United 07/08

The 2007–08 season was Manchester United’s 16th season in the Premier League, and their 33rd consecutive season in the top division of English football. The season was regarded as a success; despite the team’s slow start in the league, they won their 10th Premier League title (their 17th top division title overall, just one behind Liverpool’s record of 18 but no premier league titles) and beat Chelsea on penalties in the 2008 UEFA Champions League Final to claim the European Double.
Although they won the 2007 FA Community Shield against Chelsea, the club was not as successful in the domestic cup competitions, losing to eventual FA Cup winners, Portsmouth, in the Sixth Round, and losing to Coventry City in the Third Round of the League Cup.
In February 2008, the club commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Munich air disaster, as a result of which eight United players and three members of the coaching staff lost their lives. The club held a memorial service at Old Trafford on 6 February 2008, renaming the tunnel under the South Stand as the “Munich Tunnel”. This was followed on 10 February by the Manchester derby. United took to the field in a retro kit reminiscent of the kit worn by the 1958 team, abandoning squad numbers in favour of a 1–11 numbering system.
United’s players were also successful on an individual level in the 2007–08 season, with three players in the PFA Premier League Team of the Year, while Cristiano Ronaldo picked up six individual awards, including the Premier League Golden Boot for his 31 league goals.

Pre-season and friendlies

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
17 July 2007	Urawa Red Diamonds	A	2–2	Fletcher 47′, Ronaldo 52′	58,716
20 July 2007	FC Seoul	A	4–0	Ronaldo 5′, Eagles 18′, Rooney 20′, Evra 60′	64,000
23 July 2007	Shenzhen Xiangxue	N	6–0	Giggs 12′, Rooney 20′, Nani 22′, O’Shea 54′, Ronaldo 56′, Eagles 63′	15,000
27 July 2007	Guangzhou Pharmaceutical	N	3–0	Rooney 12′ (pen.), Nani 43′, Martin 53′	50,000
1 August 2007	Internazionale	H	2–3	Rooney 18′, Adriano 50′ (o.g.)	73,738
3 August 2007	Doncaster Rovers	A	2–0	Gibson 70′, Evans 90′	13,080
4 August 2007	Peterborough United	A	3–1	Eckersley 23′, Jones 72′, Dong 82′
8 August 2007	Glentoran	A	3–0	Campbell 5′, Evra 14′, Nani 37′	14,500
8 August 2007	Dunfermline Athletic	A	4–0	Eagles 27′, Giggs 35′, Rooney (2) 63′ (pen.), 85′	11,200
21 January 2008	Al-Hilal	A	2–3	Tevez 25′, Ronaldo 33′	70,000

FA Community Shield

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
5 August 2007	Chelsea	N	1–1 (3–0p)	Giggs 35′	80,731

