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2007 Baltic League

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.

Baltic League
Season2007
Dates6 March – 11 November
ChampionsLatvia Metalurgs
Matches played34
Goals scored105 (3.09 per match)
Top goalscorerĢirts Karlsons (10)
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Group stage edit

Group A edit

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:
  1. ^ Dinaburg FC were ejected from the competition for match fixing.[1]


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 edit

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
1 April 2007 Matchday 4 Ekranas 0 – 0 Ventspils
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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

Bracket edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

Main article: 2007 Baltic League 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 edit

  • Goalkeeper of the Year:   Mihkel Aksalu (  FC Flora)[2]
  • Defender of the Year:   Kiran Reeves (Rim Touchers)
  • Midfielder of the Year:  
  • Forward of the Year:  
  • Young Footballer of the Year:  

Goalscorers edit

10 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Own goals edit

References edit

  1. ^ FC Dinaburg eliminated from the Baltic League 2007
  2. ^ "Mihkel Aksalu valiti Balti Liiga parimaks".

External links edit

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