# Sunderland AFC in het seizoen 2007/08

Dit artikel beschrijft de prestaties van de Engelse voetbalclub Sunderland AFC in het seizoen 2007–2008. Het was het eerste seizoen dat de club uit Sunderland uitkwam in de hoogste divisie van het Engelse profvoetbal, de Premier League, na de degradatie in 2006. De club stond onder leiding van de voormalig Ierse international Roy Keane.

## Premier League
### Wedstrijden

| № | Datum | Wedstrijd | Uitslag | Pos | Pnt. |
| 1 | 11.08.2007 | Sunderland – Tottenham Hotspur | 1–0 | 6 | 3 |
| 2 | 15.08.2007 | Birmingham City – Sunderland | 2–2 | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | 18.08.2007 | Wigan Athletic – Sunderland | 3–0 | 8 | 4 |
| 4 | 25.08.2007 | Sunderland – Liverpool | 0–2 | 14 | 4 |
| 5 | 01.09.2007 | Manchester United – Sunderland | 1–0 | 17 | 4 |
| 6 | 15.09.2007 | Sunderland – Reading | 2–1 | 14 | 7 |
| 7 | 22.09.2007 | Middlesbrough – Sunderland | 2–2 | 13 | 8 |
| 8 | 29.09.2007 | Sunderland – Blackburn Rovers | 1–2 | 15 | 8 |
| 9 | 07.10.2007 | Arsenal – Sunderland | 3–2 | 15 | 8 |
| 10 | 21.10.2007 | West Ham United – Sunderland | 3–1 | 16 | 8 |
| 11 | 27.10.2007 | Sunderland – Fulham | 1–1 | 15 | 9 |
| 12 | 05.11.2007 | Manchester City – Sunderland | 1–0 | 15 | 9 |
| 13 | 10.11.2007 | Sunderland – Newcastle United | 1–1 | 15 | 10 |
| 14 | 24.11.2007 | Everton – Sunderland | 7–1 | 18 | 10 |
| 15 | 01.12.2007 | Sunderland – Derby County | 1–0 | 14 | 13 |
| 16 | 08.12.2007 | Chelsea – Sunderland | 2–0 | 15 | 13 |
| 17 | 15.12.2007 | Sunderland – Aston Villa | 1–1 | 17 | 14 |
| 18 | 22.12.2007 | Reading – Sunderland | 2–1 | 18 | 14 |
| 19 | 26.12.2007 | Sunderland – Manchester United | 0–4 | 19 | 14 |
| 20 | 29.12.2007 | Sunderland – Bolton Wanderers | 3–1 | 17 | 17 |
| 21 | 02.01.2008 | Blackburn Rovers – Sunderland | 1–0 | 18 | 17 |
| 22 | 13.01.2008 | Sunderland – Portsmouth | 2–0 | 18 | 20 |
| 23 | 19.01.2008 | Tottenham Hotspur – Sunderland | 2–0 | 18 | 20 |
| 24 | 29.01.2008 | Sunderland – Birmingham City | 2–0 | 14 | 23 |
| 25 | 02.02.2008 | Liverpool – Sunderland | 3–0 | 16 | 23 |
| 26 | 09.02.2008 | Sunderland – Wigan Athletic | 2–0 | 14 | 26 |
| 27 | 23.02.2008 | Portsmouth – Sunderland | 1–0 | 15 | 26 |
| 28 | 01.03.2008 | Derby County – Sunderland | 0–0 | 15 | 27 |
| 29 | 09.03.2008 | Sunderland – Everton | 0–1 | 16 | 27 |
| 30 | 15.03.2008 | Sunderland – Chelsea | 0–1 | 16 | 27 |
| 31 | 22.03.2008 | Aston Villa – Sunderland | 0–1 | 16 | 30 |
| 32 | 29.03.2008 | Sunderland – West Ham United | 2–1 | 13 | 33 |
| 33 | 05.04.2008 | Fulham – Sunderland | 1–3 | 13 | 36 |
| 34 | 12.04.2008 | Sunderland – Manchester City | 1–2 | 14 | 36 |
| 35 | 20.04.2008 | Newcastle United – Sunderland | 2–0 | 15 | 36 |
| 36 | 26.04.2008 | Sunderland – Middlesbrough | 3–2 | 13 | 39 |
| 37 | 03.05.2008 | Bolton Wanderers – Sunderland | 2–0 | 15 | 39 |
| 38 | 11.05.2008 | Sunderland – Arsenal | 0–1 | 15 | 39 |

