwayKhalid bin Waleed 1 - 2 Al Watan al Arabi


2007–08 Libyan Third Division, Playoffs, Western Region
1: Libya RailwayP3 W2 D1 L0 GF8 GA5 GD+3 Pts72: Al Watan al ArabiP3 W1 D1 L1 GF3 GA3 GD0 Pts43: Khalid bin WaleedP3 W0 D1 L2 GF5 GA8 GD-3 Pts1


2007–08 Libyan Third Division, Playoffs, Eastern Section
Al Sadaqa (3rd placed in Jabal al Akhdar region)Al Manaar Sousah (4th placed in Jabal al Akhdar region)North Benghazi (3rd placed in Benghazi region)Al Qal'aa Burayqah (3rd placed in Sirte region)


2007–08 Libyan Third Division, Playoffs, Eastern Section, Semifinals
Both played June 3, 2008Al Sadaqa 0 - 2  North Benghazi - Ajdabiya StadiumAl Manaar Sousah 1 - 1 (6 - 7 pens) Al Qal'aa Burayqah - First Statement Stadium


2007–08 Libyan Third Division, Playoffs, Eastern Section, Finals
North Benghazi 3 - 0 Al Qal'aa Burayqah - June 10, 2008 - Derna Stadium (North Benghazi are promoted)


2007–08 Libyan Third Division, Playoffs, Southern/Western Section
The second placed team in the Sabha section (Al Qal'aa) played the second placed team in the Misrata region (Al Ish'a')


2007–08 Libyan Third Division, Playoffs, Southern/Western Section
Al Ish'a' 1 - 4 Al Qal'aa - June 6, 2008 - 2 March Stadium (Al Qal'aa are promoted)


2007–08 Libyan Third Division, Championship stage
The 8 winners of the regional championships were split into two groups of four according to their geographical location. A knockout format was decided upon, meaning that the winner would be eliminated.


2007–08 Libyan Third Division, Championship stage, Group A
Al Ittihad Gheryan (Tripoli regional champions)Libya Railway (Zawiya regional champions)Al Mahdeeya (Sabha regional champions)Al Dhahra Bani Walid (Misrata regional champions)


2007–08 Libyan Third Division, Championship stage, Group A
Al Mahdeeya 0 - 0 (6 - 7 pens) Al Dhahra Bani Waleed - June 28, 2008, 17:30 EET - 2 March Stadium - Referee: Younes al SabouniAl Ittihad Gheryan 1 - 0 Libya Railway - June 28, 2008, 17:30 EET - GMR Stadium - Referee: Ahmed Achour


2007–08 Libyan Third Division, Championship stage, Group B
Al Hadaf Benghazi (Benghazi regional champions)Al Ansaar (Jabal al Akhdar regional champions)Wefaq Ajdabiya (Sirte regional champions)Al Hilal Tobruk (Butnan regional champions)


2007–08 Libyan Third Division, Championship stage, Group B
Al Hilal Tobruk 0 - 0 (3 - 5 pens) Wefaq Ajdabiya - June 27, 2008, 17:30 EET - Al Bayda Stadium - Referee: Ali 'IlmiAl Hadaf Benghazi 2 - 1 Al Ansaar - June 27, 2008, 17:30 EET - First Statement Stadium - Referee: Abdallah al Fadhil


2007–08 Libyan Third Division, Championship stage, Semifinals
Wefaq Ajdabiya 1 - 1 (5 - 4 pens) Al Hadaf Benghazi - July 6, 2008, 16:00 EET - Al Bayda StadiumAl Dhahra Bani Waleed 2 - 3 Al Ittihad Gheryan - July 6, 2008 - GMR Stadium


2007–08 Libyan Third Division, Championship stage, Final
Wefaq Ajdabiya 2 - 1 Al Ittihad Gheryan - July 10, 2008, 17:30 EET - 2 March Stadium


2007–08 Libyan Trophy
The 2007-08 Libyan Trophy was the first edition of the competition, organised by the Libyan Football Federation. The first round of matches took place on May 23, 2008, with the final taking place on June 18. The sixteen sides that competed in the 2007-08 Libyan Premier League entered the competition, with the exception of Al Ahly Tripoli and Al Jazeera. The fourteen remaining sides were sorted into four groups, half with three teams, the other half with four teams. Groups A and B contained teams from Western Libya, and Groups C and D contained teams from Eastern Libya. Each team played each other once, with the top team from each group going through to form the semi-finals.


2007–08 Libyan relegation play-off
The Libyan Relegation Play-off was contested between the three second-placed teams in the 3 groups in the 2007–08 Libyan Second Division: Wefaq Sabratha (Group A), Al Mustaqbal (Group B), and Al Sawa'ed (Group C) and the 13th placed team in the 2007–08 Libyan Premier League, which was Al Tahaddy. The four sides played each other once at neutral venues. The side that finished top would be promoted to the LPL, while if Al Tahaddy finished top, they would retain their place in the top flight.


2007–08 Libyan relegation play-off
The Play-Off was contested from July 28, 2008 to August 6, 2008. Wefaq Sabratha won the Play-Off on goal difference from Al Sawa'ed, therefore gaining promotion to the 2008–09 Libyan Premier League, and so Al Tahaddy were relegated.


2007–08 Liechtenstein Cup
The 2007–08 Liechtenstein Cup was the sixty-third season of Liechtenstein's annual cup competition. Seven clubs competed with a total of sixteen teams for one spot in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Cup. Defending champions were FC Vaduz, who have won the cup continuously since 1998.


2007–08 Liga Alef
The 2007–08 Liga Alef season saw Hapoel Umm al-Fahm (champions of the North Division) and Maccabi Ironi Bat Yam (champions of the South Division) winning the title and promotion to Liga Artzit.


2007–08 Liga Alef
At the bottom, the bottom two clubs in each division, Hapoel Ahva Haifa, Hapoel Makr (from North division), Maccabi Ironi Amishav Petah Tikva and Ironi Ofakim (from South division) were all automatically relegated to Liga Bet, whilst the two clubs which were ranked in 12th place in each division, Beitar Haifa and Hapoel Tzafririm Holon entered a promotion/relegation play-offs, and both relegated to Liga Bet after losing the play-offs.


2007–08 Liga Alef, Relegation play-offs, North play-off
The 12th placed club in Liga Alef North, Beitar Haifa, faced Liga Bet North B runners-up, Maccabi Tamra in a two legged play-off. The Liga Bet North A runners-up, Hapoel Iksal was suspended from the play-offs, following an attempt for match fixing, prior to their scheduled match against Beitar Haifa.


2007–08 Liga Alef, Relegation play-offs, North play-off
Maccabi Tamra won 4-2 on aggregate and was promoted to Liga Alef.


2007–08 Liga Alef, Relegation play-offs, South play-off
The 12th placed club in Liga Alef South, Hapoel Tzafririm Holon, faced the Liga Bet South A and Liga Bet South B runners-up, Hapoel Mahane Yehuda and Hapoel Arad. The teams faced each other in a round-robin tournament.


