2007–08 Everton F.C. season

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)

Season summary

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.

Final league table

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

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.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF  ENG Tony Hibbert
3 DF  ENG Leighton Baines
4 DF  NGA Joseph Yobo (vice-captain)
5 DF  ENG Joleon Lescott
6 MF  ESP Mikel Arteta
7 MF  NED Andy van der Meyde
8 FW  ENG Andrew Johnson
10 MF  DEN Thomas Gravesen (on loan from Celtic)
12 GK  SCO Iain Turner
14 FW  ENG James Vaughan
15 DF  ENG Anthony Gardner (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur)
16 DF  ENG Phil Jagielka
17 MF  AUS Tim Cahill
18 MF  ENG Phil Neville (captain)
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 DF  POR Nuno Valente
20 MF  RSA Steven Pienaar
21 MF  ENG Leon Osman
22 FW  NGA Yakubu
23 MF  POR Manuel Fernandes (on loan from Valencia)
24 GK  USA Tim Howard
26 MF  IRL Lee Carsley[3]
28 FW  NGA Victor Anichebe
29 DF  SCO Patrick Boyle
30 GK  ENG John Ruddy
32 DF  ENG Dan Gosling
33 GK  GER Stefan Wessels
34 DF  ENG John Irving
37 DF  ENG Jack Rodwell

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
11 FW  SCO James McFadden (to Birmingham City)
15 DF  ENG Alan Stubbs (to Derby County)
25 MF  BRA Anderson da Silva (to Barnsley)
27 FW  ENG Lukas Jutkiewicz (on loan to Plymouth Argyle)
29 DF  SCO Patrick Boyle (on loan to Crewe Alexandra)
No. Pos. Nation Player
30 GK  ENG John Ruddy (on loan to Stockport County)
31 MF  ISL Bjarni Viðarsson (on loan to FC Twente)
36 MF  ENG John Paul Kissock (on loan to Gretna)
38 FW  ENG Stephen Connor (on loan to Partick Thistle)
FW  ENG Scott Spencer (on loan to Macclesfield Town)

Player awards

[4]

Transfers

In

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]

Out

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]

Loan in

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]

Loan out

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]

