- 2007–08 Manchester City F.C. season
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Manchester City Season 2007–08 Owner Thaksin Shinawatra Chairman Thaksin Shinawatra Manager Sven-Göran Eriksson Team captain Richard Dunne Home stadium City of Manchester Stadium
(a.k.a. Eastlands and CoMS)Premier League Ninth League Cup Fifth round FA Cup Fourth round Top goalscorer League: Elano (8 goals)
(24th highest in Premier League)
All comps: Elano (10 goals)Season revenue € 104.0 million (20th highest in world)
(7th highest in Premier League)Average home
attendance42,126 – over 19 PL home games
(6th highest in Premier League)Highest home
attendance47,321 Liverpool v
30 December 2007Highest away
attendance75,970 Manchester United v
10 February 2008Lowest home
attendance20,938 Norwich City v
25 September 2007Lowest away
attendance14,541 Bristol City v
29 August 2007← 2006–07 2008–09 → Results summary - all competitions Wins Draws Losses Win % Home 13 5 5 56.5% Away 6 6 10 27.3% Both 19 11 15 42.2% Results summary - Premier League Wins Draws Losses Win % Home 11 4 4 57.9% Away 4 6 9 21.1% Both 15 10 13 39.5% The 2007–08 season was Manchester City Football Club's sixth consecutive season playing in the Premier League, the top division of English football, and its eleventh season since the Premier League was first created with Manchester City as one of the its original 22 founding member clubs. Overall, it was the team's 116th season playing in a division of English football, most of which have been spent in the top flight.
Contents
Season review
The season started with a new owner in Thaksin Shinawatra and his newly appointed manager, Sven-Göran Eriksson. After spending three of the four previous Premier League seasons finishing in low mid-table positions (i.e., two to four places above the relegation zone), the Manchester City team was badly in need of an influx of new blood if it was to avoid a similar fate, or worse, in the upcoming season. Consequently, the newly infused funds from the club's wealthy Thai owner came at quite a fortuitous time for the team, and Eriksson was very active in the summer transfer market as he spent approximately £30 million adding eight relatively high profile players to the City first team squad.
As a consequence of this mini spending spree Manchester City started the new season strongly and spent a large portion of it occupying one of the top five positions in the Premier League table. Unfortunately, the strong results of the first two thirds of the season were not sustained in the final third and the team ultimately slipped down the rankings to finish the season in ninth place. This loss of form in the final months also led to Shinawatra summarily sacking Eriksson, a decision that was received with mixed emotions by the Manchester City supporters since both characters had achieved the status of "white knights" in their eyes for their respective financial and managerial contributions to the transformation of the club.[1] Two days after his end-of-season dismissal on 2 June 2008 Sven-Göran Eriksson was replaced as manager by Mark Hughes.[2]
This season also saw Manchester City gain entry into the next season's UEFA Cup competition by finishing sixth in the English "Fair Play" rankings (with the five teams above having already qualified for European competition).
Team kit
The start of the 2007-08 Premiership campaign saw a number of changes for Manchester City, the most notable being the hiring of former England manager Sven-Göran Eriksson, while a somewhat less prominent change for the club saw the termination of Reebok as the team's kit supplier (for the four previous seasons) with the French sportswear manufacturer, Le Coq Sportif, now resuming this role once again. The shirt sponsor continued to be Thomas Cook, although the travel company had undergone a name change during the close season after its announced merger with MyTravel Group in June 2007, with the newly merged company now being called Thomas Cook Group.
The switch to a new kit supplier resulted in three new team kits for this season. The new home kit consisted of a return back to a full sky blue shirt, but now with vertical white pin stripes on the body (but not the sleeves and shoulders) together with matching solid sky blue socks and the traditional all white shorts. The shirt sported a Le Coq Sportif logo on the upper portion of both sleeves with the Manchester City crest in the centre of the chest above the Thomas Cook logo, while the City crest was also repeated at the base of the right leg on the shorts.
