2007–08 Manchester City F.C. season

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)
Premier0League	Ninth
League Cup	Fifth round
FA Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: 0 Elano (8 goals) (24th highest in Premier League) All comps: 0 Elano (10 goals)
Season revenue	€ 104.0 million0(20th highest in world) (7th highest in Premier League)
Average home attendance	42,126 – over 19 PL home games (6th highest in Premier League)
Highest home attendance	47,321 0v0 Liverpool 30 December 2007
Highest away attendance	75,970 0v0 Manchester United 10 February 2008
Lowest home attendance	20,938 0v0 Norwich City 25 September 2007
Lowest away attendance	14,541 0v0 Bristol City 29 August 2007
← 2006–07 0 0 0 0 0 0 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.

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' Mpenza	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 6,375

18 July 2007	Örgryte IS	1 – 4	Manchester City	Varberg, Sweden
19:00 BST	Mwila  37'	MCFC report BBC Sport report YouTube video	18' Bianchi  53' Corradi  61' Samaras  64' Logan 65' Fernandes 75' Dickov	Stadium: 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' Laird	Stadium: 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. report	39' 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 report	42' Geovanni  81' Corradi  90' Dickov	Stadium: 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 video	10' Silva 52' Angulo	Stadium: 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: 25,000

22 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 2007-08

Points breakdown Points at home: 37 Points away from home: 18 Points 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: 0Blackburn Rovers, Fulham, Liverpool 0 points: Arsenal, Chelsea, Everton

Biggest & smallest Biggest home wins: 4–2 vs. Bolton Wanderers, 15 December 2007 000000000003–1 vs. Middlesbrough, 7 October 2007 & vs. Portsmouth, 20 April 2008 000000000000& vs. Newcastle United, 29 September 2007 Biggest home defeats: 1–3 vs. Arsenal, 2 February 2008 00000000000000000000–2 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 2007

Results 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 15:00	West Ham United	0 – 2	Manchester City	Upton Park, London Attendance: 34,921 Referee: Peter Walton
		MCFC report	Bianchi  18' Geovanni  87'

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15 August 2007 19:45	Manchester City	1 – 0	Derby County	City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester Attendance: 43,620 Referee: L. S. Mason
	Johnson  43'	MCFC report

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19 August 2007 13:30	Manchester City	1 – 0	Manchester United	City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester Attendance: 44,955 Referee: Mark Clattenburg
	Geovanni  31'	MCFC report YouTube video

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25 August 2007 15:00	Arsenal	1 – 0	Manchester City	Emirates Stadium, London Attendance: 60,114 Referee: Chris Foy
	van Persie 66' (pen.) Fàbregas  80'	MCFC report

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2 September 2007 15:00	Blackburn Rovers	1 – 0	Manchester City	Ewood Park, Blackburn Attendance: 26,881 Referee: Mike Dean
	McCarthy  13' Tugay  54'	MCFC report	Dunne  65'

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16 September 2007 16:00	Manchester City	1 – 0	Aston Villa	City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester Attendance: 38,363 Referee: Martin Atkinson
	Johnson  48'	MCFC report

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22 September 2007 15:00	Fulham	3 – 3	Manchester City	Craven Cottage, London Attendance: 24,674 Referee: Mark Halsey
	Davies  13' Bouazza  48' Murphy  74'	MCFC report	Petrov  36',  60' Mpenza  50'

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29 September 2007 12:45	Manchester City	3 – 1	Newcastle United	City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester Attendance: 40,606 Referee: Chris Foy
	Petrov  37' Mpenza  47' Elano  87'	MCFC report	Martins  29'

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7 October 2007 15:00	Manchester City	3 – 1	Middlesbrough	City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester Attendance: 40,438 Referee: Steve Bennett
	Riggott  10' (o.g.) Elano  33',  63'	MCFC report	Hutchinson  88'

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20 October 2007 15:00	Manchester City	1 – 0	Birmingham City	City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester Attendance: 45,688 Referee: Mike Dean
	Elano  36'	MCFC report

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27 October 2007 15:00	Chelsea	6 – 0	Manchester City	Stamford Bridge, London Attendance: 41,832 Referee: Mike Riley
	Essien  16' Drogba  31',  56' Cole  60' Kalou  75' Shevchenko  90'	MCFC report

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5 November 2007 20:00	Manchester City	1 – 0	Sunderland	City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester Attendance: 40,038 Referee: Alan Wiley
	Ireland  66'	MCFC report

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11 November 2007 16:00	Portsmouth	0 – 0	Manchester City	Fratton Park, Portsmouth Attendance: 19,529 Referee: Mark Halsey
		MCFC report

