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 each)
	← 2007 2008–09 →

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 Numa-Daly in Nouméa, New Caledonia, from 12 to 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

2007–08 OFC Champions League is located in Oceania

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

The following teams entered the competition.

Association	Team	Qualifying method
Teams entering the group stage
Fiji	Ba F.C.	2007 Fiji National Football League first stage champion
New Zealand	Auckland City	2006–07 New Zealand Football Championship grand final champion
New Zealand	Waitakere United	2006–07 New Zealand Football Championship regular season premier
Solomon Islands	Kossa	2006–07 Solomon Islands National Club Championship champion
Tahiti	Manu-Ura	2005–06 Tahiti Division Fédérale champion
Teams entering the preliminary round
Cook Islands	Nikao Sokattak^[a]	2006 Cook Islands Round Cup champion
New Caledonia	Baco	2006–07 New Caledonia Super Ligue champion
Papua New Guinea	University Inter	2006 Papua New Guinea overall final champion
Vanuatu	Tafea FC	2007 VFF Bred Cup winner

Notes

↑ Nikao Sokattak withdrew from the competition.

OFC O-League preliminary tournament

The Preliminary Tournament was played at Stade Numa-Daly Magenta in Nouméa, New Caledonia.

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Tafea	2	2	0	10	1	+9	6	Advance to group stage
Baco	2	1	1	2	5	−3	3
University Inter	2	0	2	1	7	−6	0
Nikao Sokattack	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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

Group stage

Group A

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	KOS	TAF	BA
1	Kossa	4	2	2	0	8	4	+4	8		1–1	2–0
2	Tafea	4	1	2	1	4	4	0	5	1–1		2–1
3	Ba F.C.	4	1	0	3	4	8	−4	3	2–4	1–0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Final

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

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)


Kossa FC:
	4	Tome Faisi
	5	Samson Takayama
	6	Mahlon Maemania
	10	Francis Nee
	11	Joe Luwi
	13	James Naka
	15	Seni Ngava
	16	Paul Wale		89'
	17	Gideon Omokirio
	19	Reginald Davani	47'
	21	Severino Aefi
Substitutes:
	1	John Morgan
	3	Sam Maemania
	8	Philip Ashley
	9	Samsom Waahero
	12	Roy Enori
	14	Terry Oiaka
	20	Willie Sade		89'
Manager:
Jacob Moli


Waitakere United:
GK	1	Richard Gillispie
DF	2	Jonathan Perry
DF	6	Darren Bazeley
FW	8	Commins Menapi	77'	78'
FW	9	Benjamin Totori
FW	10	Allan Pearce		87'
MF	11	Neil Sykes
MF	13	Daniel Koprivcic		43'
MF	15	Christopher Bale
MF	16	Neil Emblen
MF	17	Jake Butler
Substitutes:
DF	5	Danny Hay
MF	7	Jason Hayne		43'
MF	14	Hoani Edwards		78'
DF	20	Jason Rowley
DF	21	Graham Pearce		87'
GK	22	Simon Eaddy
Manager:
Chris Milicich

Referee:
Rakesh Varman

Assistant referees:
Andrew Achari
Mahit Chilia
Fourth official:
Lencie Fred

2008-05-11

14:00 UTC+12

Waitakere United	5–0	Kossa FC
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:

GK	1	Richard Gillispie
DF	2	Jonathan Perry
DF	5	Danny Hay	21'	62'
MF	7	Jason Hayne
FW	9	Benjamin Totori		64'
FW	10	Allan Pearce
MF	11	Neil Sykes
MF	13	Daniel Koprivcic		89'
MF	15	Christopher Bale
MF	16	Neil Emblen
MF	17	Jake Butler
Substitutes:
DF	6	Darren Bazeley		62'
FW	8	Commins Menapi		64'
DF	20	Jason Rowley		89'
DF	21	Graham Pearce
GK	22	Simon Eaddy
DF	24	Tim Myers
Manager:
Chris Milicich


Kossa FC:
	4	Tome Faisi
	5	Samson Takayama
	6	Mahlon Maemania
	10	Francis Nee
	11	Joe Luwi
	13	James Naka
	15	Seni Ngava
	16	Paul Wale	74'
	17	Gideon Omokirio
	19	Reginald Davani
	21	Severino Aefi
Substitutes:
	3	Sam Maemania
	8	Philip Ashley
	9	Samsom Waahero
	12	Roy Enori
	14	Terry Oiaka
	20	Willie Sade	74'
Manager:
Jacob Moli

Referee:
Benjamin Williams

Assistant referees:
Tevita Makasini
Michael Joseph
Fourth official:
Norbert Hauata

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

References

OceaniaFootball

[1] Nikao Sokattak withdrew from the competition.

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