2007 A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup

The 2007 A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup competition was held in July and August in the lead-up to the start of the A-League 2007-08 season. The opening round started on 14 July 2007. The competition featured a group stage, with three regular rounds, followed by a two-week finals playoff.

In previous years, the Pre-Season Cup was used to enhance the A-League's profiles by playing pre-season games in regional centres. In 2007 venues included Sunshine Coast, Launceston, Canberra, Port Macquarie, Darwin, Orange and Geelong.[1]

The group stage had a bonus point system. One point was awarded for 2 goals in a match, two points for 3 and three points for 4 or more goals in a match.

If two or more teams were level on points accumulated, the following criteria would be applied, in order, until one of the teams was determined as the higher ranked:

  1. highest goal difference;
  2. highest number of goals scored;
  3. result of the match played between the teams concerned;
  4. highest number of bonus points accumulated;
  5. lowest number of red cards accumulated;
  6. lowest number of yellow cards accumulated;
  7. toss of a coin.

The finals series was held over two weekends – 3 to 5 August, and 10 to 12 August.

Pre-Season Cup group stage fixtures and results

Round 1
Newcastle Jets0–1Perth Glory
(Report) Harnwell  48'
Port Macquarie Regional Stadium,
Port Macquarie, New South Wales
Attendance: 2,700
Referee: James Lewis
Central Coast Mariners2–0Wellington Phoenix
Wilkinson  3'
Kwasnik  30'		 (Report)
Bluetongue Stadium,
Gosford, New South Wales
Attendance: 8,136
Referee: Srebre Delovski
Queensland Roar0–0Sydney FC
(Report)
Maroochydore Soccer Club,
Maroochydore, Queensland
Attendance: 4,892
Referee: Peter Green
Melbourne Victory1–1Adelaide United
Allsopp  74' (Report) Dodd  9'
Aurora Stadium,
Launceston, Tasmania
Attendance: 8,061
Referee: Angelo Nardi

Round 2
Adelaide United1–1Perth Glory
Cassio  59' (Report) Rukavytsya  53'
Hindmarsh Stadium,
Adelaide, South Australia
Attendance: 3,513
Referee: Steven Gregory
Central Coast Mariners1–1Queensland Roar
Boogaard  6' (Report) Lynch  60'
Attendance: 3,531
Referee: James Lewis
Wellington Phoenix3–0Sydney FC
Smeltz  13',  89'
Rudan  14' (own)		 (Report)
Westpac Stadium,
Wellington, New Zealand
Attendance: 6,039
Melbourne Victory0–1Newcastle Jets
(Report) Wheelhouse  51'
Skilled Stadium,
Geelong, Victoria
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Ben Williams

Round 3
Wellington Phoenix1–2Queensland Roar
Old  47' (Report) Lynch  41'
Ognenovski  50'
Attendance: 4,081
Adelaide United4–1Newcastle Jets
Burns  6'
Djite  66'
Sarkies  80' (pen)
Alagich  86'		 (Report) Bridge  69' 
A. Griffiths  79' 
J. Griffiths  90+2' (pen)
Hindmarsh Stadium,
Adelaide, South Australia
Attendance: 3,800
Referee: Craig Zetter
Perth Glory2–1Melbourne Victory
Rukavytsya  52'
Harnwell  70'		 (Report) Hernandez  34'
Attendance: 2,700
Referee: Peter Green
Sydney FC0–3Central Coast Mariners
(Report) Osman  36'
Kwasnik  44'
Gumprecht  51'
Canberra Stadium,
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Attendance: 5,735
Referee: Ben Williams

Playoffs
Central Coast Mariners2–3Perth Glory
Mrdja  43'
Petrovski  90'		 (Report) Dragicevic  23'
Bertos  55'
Tarka  78'
Bluetongue Stadium,
Gosford, New South Wales
Attendance: 5,967
Referee: Ben Williams
Newcastle Jets3–2Sydney FC
J. Griffiths  5',  76'
Tunbridge  56'		 (Report) Zadkovich  79'
Talay  83'
Parramatta Stadium,
Parramatta, New South Wales
Attendance: 2,611
Referee: Peter Green
Melbourne Victory1–2Wellington Phoenix
Dodd  34' (own) (Report) Smeltz  53'
Daniel  87'
Olympic Park Stadium,
Melbourne, Victoria
Attendance: 4,100
Referee: Kevin Docherty
Adelaide United3–2Queensland Roar
Djite  1'
Petta  45'
Cássio  64'		 (Report) Lynch  16'
Milicic  73'
Hindmarsh Stadium,
Adelaide, South Australia
Attendance: 5,221
Referee: Angelo Nardi

Finals
Wellington Phoenix0–0Newcastle Jets
(Report)
Penalties
Smeltz
Aloisi
Christie
Johnson 		2–4 J. Griffiths
Bridge
Thompson
Elrich
Westpac Stadium
Attendance: 5,174
Referee: Mike Hester
Melbourne Victory0–1Sydney FC
(Report) Brosque  34'
Attendance: 3,400
Referee: Simon Przydacz
Adelaide United2–1Perth Glory
Djite  66'
Cássio  83'		 (Report) Bertos  45'
Attendance: 9,606
Referee: Craig Zetter
Central Coast Mariners1–3Queensland Roar
Simon  9' (Report) Milicic  30'
Nichols  33'
Marcinho  48'
Seo  76'
Reinaldo  86'
Bluetongue Stadium
Attendance: 3,500 (estimate)
Referee: James Lewis

Scorers

As at 12 August 2007

3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goals
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References
  1. "Regional Focus for Pre-Season Cup". 23 April 2007. Archived from the original on 16 July 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2007.
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