2007–08 Elite Women's Hockey League
The 2007–08 Elite Women's Hockey League season was the fourth season of the Elite Women's Hockey League, a multi-national women's ice hockey league. HC Slavia Praha of the Czech Republic won the league title for the first time.


2007–08 Elitserien (bandy)
Elitserien for bandy in 2007–08 was the first season of the "new" Elitserien, replacing the former Allsvenskan and Elitserien.


2007–08 Elitserien (bandy), League table, Knock-out stage
A best-of-three playoff were used in the quarter-finals and best-of-five in the semi-finals. The crucial final for the Swedish Championship was played at Studenternas IP in Uppsala on 15 March 2008.


2007–08 Elitserien (men's handball)
The 2007–08 Elitserien was the 74th season of the top division of Swedish handball. 14 teams competed in the league. The eight highest placed teams qualified for the playoffs, whereas teams 11–12 had to play relegation playoffs against teams from the second division, and teams 13–14 were relegated automatically. Hammarby IF won the regular season and also won the playoffs to claim their third Swedish title.


2007–08 Elitserien season
The 2007–08 Elitserien season was the 33rd season of Elitserien. It began on September 24, 2007, with the regular season ending March 8, 2008. The playoffs of the 84th Swedish Championship ended on April 18, with HV71 taking the championship.


2007–08 Elitserien season, League business, Rule changes
Elitserien brought in a rule change to the rules regarding icing. The team that plays the puck to icing is not allowed to change players before the next faceoff.


2007–08 Elitserien season, Regular season, Final standings
GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTW = Overtime Wins, OTL = Overtime Losses, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points


2007–08 Elitserien season, Regular season, Final standings
x - clinched playoff spot, y - clinched regular season league title, e - eliminated from playoff contention, r - play in relegation series


2007–08 Elitserien season, Playoffs
After the regular season, the standard of 8 teams qualified for the playoffs.


2007–08 Elitserien season, Playoffs, Playoff bracket
In the first round, the highest remaining seed chose which of the four lowest remaining seeds to be matched against. In the second round, the highest remaining seed was matched against the lowest remaining seed. In each round the higher-seeded team was awarded home ice advantage. Each best-of-seven series followed a 1–1–1–2–1–1 format: the higher-seeded team played at home for games 2 and 4 (plus 5 and 7 if necessary), and the lower-seeded team was at home for game 1, 3 and 6 (if necessary).


2007–08 England Hockey League season
The 2007–08 English Hockey League season took place from September 2007 until April 2008. The league was sponsored by Slazenger and the men's title was won by Reading with the women's title going to Slough. There were no play offs during the season.


2007–08 England Hockey League season
The Men's Cup was won by Beeston and the Women's Cup was won by Leicester.


2007–08 England Hockey League season, Men's Cup, Final
(Held at the Highfields Sports Club, Nottingham on 18 May)


2007–08 Eredivisie
The 2007–08 Eredivisie was the 52nd season of the Eredivisie, the top division of association football in the Netherlands. The season began in August 2007 and ended on 18 May 2008, with defending champions PSV retaining their title with 72 points.


2007–08 Eredivisie, Promoted teams
The following teams are promoted to the Eredivisie at the start of the season:


2007–08 Eredivisie, Play-offs, For UEFA competitions
The winner of match G, FC Twente, qualifies for 2008–09 UEFA Champions League. The loser of match G, Ajax, qualifies for the 2008–09 UEFA Cup. The losers of matches A and B, SC Heerenveen and NAC Breda, faced each other in match H. The winner, SC Heerenveen, qualified for the UEFA Cup. The loser of match H, NAC Breda, faced NEC, the winner of the playoffs featuring FC Groningen, NEC, Roda JC and FC Utrecht. NEC won that match, match J, and clinched the final UEFA Cup ticket, while the loser, NAC Breda, qualified for the UEFA Intertoto Cup.


2007–08 Eredivisie, Play-offs, Relegation
The winners of matches G and H will play in the 2008–09 Eredivisie.


2007–08 Eredivisie (basketball)
The 2007–08 Eredivisie season was the 48th season of the Eredivisie in basketball, the highest professional basketball league in the Netherlands. MyGuide Amsterdam won their 6th national title.


2007–08 Eredivisie (basketball), Regular season
^ In January, BC Omniworld Almere was expelled from the competition after the club went bankrupt.


2007–08 Eredivisie (ice hockey) season
The 2007–08 Eredivisie season was the 48th season of the Eredivisie, the top level of ice hockey in the Netherlands. Seven teams participated in the league, and the Tilburg Trappers won the championship.


2007–08 Eredivisie (women)
The 2007–08 Eredivisie Vrouwen was the first season of the Netherlands women's professional football league. It took place from 29 August 2007 until 21 May 2008 with six teams participating. AZ became the first Eredivisie winners. The 60 matches of the season had a 45,695 total attendance.


2007–08 Eredivisie (women), Teams
On 20 March 2007, the league was officially unveiled by the KNVB with the six clubs taking part.


2007–08 Eredivisie (women), Format
The season was played in a quadruple round-robin format, where all six participating teams played each other four times (twice away and twice at home), a total of 20 matches each. The champion qualified to the UEFA Women's Cup. There was no relegation system in place.


2007–08 Essex Senior Football League
The 2007–08 Essex Senior Football League season was the 37th in the history of Essex Senior Football League a football competition in England.


2007–08 Essex Senior Football League, Clubs
The league featured 15 clubs which competed in the league last season, along with two new clubs:


2007–08 Esteghlal F.C. season
This is a list of Esteghlal F.C. 's results for the  2007–08 Season. The club is competing in the Iranian Premier League and Hazfi Cup.


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


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


2007–08 Estonian Cup
Estonian Cup 2007–08 (Estonian: Eesti Karikas) was the twenty-first season of the Estonian football knockout tournament. Winners of the cup qualified for the UEFA Cup 2008–09 second qualifying round. The defending champion, Levadia, was knocked out in the semi-final in a penalty shoot-out against Flora.


2007–08 Estonian Cup
The competition culminated with the final held at Kadrioru Stadium, Tallinn on 13 May 2008 with Flora taking the title 3 – 1. It was broadcast by Kalev Sport.


2007–08 Estonian Cup
All in all, 71 teams took part of the competition.


2007–08 Estonian Cup, First round
Only seven games were played in the first round, to take the number of teams down from 71 to 64, other 57 teams got byes. Two teams from Meistriliiga – TVMK Tallinn (winners in 2003, 2006; finalists in 2004, 2005) and Tulevik Viljandi (finalists in 1999; 2000) – started their journey from early on.


2007–08 Estonian Cup, Quarter-finals
Four teams from Tallinn got through to the quarter-finals, including the defending champion Levadia. Three clubs from Tartu and one from Narva were also represented.


2007–08 Estonian Cup, Quarter-finals
The win by Flora II was a bit unexpected, but as they had played well in the previous rounds, it was really no big surprise that they overcame the Meistriliiga side. Maag Tammeka had no problem defeating Santos, the only club from the second division. While the main team were victorious, Maag Tammeka's reserve team lost to Flora, conceding two goals in the first eight minutes and two more later in the game. The only game containing both teams from the Top Division culminated with an easy victory for Levadia against 2001 cup-winner Trans.


2007–08 Estonian Cup, Quarter-finals
† – Välk 494 Tartu changed their name to FC Santos Tartu.


2007–08 Estonian Cup, Final
The clear favourite, Flora Tallinn, having won the competition twice before, in 1995 and 1997, attended the final for the sixth time. The underdog, Maag Tammeka Tartu, played in their first cup final, while also being only the second team from Tartu to reach that stage of the competition.


2007–08 Euro Hockey League
The 2007–08 Euro Hockey League was the inaugural season of the Euro Hockey League, Europe's premier club field hockey tournament organized by the EHF.


2007–08 Euro Hockey League
The final was played between UHC Hamburg and HGC at the Hazelaarweg Stadion in Rotterdam, Netherlands. UHC Hamburg defeated HGC after extra time by 1–0 to win the first edition of the Euro Hockey League.


2007–08 Euro Hockey League, Round one
Pools A, D, G and H were played in Wassenaar, Netherlands between 26 and 28 October 2007 and the other four pools were played in Antwerp, Belgium between 2 and 4 November 2007. If a game was won, the winning team received 5 points. A draw resulted in both teams receiving 2 points. A loss gave the losing team 1 point unless the losing team lost by 3 or more goals, then they received 0 points.


2007–08 Euro Hockey League, Knockout stage
The Round of 16 and the quarterfinals were played in Terrassa, Spain between 21 and 24 March 2008 and the semifinals, third place match and the final were played in Rotterdam, Netherlands between 10 and 11 May 2008.


2007–08 Euro Hockey Tour
Euro Hockey Tour 2007–08 is the 12th edition of Euro Hockey Tour. There are only four teams: Czech Republic, Finland, Russia and Sweden are competing.


2007–08 Euro Hockey Tour, Format
The tournament consists of four stages: Ceska Pojistovna Cup in Czech Republic, Karjala Tournament in Finland, Channel One Cup in Russia and LG Hockey Games in Sweden. The intervals between stages are usually from 1 month to 3 months. In each phase teams played six games.


2007–08 Euro Hockey Tour, Results, Karjala Tournament
Russia won the first stage of Euro Hockey Tour 2007–08 in Finland.


2007–08 Euro Hockey Tour, Results, Channel One Cup
Russia won the second stage of Euro Hockey Tour 2007-08 in Russia.


2007–08 Euro Hockey Tour, Results, LG Hockey Games
Russia won the most complicated, third stage of Euro Hockey Tour 2007–08 in Sweden.


2007–08 EuroLeague Women
The EuroLeague Women is an international basketball club competition for elite women's clubs throughout Europe. The 2007-2008 season features 24 competing teams from 13 different countries. The draw for the groups was held on August 5, 2007 at the Kempinski Hotel in Munich. The competition began on November 7, 2007. The 2008 Final Four is scheduled for April 11–13, 2008.


2007–08 EuroLeague Women, Format, Regular season
The first phase is a regular season, in which the competing teams are drawn into four groups, each containing six teams. Each team plays every other team in its group at home and away, resulting in 10 games for each team in the first stage. The top 4 teams in each group advance to the next round. The complete list of tiebreakers is provided in the lead-in to the Regular Season results.


2007–08 EuroLeague Women, Format, Eighth-Final
The top 4 teams from each froup advance to the next Eighth-Final Play-Offs. Each round will be played at two games (home and away) or three games (if necessary, score 1-1, by winning at home, and losing at away) to advance to the next stage.


