# 2007–08 Newcastle Jets FC season

The 2007–08 season was Newcastle Jets' third season in the Hyundai A-League and their most successful, placing second in the regular season, and defeating Central Coast Mariners in the Grand Final to be crowned the 2007–08 Champions.

## Players
### Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | AUS | Ante Covic (Vice-Captain) |
| 2 | DF | AUS | Adam Griffiths |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Jade North (Captain) |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Steve Eagleton (de-listed due to injury) |
| 5 | MF | AUS | Stuart Musialik |
| 6 | DF | AUS | Andrew Durante |
| 7 | FW | ARG | Jorge Drovandi |
| 8 | MF | AUS | Matt Thompson |
| 9 | FW | AUS | Joel Griffiths |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Denni |
| 11 | MF | AUS | Tarek Elrich (Youth) |
| 12 | DF | AUS | Paul Kohler |
| 13 | MF | AUS | Adam D'Apuzzo (Youth) |
| 14 | MF | AUS | Jobe Wheelhouse |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | FW | AUS | Scott Tunbridge |
| 16 | DF | AUS | Craig Deans (de-listed due to injury) |
| 17 | MF | AUS | Troy Hearfield (Youth) |
| 18 | MF | AUS | Noel Spencer |
| 19 | FW | AUS | Mark Bridge |
| 20 | GK | AUS | Ben Kennedy (Youth) |
| 21 | FW | BRA | Mário Jardel (Marquee) |
| 22 | GK | AUS | Ben McNamara (Youth) |
| 23 | FW | AUS | Jason Hoffman (Youth) |
| 25 | MF | AUS | James Holland (Youth) |
| 26 | MF | AUS | Ben Kantarovski (Youth) |
| 27 | DF | AUS | Stephen Laybutt |
| 28 | MF | KOR | Song Jin-Hyung |

### Transfers
#### In

| Name | Position | From (Club) | Date Joined | Debut |
| Noel Spencer | Midfield | Sydney FC | 7 May 2007 | Round 1 |
| Adam Griffiths | Defender | Brentford | 17 May 2007 | Round 1 |
| Jorge Drovandi | Forward | Rosario Central | 2 August 2007 | Round 1 |
| Denni | Midfield | Santo André | 17 August 2007 | Round 1 |
| Scott Tunbridge | Forward | Hamilton Academical | 4 July 2007 | Round 11 |
| Mário Jardel | Forward | Anorthosis | 13 August 2007 | Round 4 |
| Ben McNamara | Goalkeeper | Lake Macquarie City | 18 August 2007 | Uncapped |
| Jason Hoffman | Forward | Hamilton Olympic | 30 August 2007 | Round 2 |
| Stephen Laybutt | Defender | Gent | 30 August 2007 | Round 6 |
| James Holland | Midfield | AIS | 14 October 2007 | Round 8 |
| Ben Kantarovski | Midfield | Broadmeadow Magic | 12 January 2008 | Uncapped |
| Song Jin-Hyung | Midfield | FC Seoul | 18 January 2008 | Semi Final (2nd leg) |

#### Out

| Name | Position | To (Club) | Date Left |
| Milton Rodriguez | Forward | América de Cali | Start of season |
| Tim Brown | Midfield | Wellington Phoenix | Start of season |
| Labinot Haliti | Forward | Slaven | Start of season |
| Tony Faria | Midfield | Released | Start of season |
| Tolgay Özbey | Forward | Blacktown City | Start of season |
| Steven Old | Defender | Wellington Phoenix | Start of season |
| Vaughan Coveny | Forward | Wellington Phoenix | Start of season |
| Nick Carle | Midfield | Gençlerbirliği | Start of season |
| Paul Okon | Defender | Retired | Start of season |
| Ivan Necevski | Goalkeeper | Sydney FC | Start of season |
| Shane Webb | Defender | Released | Start of season |
| Jorge Drovandi | Forward | Unknown | 4 December 2007 |

## Matches
### 2007 Pre-season Cup

Group A :
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | BP | Pts |
| 1 | Adelaide United | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 3 | 8 |
| 2 | Perth Glory | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 8 |
| 3 | Newcastle Jets | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Melbourne Victory | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 0 | 1 |

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Central Coast Mariners | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 25 | +5 | 34 | Qualification for 2009 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series |
| 2 | Newcastle Jets (C) | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 21 | +4 | 34 | Qualification for 2009 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series |
| 3 | Sydney FC | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 28 | 24 | +4 | 32 | Qualification for 2008 Pan-Pacific Championship and Finals series |
| 4 | Queensland Roar | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 21 | +4 | 31 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 5 | Melbourne Victory | 21 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 27 | |
| 6 | Adelaide United | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 31 | 29 | +2 | 26 | |
| 7 | Perth Glory | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 27 | 34 | −7 | 20 | |
| 8 | Wellington Phoenix | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 25 | 37 | −12 | 20 | |
* ↑ First place qualifies for the 2009 AFC Champions League group stage. Winning the 2008 A-League Grand Final earns qualification for the 2009 AFC Champions League group stage, unless the Grand Final winners are also first place, in which case the Grand Final runner up qualifies.
* ↑ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

## Statistics
### Goal scorers

| Name | Pre-Season | A-League | Finals |
| Joel Griffiths | 3 | 12 | 2 |
| Mark Bridge | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Adam Griffiths | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| James Holland | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Scott Tunbridge | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Denni | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Matt Thompson | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Stuart Musialik | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jobe Wheelhouse | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tarek Elrich | 0 | 0 | 1 |