2007 Baltic League
Appearance
Season | 2007 |
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Dates | 6 March – 11 November |
Champions | Metalurgs |
Matches played | 34 |
Goals scored | 105 (3.09 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Ģirts Karlsons (10) |
2008 → |
The 2007 season of Baltic League (known as the TrioBet Baltic League for sponsorship reasons) was the first edition of the Baltic League. The competition was won by Liepājas Metalurgs of Latvia, who beat fellow Latvians FK Ventspils 8–2 on aggregate in the final, which was spread over two legs on 8 November 2007 and 11 November 2007.
Group stage
Group A
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FBK Kaunas | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | Advanced to knockout stage |
FC Narva Trans | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 1 | |
Dinaburg FC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0[a] | Ejected |
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
Notes:
7 March 2007 Matchday 1 | FBK Kaunas | 3 – 2 | Narva Trans | Vilnius |
18:00 EET (UTC+02) | Ričardas Beniušis 61' Givi Kvaratskhelia 83' Rafael Gaúcho 88' |
11' Aleksandr Dubõkin 65' Sergei Kazakov |
Stadium: Sportima Sports Hall Attendance: 350 Referee: Sergejs Braga |
22 May 2007 Matchday 6 | Narva Trans | 2 – 2 | FBK Kaunas | Narva |
18:00 EEST (UTC+03) | Aleksandr Dubõkin 49' Maksim Gruznov 73' |
24', 33' Mindaugas Grigalevičius | Stadium: Narva Kreenholmi Stadium Attendance: 1500 Referee: Vadims Direktorenko |
Group B
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FK Ventspils | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 10 | Advanced to knockout stage |
FK Ekranas | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 5 | |
FC TVMK Tallinn | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 1 | Eliminated from the competition |
Source: [citation needed]
6 March 2007 Matchday 1 | Ekranas | 2 – 1 | TVMK | Vilnius |
18:00 EET (UTC+02) | Giedrius Tomkevičius 11' Liivo Leetma 34' (og.) |
76' Artur Ossipov | Attendance: 600 Referee: Roman Lajuks |
13 March 2007 Matchday 2 | TVMK | 0 – 1 | Ventspils | Tallinn |
18:00 EEST (UTC+03) | 83' Aleksejs Soleičuks | Stadium: Sportland Arena Attendance: 150 Referee: Audrius Zhuta |
17 March 2007 Matchday 3 | Ventspils | 3 – 0 | Ekranas | |
14:00 EEST (UTC+03) | Vīts Rimkus 3', 23' Igors Sļesarčuks 19' |
Attendance: 500 Referee: Hannes Kaasik |
11 April 2007 Matchday 5 | Ventspils | 3 – 2 | TVMK | Ventspils |
18:00 EEST (UTC+03) | Serhij Sernecki 6', 9' Sergei Zangareev 23' |
1' Oliver Konsa 85' Viktors Dobrecovs |
Attendance: 350 Referee: Gediminas Mažeika |
22 May 2007 Matchday 6 | TVMK | 3 – 3 | Ekranas | Tallinn |
17:00 EEST (UTC+03) | Artur Ossipov 45', 65' Aleksandr Kulatšenko 76' |
7', 38' Dainius Saulėnas 63' Andrius Šidlauskas |
Stadium: Kadrioru Stadium Attendance: 100 |
Group C
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FK Liepājas Metalurgs | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 8 | Advanced to knockout stage |
FK Žalgiris Vilnius | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 5 | |
FC Levadia Tallinn | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 2 | Eliminated from the competition |
Source: [citation needed]
7 March 2007 Matchday 1 | Levadia | 1 – 1 | Žalgiris | Tallinn |
18:00 EET (UTC+02) | Indrek Zelinski 30' (pen.) | 74' Eimantas Poderis | Stadium: Sportland Arena Attendance: 300 Referee: Andrejs Sipailo |
13 March 2007 Matchday 2 | SK Liepājas Metalurgs | 1 – 1 | Levadia | Liepāja |
18:00 EEST (UTC+03) | Oskars Kļava 32' (pen.) | 38' Tarmo Kink | Stadium: Daugava Stadium's Artificial Pitch Attendance: 1200 Referee: Vijunas Vasiliauskas |
17 March 2007 Matchday 3 | Žalgiris | 0 – 0 | SK Liepājas Metalurgs | |
14:00 EEST (UTC+03) | Referee: Sten Kaldma |
1 April 2007 Matchday 4 | SK Liepājas Metalurgs | 3 – 1 | Žalgiris | |
Mindaugas Kalonas 23' Ģirts Karlsons 64', 67' |
90' (pen.) Igoris Morinas |
11 April 2007 Matchday 5 | Levadia | 1 – 2 | SK Liepājas Metalurgs | Tallinn |
