2007–08 Queensland Roar FC season

Queensland Roar FC 2007–08 football season

Queensland Roar FC2007–08 season

Chairman| John Ribot
Manager| Frank Farina
A-League| 4th
Pre-Season Cup| 3rd
Top goalscorer| League: Reinaldo – 6 Goals
All: Reinaldo – 9 Goals
Highest home attendance| 36,221 v Sydney FC
Lowest home attendance| 8,815 v Central Coast Mariners
Average home league attendance| 18,556

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The 2007–08 Queensland Roar season was the club's third season participating in the A-League where they would finish in fourth place in the regular season.

## 2007–08 season

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Failure to qualify for the 2006–2007 finals series resulted in the release from contract of defenders Chad Gibson (the club's first captain and A-league pin-up boy) and Swiss import Remo Buess. Both left on good terms with the club during January 2007 stating that the team had to be altered to make it more competitive in the future.

In further evidence of "spring cleaning" in preparation for Season 3, Chinese signing Yuning Zhang was released from an inauspicious contract with the Roar. Billed as the Chinese David Beckham, Zhang underwhelmed Roar supporters and will return to China in search of a club within the local scene there.

Danny Tiatto has signed a two-year contract with Queensland Roar, becoming Frank Farina's first 07/08 signing . Tiatto, who has played in England for the past 11 years for Leicester City and Manchester City, agreed to terms with Queensland after Melbourne declined to sign him.

Farina has highlighted his favoritism toward young Queensland and indeed Australian players with the signings for the 2007–08 season of highly rated Queenslanders and Youth International Strikers Robbie Kruse and Tahj Minniecon, as well as attacking Midfielder Mitch Nichols. Also, the contracts of highly rated 20-year-olds Chris Grossman and Ben Griffin have been renewed, while Farina has given two-year contracts to Queenslanders Under-17 International Striker Tahj Minniecon and Under-20 and AIS Scholarship holder Robbie. These signings have all made the Roar a team of bright, young talent, predominantly Queenslanders which is Farina's focus.

Queensland Roar's German import Marcus Wedau has been released from the remaining year of his contract by the A-League club on compassionate grounds. Wedau, 31, will return to Germany to be with his pregnant partner who is expecting their first child in October.

On 25 July 2007, Craig Moore was unveiled as the new marquee player for the Roar, returning to his native home state of Queensland, Australia, to play in the 2007/2008 Hyundai A-League Season and the 2008–2009 season[1][2]

## Squad

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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1  | GK |  AUS | Liam Reddy
2  | MF |  AUS | Andrew Packer
4  | DF |  AUS | Craig Moore (marquee and captain)
5  | DF |  AUS | Josh McCloughan
6  | DF |  AUS | Stuart McLaren
7  | MF |  AUS | Michael Zullo (youth)
8  | MF |  AUS | Massimo Murdocca
9  | FW |  SCO | Simon Lynch
10  | FW |  AUS | Ante Milicic
11  | FW |  BRA | Reinaldo
12  | FW |  AUS | Tahj Minniecon (youth)
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13  | FW |  AUS | Zoran Petrevski
14  | DF |  AUS | Ben Griffin
15  | MF |  AUS | Matt McKay
16  | MF |  KOR | Hyuk-Su Seo
17  | MF |  AUS | Mitch Nichols (youth)
18  | MF |  AUS | Danny Tiatto
19  | DF |  AUS | Sasa Ognenovski
21  | MF |  AUS | Chris Grossman (youth)
22  | FW |  AUS | Robbie Kruse (youth)
23  | MF |  BRA | Marcinho
30  | GK |  AUS | Griffin McMaster (injury cover)

### Trialists

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FW | Victor Fenehia | Mitchelton FC
DF | Blake Charity | AIS
DF | Joel Peach | AIS
FW | Gareth Musson | Mitchelton FC

## Transfers

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### In

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Danny Tiatto | Midfield | Leicester City
Tahj Minniecon | Forward | AIS
Robbie Kruse | Forward | AIS
Chris Grossman | Midfield | AIS / Rochedale Rovers
Mitch Nichols | Midfield | Palm Beach
Matthew Ham | Goalkeeper | Brisbane Wolves
Griffin McMaster | Goalkeeper | Mount Gravatt Hawks
Michael Zullo | Midfield | Brisbane City Soccer Club
Marcinho | Forward | São Paulo FC
Craig Moore | Defender | Newcastle United FC
Zoran Petrevski | Forward | Preston Lions