The new away kit - a striking solid purple colour but sporting the same vertical white pin stripes on the body of the shirt as the home kit plus all the same kit supplier, sponsorship and club crest logos - was possibly a throwback to the classic maroon and thin white striped shirts that had been the club's one-time strip created for its appearance at Wembley in the 1956 FA Cup Final against Birmingham City. In comparison to the new home and away kits, the new third kit consisted of a relatively conservative all white shirt and socks with solid sky blue shorts, with the white shirt sporting a thin sky blue diagonal sash across the front of the left shoulder. A new two-tone green (solid light green shirt plus solid dark green shorts and socks) goalkeeper's strip was also introduced for this season.
Home Away Third Goalkeeper On 10 February 2008 during the club's local derby game against Manchester United the City team played in a one-off special kit to mark the 50 year memorial of the Munich air disaster. This kit appropriately contained no kit supplier or sponsorship logos.[3]
Munich mememorial Munich mem. GK
Historical league performance
Prior to this season, the history of Manchester City's performance in the English football league hierarchy since the creation of the Premier League in 1992 is summarised by the following timeline chart – which commences with the last season (1991-92) of the old Football League First Division (from which the Premier League was formed).
Friendly games
Pre-season
14 July 2007 Doncaster Rovers 1 – 3 Manchester City Doncaster, England 15:00 BST McDaid 17' MCFC report 48' Corradi
62' Richards
64' MpenzaStadium: Keepmoat Stadium
Attendance: 6,37518 July 2007 Örgryte IS 1 – 4 Manchester City Varberg, Sweden 19:00 BST Mwila 37'
MCFC report
BBC Sport report
YouTube video18' Bianchi
53' Corradi
61' Samaras
64' Logan
65' Fernandes
75' DickovStadium: Påskbergsvallen
Attendance: 5,000+21 July 2007 Carlstad United 0 – 4 Manchester City Karlstad, Sweden 15:00 BST 52' (pen.) MCFC report 5' Corradi
20' 51' Bianchi
52' Richards
78' LairdStadium: Tingvalla IP 28 July 2007 Sporting Charleroi 2 – 0 Manchester City Charleroi, Belgium 18:00 BST Oulmers 20' (pen.)
Jovial 35'MCFC report
M.E.N. report39' M. Mills Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi 1 August 2007 Shrewsbury Town 0 – 2 Manchester City Shrewsbury, England 19:45 BST MCFC report
Guardian report42' Geovanni
81' Corradi
90' DickovStadium: New Meadow Thomas Cook Trophy
4 August 2007 Manchester City 0 – 1 Valencia Manchester, England 15:00 BST Corradi 74' M.E.N. report
Guardian report
Dailymotion video10' Silva
52' AnguloStadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 27,902
Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)Post-season
17 May 2008 Thai League All-Star XI 3 – 1 Manchester City Bangkok, Thailand 17:00 (local time) Ney Fabiano 37'
Sripan 44'
Chanabut 73'MCFC report 22' Caicedo Stadium: Rajamangala National Stadium
Attendance: 25,00022 May 2008 Hong Kong Invitational XI 3 – 1 Manchester City Hong Kong, China 18:00 (local time) Giovane 27'
Festus 48'
Liang 71'MCFC report 15' Hamann Stadium: Hong Kong Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
Competitive games
Premier League
Position in final standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 7 Blackburn Rovers 38 15 13 10 50 48 +2 58 8 Portsmouth 38 16 9 13 48 40 +8 57 9 Manchester City 38 15 10 13 45 53 −8 55 10 West Ham United 38 13 10 15 42 50 −8 49 11 Tottenham Hotspur 38 11 13 14 66 61 +5 46 Updated to games played on 11 May 2008 (end of season)
Source: Premier League 2007-08
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.Results summary
Overall Home Away Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD 38 15 10 13 45 53 −8 55 11 4 4 28 20 +8 4 6 9 17 33 −16 Last updated: 11 May 2008 (end of season)
Source: Premier League results 2007-08Points breakdown
Points at home: 37
Points away from home: 18Points against "Big Four" teams: 7
Points against promoted teams: 13- 6 points: Manchester United, Newcastle United, Sunderland
- 4 points: Aston Villa, Bolton Wanderers, Derby County, Portsmouth, West Ham Utd.
