2007 Baltic League
Football club tournament held between the top clubs from Baltic states
Football league season
Season | 2007 |
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Dates | 6 March – 11 November |
Champions | ![]() |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | Advanced to knockout stage |
![]() | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0[a] | Ejected |
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
Notes:
- ^ Dinaburg FC were ejected from the competition for match fixing.[1]
FBK Kaunas v Narva Trans
7 March 2007 Matchday 1 | FBK Kaunas | 3 – 2 | Narva Trans | Vilnius |
18:00 EET (UTC+02) | Ričardas Beniušis ![]() Givi Kvaratskhelia ![]() Rafael Gaúcho ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Stadium: Sportima Sports Hall Attendance: 350 Referee: Sergejs Braga |
Narva Trans v FBK Kaunas
22 May 2007 Matchday 6 | Narva Trans | 2 – 2 | FBK Kaunas | Narva |
18:00 EEST (UTC+03) | Aleksandr Dubõkin ![]() Maksim Gruznov ![]() | ![]() | Stadium: Narva Kreenholmi Stadium Attendance: 1500 Referee: Vadims Direktorenko |
Group B
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 10 | Advanced to knockout stage |
![]() | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 5 | |
![]() | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 1 | Eliminated from the competition |
Source: [citation needed]
Ekranas v TVMK
6 March 2007 Matchday 1 | Ekranas | 2 – 1 | TVMK | Vilnius |
18:00 EET (UTC+02) | Giedrius Tomkevičius ![]() Liivo Leetma ![]() | ![]() | Attendance: 600 Referee: Roman Lajuks |
TVMK v Ventspils
13 March 2007 Matchday 2 | TVMK | 0 – 1 | Ventspils | Tallinn |
18:00 EEST (UTC+03) | ![]() | Stadium: Sportland Arena Attendance: 150 Referee: Audrius Zhuta |
Ventspils v Ekranas
17 March 2007 Matchday 3 | Ventspils | 3 – 0 | Ekranas | |
14:00 EEST (UTC+03) | Vīts Rimkus ![]() Igors Sļesarčuks ![]() | Attendance: 500 Referee: Hannes Kaasik |
Ventspils v TVMK
11 April 2007 Matchday 5 | Ventspils | 3 – 2 | TVMK | Ventspils |
18:00 EEST (UTC+03) | Serhij Sernecki ![]() Sergei Zangareev ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 350 Referee: Gediminas Mažeika |
TVMK v Ekranas
22 May 2007 Matchday 6 | TVMK | 3 – 3 | Ekranas | Tallinn |
17:00 EEST (UTC+03) | Artur Ossipov ![]() Aleksandr Kulatšenko ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Stadium: Kadrioru Stadium Attendance: 100 |
Group C
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 8 | Advanced to knockout stage |
![]() | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 5 | |
![]() | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 2 | Eliminated from the competition |
Source: [citation needed]
Levadia v Žalgiris
7 March 2007 Matchday 1 | Levadia | 1 – 1 | Žalgiris | Tallinn |
18:00 EET (UTC+02) | Indrek Zelinski ![]() | ![]() | Stadium: Sportland Arena Attendance: 300 Referee: Andrejs Sipailo |
SK Liepājas Metalurgs v Levadia
13 March 2007 Matchday 2 | SK Liepājas Metalurgs | 1 – 1 | Levadia | Liepāja |
18:00 EEST (UTC+03) | Oskars Kļava ![]() | ![]() | Stadium: Daugava Stadium's Artificial Pitch Attendance: 1200 Referee: Vijunas Vasiliauskas |
Žalgiris v SK Liepājas Metalurgs
17 March 2007 Matchday 3 | Žalgiris | 0 – 0 | SK Liepājas Metalurgs | |
14:00 EEST (UTC+03) | Referee: Sten Kaldma |
SK Liepājas Metalurgs v Žalgiris
1 April 2007 Matchday 4 | SK Liepājas Metalurgs | 3 – 1 | Žalgiris | |
Mindaugas Kalonas ![]() Ģirts Karlsons ![]() | ![]() |
Levadia v SK Liepājas Metalurgs
11 April 2007 Matchday 5 | Levadia | 1 – 2 | SK Liepājas Metalurgs | Tallinn |
18:00 EEST (UTC+03) | Tarmo Kink ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Stadium: Kadrioru Stadium Attendance: 530 Referee: Audrius Kancleris |
Žalgiris v Levadia
22 May 2007 Matchday 6 | Žalgiris | 2 – 1 | Levadia | Vilnius |
17:00 EEST (UTC+03) | Edvinas Lukoševičius ![]() Nikolaj Misiuk ![]() | ![]() | Stadium: Žalgiris Stadium Attendance: 500 |
Group D
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 8 | Advanced to knockout stage |
![]() | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 5 | |
![]() | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 3 | Eliminated from the competition |
Source: [citation needed]
Flora v Vėtra
6 March 2007 Matchday 1 | Flora | 0 – 3 | Vėtra | Tallinn |
18:00 EET (UTC+02) | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Stadium: Sportland Arena Attendance: 300 Referee: Vadims Direktorenko |