### Out

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Name  | Position  | Moving to

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Chad Gibson | Defender | Released: contract not renewed
Remo Buess | Defender | Released: contract not renewed
Yuning Zhang | Forward | Released: contract not renewed
Dario Vidosic | Midfield | 1\. FC Nürnberg
Spase Dilevski | Midfield | FC Universitatea Craiova
Marcus Wedau | Midfield | Released: compassionate grounds
Tom Willis | Goalkeeper | Released: contract not renewed
Ante Milicic | Forward | Free Transfer: Shahzan Muda FC (December 2007)

Foreign player

Marquee

## Pre-season

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Date | Home team | Score | Away team | Stadium | Scorers

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30 May 2007 | Palm Beach Sharks | 0–5 | Queensland Roar | Runaway Bay Sports Super Centre, Gold Coast, Queensland | McCloughan  7', Marcinho  30', Minniecon  44', Murdocca  60', Peach  66'
5 June 2007 | Queensland Roar | 3–0 | Brisbane City | Luxury Paint Stadium Richlands, Brisbane, Queensland | Reinaldo  4', Milicic  50', Murdocca  65'
12 June 2007 | Queensland Roar | 13–0 | Souths Utd, Brisbane | Luxury Paint Stadium Richlands, Brisbane, Queensland | Reinaldo , Milicic , Murdocca , Nichols, McKay, Fenehia, Wedau, Kruse
19 June 2007 | Queensland Roar | 5–1 | Mt Gravatt Hawks | Luxury Paint Stadium Richlands, Brisbane, Queensland | Milicic  26', McKay  45+1', 55', Volker (Hawks) , Musson 89', Zullo 90+1'
27 June 2007 | Queensland Roar | 5–0 | Brisbane Strikers | Luxury Paint Stadium Richlands, Brisbane, Queensland | Milicic  18', Kruse  43', Marcinho  55', 78', Reinaldo  62'
1 July 2007 | Queensland Roar | 4–1 | Supersport United FC | Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane, Queensland | Reinaldo  12', 37', Lynch  52', Minniecon  70', Mashego (Supersport)  39'
7 July 2007 | Capricorn Cougars | 0–6 | Queensland Roar | Jardine Park, Rockhampton, Queensland | Reinaldo  10', 85', Lynch  13', Milicic  44', Marcinho  61', Kruse  73'
17 August 2007 | Queensland Roar | 1–1 | Solomon Islands | Luxury Paint Stadium Richlands, Brisbane, Queensland | Menapi (Solomons)  19', Milicic  48'

### Pre-season Cup group stage

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Round | Date | Home team | Score | Away team | Crowd | Stadium | Scorers

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1  | 14 July 2007 | Queensland Roar | 0–0 | Sydney FC | 4,892 | Maroochydore Soccer Club |
2  | 21 July 2007 | Central Coast Mariners | 1–1 | Queensland Roar | 3,531 | Wade Park | Boogaard (CCM)  6', Lynch  60'
3  | 27 July 2007 | Wellington Phoenix | 1–2 | Queensland Roar | 4,081 | Queen Elizabeth II Park | Lynch  41', Ognenovski  50', Old (Phoenix)  47'

### Pre-season Cup semi-final

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5 August 2007
18:00 UTC+9:30

Adelaide United| 3–2| Queensland Roar

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Djite 1'
Petta 45'
Cássio 64' | (Report) | Lynch 16'
Milicic 73'

Hindmarsh Stadium,
Adelaide, South Australia

Attendance: 5,221

Referee: Angelo Nardi

### Pre-season Cup third place playoff

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12 August 2007
16:00 UTC+10

Central Coast Mariners| 1–3| Queensland Roar

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Simon 9' | (Report) | Milicic 30'
Nichols 33'
Marcinho 48'
Seo 76'
Reinaldo 86'

Bluetongue Stadium

Attendance: 3,500 (estimate)

