2007–08 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season, 2007–08 Season
Tottenham started off their Premier League campaign away at promoted Sunderland with a 1–0 loss. Three days later they travelled to Everton, losing 3–1, then back at White Hart Lane recorded their first win, 4–0 against Derby County. After that Tottenham recorded four draws and three defeats in the Premier League, which included a 3–3 draw away to Fulham and a 4–4 draw against Aston Villa. In the UEFA Cup first round Spurs won 6–1 against Cypriot club Anorthosis, then followed up with a 1–1 draw away in Cyprus. Manager Martin Jol's final Premier League game was on 22 October, a 3–1 away loss at Newcastle United. On 25 October, in the UEFA Cup, Spurs hosted Getafe, losing 2–1. Following the match, it was announced that Jol had been sacked.


2007–08 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season, 2007–08 Season
After one match with Clive Allen and Alex Inglethorpe in charge, Juande Ramos was hired as Jol's replacement, having previously managed Sevilla. Alongside Ramos, Gus Poyet was handed the assistant head coaching role. Marcos Álvarez, who worked alongside Ramos at Sevilla, also joined the backroom staff, as fitness coach. Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy was widely criticised for his treatment of Jol following revelations that Ramos was approached to replace Jol during the summer, which many thought undermined his leadership and ruined his credibility as an authoritative figure.


2007–08 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season, 2007–08 Season
Ramos' reign began with a 2–0 win over Blackpool in the League Cup. Immediately following Ramos' appointment, it was made clear in the public forum that he was very unhappy with the fitness of the team and instigated a new diet and fitness regime. Tottenham's league form began to improve and their progress in the League Cup began with a 2–0 win over Manchester City, which ended City's unbeaten home record.


2007–08 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season, 2007–08 Season
On 27 January 2008, Spurs went out of the FA Cup in the fourth round to a 3–1 defeat at the hands of Manchester United at Old Trafford. Tottenham took the lead through Robbie Keane but eventually lost to United to a goal from Carlos Tevez and two goals from Cristiano Ronaldo, one of which was a penalty where Michael Dawson was sent off for a deliberate handball.


2007–08 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season, 2007–08 Season
Tottenham's run in the League Cup continued with a semi-final first leg 1–1 draw against Arsenal at Emirates Stadium; a 5–1 win over Arsenal at White Hart Lane followed, resulting in a 6–2 Spurs aggregate victory. This booked a place in the final against Chelsea. Tottenham went on to win the match 2–1 thanks to a Jonathan Woodgate header in extra time, securing Tottenham's first trophy since 1999. It also guaranteed them UEFA Cup qualification for the third season running.


2007–08 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season, 2007–08 Season
On 13 March 2008, Tottenham were eliminated from the UEFA Cup in the last 16 round by PSV. The first leg played at White Hart Lane was a 1–0 defeat for Spurs following a mistake from Gilberto. Dimitar Berbatov scored in the second leg away at the Philips Stadion to take the game to extra time and subsequently penalties. Here, Tottenham lost 6–5 when Pascal Chimbonda missed his kick.


2007–08 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season, 2007–08 Season
On 22 March 2008, Spurs played Portsmouth, winning 2–0. Darren Bent struck the 100th goal of the 2007–08 Premier League campaign. Jamie O'Hara followed two minutes later with the club's 101st. BBC sport writer Ian Hughes noted that Tottenham have "an average of 3.63 goals in every Spurs game this season".


2007–08 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season, 2007–08 Season
After earning a point on 19 April in a 1–1 draw against Wigan Athletic, Tottenham secured their mathematical safety in the Premier League after reaching 42 points. Berbatov's sixth-minute strike was Tottenham's 100th in all competitions that season, 64 in the Premier League and 36 in cup competitions. The season ended on 11 May 2008 with a 2–0 home defeat to Liverpool.


2007–08 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season, Team kit
The team kit for the 2007–08 season was produced by Puma. The main shirt sponsor was Mansion, an Internet gambling establishment. A special 125th anniversary commemorative kit was produced for a match against Aston Villa.


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


2007–08 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season, Statistics, Goal scorers
The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.


2007–08 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season, Statistics, Clean sheets
The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.


2007–08 Tour de Ski
The 2007–08 Tour de Ski was the 2nd edition of the Tour de Ski and took place from 28 December 2007 until 6 January 2008. The race kicked off in Nové Město, the Czech Republic, and finished in Val di Fiemme, Italy, ten days later. It featured 8 top international cross-country skiing competitions, of which two were sprint events.


2007–08 Tour de Ski, Ladies, Stages, Stage 1
Prologue - December 28; 3.3 km classical, individual start;  Nové Město, Czech Republic


2007–08 Tour de Ski, Ladies, Stages, Stage 2
December 29;  10 km free technique, pursuit;   Nové Město, Czech Republic


2007–08 Tour de Ski, Ladies, Stages, Stage 3
December 30; 1.0 km free technique, sprint;  Prague, Czech Republic


2007–08 Tour de Ski, Ladies, Stages, Stage 4
January 1;  10 km free technique, pursuit;   Nové Město, Czech Republic


2007–08 Tour de Ski, Ladies, Stages, Stage 5
January 2; 10 km classical, individual start;  Nové Město, Czech Republic


2007–08 Tour de Ski, Ladies, Stages, Stage 7
January 5; 10 km classical, mass start;  Val di Fiemme, Italy


2007–08 Tour de Ski, Ladies, Stages, Stage 8
Final Climb - January 6;  10 km free technique, pursuit;   Val di Fiemme, Italy


2007–08 Tour de Ski, Men, Stages, Stage 1
Prologue - December 28;  4.5 km classical, individual start;   Nové Město, Czech Republic


2007–08 Tour de Ski, Men, Stages, Stage 2
December 29;  15 km free technique, pursuit;   Nové Město, Czech Republic


2007–08 Tour de Ski, Men, Stages, Stage 3
December 30;  1.2 km free technique, sprint;   Prague, Czech Republic


2007–08 Tour de Ski, Men, Stages, Stage 4
January 1;  15 km free technique, pursuit;   Nové Město, Czech Republic


2007–08 Tour de Ski, Men, Stages, Stage 5
January 2;  15 km classical, individual start;   Nové Město, Czech Republic


2007–08 Tour de Ski, Men, Stages, Stage 7
January 5;  20 km classical, mass start;   Val di Fiemme, Italy


2007–08 Tour de Ski, Men, Stages, Stage 8
Final Climb - January 6;  10 km free technique, pursuit;   Val di Fiemme, Italy


2007–08 Toyota Racing Series
The 2007–08 Toyota Racing Series was the fourth running of the Toyota Racing Series. The Toyota Racing Series is New Zealand's premier open-wheeler motorsport category. The Series includes races for every major trophy in New Zealand circuit racing including the New Zealand Motor Cup and the Denny Hulme Memorial Trophy. The cars are also the category for the 2008 New Zealand Grand Prix, which was held as the third race of the Manfeild Autocourse round, - one of only two races in the world with FIA approval to use the Grand Prix nomenclature outside Formula One.


2007–08 Toyota Racing Series, Teams and drivers
The following teams and drivers are competing during the 2007–08 Toyota Racing Series.


2007–08 Trabzonspor season
In the 2007–08 season, Trabzonspor finished in sixth place in the Süper Lig. The top scorer of the team was Umut Bulut, who scored nineteen goals.


2007–08 Trabzonspor season
This article shows statistics of the club's players and matches during the season.


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


2007–08 Tulane Green Wave women's basketball team
The 2007–08 Tulane Green Wave women's basketball team represented Tulane University in the 2007–08 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Green Wave were coached by Lisa Stockton. The Green Wave are a member of Conference USA and attempted to win the Conference USA Tournament.


2007–08 Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's basketball team
The 2007–08 Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's basketball team represented the University of Tulsa in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men's basketball during the 2007–08 season. Playing in Conference USA (C-USA) and led by third-year head coach Doug Wojcik, the Golden Hurricane finished the season with a 25–14 overall record and won the 2008 College Basketball Invitational – the first year of the tournament's existence.


2007–08 Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's basketball team
In C-USA play, the Golden Hurricane finished in sixth place with a 8–8 record. They advanced to the championship game of the 2008 C-USA Tournament, where they lost to top-seeded Memphis, 77–51.


2007–08 Tulsa Revolution season
The 2007–08 Tulsa Revolution season was the first season of the Tulsa Revolution professional indoor soccer club. The Revolution, a short-season expansion team in the final year of the American Indoor Soccer League, played their home games at SoccerCity Tulsa in Tulsa, Oklahoma. They amassed only a 2–5 record but drew well at the box office, falling dormant only after the league folded in late 2008.


2007–08 Tulsa Revolution season, History
The team was led by owner Adam Mellor, head coach Kerry Shubert, and assistant coach Tama Aondofar.


2007–08 Tulsa Revolution season, History
The Revolution played 7 games of an abbreviated 8-game schedule, winning 2 and losing 5. (The game at Rockford was cancelled.) These matches counted in the league's rankings but left the team ineligible for post-season play. The first goal in Revolution history was scored by Michael Poneys.


2007–08 Tulsa Revolution season, History
The Revolution made XanGo energy drink the team's official beverage for the 2007–08 season.


2007–08 Tulsa Revolution season, Roster moves
The Revolution's initial 22-man roster included players from Bolivia, Brazil, Laos, Liberia, Nigeria, Zaire, and across the Tulsa area. The prime goalkeeper was indoor veteran Sonny Dalesandro. Dalesandro persevered through a broken toe during the team's third game, a 7-6 win against Massachusetts, but missed the remainder of the season.


2007–08 Tulsa Revolution season, Roster moves
Other initial players included Dave Leung from Jamaica plus Christopher Justice and Garba Lawal, both natives of Nigeria with international match play experience. Lawal was part of the gold medal-winning Nigerian team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.


2007–08 Tulsa Revolution season, Roster moves
In mid-January, the team released defender Tou Yer Yang and signed forwards Dominique Nayaga and Todd Goddard During the January 26th game against the Massachusetts Twisters, Kerry Shubert drew a red card penalty and a one-game disciplinary suspension. Late in the season, the team signed forward Todd Goddard, a native of Tulsa and a former member of the University of Tulsa's men's soccer team.


2007–08 Tulsa Revolution season, Awards and honors
For his work with youth soccer, head coach Kerry Shubert was named 2008 "Competitive Girl's Coach of the Year" by the Oklahoma Soccer Association. Shubert had also been the OSA's 2007 Coach of the Year.


2007–08 Tulsa Revolution season, Aftermath
The new team struggled on the field, winning just 2 games versus 5 losses. However, the team drew well, nearly 700 fans per game, and prepared to move to the Expo Square Pavilion for a 2008–09 season that was not to be. The Cincinnati Excite opted to sit out the 2008–09 season, the Rockford Rampage moved to the new National Indoor Soccer League, and the Massachusetts Twisters were put up for sale then followed Rockford to the NISL. With only the Revolution and the Northern Illinois Rebels remaining, the league folded in September 2008. The Revolution would lie dormant until winning an expansion franchise to join the Professional Arena Soccer League for its 2013–14 season.


