2007–08 Everton F.C. season


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The 2007–08 Everton F.C. season was Everton's 16th season in the Premier League, and their 54th consecutive season in the top division of English football.

Everton
2007–08 season
ChairmanBill Kenwright
ManagerDavid Moyes
Premier League5th
FA CupThird round
League CupSemi-finals
UEFA CupRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague: Yakubu (15)
All: Yakubu (21)
Highest home attendance40,049 (vs. Liverpool, 20 October)
Lowest home attendance31,885 (vs. Middlesbrough, 30 September)

After a sluggish start, Everton climbed the table and stood fourth with ten games left to play. Unfortunately, Everton only won three of these ten games and finished the season in fifth, with 65 points.[1] In many other seasons this would have been good enough to clinch fourth place and Champions League qualification - indeed, Everton finished with more points than they had in 2004–05, when they had finished fourth - but, due to the good form of arch-rivals Liverpool, Everton were forced into fifth, consigning them to UEFA Cup football. Nonetheless, this was a great result for a club with limited financial resources, and served to enhance manager David Moyes' reputation as one of the best managers in England.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
3 Arsenal 38 24 11 3 74 31 +43 83 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4 Liverpool 38 21 13 4 67 28 +39 76
5 Everton 38 19 8 11 55 33 +22 65 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
6 Aston Villa 38 16 12 10 71 51 +20 60 Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round
7 Blackburn Rovers 38 15 13 10 50 48 +2 58

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

Squad at end of season[2]

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

Left club during season

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

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Date Pos. Name From Fee Ref
17 March 2007 FW   Lukas Jutkiewicz   Swindon Town Undisclosed [5]
4 July 2007 DF   Phil Jagielka   Sheffield United £4m [6]
7 August 2007 DF   Leighton Baines   Wigan Athletic £5m [7]
21 August 2007 GK   Stefan Wessels   1. FC Köln Free [8]
29 August 2007 FW   Yakubu   Middlesbrough £11.25m [9]
14 January 2008 MF   Dan Gosling   Plymouth Argyle £1m [10][11]
Date Pos. Name To Fee Ref
14 May 2007 DF   Alessandro Pistone Released [12]
14 May 2007 GK   Richard Wright Released [12]
5 July 2007 DF   Gary Naysmith   Sheffield United £1m [13]
4 August 2007 FW   James Beattie   Sheffield United £4m [14]
18 January 2008 FW   James McFadden   Birmingham City £5m [15]
31 January 2008 DF   Alan Stubbs   Derby County Free [16]
31 January 2008 MF   Anderson de Silva   Barnsley Undisclosed [17]
Date from Date to Pos. Name From Ref.
24 July 2007 30 June 2008 MF   Steven Pienaar   Borussia Dortmund [18]
30 August 2007 30 June 2008 MF   Thomas Gravesen   Celtic [19]
12 January 2008 30 June 2008 MF   Manuel Fernandes   Valencia [20]
31 January 2008 30 June 2008 DF   Anthony Gardner   Tottenham Hotspur [21]
Date from Date to Pos. Name To Ref.
3 August 2007 30 January 2008 FW   Stephen Connor   Partick Thistle [22]
2 January 2008 30 June 2008 FW   Lukas Jutkiewicz   Plymouth Argyle [23]
7 January 2008 4 February 2008 FW   Scott Spencer   Yeovil Town [24]
21 January 2008 20 April 2008 DF   Patrick Boyle   Crewe Alexandra [25][26]
25 January 2008 30 June 2008 MF   John Paul Kissock   Gretna [27]
29 January 2008 30 June 2008 MF   Bjarni Viðarsson   FC Twente [28]
22 February 2008 30 June 2008 GK   John Ruddy   Stockport County [29][30]
7 March 2008 7 April 2008 FW   Scott Spencer   Macclesfield Town [31]
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GroundHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHHAH
ResultWWLDWLLWLLWWDWDWWLWLWWWDDWWWWLDLWDLDLW
Position62574786101010998976666655555555555555555