Premier League

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance	League position
12 August 2007	Reading	H	0–0		75,655	11th
15 August 2007	Portsmouth	A	1–1	Scholes 15′	20,510	12th
19 August 2007	Manchester City	A	0–1		44,955	17th
26 August 2007	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1–0	Nani 68′	75,696	10th
1 September 2007	Sunderland	H	1–0	Saha 71′	75,648	6th
15 September 2007	Everton	A	1–0	Vidić 83′	39,364	1st
23 September 2007	Chelsea	H	2–0	Tevez 45′, Saha 89′ (pen.)	75,633	2nd
29 September 2007	Birmingham City	A	1–0	Ronaldo 52′	26,526	2nd
6 October 2007	Wigan Athletic	H	4–0	Tevez 54′, Ronaldo (2) 58′, 76′, Rooney 82′	75,300	1st
20 October 2007	Aston Villa	A	4–1	Rooney (2) 36′, 44′, Ferdinand 45′, Giggs 75′	42,640	2nd
27 October 2007	Middlesbrough	H	4–1	Nani 3′, Rooney 33′, Tevez (2) 55′, 85′	75,720	1st
3 November 2007	Arsenal	A	2–2	Gallas 45′ (o.g.), Ronaldo 81′	60,161	2nd
11 November 2007	Blackburn Rovers	H	2–0	Ronaldo (2) 34′, 35′	75,710	1st
24 November 2007	Bolton Wanderers	A	0–1		25,028	2nd
3 December 2007	Fulham	H	2–0	Ronaldo (2) 10′, 53′	75,055	2nd
8 December 2007	Derby County	H	4–1	Giggs 41′, Tevez (2) 45′, 61′, Ronaldo 90+2′ (pen.)	75,725	2nd
16 December 2007	Liverpool	A	1–0	Tevez 43′	44,459	2nd
23 December 2007	Everton	H	2–1	Ronaldo (2) 22′, 88′ (pen.)	75,749	2nd
26 December 2007	Sunderland	A	4–0	Rooney 20′, Saha (2) 30′, 85′ (pen.), Ronaldo 45′	47,360	1st
29 December 2007	West Ham United	A	1–2	Ronaldo 14′	34,966	2nd
1 January 2008	Birmingham City	H	1–0	Tevez 25′	75,459	2nd
12 January 2008	Newcastle United	H	6–0	Ronaldo (3) 49′, 70′, 88′, Tevez (2) 55′, 90′, Ferdinand 85′	75,965	1st
19 January 2008	Reading	A	2–0	Rooney 77′, Ronaldo 90′	24,135	1st
30 January 2008	Portsmouth	H	2–0	Ronaldo (2) 10′, 12′	75,415	1st
2 February 2008	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1–1	Tevez 90′	36,075	2nd
10 February 2008	Manchester City	H	1–2	Carrick 90′	75,970	2nd
23 February 2008	Newcastle United	A	5–1	Rooney (2) 25′, 80′, Ronaldo (2) 45′, 56′, Saha 90′	52,291	2nd
1 March 2008	Fulham	A	3–0	Hargreaves 14′, Park 45′, Davies 72′ (o.g.)	25,314	2nd
15 March 2008	Derby County	A	1–0	Ronaldo 76′	33,072	1st
19 March 2008	Bolton Wanderers	H	2–0	Ronaldo (2) 9′, 20′	75,476	1st
23 March 2008	Liverpool	H	3–0	Brown 34′, Ronaldo 79′, Nani 81′	76,000	1st
29 March 2008	Aston Villa	H	4–0	Ronaldo 16′, Tevez 33′, Rooney (2) 53′, 70′	75,932	1st
6 April 2008	Middlesbrough	A	2–2	Ronaldo 10′, Rooney 74′	33,952	1st
13 April 2008	Arsenal	H	2–1	Ronaldo 53′ (pen.), Hargreaves 72′	75,985	1st
19 April 2008	Blackburn Rovers	A	1–1	Tevez 88′	30,316	1st
26 April 2008	Chelsea	A	1–2	Rooney 57′	41,828	1st
3 May 2008	West Ham United	H	4–1	Ronaldo (2) 3′, 24′, Tevez 26′, Carrick 59′	76,013	1st
11 May 2008	Wigan Athletic	A	2–0	Ronaldo 33′ (pen.), Giggs 80′	25,133	1st

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Manchester United	38	27	6	5	80	22	+58	87
2	Chelsea	38	25	10	3	65	26	+39	85
3	Arsenal	38	24	11	3	74	31	+43	83

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
5 January 2008	Round 3	Aston Villa	A	2–0	Ronaldo 81′, Rooney 89′	33,630
27 January 2008	Round 4	Tottenham Hotspur	H	3–1	Tevez 38′, Ronaldo (2) 69′ (pen.), 88′	75,369
16 February 2008	Round 5	Arsenal	H	4–0	Rooney 16′, Fletcher (2) 20′, 74′, Nani 38′	75,550
8 March 2008	Round 6	Portsmouth	H	0–1		75,463

League Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
26 September 2007	Round 3	Coventry City	H	0–2		74,055

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Group position
19 September 2007	Sporting CP	A	1–0	Ronaldo 62′	41,510	2nd
2 October 2007	Roma	H	1–0	Rooney 70′	73,652	1st
23 October 2007	Dynamo Kyiv	A	4–2	Ferdinand 10′, Rooney 18′, Ronaldo (2) 41′, 68′ (pen.)	42,000	1st
7 November 2007	Dynamo Kyiv	H	4–0	Piqué 31′, Tevez 37′, Rooney 76′, Ronaldo 88′	75,017	1st
27 November 2007	Sporting CP	H	2–1	Tevez 61′, Ronaldo 90+2′	75,162	1st
12 December 2007	Roma	A	1–1	Piqué 34′	29,490	1st

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Manchester United	6	5	1	0	13	4	+9	16
Roma	6	3	2	1	11	6	+5	11
Sporting CP	6	2	1	3	9	8	+1	7
Dynamo Kyiv	6	0	0	6	4	19	−15	0