2007–08 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1
The 2007–08 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 was the 82nd season of top-tier football in Tunisia. It saw Club Africain crowned as champions. Stade Gabésien and Espérance Sportive de Zarzis were relegated to Ligue Professionnelle 2.


2007–08 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1
It was played in a traditional league format, with 14 teams playing 26 rounds, two matches against every opposing team.


2007–08 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1
Club Sportif Sfaxien had two points deducted from their end of season total due to walking off field before completion of their round 15 game against Espérance Sportive de Tunis.


2007–08 Turkish Basketball League
The 2007-08 Turkish Basketball League was the 42nd season of the top professional basketball league in Turkey. Beşiktaş Cola Turka finished first in the regular season and Fenerbahçe Ülker won their third national championship at the end of playoffs.


2007–08 Turkish Basketball League, Regular season standings
Alpella and TTNet Beykoz were relegated to Turkish Second Basketball League. Erdemirspor and Aliağa Belediyespor will play in Turkish Basketball League in 2008-2009 season.


2007–08 Turkish Basketball League, Turkish Basketball League 2007/2008 Play-offs
Turkish Basketball League play-offs started on Saturday, May 3, 2008 and ran through June 4, 2008 with the League finals.


2007–08 Turkish Basketball League, Turkish Basketball League 2007/2008 Play-offs
Quarterfinal and Semifinal series are 5-match series. The teams first to reach 3 wins goes through to the next round. The team which has won both regular season match-ups starts with a 1–0 lead to the series.


2007–08 Turkish Basketball League, Turkish Basketball League 2007/2008 Play-offs
Final series are 7-match series and the team that is first to reach 4 wins is the champion of the Turkish Basketball League.


2007–08 Turkish Basketball League, 2007-08 Play-off seedings, results and schedules, Quarter finals
(1) Beşiktaş Cola Turka (24-6) vs. (8) Bandırma Banvit (14-16) (Series starts 1-0)


2007–08 Turkish Basketball League, 2007-08 Play-off seedings, results and schedules, Quarter finals
(2) Efes Pilsen (22-8) vs. (7) Pınar Karşıyaka (17-13) (Series starts 0-0)


2007–08 Turkish Basketball League, 2007-08 Play-off seedings, results and schedules, Quarter finals
(3) Fenerbahçe Ülker (21-9) vs. (6) Antalya Belediye (18-12) (Series starts 0-0)


2007–08 Turkish Basketball League, 2007-08 Play-off seedings, results and schedules, Quarter finals
(4) Türk Telekom (20-10) vs. (5) Galatasaray Café Crown (19-11) (Series starts 0-0)


2007–08 Turkish Basketball League, 2007-08 Play-off seedings, results and schedules, Semifinals
(1) Beşiktaş Cola Turka (24-6) vs. (4) Türk Telekom (20-10) (Series starts 0-1)


2007–08 Turkish Basketball League, 2007-08 Play-off seedings, results and schedules, Semifinals
(2) Efes Pilsen (22-8) vs. (3) Fenerbahçe Ülker (21-9) (Series starts 0-1)


2007–08 Turkish Basketball League, 2007-08 Play-off seedings, results and schedules, Beko Basketball League Finals
(3) Fenerbahçe Ülker (21-9) vs. (4) Türk Telekom (20-10) (Series starts 0-0)


2007–08 Turkish Cup
The 2007-08 Turkey Cup 2007–08 was the 46th edition of the annual tournament that determined the association football Süper Lig Turkish Cup (Turkish: Türkiye Kupası) champion under the auspices of the Turkish Football Federation (Turkish: Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu; TFF). Kayserispor won in the final. This tournament was conducted under the UEFA Cup system having replaced at the 44th edition a standard knockout competition scheme. The results of the tournament also determined which clubs would be promoted or relegated.


2007–08 U.C. Sampdoria season
U.C. Sampdoria had a successful season in the domestic league, finishing in sixth place. The club also captured Antonio Cassano from Real Madrid, with the notorious troublemaker settling in well at Sampdoria, helping the club to European qualification. The season also saw the first Serie A derbies between Sampdoria and Genoa C.F.C. since 1995, with Sampdoria winning the second one with 1-0, following a goalless draw in the beginning of the league campaign.


2007–08 U.S. Città di Palermo season
U.S. Città di Palermo is playing the season 2007–08 in the Serie A, being the fourth season in a row for Palermo in the league since their return in 2004.


2007–08 U.S. Città di Palermo season, Review and events
Following a hard season ended in fifth place, Francesco Guidolin, sacked and successively recalled during the final days of the 2006–07 season, was not confirmed as Palermo head coach. On 31 May 2007, Atalanta boss Stefano Colantuono was announced to fill the vacant managing position.


2007–08 U.S. Città di Palermo season, Review and events
Regarding the team players, Giovanni Tedesco announced, immediately following the final 2006–07 matchday, to have agreed for a one-year contract extension. The first two signings for the new season, midfielder Giulio Migliaccio from Atalanta and goalkeeper Samir Ujkani from Anderlecht, were announced on 8 June. On the same day, Palermo captain Eugenio Corini announced his intention not to renew his contract with the rosanero, which due to expire on 30 June, following a dispute with club management.


2007–08 U.S. Città di Palermo season, Review and events
The 22 June deadline for the resolution of co-ownership brought the return of Davide Matteini from Empoli, whereas Stephen Makinwa, previously in co-ownership between Palermo and Lazio, was ultimately acquired by the biancazzurri. That same day, Andrea Caracciolo was announced to have been sold to Sampdoria in a co-ownership bid, whereas Mariano González, back from a season loan to Internazionale, was loaned out once again, this time to Porto. On 28 June, the club unveiled the signing of Serbian international Boško Janković from Mallorca. On 5 July, two moves were made by Palermo, with David Di Michele being sold to Torino and Fabrizio Miccoli signing from Juventus.


2007–08 U.S. Città di Palermo season, Review and events
Palermo's pre-season phase begun on 12 July, when all the players gathered in Udine and then moved to the training camp of Bad Kleinkirchheim, Austria, where the team stayed until 4 August. From 6 to 12 August, the team successively moved to Villach, and then returned to Palermo in a training session at Stadio Renzo Barbera in front of 10,000 spectators. They made their Serie A debut on 26 August, a 2–0 home loss to Roma, and achieved their first seasonal win in the next matchday, a 4–2 away win at Livorno. The season ticket sale closed on 11 September with 19,992 tickets being altogether sold.


2007–08 U.S. Città di Palermo season, Review and events
Palermo started their UEFA Cup campaign, their third consecutive, challenging Czech side Mladá Boleslav in the first round. The first leg, played at Mlada's home venue, ended in a 1–0 win for the rosanero thanks to a late winner goal by Boško Janković. This was followed by two Serie A consecutive wins, a 1–0 away victory at Cagliari and a last-minute 2–1 triumph against Milan, with Miccoli scoring a late winning goal during injury time.


2007–08 U.S. Città di Palermo season, Review and events
However, in the return leg of the UEFA Cup first round, Palermo lost 1–0 at home, with a Mladá goal scored during injury time, and were defeated in the subsequent penalty shootouts, causing an unexpected elimination.


2007–08 U.S. Città di Palermo season, Review and events
In October, Palermo managed just to achieve four ties out of four matches, causing the team to slide down to ninth place, six points behind the fourth UEFA Champions League spot; increasing fans disappointment for these poor results led them to whistle and jeer the players during their October 31 home match, a home match with Parma ended in a 1–1 tie thanks to a late penalty equaliser scored by Amauri. In the aftermath of the match, Palermo captain Andrea Barzagli heavily criticized the fans for what he felt to be a hostile reception.


2007–08 U.S. Città di Palermo season, Review and events
They returned to win on 10 November in a 2–1 home win to Napoli, after five consecutive ties. A crushing 5–0 away loss at Juventus on 25 November however persuaded club chairman Zamparini to sack Colantuono the next day and reappoint Guidolin at the helm of the rosanero. Guidolin marked his debut on 2 December, losing the Sicilian derby 3–1 in Catania.


2007–08 U.S. Città di Palermo season, Review and events
This was followed by two consecutive wins to Fiorentina and Atalanta and a home tie with Lazio, which allowed the rosanero to end the 2007 solar year in sixth place, four points shy of the fourth Champions League spot. Still in December, Palermo made their Coppa Italia seasonal debut with a 0–0 draw against Udinese at Stadio Friuli. They were however later defeated at home, and thus eliminated from the competition, by the bianconeri on the return leg, with a goal by Antonio Floro Flores scored during injury time.


2007–08 U.S. Città di Palermo season, Review and events
During the January transfer market, Palermo loaned out Franco Brienza, the only player to have been a rosanero in all the top three Italian tiers, to Reggina. They successively sold Marco Pisano (on loan) and Aimo Diana (permanent transfer) to Torino, and signed full back Federico Balzaretti from Fiorentina and youngsters Luca Di Matteo and Edgar Çani from Pescara. The rosanero ended the first Serie A half in eighth place, after two consecutive league defeats to Sampdoria and Siena (the latter at home), and notably with the second-worst defensive line in terms of goals allowed.


2007–08 U.S. Città di Palermo season, Review and events
Palermo ended their negative row of results of four consecutive defeats (including Coppa Italia matches) with a 1–0 home win to Livorno on 2 February. However, a disappointing row in March, with two points in four matches, and Palermo down to eleventh place, causing Zamparini to attack Guidolin for the poor performances of his team. This was followed by a third consecutive defeat, a disappointing 3–2 home loss to Genoa, and subsequent criticism by Guidolin who attacked Palermo fans declaring "it's like playing in hell here".


2007–08 U.S. Città di Palermo season, Review and events
These remarks were immediately criticized by the club management, who consequently declared they might reconsider Guidolin's position as head coach in the near future. On March 24 Palermo announced to have sacked Guidolin and reappointed Colantuono at the helm of the rosanero. In the debut match for his second tenure, Palermo lost 1–0 to Napoli, suffering the match's lone goal during injury time, but managed to defeat 3–2 third-placed Juventus the following week thanks to a late goal by full back Mattia Cassani, and then winning the Sicilian derby the following week thanks to a free kick by Fabrizio Miccoli.


2007–08 U.S. Città di Palermo season, Review and events
Palermo ended the league in 11th place, their worst result since the rosanero's return to the top-flight in 2004.


2007–08 UAE Football League, Overview
It was contested by 12 teams, and Al-Shabab (United Arab Emirates) won the championship.