Skonto FC v Flora
14 March 2007 Matchday 2 | Skonto FC | 4 – 0 | Flora | Riga |
18:00 EEST (UTC+03) | Vitālijs Astafjevs ![]() Gatis Kalniņš ![]() Andrejs Perepļotkins ![]() Jozef Piaček ![]() | Stadium: Ķeizarmežs Sports Complex Attendance: 320 Referee: Gediminas Mazheika |
Vėtra v Skonto FC
18 March 2007 Matchday 3 | Vėtra | 1 – 1 | Skonto FC | Vilnius |
14:00 EEST (UTC+03) | Vitalis Stankevičius ![]() | ![]() | Referee: Eiko Saar |
Skonto FC v Vėtra
1 April 2007 Matchday 4 | Skonto FC | 1 – 1 | Vėtra | Riga |
Aleksandrs Cauņa ![]() | ![]() |
Flora v Skonto FC
10 April 2007 Matchday 5 | Flora | 0 – 1 | Skonto FC | Tallinn |
18:00 EEST (UTC+03) | ![]() | Stadium: A. Le Coq Arena Attendance: 220 Referee: Paulius Malžinskas |
Vėtra v Flora
22 May 2007 Matchday 6 | Vėtra | 0 – 1 | Flora | Vilnius |
20:45 EEST (UTC+03) | ![]() | Stadium: Vėtra Stadium Attendance: 350 Referee: Andrejs Sipailo |
Knockout stage
Bracket
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 9 | 1 | 10 | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | 5 | 8 | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 6 | 2 | 8 | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Quarter-finals
Žalgiris v FBK Kaunas
12 June 2007 Leg 1 | Žalgiris | 1 – 9 | FBK Kaunas | Vilnius |
Virmantas Lemežis ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Stadium: Žalgiris Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: A. Sipailo |
FBK Kaunas v Žalgiris
4 July 2007 Leg 2 | FBK Kaunas | 1 – 1 | Žalgiris | Kaunas |
Artūras Rimkevičius ![]() | ![]() | Stadium: S.Darius and S.Girėnas Referee: R. Lajuks |
FBK Kaunas won 10–2 on aggregate.
Skonto FC v Ekranas
13 June 2007 Leg 1 | Skonto FC | 1 – 2 | Ekranas | Riga |
Marián Dirnbach ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Stadium: Skonto Stadions Referee: E. Saar |
Ekranas v Skonto FC
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.
Vėtra v Ventspils
13 June 2007 Leg 1 | Vėtra | 0 – 0 | Ventspils | Vilnius |
Stadium: Vėtra Stadium Referee: Kristo Tohver |
Ventspils v Vėtra
4 July 2007 Leg 2 | Ventspils | 4 – 2 | Vėtra | Ventspils |
Vladimirs Koļesņičenko ![]() Serhij Sernecki ![]() Vīts Rimkus ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Stadium: Ventspils Olimpiskais Stadions Attendance: 800 Referee: Margus Kotter |
FK Ventspils won 4–2 on aggregate.
SK Liepājas Metalurgs v Narva Trans
13 June 2007 Leg 1 | SK Liepājas Metalurgs | 4 – 1 | Narva Trans | Liepāja |
Mindaugas Kalonas ![]() Ģirts Karlsons ![]() Genādijs Soloņicins ![]() | ![]() | Stadium: Daugava Stadium Attendance: 1,200 Referee: V. Direktorenko |
Narva Trans v SK Liepājas Metalurgs
4 July 2007 Leg 2 | Narva Trans | 2 – 1 | SK Liepājas Metalurgs | Narva |
Dmitry Lipartov ![]() Aleksandr Dubõkin ![]() | ![]() | Stadium: Narva Kreenholmi Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: P. Malžinskas |
Liepājas Metalurgs won 5–3 on aggregate.
Semi-finals
FBK Kaunas v Ventspils
29 August 2007 Leg 1 | FBK Kaunas | 0 – 0 | Ventspils | |
18:00 EEST (UTC+03) |
Ventspils v FBK Kaunas
26 September 2007 Leg 2 | Ventspils | 1 – 0 | FBK Kaunas | |
17:00 EEST (UTC+03) | Aleksandr Mysikov ![]() |
FK Ventspils won 1–0 on aggregate.
SK Liepājas Metalurgs v Ekranas
19 September 2007 Leg 1 | SK Liepājas Metalurgs | 6 – 1 | Ekranas | |
19:40 EEST (UTC+03) | Genādijs Soloņicins ![]() Alfredas Skroblas ![]() Ģirts Karlsons ![]() Serghei Pogreban ![]() Vladimirs Kamešs ![]() | ![]() |
Ekranas v SK Liepājas Metalurgs
26 September 2007 Leg 2 | Ekranas | 2 – 2 | SK Liepājas Metalurgs | |
17:00 EEST (UTC+03) | Egidijus Varnas ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
Liepājas Metalurgs won 8–3 on aggregate.
Final
Ventspils v SK Liepājas Metalurgs
8 November 2007 Leg 1 | Ventspils | 1 – 3 | SK Liepājas Metalurgs | Ventspils |
13:00 EET (UTC+02) | Kristaps Grebis ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Stadium: Ventspils Olimpiskais Stadions Attendance: 250 Referee: Kristo Tohver |
SK Liepājas Metalurgs v Ventspils
11 November 2007 Leg 2 | SK Liepājas Metalurgs | 5 – 1 | Ventspils | Liepāja |
14:00 EET (UTC+02) | Ģirts Karlsons ![]() Genādijs Soloņicins ![]() Deniss Ivanovs ![]() | ![]() | 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:
Kiran Reeves (Rim Touchers)
- 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
Own goals
References
External links
- Official website
- Match reports at Estonian Football Association