2007–08 OFC Champions League

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.

2007–08 OFC Champions League
Tournament details
DatesJune 12, 2007 – May 4, 2008
Teams9 (from 8 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsNew Zealand Waitakere United (2nd title)
Runners-upSolomon Islands Kossa
Tournament statistics
Matches played17
Goals scored53 (3.12 per match)
Top scorer(s)Solomon Islands James Naka
Solomon Islands Joe Luwi 4 goals
2007

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

The following teams entered the competition.

AssociationTeamQualifying method
Teams entering the group stage
FijiBa F.C.2007 Fiji National Football League first stage champion
New ZealandAuckland City2006–07 New Zealand Football Championship grand final champion
Waitakere United2006–07 New Zealand Football Championship regular season premier
Solomon IslandsKossa2006–07 Solomon Islands National Club Championship champion
TahitiManu-Ura2005–06 Tahiti Division Fédérale champion
Teams entering the preliminary round
Cook IslandsNikao Sokattak[a]2006 Cook Islands Round Cup champion
New CaledoniaBaco2006–07 New Caledonia Super Ligue champion
Papua New GuineaUniversity Inter2006 Papua New Guinea overall final champion
VanuatuTafea FC2007 VFF Bred Cup winner
Notes

OFC O-League preliminary tournament

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

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Tafea2200101+96
Baco210125−33
University Inter200217−60
Nikao Sokattack (W)00000000[a]
Source: [citation needed]
(W) ?
Notes:
DateHome Score Away
Jun 12Baco2–0University Inter
Jun 14Tafea5–1University Inter
Jun 16Tafea5–0Baco

Group stage

Group A

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts WAI AUC MU
Waitakere United422053+281–12–1
Auckland City421182+670–16–0
Manu-Ura4013210−811–10–1
Source: [citation needed]

Group B

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts KOS TAF BA
Kossa422084+481–12–0
Tafea412144051–12–1
Ba F.C.410348−432–41–0
Source: [citation needed]

Final

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Kossa 3–6 Waitakere United3–10–5
Kossa 3–1 Waitakere United
Luwi 21' 41'
Naka 85'
(Report)Perry 49'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Rakesh Varman (Fiji)
Waitakere United 5–0 Kossa
Totori 8'
Emblen 25'
Pearce 72' 77'
Butler 85'
(Report)


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

#PlayerTeamGoals
1 James Naka Kossa4
Joe Luwi Kossa
3 Keryn Jordan Auckland City2
Avinesh Suwamy Ba F.C.
Allan Pearce Waitakere United
Last updated May 11, 2008

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