2007–08 EuroLeague Women, Format, Quarter-Final
The winners from Eighth-Final advance to Quarter-Finals. Round will be played at two games (home and away) or three games (if necessary score 1-1, by winning at home, and losing at away) to advance to the Final Four.


2007–08 EuroLeague Women, Format, Final four
The Final Four will meet four teams, winners of quarter-finals. It semifinals and finals (third place game). It will be on April 11 and April 14.


2007–08 EuroLeague Women, Final four
The Final Four is the last phase of each Euroleague Women season, and is held over a weekend. The semifinal games are played on Friday evening. Sunday starts with the third-place game, followed by the championship final.


2007–08 Euroleague
The 2007–08 Euroleague was the 8th season of the professional basketball competition for elite clubs throughout Europe, organised by Euroleague Basketball Company, and it was the 51st season of the premier competition for European men's clubs overall. The 2007–08 season featured 24 competing teams. The Euroleague Regular Season draw was held on 30 June 2007, in Jesolo, Italy, during the inaugural Euroleague summer league. The official inauguration was held on October 22, at Hala Olivia in Gdańsk, Poland, before the season's opening game between Prokom Trefl Sopot and CSKA Moscow. The 2008 Final Four was held on May 2–4, 2008, at the Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid in Madrid, Spain. Russian power CSKA Moscow became the champion for the sixth time, placing them second in all-time European championships to Real Madrid.


2007–08 Euroleague, Regular season
The first phase was a regular season, in which the competing teams were drawn into three groups, each containing eight teams. Each team played every other team in its group at home and away, resulting in 14 games for each team in the first stage. The top 5 teams in each group and the best sixth-placed team advanced to the next round. The complete list of tiebreakers was provided in the lead-in to the Regular Season results.


2007–08 Euroleague, Regular season
If one or more clubs were level on won-lost record, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:


2007–08 Euroleague, Top 16
The surviving teams were divided into four groups of four teams each, and again a round robin system was adopted, resulting in 6 games each, with the two top teams advancing to the quarterfinals. Tiebreakers were identical to those used in the Regular Season.


2007–08 Euroleague, Top 16
The draw to set up the Top 16 groups was held on Monday, February 4, 2008 (the week after the end of the Regular Season), in Madrid.


2007–08 Euroleague, Top 16
Level 1: The three group winners, plus the top-ranked second-place team


2007–08 Euroleague, Top 16
Level 2: The remaining second-place teams, plus the top two third-place teams


2007–08 Euroleague, Top 16
Level 3: The remaining third-place team, plus the three fourth-place teams


2007–08 Euroleague, Top 16
Level 4: The fifth-place teams, plus the top ranked sixth-place team


2007–08 Euroleague, Top 16
Each Top 16 group included one team from each pool. The draw was conducted under the following restrictions:


2007–08 Euroleague, Top 16
Another draw was held to determine the order of fixtures. In the cases of two teams from the same city in the Top 16 (Panathinaikos and Olympiacos, Efes Pilsen and Fenerbahçe), they were scheduled so that only one of the two teams would be at home in a given week.


2007–08 Euroleague, Quarterfinals
Each quarterfinal was a best-of-three (if third serie necessary) series between a first-place team in the Top 16 and a second-place team from a different group, with the first-place team receiving home advantage. All opening games were played on April 1, 2008, and all second games were played on April 3. The deciding third games were played on April 9 and April 10.


2007–08 Euroleague, Final four
The Final Four is the last phase of each Euroleague season, and is held over a weekend. The semifinal games are played on Friday evening. Sunday starts with the third-place game, followed by the championship final.


2007–08 Euroleague, Final four, Semifinals
May 2, Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid


2007–08 Euroleague, Final four, 3rd place game
May 4, Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid


2007–08 Euroleague, Final four, Final
May 4, Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid


2007–08 Euroleague Individual Statistics
Euroleague 2007–08 Individual Statistics is the statistics about players, playing in Euroleague 2007-08. Top 5 for each category.


2007–08 Euroleague quarterfinals
Euroleague 2007–08 quarterfinals are the four quarterfinals of Euroleague 2007-08, and its main leading to Final Four. There are only eight teams, who will play two or three games series. Third games will be played, if necessary.


2007–08 European Badminton Circuit season
The 2007-08 European Badminton Circuit season started in July 2007 and ended in April 2008.


2007–08 European Badminton Circuit season, Results, Performance by countries
Tabulated below are the Circuit performances based on countries. Only countries who have won a title are listed:


2007–08 European Challenge Cup
The 2007–08 European Challenge Cup was the 12th year of the European Challenge Cup, the second tier rugby union cup competition below the Heineken Cup. The tournament was held between November 2007 and May 2008.


2007–08 European Challenge Cup pool stage
The 2007–08 European Challenge Cup pool stage was the opening stage of the 12th season of the European Challenge Cup, the second-tier competition for European rugby union clubs. It began on 8 November 2007 when Sale Sharks hosted Montpellier and ended with the Newcastle Falcons / El Salvador game on 20 January 2008.


2007–08 European Challenge Cup pool stage
Twenty teams participated in this phase of the competition; they were divided into five pools of four teams each, with each team playing the others home and away. Competition points were earned using the standard bonus point system. The five pool winners and the best three runners-up advanced to the knockout stage. These teams then competed in a single-elimination tournament that ended with the final at Kingsholm Stadium in Gloucester on 25 May 2008.


2007–08 Everton F.C. season
The 2007–08 Everton F.C. season was Everton's 16th season in the Premier League, and their 54th consecutive season in the top division of English football.


2007–08 Everton F.C. season, Season summary
After a sluggish start, Everton climbed the table and stood fourth with ten games left to play. Unfortunately, Everton only won three of these ten games and finished the season in fifth, with 65 points. In many other seasons this would have been good enough to clinch fourth place and Champions League qualification - indeed, Everton finished with more points than they had in 2004–05, when they had finished fourth - but, due to the good form of arch-rivals Liverpool, Everton were forced into fifth, consigning them to UEFA Cup football. Nonetheless, this was a great result for a club with limited financial resources, and served to enhance manager David Moyes' reputation as one of the best managers in England.


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


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


2007–08 Everton F.C. season, Results, UEFA Cup, Round of 16
Fiorentina 2–2 Everton on aggregate. Fiorentina won 4–2 on penalties.


2007–08 Everton F.C. season, Results, FA Cup
Kick-off delayed by 30 minutes to 3.30pm due to a fire outside the ground.


2007–08 F.C. Copenhagen season
FCK competed in the 2007–08 season in the Danish Superliga, Danish Cup, UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup.


2007–08 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions
In this season, F.C. Copenhagen participated in the Danish Superliga, Danish Cup, UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup.


2007–08 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, Danish Superliga
FCK's Superliga campaign began on 2007-07-18, when they played away at Farum Park against FC Nordsjælland. The match was equal, but in the added time of the second half, substituted Issey Nakajima-Farran scored the winning goal for the home team.


2007–08 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, Danish Superliga
The second match was also away, against the UEFA Intertoto Cup winners, AaB. This time FCK also were down with a goal, but in the 75th minute, Brede Hangeland made it equal, 1–1.


2007–08 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, Danish Superliga
After the unsuccessful beginning followed 7 victories and 4 draws before losing home to Randers FC on 2007-10-28. After a massive pressure from FCK, Kenneth Møller Pedersen scored on penalty kick for Randers in the end of first half, and although FCK had the most of the play, they were not able to score in the game.


2007–08 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, Danish Superliga
FCK ended the autumn with 2 victories and 2 drawn matches, and when they drew against local rivals Brøndby IF in the last match of the autumn, took AaB the leading position of the league from FCK, who spend the winter placed 2nd.


2007–08 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, Danish Superliga
In the autumn Copenhagen has been criticised for not scoring enough goals, when they were only able to score 23 times in 18 fights. That means 7 teams have scored more goals than FCK, who is equal with Brøndby IF on the ninth place.


2007–08 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, Danish Superliga
The spring season began on 2008-03-16 with a 4–1 victory against Lyngby Boldklub at Lyngby Stadion.


2007–08 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, Danish Superliga
The spring was disappointing for FCK as they lost 5 matches and drew two matches. A period from March 31 to April 27 was without any victories for the defending champions.


2007–08 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, Danish Superliga
On May 15 was AaB guaranteed the championship. At the time was Copenhagen placed 2nd. Three days later waited the New Firm derby against Brøndby away from home. When FCK lost this match 1–2 and FC Midtjylland won 3–2 against AGF, Midtjylland took over the 2nd place.


2007–08 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, Danish Superliga
FCK could still get the silver medal, if they won the last match of the season against Lyngby, while Midtjylland lost points against FC Nordsjælland. Although Copenhagen won 3–1, FC Midtjylland also won 3–0, and FCK ended with the bronze medals.


2007–08 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, Danish Cup
In the Danish Cup FCK started in third round. Here they drew FC Fredericia from the 1st Division. The match was played on 2007-09-26 at Fredericia Ny Stadion. Aílton scored the first goal of the match after just 4 minutes, but only 14 minutes later made Fredericia's Rasmus Katholm it equal again. In second half Libor Sionko showed his qualities with two goals, which determined the match.


2007–08 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, Danish Cup
In the fourth-round draw, came the 2nd Division West side Varde IF up from the hat. This match was played on 2007-10-31 at Sydbank Stadion, where the most of Varde's stores closed, so the inhabitants could go to football. In the first half showed FCK their strength with 4 goals in 34 minutes, which determined the match.


2007–08 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, Danish Cup
On 2008-03-08 FCK faced the 1st Division team Næstved BK. This match was disfigured by spectator riots in the first half. The match on the pitch ended 2–0 to Copenhagen after two Brazilian goals by Aílton Almeida and José Júnior.


2007–08 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, Danish Cup
In the semifinals Copenhagen drew Esbjerg fB. The first match at Parken EfB won 1–0 on a goal by Michaël Murcy in the second half.


2007–08 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, Danish Cup
In the second leg scored Mathias "Zanka" for Copenhagen, in a match FCK dominated. In the extra time scored Jesper Bech for Esbjerg and Jesper Grønkjær for FCK. In the last minute of the extra time score Jesper Lange the goal, that sent EfB to the final. Manager Ståle Solbakken was so frustrated that he kicked some water bottles, which led to exclusion from the bench and a ban in the next Superliga match.


2007–08 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, UEFA Champions League
In the UEFA Champions League was FCK seeded in the second qualifying round, where their campaign started. Here they drew Israeli Beitar Jerusalem. In the first match at Parken Stadium on 2007-07-31 won FCK 1–0 on a goal in the ninth minutes, by Marcus Allbäck, called the "international goalscorer", because of his many important goals in European matches.