- 3 points: Birmingham City, Middlesbrough, Reading, Tottenham Hotspur
- 2 points: Wigan Athletic
- 1 point: Blackburn Rovers, Fulham, Liverpool
- 0 points: Arsenal, Chelsea, Everton
Biggest & smallest
Biggest home wins: 4–2 vs. Bolton Wanderers, 15 December 2007
3–1 vs. Middlesbrough, 7 October 2007 & vs. Portsmouth, 20 April 2008
& vs. Newcastle United, 29 September 2007
Biggest home defeats: 1–3 vs. Arsenal, 2 February 2008
0–2 vs. Everton, 25 February 2008 & vs. Chelsea, 5 April 2008
Biggest away wins: 0–2 vs. West Ham, 11 Aug. 2007 & vs. Newcastle Utd., 2 Jan. 2008
Biggest away defeat: 8–1 vs. Middlesbrough, 11 May 2008
Biggest home attendance: 47,321 vs. Liverpool, 30 December 2007
Smallest home attendance: 38,261 vs. Wigan Athletic, 1 March 2008
Biggest away attendance: 75,970 vs. Manchester United, 10 February 2008
Smallest away attendance: 18,614 vs. Wigan Athletic, 1 December 2007Results by round
Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 Ground A H H A A H A H H H A H A H A A H A H H A A H A H A H H A H A A H A H H A A Result W W W L L W D W W W L W D W D L W D D D W L D D L W L D L W D L L W W L L L Last updated: 11 May 2008.
Source: Premier League results 2007-08
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.Individual match reports
11 August 2007
15:00West Ham United 0 – 2 Manchester City Upton Park, London
Attendance: 34,921
Referee: Peter WaltonMCFC report Bianchi 18'
Geovanni 87'
15 August 2007
19:45Manchester City 1 – 0 Derby County City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester
Attendance: 43,620
Referee: L. S. MasonJohnson 43' MCFC report
19 August 2007
13:30Manchester City 1 – 0 Manchester United City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester
Attendance: 44,955
Referee: Mark ClattenburgGeovanni 31' MCFC report
YouTube video
25 August 2007
15:00Arsenal 1 – 0 Manchester City Emirates Stadium, London
Attendance: 60,114
Referee: Chris Foyvan Persie 66' (pen.)
Fàbregas 80'MCFC report
2 September 2007
15:00Blackburn Rovers 1 – 0 Manchester City Ewood Park, Blackburn
Attendance: 26,881
Referee: Mike DeanMcCarthy 13'
Tugay 54'MCFC report Dunne 65'
16 September 2007
16:00Manchester City 1 – 0 Aston Villa City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester
Attendance: 38,363
Referee: Martin AtkinsonJohnson 48' MCFC report
22 September 2007
15:00Fulham 3 – 3 Manchester City Craven Cottage, London
Attendance: 24,674
Referee: Mark HalseyDavies 13'
Bouazza 48'
Murphy 74'MCFC report Petrov 36', 60'
Mpenza 50'
29 September 2007
12:45Manchester City 3 – 1 Newcastle United City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester
Attendance: 40,606
Referee: Chris FoyPetrov 37'
Mpenza 47'
Elano 87'MCFC report Martins 29'
7 October 2007
15:00Manchester City 3 – 1 Middlesbrough City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester
Attendance: 40,438
Referee: Steve BennettRiggott 10' (o.g.)
Elano 33', 63'MCFC report Hutchinson 88'
20 October 2007
15:00Manchester City 1 – 0 Birmingham City City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester
Attendance: 45,688
Referee: Mike DeanElano 36' MCFC report
27 October 2007
15:00Chelsea 6 – 0 Manchester City Stamford Bridge, London
Attendance: 41,832
Referee: Mike RileyEssien 16'
Drogba 31', 56'
Cole 60'
Kalou 75'
Shevchenko 90'MCFC report
5 November 2007
20:00Manchester City 1 – 0 Sunderland City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester
Attendance: 40,038
Referee: Alan WileyIreland 66' MCFC report
11 November 2007
16:00Portsmouth 0 – 0 Manchester City Fratton Park, Portsmouth
Attendance: 19,529
Referee: Mark HalseyMCFC report
24 November 2007
15:00Manchester City 2 – 1 Reading City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester
Attendance: 43,813
Referee: Steve TannerPetrov 11'
Ireland 90'MCFC report Harper 43'
1 December 2007
15:00Wigan Athletic 1 – 1 Manchester City JJB Stadium, Wigan
Attendance: 18,614
Referee: Mike RileyScharner 24'
Melchiot 88'MCFC report Geovanni 1'
9 December 2007
15:00Tottenham Hotspur 2 – 1 Manchester City White Hart Lane, London
Attendance: 35,646
Referee: Mark HalseyChimbonda 44'
Defoe 82'MCFC report Bianchi 60'
Ireland 81'
15 December 2007
15:00Manchester City 4 – 2 Bolton Wanderers City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester
Attendance: 40,506
Referee: P. WaltonBianchi 7'
Michalík 48' (o.g.)