### Eindstand

| № | Club | WG | W | G | V | DV | DT | +/- | Punten |
| | Manchester United | 38 | 27 | 6 | 5 | 80 | 22 | 58 | 87 |
| 2 | Chelsea | 38 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 65 | 26 | 39 | 85 |
| 3 | Arsenal | 38 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 74 | 31 | 43 | 83 |
| 4 | Liverpool | 38 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 67 | 28 | 39 | 76 |
| 5 | Everton | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 55 | 33 | 22 | 65 |
| 6 | Aston Villa | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 71 | 51 | 20 | 60 |
| 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 |
| 12 | Newcastle United | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 45 | 65 | –20 | 43 |
| 13 | Middlesbrough | 38 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 43 | 53 | –10 | 42 |
| 14 | Wigan Athletic | 38 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 34 | 51 | –17 | 40 |
| 15 | Sunderland | 38 | 11 | 6 | 21 | 36 | 59 | –23 | 39 |
| 16 | Bolton Wanderers | 38 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 36 | 54 | –18 | 37 |
| 17 | Fulham | 38 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 38 | 60 | –22 | 36 |
| 18 | Reading | 38 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 41 | 66 | –25 | 36 |
| 19 | Birmingham City | 38 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 46 | 62 | –16 | 35 |
| 20 | Derby County | 38 | 1 | 8 | 29 | 20 | 89 | –69 | 11 |

### Toeschouwers

| № | Club | Totaal | Duels | Gem | +/– | Record |
| 1 | Manchester United | 1.438.136 | 19 | 75.691 | –0,2% | 76.013 |
| 2 | Arsenal | 1.141.335 | 19 | 60.070 | 0,0% | 60.161 |
| 3 | Newcastle United | 975.093 | 19 | 51.321 | +1,3% | 52.307 |
| 4 | Liverpool | 827.111 | 19 | 43.532 | –0,1% | 44.459 |
| 5 | Sunderland | 823.540 | 19 | 43.344 | +35,9% | 47.802 |
| 6 | Manchester City | 800.400 | 19 | 42.126 | +5,3% | 47.321 |
| 7 | Chelsea | 786.549 | 19 | 41.397 | –0,3% | 41.837 |
| 8 | Aston Villa | 760.560 | 19 | 40.029 | +10,5% | 42.640 |
| 9 | Everton | 702.142 | 19 | 36.955 | +0,6% | 40.049 |
| 10 | Tottenham Hotspur | 683.370 | 19 | 35.967 | +0,6% | 36.178 |
| 11 | West Ham United | 657.423 | 19 | 34.601 | –0,3% | 34.980 |
| 12 | Derby County | 616.216 | 19 | 32.432 | +25,0% | 33.087 |
| 13 | Middlesbrough | 507.450 | 19 | 26.708 | –3,7% | 33.952 |
| 14 | Birmingham City | 497.438 | 19 | 26.181 | +17,5% | 29.252 |
| 15 | Blackburn Rovers | 454.928 | 19 | 23.944 | +12,5% | 30.316 |
| 16 | Fulham | 451.714 | 19 | 23.774 | +6,7% | 25.357 |
| 17 | Reading | 448.115 | 19 | 23.585 | –1,0% | 24.374 |
| 18 | Bolton Wanderers | 397.122 | 19 | 20.901 | –11,5% | 25.414 |
| 19 | Portsmouth | 378.367 | 19 | 19.914 | +0,3% | 20.556 |
| 20 | Wigan Athletic | 361.876 | 19 | 19.046 | +4,9% | 25.133 |
| Totaal | Totaal | 13.708.885 | 380 | 36.076 | +5,0% | 76.013 |

### Statistieken

Bijgaand een overzicht van de spelers van Sunderland, die in het seizoen 2007/08 onder leiding van trainer-coach Roy Keane opnieuw als vijftiende eindigden in de Premier League.
| Naam | Min. | Duels | B | | | | | | |
| Danny Collins | 3042' | 36 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Craig Gordon | 3060' | 34 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Chopra | 2010' | 33 | 21 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Kenwyne Jones | 2824' | 33 | 33 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Grant Leadbitter | 1887' | 31 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Nayron Nosworthy | 2515' | 29 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Daryl Murphy | 1808' | 28 | 20 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dean Whitehead | 2398' | 27 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Liam Miller | 1596' | 24 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Danny Higginbotham | 1890' | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul McShane | 1765' | 21 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Ross Wallace | 1497' | 21 | 18 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Dickson Etuhu | 1508' | 20 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Stokes | 742' | 20 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dwight Yorke | 1260' | 20 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Roy O'Donovan | 452' | 17 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kieran Richardson | 1114' | 17 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonny Evans | 1337' | 15 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carlos Edwards | 851' | 13 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andy Reid | 985' | 13 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Bardsley | 990' | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Halford | 677' | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Ian Harte | 307' | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andy Cole | 236' | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rade Prica | 205' | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| David Connolly | 95' | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Martyn Waghorn | 105' | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darren Ward | 270' | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Russell Anderson | 28' | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Márton Fülöp | 90' | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stern John | 32' | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevor Carson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Dennehy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Dowson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peter Hartley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jean-Yves M'voto | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Pelter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Richardson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## FA Cup
### Wedstrijden

| Ronde | Datum | Wedstrijd | Uitslag |
| Derde ronde | 05.01.2008 | Sunderland – Wigan Athletic | 0–3 |

## Football League Cup
### Wedstrijden

| Ronde | Datum | Wedstrijd | Uitslag |
| Tweede ronde | 28.08.2007 | Luton Town – Sunderland | 3–0 |
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