2007–08 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, UEFA Champions League
In the return match at Teddy Stadium was exiting as Barak Yitzhaki scored for the home team, so the aggregate goal score was 1–1 as the 90 minutes had passed. This meant that the clash were going in extra time and again showed Allbäck his international strength as he scored the winning goal after just 7 minutes.


2007–08 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, UEFA Champions League
In the third qualifying round was S.L. Benfica drawn. FCK played also against Benfica in the 2006–07 season in the Champions League group stage. This time started FCK away at Estádio da Luz, but in defiance of a good effort Rui Costa did the evil to the Danes, when he scored twice, while Atiba Hutchinson scored for FCK.


2007–08 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, UEFA Champions League
To qualify for the group stage Copenhagen needed a 1–0 win at home in the second leg. FCK played a fabulous match, but when Kostas Katsouranis scored after 17 minutes for Benfica, was the European dream ended. By way of consolation entered the Danish champions the UEFA Cup first round.


2007–08 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, UEFA Cup
F.C. Copenhagen entered the first round of the UEFA Cup as the best of the unseeded teams. Ironical they drew the team with the highest UEFA coefficient of the possible teams, RC Lens. The battle started on 2007-09-19 at Stade Félix-Bollaert and after just 5 minutes of play scored Marcus Allbäck an important away goal. Lens pressed the rest of the game and in second half scored Aruna Dindane for the home team to the score 1–1.


2007–08 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, UEFA Cup
In the second leg scored Éric Carrière after just 14 minutes of play for RC Lens, but with fight, will and high morale succeeded FCK in coming back in the game by a Marcus Allbäck scoring in second half, and in the extra time scored Jesper Grønkjær on a penalty kick, after captain Michael Gravgaard was shown the red card.


2007–08 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, UEFA Cup
In the group stage were FCK in group B with Panathinaikos F.C., FC Lokomotiv Moscow, Atlético Madrid and Aberdeen F.C. The match against Panathinaikos was played at Parken Stadium and although the big expectations to the home team, won the Greeks on a goal by Dame N'Doye. In the matched missed Hjalte Nørregaard a penalty kick.


2007–08 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, UEFA Cup
The second match was away against Lokomotiv Moscow at Lokomotiv Stadium, who came to the group stage by knocking out fellow Danes, FC Midtjylland. In the match were Copenhagen dominating, but the victory was only secured by a penalty goal by Morten Nordstrand.


2007–08 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, UEFA Cup
The last home match were against mighty Atlético Madrid, which showed quality as they won 2–0 against F.C. Copenhagen. After the match confessed the players of FCK that Atlético was at least one class better than themselves.


2007–08 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, UEFA Cup
Although FCK only had scored a single goal in three matches could they qualify for the round of 32 by a draw against Aberdeen. The match at Pittodrie Stadium were a terrible experience for the Copenhagen players and fans, as they in second half were played out and lost 4–0. Especially Mikael Antonsson, who played instead of banned Brede Hangeland, were vilified after the match, as he were involved in all 4 goals – one of them were an own goal.


2007–08 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, UEFA Cup
FCK ended fourth in the group, and as in the Superliga were they criticized for not scoring enough goals – 1 goal in 4 matches – and it was a penalty kick. F.C. Copenhagen were sent out of Europe.


2007–08 F.C. Copenhagen season, Squads
The following squads, are lists with all the players, who have played in FC København in the 2007–08 season.


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


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


2007–08 F.League
The 2007–08 season of the F. League is the 1st season of top-tier futsal in Japan.


2007–08 FA Cup
The 2007–08 FA Cup (known as The FA Cup sponsored by E.ON for sponsorship reasons) was the 127th season of the world's oldest football knockout competition, the FA Cup. A record 731 clubs' entries were accepted for the competition.


2007–08 FA Cup
The competition culminated with the final held at Wembley Stadium, London on 17 May 2008. The match was contested by Portsmouth and Cardiff City; Nwankwo Kanu scored the only goal of the game to give Portsmouth the title.


2007–08 FA Cup
The appearance in the Cup Final by Cardiff City, a Level 2 team, marked the second time in 5 years that a team outside Level 1 of the English football pyramid appeared in the final game.


2007–08 FA Cup
This was the last FA Cup to be broadcast by the BBC and Sky Sports in the United Kingdom, before coverage was handed over to ITV and Setanta starting in August 2008.


2007–08 FA Cup, First round proper
This round is the first in which Football League teams from League One and League Two compete with non-league teams.


2007–08 FA Cup, Third round proper
This round marks the first time Championship and Premier League (top-flight) teams play. Matches were played on the weekend of Saturday, 5 January 2008. The draw was made on 2 December 2007 at 15:15 GMT by Kevin Beattie and Sammy Nelson, adjudicated by Sir Trevor Brooking.


2007–08 FA Cup, Third round proper
Involved in the Third Round draw for the first time ever were Havant & Waterlooville and Chasetown. Chasetown are the lowest-ranked team ever to have reached this stage of the FA Cup. The draw itself produced few major ties, with the exception of Chelsea drawing their West London rivals, Queens Park Rangers, and Aston Villa drawing Manchester United as their Third Round opponents for the fourth time in seven seasons, and the second time in successive years.


2007–08 FA Cup, Fourth round proper
The draw was held at 13:30 GMT on Monday, 7 January 2008. The event was hosted by Sir Trevor Brooking, with Alan Cork and John Aldridge making the draw. Fourth Round matches were played on the weekend of 26 January 2008. For the first time since 1957, there were no replays for the Fourth Round as all ties were settled at the first game.


2007–08 FA Cup, Fourth round proper
This was Havant & Waterlooville's first fourth round appearance. They lost 5–2 to Liverpool at Anfield. After Havant's elimination, Bristol Rovers became the lowest ranked team left in the Cup. They play in League One with fellow Fifth Round qualifiers Huddersfield Town.


2007–08 FA Cup, Fourth round proper
The BBC's Match of the Day broadcast live matches from two stadia that it had never broadcast live matches before; from Field Mill, Mansfield for Mansfield Town's match with Middlesbrough and from the JJB Stadium, Wigan for Wigan's match with defending champions Chelsea.


2007–08 FA Cup, Fifth round proper
The draw was held at 13:25 GMT on Monday, 28 January 2008. Sir Trevor Brooking hosted the event held at FA premises at Soho Square, where he was joined by Jimmy Case and Ray Wilkins, who conducted the draw. The matches were held over the weekend of 16 February 2008.


2007–08 FA Cup, Sixth round proper
The draw was held on 18 February 2008 at 13:25 GMT at Soho Square. The draw was conducted by Geoff Thomas and Mark Bright, overseen by Sir Trevor Brooking.


2007–08 FA Cup, Sixth round proper
For the second round in a row, the only all-Premier League tie of the round involved Manchester United, who were defeated at home by Portsmouth. Barnsley, who had already knocked out Liverpool in the previous round, produced a similar result in the Sixth Round, beating Chelsea 1–0 at Oakwell. West Bromwich Albion defeated Bristol Rovers away at the Memorial Stadium, whilst Cardiff City caused a third shock of the weekend by beating Premier League team Middlesbrough. There were no replays. The Sixth Round matches were played on the weekend of 8 March 2008.


2007–08 FA Cup, Semi-finals
The draw was held on 10 March 2008 at 13:25 GMT at Soho Square with Bryan Robson making the draw. Both semi-finals were played at Wembley Stadium and held on 5 April and 6 April 2008. There was only one club from the top flight (Portsmouth) in the draw for the first time since 1908.


2007–08 FA Cup, Final
The final was held at Wembley Stadium on 17 May 2008, and Portsmouth's 1–0 victory gave them their first major trophy for 58 years and their first FA Cup for 69 years. It was also the first time that the winning team's manager (Harry Redknapp) was an Englishman since Joe Royle guided Everton to FA Cup glory 13 years earlier as well as being the first time a club from outside the Big Four of English football won the Cup since the aforementioned Everton side in 1995.


2007–08 FA Cup qualifying rounds
The 2007–08 FA Cup qualifying rounds opened the 127th season of competition in England for 'The Football Association Challenge Cup' (FA Cup), the world's oldest association football single knockout competition. A total of 729 clubs were accepted for the competition, up 42 from the previous season's 687.


2007–08 FA Cup qualifying rounds
The large number of clubs entering the tournament from lower down (Levels 5 through 10) in the English football pyramid meant that the competition started with six rounds of preliminary (2) and qualifying (4) knockouts for these non-League teams. The 32 winning teams from Fourth qualifying round progressed to the First Round Proper, where League teams tiered at Levels 3 and 4 entered the competition.


2007–08 FA Cup qualifying rounds, Calendar
The calendar for the 2007–08 FA Cup qualifying rounds, as announced by The FA.


2007–08 FA Cup qualifying rounds, Extra preliminary round
Matches played on the weekend of Saturday 18 August 2007. 342 clubs from Level 9 and Level 10 of English football, entered at this stage of the competition, while other 38 clubs from levels 9 and 10 get a bye to the preliminary round.


2007–08 FA Cup qualifying rounds, Preliminary round
Matches played on the weekend of Saturday 1 September 2007. A total of 332 clubs took part in this stage of the competition, including the 171 winners from the Extra preliminary round, 38 clubs from Levels 9-10, who get a bye in the extra preliminary round and 123 entering at this stage from the six leagues at Level 8 of English football. The round featured 48 clubs from Level 10 still in the competition, being the lowest ranked clubs in this round.


2007–08 FA Cup qualifying rounds, First qualifying round
Matches played on the weekend of Saturday 15 September 2007. A total of 232 clubs took part in this stage of the competition, including the 166 winners from the Preliminary round and 66 entering at this stage from the top division of the three leagues at Level 7 of English football. The round featured 14 clubs from Level 10 still in the competition, being the lowest ranked clubs in this round.


2007–08 FA Cup qualifying rounds, Second qualifying round
Matches played on the weekend of Saturday 29 September 2007. A total of 160 clubs took part in this stage of the competition, including the 116 winners from the First qualifying round and 44 Level 6 clubs, from Conference North and Conference South, entering at this stage. Six clubs from Level 10 of English football were the lowest-ranked clubs to qualify for this round of the competition.


2007–08 FA Cup qualifying rounds, Third qualifying round
Matches played on the weekend of Saturday 13 October 2007. A total of 80 clubs took part, all having progressed from the Second qualifying round. Dinnington Town and Rainworth Miners Welfare from Level 10 of English football were the lowest-ranked clubs to qualify for this round of the competition.