2007–08 Liga Alef, Relegation play-offs, South play-off
Hapoel Arad won the play-offs and was promoted to Liga Alef.


2007–08 Liga Artzit
The 2007–08 Liga Artzit season began on 17 August 2007 and 24 May 2008. Hapoel Jerusalem won the title and were promoted to Liga Leumit alongside runners-up Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Ata. Maccabi HaShikma Ramat Hen and Hapoel Kfar Shalem were relegated to Liga Alef


2007–08 Liga Bet
The 2007–08 Liga Bet season saw Ahva Arraba (champions of the North A division), Maccabi Kafr Qara (champions of the North B division), Hapoel Hadera (champions of the South A division) and Hapoel Masos/Segev Shalom (champions of the South B division) winning the title and promotion to Liga Alef.


2007–08 Liga Bet
The runners-up in each division entered a promotion/relegation play-offs with the clubs ranked 12th in Liga Alef, Maccabi Tamra (from North A division) and Hapoel Arad (from South B division) won their respective play-offs and were promoted.


2007–08 Liga Bet
At the bottom, Maccabi Kafr Yasif, Hapoel Yanuh (from North A division), Hapoel Yokneam, Maccabi Or Akiva (from North B division), Beitar Pardes Hanna, Hapoel Qalansawe (from South A division), Hapoel Tel Sheva and Hapoel Oranit (from South B division) were all automatically relegated to Liga Gimel


2007–08 Liga Bet, Promotion play-offs, North play-off
Liga Bet North A and Liga Bet North B runners-up, Maccabi Tamra faced the 12th placed club in Liga Alef North, Beitar Haifa in a two legged play-off. The Liga Bet North A runners-up, Hapoel Iksal was suspended from the play-offs, following an attempt for match fixing, prior to their scheduled match against Beitar Haifa.


2007–08 Liga Bet, Promotion play-offs, North play-off
Maccabi Tamra won 4-2 on aggregate and was promoted to Liga Alef.


2007–08 Liga Bet, Promotion play-offs, South play-off
Liga Bet South A and Liga Bet South B runners-up, Hapoel Mahane Yehuda and Hapoel Arad faced the 12th placed club in Liga Alef South, Hapoel Tzafririm Holon. The teams played each other in a round-robin tournament.


2007–08 Liga Bet, Promotion play-offs, South play-off
Hapoel Arad won the play-offs and was promoted to Liga Alef.


2007–08 Liga Gimel
The 2007–08 Liga Gimel season saw 86 clubs competing in 6 regional divisions for promotion to Liga Bet.


2007–08 Liga I
The 2007–08 Liga I was the ninety season of Liga I, the top-level football league of Romania. Season began on 27 July 2007 and ended on 7 May 2008. CFR Cluj became champions, winning their first trophy and ending a 17-year-long reign of Bucharest based teams.


2007–08 Liga I
CFR Cluj will play in the Champions League group stage, while Steaua București qualified for the Champions League third qualifying round. Rapid București, Dinamo București, Unirea Urziceni and Politehnica Știința Timișoara qualified for the UEFA Cup first round. The highest placed team that has not qualified for the UEFA Cup is allowed the opportunity to compete in the third round of the UEFA Intertoto Cup, provided they have applied to enter the Intertoto Cup in the next season. Vaslui, Oțelul Galați and Gloria Bistrița are the only teams that have applied, with Vaslui securing their participation.


2007–08 Liga I, Champion squad
Goalkeepers: Nuno Claro  (15 / 0); Lars Hirschfeld  (5 / 0); Eduard Stăncioiu (15 / 0). Defenders: Eurípedes Amoreirinha  (2 / 0); Ricardo Cadú  (29 / 4); Mikael Dorsin  (8 / 1); Fredy  (1 / 0); Gabriel Mureșan (22 / 0); Cristian Panin (28 / 1); Niklas Sandberg  (10 / 1); André Galiassi  (28 / 0); Tony  (32 / 1).


2007–08 Liga I, Champion squad
Midfielders: Emmanuel Culio  (32 / 1); Dani  (29 / 1); Ciprian Deac (10 / 0); Sebastián Dubarbier  (15 / 3); Manuel José Vieira  (20 / 0); André Leão  (15 / 0); Alin Minteuan (18 / 0); Pedro Oliveira  (1 / 0); Sixto Peralta  (8 / 0); Eugen Trică (30 / 13). Forwards: Adrian Anca (5 / 0); Nicolás Canales  (1 / 0); Didi  (18 / 7); Cristian Fabbiani  (28 / 11); Ibezito Ogbonna  (2 / 0); Diego Ruíz  (13 / 2); António Semedo  (33 / 6). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)


2007–08 Liga I, Notes
(1) Delta Tulcea won the first serie of Liga II, but did not apply for the license necessary for playing in Liga I in the 2007–08 season. The highest ranked relegated team in the previous season, namely Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț (15th place in 2006–07 season), will continue in Liga I. (2) Timișoara change of name following name conflict with FC Politehnica Timișoara.


2007–08 Liga I (women's football)
The 2007–08 season of the Liga I Feminin was the 18th season of Romania's premier women's football league. CFF Clujana won the title.


2007–08 Liga II
The 2007–08 Liga II was the 68th season of the second tier of the Romanian football league system. The season began on 25 August 2007 and lasted until 24 May 2008.


2007–08 Liga II
The format has been maintained to two series, each of them consisting of 18 teams. At the end of the season, the top two teams of the series promoted to Liga I and the bottom fourth places from both series relegated to Liga III.


2007–08 Liga III
The 2007–08 Liga III season was the 52nd season of Liga III, the third tier of the Romanian football league system. It was the second in this format (six series of 18 teams each).


2007–08 Liga III
The winners of each division got promoted to the 2008-09 Liga II season. There were also two playoff tournaments held at neutral venues involving the second placed teams, one with those from series 1, 2 and 3, the other with those from series 4, 5, and 6. The winners of the playoffs also got promoted to the 2008-09 Liga II season. The bottom three from each division were relegated at the end of the season to the county football leagues (Liga IV). From the 15th placed teams, another three were relegated. To determine these teams, separate standings were computed, using only the games played against clubs ranked 1st through 14th.


2007–08 Liga III, Renamed teams and other changes
Gaz Metan Podari was moved from Podari to Craiova and was renamed as Gaz Metan CFR Craiova.


2007–08 Liga III, Renamed teams and other changes
Maris Târgu Mureș was moved from Târgu Mureș to Ungheni and was renamed as ASA Unirea Ungheni.


2007–08 Liga III, Renamed teams and other changes
Internațional Curtea de Argeș took the place of Voința Macea.


2007–08 Liga III, Renamed teams and other changes
FC Argeș Pitești II took the place of Juventus Bascov.


2007–08 Liga IV
The 2007–08 Liga IV was the 66th season of the Liga IV, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system. The champions of each county association play against one from a neighboring county in a play-off match played on a neutral venue. The winners of the play-off matches promoted to Liga III.


