Premier League 2007/08

Premier League 2007/08
master	Manchester United
Champions League	Manchester United, Chelsea FC
Champions League qualification	Arsenal , Liverpool
Uefa cup	Everton , Portsmouth , Tottenham Hotspur
UEFA Cup qualification	Manchester City
UI cup	Aston Villa
Cup winners	Portsmouth FC
Relegated	Reading FC , Birmingham City , Derby County
Teams	20th
Games	380
Gates	1.002  (ø 2.64 per game)
spectator	13,708,880  (ø 36,076 per game)
Top scorer	Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)
← Premier League 2006/07 Premier League 2008/09 →
Football League Championship 2007/08 ↓

The 2007/08 Premier League was the 16th season of the English Premier League , and at the same time the 109th first division season in English football. It started on August 11, 2007 and ended on May 11, 2008. The first goal of the 2007/08 season was scored by Michael Chopra from newly promoted AFC Sunderland with his decisive goal to 1-0 against Tottenham Hotspur in the 94th minute of the game.

Defending champions Manchester United won the Premiership title for the tenth time and the 17th championship trophy with a 2-0 win at Wigan Athletic on the final matchday.

After a 2-2 draw in the 32nd game of the season against Fulham , Derby County was the first to be relegated from the Premier League on March 29, 2008. The "Rams" were at the same time the first team in the history of the Premier League, which could no longer achieve relegation in March. The Reading FC and newly promoted Birmingham City also dismounted.

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Manchester United (M)	38	27	6th	5	080:220	+58	87
2.	Chelsea FC (P, L)	38	25th	10	3	065:260	+39	85
3.	Arsenal FC	38	24	11	3	074:310	+43	83
4th	Liverpool FC	38	21st	13	4th	067:280	+39	76
5.	Everton FC	38	19th	8th	11	055:330	+22	65
6th	Aston Villa	38	16	12	10	071:510	+20	60
7th	Blackburn Rovers	38	15th	13	10	050:480	+2	58
8th.	Portsmouth FC	38	16	9	13	048:400	+8	57
9.	Manchester City	38	15th	10	13	045:530	−8	55
10.	West Ham United	38	13	10	15th	042:500	−8	49
11.	Tottenham Hotspur	38	11	13	14th	066:610	+5	46
12.	Newcastle United	38	11	10	17th	045:650	−20	43
13.	Middlesbrough FC	38	10	12	16	043:530	−10	42
14th	Wigan Athletic	38	10	10	18th	034:510	−17	40
15th	Sunderland AFC (N)	38	11	6th	21st	036:590	−23	39
16.	Bolton Wanderers	38	9	10	19th	036:540	−18	37
17th	Fulham FC	38	8th	12	18th	038:600	−22	36
18th	Reading FC	38	10	6th	22nd	041:660	−25	36
19th	Birmingham City (N)	38	8th	11	19th	046:620	−16	35
20th	Derby County (N)	38	1	8th	29	020:890	−69	11

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored

English champion and participation in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League 2008/09

Participation in the group stage of the 2008/09 UEFA Champions League

Participation in the third qualifying round for the 2008/09 UEFA Champions League

Participation in the 2008/09 UEFA Cup

Participation in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 2008

FA Cup winner and participation in the 2008/09 UEFA Cup

Participation in the 2008/09 UEFA Cup via fair play

Participation in the 2008/09 UEFA Cup as a league cup winner

Relegation to the Football League Championship

(M)	reigning English champion
(P)	reigning FA Cup winner
(L)	reigning league cup winner
(N)	Newcomers last season

Results table

The home teams are listed in the left column.