2007–08 FA Cup qualifying rounds, Fourth qualifying round
Matches played on the weekend of Saturday 27 October 2007. A total of 64 clubs took part, 40 having progressed from the Third qualifying round and 24 clubs from Conference Premier, forming Level 5 of English football, entering at this stage. Eight clubs from Level 8 of English football were the lowest-ranked clubs to qualify for this round of the competition.


2007–08 FA Cup qualifying rounds, Competition proper
See 2007–08 FA Cup for details of the rounds from the First Round Proper onwards.


2007–08 FA Trophy
The 2007–08 FA Trophy was the 38th season of the FA's cup competition for teams at levels 5–8 of the English football league system. 258 teams were entered for the competition.


2007–08 FA Trophy, First round
This round is the first in which Conference Premier teams join those from lower reaches of the National League System.


2007–08 FA Trophy, Final
Torquay United; 21 Martin Rice, 3 Kevin Nicholson, 4 Steve Woods (c), 6 Chris Todd, 7 Lee Mansell, 8 Tim Sills, (11 Kevin Hill 89mins) 10 Lee Phillips (19 Danny Stevens 46mins) 14 Chris Hargreaves, 20 Roscoe D'Sane (9 Elliot Benyon 66mins) 24 Steve Adams, 26 Chris Zebroski. Subs Not Used 5 Chris Robertson, 16 Matt Hockley.


2007–08 FA Trophy, Final
Ebbsfleet United; 1 Lance Cronin, 2 Peter Hawkins, 3 Sacha Opinel, 5 James Smith, 6 Paul McCarthy (c), 8 Stacy Long (4 Gary McDonald 84mins) 12 Chris McPhee, 14 Neil Barrett, 18 Luke Moore, 19 John Akinde, 25 Micheal Bostwick. Substitutes 21 Sam Mott, 10 Chukki Erribenne, 15 Mark Ricketts, 17 George Purcell.


2007–08 FA Women's Premier League
The 16th season of the FA Women's Premier League final table.


2007–08 FA Women's Premier League, National Division
1 On 9 July 2008, the team announced they were changing their name to Leeds Carnegie Ladies F.C. This came to ensure all of the professional sports teams Leeds Met University were investing in carried the name of the university's sport department, Carnegie College (including Leeds Carnegie and Yorkshire Carnegie).


2007–08 FA Women's Premier League, National Division
On 8 July 2010 it was announced by Leeds United F.C. that to stop Leeds Carnegie Ladies from going out of existence the club would step in to provide funding again, bringing the club full circle back to Leeds United Ladies once more, a day under two years since the club was renamed Leeds Carnegie L.F.C.


2007–08 FA Women's Premier League Cup
The FA Women's Premier League Cup 2007–08 was the 17th staging of the FA Women's Premier League Cup, a knockout competition for England's top 36 women's football clubs.


2007–08 FA Women's Premier League Cup
The tournament was won by Everton L.F.C., who beat previous holders Arsenal L.F.C. 1–0 in the final; this was Everton's first title.


2007–08 FA Women's Premier League Cup, First round
All played 30 September, except Liverpool vs. Leeds United and Cardiff City vs. Arsenal, both on 7 October. Charlton Athletic forfeited due to economic problems and Sunderland thus won by walkover.


2007–08 FA Women's Premier League Cup, Final
In a shock result, Everton won the final with an early goal from Amy Kane, securing their first trophy since the 1997–98 FA Women's Premier League. Arsenal's defeat was their first in 58 domestic matches, a run stretching back two years to their humbling by Charlton Athletic in the 2005–06 final of the same competition.


2007–08 FAW Premier Cup
The 2007–08 FAW Premier Cup was the 11th season of the tournament since its founding in 1997. Newport County were the eventual winners, beating Llanelli 1–0 in the final to win the competition for the first time in the club's history.


2007–08 FAW Premier Cup
To date, the season remains the last time the tournament was played after the BBC withdrew sponsorship in 2008.


2007–08 FAW Premier Cup, Quarter-finals
All three Welsh sides competing in the Football League, Cardiff City, Swansea City and Wrexham, entered in the quarter-finals along with reigning holders The New Saints. Due to heavy rain, several of the quarter-final ties were postponed on more than one occasion resulting in the round lasting more than one month.


2007–08 FC Barcelona season
Though it did not produce silverware, FC Barcelona's 2007–08 season would mark a period of change within the club, having many firsts and lasts. Most importantly, this would be Ronaldinho's last season with the club, being displaced by the coming of Arsenal legend Thierry Henry. This season also marked the breakthrough of young talent Bojan Krkić into the first team, as well as the emergence of Lionel Messi as one of the team's key players. On the other hand, this would be Lilian Thuram's last season as a professional footballer, as well as Gianluca Zambrotta's last with the club.


2007–08 FC Barcelona season, Players, Squad information
The squad has reasonably changed in the summer transfer window. The biggest addition was Thierry Henry, with a transfer fee of €24 million. That equals the transfer fee paid for Samuel Eto'o in 2004, but just below the €30 million paid for Ronaldinho in 2003. Other additions were Eric Abidal, Yaya Touré, and Gabriel Milito that are part of the current start team. On the other end, some important players that were often used last season have left the club, such as, Giovanni van Bronckhorst and Ludovic Giuly. Barcelona still used a great number of players developed in its youth system, 9 of 23, and have two new additions this season: Giovani dos Santos and Bojan (17 years old, the youngest player on the squad).


2007–08 FC Barcelona season, Players, Squad information
Most of the players have contracts beyond this end of season, but Deco, an important player, has his contract ending in 2008. The captain is still Carles Puyol, who is from Barcelona's youth system, plays in the first squad since 1999 and currently is the player with the most appearances (268). Currently, the highest scorer is Ronaldinho, with 80 goals. Also Ronaldinho, from August of this year, has a European passport. On mid-October, Samuel Eto'o received Spanish nationality, making him an EU player. The only non-EU player is Yaya Touré. Because Spain ratified the Cotonou Agreement in 2007, however, Touré is now considered an EU player, as his native country of Ivory Coast is a signatory to that agreement, and the 2003 Kolpak ruling extended the Bosman ruling to nations with an associate trading relationship with the EU.


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


2007–08 FC Barcelona season, Players, Squad stats
Víctor Valdés and Eric Abidal have been the only two players that have started all the matches (excepting Copa Catalunya, when Barcelona didn't use the same players as for the other competitions). Previously, Gianluca Zambrotta and Yaya Touré started all the matches until they got injured. Oleguer replaced Zambrotta and Andrés Iniesta replaced Touré. Giovani dos Santos and Bojan were the substitute forwards, while Santiago Ezquerro played only in the Copa Catalunya, as well as Eiður Guðjohnsen playing once. Thierry Henry started the majority of the matches when Samuel Eto'o got injured. He scored his first hat trick wearing Barça's jersey, and he's the second goal scorer with four goals. Ronaldinho missed three matches due to an injury.


2007–08 FC Barcelona season, Players, Disciplinary record
Last updated: 12 AprilSource: Only competitive matches = Number of bookings;  = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card;  = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.


2007–08 FC Barcelona season, Club, Coaching staff
This season will be the fifth consecutive season for Frank Rijkaard as Barcelona's manager. Even though Barça did not win any major competition last season, club president Joan Laporta confirmed Rijkaard's presence for this season. All staff from last season, except doctor Gil Rodas, are remaining.


2007–08 FC Barcelona season, Matches, Competitive
Last updated: 7 MaySource: 1Barcelona goals come first.National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different from that of Barcelona.M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.


2007–08 FC Barcelona season, Matches, Friendly
Last updated: 14 MarchSource: 1Barcelona goals come first.Country's flag depict country of foreign team to that of Barcelona.Ground: H = Home; A = Away; N = Neutral; HR = Home replacement; AR = Away replacement; GD = Goal difference


2007–08 FC Basel season
FC Basel started the 2007–08 season, the 115th season in their existence and 13th consecutive in the top flight of Swiss football, with various warm-up matches against Swiss lower league teams as well as Austrian Bundesliga, German Bundesliga, Scottish Premier League and French Ligue 1 clubs. FCB were looking to win the Swiss championship title for the first time since 2005 and regain the cup title that they won the year before. They also had the opportunity to compete in the UEFA Cup.


2007–08 FC Basel season, Overview
At the beginning of the 2007–08 season, Basel strengthened their team by signing Swiss internationalists Benjamin Huggel from Eintracht Frankfurt, Marco Streller from VfB Stuttgart and David Degen on loan from Borussia Mönchengladbach. Carlitos transferred from Benfica in for an estimated €1.5 million (CHF 1,610,000). Five young talents were brought up from the under-21 team. In the other direction, fans' favourites Ivan Rakitić transferred to Schalke 04 (for an estimated CHF 4,830,000) and Mladen Petrić joined Borussia Dortmund (for an estimated CHF 5,635,000). Influential defender Boris Smiljanić returned to his former club, Grasshoppers.


2007–08 FC Basel season, Overview
During the winter break, highly rated Switzerland U-21 defender Beg Ferati arrived at St. Jakob-Park from feeder club Concordia Basel on a three-and-a-half-year contract. He was joined by midfielder Marko Perović from Red Star Belgrade and veteran striker Vratislav Lokvenc, on loan from Red Bull Salzburg. Also during the winter break Felipe Caicedo transferred to Manchester City on a four-and-a-half year deal with a £5.2 million transfer fee (CHF 10 million), which made his sale one of the highest transfers in the history of the Swiss League.


2007–08 FC Basel season, The campaign, Domestic league
Basel's priority for the season was to win the league championship. The Swiss Super League season began on 22 July. Basel's first game was at home to FC Zürich which was won 1–0. In the fourth and sixth round of the championship, Basel suffered two defeats, 1–5 against BSC Young Boys and 0–2 against Grasshopper Club, and slid down to the fourth position in the league table. It took them two months before they climbed back to the leading position. In this period they won nine and drew two of eleven games.


2007–08 FC Basel season, The campaign, Domestic league
Basel suffered a home defeat against Xamax directly before the winter break and the suffered another defeat in the away match against Young Boys directly as the second half of the season began. Nevertheless Basel stayed in top position in the league table until virtually the end of the championship, slipping to second position twice. The first time as they lost an away match against Luzern and the second time after an away draw against Aarau. In the last eight games of the season, Basel achieved only four victories and four draws. But the team played strong enough to regain the lead. Basel won the Swiss Super League for the first time since 2005 on the 10 May 2008 at St. Jakob-Park after a 2-0 win over their main title threats BSC Young Boys.