2007–08 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team
The 2007–08 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team represented the University of California, Irvine during the 2007–08 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Anteaters were led by 11th year head coach Pat Douglass and played at the Bren Events Center. They were members of the Big West Conference.


2007–08 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team, Previous season
The 2006–07 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team finished the season with a record of 15–18 and 6–8 in Big West play.


2007–08 UCF Knights men's basketball team
The 2007–08 UCF Knights men's basketball team was an NCAA Division I college basketball team that represented the University of Central Florida and competed in Conference USA. They played their home games at the UCF Arena in Orlando, Florida, and were led by head coach Kirk Speraw who was in his 15th season with the team. In the previous year, the Knights finished the season 22–9, 11–5 in C-USA play.


2007–08 UCF Knights men's basketball team
The 2007–08 season marked the first year that the Knights played in the new UCF Arena. From 1991–2007, the team played in the original UCF Arena, now known as The Venue at UCF.


2007–08 UCI Africa Tour
The 2007–08 UCI Africa Tour was the fourth season of the UCI Africa Tour. The season began on 5 October 2007 with the Grand Prix Chantal Biya and ended on 14 September 2008 with the Powerade Dome 2 Dome.


2007–08 UCI Africa Tour
The points leader, based on the cumulative results of previous races, wears the UCI Africa Tour cycling jersey. Hassen Ben Nasser from Tunisia was the defending champion of the 2006–07 UCI Africa Tour. Nicholas White of South Africa was crowned as the 2007–08 UCI Africa Tour champion.


2007–08 UCI Africa Tour
Throughout the season, points are awarded to the top finishers of stages within stage races and the final general classification standings of each of the stages races and one-day events. The quality and complexity of a race also determines how many points are awarded to the top finishers, the higher the UCI rating of a race, the more points are awarded. The UCI ratings from highest to lowest are as follows:


2007–08 UCI America Tour
The 2007–08 UCI America Tour was the fourth season for the UCI America Tour. The season began on 7 October 2007 with the Clasico Ciclistico Banfoandes and ended on 20 September 2008 with the Vuelta Mexico.


2007–08 UCI America Tour
The points leader, based on the cumulative results of previous races, wears the UCI America Tour cycling jersey. Svein Tuft of Canada was the defending champion of the 2006–07 UCI America Tour. Manuel Medina of Venezuela was crowned as the 2007–08 UCI America Tour champion.


2007–08 UCI America Tour
Throughout the season, points are awarded to the top finishers of stages within stage races and the final general classification standings of each of the stages races and one-day events. The quality and complexity of a race also determines how many points are awarded to the top finishers, the higher the UCI rating of a race, the more points are awarded.


2007–08 UCI America Tour
The UCI ratings from highest to lowest are as follows:


2007–08 UCI Asia Tour
The 2007–08 UCI Asia Tour was the 4th season of the UCI Asia Tour. The season began on 28 October 2007 with the Japan Cup and ended on 15 September 2008 with the Tour de Hokkaido.


2007–08 UCI Asia Tour
The points leader, based on the cumulative results of previous races, wears the UCI Asia Tour cycling jersey. Hossein Askari from Iran was the defending champion of the 2006–07 UCI Asia Tour and was crowned as the 2007–08 UCI Asia Tour champion.


2007–08 UCI Asia Tour
Throughout the season, points are awarded to the top finishers of stages within stage races and the final general classification standings of each of the stages races and one-day events. The quality and complexity of a race also determines how many points are awarded to the top finishers, the higher the UCI rating of a race, the more points are awarded.


2007–08 UCI Asia Tour
The UCI ratings from highest to lowest are as follows:


2007–08 UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup
The 2007–2008 UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup events and season-long competition takes place between 21 October 2007 and 20 January 2008 and is sponsored by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). Nine events are organised, a reduction of two from the 2006/07 UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup. In addition, not all events have races for each category, so that there are 8 rounds for elite men, 7 for elite women, and 5 for under-23 and junior men. Individual classifications for elite men and women were discontinued after the previous season, with more emphasis put on the UCI classifications.


2007–08 UCI Europe Tour
The 2007–08 UCI Europe Tour was the fourth season of the UCI Europe Tour. The season began on 21 October 2007 with the Chrono des Nations and ended on 16 October 2008 with the Giro del Piemonte.


2007–08 UCI Europe Tour
The points leader, based on the cumulative results of previous races, wears the UCI Europe Tour cycling jersey. Alessandro Bertolini of Italy was the defending champion of the 2006–07 UCI Europe Tour. Enrico Gasparotto was crowned as the 2007–08 UCI Europe Tour.


2007–08 UCI Europe Tour
Throughout the season, points are awarded to the top finishers of stages within stage races and the final general classification standings of each of the stages races and one-day events. The quality and complexity of a race also determines how many points are awarded to the top finishers, the higher the UCI rating of a race, the more points are awarded.


2007–08 UCI Europe Tour
The UCI ratings from highest to lowest are as follows:


2007–08 UCI Europe Tour, Final ranking
There is a competition for the rider, team and country with the most points gained from winning or achieving a high place in the above races.


2007–08 UCI Oceania Tour
The 2007–08 UCI Oceania Tour was the fourth season of the UCI Oceania Tour. The season began on 15 October 2007 with the Herald Sun Tour and ended on 3 February 2008 with the Tour of Wellington.


2007–08 UCI Oceania Tour
The points leader, based on the cumulative results of previous races, wears the UCI Oceania Tour cycling jersey. Robert McLachlan of Australia was the defending champion of the 2006–07 UCI Oceania Tour. Hayden Roulston of New Zealand was crowned as the 2007–08 UCI Oceania Tour champion.


2007–08 UCI Oceania Tour
Throughout the season, points are awarded to the top finishers of stages within stage races and the final general classification standings of each of the stages races and one-day events. The quality and complexity of a race also determines how many points are awarded to the top finishers, the higher the UCI rating of a race, the more points are awarded. The UCI ratings from highest to lowest are as follows:


2007–08 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics
The 2007–2008 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics was a multi race competition over a season of track cycling. The season began on 30 November 2007 and ended on 17 February 2008. The World Cup is organised by the UCI. The 2007–2008 series carried vital ranking points towards the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The following tables contain only Olympic events, although many non-Olympic events are still held.


2007–08 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics – Round 3 – Women's individual pursuit
The third round of the women's individual pursuit of the 2007–08 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics took place in Los Angeles, United States on 18 January 2008. 29 athletes participated in the contest.


2007–08 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics – Round 3 – Women's individual pursuit, Competition format
The women's individual pursuit consists of a 3 km time trial race between two riders, starting on opposite sides of the track. If one rider catches the other, the race is over.


2007–08 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics – Round 3 – Women's individual pursuit, Competition format
The tournament consisted of an initial qualifying round. The top two riders in the qualifying round advanced to the gold medal match and the third and fourth riders advanced to the bronze medal race.


2007–08 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics – Round 3 – Women's individual pursuit, World Cup Standings
World Cup standings after 3 of 4 2007-08 World Cup races.


2007–08 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics – Round 3 – Women's points race
The third round of the women's points race of the 2007–08 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics took place in Los Angeles, United States on 19 January 2008. 57 cyclists participated in the contest.


2007–08 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics – Round 3 – Women's points race, Competition format
A points race is a race in which all riders start together and the object is to earn points during sprints or to lap the bunch.


2007–08 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics – Round 3 – Women's points race, Competition format
The tournament consisted of three qualifying heats of 10 km (40 laps) with four sprints. The top eight cyclist of each heat advanced to the 20 km final (80 laps) with eight sprints.


2007–08 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics – Round 3 – Women's points race, Schedule
Saturday 19 January15:25-15:45 Qualifying heat 115:45-16:05 Qualifying heat 216:05-16:25 Qualifying heat 320:10-20:40 Final21:05-21:10 Victory Ceremony


2007–08 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics – Round 3 – Women's points race, World Cup Standings
World Cup standings after 3 of 4 2007-08 World Cup races.


2007–08 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics – Round 3 – Women's scratch
The third round of the women's scratch race of the 2007–08 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics took place in Los Angeles, United States on 18 January 2008. 50 cyclists participated in the contest.


2007–08 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics – Round 3 – Women's scratch, Competition format
A scratch race is a race in which all riders start together and the object is simply to be first over the finish line after a certain number of laps. There are no intermediate points or sprints.


2007–08 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics – Round 3 – Women's scratch, Competition format
The tournament consisted of three qualifying heats of 5 km (20 laps). The top eight cyclist of each heat advanced to the 10 km final (40 laps).


2007–08 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics – Round 3 – Women's scratch, World Cup Standings
World Cup standings after 3 of 4 2007-08 World Cup races.


2007–08 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics – Round 4 – Women's individual pursuit
The fourth round of the women's individual pursuit of the 2007–08 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics took place in Copenhagen, Denmark on 15 February 2008. 23 athletes participated in the contest.


2007–08 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics – Round 4 – Women's individual pursuit, Competition format
The women's individual pursuit consists of a 3 km time trial race between two riders, starting on opposite sides of the track. If one rider catches the other, the race is over.


2007–08 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics – Round 4 – Women's individual pursuit, Competition format
The tournament consisted of an initial qualifying round. The top two riders in the qualifying round advanced to the gold medal match and the third and fourth riders advanced to the bronze medal race.


2007–08 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics – Round 4 – Women's individual pursuit, World Cup Standings
Final standings after 4 of 4 2007-08 World Cup races.


2007–08 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics – Round 4 – Women's points race
The fourth round of the women's points race of the 2007–08 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics took place in Copenhagen, Denmark on 16 February 2008. 45 athletes participated in the contest.


2007–08 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics – Round 4 – Women's points race, Competition format
A points race is a race in which all riders start together and the object is to earn points during sprints or to lap the bunch.


2007–08 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics – Round 4 – Women's points race, Competition format
The tournament consisted of two qualifying heats of 10 km (40 laps). The top twelve cyclist of each heat advanced to the 20 km final (80 laps).


2007–08 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics – Round 4 – Women's points race, Schedule
Saturday 16 February12:35-12:55 Qualifying, heat 112:55-13:15 Qualifying, heat 216:10-14:40 Final14:50-14:55 Victory Ceremony


2007–08 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics – Round 4 – Women's points race, World Cup Standings
Final standings after 4 of 4 2007-08 World Cup races.


2007–08 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics – Round 4 – Women's scratch
The fourth round of the women's scratch race of the 2007–08 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics took place in Copenhagen, Denmark on 15 February 2008.


2007–08 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics – Round 4 – Women's scratch, Competition format
A scratch race is a race in which all riders start together and the object is simply to be first over the finish line after a certain number of laps. There are no intermediate points or sprints.


2007–08 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics – Round 4 – Women's scratch, Competition format
The tournament consisted of two qualifying heats of 7.5 km (30 laps). The top twelve cyclist of each heat advanced to the 10 km final (40 laps).