18:00 EEST (UTC+03) | Tarmo Kink 66' | 46' Mindaugas Kalonas 68' Antonio Ferreira |
Stadium: Kadrioru Stadium Attendance: 530 Referee: Audrius Kancleris |
22 May 2007 Matchday 6 | Žalgiris | 2 – 1 | Levadia | Vilnius |
17:00 EEST (UTC+03) | Edvinas Lukoševičius 44' Nikolaj Misiuk 83' |
59' Indrek Zelinski | Stadium: Žalgiris Stadium Attendance: 500 |
Group D
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Skonto FC | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 8 | Advanced to knockout stage |
FK Vėtra | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 5 | |
FC Flora Tallinn | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 3 | Eliminated from the competition |
Source: [citation needed]
6 March 2007 Matchday 1 | Flora | 0 – 3 | Vėtra | Tallinn |
18:00 EET (UTC+02) | 54' Algis Jankauskas 64' Nerijus Sasnauskas 85' Severino Lima de Maura |
Stadium: Sportland Arena Attendance: 300 Referee: Vadims Direktorenko |
14 March 2007 Matchday 2 | Skonto FC | 4 – 0 | Flora | Riga |
18:00 EEST (UTC+03) | Vitālijs Astafjevs 35' Gatis Kalniņš 50' Andrejs Perepļotkins 85' Jozef Piaček 87' |
Stadium: Ķeizarmežs Sports Complex Attendance: 320 Referee: Gediminas Mazheika |
18 March 2007 Matchday 3 | Vėtra | 1 – 1 | Skonto FC | Vilnius |
14:00 EEST (UTC+03) | Vitalis Stankevičius 70' | 20' Aleksejs Višņakovs | Referee: Eiko Saar |
1 April 2007 Matchday 4 | Skonto FC | 1 – 1 | Vėtra | Riga |
Aleksandrs Cauņa 53' | 19' Severino Lima de Maura |
10 April 2007 Matchday 5 | Flora | 0 – 1 | Skonto FC | Tallinn |
18:00 EEST (UTC+03) | 90+3' Aleksejs Višņakovs | Stadium: A. Le Coq Arena Attendance: 220 Referee: Paulius Malžinskas |
22 May 2007 Matchday 6 | Vėtra | 0 – 1 | Flora | Vilnius |
20:45 EEST (UTC+03) | 41' Enver Jääger | Stadium: Vėtra Stadium Attendance: 350 Referee: Andrejs Sipailo |
Knockout stage
Bracket
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||||||
Žalgiris | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
FBK Kaunas | 9 | 1 | 10 | ||||||||||||||
FBK Kaunas | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Ventspils | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Vėtra | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Ventspils | 0 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
Ventspils | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Metalurgs | 3 | 5 | 8 | ||||||||||||||
Metalurgs | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
Narva Trans | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
Metalurgs | 6 | 2 | 8 | ||||||||||||||
Ekranas | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
Skonto FC | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Ekranas | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Quarter-finals
12 June 2007 Leg 1 | Žalgiris | 1 – 9 | FBK Kaunas | Vilnius |
Virmantas Lemežis 23' | 20' Audrius Kšanavičius 22' Mindaugas Grigalevičius 36' Marius Činikas 43' Rafael Gaúcho 48', 65', 73', 90' Ričardas Beniušis 52' Adrian Mrowiec |
Stadium: Žalgiris Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: A. Sipailo |
4 July 2007 Leg 2 | FBK Kaunas | 1 – 1 | Žalgiris | Kaunas |
Artūras Rimkevičius 88' | 45' Nikolaj Misiuk | Stadium: S.Darius and S.Girėnas Referee: R. Lajuks |
FBK Kaunas won 10–2 on aggregate.
13 June 2007 Leg 1 | Skonto FC | 1 – 2 | Ekranas | Riga |
Marián Dirnbach 73' | 45' Mantas Savėnas 74' Povilas Lukšys |
Stadium: Skonto Stadions Referee: E. Saar |
4 July 2007 Leg 2 | Ekranas | 0 – 0 | Skonto FC | Panevėžys |
Stadium: Aukštaitija Stadium Attendance: 1,420 Referee: Hannes Kaasik |
Ekranas won 2–1 on aggregate.
13 June 2007 Leg 1 | Vėtra | 0 – 0 | Ventspils | Vilnius |
Stadium: Vėtra Stadium Referee: Kristo Tohver |
4 July 2007 Leg 2 | Ventspils | 4 – 2 | Vėtra | Ventspils |
Vladimirs Koļesņičenko 23' Serhij Sernecki 60', 90+6' Vīts Rimkus 90' |
2' Darvydas Šernas 90+2' Dejan Milošeski |
Stadium: Ventspils Olimpiskais Stadions Attendance: 800 Referee: Margus Kotter |
FK Ventspils won 4–2 on aggregate.
