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
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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

Nikao Sokattack

Ba

Baco

Waitakere
United

Auckland
City

University Inter

Kossa

Manu-Ura

Tafea

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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
	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	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

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	Qualification
Tafea	2	2	0	0	10	1	+9	6	Advance to group stage
Baco	2	1	0	1	2	5	−3	3
University Inter	2	0	0	2	1	7	−6	0
Nikao Sokattack (W)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew

Source:
(W) ?
Notes:

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

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		WAI	AUC	MU
Waitakere United	4	2	2	0	5	3	+2	8			1–1	2–1
Auckland City	4	2	1	1	8	2	+6	7		0–1		6–0
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
Kossa	4	2	2	0	8	4	+4	8			1–1	2–0
Tafea	4	1	2	1	4	4	0	5		1–1		2–1
Ba F.C.	4	1	0	3	4	8	−4	3		2–4	1–0

Source:

Final

Main article: 2008 OFC Champions League 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)

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