2007–08 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics – Round 4 – Women's scratch, World Cup Standings
Final standings after 4 of 4 2007-08 World Cup races.


2007–08 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics – Round 4 – Women's team pursuit
The fourth round of the women's team pursuit of the 2007–2008 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics took place in Copenhagen, Denmark on 17 February 2008. Six teams of three riders participated in the contest.


2007–08 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics – Round 4 – Women's team pursuit, Competition format
The women's team pursuit consists of a 3 km time trial race between two riders, starting on opposite sides of the track. If one team catches the other, the race is over.


2007–08 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics – Round 4 – Women's team pursuit, Competition format
The tournament consisted of an initial qualifying round. The top two riders in the qualifying round advanced to the gold medal match and the third and fourth riders advanced to the bronze medal race.


2007–08 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team
The 2007–08 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the Pacific-10 Conference for the 2007–08 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. In his fifth year as head coach, Ben Howland led the team to its third straight Final Four appearance. The Bruins also set a new record number of wins for the regular season, eclipsing the 26 wins of 2006–07. Though the team was composed of many standout players, freshman center Kevin Love garnered much of the media's and school's attention with his .565 shooting percentage, 10.7 rebounds per game, 5.3 blocks, and 17.6 points per game.


2007–08 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team
The only losses the Bruins incurred during the regular season were to No. 8 Texas, and Pac-10 rivals USC and Washington, though the USC victory was later vacated upon discovery that USC player O. J. Mayo received illegal benefits while playing for USC. After becoming the Pacific-10 regular season champions and winning the Pacific-10 tournament, the Bruins were seeded No. 1 in the West Regional bracket of the 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.


2007–08 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team
In the first round of the NCAA tournament, the Bruins held Mississippi Valley State to 29 points, the lowest total ever allowed in the first or second round of the tournament. After reaching the Final Four for the third year in a row, the Bruins lost to Memphis, the South Regional Champions. On August 20, 2009, Memphis' 38 wins during the 2007–2008 season and Final Four appearances were vacated by the NCAA Committee on Infractions for the team's using an ineligible player, Derrick Rose.


2007–08 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team, Roster
Thirteen scholarships were available to the team, and there were sixteen players on the roster. Kevin Love received permission from Walt Hazzard to wear the No. 42 he wore as player for UCLA. Hazzard's jersey had been retired by UCLA in 1996.


2007–08 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team, Awards
U.S. Basketball Writers Association District IX Player of the Year


2007–08 UD Almería season
In the 2007–08 season, UD Almería played in two competitions: La Liga and the Copa del Rey. It was their first season in the top flight since their foundation in 1989, having secured promotion from the 2006–07 Segunda División as runners-up. La Liga football returned to Almería for the first time since their predecessor club, AD Almería, were relegated after the 1980–81 season.


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


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


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


2007–08 UEFA Champions League
The 2007–08 UEFA Champions League was the 16th season of UEFA's premier European club football tournament, the UEFA Champions League, since it was rebranded in 1992, and the 53rd tournament overall.


2007–08 UEFA Champions League
The final was played on 21 May 2008 at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, where Manchester United played against Chelsea, making it an all-English final for the first time in the history of the European Cup. Manchester United won the match 6–5 on penalties, following a 1–1 draw after extra time.


2007–08 UEFA Champions League
Milan were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Arsenal in the first knockout round.


2007–08 UEFA Champions League, Qualification
76 teams participated in the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League from 52 UEFA member associations (not including Liechtenstein). Each association enters a certain number of clubs to the Champions League based on its league coefficient which takes into account the performance of its clubs in European competitions from 2001–02 to 2005–06. ; associations with a higher league coefficients may enter more clubs than associations with a lower league coefficient, but no association may enter more than four teams.


2007–08 UEFA Champions League, Qualification
All UEFA associations are guaranteed to have at least one team qualify, with the exception of Liechtenstein, which competes in the Swiss league system, but has no team in the Swiss Super League. One new nation entered their league champion in this year's tournament: Montenegro, following the dissolution of Serbia and Montenegro. The champions from San Marino and Andorra also entered from this year onwards. Below is the qualification scheme for the 2007–08 Champions League:


2007–08 UEFA Champions League, Qualification, Association ranking
For the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League, the associations are allocated places according to their 2006 UEFA country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2001–02 to 2005–06.


2007–08 UEFA Champions League, Qualification, Distribution
Since the title holders (Milan) qualified for the Champions League third qualifying round through their domestic league and entered the group stage automatically, their spot in the third qualifying round is vacated, and the following changes to the default access list are made:


2007–08 UEFA Champions League, Round and draw dates
The calendar shows the dates of the rounds and draw.


2007–08 UEFA Champions League, Round and draw dates
1 Group D teams played their Matchday 6 fixtures on 4 December due to Milan's participation in the 2007 FIFA Club World Cup in Japan on 13 and 16 December.


2007–08 UEFA Champions League, Round and draw dates
2 As both Milan and Internazionale use the Stadio San Siro as their home pitch, and both were scheduled to play at home for the second leg of the first knockout round, Internazionale's home leg against Liverpool was postponed by one week to 11 March 2008.


2007–08 UEFA Champions League, Qualifying rounds, First qualifying round
The draw was held on Friday, 29 June 2007 in Nyon, Switzerland. The draw was conducted by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor and Michele Centenaro, UEFA's head of club competitions. The first leg matches were held on 17 July and 18 July, while the second legs were played on 24 July and 25 July 2007.


2007–08 UEFA Champions League, Qualifying rounds, Second qualifying round
The draw was held on Friday, 29 June 2007 in Nyon, Switzerland. The draw was conducted by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor and Michele Centenaro, UEFA's head of club competitions. The first leg matches were played on 31 July and 1 August, while the second legs were played on 7 August and 8 August 2007.


2007–08 UEFA Champions League, Qualifying rounds, Third qualifying round
The draw was held on Friday, 3 August 2007 in Nyon, Switzerland. The draw was conducted by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor and Giorgio Marchetti, UEFA's director of professional football. The first leg matches were played on 14 August and 15 August, while the second legs were played on 28 August and 29 August 2007. Winners in this round qualified for the group stage, while the losing clubs entered the first round of the UEFA Cup. Due to the death of Antonio Puerta, the second leg of Sevilla's game against AEK Athens was postponed until 3 September.


2007–08 UEFA Champions League, Group stage
The draw was held on Thursday, 30 August 2007 at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco. The draw was hosted by Pedro Pinto and conducted by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor and Michele Centenaro, UEFA's head of club competitions. The matches were played between 18 September and 12 December 2007.


2007–08 UEFA Champions League, Group stage
The top two teams in each group advanced to the knockout stage, and the third-placed teams entered the round of 32 of the UEFA Cup. Based on paragraph 6.05 in the  for the current season, if two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:


2007–08 UEFA Champions League, Group stage
Sevilla and Slavia Prague made their debut appearance in the group stage.


2007–08 UEFA Champions League, Group stage
In results tables, the home team is listed in the left-hand column.


2007–08 UEFA Champions League, Knockout stage
From the last 16 through to the semi-finals, clubs play two matches against each other on a home and away basis with the same rules as the qualifying rounds applied. In the last 16, group winners play runners-up other than teams from their own pool or nation.


2007–08 UEFA Champions League, Knockout stage
The draw for the first knockout round was held on Friday, 21 December 2007 in Nyon, Switzerland. The draw was conducted by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor and Giorgio Marchetti, UEFA's director of professional football.


2007–08 UEFA Champions League, Knockout stage
The draws for the quarter-finals and semi-finals were both held on Friday, 14 March 2008 in Nyon, Switzerland. The draw was conducted by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor and Rinat Dasayev, the ambassador for the final in Moscow. Unlike the first knockout round, teams from the same group or country may be drawn together from the quarter-finals onwards.


2007–08 UEFA Champions League, Knockout stage, Round of 16
The first leg matches were played on 19 February and 20 February, while the second legs were played on 4 March and 5 March 2008. Due to a stadium clash with Milan, the second leg of Internazionale's game against Liverpool was held on 11 March.


2007–08 UEFA Champions League, Knockout stage, Quarter-finals
The first leg matches were played on 1 April and 2 April, while the second leg matches were played on 8 April and 9 April 2008.


2007–08 UEFA Champions League, Knockout stage, Semi-finals
The first leg matches were played on 22 April and 23 April, while the second leg matches were played on 29 April and 30 April 2008.


2007–08 UEFA Champions League, Knockout stage, Final
The 2008 UEFA Champions League Final was played on 21 May 2008 at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia. The final was contested by Manchester United and Chelsea, representing the first time the final had been contested by two teams from England.


2007–08 UEFA Champions League, Knockout stage, Final
United won the match 6–5 on penalties after the game had ended in a 1–1 draw. Cristiano Ronaldo had given the eventual victors the lead after 26 minutes, only for Frank Lampard to equalise immediately before half-time. Ryan Giggs came on as a substitute late in the second half to make his 759th appearance for Manchester United, a new club record. Early in extra time, Giggs had a shot cleared off the Chelsea goal-line by John Terry, whilst Chelsea twice hit the Manchester United woodwork. A melée involving most of the 22 players ensued midway through the second half of extra time, with Didier Drogba being sent off for a slap on Nemanja Vidić right in front of the referee.


2007–08 UEFA Champions League, Knockout stage, Final
The scores level at full-time, the match went to penalties. Chelsea took the upper hand in the third round of the shoot-out as Cristiano Ronaldo's penalty was saved by Petr Čech, handing John Terry the chance to win the cup with Chelsea's fifth penalty. However, Chelsea's captain lost his footing as he went to kick the ball, and his shot hit the post. Ryan Giggs stepped up for United's seventh penalty, and scored, before Edwin van der Sar saved the following kick from Nicolas Anelka to crown Manchester United as the champions of Europe for the third time.


2007–08 UEFA Champions League, Knockout stage, Final
As winners of the competition, Manchester United went on to represent Europe at the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup.


2007–08 UEFA Champions League group stage
The 2007–08 UEFA Champions League group stage matches took place between 18 September and 12 December 2007.


2007–08 UEFA Champions League group stage, Seeding and draw
Seeding was determined by the UEFA coefficients. The 32 teams were allocated into four pots based on their UEFA club coefficients at the beginning of the season, with the title holders being placed in Pot 1 automatically. They were drawn into eight groups of four containing one team from each of the four seeding pots, with the restriction that teams from the same national association could not be drawn against each other. Clubs from the same association were paired up to split the matchdays between Tuesday and Wednesday.


