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Manchester City
2007–08 season
ChairmanThailand Thaksin Shinawatra
ManagerSweden Sven-Göran Eriksson
Premier League9th
FA CupFourth Round
Carling CupFifth Round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Elano (6)

All:
Elano (8)
Highest home attendance47,321 vs Liverpool
(30 December 2007)
Lowest home attendance20,938 vs Norwich City
(25 September 2007)

The 2007–08 season is Manchester City's 116th season in the Football League, and their 6th consecutive season in the top division of English football.

Games

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Pre-season

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Doncaster Rovers England1 – 3England Manchester City
McDaid 16' (Report) Corradi 48'
Richards 63'
Mpenza 65'
Attendance: 6,375





Premier League

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
7 Blackburn Rovers 38 15 13 10 50 48 +2 58
8 Portsmouth 38 16 9 13 48 40 +8 57 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[a]
9 Manchester City 38 15 10 13 45 53 −8 55 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round[b]
10 West Ham United 38 13 10 15 42 50 −8 49
11 Tottenham Hotspur 38 11 13 14 66 61 +5 46 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[c]
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
For further information on European qualification see Premier League – Competition
Notes:
  1. ^ As FA Cup winners
  2. ^ Manchester City qualified as the highest-ranked team not already qualified for European competitions of Premier League Fair Play Ranking by The Football Association, the top association among UEFA Fair Play ranking winners.
  3. ^ As League Cup winners

Results by round

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Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHHAAHAHHHAHAHAAHAHHAAHAHAHHAHAAHAHHAA
ResultWWWLLWDWWWLWDWDLWDDDWLDDLWLDLWDL
Updated to match(es) played on 1 April 2008. Source: City Premier League results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Reports

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West Ham United England0 – 2England Manchester City
(Report) Bianchi 18'
Geovanni 87'
Attendance: 34,921
Referee: Peter Walton

Manchester City England1 – 0England Derby County
Johnson 43' (Report)


Arsenal England1 – 0England Manchester City
van Persie soccer ball with red X
Fabregas 80'
(Report)
Attendance: 60,114
Referee: Chris Foy

Blackburn Rovers England1 – 0England Manchester City
McCarthy 13'
Tugay Yellow card 54' Yellow-red card
(Report) Dunne Yellow card 65' Red card
Attendance: 26,881
Referee: Mike Dean

Manchester City England1 – 0England Aston Villa
Johnson 48' (Report)

Fulham England3 – 3England Manchester City
Davies 13'
Bouazza 48'
Murphy 74'
(Report) Petrov 36', 60'
Mpenza 50'
Attendance: 24,674
Referee: Mark Halsey

Manchester City England3 – 1England Newcastle United
Petrov 37'
Mpenza 47'
Elano 87'
(Report) Martins 29'

Manchester City England3 – 1England Middlesbrough
Riggott 10' (og)
Elano 33', 63'
(Report) Hutchinson 88'

Manchester City England1 – 0England Birmingham City
Elano 36' (Report)

Chelsea England6 – 0England Manchester City
Essien 16'
Drogba 31', 56'
Cole 60'
Kalou 75'
Shevchenko 90'
(Report)
Attendance: 41,832
Referee: Mike Riley

Manchester City England1 – 0England Sunderland
Ireland 66' (Report)

Portsmouth England0 – 0England Manchester City
(Report)
Attendance: 19,529
Referee: Mark Halsey

Manchester City England2 – 1England Reading
Petrov 11'
Ireland 90'
(Report) Harper 43'

Wigan Athletic England1 – 1England Manchester City
Scharner 24'
Melchiot Red card 88'
(Report) Geovanni 1'
Attendance: 18,614
Referee: Mike Riley

Tottenham Hotspur England2 – 1England Manchester City
Chimbonda 44'
Defoe 82'
(Report) Bianchi 60'
Ireland Red card 81'
Attendance: 35,646
Referee: Mark Halsey

Manchester City England4 – 2England Bolton Wanderers
Bianchi 7'
Michalík 48' (og)
Vassell 77'
Etuhu 90'
(Report) Diouf 31'
Nolan 40'

Aston Villa England1 – 1England Manchester City
Bianchi 11' (Report) Carew 14'
Attendance: 41,455
Referee: Lee Mason

Manchester City England2 – 2England Blackburn Rovers
Vassell 27'
Nelsen 30' (og)
(Report) Santa Cruz 28', 84'

Manchester City England0 – 0England Liverpool
(Report)

Newcastle United England0 – 2England Manchester City
(Report) Elano 38'
Fernandes 76'
Attendance: 50,956

Everton England1 – 0England Manchester City
Lescott 31' (Report)
Attendance: 38,474
Referee: Mark Halsey

Manchester City England1 – 1England West Ham United
Vassell 16' (Report) Cole 8'

Derby County England1 – 1England Manchester City
Jihai 47' (og) (Report) Sturridge 63'
Attendance: 31,368
Referee: Steve Bennett

Manchester City England1 – 3England Arsenal
Fernandes 28' (Report) Adebayor 9', 88'
Eduardo 26'