Updated to match(es) played on 11 May 2008 (end of season). Source: worldfootball.net
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification EVE NÜR ZEN AZ AEL
1   Everton 4 4 0 0 9 3 +6 12 Advance to knockout stage — — 1–0 — 3–1
2   1. FC Nürnberg 4 2 1 1 7 6 +1 7 0–2 — — 2–1 —
3   Zenit Saint Petersburg 4 1 2 1 6 6 0 5 — 2–2 — 1–1 —
4   AZ 4 1 1 2 5 6 −1 4 2–3 — — — 1–0
5   AEL 4 0 0 4 4 10 −6 0 — 1–3 2–3 — —

Everton won 8–1 on aggregate.

Fiorentina 2–2 Everton on aggregate. Fiorentina won 4–2 on penalties.

Kick-off delayed by 30 minutes to 3.30pm due to a fire outside the ground.

Appearances and goals

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Premier League FA Cup League Cup UEFA Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
24 GK   USA Tim Howard 47 0 36 0 0 0 3 0 8 0
33 GK   GER Stefan Wessels 7 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 2 0
Defenders
2 DF   ENG Tony Hibbert 35 0 22+2 0 1 0 2 0 4+4 0
3 DF   ENG Leighton Baines 29 0 13+9 0 1 0 0+1 0 3+2 0
4 DF   NGA Joseph Yobo 39 1 29+1 1 0 0 2 0 7 0
5 DF   ENG Joleon Lescott 54 10 37+1 8 0+1 0 5 0 10 2
16 DF   ENG Phil Jagielka 49 2 27+7 1 1 0 5 0 7+2 1
19 DF   POR Nuno Valente 15 0 8+1 0 0 0 3 0 3 0
Midfielders
6 MF   ESP Mikel Arteta 37 4 27+1 1 0 0 2 0 6+1 3
10 MF   DEN Thomas Gravesen 13 0 1+7 0 1 0 0+1 0 1+2 0
17 MF   AUS Tim Cahill 28 10 18 7 0 0 3+1 1 6 2
18 MF   ENG Phil Neville 50 2 37 2 0 0 4+1 0 8 0
20 MF   RSA Steven Pienaar 40 2 25+3 2 1 0 3 0 8 0
21 MF   ENG Leon Osman 39 7 26+2 4 0 0 4 1 7 2
23 MF   POR Manuel Fernandes 15 0 9+3 0 0 0 1 0 1+1 0
26 MF   IRL Lee Carsley 49 1 33+1 1 1 0 5 0 9 0
37 MF   ENG Jack Rodwell 3 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
Forwards
8 FW   ENG Andrew Johnson 39 10 20+9 6 1 0 2 0 6+1 4
14 FW   ENG James Vaughan 13 2 0+8 1 1 0 0+2 0 0+2 1
22 FW   NGA Yakubu 40 21 26+3 15 0+1 0 3 3 7 3
28 FW   NGA Victor Anichebe 41 5 10+17 1 0+1 0 1+3 0 1+8 4
Players transferred out during the season
11 FW   SCO James McFadden 21 5 5+7 2 1 0 3 2 5 1
15 DF   ENG Alan Stubbs 13 1 7+1 1 1 0 2 0 1+1 0
31 MF   ISL Bjarni Viðarsson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0

Last updated: 30 May 2008
Source: Competitions

Disciplinary records for 2007–08 league matches. Players with 1 card or more included only.
No. Nat. Player   Yellow cards   Red cards
2   Tony Hibbert 3 1
3   Leighton Baines 1 0
5   Joleon Lescott 3 0
6   Mikel Arteta 2 1
8   Andrew Johnson 1 0
10   Thomas Gravesen 1 0
11   James McFadden 1 0
16   Phil Jagielka 2 0
17   Tim Cahill 4 0
18   Phil Neville 6 1
19   Nuno Valente 1 0
20   Steven Pienaar 5 0
21   Leon Osman 1 0
22   Yakubu 1 0
24   Tim Howard 1 0
26   Lee Carsley 6 0
28   Victor Anichebe 1 0
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