2007–08 FC Basel season, The campaign, Domestic league
The championship decision was made in the last game of the season. FCB needed only a point from the match to win the Championship, however if YB won then they would have become champions. This was exactly the same situation as the end of the 2005–06 season, then the final match was between Basel and Zürich then. The painful memories of losing the league on the last day of the season in 2006 and the resulting 2006 Basel hooligan incident seemed to spur FCB on. Basel took an early lead through Valentin Stocker and a second goal scored by Marco Streller just a few minutes later wrapped up the victory well before half time.


2007–08 FC Basel season, The campaign, Domestic league
FCB obtained 74 points to win the championship and qualify for Champions League second qualifying round. They were four points above YB with 70 points and 18 points ahead of third placed FCZ, who obtained 56 points. These two teams qualified to UEFA Cup second qualifying round. The bottom placed Thun suffered relegation and second last St. Gallen advanced to the relegation/promotion play-pff against Bellinzona. Bellinzona won the play-off and were promoted FCSG suffered relegation.


2007–08 FC Basel season, The campaign, Domestic Cup
Basel's clear aim for the 2007–08 Swiss Cup was to retain the title that they had won the year before. The 10 clubs from the Swiss Super League as well as the 17 clubs of the Swiss Challenge League qualified directly for the cup and entered in the round of 64.


2007–08 FC Basel season, The campaign, Domestic Cup
Basel were paired away against 5th tier FC Léchelles on 19 September 2007 and won with ease. Carlitos, Scott Chipperfield and Eduardo each scored two goals and David Degen, Kōji Nakata and team captain Ivan Ergić each scored one as Basel achieved the end result 9–0.


2007–08 FC Basel season, The campaign, Domestic Cup
They then faced local club SC Binningen, also from the 5th tier, away from home at the newly built Spiegelfeld stadium, on 20 October. This time captain Ivan Ergić scored two goals and David Degen, Carlitos, Eduardo and Benjamin Huggel each added another as Basel cruised to a 6–1 voctory.


2007–08 FC Basel season, The campaign, Domestic Cup
Basel then faced a much tougher test in the third round. An away match against the Grasshoppers at the Letzigrund on 25 October. The game was equally balanced in a first half low on events. The best chance came from a bicycle kick from Scott Chipperfield. In the second half Basel put on the pressure and after 55 minutes were not awarded a penalty despite a foul on Streller. But nonetheless Basel won 1–0. The goal coming frpm the penalty spot, scored by Daniel Majstorović after a hand-ball from Guillermo Vallori.


2007–08 FC Basel season, The campaign, Domestic Cup
On 15 December, third tier Stade Nyonnais travelled to St. Jakob-Park for the quarter-final. Basel played with second goalkeeper Louis Crayton in place of Franco Costanzo, who was rested in advance of the Uefa Cup game against Hamburger SV, which was a few days later. But it was the Nyonnaise keeper Mathey who stole the show, saving four, five good attempts alone in the first half. He kept the game goalless to halftime. Stade Nyonnais fought hard as Basel added more pressure. Eren Derdiyok eventually put the hosts one up in the 53rd minute and they kept pressing giving keeper Mathey more chances to show his abilities. Derdiyok finished the game off with another goal in the 90th minute.


2007–08 FC Basel season, The campaign, Domestic Cup
The semi-final saw Basel beat FC Thun 1–0 on 27 February. Again played in the St. Jakob-Park Vratislav Lokvenc, who was on loan from Red Bull Salzburg scored the only game of the match as early as the 12th minute.


2007–08 FC Basel season, The campaign, Domestic Cup
Basel were heavy favourites before the kick-off, not just because they were facing a lower league side but as the cup final was also being held in their home stadium, which is where UEFA Euro 2008 kicked off nine weeks later. It was Bellinzona, though, who had the better of the opening stages with Basel goalkeeper Franco Costanzo called into action several times. However, Eren Derdiyok scored the opening goal on 31 minutes to calm down things for the Swiss league leaders.


2007–08 FC Basel season, The campaign, Domestic Cup
Bellinzona equalised after 58 minutes through Christian Pouga but their euphoria was short-lived as they conceded three times in as many minutes to lose any chance of causing an upset. Four minutes later Daniel Majstorovic headed in, substitute Marco Streller made it 3-1 and fellow Swiss international Benjamin Huggel put the match beyond doubt in the 66th minute to make the final scoreline 4–1 in Basel's favour. Basel won the Swiss Cup for the second consecutive season after beating second-tier side AC Bellinzona 4–1 at St. Jakob-Park on 6 April 2008.


2007–08 FC Basel season, The campaign, Domestic Cup
Basel's aim for the Swiss Cup was to retain the title and this was achieved with ease.


2007–08 FC Basel season, The campaign, Europe
Because Basel entered the 2007–08 UEFA Cup in the second qualifying round, the club set their aim as to reach the group stage. The draw was held on Friday, 3 August 2007 at 13:00 CET in Nyon, Switzerland. It was conducted by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor and Giorgio Marchetti, UEFA's director of professional football. The matches were to be played on 16 and 30 August 2007.


2007–08 FC Basel season, The campaign, Europe
Basel were drawn against a tough opponent in the form of SV Mattersburg of Austria. Mattersburg were Austrian league leaders at the time, with an unbeaten run. The first leg was held at the St. Jakob-Park on 16 August 2007 under referee Martin Ingvarsson of the Swedish Football Association. Basel began strongly, had their fifth corner in the twelfth minute but Scott Chipperfield's good shot was deflected only a short distance wide of the goal. Mattersburg's defender Cem Atan saw his second yellow card after just 17 minutes and was sent off.


2007–08 FC Basel season, The campaign, Europe
Nevertheless it was the Austrian team who shortly afterwards took the lead. Basel's defender Nakata deflected a shot into their own goal after 20 minutes. Basel's reply was immediate, capitain Ergić equalised just three minutes later. Mattersburg goalkeeper Robert Almer played strongly, showing six or seven good saves and denying Basel the lead. This eventually came in the 57th minute from Caicedo. Mattersburg were overwhelmed but their keeper kept showing good work. In the end the 2–1 victory meant a lot of work, but too little yield.


2007–08 FC Basel season, The campaign, Europe
Basel won the tie straight off with an easy away win in the Pappelstadion on 30 August, under referee Selçuk Dereli from the Turkish Football Federation. Felipe Caicedo put the visitors one up after 22 minutes, captain Ergić added a second after 36 and Streller netted the third after 40. Basel had decided the game before half time and they played the rest of the game in a lower gear. Eight minutes after the break Carlitos increased the score to the final score of 4–0 and 6–1 on aggregate.


2007–08 FC Basel season, The campaign, Europe
In the next round, Basel were drawn against Bosnian minnows FK Sarajevo in the first round. The first leg was played on 20 September in front of 6,000 spectators in the Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium in Sarajevo under referee Lajuks of the Latvian Football Federation. Carlitos put the visitors in the lead in the 11th minute and captain Ergić added a second after 63 minutes. Basel again played the rest of the game in a lower gear. In the third minute of added time Semjon Milošević scored for the hosts, but this was much too late to make a difference.


2007–08 FC Basel season, The campaign, Europe
The return leg was played on 4 October in the St. Jakob-Park. Basel started quickly. Carlitos netted the first goal in the eighth minute and added a second just one minute later. Then came Swiss international Streller double into the scorers list, scoring his first in the 19th minute and his second ten minutes later. This was the half time score. Basel played as though it was a friendly match, not wishing to hurt themselves or be injured by their opponents, so not really entering the tackles. Huggel scored the teams fifth goal on 75 minutes and then Felipe Caicedo added a sixth as the game entered the added time. The game ended 6–0 and Basel won 8–1 on aggregate.


2007–08 FC Basel season, The campaign, Europe
Basel advanced to the group stage. Due to the fact that they had reached the group stage their aim was modified and was set as to remain in the competition over the winter break. The draw for the group stage, 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. Basel were then drawn into a group of death, Group D, alongside Brann, Dinamo Zagreb, Hamburger SV and Rennes, all of which were ranked within the top three of their respective leagues at the start of the stage.


2007–08 FC Basel season, The campaign, Europe
The first group match was at home, in front of a small crowd of just 11,407 spectators, on 27 October  against French team Rennes under referee Nicola Rizzoli from the Italian Football Federation. Basel started well into the match and almost worked themselves an early advantage when Ivan Ergić's fierce free-kick was tipped around the post by Rennes goalkeeper Patrice Luzi.


2007–08 FC Basel season, The campaign, Europe
Rennes were second best at the beginning, but gradually began to work their way into the game with Franco Costanzo having to move quickly to save Sylvain Marveaux's effort on 27 minutes, before watching Bruno Cheyrou's powerful shot sail over the bar three minutes later. However, Basel ended the first half as they had begun it, strong. Scott Chipperfield hit a long-range shot that was well caught by Luzi and minutes later Felipe Caicedo fired an effort narrowly wide of the left-hand post.


2007–08 FC Basel season, The campaign, Europe
After the restart, Rennes again worked Costanzo, but the goalkeeper was more than equal to Jimmy Briand's strike. The decisive moment came soon after as Marco Streller jumped higher than the Rennes defencef's to head in Chipperfield's corner. Caicedo almost doubled Basel's lead soon after, with a shot out of the distance that flew narrowly wide. Having survived that, Rennes pressed for an equaliser but the closest they came was a shot by Mickaël Pagis that drifted wide as Basel achieved their victory.


2007–08 FC Basel season, The campaign, Europe
Their next game was away to Dinamo Zagreb, in the Maksimir Stadium, in which Basel earned a valuable away point thanks to on form goalkeeper Franco Costanzo, who kept the game at 0–0 for 90 minutes. On the 8 November, in front of 28,000 spectators, FC Basel goalkeeper Costanzo was in inspired form as the Swiss side earned a valuable point. The Argentinian keeper twice tipped good drives over the bar to keep the visitors in the match, but the hosts only had themselves to blame for not capitalising on a dominant performance.


2007–08 FC Basel season, The campaign, Europe
Gordon Schildenfeld and Mario Mandžukić were both guilty of bad misses and Dinamo's evening was summed up in the final minute when Ognjen Vukojević saw his effort cannon back off the post. Yet it was Basel that begun the brightest as they sought to build on their 1-0 victory against Stade Rennes a fortnight before. Scott Chipperfield was the instigator of much of their attacking play, and Daniel Majstorovic twice headed over crosses from the Australian when he should have done better.