Vassell 77'
Etuhu 90'MCFC report Diouf 31'
Nolan 40'
22 December 2007
15:00Aston Villa 1 – 1 Manchester City Villa Park, Birmingham
Attendance: 41,455
Referee: Lee MasonCarew 14' MCFC report Bianchi 11'
27 December 2007
19:45Manchester City 2 – 2 Blackburn Rovers City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester
Attendance: 42,112
Referee: Howard WebbVassell 27'
Nelsen 30' (o.g.)MCFC report Santa Cruz 28', 84'
30 December 2007
16:00Manchester City 0 – 0 Liverpool City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester
Attendance: 47,321
Referee: Uriah RennieMCFC report
2 January 2008
19:45Newcastle United 0 – 2 Manchester City St James' Park, Newcastle
Attendance: 50,956
Referee: Martin AtkinsonMCFC report Elano 38'
Fernandes 76'
12 January 2008
15:00Everton 1 – 0 Manchester City Goodison Park, Liverpool
Attendance: 38,474
Referee: Mark HalseyLescott 31' MCFC report
20 January 2008
16:00Manchester City 1 – 1 West Ham United City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester
Attendance: 39,042
Referee: Phil DowdVassell 16' MCFC report Cole 8'
30 January 2008
19:45Derby County 1 – 1 Manchester City Pride Park Stadium, Derby
Attendance: 31,368
Referee: Steve BennettJihai 47' (o.g.) BBC Sport report
MCFC reportSturridge 63'
2 February 2008
12:45Manchester City 1 – 3 Arsenal City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester
Attendance: 46,426
Referee: Andre MarrinerFernandes 28' BBC Sport report
MCFC reportAdebayor 9', 88'
Eduardo 26'
10 February 2008
13:30Manchester United 1 – 2 Manchester City Old Trafford, Manchester
Attendance: 75,970
Referee: Howard WebbCarrick 90' BBC Sport report
MCFC reportVassell 24'
Benjani 45'
25 February 2008
20:00Manchester City 0 – 2 Everton City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester
Attendance: 41,728
Referee: Rob StylesPetrov 90' BBC Sport report
MCFC reportYakubu 30'
Lescott 37'
1 March 2008
17:15Manchester City 0 – 0 Wigan Athletic City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester
Attendance: 38,261
Referee: Steve BennettBBC Sport report
MCFC report
8 March 2008
15:00Reading 2 – 0 Manchester City Madejski Stadium, Reading
Attendance: 24,062
Referee: Uriah RennieLong 62'
Kitson 87'BBC Sport report
MCFC report)
16 March 2008
16:00Manchester City 2 – 1 Tottenham Hotspur City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester
Attendance: 40,108
Referee: Mark ClattenburgIreland 59'
Onuoha 71'BBC Sport report
MCFC reportKeane 32'
22 March 2008
15:00Bolton Wanderers 0 – 0 Manchester City Reebok Stadium, Bolton
Attendance: 22,633
Referee: Andre MarrinerMCFC report
29 March 2008
15:00Birmingham City 3 – 1 Manchester City St Andrews, Birmingham
Attendance: 22,962
Referee: Rob StylesZarate 40', 54'
Queudrue 57'
McSheffrey 77' (pen.)BBC Sport report
MCFC reportElano 59' (pen.)
5 April 2008
15:00Manchester City 0 – 2 Chelsea City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester
Attendance: 42,594
Referee: Chris FoyBBC Sport report
MCFC reportDunne 6' (o.g.)
Kalou 53'
12 April 2008
15:00Sunderland 1 – 2 Manchester City Stadium of Light, Sunderland
Attendance: 46,797
Referee: Mike RileyWhitehead 82' BBC Sport report
MCFC reportElano 79' (pen.)
