2007–08 OFC Champions League

2007–08 OFC Champions League

Tournament details
Dates	June 12, 2007 – May 4, 2008
Teams	9 (from 8 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Waitakere United (2nd title)
Runners-up	Kossa
Tournament statistics
Matches played	17
Goals scored	53 (3.12 per match)
Top scorer(s)	James Naka Joe Luwi 4 goals

The 2007–08 OFC Champions League was the 7th edition of the Oceanian Club Championship, Oceania's premier club football tournament organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC), and the 2nd season under the current OFC Champions League name. The qualifying round was held at Stade Noumea Daly in Nouméa, New Caledonia, from 12–16 February 2007, with the main competition taking the form of a home and away group stage followed by a knockout round, which was played from 27 October 2007 until 11 May 2008.

The qualifying round was contested by teams from the three lowest ranked nations in Oceania and Vanuatu, who lost their automatic qualification place due to the withdrawal of their representative in the previous year's competition.

The winner of the tournament was Waitakere Utd of New Zealand, who reclaimed their title by beating Kossa FC of the Solomon Islands in the two legged final. The winners claimed Oceania’s US$1 million (NZ$1.41 million) berth in the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup in Japan.

Participants

Nikao Sokattack

Ba

Baco

Waitakere
United

Auckland
City

University-Inter

Kossa

Manu-Ura

Tafea

Location of teams of the 2007–08 OFC Champions League.

• Nikao Sokattack (Cook Islands)
• Ba F.C. (Fiji)
• Baco (New Caledonia)
• Auckland City (New Zealand)
• Waitakere United (New Zealand)
• University-Inter (Papua New Guinea)
• Kossa (Solomon Islands)
• Manu-Ura (Tahiti)
• Tafea (Vanuatu)

OFC O-League Preliminary Tournament

The Preleminary Tournament was played in New Caledonia.

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Tafea	6	2	2	0	0	10	1	+9
Baco	3	2	1	0	1	2	5	−3
University-Inter	0	2	0	0	2	1	7	−6
Nikao Sokattack	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

• Nikao Sokattack withdrew.

Date	Home Team	Result	Away Team
Jun 12	Baco	2–0	University-Inter
Jun 14	Tafea	5–1	University-Inter
Jun 16	Tafea	5–0	Baco

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Waitakere United 4 2 2 0 5 3 2 8 Auckland City 4 2 1 1 8 2 6 7 Manu-Ura 4 0 1 3 2 10 −8 1

AUC MU WAI Auckland City – 6–0 0–1 Manu-Ura 0–1 – 1–1 Waitakere United 1–1 2–1 –

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Kossa 4 2 2 0 8 4 4 8 Tafea 4 1 2 1 4 4 0 5 Ba F.C. 4 1 0 3 4 8 −4 3

Ba F.C. KOS TAF Ba F.C. – 2–4 1–0 Kossa 2–0 – 1–1 Tafea 2–1 1–1 –

Final

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Kossa	3–6	Waitakere United	3–1	0–5

Kossa v Waitakere United

2008-04-26 14:00 UTC+11

Kossa	3–1	Waitakere United
Luwi  21'  41' Naka  85'	(Report)	Perry  49'

Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara, Solomon Islands Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Rakesh Varman (Fiji)

Waitakere United v Kossa

2008-05-11 14:00 UTC+12

Waitakere United	5–0	Kossa
Totori  8' Emblen  25' Pearce  72'  77' Butler  85'	(Report)

Trusts Stadium, Waitakere City, New Zealand Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)

Waitakere United win 6–3 on aggregate and advance to the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup.

OFC Champions League 2007–2008 Winners
Waitakere United Second Title

Top goal-scorers

#	Player	Team	Goals
1	James Naka	Kossa	4
	Joe Luwi	Kossa
3	Keryn Jordan	Auckland City	2
	Avinesh Suwamy	Ba F.C.
	Allan Pearce	Waitakere United
Last updated May 11, 2008

References

• OceaniaFootball