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24 November 2007 15:00	Manchester City	2 – 1	Reading	City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester Attendance: 43,813 Referee: Steve Tanner
	Petrov  11' Ireland  90'	MCFC report	Harper  43'

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1 December 2007 15:00	Wigan Athletic	1 – 1	Manchester City	JJB Stadium, Wigan Attendance: 18,614 Referee: Mike Riley
	Scharner  24' Melchiot  88'	MCFC report	Geovanni  1'

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9 December 2007 15:00	Tottenham Hotspur	2 – 1	Manchester City	White Hart Lane, London Attendance: 35,646 Referee: Mark Halsey
	Chimbonda  44' Defoe  82'	MCFC report	Bianchi  60' Ireland  81'

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15 December 2007 15:00	Manchester City	4 – 2	Bolton Wanderers	City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester Attendance: 40,506 Referee: P. Walton
	Bianchi  7' Michalík  48' (o.g.) Vassell  77' Etuhu  90'	MCFC report	Diouf  31' Nolan  40'

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22 December 2007 15:00	Aston Villa	1 – 1	Manchester City	Villa Park, Birmingham Attendance: 41,455 Referee: Lee Mason
	Carew  14'	MCFC report	Bianchi  11'

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27 December 2007 19:45	Manchester City	2 – 2	Blackburn Rovers	City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester Attendance: 42,112 Referee: Howard Webb
	Vassell  27' Nelsen  30' (o.g.)	MCFC report	Santa Cruz  28',  84'

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30 December 2007 16:00	Manchester City	0 – 0	Liverpool	City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester Attendance: 47,321 Referee: Uriah Rennie
		MCFC report

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2 January 2008 19:45	Newcastle United	0 – 2	Manchester City	St James' Park, Newcastle Attendance: 50,956 Referee: Martin Atkinson
		MCFC report	Elano  38' Fernandes  76'

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12 January 2008 15:00	Everton	1 – 0	Manchester City	Goodison Park, Liverpool Attendance: 38,474 Referee: Mark Halsey
	Lescott  31'	MCFC report

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20 January 2008 16:00	Manchester City	1 – 1	West Ham United	City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester Attendance: 39,042 Referee: Phil Dowd
	Vassell  16'	MCFC report	Cole  8'

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30 January 2008 19:45	Derby County	1 – 1	Manchester City	Pride Park Stadium, Derby Attendance: 31,368 Referee: Steve Bennett
	Jihai  47' (o.g.)	BBC Sport report MCFC report	Sturridge  63'

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2 February 2008 12:45	Manchester City	1 – 3	Arsenal	City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester Attendance: 46,426 Referee: Andre Marriner
	Fernandes  28'	BBC Sport report MCFC report	Adebayor  9',  88' Eduardo  26'

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10 February 2008 13:30	Manchester United	1 – 2	Manchester City	Old Trafford, Manchester Attendance: 75,970 Referee: Howard Webb
	Carrick  90'	BBC Sport report MCFC report	Vassell  24' Benjani  45'

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25 February 2008 20:00	Manchester City	0 – 2	Everton	City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester Attendance: 41,728 Referee: Rob Styles
	Petrov  90'	BBC Sport report MCFC report	Yakubu  30' Lescott  37'

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1 March 2008 17:15	Manchester City	0 – 0	Wigan Athletic	City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester Attendance: 38,261 Referee: Steve Bennett
		BBC Sport report MCFC report

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8 March 2008 15:00	Reading	2 – 0	Manchester City	Madejski Stadium, Reading Attendance: 24,062 Referee: Uriah Rennie
	Long  62' Kitson  87'	BBC Sport report MCFC report)

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16 March 2008 16:00	Manchester City	2 – 1	Tottenham Hotspur	City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester Attendance: 40,108 Referee: Mark Clattenburg
	Ireland  59' Onuoha  71'	BBC Sport report MCFC report	Keane  32'

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22 March 2008 15:00	Bolton Wanderers	0 – 0	Manchester City	Reebok Stadium, Bolton Attendance: 22,633 Referee: Andre Marriner
		MCFC report

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29 March 2008 15:00	Birmingham City	3 – 1	Manchester City	St Andrews, Birmingham Attendance: 22,962 Referee: Rob Styles
	Zarate  40',  54' Queudrue  57' McSheffrey  77' (pen.)	BBC Sport report MCFC report	Elano  59' (pen.)

