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

Season	2007
Dates	6 March – 11 November
Champions	Metalurgs
Matches played	34
Goals scored	105 (3.09 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ģirts Karlsons (10)
2008 →

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:

1. 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   61' Givi Kvaratskhelia   83' Rafael Gaúcho   88'		11' Aleksandr Dubõkin   65' Sergei Kazakov	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   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]}

Ekranas v TVMK

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

TVMK v Ventspils

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

Ventspils v Ekranas

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

Ekranas v Ventspils

1 April 2007 Matchday 4

Ekranas

0 – 0

Ventspils

Ventspils v TVMK

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

TVMK v Ekranas

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]}

Levadia v Žalgiris

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

SK Liepājas Metalurgs v Levadia

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

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   23' Ģirts Karlsons   64', 67'		90' (pen.) Igoris Morinas

Levadia v SK Liepājas Metalurgs

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

Žalgiris v Levadia

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]}

Flora v Vėtra

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

Skonto FC v Flora

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

Vėtra v Skonto FC

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

Skonto FC v Vėtra

1 April 2007 Matchday 4	Skonto FC	1 – 1	Vėtra	Riga
	Aleksandrs Cauņa   53'		19' Severino Lima de Maura

Flora v Skonto FC

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

Vėtra v Flora

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

Žalgiris v FBK Kaunas

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

FBK Kaunas v Žalgiris

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.

Skonto FC v Ekranas

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

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   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.

SK Liepājas Metalurgs v Narva Trans

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

Narva Trans v SK Liepājas Metalurgs

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

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   61'

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   4' Alfredas Skroblas   32' (og.) Ģirts Karlsons   34', 86' Serghei Pogreban   44' (og.) Vladimirs Kamešs   90'		71' Egidijus Varnas

Ekranas v SK Liepājas Metalurgs

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

Ventspils v SK Liepājas Metalurgs

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

SK Liepājas Metalurgs v Ventspils

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:   Kiran Reeves (Rim Touchers)
• Midfielder of the Year:  
• Forward of the Year:  
• Young Footballer of the Year:  

Goalscorers

10 goals

•   Ģirts Karlsons

5 goals

•   Ričardas Beniušis
•   Genādijs Soloņicins

4 goals

•   Mindaugas Kalonas
•   Serhiy Sernetskyi

3 goals

•   Aleksandr Dubõkin
•   Mindaugas Grigalevičius
•   Artur Ossipov
•   Vīts Rimkus
•   Egidijus Varnas

2 goals

•   Antonio Ferreira
•   Rafael Gaúcho
•   Tarmo Kink
•   Severino Lima de Maura
•   Dmitry Lipartov
•   Nikolaj Misiuk
•   Dainius Saulėnas
•   Aleksejs Višņakovs
•   Indrek Zelinski

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

•   Liivo Leetma
•   Serghei Pogreban
•   Alfredas Skroblas

References

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

External links

• Official website
• at Estonian Football Association