2007–08 FC Basel season, The campaign, Europe
It proved a false dawn, however, and Dinamo soon found their rhythm as Mandžukić and Hrvoje Čale both tried their luck from distance. Ivan Ergić warmed Dinamo keeper George Koch's hands at the other end, though Basel found relief harder and harder to come by as the game went on. Midway through the first half Schildenfeld contrived to head Luka Modrić's corner wide, while Mandžukić, Vukojević and Franck Manga Guela all fired long-distance efforts off target. Costanzo was called upon soon after half-time to tip over Vukojević's curling effort and was on hand to collect Schildenfeld's header soon after.


2007–08 FC Basel season, The campaign, Europe
It was all Dinamo as Costanzo made further stops to deny substitute Carlos and then Mandžukić yet again. It was an evening to forget for the 21-year-old Mandžukić who headed a glorious chance wide and when Vukojević saw his effort hit the post, Dinamo knew their luck was out as Basel held on.


2007–08 FC Basel season, The campaign, Europe
Basel then faced Brann at St. Jakob-Park on 5 December, where they won 1–0 through a Carlitos free-kick and were highly praised for playing attractive and flowing football. Both teams made enterprising starts, although chances were chiefly of the half variety, usually shots from range. Brann midfielder Petter Vaagan Moen and Carlitos traded such efforts before the Basel man broke the deadlock in the 39th minute. Having been fouled by Ramiro Corrales, Carlitos took the free-kick himself and fired beyond Håkon Opdal.


2007–08 FC Basel season, The campaign, Europe
The goalkeeper then had to be at his best to ensure Brann went in just a goal behind, diving to keep out a powerful Reto Zanni drive. The Norwegian champions pressed for an equaliser in the second half, but were largely frustrated by a Basel defence that was content to hold on to the narrow advantage. Joakim Sjöhage, Vaagan Moen and Huseklepp all had chances but Franco Costanzo was equal to all of them.


2007–08 FC Basel season, The campaign, Europe
Basel then went to Germany to face Hamburger SV at the HSH Nordbank Arena on 20 December in front of 48,917 spectators under referee Nicolai Vollquartz from the Danish Football Association. Both clubs had already qualified for the knock out phase, and it was the home side who began better, Nigel de Jong meeting Rafael van der Vaart's free-kick with his head and forcing Franco Costanzo to save with his right foot before he reacted smartly to keep out Bastian Reinhardt's follow-up effort.


2007–08 FC Basel season, The campaign, Europe
The Basel goalkeeper held Hamburg at bay throughout the first half, despite the fact that Ivica Olić and Var der Vaart had three presentable chances in quick succession after about half-hours play. Because Basel playmaker Carlitos was well marked by the home defence, Basel struggled to create much in attack and their prospects looked bad when Reto Zanni brought down Vincent Kompany and then saw his second yellow card in the 50th minute. However, eight minutes later Ivan Ergić reacted fastest to push in Benjamin Huggel's mis-hit shot from a Michel Morganella cross.


2007–08 FC Basel season, The campaign, Europe
Just as Basel might have been thinking about holding on for the three points, Romeo Castelen raced down the right wing and crossed for the waiting Olić to shoot in the equaliser and ensured his side would finish above their opponents. Hamburger SV claimed first place Group D as Olić's late goal earned a 1-1 draw against ten-man FC Basel.


2007–08 FC Basel season, The campaign, Europe
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. Basel then faced Sporting CP in the round of 32 after qualifying in second position in the group alongside Hamburg and Brann. Sporting CP finished third in their group in the UEFA Champions League, which is why they were dropped into the UEFA Cup.


2007–08 FC Basel season, The campaign, Europe
The first leg took place on the 13 February 2008 at the Estádio José Alvalade in Lisbon with referee Kevin Blom from Royal Dutch Football Association. The visitors almost went into the lead inside three minutes when Carlitos' corner came to captain Ivan Ergić who's header went just over. Instead it was Sporting who took went ahead in the eighth minute, Simon Vukčević finishing into the bottom corner after being set up by Leandro Romagnoli's neat pass. But that was a rare foray forward for the home side as Basel dominated possession early on.


2007–08 FC Basel season, The campaign, Europe
David Degen going closest to bringing them level with a volley which fizzed over. The visitors suffered a blow a minute before the break when goalkeeper Franco Costanzo was forced off with injury to be replaced by Liberia international Louis Crayton. Vukčević gave the new goalkeeper no chance as he doubled the lead after 58 minutes, drilling João Moutinho's right-wing cross high into the top corner from the right side of the area.


2007–08 FC Basel season, The campaign, Europe
One week later, on 21 February 2008, the return leg did not fare any better for Basel. Costanzo was still out injured and Basel lost 3–0 in the home match, resulting in them being knocked out 5–0 on aggregate. The visitors enjoyed a perfect start at St. Jakob-Park when Bruno Pereirinha broke the deadlock after just two minutes. It left Basel needing to score four times. Sporting's keeper Rui Patrício was tested twice after quarter of an hour, first by Eduardo's long-range effort and then Eren Derdiyok's shot from the left side of the area. Patrício also blocked well to deny Ivan Ergić's volley from ten metres. Liédson ended home hopes with two goals either side of half-time.


2007–08 FC Basel season, The campaign, Europe
This rounded off a highly successful season for Basel, as they conquered on the domestic front, winning both the Swiss Super League and Swiss Cup, and reaching the last 32 of the UEFA Cup. Basel achieved all of their aims. Next season they will have the opportunity to qualify for the 2008–09 UEFA Champions League.


2007–08 FC Basel season, Players, First team squad
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2007–08 FC Basel season, Results and fixtures, Overall
Basel participated in the following major competitions: the Swiss Super League, the Swiss Cup and the UEFA Cup.


2007–08 FC Bayern Munich season
Prior to the beginning of the 2007–08 season, Bayern Munich underwent a major restructuring of the team, releasing or retiring nine players while adding ten others to the squad, most notably Luca Toni and Franck Ribéry. The season started with Bayern winning the DFB-Ligapokal, followed by a shootout win in the DFB-Pokal against Wacker Burghausen on 6 August 2007. On the first day of the 2007–08 Bundesliga season, Bayern achieved a 3–0 victory over Hansa Rostock. As the season progressed, Bayern continued in first in the league table, eventually winning the championship.


2007–08 FC Bayern Munich season
Bayern also won the 2007–08 DFB-Pokal, thereby completing the domestic treble. International success was thwarted by Zenit Saint Petersburg, however, when Bayern suffered a horrible 4–0 defeat in the second leg of the semi-final after a draw at home. The match was later alleged to have been fixed. The 2007–08 season was goalkeeper Oliver Kahn's last season with Bayern.


2007–08 FC Bayern Munich season, Transfers, In
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2007–08 FC Bayern Munich season, Transfers, Out
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2007–08 FC Dinamo București season
The 2007–08 season was FC Dinamo București's 59th season in Liga I. The season found the Dinamo fans hoping for another title in Romania and a qualification in the Group Stage of the UEFA Champions League.


2007–08 FC Dinamo București season, Champions League
Dinamo entered the competition in the third qualifying round, and faced Lazio. The two clubs contested the first leg in Rome at the Stadio Olimpico on 14 August and the second leg on 28 August on Lia Manoliu National Stadium. The first leg ended in a 1–1 draw; Ionel Danciulescu scored first with a perfect header after a cross from Cristian Pulhac, but Lazio equalised in the second-half with a header from Massimo Mutarelli. In the first-half, Bogdan Lobonț saved a penalty from Tommaso Rocchi after Ștefan Radu committed had committed a handball in the penalty area.


2007–08 FC Dinamo București season, Champions League
The second leg was played on Lia Manoliu National Stadium. The first half ended in a 1–0 lead for Dinamo thanks to a goal scored by Florin Bratu on a 30-meter sprint. Dinamo, however, conceded three goals in the second-half, caused by three defensive mistakes, the first being a penalty kick scored by Rocchi after a foul by Valentin Nastase, who left the team following the match. The game ended in a 3–1 loss for Dinamo, thus eliminating them from the Champions League. The elimination led also Mircea Rednic to resign from his head coaching position, being replaced by Walter Zenga.


2007–08 FC Dinamo București season, UEFA Cup
Dinamo challenged Sweden champions IF Elfsborg in the UEFA Cup first round and were eliminated after a 1–2 loss at home and a 1–0 win in Borås. Dinamo's only achievable goal remained the Romanian Championship. Winning the title would have qualified it directly to next season's Champions League group stage.


2007–08 FC Dinamo București season, Managerial changes
Walter Zenga left Dinamo after two disappointing derbies against Rapid București at home (0–2) and Steaua București away (1–0) with a poor defensive play that was opposing with the team's very strong playing offensive. After collecting zero points in these crucial games, he was replaced by Cornel Țălnar with whom Dinamo had a debut in Liga I 3–1 against UTA Arad on 1 December 2007.


2007–08 FC Dinamo București season, Managerial changes
On 4 March 2008, Gheorghe Multescu replaced Țălnar but he resigned after only 27 days in charge. After Multescu's resignment, Talnar was again inserted as coach until the end of the championship, having very good final matches against Rapid (2–1) and Steaua (2–1). Dinamo ultimately finished the year in fourth place, qualifying for the subsequent season's UEFA Cup.


2007–08 FC Dinamo București season, Squad
Defenders: George Blay (18/0), Zie Diabaté (1/0), Mariano Fernández (2/0), John Galliquio (8/0), Lucian Goian (18/1), Ivan Gvozdenović (2/0), Silviu Izvoranu (22/0), Cosmin Moți (23/1), Nicolae Mușat (2/0), Valentin Năstase (2/0), Nino Pekaric (3/0), Cristian Pulhac (29/0), Ștefan Radu (19/0), Adrian Scarlatache (1/0), Flavius Stoican (7/0), Blaže Todorovski (2/0).


2007–08 FC Dinamo București season, Squad
Midfielders: Gabriel Boștină (20/0), Hristu Chiacu (10/0), Adrian Cristea (32/8), Fabrice Fernandes (2/0), Andrei Mărgăritescu (26/2), Cătălin Munteanu (30/1), Georgian Păun (2/0), Adrian Ropotan (30/0), Gabriel Torje (15/1), Vojislav Vranjković (6/0).


2007–08 FC Dinamo București season, Squad
Forwards: Florin Bratu (26/14), Ionel Dănciulescu (32/21), Liviu Ganea (5/0), Osvaldo Miranda (11/2), Claudiu Niculescu (16/2), Daniel Oprița (5/0), Ianis Zicu (12/2).


