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OFC Champions League 2007-08 - Summary
Waitakere United successfully defended it's Champions League title but had to do it the hard way.
Too strong for Auckland City once more, Waitakere made heavy work of AS Manu Ura before advancing to the final.
Kossa - the first Solomon Islands club to make it to an Oceania club final - nearly put a spanner in the Waitakere machine with a surprise 3-1 win in Honiara.
Any concerns the West Aucklanders had about winning the title again were put to bed by a storming 5-0 victory in the return leg in New Zealand.
Group A
27 October, 2007
Auckland City 6 (Keryn JORDAN 6', 34'-pen, Grant YOUNG 44', Chad COOMBES 52', Jeff CAMPBELL 68', Paul URLOVIC 70')
AS Manu Ura 0
31 October, 2007
Waitakere United 2 (Benjamin TOTORI 75', Neil EMBLEN 79')
AS Manu Ura 1 (Tamatoa TAUIHARA 49')
15 February, 2008
AS Manu Ura 1 (Billy MATAITAI 90'+1)
Waitakere United 1 (Christopher BALE 63')
20 February, 2008
Auckland City 0
Waitakere United 1 (Allan PEARCE 57')
28 March, 2008
AS Manu Ura 0
Auckland City 1 (George SURI 82')
2 April, 2008
Waitakere United 1 (Allan PEARCE 30'-pen)
Auckland City 1 (Ki-Hyung LEE 3')
Final Standings - Group A
| PL | W | D | L | GF | GA | PTS | GD | |
1 | Waitakere | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | +2 |
2 | Auckland | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 7 | +6 |
3 | Manu Ura | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 1 | -8 |
Group B
27 October, 2007
Kossa 1 (Reginald DAVANI 61')
Tafea 1 (Alphonse QORIG 71')
31 October, 2007
Ba 1 (Shalen LAL 90'+3)
Tafea 0
20 February, 2008
Tafea 2 (Jean Nako NAPRAPOL 14', Sam OBED 84')
Ba 1 (Avinesh SWAMY 60')
25 February, 2008
Kossa 2 (Malakai KAINEHEWE 7' o.g., James NAKA 11')
Ba 0
26 March, 2008
Tafea 1 (Francois SAKAMA 60')
Kossa 1 (James NAKA 40')
30 March, 2008
Ba 2 (Avinesh SUWAMY 45', Josaia BUKALIDI 84')
Kossa 4 (Reginald DAVANI 12', Joe LUWI 51', James NAKA 75', Paul WALE 90')
Final Standings - Group B
| PL | W | D | L | GF | GA | PTS | GD | |
1 | Kossa | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 8 | +4 |
2 | Tafea | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | - |
3 | Ba | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 3 | -4 |
O-League Final, 1st Leg
26 April, 2008
Kossa 3 (Joe LUWI 21', 42', James NAKA 89')
Waitakere United 1 (Jonathan PERRY 48')
O-League Final, 2nd Leg
11 May, 2008
Waitakere United 5 (Benjamin TOTORI 8', Christopher BALE 25', Allan PEARCE 72', 78', Jake BUTLER 85')
Waitakere United won 6-3 on aggregate and qualify for the FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2008