2007–08 Liga IV, 2007–2008 Promotion Play-Off
The matches was scheduled to be played on 31 May 2008.


2007–08 Liga Indonesia Premier Division
The 2007–08 Liga Indonesia Premier Division (also known as the Liga Djarum Indonesia for sponsorship reasons) was the 13th season of the Liga Indonesia Premier Division as well as its final season as the top Indonesian professional league for association football clubs.


2007–08 Liga Indonesia Premier Division, Overview
It was contested by 36 teams. The season began on 10 February 2007 and the last games played on 10 February 2008. and Sriwijaya F.C. won the championship.


2007–08 Liga Indonesia Premier Division, Awards, Top scorers
This is a list of the top scorers from the 2007–08 season.


2007–08 Liga Leumit
The 2007–08 Liga Leumit season began on 17 August 2007 and ended on 24 May 2008. Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan won the title and were promoted to the Premier League alongside runners-up Hapoel Petah Tikva. Ironi Rishon LeZion and Hapoel Nazareth Illit were relegated to Liga Artzit


2007–08 Liga Nacional de Hockey Hielo season
The 2007–08 Superliga Espanola de Hockey Hielo season was the 34th season of the Superliga Espanola de Hockey Hielo, the top level of ice hockey in Spain. Six teams participated in the league, and CG Puigcerda won the championship.


2007–08 Liga de Honra
The 2007–08 Liga de Honra season was the 18th season of the competition and the 74th season of recognised second-tier football in Portugal. The season was started on 18 August 2007. The fixtures (or schedule of games to be played) were announced on 12 July 2007.


2007–08 Liga de Honra
The first goalscorer of the season was Tatu, who scored a 4th-minute goal for Desportivo das Aves against Olhanense in, one of the four games, the kick-off that ended 1–2 for Olhanense. The first red card of the season was given to Desportivo das Aves' Sérgio Nunes  in the same game.


2007–08 Ligat Nashim
The 2007–08 Ligat Nashim was the tenth season of women's league football under the Israeli Football Association.


2007–08 Ligat Nashim
As all 5 members of the previous season's second division folded, the league was contested as a single division.


2007–08 Ligat Nashim
The league was won by Maccabi Holon, its fifth consecutive title. By winning, Maccabi Holon qualified to 2008–09 UEFA Women's Cup.


2007–08 Ligue 1
The 2007–08 Ligue 1 season is the seventieth since its establishment, and started in August 2007 and ended on 17 May 2008. The fixtures were announced in June 2007. Lyon became French champions, having won a record seventh consecutive title.


2007–08 Ligue 1, Participating teams, Promotion and relegation
Lens, Strasbourg and Metz were relegated to Ligue 2. The three relegated teams will be replaced by the three promoted teams from Ligue 2. Le Havre were promoted as Ligue 2 champions along with Nantes, who finished in second place, and third-placed Grenoble.


2007–08 Ligue 1, Attacking Play table
Ligue 1 has introduced an Attacking Play Table since the start of the 2006–07 Ligue 1 season to encourage more goal-scoring in Ligue 1 and Ligue 2. The Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP), with the help of the former France national team manager Michel Hidalgo, introduced the idea to reward those teams who score the most goals. Independent from the official league table, points are awarded as follows:


2007–08 Ligue 1, Attacking Play table
The sum of 20 million Euros, taken from the LFP's new commercial ventures in 2006/2007 will be dedicated to this initiative. €16.7 million will go to Ligue 1. Prize money is distributed to the teams at the end of the season depending on where they finish in the table.


2007–08 Ligue 1, Attacking Play table
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; W1 = Wins by one goal; W2 = Wins by more than one goal; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points


2007–08 Ligue 1, Awards, Player of the Year
The nominees for Ligue 1 Player of the Year. The winner will be displayed in bold.


2007–08 Ligue 1, Awards, Young Player of the Year
The nominees for the Ligue 1 Young Player of the Year. The winner will be displayed in bold.


2007–08 Ligue 2
The Ligue 2 season 2007–08 was the sixty-sixth since its establishment, and started in August 2007. The fixtures were announced in June 2007.


2007–08 Ligue 2
FC Metz, the champions of Ligue 2, SM Caen, and RC Strasbourg were promoted to France's top division Ligue 1. Whereas, Troyes AC, CS Sedan, and FC Nantes were relegated to Ligue 2. The first matches of the season were played on 27 July 2007, and the season ended on 16 May 2008. The new Ligue 2 champions were crowned on 2 May 2008 when Le Havre AC drew with Montpellier HSC following FC Nantes's loss to Amiens SC that same day. As champions, Le Havre will be promoted to France's highest football division Ligue 1 for the upcoming 2008-09 season. For finishing in 2nd place and 3rd, both FC Nantes and Grenoble Foot 38 achieved promotion as well.


2007–08 Ligue 2
The relegation places were filled by FC Gueugnon, who were relegated after losing to AC Ajaccio on 18 April 2008. FC Libourne-Saint-Seurin, who were relegated after to CS Sedan on 2 May 2008 and Chamois Niortais FC, who were relegated on the final day after losing to US Boulogne who were occupying the last relegation place coming into the final day.


2007–08 Ligue 2, Top goalscorers
The top goalscorer was awarded to Le Havre AC's Guillaume Hoarau finishing with a stunning 28 goals averaging a goal per 118 minutes.


2007–08 Ligue Magnus season
The 2007–08 Ligue Magnus season was the 87th season of the Ligue Magnus, the top level of ice hockey in France. 14 teams participated in the league, and Dragons de Rouen won their ninth league title.


2007–08 Lincoln City F.C. season
During the 2007–08 season Lincoln City F.C. played in Football League Two after finishing last season in fifth place in the Football League Two and losing another play-off semi-final the previous season. It marked Lincoln's 101st season in the Football League, becoming one of only 26 clubs to have completed 100 or more seasons since the league's formation in 1888. The club are the first club to have reached the milestone without playing top-flight football.


2007–08 Lincoln City F.C. season
This season marked the club's 79th season in the lowest possible division in the Football League, and the 36th season in the fourth tier of English football. The club have now been competing in the fourth tier for nine successive seasons, with their last season in a higher division coming in 1998–99.


