2007 Baltic League

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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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
Lithuania FBK Kaunas 2 1 1 0 5 4 +1 4 Advanced to knockout stage
Estonia FC Narva Trans 2 0 1 1 4 5 −1 1
Latvia 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

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
Latvia FK Ventspils 4 3 1 0 7 2 +5 10 Advanced to knockout stage
Lithuania FK Ekranas 4 1 2 1 5 7 −2 5
Estonia 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

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
Latvia FK Liepājas Metalurgs 4 2 2 0 6 3 +3 8 Advanced to knockout stage
Lithuania FK Žalgiris Vilnius 4 1 2 1 4 5 −1 5
Estonia 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
Latvia Skonto FC 4 2 2 0 7 2 +5 8 Advanced to knockout stage
Lithuania FK Vėtra 4 1 2 1 5 3 +2 5
Estonia 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
            
Lithuania Žalgiris 1 1 2
Lithuania FBK Kaunas 9 1 10
Lithuania FBK Kaunas 0 0 0
Latvia Ventspils 0 1 1
Lithuania Vėtra 0 2 2
Latvia Ventspils 0 4 4
Latvia Ventspils 1 1 2
Latvia Metalurgs 3 5 8
Latvia Metalurgs 4 1 5
Estonia Narva Trans 1 2 3
Latvia Metalurgs 6 2 8
Lithuania Ekranas 1 2 3
Latvia Skonto FC 1 0 1
Lithuania 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

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

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

Goalscorers

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

Own goals

References

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