2007–08 OFC Champions League

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2007–08 OFC Champions League
Tournament details
Dates June 12, 2007 – May 4, 2008
Teams 9 (from 8 associations)
Final positions
Champions New Zealand Waitakere United (2nd title)
Runners-up Solomon Islands Kossa
Tournament statistics
Matches played 17
Goals scored 53 (3.12 per match)
Top scorer(s) Solomon Islands James Naka
Solomon Islands Joe Luwi 4 goals
← 2007

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 Noumea Daly in Nouméa, New Caledonia, from 12–16 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

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

OFC O-League Preliminary Tournament

The Preleminary Tournament was played in New Caledonia.

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Vanuatu Tafea 6 2 2 0 0 10 1 +9
New Caledonia Baco 3 2 1 0 1 2 5 −3
Papua New Guinea University-Inter 0 2 0 0 2 1 7 −6
Cook Islands Nikao Sokattack - - - - - - - -
  • Cook Islands Nikao Sokattack withdrew.
Date Home Team Result Away Team
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
New Zealand Waitakere United 4 2 2 0 5 3 2 8
New Zealand Auckland City 4 2 1 1 8 2 6 7
French Polynesia Manu-Ura 4 0 1 3 2 10 −8 1
  AUC MU WAI
Auckland City – 6–0 0–1
Manu-Ura 0–1 – 1–1
Waitakere United 1–1 2–1 –

Group B

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

Final

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Main article: 2007–08 OFC Champions League Final
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Kossa Solomon Islands 3–6 New Zealand Waitakere United 3–1 0–5

2008-04-26
14:00 UTC+11
Kossa Solomon Islands 3–1 New Zealand Waitakere United
Luwi Goal 21' Goal 41'
Naka Goal 85'		 (Report) Perry Goal 49'

2008-05-11
14:00 UTC+12
Waitakere United New Zealand 5–0 Solomon Islands Kossa
Totori Goal 8'
Emblen Goal 25'
Pearce Goal 72' Goal 77'
Butler Goal 85'		 (Report)


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

References

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