13 June 2007 Leg 1 | SK Liepājas Metalurgs | 4 – 1 | Narva Trans | Liepāja |
Mindaugas Kalonas 19', 63' Ģirts Karlsons 72' Genādijs Soloņicins 77' |
27' Dmitry Lipartov | Stadium: Daugava Stadium Attendance: 1,200 Referee: V. Direktorenko |
4 July 2007 Leg 2 | Narva Trans | 2 – 1 | SK Liepājas Metalurgs | Narva |
Dmitry Lipartov 9' Aleksandr Dubõkin 45+1' |
26' Genādijs Soloņicins | Stadium: Narva Kreenholmi Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: P. Malžinskas |
Liepājas Metalurgs won 5–3 on aggregate.
Semi-finals
29 August 2007 Leg 1 | FBK Kaunas | 0 – 0 | Ventspils | |
18:00 EEST (UTC+03) |
26 September 2007 Leg 2 | Ventspils | 1 – 0 | FBK Kaunas | |
17:00 EEST (UTC+03) | Aleksandr Mysikov 61' |
FK Ventspils won 1–0 on aggregate.
19 September 2007 Leg 1 | SK Liepājas Metalurgs | 6 – 1 | Ekranas | |
19:40 EEST (UTC+03) | Genādijs Soloņicins 4' Alfredas Skroblas 32' (og.) Ģirts Karlsons 34', 86' Serghei Pogreban 44' (og.) Vladimirs Kamešs 90' |
71' Egidijus Varnas |
26 September 2007 Leg 2 | Ekranas | 2 – 2 | SK Liepājas Metalurgs | |
17:00 EEST (UTC+03) | Egidijus Varnas 16', 68' | 50' Cristián Torres 64' Ģirts Karlsons |
Liepājas Metalurgs won 8–3 on aggregate.
Final
8 November 2007 Leg 1 | Ventspils | 1 – 3 | SK Liepājas Metalurgs | Ventspils |
13:00 EET (UTC+02) | Kristaps Grebis 75' | 3' Antonio Ferreira 38' Ģirts Karlsons 78' Genādijs Soloņicins |
Stadium: Ventspils Olimpiskais Stadions Attendance: 250 Referee: Kristo Tohver |
11 November 2007 Leg 2 | SK Liepājas Metalurgs | 5 – 1 | Ventspils | Liepāja |
14:00 EET (UTC+02) | Ģirts Karlsons 36', 66', 75' Genādijs Soloņicins 49' Deniss Ivanovs 78' |
41' Igors Savčenkovs | Stadium: Daugava Stadium Attendance: 1000 Referee: Audrius Žuta |
Liepājas Metalurgs won 8–2 on aggregate.
2007 Baltic League Player Awards
- Goalkeeper of the Year: Mihkel Aksalu ( FC Flora)[2]
- Defender of the Year:
- Midfielder of the Year:
- Forward of the Year:
- Young Footballer of the Year:
Goalscorers
- 10 goals
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- Aleksandr Dubõkin
- Mindaugas Grigalevičius
- Artur Ossipov
- Vīts Rimkus
- Egidijus Varnas
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- Vitālijs Astafjevs
- Aleksandrs Cauņa
- Marius Činikas
- Marián Dirnbach
- Viktors Dobrecovs
- Kristaps Grebis
- Maksim Gruznov
- Deniss Ivanovs
- Algis Jankauskas
- Enver Jääger
- Gatis Kalniņš
- Vladimirs Kamešs
- Sergei Kazakov
- Oskars Kļava
- Vladimirs Koļesņičenko
- Oliver Konsa
- Audrius Kšanavičius
- Aleksandr Kulatšenko
- Givi Kvaratskhelia
- Virmantas Lemežis
- Edvinas Lukoševičius
- Povilas Lukšys
- Dejan Milošeski
- Igoris Morinas
- Adrian Mrowiec
- Aleksandr Mysikov
- Andrejs Perepļotkins
- Jozef Piaček
- Eimantas Poderis
- Artūras Rimkevičius
- Nerijus Sasnauskas
- Igors Savčenkovs
- Mantas Savėnas
- Igors Sļesarčuks
- Aleksejs Soleičuks
- Vitalis Stankevičius
- Darvydas Šernas
- Andrius Šidlauskas
- Giedrius Tomkevičius
- Cristián Torres
- Sergei Zangareev