2007–08 UEFA Champions League group stage, Seeding and draw
For the nations with three or four clubs in the group stage, the following clubs were paired (so that the clubs from the same pair would play on different days): Milan and Internazionale, Roma and Lazio, Barcelona and Real Madrid, Valencia and Sevilla, Arsenal and Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United, Benfica and Sporting CP, Werder Bremen and Stuttgart. Additionally, winner of the qualifier between Sevilla and AEK Athens was paired with Olympiacos.


2007–08 UEFA Champions League group stage, Tie-breaking criteria
Based on paragraph 6.05 in the  for the current season, if two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:


2007–08 UEFA Champions League group stage, Groups
Times are CET/CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times are in parentheses).


2007–08 UEFA Champions League knockout stage
The knockout stage of the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League began on 19 February 2008, and concluded on 21 May 2008 with the final at the Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow. The knockout stage involved the 16 teams who finished in the top two in each of their groups in the group stage.


2007–08 UEFA Champions League knockout stage
Times are CET/CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times are in parentheses).


2007–08 UEFA Champions League knockout stage, Format
Each tie in the knockout stage, apart from the final, was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that had the higher aggregate score over the two legs progressed to the next round. In the event that aggregate scores finished level, the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs progressed. If away goals were also equal, 30 minutes of extra time were played. If there were goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score was still level, the visiting team qualified by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals were scored during extra time, the tie was decided via a penalty shoot-out.


2007–08 UEFA Champions League knockout stage, Format
In the final, the tie was played over just one leg at a neutral venue. If scores were level at the end of normal time in the final, extra time was played, followed by penalties if scores remained tied.


2007–08 UEFA Champions League knockout stage, Round of 16
The draw for the first knockout round of the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League was held on 21 December 2007 at 12:00 CET in Nyon, Switzerland. The first legs of the first knockout round were played on 19 February and 20 February 2008, while the second legs were played on 4 March, 5 March and, in the case of Internazionale and Liverpool, 11 March, due to a stadium clash with the match between Milan and Arsenal.


2007–08 UEFA Champions League knockout stage, Quarter-finals
The draw for the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final was held on Friday, 14 March 2008 at 13:00 CET in Nyon, Switzerland. The draw was conducted by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor and Rinat Dasayev, the ambassador for the final in Moscow. Unlike the first knockout round, teams from the same group or country could be drawn together from the quarter-finals onwards.


2007–08 UEFA Champions League knockout stage, Quarter-finals
The first legs of the quarter-finals were played on 1 April and 2 April, while the second legs were played on 8 April and 9 April 2008.


2007–08 UEFA Champions League knockout stage, Semi-finals
The first legs of the semi-finals were played on 22 April and 23 April, while the second legs were played on 29 April and 30 April 2008.


2007–08 UEFA Champions League knockout stage, Final
The 2008 UEFA Champions League Final was played on 21 May 2008 at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia.


2007–08 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds
The qualifying rounds for the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League began on 17 July 2007. In total, there were three qualifying rounds which provided 16 clubs to join the group stage.


2007–08 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds, First qualifying round
The draw was held on Friday, 29 June 2007 in Nyon, Switzerland. The draw was conducted by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor and Michele Centenaro, UEFA's head of club competitions.


2007–08 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds, First qualifying round, Seeding
Derry City FH FBK Kaunas Tampere United Sheriff Tiraspol Olimpi Rustavi Pobeda


2007–08 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds, First qualifying round, Seeding
BATE Borisov Tirana Levadia Tallinn Pyunik Khazar Lankaran Astana  Linfield


2007–08 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds, First qualifying round, Seeding
The New Saints  HB Tórshavn F91 Dudelange Marsaxlokk Rànger's  Murata Zeta


2007–08 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds, First qualifying round, Summary
The first leg matches were held on 17 July and 18 July, while the second legs were played on 24 July and 25 July 2007.


2007–08 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds, First qualifying round, Matches
4–4 on aggregate; Ventspils won on the away goals rule.


2007–08 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds, Second qualifying round
The draw was held on Friday, 29 June 2007 in Nyon, Switzerland. The draw was conducted by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor and Michele Centenaro, UEFA's head of club competitions.


2007–08 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds, Second qualifying round, Seeding
Steaua București Rangers Shakhtar Donetsk Beşiktaş Levski Sofia Slavia Prague  Rosenborg


2007–08 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds, Second qualifying round, Seeding
Red Star Belgrade Copenhagen Dinamo Zagreb Genk Debrecen Red Bull Salzburg BATE Borisov


2007–08 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds, Second qualifying round, Seeding
Pyunik FH Zeta Tampere United Sheriff Tiraspol Astana Levadia Tallinn


2007–08 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds, Second qualifying round, Summary
The first leg matches were played on 31 July and 1 August, while the second legs were played on 7 August and 8 August 2007.


2007–08 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds, Second qualifying round, Matches
2–2 on aggregate; Red Star Belgrade won on the away goals rule.


2007–08 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds, Second qualifying round, Matches
2–2 on aggregate; Sarajevo won on the away goals rule.


2007–08 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds, Third qualifying round
The draw was held on Friday, 3 August 2007 in Nyon, Switzerland. The draw was conducted by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor and Giorgio Marchetti, UEFA's director of professional football.


2007–08 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds, Third qualifying round, Seeding
Steaua București Lazio Rangers Shakhtar Donetsk Beşiktaş Anderlecht Dynamo Kyiv Tampere United


2007–08 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds, Third qualifying round, Seeding
Sparta Prague Fenerbahçe AEK Athens Dinamo București Slavia Prague Spartak Moscow Rosenborg Red Star Belgrade


2007–08 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds, Third qualifying round, Seeding
Copenhagen Toulouse Dinamo Zagreb Sarajevo Elfsborg Zürich Red Bull Salzburg BATE Borisov


2007–08 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds, Third qualifying round, Summary
The first leg matches were played on 14 August and 15 August, while the second legs were played on 28 August and 29 August 2007. Winners in this round qualified for the group stage, while the losing clubs entered the first round of the UEFA Cup. Due to the death of Antonio Puerta, the second leg of Sevilla's game against AEK Athens was postponed until 3 September.


2007–08 UEFA Cup
The 2007–08 UEFA Cup was the 37th edition of the UEFA Cup, UEFA's second-tier club football tournament. The final was played at the City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester, England on 14 May 2008 between Rangers of Scotland and Zenit Saint Petersburg of Russia. Zenit won the match 2–0, with goals from Igor Denisov and Konstantin Zyryanov, to claim their first UEFA Cup title. The first qualifying games were played on 19 July 2007 and the main tournament commenced on 20 September 2007. A total of 123 football clubs took part in the tournament (including its qualifying rounds).


2007–08 UEFA Cup
Each European football nation is represented by a different number of its associate clubs, depending on the UEFA coefficients. Budućnost Podgorica was the first team from Montenegro to enter the competition.


2007–08 UEFA Cup
The semi-final between Zenit and Bayern Munich was alleged to have been fixed. Both clubs denied the allegations, and the UEFA probe found no wrongdoing on either part.


2007–08 UEFA Cup
The tournament's top scorers were Pavel Pogrebnyak of Zenit Saint Petersburg and Luca Toni of Bayern Munich, each with 10 goals.


2007–08 UEFA Cup, Qualifying stage, First qualifying round
The draw, which was conducted by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor and Michele Centenaro, UEFA's head of club competitions, was held on Friday, 29 June 2007 at 13:30 CET in Nyon, Switzerland. The matches were played on 19 July and 2 August 2007.


2007–08 UEFA Cup, Qualifying stage, First qualifying round
1 This match was played at Partizan Stadium in Belgrade. 2 UEFA expelled Partizan from the 2007–08 UEFA Cup due to crowd trouble at their away tie in Mostar, which forced the match to be interrupted for 10 minutes. UEFA adjudged travelling Partizan fans to have been the culprits of the trouble, but Partizan were allowed to play the return leg while the appeal was being processed. However, Partizan's appeal was rejected so Zrinjski Mostar qualified. 3 This match was played at Szusza Ferenc Stadium in Budapest because MTK Budapest's ground in Budapest does not meet UEFA standards. 4 This match was played at Zimbru Stadium in Chişinău because FC Nistru Otaci's ground in Otaci does not meet UEFA standards.


2007–08 UEFA Cup, Qualifying stage, Second qualifying round
The draw, which was conducted by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor and Giorgio Marchetti, UEFA's director of professional football, was held on Friday, 3 August 2007 at 13:00 CET in Nyon, Switzerland. The matches were played on 16 and 30 August 2007.


2007–08 UEFA Cup, First round
The draw, which was conducted by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor and Gérard Houllier, the winning coach in the 2000–01 tournament, was held on Friday, 31 August 2007 at 13:00 CET in Monaco. The matches were played on 20 September and 4 October 2007.


2007–08 UEFA Cup, First round
1 This match was played at Panthessaliko Stadium in Volos because AE Larissa's ground (Alkazar Stadium in Larissa) would not meet UEFA standards.


2007–08 UEFA Cup, Group stage
The draw, which was conducted by UEFA's director of professional football Giorgio Marchetti and Michele Centenaro, UEFA's head of club competitions, was held on Tuesday, 9 October 2007 at 12:00 CET in Nyon, Switzerland.


2007–08 UEFA Cup, Group stage
The top three teams (highlighted in green) of each group qualified for the next round. Based on paragraph 6.06 in the UEFA regulations for the current season, if two or more teams were equal on points on completion of all the group matches, the following criteria were applied to determine the rankings:


2007–08 UEFA Cup, Final phase
All of the rounds in the final phase are two-legged, except for the final. In the event of aggregate scores being equal after normal time in the second leg, the winning team will be that which scored more goals on their away leg: if the scores in the two matches were identical, extra time is played. The away goals rule also applies if scores are equal at the end of extra time. If there are no goals scored in extra time, the tie is decided on a penalty shoot out. The team first out of the hat in each tie plays the first leg of their tie at home, and the second leg away.


2007–08 UEFA Cup, Final phase, Round of 32
The draw for the round of 32, which was conducted by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor and Michele Centenaro, UEFA's head of club competitions, was held on Friday, 21 December 2007 at 13:00 CET in Nyon, Switzerland. The eight group winners were drawn against the eight third-placed teams, while the eight second-placed teams were drawn against the eight teams who finished third in the Champions League groups. Teams from the same group or the same country cannot be drawn together.


2007–08 UEFA Cup, Final phase, Round of 32
The first legs were played on 13 and 14 February 2008. The second legs were played on 21 February 2008.


2007–08 UEFA Cup, Final phase, Round of 16
The draw for the Round of 16, which was conducted by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor, was also held on Friday, 21 December 2007 at 13:00 CET in Nyon, Switzerland. The first legs were played on 6 March 2008. The second legs were played on 12 and 13 March 2008. Unlike the previous rounds, teams from the same group or country may be drawn together from the round of 16 onwards.