2007/08	ARS	AST	BIR	BLA	BOL	CHE	OF THE	EVE	FUL	LIV	MNC	MNU	MID	NEW	POR	REA	SUN	DEAD	WHU	TIG
Arsenal FC		1: 1	1: 1	2-0	2-0	1-0	5-0	1-0	2: 1	1: 1	1-0	2: 2	1: 1	3-0	3: 1	2-0	3: 2	2: 1	2-0	2-0
Aston Villa	1: 2		5: 1	1: 1	4-0	2-0	2-0	2-0	2: 1	1: 2	1: 1	1: 4	1: 1	4: 1	1: 3	3: 1	0: 1	2: 1	1-0	0: 2
Birmingham City	2: 2	1: 2		4: 1	1-0	0: 1	1: 1	1: 1	1: 1	2: 2	3: 1	0: 1	3-0	1: 1	0: 2	1: 1	2: 2	4: 1	0: 1	3: 2
Blackburn Rovers	1: 1	0: 4	2: 1		4: 1	0: 1	3: 1	0-0	1: 1	0-0	1-0	1: 1	1: 1	3: 1	0: 1	4: 2	1-0	1: 1	0: 1	3: 1
Bolton Wanderers	2: 3	1: 1	3-0	1: 2		0: 1	1-0	1: 2	0-0	1: 3	0-0	1-0	0-0	1: 3	0: 1	3-0	2-0	1: 1	1-0	4: 1
Chelsea FC	2: 1	4: 4	3: 2	0-0	1: 1		6: 1	1: 1	0-0	0-0	6-0	2: 1	1-0	2: 1	1-0	1-0	2-0	2-0	1-0	1: 1
Derby County	2: 6	0: 6	1: 2	1: 2	1: 1	0: 2		0: 2	2: 2	1: 2	1: 1	0: 1	0: 1	1-0	2: 2	0: 4	0-0	0: 3	0: 5	0: 1
Everton FC	1: 4	2: 2	3: 1	1: 1	2-0	0: 1	1-0		3-0	1: 2	1-0	0: 1	2-0	3: 1	3: 1	1-0	7: 1	0-0	1: 1	2: 1
Fulham FC	0: 3	2: 1	2-0	2: 2	2: 1	1: 2	0-0	1-0		0: 2	3: 3	0: 3	1: 2	0: 1	0: 2	3: 1	1: 3	3: 3	0: 1	1: 1
Liverpool FC	1: 1	2: 2	0-0	3: 1	4-0	1: 1	6-0	1-0	2-0		1-0	0: 1	3: 2	3-0	4: 1	2: 1	3-0	2: 2	4-0	1: 1
Manchester City	1: 3	1-0	1-0	2: 2	4: 2	0: 2	1-0	0: 2	2: 3	0-0		1-0	3: 1	3: 1	3: 1	2: 1	1-0	2: 1	1: 1	0-0
Manchester United	2: 1	4-0	1-0	2-0	2-0	2-0	4: 1	2: 1	2-0	3-0	1: 2		4: 1	6-0	2-0	0-0	1-0	1-0	4: 1	4-0
Middlesbrough FC	2: 1	0: 3	2-0	1: 2	0: 1	0: 2	1-0	0: 2	1-0	1: 1	8: 1	2: 2		2: 2	2-0	0: 1	2: 2	1: 1	1: 2	1-0
Newcastle United	1: 1	0-0	2: 1	0: 1	0-0	0: 2	2: 2	3: 2	2-0	0: 3	0: 2	1: 5	1: 1		1: 4	3-0	2-0	3: 1	3: 1	1-0
Portsmouth FC	0-0	2-0	4: 2	0: 1	3: 1	1: 1	3: 1	0-0	0: 1	0-0	0-0	1: 1	0: 1	0-0		7: 4	1-0	0: 1	0-0	2-0
Reading FC	1: 3	1: 2	2: 1	0-0	0: 2	1: 2	1-0	1-0	0: 2	3: 1	2-0	0: 2	1: 1	2: 1	0: 2		2: 1	0: 1	0: 3	2: 1
Sunderland AFC	0: 1	1: 1	2-0	1: 2	3: 1	0: 1	1-0	0: 1	1: 1	0: 2	1: 2	0: 4	3: 2	1: 1	2-0	2: 1		1-0	2: 1	2-0
Tottenham Hotspur	1: 3	4: 4	2: 3	1: 2	1: 1	4: 4	4-0	1: 3	5: 1	0: 2	2: 1	1: 1	1: 1	1: 4	2-0	6: 4	2-0		4-0	4-0
West Ham United	0: 1	2: 2	1: 1	2: 1	1: 1	0: 4	2: 1	0: 2	2: 1	1-0	0: 2	2: 1	3-0	2: 2	0: 1	1: 1	3: 1	1: 1		1: 1
Wigan Athletic	0-0	1: 2	2-0	5: 3	1-0	0: 2	2-0	1: 2	1: 1	0: 1	1: 1	0: 2	1-0	1-0	0: 2	0-0	3-0	1: 1	1-0

List of goalscorers

	player	society	Gates
1	Cristiano Ronaldo	Manchester United	31
2	Emmanuel Adebayor	Arsenal FC	24
=	Fernando Torres	Liverpool FC	=
4th	Roque Santa Cruz	Blackburn Rovers	19th
5	Yakubu Aiyegbeni	Everton FC	15th
=	Dimitar Berbatov	Tottenham Hotspur	=
=	Robbie Keane	Tottenham Hotspur	=
=	Benjamin Mwaruwari	Portsmouth FC / Manchester City	=
9	Carlos Tévez	Manchester United	14th
10	John Carew	Aston Villa	13