Vassell 87'
20 April 2008
16:00Manchester City 3 – 1 Portsmouth City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester
Attendance: 40,205
Referee: Andre MarrinerVassell 11'
Petrov 13'
Benjani 74'BBC Sport report
MCFC reportUtaka 24'
Hreiðarsson 40'
26 April 2008
15:00Manchester City 2 – 3 Fulham City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester
Attendance: 43,634
Referee: Mike DeanIreland 10'
Benjani 21'BBC Sport report
MCFC reportKamara 69', 90'
Murphy 78'
4 May 2008
16:00Liverpool 1 – 0 Manchester City Anfield, Liverpool
Attendance: 43,074
Referee: Mark HalseyTorres 58' BBC Sport report
MCFC report
11 May 2008
15:00Middlesbrough 8 – 1 Manchester City Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough
Attendance: 27,613
Referee: Phil DowdDowning 16' (pen), 58'
Alves 37', 60', 90'
Johnson 70'
Rochemback 80'
Aliadiere 85'BBC Sport report
MCFC reportDunne 15'
Elano 88'
League Cup
Second round
29 August 2007
19:45Bristol City 1 – 2 Manchester City Ashton Gate, Bristol
Attendance: 14,541
Referee: R. BeebyOrr 69' MCFC report Mpenza 17'
Bianchi 81'Third round
25 September 2007
19:45Manchester City 1 – 0 Norwich City City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester
Attendance: 20,938
Referee: Andre MarrinerSamaras 89' MCFC report Fourth round
31 October 2007
20:00Bolton Wanderers 0 – 1 Manchester City Reebok Stadium, Bolton
Attendance: 15,501
Referee: Howard WebbMCFC report Elano 85' (pen.) Fifth Round
18 December 2007
19:45Manchester City 0 – 2 Tottenham Hotspur City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester
Attendance: 38,564
Referee: Steve BennettMCFC report Defoe 5'
Zokora 19'
Malbranque 83'
FA Cup
Third round
5 January 2008
15:00West Ham United 0 – 0 Manchester City Upton Park, London
Attendance: 33,806
Referee: Rob StylesMCFC report Third Round replay
16 January 2008
15:00Manchester City 1 – 0 West Ham United City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester
Attendance: 27,809
Referee: Mark ClattenburgElano 73' MCFC report Fourth round
27 January 2008
16:00Sheffield United 2 – 1 Manchester City Bramall Lane, Sheffield
Attendance: 20,800
Referee: Alan WileyShelton 11'
Stead 24'MCFC report Sturridge 48'
Playing statistics
Appearances (Apps.) numbers are for appearances in competitive games only
Apps. numbers denote: Total no. of games played (No. of games subbed on, when applicable)
Red card numbers denote: No. of second yellow cards / No. of straight red cardsNo. Pos. Player League FA Cup League Cup Total Discipline Apps. Goals Apps. Goals Apps. Goals Apps. Goals 1 GK Andreas Isaksson 5 1 6 2 DF Micah Richards (vc) 25 2 2 29 4 3 DF Michael Ball 28 (9) 3 4 (1) 35 (10) 2 4 DF Nedum Onuoha 16 (3) 1 2 3 (1) 21 (4) 1 Sold MF Ousmane Dabo 1 (1) 1 (1) 6 MF Michael Johnson 23 2 2 25 2 4 7 MF Stephen Ireland 33 (1) 4 3 (1) 3 39 (2) 4 2 - / 1 8 MF Geovanni 19 (17) 3 1 (1) 3 (1) 23 (19) 3 4 9 FW Émile Mpenza 15 (7) 2 1 2 (1) 1 18 (8) 3 10 FW Rolando Bianchi 19 (12) 4 2 (2) 3 1 24 (14) 5 11 MF Elano 34 (5) 8 2 1 2 1 38 (5) 10 5 12 FW Darius Vassell 27 (6) 6 3 2 (1) 32 (7) 6 3 14 FW Paul Dickov 1 (1) 1 (1) 15 MF Martin Petrov 34 5 3 1 38 5 2 - / 1 16 DF Vedran Ćorluka 37 (1) 3 3 43 (1) 5 17 DF Sun Jihai 14 (7) 2 16 (7) 2 19 GK Kasper Schmeichel 7 7 20 FW Georgios Samaras 5 (3) 2 1 7 (3) 1 21 MF Dietmar Hamann 29 (3) 3 2 34 (3) 10 22 DF Richard Dunne (c) 36 3 3 42 4 - / 2 24 DF Javier Garrido 27 (5) 2 29 (5) 4 25 GK Joe Hart 26 3 3 32 27 FW Benjani 13 (1) 3 13 (1) 3 28 MF Gelson Fernandes 26 (5) 2 3 (2) 3 (1) 32 (8) 2 6 29 FW Valeri Bojinov 3 (2) 3 (2) 30 MF Nery Castillo 10 (8) 2 12 (8) 33 FW Ched Evans 1 (1) 1 (1) 34 DF Sam Williamson 1 (1) 1 (1) 1 36 FW Daniel Sturridge 3 (1) 1 1 (1) 1 4 (2) 2 37 MF Kelvin Etuhu 6 (4) 1 1 (1) 1 (1) 8 (6) 1 1 38 DF Shaleum Logan 2 2 – FW Felipe Caicedo 7 (7) 7 (7) 1 TOTALS 42 2 4 48 60 - / 4 Information current as of 11 May 2008 (end of season)