2007–08 Lincoln City F.C. season, Fixtures and results, League Two
2007/08 Away Total: 10,629 (23 games)2007/08 Away Average: 462 2007/08 Home Average: 93,835 (23 games) | 4,080 2007/08 Home Average (Excluding Away Fans): 4,080 – (582) = 3,498


2007–08 Lincoln City F.C. season, Statistics, Club, Biggest win
HomeLeague Two: 4 – 1 vs Barnet Sat 15 DecFA Cup: Not ApplicableLeague Cup: Not ApplicableLeague Trophy: Not Applicable


2007–08 Lincoln City F.C. season, Statistics, Club, Biggest win
AwayLeague Two: 3 – 0 vs Accrington Stanley Tues 12 FebFA Cup: Not ApplicableLeague Cup: Not ApplicableLeague Trophy: Not Applicable


2007–08 Lincoln City F.C. season, Statistics, Club, Heaviest defeat
HomeLeague Two: 0 – 4 vs Shrewsbury Town Sat 11 Aug | 0 – 4 vs Darlington Sat 22 DecFA Cup:Not ApplicableLeague Cup:Not ApplicableLeague Trophy: 2 – 5 vs Hartlepool United Tues 9 Oct


2007–08 Lincoln City F.C. season, Statistics, Club, Heaviest defeat
AwayLeague Two: 0 – 4 vs Milton Keynes Dons Sun 14 Oct | 0 – 4 vs Peterborough United Sat 29 MarFA Cup: 1 – 3 vs Nottingham Forest Tues 27 NovLeague Cup: 1 – 4 vs Doncaster Rovers Tues 14 AugLeague Trophy:Not Applicable


2007–08 Lincoln City F.C. season, Statistics, Club, Highest attendance
HomeLeague Two: 5,286 vs Bradford City Fri 7th SeptFA Cup: 7,361 vs Nottingham Forest Sat 10 NovLeague Cup: Not ApplicableLeague Trophy: 936 vs Hartlepool United Tues 9 Oct


2007–08 Lincoln City F.C. season, Statistics, Club, Highest attendance
AwayLeague Two: 15,510 vs Bradford City Wed 26 DecFA Cup: 6,783 vs Nottingham Forest Tues 27 NovLeague Cup: 5,084 vs Doncaster RoversLeague Trophy: Not Applicable


2007–08 Lincoln City F.C. season, Statistics, Club, Lowest attendance
HomeLeague Two: 3,189 vs Accrington Stanley Sat 25 AugFA Cup: 7,361 vs Nottingham Forest Sat 10 NovLeague Cup: Not ApplicableLeague Trophy: 936 vs Hartlepool United Tues 9 Oct


2007–08 Lincoln City F.C. season, Statistics, Club, Lowest attendance
AwayLeague Two: 1,281 vs Accrington Stanley Tues 12 FebFA Cup: 6,783 vs Nottingham Forest Tues 27 NovLeague Cup: 5,084 vs Doncaster RoversLeague Trophy: Not Applicable


2007–08 Lincoln City F.C. season, Statistics, Individual, Discipline
3 Points for a yellow card6 Points for a red card


2007–08 Lithuanian Hockey League season
The 2007–08 Lithuanian Hockey League season was the 17th season of the Lithuanian Hockey League, the top level of ice hockey in Lithuania. Nine teams participated in the league, and SC Energija won the championship. SC Energija received a bye until the finals, as they played in the Latvian Hockey League.


2007–08 Liverpool F.C. season
The 2007–08 season was the 116th season in Liverpool Football Club's existence, and their 46th consecutive year in the top flight, which covers the period from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008.


2007–08 Liverpool F.C. season
Having finished third the previous season, Liverpool had qualified for the UEFA Champions League final qualifying stage.


2007–08 Liverpool F.C. season, First-team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2007–08 Liverpool F.C. season, First-team squad, Left club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2007–08 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, August
Liverpool began their Premier League season with a trip to Aston Villa, which they won 2–1. This was followed by the first leg of the Champions League qualifier, at Toulouse. The game, unusually played on a weekday afternoon, was won 1–0 by Liverpool. Next came the first home game, a Premier League game against Chelsea. Liverpool took a lead through Fernando Torres's first goal for the club, but Chelsea hit back with a disputed penalty, ending the game 1–1.


2007–08 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, August
Referee Rob Styles appeared to book Michael Essien twice without sending him off, similar to Graham Poll at the 2006 World Cup. Styles later admitted to have made an incorrect decision to award the penalty and, unusually, apologised to Liverpool for his mistake; he was subsequently dropped for the next gameweek.


2007–08 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, August
The third league game of the season, a 2–0 away win at Sunderland, was notable for Mohamed Sissoko's first (and only) Liverpool goal, after more than two years. This was also the Reds' 7,000th league goal. The following Tuesday saw Liverpool play Toulouse at Anfield in the second leg of their Champions League qualifying tie. Before kick-off, the Everton song "Z Cars" echoed around Anfield, in memory of 11-year-old Rhys Jones, a local boy who had been shot dead the previous week. The game finished 4–0 to Liverpool, and the team thereby qualified for the group stage courtesy of a 5–0 aggregate scoreline.


2007–08 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, September
Liverpool won their first game of September against Derby County 6–0, Liverpool's biggest league win since April 2003 when they beat West Bromwich Albion by the same scoreline. This win took them to the top of the Premier League table for the first time under Rafa Benitez.


2007–08 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, September
After a two-week international break, Liverpool's next league game was away to Portsmouth. The match ended in a 0–0 draw, after Pepe Reina saved Nwankwo Kanu's penalty kick. The following week, the home league game against Birmingham City, ended in a similar goalless scoreline.


2007–08 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, September
In between those two league draws Liverpool travelled to Porto to begin their Champions League Group A campaign against another team that had previously won the competition. The game, which ended 1–1, saw Jermaine Pennant sent off after receiving two yellow cards.


2007–08 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, September
Liverpool got back on a winning track when they travelled to Reading for a League Cup third round tie. Liverpool beat their hosts 4–2, with Fernando Torres scoring his first Liverpool hat-trick. This was followed up with a league success, away to Wigan Athletic at the JJB Stadium, where Yossi Benayoun's 75th-minute strike—his second in two games—was enough to secure three points.


2007–08 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, October
October's first fixture was the visit of Marseille, Liverpool's second Champions League group stage match. A spectacular individual goal from Marseille midfielder Mathieu Valbuena handed Liverpool a 0–1 loss, their first of the season. Disappointed Liverpool manager Rafael Benítez described the match as possibly the worst performance by the club under his management.


2007–08 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, October
Liverpool remained at Anfield for their following game, the league visit of Tottenham Hotspur. A last-minute, injury-time, equaliser by Fernando Torres earned the team a 2–2 draw to preserve their unbeaten league record. However, Liverpool bounced back to win the away derby to fierce rivals Everton. The match at Goodison Park was a contentious one, with the referee's performance heavily criticised by Everton manager David Moyes. Dirk Kuyt scored two penalties that saw Liverpool come from behind to win 2–1.


2007–08 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, October
The third of Liverpool's Champions League group games was a trip to Istanbul, where they had won the trophy in 2005. On this occasion, however, Liverpool fans had little to celebrate as their hosts Beşiktaş dealt their side's chances of progressing in the competition a serious blow by winning 2–1. The highest seeded team in their group, Liverpool were now bottom of their quartet with only a point from their first three qualifying games.


2007–08 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, October
Liverpool finished the month with a pair of home fixtures. The league visit of Arsenal yielded a 1–1 draw, whilst the League Cup visit of Cardiff City, who featured Liverpool legend Robbie Fowler in their line-up, gave the Reds a 2–1 win and Nabil El Zhar his first Liverpool goal.