Awards during the season

month	Trainer of the month	Player of the month
August 2007	Sven-Göran Eriksson (Manchester City)	Micah Richards (Manchester City)
September 2007	Arsène Wenger (Arsenal FC)	Cesc Fàbregas (Arsenal FC)
October 2007	Mark Hughes (Blackburn Rovers)	Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)
November 2007	Martin O'Neill (Aston Villa)	Gabriel Agbonlahor (Aston Villa)
December 2007	Arsène Wenger (Arsenal FC)	Roque Santa Cruz (Blackburn Rovers)
January 2008	Alex Ferguson (Manchester United)	Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)
February 2008	David Moyes (Everton FC)	Fernando Torres (Liverpool FC)
March 2008	Alex Ferguson (Manchester United)	Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)
April 2008	Avram Grant (Chelsea FC)	Ashley Young (Aston Villa)

Venues

Stadion society capacity Emirates Stadium Arsenal FC 60,355 Villa Park Aston Villa 42,640 St. Andrew's Stadium Birmingham City 30.009 Ewood Park Blackburn Rovers 31,367 Reebok Stadium Bolton Wanderers 28,723 Stamford Bridge Chelsea FC 42,055 Pride Park Stadium Derby County 33,597 Goodison Park Everton FC 40.157 Craven Cottage Fulham FC 26,300 Anfield Liverpool FC 45,522

Stadion society capacity City of Manchester Stadium Manchester City 47,726 Old Trafford Manchester United 76,212 Riverside Stadium Middlesbrough FC 35,049 St. James' Park Newcastle United 52,387 Fratton Park Portsmouth FC 20,688 Madejski Stadium Reading FC 24,161 Stage of light Sunderland AFC 48,707 White Hart Lane Tottenham Hotspur 36,244 Upton Park West Ham United 35,303 JJB Stadium Wigan Athletic 25,138

The Manchester United championship team

According to the rules of the Premier League, a player receives an official winner's medal if he completes at least 10 Premier League games for the master club (in addition, medals were awarded to Tomasz Kuszczak and Gerard Piqué, who played nine times each). With this in mind, the following players count as English champions of the 2007/08 season. The number of missions and the goals scored are given in brackets.

1.

Manchester United

Goal: Edwin van der Sar (29 / -); Tomasz Kuszczak (9 / -) Defense: Wes Brown (36/1); Rio Ferdinand (35/2); Patrice Evra (33 / -); Nemanja Vidić (32/1); John O'Shea (28 / -); Gerard Piqué (9 / -) Midfield: Cristiano Ronaldo (34/31); Ryan Giggs (31/3); Michael Carrick (31/2); Nani (26/3); Paul Scholes (24/1); Anderson (24 / -); Owen Hargreaves (23/2); Darren Fletcher (16 / -); Park Ji-sung (12/1) Forward: Carlos Tévez (34/14); Wayne Rooney (27/12); Louis Saha (17/5) Coach: Alex Ferguson

Chronicle of the change of coach

• Sven-Göran Eriksson will be the new Manchester City manager following the sacking of Stuart Pearce . (July 6, 2007)
• José Mourinho is leaving Chelsea FC by “mutual agreement” with the club's management and will be succeeded by Avram Grant , who will take over the team management together with Steve Clarke . (September 20, 2007)
• Sammy Lee leaves Bolton Wanderers after a poor start to the season (October 17, 2007). Gary Megson will be the new coach (25 October 2007)
• After just one win in ten championship games, Martin Jol is stepping down as Tottenham Hotspur coach. His co-trainer Chris Hughton is also leaving the club after a 2-1 home defeat by Getafe FC in the UEFA Cup (October 25, 2007). The new coach is Juande Ramos , who had resigned from Sevilla FC the day before (October 27, 2007).
• The club from Wigan Athletic divorces her coach Chris Hutchings . On an interim basis, Frank Barlow will initially take care of the team. (November 5, 2007). Then it is announced that Steve Bruce will be the new coach of the "Latics", who will give up the sporting direction of Birmingham City . (19 November 2007) The new coach in Birmingham will be the former Scottish national coach Alex McLeish . (November 28, 2007)
• By mutual agreement with the board of directors, Billy Davies leaves the bottom of the table Derby County . (November 26, 2007). Paul Jewell is the new coach of the "Rams" just two days later. (November 28, 2007)
• Lawrie Sanchez is sacked as Fulham FC manager (December 21, 2007). After a short interim phase under Ray Lewington , Roy Hodgson, who had previously worked for the Finnish national team , took over the management of the team nine days later (December 30, 2007).
• In "mutual agreement" with the management of Newcastle United , Sam Allardyce is leaving the club (January 9, 2008). After a one-week transition period under Nigel Pearson , Kevin Keegan is the new coach of the "Magpies" (January 16, 2008).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Schedule and table. In: fussballdaten.de. Retrieved March 29, 2018 .