2007–08 FC Dinamo București season, Transfers
New players: Valentin Năstase (Ascoli Calcio), Flavius Stoican (Shakhtar Donetsk), Silviu Izvoranu (Politehnica Timișoara), Daniel Opriţa (Steaua București), Florin Bratu (FC Nantes-Atlantique), Ianis Zicu (Internazionale Milano), Hristu Chiacu (Wisła Kraków), Gabriel Torje (Politehnica Timișoara).


2007–08 FC Dinamo București season, Transfers
Left team: Florin Matache (Ceahlăul Piatra-Neamţ), Sergiu Homei (Politehnica Iaşi), Silviu Bălace (FC Vaslui), Constantin Bumbac (FCM UTA Arad), Adrian Scarlatache (Pandurii Târgu-Jiu), Lucian Goian (Ceahlăul Piatra-Neamţ), Vojislav Vranjković -Serbia- (Ceahlăul Piatra-Neamţ), Zé Kalanga -Angola- (FC Boavista Porto), Cornel Predescu (Dacia Mioveni), Alexandru Bălţoi (FCM UTA Arad), Jean Philip Mendy -France- (Petrolul Ploieşti), Valentin Năstase (free player, round 6), Fabrice Fernandes (free player, round 4)


2007–08 FC Hansa Rostock season
During the 2007–08 German football season, FC Hansa Rostock competed in the Bundesliga.


2007–08 FC Hansa Rostock season, Season summary
Hansa were relegated after one season back in the Bundesliga. As of 2021, it remains their last top-flight season to date.


2007–08 FC Hansa Rostock season, Players, First-team squad
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2007–08 FC Hansa Rostock season, Players, Left club during season
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2007–08 FC Hansa Rostock season, Notes
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2007–08 FC Inter Baku season
The Inter Baku 2007–08 season was Inter Baku's seventh Azerbaijan Premier League season, and their second season under manager Valentin Khodukin. They finished won the league on goal difference over Olimpik Baku and where runners-up in the Cup.


2007–08 FC Inter Baku season, Squad
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2007–08 FC Inter Baku season, Transfers, Summer
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2007–08 FC Inter Baku season, Transfers, Summer
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2007–08 FC Inter Baku season, Transfers, Winter
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2007–08 FC Inter Baku season, Transfers, Winter
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2007–08 FC Oțelul Galați season, Players, Transfers, Out
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2007–08 FC Porto season
The 2007–08 season was Futebol Clube do Porto's 97th competitive season, 74th consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football, and 114th year in existence as a football club.


2007–08 FC Porto season
Porto's season began on 11 August 2007 with the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira. The Azuis e Brancos were defeated by Sporting CP, 1–0. Porto's league campaign began a week later on the 18. Going into the 2007–08 season, Porto were the holders of the Primeira Liga after claiming the league title on the last day of the season. The 2007–08 league campaign saw the Portistas claim a 23rd Portuguese top-flight title on 5 April 2008 over Estrela da Amadora.


2007–08 FC Porto season
Porto competed in the two domestic cups, the Taça de Portugal and the Taça da Liga. In the Taça de Portugal, the Dragões progressed through five rounds to reach the final, where they were defeated by Sporting CP at the Jamor. Porto entered the Taça da Liga in the third round, where they were eliminated by Liga de Honra side Fátima.


2007–08 FC Porto season
In Europe, Porto progressed through a group consisting of Liverpool, Marseille and Beşiktaş to reach the first knockout round. For a second consecutive season, Porto were eliminated at the first knockout round stage as they lost on penalties to German side Schalke after 1–1 scoreline over two legs.


2007–08 FC Schalke 04 season
During the 2007–08 German football season, FC Schalke 04 competed in the Bundesliga.


2007–08 FC Schalke 04 season, Season summary
Several weak performances, culminating in a 5-1 defeat to Werder Bremen, saw coach Mirko Slomka sacked in April, with former players Mike Büskens and Youri Mulder taking over for the remainder of the season. The duo recorded five wins and a draw in their six-game stint in charge - although Schalke recorded four points less than the previous season and dropped down to third as a result, the club still comfortably qualified for the Champions League, with a ten point lead over fourth-placed Hamburg. Büskens and Mulder stood down in July, and FC Twente manager Fred Rutten took charge.


2007–08 FC Schalke 04 season, First-team squad
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2007–08 FC Schalke 04 season, First-team squad, Left club during season
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2007–08 FC Steaua București season
The 2007–08 season was the 60th season in the existence of FC Steaua București and the club's 60th consecutive season in the top flight of Romanian football. In addition to the domestic league, Steaua București participated in this season's edition of the Cupa României and the UEFA Champions League.


2007–08 FC Vaslui season
The 2007–08 season is FC Vaslui's 6th season of its existence, and its 3rd in a row, in Liga I. In the summer, Adrian Porumboiu revealed that the new coach would be Dorinel Munteanu. He also announced that the team's objective that season, would be a European Cup. FC Vaslui made only 2 transfers in the summer, Bălace and Matei. Also, Petar Jovanović and the team captain Sorin Frunză returned from their loans. FC Vaslui started the season very well, in the second Matchday, beating Liga I champions, Dinamo on their own field, with 2–0.


2007–08 FC Vaslui season
For 2 Matchdays, FC Vaslui was on the 1st place in Liga I. But during the first half, team fatigue appeared, and performance declined. However, in the last match in 2007, FC Vaslui beat once again Dinamo, with 2 beautiful goals scored by Sorin Frunză. In the winter break, N'Doye and Hugo Luz were the only signings. In the Matchday 25, FC Vaslui lost against Steaua, and Adrian Porumboiu accused Dorinel Munteanu that he sold the match to Steaua. Munteanu was sacked, and Bălace, Sabou and Frunză were sent to the second team. Emil Săndoi was named the new coach.


2007–08 FC Vaslui season
With the new coach, FC Vaslui had one terrible final season, having only one victory. In the Matchday 33, FC Vaslui lost the 7th place, who assured UEFA Intertoto Cup, for Oţelul, but TAS decided FC Vaslui to win the match against Oţelul, because they used 2 players suspended. After a 2–4 with Rapid, and a 0–0 draw for Oţelul, FC Vaslui qualified for UEFA Intertoto Cup, this being the team's most important achievement in its short history.


2007–08 FC Vaslui season, Squad
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2007–08 FFHG Division 1 season
The 2007-08 FFHG Division 1 season was contested by 14 teams, and saw the Bisons de Neuilly-sur-Marne win the championship. They were promoted to the Ligue Magnus as result. The Anges du Vésinet were relegated to FFHG Division 2.


2007–08 FIBA Americas League
The 2007–08 FIBA Americas League was the first edition of the first-tier and most important professional international club basketball competition in the regions of South America, Central America, the Caribbean, and Mexico, with the winner of the competition being crowned as the best team and champion of all of those regions, as well as of the FIBA Americas zone. The first FIBA Americas League also included two teams from the United States, the Miami Tropics, and the PBL All-Stars, which was an All-Star selection team from the Premier Basketball League.


2007–08 FIBA Americas League
However, the NBA is the first-tier competition in the United States, and it is in fact an international league, as it contains also a team from Canada. So teams from the United States and Canada are eligible to play at the competition because they belong to the FIBA Americas region. However, at the pro club level for those two countries, the FIBA Americas League would not be considered the 1st-tier league.


2007–08 FIBA Americas League
The competition began on December 4. The first stage was a round robin phase with four teams in each group. Each of the groups were played in different cities, (Guaynabo, Miami, Belo Horizonte, and Mar del Plata). The Final 4 of the league was played in a round-robin format from February 7 to February 9, in Mexicali, Mexico, home of the hosting team, Soles de Mexicali.


2007–08 FIBA Americas League, Teams
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round (TH: Americas League title holders, LSH: Liga Sudamerican title holders):


2007–08 FIBA Americas League, Final 4
Peñarol got the first place in the round-robin group and won their first Americas League title due to a better point difference than the other two teams who had the same record (Soles de Mexicali and Miami Tropics).


2007–08 FIBA EuroCup
The FIBA EuroCup is the former name of an international professional basketball club competition for clubs throughout Europe that was renamed the FIBA EuroChallenge in July 2008. The 2007–08 season, the last for the competition under the EuroCup banner, featured 38 competing teams, from 23 different countries. The draw for the groups was held on August 5, 2007, at the Kempinski Hotel in Munich.


2007–08 FIBA EuroCup
The 2007–08 FIBA EuroCup, organized by FIBA Europe, was the fifth season of the competition regarded as the third-strongest pan-European club basketball competition, behind the Euroleague and ULEB Cup, the latter of which was renamed the Eurocup for 2008–09.


2007–08 FIBA EuroCup, Format
In all, 38 teams were involved. Teams from the lowest ranked countries or teams who took lower place in their national championship play in Elimination Round 1. The winners of Elimination Round 1 meet teams who took higher place in their national championship in Elimination Round 2. The winners from Elimination Round 2, advance to the group stage (Qualifying Round). After group stage, teams play Quarter Final Round and then Final Four.


2007–08 FIBA EuroCup, Format, Elimination Round 1
In all in Elimination Round 1 12 teams. Each team plays two games (home and away). Winners from Elimination Round 1 advance to Elimination Round 2.


2007–08 FIBA EuroCup, Format, Elimination Round 2
The winners from Elimination Round 1 advance to Elimination Round 2. There also two games (home and away). The winners Elimination Round 2 advance to the group stage (Qualifying Round).


2007–08 FIBA EuroCup, Format, Qualifying Round
The winners of Elimination Round 2 advance to the Qualifying Round (group stage). In all in the group 16 teams. It: Group A, Group B, Group C, Group D. The matches plays round-robin competition (home and away). Top two places advance to Quarter Final.


2007–08 FIBA EuroCup, Format, Quarter Final
Top two places of the groups advance to Quarter Final. The Quarter Finals games will be played two game (if need three games). The winners of the Quarter Final Round advance to the Final Four.


2007–08 FIBA EuroCup, Format, Final Four
Winners of the Quarter Final Round advance to the Final Four. It Semi-Finals and Final (including match for third place also). It was held on April 18 and April 20, in Cyprus, Spyros Kyprianou Arena.


2007–08 FIBA EuroCup, Teams
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round (TH: title holders;):


2007–08 FIBA EuroCup, Qualifying round
A total number of sixteen teams participated in the qualifying round. They were divided over four groups of in each four teams. The top two teams in each group advance to quarter-final playoffs. The matches were played in a round-robin competition.