2007–08 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, November
Liverpool began the month of November with a 0–0 away draw at Blackburn Rovers, further extending their unbeaten run in the league. They followed this by finally injecting life into their Champions League campaign with an emphatic 8–0 home victory over Beşiktaş. A hat-trick from Yossi Benayoun, a goal from captain Steven Gerrard and two each from both Ryan Babel and Peter Crouch gave Liverpool fans something to celebrate as Liverpool established a new record for margin of victory in a Champions League match (the previous best, 7–0, had been held jointly by Arsenal and Juventus).


2007–08 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, November
On 10 November, the Champions League win was followed up with a Premier League one, as Liverpool beat Fulham 2–0 at Anfield. Fernando Torres came off the bench to break the deadlock in the 81st minute, and Steven Gerrard scored a penalty won by Peter Crouch four minutes later to seal the victory.


2007–08 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, November
After another international break, the team's 13th league game took place, on 24 November at Newcastle United. Steven Gerrard, who had been booed by the Newcastle fans for his part in England's failure to qualify for UEFA Euro 2008, opened the scoring for the Reds and two more goals from Dirk Kuyt and Ryan Babel gave Liverpool a 3–0 win.


2007–08 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, November
The team ended the month by hosting their penultimate Champions League group game, the must-win visit of Porto. Liverpool won 4–1 and, as Fernando Torres scored the first two Champions League goals of his career, club captain Steven Gerrard set a personal milestone of his own by equalling Michael Owen's club record of 22 goals in the Champions League.


2007–08 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, December
The club kicked off a busy month by registering a 4–0 league win against Bolton Wanderers at Anfield. This win stretched Liverpool's winning streak to five games, during which they scored 21 goals and conceded just one, and continued their unbeaten league run.


2007–08 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, December
However, this unbeaten start to the league season was cut short the following week when the visit to Reading resulted in a 3–1 defeat on 8 December. After the hosts converted a penalty for a challenge that television replays showed had occurred on the line, Steven Gerrard equalised for Liverpool before two second-half goals from Reading handed Liverpool their first league loss of the season.


2007–08 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, December
Three days later, yet again needing a win to guarantee their survival in the competition, Liverpool travelled to Marseille for their final Champions League Group A fixture. Marseille had previously hosted English teams in Europe on six occasions and won all six times, and only needed a draw to progress themselves. However, Liverpool registered their second 4–0 win of the month to finish second in their group and progress to the round of 16.


2007–08 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, December
On 16 December, Liverpool hosted arch-rivals Manchester United in a vital Premier League match. The match ended with a 1–0 victory for Manchester United, their fourth in their last five league visits to Anfield, giving the latter a nine-point lead over Liverpool in the Premier League. The only goal was scored by Carlos Tevez. Arsenal beat Chelsea 1–0 later in the day to give themselves a ten-point lead over Liverpool at the top of the Premiership.


2007–08 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, December
Liverpool travelled to Chelsea for the League Cup quarter-final on 19 December. They were beaten 2–0 through a deflected goal from Frank Lampard and an injury-time goal from Andriy Shevchenko. Peter Crouch was sent off after a two-footed tackle on Mikel John Obi.


2007–08 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, December
Three days before Christmas, Liverpool hosted Portsmouth, looking to get their Premier League campaign back on track after two successive defeats. Liverpool continued a record of remaining undefeated at Anfield against Pompey since 1951 by triumphing 4–1. Fernando Torres scored twice to continue his good run of scoring, while the other goals came from Yossi Benayoun and a Sylvain Distin own goal. In the Boxing Day fixture, Liverpool managed a 2–1 victory over Derby, with goals from Fernando Torres and Steven Gerrard respectively, before playing out a goalless draw at the City of Manchester Stadium in their final game of 2007.


2007–08 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, January
Liverpool's first game of 2008 was a home game against Wigan, which ended in a 1–1 draw. This was followed by their first FA Cup game of the season, the third round tie against Luton Town, which also finished 1–1. In the replay a week later, Liverpool beat them 5–0 at home, in which Steven Gerrard scored his second Liverpool hat-trick. On 26 January 2008, Liverpool defeated Havant & Waterlooville 5–2, despite going behind twice in the first half. After that they travelled to Upton Park, where they faced West Ham United. An injury time penalty from Mark Noble saw them slump to a 1–0 defeat, their third of the league season.


2007–08 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, January
Martin Škrtel was the first signing by Liverpool in the January transfer window. The undisclosed fee was rumoured to be £6.5 million, which would be the highest amount paid by the club for a defender. Mohamed Sissoko, who had found himself playing fewer games after the arrivals of Javier Mascherano and Lucas, transferred to Juventus, and Jack Hobbs, who had played some first team games this season, joined Scunthorpe United on loan until the end of the season.


2007–08 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, February
Liverpool's first game of February was against Sunderland at Anfield, which was won 3–0. On 10 February, Liverpool travelled to Stamford Bridge and played out a 0–0 draw with Chelsea.


2007–08 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, February
Liverpool played Barnsley on 16 February in the FA Cup fifth round and lost 2–1 at Anfield, but then beat Inter Milan on 19 February in the UEFA Champions League round of sixteen first leg, winning 2–0.


2007–08 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, February
Their last game of the month, against Middlesbrough on 23 February, produced a 3–2 win for Liverpool, with a Fernando Torres hat-trick.


2007–08 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, March
Liverpool's first game in March was away against Bolton which they won 3–1 through an own goal by Jussi Jääskeläinen and strikes from Ryan Babel and Fábio Aurélio, his first for the club. On 5 March, Liverpool played against West Ham. Liverpool won this game 4–0, with a goal from Steven Gerrard and another hat-trick from Fernando Torres, making him the first Liverpool player in over 60 years to net hat-tricks in successive home games. Three days later, Liverpool beat Newcastle 3–0 at home, with goals from Jermaine Pennant, Torres and Gerrard.


2007–08 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, March
On 11 March, Liverpool became the second English team in a week to win at the San Siro by winning against Inter Milan 1–0, with Torres again the scorer. Back in the league, Javier Mascherano scored his first goal for Liverpool and Fernando Torres scored his 20th league goal of the season, becoming the first player at the club since Robbie Fowler to do so as Liverpool won 2–1 over Reading. However, their seven match winning streak was ended when they lost 3–0 to Manchester United.


2007–08 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, March
Javier Mascherano was sent off by referee Steve Bennett for dissent after Mascherano questioned the controversial booking of Fernando Torres. Liverpool's final fixture of March was against Everton at Anfield. Torres scored the only goal early in the match, and Liverpool held on to win 1–0, giving them a five-point lead over Everton for fourth place.


2007–08 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, April
On 1 April, in the Champions League, Liverpool faced Arsenal for the first of three consecutive meetings, a 1–1 draw at the Emirates Stadium with Dirk Kuyt scoring an away goal. On 5 April they drew 1–1 once again at the Emirates. Peter Crouch scored for Liverpool to take the lead but Nicklas Bendtner scored the equalizer for Arsenal, while Damien Plessis made his debut. In the third game, Liverpool beat Arsenal 4–2 (5–3 on aggregate) to reach the Champions League semi-final.