2007–08 UEFA Cup, Final phase, Quarter-finals
The draw for the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final, which was conducted by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor and Denis Law, the ambassador for the final in Manchester, was held on Friday, 14 March 2008 at 14:00 CET in Nyon, Switzerland. The first legs of the quarter-finals were played on 3 April and the second legs were played on 10 April 2008.


2007–08 UEFA Cup, Final phase, Semi-finals
The semi-final matches were played on 24 April and 1 May 2008.


2007–08 UEFA Cup, Final phase, Final
The final was contested by Russian side Zenit Saint Petersburg and Scottish side Rangers F.C. on 14 May 2008 at the City of Manchester Stadium in Manchester, England. Zenit won the match 2–0, with goals from Igor Denisov and Konstantin Zyryanov coming in the last 20 minutes of the game to give Zenit their first UEFA Cup title.


2007–08 UEFA Cup, Top goalscorers
The top scorers in the 2007–08 UEFA Cup are the following:


2007–08 UEFA Cup final phase
The final phase of the 2007–08 UEFA Cup began on 13 February 2008. It was completed on 14 May 2008 with the final at the City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester. The knockout stage involves the 24 teams who finished in the top three in each of their groups in the group stage, along with the eight third-placed clubs from the Champions League group stage.


2007–08 UEFA Cup final phase
Each tie in the knockout stage, apart from the final, were played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that has the higher aggregate score over the two legs will progress to the next round. In the event that aggregate scores finish level, the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs will progress. If away goals are equal too, 30 minutes of extra time are played, followed by a penalty shootout if scores are still level.


2007–08 UEFA Cup final phase
In the final, the tie is played over just one leg at a neutral venue. If scores are level at the end of normal time in the final, extra time is played, followed by penalties if scores remain tied.


2007–08 UEFA Cup final phase, Round of 32
The draw for the round of 32 was held on Friday, 21 December 2007 at 13:00 CET in Nyon, Switzerland. The eight group winners were drawn against the eight third-placed teams, while the eight second-placed teams were drawn against the eight teams who finished third in the Champions League groups. Teams from the same group or the same country cannot be drawn together.


2007–08 UEFA Cup final phase, Round of 32
The first legs were played on 13 February and 14 February 2008. The second legs were played on 21 February 2008.


2007–08 UEFA Cup final phase, Round of 32, Second leg
Rangers 1–1 Panathinaikos on aggregate. Rangers won on away goals.


2007–08 UEFA Cup final phase, Round of 32, Second leg
Zenit St. Petersburg 2–2 Villarreal on aggregate. Zenit St. Petersburg won on away goals.


2007–08 UEFA Cup final phase, Round of 16
The draw for the Round of 16 was also held on Friday, 21 December 2007 at 13:00 CET in Nyon, Switzerland. The first legs were played on 6 March 2008. The second legs were played on 12 March and 13 March 2008.


2007–08 UEFA Cup final phase, Round of 16, Second leg
Zenit St. Petersburg 3–3 Marseille on aggregate. Zenit Saint Petersburg won on away goals.


2007–08 UEFA Cup final phase, Round of 16, Second leg
Hamburg 3–3 Bayer Leverkusen on aggregate. Bayer Leverkusen won on away goals.


2007–08 UEFA Cup final phase, Round of 16, Second leg
Fiorentina 2–2 Everton on aggregate. Fiorentina won 4–2 on penalties.


2007–08 UEFA Cup final phase, Round of 16, Second leg
Tottenham Hotspur 1–1 PSV Eindhoven on aggregate. PSV Eindhoven won 6–5 on penalties.


2007–08 UEFA Cup final phase, Quarter-finals
The draw for the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final, which was conducted by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor and Denis Law, the ambassador for the final in Manchester, was held on Friday, 14 March 2008 at 14:00 CET in Nyon, Switzerland. The first legs were played on 3 April and the second legs were played on 10 April 2008.


2007–08 UEFA Cup final phase, Quarter-finals, Second leg
Getafe 4–4 Bayern Munich on aggregate. Bayern Munich won on away goals.


2007–08 UEFA Cup final phase, Semi-finals
The semi-final matches were played on 24 April and 1 May 2008.


2007–08 UEFA Cup final phase, Semi-finals, Second leg
Fiorentina 0–0 Rangers on aggregate. Rangers won 4–2 on penalties.


2007–08 UEFA Cup final phase, Final
The final was contested by Russian side Zenit Saint Petersburg and Scottish side Rangers on 14 May 2008 at the City of Manchester Stadium in Manchester, England. Zenit won the match 2–0, with goals from Igor Denisov and Konstantin Zyryanov coming in the last 20 minutes of the game to give Zenit their first UEFA Cup title.


2007–08 UEFA Cup first round
The first round matches of the 2007–08 UEFA Cup were played on 20 September and 4 October 2007, which narrowed clubs down to 40 teams in preparation for the group stage.


2007–08 UEFA Cup first round
1 This match was played at Panthessaliko Stadium in Volos because Larissa's Alcazar Stadium did not meet UEFA standards.


2007–08 UEFA Cup first round, Second leg
Nürnberg 2–2 Rapid București on aggregate. Nürnberg won on away goals.


2007–08 UEFA Cup first round, Second leg
Dinamo București 2–2 Elfsborg on aggregate. Elfsborg won on away goals.


2007–08 UEFA Cup first round, Second leg
Aberdeen 1–1 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk on aggregate. Aberdeen won on away goals.


2007–08 UEFA Cup first round, Second leg
Toulouse 1–1 CSKA Sofia on aggregate. Toulouse won on away goals.


2007–08 UEFA Cup first round, Second leg
Aalborg BK 2–2 Sampdoria on aggregate. Aalborg BK won on away goals.


2007–08 UEFA Cup first round, Second leg
Sparta Prague 0–0 Odense on aggregate. Sparta Prague won 4–3 on penalties.


2007–08 UEFA Cup first round, Second leg
Dinamo Zagreb 3–3 Ajax on aggregate. Dinamo Zagreb won on away goals.


2007–08 UEFA Cup first round, Second leg
Brann 2–2 Club Brugge on aggregate. Brann won on away goals.


2007–08 UEFA Cup first round, Second leg
Getafe 3–3 Twente on aggregate. Getafe won on away goals.


2007–08 UEFA Cup first round, Second leg
Palermo 1–1 Mladá Boleslav on aggregate. Mladá Boleslav won 4–2 on penalties.


2007–08 UEFA Cup first round, Second leg
Fiorentina 2–2 Groningen on aggregate. Fiorentina won 4–3 on penalties.


2007–08 UEFA Cup first round, Second leg
Aris 2–2 Real Zaragoza on aggregate. Aris won on away goals.


2007–08 UEFA Cup group stage
This article charts the seedings and the results of the group stage of the 2007–08 UEFA Cup.


2007–08 UEFA Cup group stage, Tie-breaking criteria
Based on paragraph 6.06 in the UEFA regulations for the current season, if two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:


2007–08 UEFA Cup qualifying rounds
The qualifying rounds for the 2007–08 UEFA Cup began on 19 July 2007. In total, there were two qualifying rounds which narrowed clubs down to 80 teams in preparation for the first round.


2007–08 UEFA Futsal Cup
2007/08 UEFA Futsal Cup was the top European cup of Futsal, supported by UEFA, started on 11 August 2007 with match day 1 of Preliminary Round. The cup was finished on 27 April 2008 after the Final Four held in Krylatskoye Sports Palace in Moscow, Russia.


2007–08 UEFA Futsal Cup, Participants, Clubs eliminated in Preliminary Round
Teams are listed alphabetical based on UEFA Official web page:


2007–08 UEFA Futsal Cup, Final four
Note: Final Four matches were broadcast across Europe by Eurosport.


2007–08 UEFA Women's Cup
The UEFA Women's Cup 2007–08 was the seventh edition of the UEFA Women's Cup football club tournament (since rebranded as the UEFA Women's Champions League). 45 teams from 44 football associations took part this season. The tournament ended with Frankfurt of Germany emerging out as the winners in the final after a 4–3 aggregate win over Umeå of Sweden.


2007–08 UEFA Women's Cup, Quarter-finals
The first legs was played on 14 & 15 November 2007, and the second legs on 21 & 22 November 2007.


2007–08 UEFA Women's Cup, Semi-finals
The first legs are scheduled to be played on March 29, and the second leg ons April 6, 2008.


2007–08 UEFA Women's Cup, Final
The first leg was played on May 17, 2008, and the second leg on May 24, 2008.


2007–08 ULEB Cup
The 2007–08 ULEB Cup was the sixth season of the second-tier level European professional club basketball competition, the EuroCup, which is organized by Euroleague Basketball S.L. It was also the last season for the competition under the name of ULEB Cup. The EuroCup is the European-wide league level that is one tier below the EuroLeague level. On July 2, 2008, EuroLeague Basketball S.L. and FIBA Europe announced that the competition would be renamed to the Eurocup, starting with the 2008–09 season.


2007–08 ULEB Cup
For the first time, 54 teams competed. The Final Eight was held from April 10, to April 13, in Turin, Italy, in the  Palavela arena. The trophy was won by the Spanish club DKV Joventut, with the other finalist being another Spanish team, Akasvayu Girona. Dynamo Moscow took third place.


2007–08 ULEB Cup, Format
For the first time in its short history, this season's ULEB Cup featured a total of 54 teams, divided into 9 groups of 6 teams. The round-robin group stage was followed by knock-out stages, until the last 8 remaining teams met in the competition's first ever Final Eight tournament. Just as in the previous season, the official broadcast partner of the ULEB Cup was Eurosport. The regular season began in November 2007.


2007–08 ULEB Cup, Format, Regular season
All 54 teams in 9 groups (in each group 6 teams) played a round-robin competition (home and away). 3 teams from each group advanced to the Knockout stage (Sixteenth-finals). The 5 teams with the best results advanced, as did the fourth place in the group also advanced to the Playoff.


2007–08 ULEB Cup, Format, Top 32
A draw was held to determine the eighth-finals match-ups. Each round was played as two games (home and away) to advance to the next stage. The winners were determined by points difference. Draws in the first games were possible. Example: UNICS 86, Real 80, first game. Real 99, UNICS 80, second game. Points difference, UNICS 166-179, Real win.


2007–08 ULEB Cup, Format, Top 16
The winners from the Sixteen-finals advanced to the eighth finals. The games were played as two games (home and away). The winners were determined by points difference.


2007–08 ULEB Cup, Format, Final eight
The winners of the eighth finals played the Final Eight. It was held from April 10 to April 13.


2007–08 ULEB Cup, Top 32
The draw to determine a bracket for the elimination rounds of the 2007–08 ULEB Cup was held on Monday, January 28, 2008, at 13:30 CET in the Museu Olimpic i de l'Esport in Barcelona.


