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

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
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 Fiji Ba F.C. 2007 Fiji National Football League first stage champion
New Zealand New Zealand Auckland City 2006–07 New Zealand Football Championship grand final champion
Waitakere United 2006–07 New Zealand Football Championship regular season premier
Solomon Islands Solomon Islands Kossa 2006–07 Solomon Islands National Club Championship champion
French Polynesia Tahiti Manu-Ura 2005–06 Tahiti Division Fédérale champion
Teams entering the preliminary round
Cook Islands Cook Islands Nikao Sokattak[lower-alpha 1] 2006 Cook Islands Round Cup champion
New Caledonia New Caledonia Baco 2006–07 New Caledonia Super Ligue champion
Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea University Inter 2006 Papua New Guinea overall final champion
Vanuatu Vanuatu Tafea FC 2007 VFF Bred Cup winner
Notes
  1. 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 D L GF GA GD Pts
Vanuatu Tafea 2 2 0 0 10 1 +9 6
New Caledonia Baco 2 1 0 1 2 5 −3 3
Papua New Guinea University Inter 2 0 0 2 1 7 −6 0
Cook Islands Nikao Sokattack (W) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0[lower-alpha 1]
Source:
(W) ?
Notes:
  1. Nikao Sokattack withdrew from the competition
DateHome  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

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

Group B

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

Final
Main article: 2007–08 OFC Champions League Final
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Kossa Solomon Islands 3–6 New Zealand Waitakere United 3–1 0–5
Kossa Solomon Islands3–1New Zealand Waitakere United
Luwi 21' 41'
Naka 85'		 (Report) Perry 49'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Rakesh Varman (Fiji)
Waitakere United New Zealand5–0Solomon Islands Kossa
Totori 8'
Emblen 25'
Pearce 72' 77'
Butler 85'		 (Report)
Attendance: 6,000


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

OFC Champions League
2007–2008 Winners
New Zealand
Waitakere United
Second title

Top goal-scorers
# Player Team Goals
1 Solomon Islands James Naka Solomon Islands Kossa 4
Solomon Islands Joe Luwi Solomon Islands Kossa
3 South Africa Keryn Jordan New Zealand Auckland City 2
Fiji Avinesh Suwamy Fiji Ba F.C.
New Zealand Allan Pearce New Zealand Waitakere United
Last updated May 11, 2008

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