2007–08 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, April
In the following game, Steven Gerrard scored in his 300th Liverpool appearance in the Premier League in a 3–1 home win over Blackburn Rovers. The following Saturday, Liverpool put out a weakened side against Fulham ahead of their semi-final first leg with Chelsea and won 2–0, with Jermaine Pennant and Peter Crouch getting on the scoresheet. On 22 April, Liverpool played Chelsea at Anfield in the Champions League semi-final first leg.


2007–08 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, April
Liverpool looked to be going into the second leg with a 1–0 advantage through Dirk Kuyt, but in the final minute of stoppage time John Arne Riise accidentally headed a Salomon Kalou cross into his own net, giving Chelsea a slight advantage through the away goal. The next Saturday, at Birmingham City, Liverpool again put out a weakened side before the 2nd leg with Chelsea. Damien Plessis started again, and Liverpool fought back from 2–0 down to 2–2, with Crouch and Benayoun scoring. That point secured fourth spot for Liverpool. The next Wednesday Liverpool played Chelsea in the second leg of the Champions League semi-final at Stamford Bridge, but lost 3–2 in extra time (4–3 on aggregate), sending Liverpool out of the Champions League.


2007–08 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, May
On 4 May, Liverpool beat Manchester City 1–0 at Anfield. On the final day of the Premier League, Liverpool won 2–0 away at Tottenham, with Andriy Voronin scoring his sixth of the season and Torres' 24th league goal, breaking Ruud van Nistelrooy's record for the most goals scored by a foreign Premier League player in a debut season.


2007–08 Liverpool F.C. season, Top scorers, Disciplinary record
Last updated: 11 MaySource: Match reports in Game LogOnly competitive matches = Number of bookings;  = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card;  = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.


2007–08 Liverpool F.C. season, Reserves and U-18s, Summary
The reserves side were crowned champions of the Barclays Premier Reserve League North this season on 7 April 2008, the 17th reserve league title for the club. They became National Champions after beating Southern Champions Aston Villa Reserves 3–0 in the Premier Reserve League Play-off Final at Anfield on 7 May 2008. The reserves also reached the finals of the Liverpool Senior Cup and the Lancashire Senior Cup, and won the international football tournament Dallas Cup. Krisztián Németh, who scored 9 goals in 12 matches, was the top scorer in the Premier Reserve League North. The under-18s finished fifth in the Premier Academy League and qualified for the last 16 in FA Youth Cup. Nathan Eccleston was the best scorer in the youth team with 18 goals.


2007–08 Liverpool F.C. season, Reserves and U-18s, New players
After the departure of Steve Heighway, Dutchman Piet Hamberg came in to run the academy. As well as some changes to background personnel, the reserve and youth sides were bolstered by several new players:


2007–08 Liverpool F.C. season, Reserves and U-18s, Players this season, Reserves
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2007–08 Livingston F.C. season
Season 2007–08 saw Livingston compete in the First Division. They also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.


2007–08 Llanelli Scarlets season
The 2007–08 season was the fifth in the history of the Llanelli Scarlets regional side. The season saw the Scarlets compete in three competitions: the Celtic League, the EDF Energy Cup and the Heineken Cup. It was also the last full season for the Scarlets in their historic home, Stradey Park. A new ground, Parc y Scarlets, was under construction during that season, and is scheduled to open in November 2008, early in the 2008–09 season.


2007–08 Llanelli Scarlets season
On the whole, the season was regarded as a disappointment by pundits and fans alike, as the team failed to qualify from the group stage in either the EDF Energy Cup or the Heineken Cup, even failing to pick up any points from any of their six Heineken Cup matches. The team's league form started off much better, remaining around second place for much of the first half of the season.


2007–08 Llanelli Scarlets season
However, as teams began to get players back from World Cup duty, the Scarlets' league form began to suffer, winning just two games in 2008, resulting in a sixth-place finish in the Celtic League. These failures were largely blamed on the team's failure to strengthen the squad sufficiently the previous summer and resulted in coach Phil Davies departing the club.


2007–08 Llanelli Scarlets season
Welsh internationals Dwayne Peel, Alix Popham and Matthew Watkins also agreed deals to move away from Stradey Park at the end of the season, while Mahonri Schwalger was signed on a short-term contract mid-season to cover for the injured Ken Owens. Other big-name signings in summer 2007 included Welsh internationals Ben Broster and Nathan Brew, as well as Scottish prop Bruce Douglas and English front-five forwards Adam Eustace and James Hayter.


2007–08 Llanelli Scarlets season, Pre-season and friendlies
The Scarlets prepared for the 2007–08 campaign with two pre-season friendly matches in August. The first friendly was away to the Exeter Chiefs on 18 August 2007, and gave the Scarlets an opportunity to give debuts to their three new front row players, James Hayter, Bruce Douglas and Ben Broster. Exeter had a pair of ex-Scarlets in their team, in the form of Clive Stuart-Smith and Craig Dunlea, but their knowledge of the Scarlets was not enough to prevent a 19–14 win for the Llanelli side.


2007–08 Llanelli Scarlets season, Pre-season and friendlies
The next friendly was against Bath at Stradey Park on 25 August 2007. The Scarlets took a 14–7 lead before half-time, and went 17–7 up within the first five minutes of the second half. However, there were to be no further scores for the home side, as Bath scored two more tries to win the game 21–17.


2007–08 Llanelli Scarlets season, Celtic League
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Points for; A = Points against; PD = Points difference; BP = Bonus points; Pts = Points


2007–08 Logan Cup
The 2007–08 Logan Cup was a first-class cricket competition held in Zimbabwe from 17 April 2008 – 17 May 2008. It was won by Northerns, who won all four of their matches to top the table with 75 points.


2007–08 Longwood Lancers men's basketball team
The 2007–08 Longwood Lancers men's basketball team represented Longwood University during the 2007–08 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by fifth-year head coach Mike Gillian, and played their home games at Willett Hall as a Division I independent school.


2007–08 Longwood Lancers men's basketball team, Last season
The Lancers had a record of 9–22 in their last season of reclassification from Division II to Division I.


2007–08 Los Angeles Clippers season
The 2007–08 Los Angeles Clippers season was their 38th season in the NBA and their 24th in Los Angeles.


2007–08 Los Angeles Clippers season, Draft picks
Los Angeles' selections from the 2007 NBA draft in New York City.


2007–08 Los Angeles Clippers season, Transactions
The Clippers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007–08 season.


2007–08 Los Angeles Kings season
The 2007–08 Los Angeles Kings season was the 41st season (40th season of play) for the National Hockey League franchise. Their season began with the team playing a neutral site home-and-home series with the defending Stanley Cup champion Anaheim Ducks at the O2 Arena in London, England, the first time the NHL has held a regular season game in Europe.


2007–08 Los Angeles Kings season
Along with the switch to the Rbk Edge uniforms instituted league-wide for 2007–08, the Kings also changed their goal celebration horn at Staples Center from a foghorn to a train horn.


