2007 Northern Mariana Championship

M*League Division 1
Season 2007
Champions Fiesta Inter Saipan
Relegated None
Matches played 14
Goals scored 69 (4.93 per match)
Biggest home win Wild Bill's 7–1 Pacific Telecom
Biggest away win Bangladesh SC 1–6 Fiesta Inter Saipan
Highest scoring Fiesta Inter Saipan 8–2 Pacific Telecom
Longest winning run Fiesta Inter Saipan – 6 matches
Longest unbeaten run Fiesta Inter Saipan – 6 matches
Longest losing run Pacific Telecom – 4 matches
2008

The 2007 Northern Mariana Championship was the second season of top-flight football in Northern Marianas Islands and the first to include a play-off phase. The competition was won by Fiesta Inter Saipan who defeated FC Arirang 3–1 in the final.

Final Table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Fiesta Inter Saipan (Q) 4 4 0 0 20 4 +16 12 Semi-finals
2 FC Arirang (Q) 4 3 0 1 10 6 +4 9
3 Wild Bill's (Q) 4 1 1 2 12 10 +2 4
4 Bangladeshi SC (Q) 4 1 1 2 8 12 4 4
5 Pacific Telecom 4 0 0 4 5 23 18 0

Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Note 1: FC Arirang were known as Korean FA for the first round of matches before changing their name.
Note 2: Wild Bill's were known as Independents until the second round of matches and had competed in the previous season.
Note 3: Pacific Telecom competed in the previous season as PTI Guardians.

Results

The season was played in two stages, first a round robin group where all five teaams played each other once. the top four teams them progressed to a one-legged semi-final to determine the two teams that would play for the championship.

Group Stage

Home ╲ Away BSC FCA FISPACWIL
Bangladeshi SC 16 33
FC Arirang 20 13 41
Fiesta Inter Saipan 82 30
Pacific Telecom 14
Wild Bill's 23 71

Updated to games played on 8 September 2007.
Source: [1]
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Semi-finals

9 September 2007?
Fiesta Inter Saipan 6–1 Bangladeshi SC

9 September 2007?
FC Arirang beat Wild Bill's

Third place play-off

16 September 2007?
Wild Bill's 2–1 Bangladeshi SC

Final

16 September 2007
Fiesta Inter 3–1 FC Arirang

References

  1. 1 2 Schöggl, Hans (28 July 2011). "Northern Marianas 2005". rsssf.com. RSSSF. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
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