2007–08 FIBA EuroCup, Final Four
The Final Four was held from 18 until 20 April 2008 in Limassol, Spyros Kyprianou Arena.


2007–08 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup
The 42nd World Cup season began in October 2007 in Sölden, Austria and concluded on 15 March 2008, at the World Cup Finals in Bormio, Italy. (The team event scheduled for the following day was canceled, due to adverse weather conditions.)


2007–08 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup
The overall champions were Bode Miller and Lindsey Vonn, both of the United States. It was Miller's second overall title and Vonn's first, and the first for an American woman in a quarter century. The last was Tamara McKinney in 1983, which was also the last U.S. sweep as Phil Mahre won his third consecutive overall title.


2007–08 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup
Miller won the 2008 title by a margin of 111 points over runner-up Benjamin Raich of Austria, while Vonn outpaced her closest rival, Austrian Nicole Hosp, by 220 points. Austria won the Nations Cup for the 20th consecutive season, scoring more than double the points of runner-up Switzerland.


2007–08 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
The 2007–08 FIS Cross-Country World Cup was a multi-race tournament over the season for cross-country skiers. It was the 27th official World Cup season in cross-country skiing for men and ladies. The season began on 27 October 2007 with 800m sprint races for women in Düsseldorf, won by Natalia Matveeva of Russia, who took her first World Cup victory. The season concluded with World Cup Finals, a mini-tour held in Bormio, Italy. Finnish skier Virpi Kuitunen won the overall women's cup for the 2nd consecutive season and Lukáš Bauer of Czech Republic won the overall men's cup. The World Cup is organised by the FIS who also run world cups and championships in ski jumping, snowboarding and alpine skiing amongst others.


2007–08 FIS Cross-Country World Cup, Calendar
Both men's and women's events tend to be held at the same resorts over a 2 or 3 day period. Listed below is a list of races which equates with the points table further down this page.


2007–08 FIS Cross-Country World Cup, Calendar
The Tour de Ski is a series of events which count towards the World Cup. This starts with the meet at Nové Město and concludes at Val di Fiemme.


2007–08 FIS Cross-Country World Cup, World Cup points
The table shows the number of points won in the 2007–08 Cross-Country Skiing World Cup for men and women.


2007–08 FIS Cross-Country World Cup, World Cup points
A skier's best results in 18 distance races and 9 sprint races counts towards the overall World Cup totals.


2007–08 FIS Cross-Country World Cup, World Cup points
All distance races, included individual stages in Tour de Ski (which counts as 50% of a normal race) and the total World Cup Final, count towards the distance standings. All sprint races, including the sprint races during the Tour de Ski (which counts as 50% of a normal race) and the first race of the World Cup final, count towards the sprint standings.


2007–08 FIS Cross-Country World Cup, World Cup points
The Nations Cup ranking is calculated by adding each country's individual competitors' scores and scores from team events. Relay events count double (see World Cup final positions), with only one team counting towards the total, while in team sprint events two teams contribute towards the total, with the usual World Cup points (100 to winning team, etc.) awarded.


2007–08 FIS Cross-Country World Cup Finals
The 2007–08 FIS Cross-Country World Cup Finals were the 1st edition of the FIS Cross-Country World Cup Finals, an annual cross-country skiing mini-tour event. The three-day event was held in Bormio, Italy. It began on 14 March 2008 and concluded on 16 March 2008. It was the final competition round of the 2007–08 FIS Cross-Country World Cup.


2007–08 FIS Cross-Country World Cup Finals
Pietro Piller Cottrer of Italy and Claudia Nystad of Germany won the first stage of the mini-tour; a prologue freestyle. The second stage, a mass start in classic technique, did not count as an ordinary World Cup race as no World Cup points were awarded on the stage. However, the stage counted in the World Cup Final overall standings and was won by Vincent Vittoz in the men's competition and by Virpi Kuitunen among the women. Vittoz and Kuitunen both lead the overall standings after two stages and both won the World Cup Final overall by defending their positions on the third stage.


2007–08 FIS Cross-Country World Cup Finals, Overall leadership
The results in the overall standings were calculated by adding each rider's finishing times on each stage. On the two first stages, the winners were awarded 15 bonus seconds. On the second stage, the three first skiers to pass the intermediate sprint points were also awarded bonus seconds. No bonus seconds were awarded on the third stage. The skier with the lowest cumulative time was the overall winner of the Cross-Country World Cup Finals.


2007–08 FIS Cross-Country World Cup Finals, World Cup points distribution
The overall winners are awarded 200 points. The winners of each of the first stage are awarded 100 points. The maximum number of points an athlete can earn is therefore 300 points.


2007–08 FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup
The 2007/08 FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup was the twenty ninth World Cup season in freestyle skiing organised by International Ski Federation. The season started on 12 December 2007 and ended on 16 March 2008. This season included four disciplines: aerials, moguls, ski cross and halfpipe.


2007–08 FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup
Dual mogul counted together with moguls ranking and for moguls title.


2007–08 FIS Nordic Combined World Cup
The 2007/08 FIS Nordic Combined World Cup was the 25th world cup season, a combination of ski jumping and cross-country skiing organized by FIS. The season started on 30 November 2007 and lasted until 9 March 2008.


2007–08 FIS Nordic Combined World Cup, Calendar, Men
1 = originally scheduled Gundersen method was replaced with mass start, because the track was destroyed over a strong wind. 10 km cross-country run was on 19 January 2008, but ski jumping round was postponed on the next day over a strong wind. 2 = on 27 January ski jumping round was cancelled for strong wind and fog, that's why only 7.5 km sprint was organized this day. As for final result they just added previous day competition ski jumping round. 3 = Because of the bad weather forecast they switched the disciplines. Cross-country run in the morning and ski jumping round in the afternoon. 4 = Because of the bad weather forecast ski jumping round for competition on 8 March was already organized on 7 March.


2007–08 FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup
The 2007/08 FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup was the 17th in a row (15th official) Continental Cup winter season and the 6th summer season in ski jumping for men. This was also the 4th winter season for ladies.


2007–08 FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup
Other competitive circuits this season included the World Cup and Grand Prix.


2007–08 FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup, Europa Cup vs. Continental Cup
This was originally last Europa Cup season and is also recognized as the first Continental Cup season by International Ski Federation although under this name began its first official season in 1993/94.


2007–08 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup
The 2007/08 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup was the 29th World Cup season in history. The season began on 1 December 2007 in Kuusamo, and finished on 16 March 2008 in Planica. The season was dominated by Austrian pair Thomas Morgenstern and Gregor Schlierenzauer who between them won 16 of the 27 individual competitions.


2007–08 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup
Thomas Morgenstern won the overall World Cup title – the first overall victory of his career – ahead of Gregor Schlierenzauer, with Finnish veteran Janne Ahonen finishing in third place. Ahonen won the traditional Four Hills Tournament, while Schlierenzauer won the Nordic Tournament.


2007–08 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup
The previous year's overall winner Adam Małysz had a disappointing season, finishing 12th overall, and failing to get a podium finish in any of the 27 competitions. The season also gave Tom Hilde and Anders Bardal of Norway the first World Cup victories of their respective careers.


2007–08 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup
Lower competitive circuits this season included the Continental Cup and Grand Prix.


2007–08 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, Individual World Cup, Villach
This competition replaces the cancelled competition at Kranj (see below).


2007–08 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, Individual World Cup, Kranj
Competition cancelled due to lack of snow and warm temperatures; replaced with an additional competition at Villach on 13 December 2007 (see above)


2007–08 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, Individual World Cup, Four Hills Tournament, Innsbruck
Competition cancelled due to strong winds; replaced with an additional competition at Bischofshofen on 5 January 2008 (see below)


2007–08 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, Individual World Cup, Harrachov
Competition rescheduled due to poor weather conditions. Second round cancelled due to strong winds.


2007–08 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, Individual World Cup, Zakopane
Competition rescheduled because of strong winds. Second round cancelled because of strong winds and heavy snow.


2007–08 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, Individual World Cup, Nordic Tournament, Lahti
Competition cancelled due to strong winds; replaced with an additional competition at Kuopio on 3 March 2008 (see below)


2007–08 FIS Snowboard World Cup
The 2007–08 FIS Snowboard World Cup is a multi race tournament over a season for snowboarding. The season began on 1 September 2007, and finished on 3 March 2008. The World Cup is organized by the FIS who also runs world cups and championships in cross-country skiing, ski jumping, nordic combined, alpine skiing and freestyle skiing.


2007–08 FK Baku season
The FK Baku 2007-08 season was Baku's tenth Azerbaijan Premier League season, and was their first season with Gjoko Hadžievski as their manager, having replaced Boyukagha Hajiyev in July 2007. They finished the season in 8th place in the league and were knocked out of the Azerbaijan Cup at the Quarterfinal stage by Gabala.


2007–08 FK Baku season, Squad
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2007–08 FK Baku season, Transfers, Summer
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2007–08 FK Baku season, Transfers, Summer
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2007–08 FK Baku season, Transfers, Winter
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2007–08 FK Baku season, Transfers, Winter
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2007–08 FK Khazar Lankaran season
The Khazar Lankaran 2007–08 season was Khazar Lankaran's third Azerbaijan Premier League season. It was their second season under the management of Agaselim Mirjavadov. They finished 4th in the league and won the Azerbaijan Cup in extra-time against Inter Baku.


2007–08 FK Khazar Lankaran season, Squad
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2007–08 FK Khazar Lankaran season, Transfers, Summer
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2007–08 FK Khazar Lankaran season, Transfers, Summer
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2007–08 FK Khazar Lankaran season, Transfers, Winter
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2007–08 FK Khazar Lankaran season, Transfers, Winter
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2007–08 FK Partizan season
The 2007–08 season was FK Partizan's 2nd season in Serbian SuperLiga. This article shows player statistics and all matches (official and friendly) that the club played during the 2007–08 season.


2007–08 FK Partizan season, Players, Squad information
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2007–08 FK Partizani Tirana season
In the 2007–08 season, Partizani Tirana competed in the Kategoria Superiore for the seventh consecutive season. The club finished in second place, after a dramatic loss in a deciding match against Dinamo Tirana in the last round. Their second place was a best result since 1993.


2007–08 FK Partizani Tirana season, First-team squad
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2007–08 FK Qarabağ season
The Qarabağ 2007-08 season was Qarabağ's fifteenth Azerbaijan Premier League season, and their only full season with Rasim Kara as their manager. They finished the season in 5th place, and were knocked out of the Azerbaijan Cup at the Quarterfinal stage by Inter Baku.


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