Results

Premier League

11 August 2007 1 Everton 2–1 Wigan Athletic Liverpool, Merseyside
Osman 26'
Anichebe 75'
Report Sibierski 80' Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 39,220
Referee: Mark Clattenburg
14 August 2007 2 Tottenham Hotspur 1–3 Everton Haringey, London
Gardner 26' Report Lescott 3', 37'
Stubbs 45'
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 35,716
Referee: Mark Halsey
18 August 2007 3 Reading 1–0 Everton Reading, Berkshire
Hunt 44' Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 22,813
25 August 2007 4 Everton 1–1 Blackburn Rovers Liverpool, Merseyside
17:15 BST McFadden 78' Santa Cruz 16' Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 33,850
1 September 2007 5 Bolton Wanderers 1–2 Everton Bolton, Greater Manchester
Anelka 55' Report Yakubu 11'
Lescott 89'
Stadium: Reebok Stadium
Attendance: 22,064
Referee: Peter Walton
15 September 2007 6 Everton 0–1 Manchester United Liverpool, Merseyside
12:00 BST Neville  68'
Pienaar  82'
Scholes  43'
Ronaldo  71'
Vidić 83'
Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 39,364
Referee: Alan Wiley
23 September 2007 7 Aston Villa 2–0 Everton Birmingham, West Midlands
Carew 14'
Agbonlahor 61'
Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 38,235
30 September 2007 8 Everton 2–0 Middlesbrough Liverpool, Merseyside
16:00 BST Lescott 7'
Pienaar 58'
Report O'Neil  34'
Mido  43'
Dong-Gook  55'
Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 31,885
Referee: Mike Riley
7 October 2007 9 Newcastle United 3–2 Everton Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear
Butt 42'
Emre 86'
Owen 90'
Johnson 53'
Given 90' (o.g.)
Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 50,302
20 October 2007 10 Everton 1–2 Liverpool Liverpool, Merseyside
Hyypiä 38' (o.g.) Kuyt 54' (pen.), 90+2' (pen.) Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 40,049
28 October 2007 11 Derby County 0–2 Everton Derby, Derbyshire
Report Arteta 26'
Yakubu 63'
Stadium: Pride Park Stadium
Attendance: 33,048
Referee: Steve Bennett
3 November 2007 12 Everton 3–1 Birmingham City Liverpool, Merseyside
Yakubu 10'
Carsley 90+2'
Vaughan 90+3'
Report Kapo 80' Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 35,155
Referee: Mike Riley
11 November 2007 13 Chelsea 1–1 Everton Fulham, London
Drogba 70' Cahill 89' Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 41,683
24 November 2007 14 Everton 7–1 Sunderland Liverpool, Merseyside
Yakubu 12', 73'
Cahill 17', 62'
Pienaar 44'
Johnson 80'
Osman 85'
Report Yorke 45' Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 38,594
Referee: Phil Dowd
1 December 2007 15 Portsmouth 0–0 Everton Portsmouth, Hampshire
Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 20,102
8 December 2007 16 Everton 3–0 Fulham Liverpool, Merseyside
Yakubu 51', 61', 79' Report Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 32,743
Referee: Steve Bennett
15 December 2007 17 West Ham United 0–2 Everton Newham, London
15:00 Ljungberg  90+1' Report Yakubu 45'  85'
Johnson 90+3'  90+4'
Stadium: Upton Park
Attendance: 34,430
Referee: Steve Tanner
23 December 2007 18 Manchester United 2–1 Everton Trafford, Greater Manchester
12:00 Ronaldo 22', 88' (pen.) Cahill 27' Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 75,749
Referee: Howard Webb
26 December 2007 19 Everton 2–0 Bolton Wanderers Liverpool, Merseyside
Neville 51'
Cahill 71'
Report Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 39,918
Referee: Rob Styles
29 December 2007 20 Everton 1–4 Arsenal Liverpool, Merseyside
Cahill 19' Report Eduardo 47', 58'
Bendtner  74'
Adebayor 78'
Rosický 90'
Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 39,443
Referee: Martin Atkinson
1 January 2008 21 Middlesbrough 0–2 Everton Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire
Johnson 67'
McFadden 72'
Stadium: Riverside Stadium
Attendance: 27,048
12 January 2008 22 Everton 1–0 Manchester City Liverpool, Merseyside
Lescott 31' Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 38,474
20 January 2008 23 Wigan Athletic 1–2 Everton Wigan, Greater Manchester
Jagielka 53' (o.g.) Johnson 39'
Lescott 62'
Stadium: JJB Stadium
Attendance: 18,810
30 January 2008 24 Everton 0–0 Tottenham Hotspur Liverpool, Merseyside
Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 35,840
2 February 2008 25 Blackburn Rovers 0–0 Everton Blackburn, Lancashire
Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 27,964
9 February 2008 26 Everton 1–0 Reading Liverpool, Merseyside
Jagielka 62' Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 36,582
2 March 2008 28 Everton 3–1 Portsmouth Liverpool, Merseyside
Yakubu 1', 81'
Cahill 74'
Defoe 28' Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 33,938
9 March 2008 29 Sunderland 0–1 Everton Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
Johnson 55' Stadium: Stadium of Light
Attendance: 42,565
16 March 2008 30 Fulham 1–0 Everton Fulham, London
McBride 67' Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 25,262
22 March 2008 31 Everton 1–1 West Ham United Liverpool, Merseyside
Yakubu 8' Ashton 68' Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 37,430
30 March 2008 32 Liverpool 1–0 Everton Liverpool, Merseyside
Torres 7' Report Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 44,295
6 April 2008 33 Everton 1–0 Derby County Liverpool, Merseyside
Osman 56' Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 36,017
12 April 2008 34 Birmingham City 1–1 Everton Birmingham, West Midlands
Zárate 83' Lescott 78' Stadium: St Andrew's
Attendance: 25,923
17 April 2008 35 Everton 0–1 Chelsea Liverpool, Merseyside
Essien 41' Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 37,112
27 April 2008 36 Everton 2–2 Aston Villa Liverpool, Merseyside
Neville 55'
Yobo 84'
Agbonlahor 80'
Carew 85'
Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 37,936
4 May 2008 37 Arsenal 1–0 Everton Islington, London
Bendtner 76' Lescott  28' Stadium: Emirates Stadium
Attendance: 60,123
11 May 2008 38 Everton 3–1 Newcastle United Liverpool, Merseyside
Yakubu 28', 82' (pen.)
Lescott 70'
Owen 46' (pen.) Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 39,592

First round

20 September 2007 Everton 1–1 Metalist Kharkiv Liverpool, Merseyside
21:00 CET Lescott 24' Report Edmar 78' Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 37,210
Referee: Fritz Stuchlik (Austria)
4 October 2007 Metalist Kharkiv 2–3 Everton Kharkiv, Kharkiv Oblast
20:45 CET Edmar 21'
Mahdoufi 52'
(Report) Lescott 48'
McFadden 72'
Anichebe 88'
Stadium: Metalist Stadium
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Jouni Hyytiä (Finland)