Knockout phase

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
20 February 2008	First knockout round First leg	Lyon	A	1–1	Tevez 87′	39,219
4 March 2008	First knockout round Second leg	Lyon	H	1–0	Ronaldo 41′	75,520
1 April 2008	Quarter-finals First leg	Roma	A	2–0	Ronaldo 39′, Rooney 66′	60,931
9 April 2008	Quarter-finals Second leg	Roma	H	1–0	Tevez 70′	74,423
23 April 2008	Semi-finals First leg	Barcelona	A	0–0		95,949
29 April 2008	Semi-finals Second leg	Barcelona	H	1–0	Scholes 14′	75,061
21 May 2008	Final	Chelsea	N	1–1 (6–5p)	Ronaldo 25′	67,310

Squad statistics

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Europe		Other		Total		Discipline
No.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Edwin van der Sar	29	0	4	0	0	0	10	0	1	0	44	0	3	0
2	DF	Gary Neville (c)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0
3	DF	Patrice Evra	33	0	4	0	0	0	10	0	1	0	48	0	6	0
4	MF	Owen Hargreaves	16(7)	2	2(1)	0	0	0	5(3)	0	0	0	23(11)	2	3	0
5	DF	Rio Ferdinand	35	2	4	0	0	0	11	1	1	0	51	3	5	0
6	DF	Wes Brown	34(2)	1	4	0	0(1)	0	9(1)	0	1	0	48(4)	1	8	0
7	MF	Cristiano Ronaldo	31(3)	31	3	3	0	0	11	8	1	0	46(3)	42	7	1
8	MF	Anderson	16(8)	0	2(2)	0	1	0	6(3)	0	0	0	25(13)	0	3	0
9	FW	Louis Saha	6(11)	5	1(1)	0	0	0	3(2)	0	0	0	10(14)	5	0	0
10	FW	Wayne Rooney	25(2)	12	3(1)	2	0	0	10(1)	4	1	0	39(4)	18	12	0
11	MF	Ryan Giggs (vc)	26(5)	3	2	0	0	0	4(5)	0	1	1	33(10)	4	1	0
12	GK	Ben Foster	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
13	MF	Park Ji-sung	8(4)	1	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	14(4)	1	0	0
14	DF	Gabriel Heinze	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	Nemanja Vidić	32	1	3	0	0	0	9	0	1	0	45	1	6	0
16	MF	Michael Carrick	24(7)	2	3(1)	0	0(1)	0	11(1)	0	1	0	39(10)	2	3	0
17	MF	Nani	16(10)	3	2	1	1	0	7(4)	0	0(1)	0	26(15)	4	4	1
18	MF	Paul Scholes	22(2)	1	1(2)	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	30(4)	2	4	0
19	DF	Gerard Piqué	5(4)	0	0	0	1	0	3	2	0	0	9(4)	2	1	0
20	FW	Ole Gunnar Solskjær	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	FW	Dong Fangzhuo	0	0	0	0	1	0	0(1)	0	0	0	1(1)	0	0	0
22	DF	John O’Shea	10(18)	0	1(1)	0	1	0	4(2)	0	1	0	17(21)	0	1	0
23	DF	Jonny Evans	0	0	0	0	1	0	1(1)	0	0	0	2(1)	0	0	0
24	MF	Darren Fletcher	5(11)	0	1	2	0	0	5(1)	0	0(1)	0	11(13)	2	3	0
25	DF	Danny Simpson	1(2)	0	0(1)	0	1	0	2(1)	0	0	0	4(4)	0	0	0
26	DF	Phil Bardsley	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
27	DF	Mikaël Silvestre	3	0	0	0	0	0	1(1)	0	1	0	5(1)	0	0	0
28	MF	Darron Gibson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	GK	Tomasz Kuszczak	8(1)	0	0(1)	0	1	0	3(2)	0	0	0	12(4)	0	0	1
30	MF	Lee Martin	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
32	FW	Carlos Tevez	31(3)	14	2	1	0	0	6(6)	4	0	0	39(9)	19	2	0
33	MF	Chris Eagles	1(3)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3(3)	0	0	0
34	MF	Rodrigo Possebon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	GK	Tom Heaton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	FW	Fraizer Campbell	0(1)	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0(2)	0	0	0
40	DF	Adam Eckersley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
43	MF	Sam Hewson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
45	FW	Febian Brandy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
46	DF	Richard Eckersley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
47	FW	Danny Welbeck	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0