Manchester United England1 – 2England Manchester City
Carrick 90' (Report) Vassell 24'
Benjani 45'
Attendance: 75,970
Referee: Howard Webb

Manchester City England0 – 2England Everton
Petrov Red card 90' (Report) Yakubu 30'
Lescott 37'

Manchester City England0 – 0England Wigan Athletic
(Report)

Reading England2 – 0England Manchester City
Long 62'
Kitson 87'
(Report)
Attendance: 24,062
Referee: Uriah Rennie

Manchester City England2 – 1England Tottenham Hotspur
Ireland 59'
Onuoha 71'
(Report) Keane 32'

Bolton Wanderers England0 – 0England Manchester City
(Report)
Attendance: 22,633

Birmingham City England3 – 1England Manchester City
Zarate 40', 54'
Queudrue Red card 57'
McSheffrey 77' (pen)
(Report) Elano 59' (pen)
Attendance: 22,962
Referee: Rob Styles

FA Cup

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Third Round

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Fourth Round

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Carling Cup

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Second Round

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Bristol City England1 – 2England Manchester City
Orr 69' (Report) Mpenza 17'
Bianchi 81'
Attendance: 14,541
Referee: R. Beeby

Third Round

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Fourth Round

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Bolton Wanderers England0 – 1England Manchester City
(Report) Elano 85' (pen)
Attendance: 15,501
Referee: Howard Webb

Fifth Round

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Squad statistics

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Squad

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No. Pos. Name League FA Cup Carling Cup Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Sweden Andreas Isaksson 4 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0
2 DF England Micah Richards (vc) 25 0 2 0 2 0 29 0 4 0
3 DF England Michael Ball 13(9) 0 3 0 3(1) 0 19(10) 0 2 0
4 DF England Nedum Onuoha 9(3) 0 2 0 2(1) 0 13(4) 0 0 0
6 MF England Michael Johnson 16 2 0 0 2 0 18 2 5 0
7 MF Republic of Ireland Stephen Ireland 23(1) 2(1) 2 0 3 0 28(2) 2 2 1
8 MF Brazil Geovanni 2(14) 3 0(1) 0 2(1) 0 4(16) 3 3 0
9 FW Belgium Émile Mpenza 8(6) 2 1 0 1(1) 1 10(7) 3 0 0
10 FW Italy Rolando Bianchi 7(12) 4 0(2) 0 3 1 10(14) 5 0 0
11 MF Brazil Elano 22(2) 5 2 1 2 1 26(2) 7 5 0
12 FW England Darius Vassell 15(3) 3 3 0 1(1) 0 19(4) 3 3 0
14 FW Scotland Paul Dickov 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0(1) 0 0 0
15 MF Bulgaria Martin Petrov 27 4 3 0 1 0 31 4 2 1
16 DF Croatia Vedran Ćorluka 26(1) 0 3 0 3 0 32(1) 0 5 0
17 DF China Sun Jihai 2(5) 0 0 0 2 0 4(5) 0 1 0
18 DF England Danny Mills 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 GK Denmark Kasper Schmeichel 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0
20 FW Ecuador Felipe Caicedo 0(4) 0 0 0 0 0 0(4) 0 0 0
21 MF Germany Dietmar Hamann 25 0 3 0 2 0 30 0 10 0
22 DF Republic of Ireland Richard Dunne (c) 28 0 3 0 3 0 34 0 4 1
24 DF Spain Javier Garrido 17(4) 0 0 0 2 0 19(4) 0 4 0
25 GK England Joe Hart 18 0 3 0 3 0 24 0 0 0
26 DF England Matthew Mills 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 FW Zimbabwe Benjani Mwaruwari 4 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0
28 MF Switzerland Gelson Fernandes 13(5) 2 1(2) 0 2(1) 0 16(8) 2 4 0
29 FW Bulgaria Valeri Bojinov 1(2) 0 0 0 0 0 1(2) 0 0 0
30 MF Mexico Nery Castillo 1(3) 0 2 0 0 0 3(3) 0 0 0
33 FW Wales Ched Evans 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0(1) 0 0 0
36 FW England Daniel Sturridge 2 1 0(1) 1 0 0 2(1) 2 0 0
37 MF Nigeria Kelvin Etuhu 2(4) 1 0(1) 0 0(1) 0 2(6) 1 1 0
38 DF England Shaleum Logan 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
FW Italy Bernardo Corradi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Greece Georgios Samaras 2(3) 0 0 0 2 1 4(3) 1 0 0
Sold MF France Ousmane Dabo 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0(1) 0 0 0
Sold MF Scotland Marc Laird 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sold MF England Ishmael Miller 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

As of game played 10 February 2008

Scorers

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As of game played 29 March 2008

Awards

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Premier League Awards

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Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month
August 2007 Sweden Sven-Göran Eriksson[1] England Micah Richards[1]