Referee: James Lewis

## Hyundai A-League fixtures

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### Home and Away

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Queensland Roar v  Adelaide United 25 August 2007 1|  Queensland Roar | 2 : 2|  Adelaide United | Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane

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19:00 UTC+10 | McKay 45'
Moore 63' 68'
Ognenovski 76' | Report
Summary | Burns 8'
Djité 47' | Attendance: 16,828
Referee:  Ben Williams

Newcastle Jets v  Queensland Roar 2 September 2007 2|  Newcastle Jets | 1 : 1|  Queensland Roar | EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle

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17:00 UTC+10 | J. Griffiths 89' | Report
Summary | Reinaldo 70'
McLaren 42' 85' | Attendance: 13,144
Referee:  Simon Przydacz

Queensland Roar v  Central Coast Mariners 6 September 2007 3|  Queensland Roar | 0 : 1|  Central Coast Mariners | Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane

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20:00 UTC+10 |  | Report
Summary | Kwasnik 55' | Attendance: 8,815
Referee:  Mark Shield

Perth Glory v  Queensland Roar 16 September 2007 4|  Perth Glory | 1 : 2|  Queensland Roar | Members Equity Stadium, Perth

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17:00 UTC+8 | Harnwell 14' | Report
Summary | McCloughan 21'
McKay 84' | Attendance: 7,203
Referee:  Ben Williams

Queensland Roar v  Sydney FC 22 September 2007 5|  Queensland Roar | 0 : 1|  Sydney FC | Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane

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19:00 UTC+10 |  | Report
Summary | Patrick 69' | Attendance: 16,582
Referee:  Mark Shield

Melbourne Victory v  Queensland Roar 28 September 2007 6|  Melbourne Victory | 2 : 0|  Queensland Roar | Telstra Dome, Melbourne

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20:00 UTC+10 | Muscat 68' (pen.)
Thompson 85' | Report
Summary |  | Attendance: 25,622
Referee:  Ben Williams

Queensland Roar v  Wellington Phoenix 5 October 2007 7|  Queensland Roar | 2 : 1|  Wellington Phoenix | Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane

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20:00 UTC+10 | Zullo 4'
Kruse 45+1' | Report
Summary[permanent dead link‍] | Smeltz 90+5' | Attendance: 12,458
Referee:  Craig Zetter

Central Coast Mariners v  Queensland Roar 14 October 2007 8|  Central Coast Mariners | 0 : 1|  Queensland Roar | Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford

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17:00 UTC+10 | Porter 31' | Report
Summary[permanent dead link‍] | McCloughan 5' | Attendance: 8,113
Referee:  Peter O'Leary

Newcastle Jets v  Queensland Roar 19 October 2007 9|  Newcastle Jets | 1 : 1|  Queensland Roar | EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle

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20:00 UTC+10 | J. Griffiths 49' (pen.) | Report
Summary | Kruse 1' | Attendance: 12,326
Referee:  Mark Shield

Queensland Roar v  Perth Glory 27 October 2007 10|  Queensland Roar | 3 : 3|  Perth Glory | Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane

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19:00 UTC+10 | Marcinho 45+3'
Lynch 69' (pen.), 86' | Report
Summary | Moore 18' (o.g.)
Harnwell 43'
Coyne 90+3' | Attendance: 16,715
Referee:  Ben Williams

Adelaide United v  Queensland Roar 2 November 2007 11|  Adelaide United | 0 : 1|  Queensland Roar | Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide

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19:30 UTC+10:30 |  | Report
Summary | Reinaldo 63' | Attendance: 10,705
Referee:  Peter Green

Queensland Roar v  Wellington Phoenix 11 November 2007 12|  Queensland Roar | 3 : 0|  Wellington Phoenix | Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane

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17:00 UTC+10 | Reinaldo 67' (pen.), 79'
Marcinho 83' | Report
Summary | Elrich 34' | Attendance: 13,808
Referee:  Matthew Breeze

Queensland Roar v  Melbourne Victory 16 November 2007 13|  Queensland Roar | 1 : 0|  Melbourne Victory | Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane

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19:00 UTC+10 | Kruse 10' | Report
Summary |  | Attendance: 17,207
Referee:  Ben Williams

Sydney FC v  Queensland Roar 25 November 2007 14|  Sydney FC | 0 : 0|  Queensland Roar | Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney

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19:00 UTC+11 |  | Report
Summary | Packer 43' 83' | Attendance: 16,569
Referee:  Matthew Breeze

Queensland Roar v  Newcastle Jets 30 November 2007 15|  Queensland Roar | 0 : 1|  Newcastle Jets | Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane

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19:00 UTC+10 |  | Report
Summary | J. Griffiths 90+2' | Attendance: 14,193
Referee:  Peter Green

Queensland Roar v  Central Coast Mariners 9 December 2007 16|  Queensland Roar | 2 : 1|  Central Coast Mariners | Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane

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18:00 UTC+10 | Vidmar 21' (o.g.)
McKay 28' | Report
Summary | J.Aloisi 13' | Attendance: 16,442
Referee:  Ben Williams

Wellington Phoenix v  Queensland Roar 14 December 2007 17|  Wellington Phoenix | 1 : 1|  Queensland Roar | Westpac Stadium, Wellington

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19:30 UTC+12 | Smeltz 24' | Report
Summary | Reinaldo 5' | Attendance: 9,384
Referee:  Ben Williams

Perth Glory v  Queensland Roar 30 December 2007 18|  Perth Glory | 1 : 4|  Queensland Roar | Members Equity Stadium, Perth

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19:00 UTC+9 | Rizzo 57' | Report
Summary | Kruse 34'
Reinaldo 42'
Minniecon 59'
McCloughan 74' | Attendance: 9,614
Referee:  Peter Green

Queensland Roar v  Melbourne Victory 5 January 2008 19|  Queensland Roar | 1 : 2|  Melbourne Victory | Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane

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19:00 UTC+10 | Marcinho 73' | Report
Summary[permanent dead link‍] | Allsopp 56'
Thompson 63' | Attendance: 21,475
Referee:  Matthew Breeze

Queensland Roar v  Sydney FC 13 January 2008 20|  Queensland Roar | 0 : 0|  Sydney FC | Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane

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18:00 UTC+10 |  | Report
Summary |  | Attendance: 31,933
Referee:  Mark Shield

Adelaide United v  Queensland Roar 20 January 2008 21|  Adelaide United | 2 : 0|  Queensland Roar | Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide

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18:30 UTC+10:30 | Djite 18'
Pantelis 45' | Report
Summary | Tiatto 41' | Attendance: 10,803
Referee:  Strebre Delovski

### Finals

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Sydney FC v  Queensland Roar 25 January 2008 Minor SF Leg 1|  Sydney FC | 0 : 0|  Queensland Roar | Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney

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20:00 UTC+11 |  | Report
Summary |  | Attendance: 23,450
Referee:  Mark Shield

Queensland Roar v  Sydney FC 8 February 2008 Minor SF Leg 2|  Queensland Roar | 2 : 0
(2 : 0 agg.)|  Sydney FC | Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane

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20:07 UTC+10
(Delayed Kickoff) | Reinaldo 13'
S. Ognenovski 84' (pen.) | Report
Summary[permanent dead link‍] | Middleby 20' | Attendance: 36,221
Referee:  Mark Shield

Newcastle Jets v  Queensland Roar 17 February 2008 Preliminary Final|  Newcastle Jets | 3 : 2 (a.e.t.)|  Queensland Roar | EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle

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18:00 UTC+11 | Thompson 40'
J.Griffiths 104' (pen.)
Elrich 111' | Report
Summary[permanent dead link‍] | Reinaldo 90+2' (pen.), 118' (pen.)
Moore 77' 112' | Attendance: 16,021
Referee:  Peter Green

## Ladder position

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Pos | Team

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1  | Central Coast Mariners | 21  | 10  | 4  | 7  | 30  | 25  | +5  | 34  | Qualification for 2009 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series[a]
2  | Newcastle Jets (C) | 21  | 9  | 7  | 5  | 25  | 21  | +4  | 34
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[b] | 21  | 5  | 5  | 11  | 25  | 37  | −12  | 20

Source: ultimatealeague.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. ^ 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.
2. ^ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

## References

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1. ^ "Moore tipped to join Roar", SBS The World Game website Archived 11 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 25 July 2007
2. ^ "Moore signs for Roar", Brisbane Times "Retrieved 25 July 2007"

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