2007–08 ULEB Cup Final
ULEB Cup 2007–08 Final  was the championship game of 2007–08 ULEB Cup played at the Torino Palavela in Turin, Italy. The final was won by DKV Joventut who beat Akasvayu Girona 79–54. It was the first time in ULEB Cup that two clubs from the same country competed in the final.


2007–08 ULEB Cup Final, Final, Game Stats
Notes: # - Player number; Min played - Minutes played; Points - FT: Free Throws, 2FG: 2-point Field Goals, 3FG: 3-point Field Goals, TOT: Total points; Rebounds - Off: Offensive, Def: Defensive, TOT: Total rebounds; Blocks - Fv: In Favor, Ag: Against; Fouls - Cm: Committed, Rv: Received; Players in bold were in starters


2007–08 UMBC Retrievers men's basketball team
The 2007–08 UMBC Retrievers men's basketball team represented University of Maryland, Baltimore County in the 2007–08 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.


2007–08 UMass Minutemen basketball team
The 2007–08 UMass Minutemen basketball team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst during the 2007–08 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Minutemen, led by third year head coach Travis Ford, played their home games at William D. Mullins Memorial Center and are members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They finished the season 25-11, 10-6 in A-10 play to finish for third place.


2007–08 UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball team
The 2007–08 UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball team represented the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. The team was coached by Lon Kruger, returning for his fourth year with the Runnin' Rebels. They played their home games at the Thomas & Mack Center on UNLV's main campus in Paradise, Nevada and were a member of the Mountain West Conference. The Runnin' Rebels finished the season 27–8, 12–4 in MWC play. They won the 2008 Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament to receive an automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, earning an 8 seed in the Midwest Region. The Runnin' Rebels defeated 9 seed Kent State in the opening round before losing to 1 seed and eventual National champion Kansas in the second round.


2007–08 USC Trojans men's basketball team, Regular season, Pacific-10 Tournament
In the 2008 Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, the Trojans lost to UCLA, featuring Kevin Love, in the semi-finals. Both Mayo and Love were selected to the All-Pac-10 tournament team. In his NCAA Tournament debut with the Trojans, Mayo scored 20 points as USC was beaten by Kansas State and freshman Michael Beasley.


2007–08 USC Trojans men's basketball team, Punishment for NCAA rules violations
On January 3, 2010, USC announced it would punish the Men's Basketball Program for rules violations committed in the 2007–2008 season, when O. J. Mayo attended USC and Tim Floyd was still the head coach. Mayo received improper benefits in violation of NCAA rules while at USC, and Floyd was found to have assisted in the obtainment of these improper benefits. USC has declared Mayo was therefore ineligible to play in 2007–2008, and as a result, USC has vacated all wins from the 2007–2008 regular season, dropping their record to 1–32. The one win would be over Arizona State during the Pac-10 Conference Tournament, as USC has only announced the vacation of all wins from the 2007–2008 regular season. *


2007–08 USC Trojans men's basketball team, Punishment for NCAA rules violations
Since the initial announcement reported by ESPN, USC clarified that all wins during the 2007–2008 season, including any wins during the Pac-10 Conference Tournament, would be vacated and not forfeited, meaning USC's record for 2007–2008 is 0–12, not 1–32 as previously reported. Vacated wins result in no win/loss application for the team vacating the win, unlike a forfeit, in which the forfeiting team is charged with a loss, and its opponent awarded a victory.


2007–08 USC Trojans men's basketball team, Punishment for NCAA rules violations
Noel M. Ragsdale, law professor, University of Southern California, is the chair of the five-member Division I Infractions Appeals Committee, which hears and acts on the findings of major violations by the Division I Committee on Infractions.


2007–08 USHL season
The 2007–08 USHL season is the 29th season of the United States Hockey League as an all-junior league. The regular season began on October 5, 2007, and concluded on April 5, 2008 with the regular season champion winning the Anderson Cup. This was the final season of operation for the Ohio Junior Blue Jackets after failing to find a suitable relocation arrangement.


2007–08 USHL season
The Clark Cup playoffs featured the top four teams from each division competing for the league title.


2007–08 USHL season, Regular season
Final StandingsNote: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime Losses; SL = Shootout Losses; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against; PTS = Points; x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched division title; z = clinched league title


2007–08 USM Alger season
In the 2007–08 season, USM Alger competed in the Ligue 1 for the 28th time, as well as the They will be competing in Ligue 1, the Arab Champions League and the Algerian Cup. It was their 13th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football.


2007–08 USM Alger season, Squad information, Playing statistics
Appearances (Apps.) numbers are for appearances in competitive games only including sub appearancesRed card numbers denote: Numbers in parentheses represent red cards overturned for wrongful dismissal.


2007–08 USM Alger season, Squad information, Goalscorers
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.


2007–08 UTEP Miners men's basketball team
The 2007–08 UTEP Miners men's basketball team represented the University of Texas at El Paso in the 2007–08 college basketball season. The team was led by second-year head coach Tony Barbee. In 2006–07, the Miners finished 14–17 (6–10 in C-USA). UTEP averaged 8,145 fans per game, ranking 67th nationally.


2007–08 Uganda Super League
The 2007–08 Ugandan Super League was the 41st season of the official Ugandan football championship, the top-level football league of Uganda.


2007–08 Uganda Super League, Overview
The 2007–08 Uganda Super League was contested by 18 teams and was won by Kampala City Council FC, while Masaka Local Council FC, CRO FC, Ediofe Hills FC, Maroons FC and Biharwe FC were relegated.


2007–08 Uganda Super League, Leading goalscorer
The top goalscorers in the 2007–08 season were Brian Umony (Kampala City Council FC) and Olobo Bruno (Police FC) with 15 goals each.


2007–08 Ukrainian Cup
The 2007–08 Ukrainian Cup is the 17th annual edition of Ukraine's football knockout competition, the Ukrainian Cup.


2007–08 Ukrainian Cup
The Cup started with the round of 32, but it also had couple of preliminaries. Quite a few participants of the Ukrainian Second League didn't submit their licenses to take part in this year competition: FC Arsenal Bila Tserkva, FC Nyva-Svitanok Vinnytsia to name a few.


2007–08 Ukrainian Cup, Team allocation, Round and draw dates
All draws held at FFU headquarters (Building of Football) in Kiev unless stated otherwise.


2007–08 Ukrainian Cup, Competition schedule, First preliminary round
The matches of the First Preliminary Round took place on July 20, 2007.


2007–08 Ukrainian Cup, Competition schedule, Second preliminary round
The matches of the Second Preliminary Round took place on August 8, 2007, except the match of FC Halychyna Lviv and PFC Olexandria which took place on August 5.


2007–08 Ukrainian Cup, Competition schedule, Second preliminary round
The teams FC Stal Alchevsk and FC Illychivets Mariupol made it straight to the First Elimination Round, because the Alchevsk and Mariupol clubs rank the highest among the other First League participants.


2007–08 Ukrainian Cup, Competition schedule, Round of 32
In this round entered all 16 teams from Premier League. They were drawn against the 16 winners from the previous round, who played home in this round. The matches were played on September 24–26, 2007.


2007–08 Ukrainian Cup, Competition schedule, Round of 16
The Second Elimination Round of the Ukrainian Cup consisted of 16 competitors and took place on October 31, 2007.


2007–08 Ukrainian Cup, Competition schedule, Quarterfinals, First leg
The Quarterfinals consist of two matches per pair of club. The games took place from November 17 to January 15, 2007.


2007–08 Ukrainian Cup, Competition schedule, Semifinals (1/2)
The Semifinals took place on March 19 and April 16, 2008.


2007–08 Ukrainian Cup, Top goalscorers
The top scorers in the 2007–08 Ukrainian Cup are as follows:


2007–08 Ukrainian First League
The 2007–08 Ukrainian First League is the seventeenth since its establishment. There were 20 teams competing. Two teams were relegated from the Ukrainian Premier League 2006-07. Four teams were promoted from the Ukrainian Second League 2006-07.


2007–08 Ukrainian First League, Promotion and relegation, Promoted teams
These four teams were promoted from Druha Liha at the start of the season:


2007–08 Ukrainian First League, Promotion and relegation, Relegated teams
Two teams were relegated from the Ukrainian Premier League 2006–07 season after finishing on the bottom of the competition:


2007–08 Ukrainian First League, Post-season withdrawn teams
On June 26, 2008 MFC Mykolaiv was withdrawn from competitions. On July 1, 2008 the club was announced about the official disbandment. Due to the public pressure and with help of Hryhoriy Surkis, it became possible to preserve the club in professional competitions. MFK Mykolaiv was admitted to the 2008-09 Ukrainian Second League instead of the third team of Dynamo, FC Dynamo-3 Kyiv.


2007–08 Ukrainian Hockey Championship
The 2007–08 Ukrainian Hockey League season was the 15th season of the Ukrainian Hockey League, the top level of ice hockey in Ukraine. Six teams participated in the league, and HC Sokil Kyiv II won the championship.


2007–08 Ukrainian Second League
The 2007–08 Ukrainian Second League is the 17th season of 3rd level professional football in Ukraine. The competitions are divided into two groups – A and B.


2007–08 Ukrainian Second League, Team changes, Newly admitted
The following teams were promoted from the 2007 Ukrainian Football Amateur League:


2007–08 Ukrainian Second League, Team changes, Newly admitted
More teams were admitted that participated in the 2006 Ukrainian Football Amateur League:


2007–08 Ukrainian Second League, Team changes, Newly admitted
Also, four more clubs were admitted to professional competitions without playing in amateur league


2007–08 Ukrainian Second League, Group B, Results
Matches with Hazovyk shown in gray count as a win for the opposing team.


2007–08 Umaglesi Liga
The 2007–08 Umaglesi Liga was the nineteenth season of top-tier football in Georgia. It began on 10 August 2007 and ended on 20 May 2008. Olimpi Rustavi were the defending champions.


2007–08 United Counties League
The 2007–08 United Counties League season was the 101st in the history of the United Counties League, a football competition in England.


2007–08 United Counties League, Premier Division
The Premier Division featured 19 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with two new clubs, promoted from Division One:


2007–08 United Counties League, Division One
Division One featured 14 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with two new clubs, relegated from the Premier Division:


2007–08 United Counties League, Division One
Also, Higham Town merged with Rushden Rangers to form new club Rushden & Higham United.


2007–08 United States network television schedule
The following is the 2007–08 network television schedule for the six major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States. The schedule covers prime time hours from September 2007 through August 2008. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series canceled after the 2006–07 season. The schedule was affected by the 2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike. After that, the next disrupton to the networks' primetime schedules would not occur until the 2020–21 season, whose network schedules were affected by the suspension of film and television productions as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.


2007–08 United States network television schedule
NBC was the first network to announce its fall schedule on May 14 followed by ABC on May 15, CBS on May 16, Fox and the CW on May 17 and MyNetworkTV on August 24.