Thomas Cook Player of the Month

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Month First Team Reserve Team Academy
Aug/Sept[2] Germany Dietmar Hamann England Richard Martin England Scott Kay
October[3] Brazil Elano England Ashley Grimes England Ben Mee
November[4] Croatia Vedran Ćorluka England Javan Vidal England Kieran Trippier
December[5] Republic of Ireland Richard Dunne Republic of Ireland Karl Moore England David Ball
January[6] England Michael Ball ?? Slovakia Vladimir Weiss
February[6] England Joe Hart Republic of Ireland Paul Marshall England Greg Hartley

Other

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Date Player Award
February[7] Republic of Ireland Richard Dunne FAI International Player of the Year 2007
February[7] Republic of Ireland Stephen Ireland FAI Young International Player of the Year 2007

Transfers

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In

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Date Pos. Name From Fee
2007-07-13 FW Italy Rolando Bianchi Reggina £8.8m[8]
2007-07-14 MF Switzerland Gelson Fernandes FC Sion Undisclosed[9]
2007-07-17 MF Brazil Geovanni Cruzeiro Free[10]
2007-07-26 MF Bulgaria Martin Petrov Atlético Madrid £4.7m[11]
2007-08-02 DF Croatia Vedran Ćorluka Dinamo Zagreb Undisclosed[12]
2007-08-02 MF Brazil Elano Shakhtar Donetsk £8m[12]
2007-08-02 DF Spain Javier Garrido Real Sociedad £1.5m[12]
2007-08-03 FW Bulgaria Valeri Bojinov Fiorentina Undisclosed[13]
2007-08-10 GK England Richard Martin Unattached Free[14]
2007-11-16 FW Thailand Teerasil Dangda Unattached Free[15]
2007-11-16 DF Thailand Kiatprawut Saiwaeo Unattached Free[15]
2007-11-16 DF Thailand Suree Sukha Unattached Free[15]
2008-01-31 FW Ecuador Felipe Caicedo FC Basel £5m[16]
2008-01-31[17] FW Zimbabwe Benjani Mwaruwari Portsmouth £3.87m[18]

Out

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Date Pos. Name To Fee
2007-05-23 DF France Sylvain Distin Portsmouth Free[19]
2007-06-14 MF England Joey Barton Newcastle United £5.8m[20]
2007-07-04 GK England Nicky Weaver Charlton Athletic Free[21]
2007-07-04 DF England Nathan D'Laryea Rochdale Free[22]
2007-07-10 MF England Trevor Sinclair Cardiff City Free[23]
2007-07-16 DF England Stephen Jordan Burnley Free[24]
2007-10-05 DF Tunisia Hatem Trabelsi Al-Hilal Free[25]
2008-01-09 MF Scotland Marc Laird Millwall Free[26]
2008-01-31 MF France Ousmane Dabo Lazio Free[27]
2008-01-31 FW England Ishmael Miller West Bromwich Albion £1.5m[28]

Loan in

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Date From Date To Position Name From
2008-01-01 2008-12-31 FW Mexico Nery Castillo Shakhtar Donetsk[29]
2008-01-31 2008-06-31 FW Italy Filippo Mancini Inter Milan[16]

Loan out

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Date From Date To Position Name To
2007-08-15 2008-06-30 MF England Ishmael Miller West Bromwich Albion[30]
2007-08-21 2007-11-21[31] DF England Matthew Mills Doncaster Rovers[32]
2007-08-31 2008-06-30 FW Italy Bernardo Corradi Parma[33]
2007-08-31 2007-12-31 FW Scotland Paul Dickov Crystal Palace[34]
2007-08-31 2007-12-31 DF England Danny Mills Charlton Athletic[35]
2007-10-11 2007-11-10 DF England Shaleum Logan Scunthorpe United[36]
2007-10-25 2007-11-24 GK Denmark Kasper Schmeichel Cardiff City[37]
2007-11-08 2007-12-07 MF Scotland Marc Laird Port Vale[38]
2007-11-10 2007-12-09 DF England Shaleum Logan Scunthorpe United[39]
2007-11-21 2007-12-20 FW Wales Ched Evans Norwich City[40]
2008-01-04 2008-06-30 DF England Danny Mills Derby County[41]
2008-01-10 2008-02-26 FW Wales Ched Evans Norwich City[42]
2008-01-11 2008-06-30 DF England Matthew Mills Doncaster Rovers[43]
2008-01-23 2008-06-30 FW Italy Rolando Bianchi Lazio[44]
2008-01-29 2008-06-30 FW Greece Georgios Samaras Celtic[45]
2008-01-31 2008-06-30 FW Scotland Paul Dickov Blackpool[46]
2008-02-22 2008-03-14[47] DF England Shaleum Logan Stockport County[48]
2008-02-27 2008-06-30 FW Thailand Teerasil Dangda Grasshopper-Club Zürich[49]
2008-02-27 2008-06-30 DF Thailand Kiatprawut Saiwaeo Grasshopper-Club Zürich[49]
2008-02-27 2008-06-30 DF Thailand Suree Sukha Grasshopper-Club Zürich[49]
2008-03-13 2008-06-30 GK Denmark Kasper Schmeichel Coventry City[50]
2008-03-24 2008-06-30 DF England Shaleum Logan Stockport County[51]

See also

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References

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