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5 April 2008 15:00	Manchester City	0 – 2	Chelsea	City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester Attendance: 42,594 Referee: Chris Foy
		BBC Sport report MCFC report	Dunne  6' (o.g.) Kalou  53'

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12 April 2008 15:00	Sunderland	1 – 2	Manchester City	Stadium of Light, Sunderland Attendance: 46,797 Referee: Mike Riley
	Whitehead  82'	BBC Sport report MCFC report	Elano  79' (pen.) Vassell  87'

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20 April 2008 16:00	Manchester City	3 – 1	Portsmouth	City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester Attendance: 40,205 Referee: Andre Marriner
	Vassell  11' Petrov  13' Benjani  74'	BBC Sport report MCFC report	Utaka  24' Hreiðarsson  40'

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26 April 2008 15:00	Manchester City	2 – 3	Fulham	City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester Attendance: 43,634 Referee: Mike Dean
	Ireland  10' Benjani  21'	BBC Sport report MCFC report	Kamara  69',  90' Murphy  78'

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4 May 2008 16:00	Liverpool	1 – 0	Manchester City	Anfield, Liverpool Attendance: 43,074 Referee: Mark Halsey
	Torres  58'	BBC Sport report MCFC report

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11 May 2008 15:00	Middlesbrough	8 – 1	Manchester City	Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough Attendance: 27,613 Referee: Phil Dowd
	Downing  16' (pen),  58' Alves  37',  60',  90' Johnson  70' Rochemback  80' Aliadiere  85'	BBC Sport report MCFC report	Dunne  15' Elano  88'

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League Cup

Second round

29 August 2007 19:45	Bristol City	1 – 2	Manchester City	Ashton Gate, Bristol Attendance: 14,541 Referee: R. Beeby
	Orr  69'	MCFC report	Mpenza  17' Bianchi  81'

Third round

25 September 2007 19:45	Manchester City	1 – 0	Norwich City	City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester Attendance: 20,938 Referee: Andre Marriner
	Samaras  89'	MCFC report

Fourth round

31 October 2007 20:00	Bolton Wanderers	0 – 1	Manchester City	Reebok Stadium, Bolton Attendance: 15,501 Referee: Howard Webb
		MCFC report	Elano  85' (pen.)

Fifth Round

18 December 2007 19:45	Manchester City	0 – 2	Tottenham Hotspur	City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester Attendance: 38,564 Referee: Steve Bennett
		MCFC report	Defoe  5' Zokora  19' Malbranque  83'

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FA Cup

Third round

5 January 2008 15:00	West Ham United	0 – 0	Manchester City	Upton Park, London Attendance: 33,806 Referee: Rob Styles
		MCFC report

Third Round replay

16 January 2008 15:00	Manchester City	1 – 0	West Ham United	City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester Attendance: 27,809 Referee: Mark Clattenburg
	Elano  73'	MCFC report

Fourth round

27 January 2008 16:00	Sheffield United	2 – 1	Manchester City	Bramall Lane, Sheffield Attendance: 20,800 Referee: Alan Wiley
	Shelton  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 cards

No.	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 00(for squad numbers) Season 2007-08 Squad Numbers 00(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 Start date End date Pos. Player To club 15 Aug. 07 31 May 08 MF Ishmael Miller West Brom[43] 21 Aug. 07 11 Nov. 07 DF Matthew Mills Doncaster Rovers[44][45] 31 Aug. 07 31 May 08 FW Bernardo Corradi Parma[46] 31 Aug. 07 31 Dec. 07 FW Paul Dickov Crystal Palace[47] 31 Aug. 07 31 Dec. 07 DF Danny Mills Charlton Athletic[48] 11 Oct. 07 10 Nov. 07 DF Shaleum Logan Grimsby Town[49] 25 Oct. 07 24 Nov. 07 GK Kasper Schmeichel Cardiff City[50] 10 Nov. 07 19 Dec. 07 DF Shaleum Logan Scunthorpe United[51] 21 Oct. 07 20 Dec. 07 FW Ched Evans Norwich City[52] 04 Jan. 08 31 May 08 DF Danny Mills Derby County[53] 10 Jan. 08 26 Feb. 08 FW Ched Evans Norwich City[54] 11 Jan. 08 31 May 08 DF Matthew Mills Doncaster Rovers[55] 23 Jan. 08 31 May 08 FW Rolando Bianchi Lazio[56] 29 Jan. 08 31 May 08 FW Georgios Samaras Celtic[57] 31 Jan. 08 31 May 08 FW Paul Dickov Blackpool[58] 22 Feb. 08 14 Mar. 08 DF Shaleum Logan Stockport County[59][60] 04 Mar. 08 31 May 08 MF Kelvin Etuhu Leicester City[61][62] 13 Mar. 08 31 May 08 GK Kasper Schmeichel Coventry City[63] 24 Mar. 08 31 May 08 DF Shaleum Logan Stockport County[64]

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

• Manchester City F.C. seasons

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