2007–08 United States network television schedule
This was the first TV season where Nielsen Media Research kept track of DVR ratings (live plus same day; C3; live plus 7)


2007–08 United States network television schedule
All NBC programming from August 8, 2008 to August 24, 2008 was pre-empted for coverage of the 2008 Summer Olympics.


2007–08 United States network television schedule
Each of the 30 highest-rated shows is listed with its rank and rating as determined by Nielsen Media Research.


2007–08 United States network television schedule
PBS is not included; member stations have local flexibility over most of their schedules and broadcast times for network shows may vary.


2007–08 United States network television schedule, Full season orders and cancellations, Full season orders
The following are shows that have been given full seasons during the 2007/08 television season. Shows listed in Bold returned for the 2008/09 television season.


2007–08 United States network television schedule, Full season orders and cancellations, Cancellations
The following are shows that have been canceled during the 2007/08 television season.


2007–08 United States network television schedule (daytime)
The 2007–08 daytime network television schedule for the five major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers the weekday daytime hours from September 2007 to August 2008. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, and any series canceled after the 2006–07 season.


2007–08 United States network television schedule (daytime)
Affiliates fill time periods not occupied by network programs with local or syndicated programming. PBS – which offers daytime programming through a children's program block, PBS Kids – is not included, as its member television stations have local flexibility over most of their schedules and broadcast times for network shows may vary. Also not included are stations affiliated with MyNetworkTV, as it has never offered a daytime network schedule or aired network news, and Ion Television, as its schedule is composed mainly of paid programming and syndicated reruns.


2007–08 United States network television schedule (late night)
These are the late night schedules for the four United States broadcast networks that offer programming during this time period, from September, 2007 to August, 2008. All times are Eastern or Pacific. Affiliates will fill non-network schedule with local, syndicated, or paid programming. Affiliates also have the option to preempt or delay network programming at their discretion.


2007–08 Uruguayan Primera División season
The 2007−08 season of the Primera División Uruguaya is the 76th professional season of Uruguay's top-flight football league.


2007–08 Uruguayan Primera División season, Championship playoff
The Apertura and Clausura winners will play a semifinal match. The winner will advance to the final and play against the best team in the aggregate table.


2007–08 Uruguayan Primera División season, Championship playoff, Final
Since Defensor Sporting was the best team in the aggregate as well as the semifinal winner, they were automatically declared the champion.


2007–08 Uruguayan Primera División season, Relegation table
The relegation table is an aggregate of the past two Primera División seasons, with the exception of the Liguilla Pre-Libertadores and any playoffs. Teams that were promoted for this season had their statistics doubled. The three lowest teams will be relegated for the next season.


2007–08 Uruguayan Primera División season, Liguilla Pre-Libertadores, Play-off
The winner of the final earns the Uruguay 1 spot in the 2009 Copa Libertadores; the loser gets the Uruguay 2 spot.


2007–08 Utah Jazz season
The 2007–08 Utah Jazz season was their 34th season in the NBA and 28th in Salt Lake City. The Jazz had the best team offensive rating in the NBA.


2007–08 Utah Jazz season
The Jazz continued to play consistent all season, finishing with a 54-28 record. They defeated the Houston Rockets in the opening round, but were ousted by the Los Angeles Lakers in the next round.


2007–08 Utah Jazz season, Draft picks
Utah's selections from the 2007 NBA draft in New York City.


2007–08 Utah Jazz season, Awards and records
During the season, Andrei Kirilenko was named FIBA Europe Player of the Year as the top European player in 2007. Unlike NBA awards, which are presented at the end of the season, Europe's major continent-wide player awards are presented at the end of a calendar year, and consider players' performances for both their clubs and national teams.


2007–08 Utah Jazz season, Transactions
The Jazz have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007–08 season.


2007–08 Utah Jazz season, Transactions, Trades
On December 29, 2007 the Utah Jazz announced that they would trade Gordan Giricek and a first round draft pick (through 2009–2014 pick) to the Philadelphia 76ers for Kyle Korver.


2007–08 Utah Jazz season, Transactions, Trades
Before this trade the Jazz team lacked an outside shooter that they could count on during clutch times. Located in the western conference, Utah Jazz knew they had to make a blockbuster trade since top teams like Dallas Mavericks and Phoenix Suns were making their own big time trades.


2007–08 Utah Jazz season, Transactions, Trades
After the trade Jazz had an up tempo team which led them to long winning streaks along with moving up the western conference standings. As a result, the Jazz had virtually clinched a spot in for the playoffs, the question now was which spot they would clinch.


2007–08 V-League (South Korea)
The 2007-08 V-League season was the 4th season of the V-League, the highest professional volleyball league in South Korea. The season started on 1 December 2007 and finished on 17 April 2008. Cheonan Hyundai Capital Skywalkers were the defending champions in the men's league and Cheonan Heungkuk Pink Spiders the defending female champions.


2007–08 VCU Rams men's basketball team
The 2007–08 VCU Rams men's basketball team represented Virginia Commonwealth University during the 2007–08 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Rams played in the Colonial Athletic Association.


2007–08 VMI Keydets basketball team
The 2007–08 VMI Keydets basketball team represented the Virginia Military Institute during the 2007-08 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Keydets were coached by Duggar Baucom in his 3rd year at VMI, and played their home games at Cameron Hall. It was VMI's 4th season in the Big South Conference and the Keydets' 100th season of basketball. VMI finished the year with a 14–15 record, and a 6–8 mark in league play, good for fifth place in the conference.


2007–08 Valencia CF season
During the 2007–08 Spanish football season, Valencia CF competed in La Liga, the Copa del Rey and the UEFA Champions League. Finally, Valencia won the Copa del Rey this season.


2007–08 Valencia CF season, Overview
Valencia started the season with coach Quique Sánchez Flores. Valencia's good start were cut short in early season due to slump and thus Sánchez Flores was fired for poor performance, however after his replacement, Ronald Koeman, became the new coach, the team turned to be worse. Koeman did not use Santiago Cañizares, Miguel Ángel Angulo nor David Albelda, which resulted into many affairs out of the playground. Although Valencia won Copa del Rey as a consolation prize, Koeman was fired for his bad performance in La Liga. Voro, who was born in Valencia and played for Valencia in his career, took the place of Koeman and helped the team to avoid relegation to the Second Division with four wins and one loss.


2007–08 Valencia CF season, Section by manager, Quique Sánchez Flores
On 29 October 2007, the Valencia board of directors fired Sánchez Flores after a string of average results with poor performances, including a 3–0 defeat at Sevilla followed by a second successive loss in the UEFA Champions League.


2007–08 Valencia CF season, Section by manager, Óscar Fernández
In 2007, Valencia fired coach Sánchez Flores and replaced him with Fernández as interim head coach. After his last game with Valencia when the beat Mallorca 2-0 with 2 goals from Fernando Morientes, after the match he said, "I am very happy. I want to dedicate this victory to the fans of Valencia who have suffered, they deserves everything. Alexis also and above all to the team. They are football players committed to the cause and I thank them. As for the match, the team has been extraordinary and my defense has been composed by Morentin and Timo Hildebrand. Manuel Fernandes has helped the team, in defense and is the one to praise. As for Alexis, you may have some injury, but until Monday, we cannot say anything."


2007–08 Valencia CF season, Section by manager, Óscar Fernández
After that game Fernández was sacked and went to manage the B team for new first-team coach Ronald Koeman.


2007–08 Valencia CF season, Section by manager, Ronald Koeman
On 31 October 2007, Koeman agreed to be the new coach of Valencia after the sacking of Sánchez Flores, effective 5 November 2007. With Valencia, he won the Copa del Rey, a tournament he previously won as a player with Barcelona. This was Valencia's first Copa del Rey title since 1999. However, the remainder of his tenure at Valencia would prove disappointing: the team would slump to 15th in the league, only two points above the relegation zone, as well as finishing bottom of their Champions League group. A 5–1 defeat by Athletic Bilbao would prove the final straw for Koeman's time with Valencia. He was sacked the following day, on 21 April 2008.


2007–08 Valencia CF season, Section by manager, Voro
On 21 April 2008, after several years working with Valencia as match delegate, Voro became manager of his former team following the sacking of Koeman. After having guided his team to its Copa del Rey victory, however, he was replaced by Unai Emery for the 2008–09 season and reinstated in his previous post.


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


2007–08 Valencia CF season, Competitions, La Liga, Top goalscorers
David Villa scored 18 goals, two of which were penalties, and ranked fourth (tied with Real Madrid's Raúl with 18 goals) in La Liga's goalscoring table. (Daniel Güiza won the Pichichi Trophy with 27 goals.) Villa scored on hat-trick, on 11 May 2008 against Levante.


2007–08 Valencia CF season, Competitions, La Liga, Matches
Match day 38, Valencia 3:1 Atlético Madrid Georgios Seitaridis 11' 1:0 David Villa 40' 2:0 David Villa 55' 3:0 Sergio Agüero 76' 3:1


2007–08 Valencia CF season, Competitions, Copa del Rey
The Final was held at the Estadio Vicente Calderón in Madrid, in which Valencia CF lifted the trophy for the seventh time in their history with a 3–1 victory over Getafe CF.


2007–08 Valencia CF season, Competitions, Copa del Rey
This is the 7th title that Valencia won in Copa del Rey. Žigić, Joaquín and Mata are top goalscorers of the team in this Cup with 4 goals.


2007–08 Valencia CF season, Competitions, UEFA Champions League, Third qualifying round
Valencia beat Sweden's Elfsborg with 5:1. First leg result is 3–0 and second 2–1. In the first leg at Mestalla, David Villa's shot was only parried by Johan Wiland and Vicente pounced on the rebound. There are two heads later by David Silva and Fernando Morientes and either are from Joaquín's cross. In the second leg, Helguera scored when unmarked with just five minutes on the clock. Elfsborg battle bravely, and Alexandersson found the net on half an hour. Villa scored for Valencia in the final seconds to fix the result to be 5:1 and qualify for Champions League Group stage.


2007–08 Valencia CF season, Competitions, UEFA Champions League, Group Stage in Group B
Only two goals in group stage. The away goal is by David Villa in the first match. Villa stole the ball in goalkeeper's hands with right foot against Schalke 04 and this match is the only victory in group stage. The only goal in Mestalla is by Villa as well. Villa scored early at about ten minutes of the Match against Chelsea. Valencia was reversed by Cole and Drogba's goals. Valencia scored no goals in four games later.


2007–08 Valparaiso Crusaders men's basketball team
The 2007–08 Valparaiso Crusaders men's basketball team was an NCAA Division I college basketball team competing in the Horizon League.


2007–08 Valparaiso Crusaders men's basketball team, Preseason
During the off-season, the Crusaders joined the Horizon League after previously competing in the Mid-Continent Conference.