Group stage

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 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
Source:
25 October 2007 Everton 3–1 AEL Liverpool, Merseyside
21:00 CET Cahill 14'
Osman 50'
Anichebe 85'
Report Cleyton 65' Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 33,777
Referee: Martin Ingvarsson (Sweden)
8 November 2007 Nürnberg 0–2 Everton Nuremberg, Bavaria
21:05 CET Report Arteta 83' (pen.)
Anichebe 88'
Stadium: Frankenstadion
Attendance: 43,000
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)
20 December 2007 AZ Alkmaar 2–3 Everton Alkmaar, North Holland
20:45 CET Pellé 16'
Jaliens 65'
Report Johnson 2'
Jagielka 43'
Vaughan 79'
Stadium: DSB Stadion
Attendance: 16,578
Referee: Selçuk Dereli (Turkey)

Round of 32

13 February 2008 Brann 0–2 Everton Bergen, Hordaland
20:00 CET Report Osman 59'
Anichebe 88'
Stadium: Brann Stadion
Attendance: 16,207
Referee: Anton Genov (Bulgaria)
21 February 2008 Everton 6–1 Brann Liverpool, Merseyside
21:00 CET Yakubu 35', 54', 72'
Johnson 41', 90+2'
Arteta 70'
Report Vaagan Moen 60' Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 32,834
Referee: Nikolai Ivanov (Russia)

Everton won 8–1 on aggregate.

Round of 16

6 March 2008 Fiorentina 2–0 Everton Florence, Tuscany
20:45 CET Kuzmanović 70'
Montolivo 81'
Report Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Attendance: 32,934
Referee: Paul Allaerts (Belgium)

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

FA Cup

5 January 2008 Third round Everton 0–1 Oldham Athletic Goodison Park, Liverpool
15:30 Report McDonald Attendance: 33,086
Referee: Uriah Rennie

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

League Cup

26 September 2007 Third round Sheffield Wednesday 0–3 Everton Hillsborough, Sheffield
McFadden 59', 84'
Yakubu 85'
Attendance: 16,463
Referee: Rob Styles
8 January 2008 Semi-finals 1st leg Chelsea 2–1 Everton Stamford Bridge, London
19:45 GMT Wright-Phillips 25'
Mikel  54'
Lescott 90+2' (o.g.)
Yakubu 63' Attendance: 41,178
Referee: Peter Walton
23 January 2008 Semi-finals 2nd leg Everton 0–1 Chelsea Goodison Park, Liverpool
19:45 GMT J. Cole 69' Attendance: 37,086
Referee: Steve Bennett

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player TotalPremier LeagueFA CupLeague CupUEFA Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Goalkeepers
24 GK  USA Tim Howard 470360003080
33 GK  GER Stefan Wessels 7020102020
Defenders
2 DF  ENG Tony Hibbert 35022+2010204+40
3 DF  ENG Leighton Baines 29013+90100+103+20
4 DF  NGA Joseph Yobo 39129+11002070
5 DF  ENG Joleon Lescott 541037+180+1050102
16 DF  ENG Phil Jagielka 49227+7110507+21
19 DF  POR Nuno Valente 1508+10003030
Midfielders
6 MF  ESP Mikel Arteta 37427+1100206+13
10 MF  DEN Thomas Gravesen 1301+70100+101+20
17 MF  AUS Tim Cahill 2810187003+1162
18 MF  ENG Phil Neville 502372004+1080
20 MF  RSA Steven Pienaar 40225+32103080
21 MF  ENG Leon Osman 39726+24004172
23 MF  POR Manuel Fernandes 1509+3000101+10
26 MF  IRL Lee Carsley 49133+11105090
37 MF  ENG Jack Rodwell 300+2000000+10
Forwards
8 FW  ENG Andrew Johnson 391020+9610206+14
14 FW  ENG James Vaughan 1320+81100+200+21
22 FW  NGA Yakubu 402126+3150+103373
28 FW  NGA Victor Anichebe 41510+1710+101+301+84
Players transferred out during the season
11 FW  SCO James McFadden 2155+72103251
15 DF  ENG Alan Stubbs 1317+1110201+10
31 MF  ISL Bjarni Viðarsson 100000000+10

Last updated: 30 May 2008
Source: Competitions

Disciplinary record

Disciplinary records for 2007–08 league matches. Players with 1 card or more included only.
No. Nat. Player Yellow cards Red cards
2Tony Hibbert31
3Leighton Baines10
5Joleon Lescott30
6Mikel Arteta21
8Andrew Johnson10
10Thomas Gravesen10
11James McFadden10
16Phil Jagielka20
17Tim Cahill40
18Phil Neville61
19Nuno Valente10
20Steven Pienaar50
21Leon Osman10
22Yakubu10
24Tim Howard10
26Lee Carsley60
28Victor Anichebe10

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