Last updated: 16 January 2011
Source: (for players and positions) Season 2007-08 First Team Squad (for squad numbers) Season 2007-08 Squad Numbers (for actual stats.) All match Reports in Competitive games section above
Goal scorers
All competitions
Scorer Goals Elano 10 Darius Vassell 6 Rolando Bianchi 5 Martin Petrov Stephen Ireland 4 Geovanni 3 Émile Mpenza Benjani Mwaruwari Gelson Fernandes 2 Michael Johnson Daniel Sturridge Kelvin Etuhu 1 Nedum Onuoha Georgios Samaras Premier League
Scorer Goals Elano 8 Darius Vassell 6 Martin Petrov 5 Rolando Bianchi 4 Stephen Ireland Geovanni 3 Benjani Mwaruwari Gelson Fernandes 2 Michael Johnson Émile Mpenza Kelvin Etuhu 1 Nedum Onuoha Daniel Sturridge
League Cup
Scorer Goals Elano 1 Rolando Bianchi Émile Mpenza Georgios Samaras
FA Cup
Scorer Goals Elano 1 Daniel Sturridge Information current as of 11 May 2008 (end of season)
Awards
Premier League awards
Awarded monthly to the player and manager that were chosen by a panel assembled by the Premier League's sponsor
Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month August 2007[4] Sven-Göran Eriksson Micah Richards Thomas Cook Player of the Month awards
Awarded to the player in each category that receives the most votes in a poll conducted each month on the MCFC OWS
Month First Team Reserve Team Academy August/September[5] Dietmar Hamann Richard Martin Scott Kay October[6] Elano Ashley Grimes Ben Mee November[7] Vedran Ćorluka Javan Vidal Kieran Trippier December[8] Richard Dunne Karl Moore David Ball January[9] Michael Ball not announced Vladimír Weiss February[9] Joe Hart Paul Marshall Greg Hartley March[10] Gelson Fernandes Adam Clayton Andrew Tutte April[10] Darius Vassell Sam Williamson Vladimír Weiss Football Association of Ireland awards
Player Year 2007 awards[11] Richard Dunne International Player of the Year Stephen Ireland Young International Player of the Year Official Supporters Club awards
Player Season 2007–08 awards[12] Richard Dunne Player of the Year Joe Hart Young Player of the Year Ben Mee Most Promising Player of the Year
Transfers and loans
Transfers in
First team
Date Pos. Player From club Transfer fee 13 July 2007 FW Rolando Bianchi Reggina £8.8m[13] 14 July 2007 MF Gelson Fernandes FC Sion Undisc.[14] 17 July 2007 MF Geovanni Cruzeiro Free[15] 26 July 2007 MF Martin Petrov Atlético Madrid £4.7m[16] 02 Aug. 2007 DF Vedran Ćorluka Dinamo Zagreb Undisc.[17] 02 Aug. 2007 MF Elano Shakhtar Donetsk £8m[17] 02 Aug. 2007 DF Javier Garrido Real Sociedad £1.5m[17] 03 Aug. 2007 FW Valeri Bojinov Fiorentina £5.75m[18][19] 31 Jan. 2008 FW Felipe Caicedo FC Basel £5.2m[20][21] 31 Jan. 2008[22] FW Benjani Mwaruwari Portsmouth £3.87m[23] Reserves & Academy
Date Pos. Player From club Transfer fee 10 Aug. 07 GK Richard Martin Free agent / 1 month trial[24][25] 16 Nov. 07 FW Teerasil Dangda Mueang Thong NongJork Free[26][27] 16 Nov. 07 DF Kiatprawut Saiwaeo Chonburi Free[26][27] 16 Nov. 07 DF Suree Sukha Chonburi Free[26][27] Transfers out
First team