2007–08 Los Angeles Kings season, Regular season
The Kings struggled on the penalty kill, finishing 30th overall in penalty-kill percentage (77.99%).


2007–08 Los Angeles Kings season, Regular season, Conference standings
Divisions: PA – Pacific, CE – Central, NW – Northwestbold – qualified for playoffs, y – division winner, p – Presidents' Trophy winner


2007–08 Los Angeles Kings season, Playoffs
The Kings were officially eliminated from playoff contention in early March for the fifth consecutive season. The franchise has not made the playoffs since the 2001–02 NHL season.


2007–08 Los Angeles Kings season, Player statistics, Skaters
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes


2007–08 Los Angeles Kings season, Player statistics, Goaltenders
Note: GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average


2007–08 Los Angeles Kings season, Transactions
The Kings have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007–08 season:


2007–08 Los Angeles Kings season, Draft picks
Los Angeles' picks at the 2007 NHL Entry Draft in Columbus, Ohio. The Kings had the 4th overall selection.


2007–08 Los Angeles Kings season, Farm teams, Manchester Monarchs
The Manchester Monarchs are the Kings American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate in 2007–08.


2007–08 Los Angeles Kings season, Farm teams, Reading Royals
The Reading Royals are the Kings affiliate in the ECHL.


2007–08 Los Angeles Kings season, Roster
31 – Ersberg •32 – Quick •35 – LaBarbera •39 – Cloutier 45 – Bernier •46 – Taylor


2007–08 Los Angeles Kings season, Roster
3 – Johnson •4 – Blake •5 – Harrold •17 – Visnovsky •25 – Klemm •38 – Dallman •42 – Preissing


2007–08 Los Angeles Kings season, Roster
7 – Armstrong •8 – Ellis •11 – Kopitar •12 – O'Sullivan •13 – Cammalleri •15 – Murray •19 – Calder •21 – Willsie •22 – Boyle •23 – Brown •24 – Frolov •26 – Handzus •27 – Thornton •28 – Moulson •29 – Giuliano •34 – Tukonen •41 – Ivanans •47 – Nagy •52 – Gauthier •54 – Purcell •73 – Zeiler


2007–08 Los Angeles Lakers season
The 2007–08 Los Angeles Lakers season was the 60th season of the franchise, 59th in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and 48th in Los Angeles. During the offseason, the Lakers re-signed point guard Derek Fisher. The Lakers celebrated their 60th anniversary, thus the Laker jerseys wore the 60th anniversary patches on the leftmost part. They finished the regular season with 57 wins, finishing with the most wins in the tightest conference race in NBA history. The Lakers clinched the top seed in the playoffs for the 29th time in franchise history.


2007–08 Los Angeles Lakers season
This 15-game turnaround from the prior season has been attributed to the progress of the team's bench players and the  mid-season trade for Pau Gasol. The Lakers sold out all 41 home games for the season. After 12 seasons in the NBA, Kobe Bryant was named the 2008 NBA Most Valuable Player for the first and only time in his career. The Lakers had the third best team offensive rating in the NBA.


2007–08 Los Angeles Lakers season
In the playoffs, the Lakers swept the Denver Nuggets in four games in the First Round, defeated the Utah Jazz in six games in the Semifinals, and defeated the defending NBA champion San Antonio Spurs in five games in the Conference Finals to advance to the NBA Finals since 2004. In the NBA Finals, the Lakers faced off against their rivals, the Boston Celtics, renewing their storied rivalry, and marking the first time the two teams faced off against each other in the NBA Finals since 1987. However, the Lakers would lose against the Celtics in the NBA Finals in six games, ending with a blowout defeat to the Celtics in Game 6 by 39 points, losing 92–131, and marking the Lakers' ninth defeat to the Celtics in the NBA Finals.


2007–08 Los Angeles Lakers season, Roster changes, Injuries and surgeries
Following the 2006–07 NBA season, their offseason was marred with surgeries to their two key players. The first of which was Lamar Odom having shoulder surgery which made him miss the first five games of the 2007–08 NBA season. The other was Kwame Brown having shoulder surgery also.


2007–08 Los Angeles Lakers season, Roster changes, Signings
The Lakers' first signing was their first-round draft pick Javaris Crittenton. Then the Lakers re-signed Luke Walton to a six-year contract extension worth $30 million. Chris Mihm also signed a new contract for two years despite missing the entire previous season after having surgery on his right ankle. Walton was a key player last season while Mihm was sidelined for the whole season.


2007–08 Los Angeles Lakers season, Roster changes, Signings
The most notable signing of the Lakers off-season was past hero Derek Fisher, signed to a three-year deal worth approximately $14 million. Fisher was released from the Utah Jazz at his request during the offseason so his family could move to a city that has better treatment for his daughter, who was diagnosed with retinoblastoma. The Lakers signed him in order to add stability at the point and they needed a player who was well versed in the triangle offense. The Lakers were also hoping that signing a former veteran of the Lakers would ease Bryant's demand to be traded.


2007–08 Los Angeles Lakers season, Roster changes, Signings
Andrew Bynum and Jordan Farmar had their 4th-year and 3rd-year contracts extended respectively. This kept each player with the team for at least one more year.


2007–08 Los Angeles Lakers season, Roster changes, Signings
D. J. Mbenga and rookie Coby Karl were also signed with the team to fill roster spots. Coby Karl, the son of Nuggets coach George Karl, switched between the NBDL and Lakers roster throughout the season. During midseason, injuries plagued the team and Ira Newble was signed to a ten-day contract. After this he signed a contract for the rest of the season.


2007–08 Los Angeles Lakers season, Roster changes, Departures
The most notable departure was last year's starting point guard Smush Parker to the Miami Heat. Aaron McKie left the Lakers and became a voluntary coach for the 76ers. After spending one year with the Lakers, Shammond Williams left via free agency to play for Pamesa Valencia of the ACB.


2007–08 Los Angeles Lakers season, Roster changes, Trades
Early in the season the Lakers traded Maurice Evans and under-achieving power forward Brian Cook for forward Trevor Ariza. Ariza would average 6.5 points per game, averaging only 18 minutes per game. Ariza broke his foot in practice on January 20 and missed the rest of the regular season. He returned to the Lakers on May 23.


2007–08 Los Angeles Lakers season, Roster changes, Trades
After Andrew Bynum was injured for the rest of the season, the Lakers needed help in the front court before they risked falling out of contention in the playoff race. In February, the Lakers traded Kwame Brown, Javaris Crittenton, Aaron McKie (who was re-signed specifically for the trade), the draft rights to Marc Gasol, two first-round draft picks (2008 and 2010) and cash for Pau Gasol and a second-round draft pick in 2010. Many consider the Lakers the major benefactor of the trade. As a result, some criticized the trade as being unbalanced in excessively benefiting the Lakers.