Exit date Pos. Player To club Transfer fee 15 May 2007 DF Hatem Trabelsi Al-Hilal Released[28][29] 23 May 2007 DF Sylvain Distin Portsmouth Free[30][31] 14 June 2007 MF Joey Barton Newcastle United £5.8m[30][32] 04 July 2007 GK Nicky Weaver Charlton Athletic Free[33] 10 July 2007 MF Trevor Sinclair Cardiff City Free[34][35] 16 July 2007 DF Stephen Jordan Burnley Free[30][36] 31 Jan. 2008 MF Ousmane Dabo Lazio Free[37] 31 Jan. 2008 FW Ishmael Miller West Brom. Albion £.9m–£1.4m[38][39] Reserves & Academy
Exit date Pos. Player To club Transfer fee 15 May 2007 GK Laurence Matthewson Released[28] 15 May 2007 MF Ashley Williams Released[28] 04 July 2007 DF Nathan D'Laryea Rochdale Free[28][40] 09 Jan. 2008 MF Marc Laird Millwall Free[41] Loans in
First team
Start date End date Pos. Player From club 01 Jan. 2008 31 Dec. 2008 MF Nery Castillo Shakhtar Donetsk[42] Reserves & Academy
Start date End date Pos. Player From club 31 Jan. 2008 30 June 2008 FW Filippo Mancini Inter Milan[20] Loans out
First team
Reserves & Academy
Start date End date Pos. Player To club 08 Nov. 07 07 Dec. 07 MF Marc Laird Port Vale[65] 27 Feb. 08 30 June 08 FW Teerasil Dangda Grasshopper[66][67] 27 Feb. 08 30 June 08 DF Suree Sukha Grasshopper[66][67] 14 Apr. 08 30 June 08 DF Kiatprawut Saiwaeo Club Brugge[66][67] See also
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- ^ "Sinclair wings his way to Cardiff". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 2007-07-10. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/cardiff_city/6289086.stm. Retrieved 2008-01-01.
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- ^ "Rochdale sign Muirhead & Kennedy". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 2007-07-04. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/rochdale/6718723.stm. Retrieved 2008-01-13.
- ^ "Laird transfers to Millwall". mcfc.co.uk. (Manchester City Football Club). 2008-01-09. http://www.mcfc.co.uk/News/Club-news/2008/January/Laird-transfers-to-Millwall. Retrieved 2010-11-01.
- ^ "Man City agree Castillo loan deal". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 2007-12-18. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/7150844.stm. Retrieved 2008-01-01.
- ^ "West Brom sign Man City striker". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 2007-08-15. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/west_bromwich_albion/6944790.stm. Retrieved 2008-01-01.
- ^ "Doncaster sign Man City's Mills". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 2007-08-21. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/d/doncaster/6957350.stm. Retrieved 2008-01-01.
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- ^ "Striker Corradi moves to Parma". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 2007-08-31. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/6973208.stm. Retrieved 2008-01-01.
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- ^ "Grimsby recruit Man City defender". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 2007-10-11. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/g/grimsby_town/7039981.stm. Retrieved 2011-01-24.
- ^ "Cardiff seal Schmeichel loan deal". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 2007-10-25. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/cardiff_city/7062022.stm. Retrieved 2008-01-01.
- ^ "Scunthorpe sign Man City defender". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 2007-11-09. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/scunthorpe_utd/7088719.stm. Retrieved 2008-01-01.
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