2007–08 Los Angeles Lakers season, Roster changes, Trades
Gregg Popovich called Memphis' agreement to the terms of the trade "beyond comprehension" and suggested that the league should form a committee to "scratch all trades that make no sense". The trade became an immediate success for the Lakers, who went 22–5 with Gasol in the lineup and went on to reach the NBA Finals.


2007–08 Los Angeles Lakers season, Roster changes, Draft picks
Los Angeles had three selections for the 2007 NBA draft. With their first-round pick, the Lakers selected Georgia Tech freshman point guard Javaris Crittenton. With their second pick coming from the Bobcats, the Lakers selected the 6-foot-9-inch (2.06 m) Chinese player Sun Yue. And with their final pick the Lakers selected Pau Gasol's younger brother, Marc. Marc Gasol and Crittenton were both traded midseason for Pau Gasol. Sun Yue spent the entire 2007–08 season playing in the ABA and China national basketball team and didn't play a game in the NBA.


2007–08 Los Angeles Lakers season, Season summary
Following the 2006–07 NBA season the future of Kobe Bryant's career as a Laker fell into doubt, when he demanded to be traded. For a week he tiraded and the situation escalated when a videotape about him was released. The video recorded him saying that the Lakers should have traded Andrew Bynum for Jason Kidd. Bryant insulted Bynum and was critical of General Manager Mitch Kupchak. Management decided to re-sign Derek Fisher, a past hero, but the Lakers would enter the season frustrated and with question marks.


2007–08 Los Angeles Lakers season, Season summary
The Lakers started the 2007–08 NBA season surprisingly well. Fueled by the emergence of Andrew Bynum as a main option at center and the return of Derek Fisher, the Lakers would even enjoy being the number one team in the Western Conference for three days. Capped by an early-season trade for Trevor Ariza, rumors of Bryant wanting to leave Los Angeles were finally beginning to die. However, before the Lakers could savor their new success, Bynum would go down with a knee injury that would take him out for the remainder of the season. Suddenly, the contending Lakers lost three straight games. The remainder of the season looked bleak for the Lakers, who were struggling to win games. It seemed that injuries, once again, would cripple another Laker season.


2007–08 Los Angeles Lakers season, Season summary
On February 1, the Lakers dealt the unpopular Kwame Brown (who was booed viciously by the fans for his many turnovers in recent games ), rookie Javaris Crittenton, veteran Aaron McKie, the draft rights to his brother Marc Gasol, and first-round picks in 2008 and 2010 for Spaniard all-star forward Pau Gasol and a second-round draft choice in 2010.


2007–08 Los Angeles Lakers season, Season summary
With the Lakers now having a center and power forward who are both 7 feet (2.1 m) tall, analysts have referred to Gasol and Bynum as "the twin towers", similar to the duo of Tim Duncan and David Robinson in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Even while waiting for Bynum's return, the Lakers were playing very well and got a second taste of being best in the Western Conference.


2007–08 Los Angeles Lakers season, Season summary
With Kobe Bryant leading the charge with his MVP-caliber season, the month of April was successful for the Lakers, who quickly surged to the top of Western Conference. Aided by Pau Gasol and Lamar Odom's play as second and third options respectively, the Lakers clinched their playoff berth for the 55th time in their 60 years with the league, won the Pacific Division from the Phoenix Suns (their first since Shaq left in 2004), and clinched the number one seed in the Western Conference for the first time since the 1999–2000 NBA season.


2007–08 Los Angeles Lakers season, Season summary
Kobe Bryant publicly announced his desire to remain as a Laker. During the second round against the Utah Jazz, Byrant was officially named the 2007–2008 NBA Most Valuable Player award, to which he promised the fans that the team would "play until June", that he was "very proud to represent [the] organization, to represent [the] city" and thanked his teammates for helping him win the MVP award for the first time in his 12-season career. He said, "the special thing about this award is that we have done it together. I can't stress it enough. This is not an individual award."


2007–08 Los Angeles Lakers season, Season summary
Furthermore, the team had bonded during training camp last October in Honolulu when Lamar Odom hired a chef to cook for the team. "I won't take the credit", Odom said, "but in training camp we became tighter. I made sure we had a chef. We ate dinner, lunch and breakfast together every day at training camp. I think that was special. I think that's when the bond started." Additionally, Byrant's behavior towards his teammates changed as well. "It's the little things, taking guys out to dinner, talking to guys more about things", Luke Walton said.


2007–08 Los Angeles Lakers season, Season summary
"He's such a great player, I think sometimes it gets frustrating if we don't understand something. But he's taking the time to explain what guys are doing out there a little more. I think before he used to be a little more negative towards his teammates, as opposed to now, when he's pulling people to the side, talking to them, finding out ways to figure it out together instead of just coming down hard on them. He's definitely more patient. He's having more fun. I think he's enjoying it more, especially with the team going like this."


2007–08 Los Angeles Lakers season, Playoffs summary, Denver Nuggets
In Pau Gasol's playoff debut with the Lakers, he scored 36 points, with 16 rebounds, 8 assists and 3 blocked shots, as the Lakers beat the Nuggets in Game 1. After Game 1, Kobe Bryant publicly announced his desire to remain as a Laker. Kobe Bryant gave the fans a vintage performance in Game 2 by scoring 49 points and adding 10 assists in a blowout at Staples Center.


2007–08 Los Angeles Lakers season, Playoffs summary, Denver Nuggets
Game 2 against the Nuggets would mark a playoff first in which Lakers rookie guard Coby Karl became the first player to go against his coaching father, George Karl, in an NBA playoff game. The Nuggets were routed at home in Game 3, with Carmelo Anthony stating the team quit in the second half. Game 4 was closer, but Bryant led the Lakers with 14 points in the last five and a half minutes to close out the Nuggets at the Pepsi Center. The Lakers were the only team in 2008 to sweep an opponent in the playoffs.


2007–08 Los Angeles Lakers season, Playoffs summary, Utah Jazz
The Lakers faced the Utah Jazz in the second round of the playoffs which began on May 4 at Staples Center. It was the first time the two franchises had competed in a post-season series since the 1998 Western Conference Finals. Kobe Bryant and Derek Fisher, and Utah Head Coach Jerry Sloan and Assistant Coach Phil Johnson, were the only individuals present from the 1998 series that were in this series.


2007–08 Los Angeles Lakers season, Playoffs summary, Utah Jazz
Conversely, it was also the first play-off series meeting between Coach Sloan and Lakers' Head Coach Phil Jackson since the Chicago Bulls defeated the Jazz in the NBA Finals that same year. The Lakers took game 1 at Staples Center, winning by 11 against the Jazz.


2007–08 Los Angeles Lakers season, Playoffs summary, Utah Jazz
During Game 2 against the Utah Jazz, Bryant was officially named the 2007–2008 NBA Most Valuable Player award, to which he promised the fans that the team would "play until June", that he was "very proud to represent [the] organization, to represent [the] city" and thanked his teammates for helping him win the MVP award for the first time in his 12-season career. He said, "the special thing about this award is that we have done it together. I can't stress it enough. This is not an individual award."