2007–08 New Zealand Football Championship

The 2007-08 New Zealand Football Championship was the fourth season which began on 3 November 2007 and ended on 20 April 2008. Waitakere United won both the premiership and the grand final.

NZFC 2007-08
LeagueNew Zealand Football Championship
SportAssociation football
DurationNovember 2007-April 2008
Number of teams8
NZFC Season
ChampionsWaitakere United
PremiersWaitakere United
Top scorerGraham Little (12)
Youth League
ChampionsWaitakere United

Team locations
Location of teams in the 2007-08 New Zealand Football Championship

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Waitakere United (C) 21 16 3 2 51 14 +37 51 Qualified for the 2008–09 OFC Champions League
2 Auckland City 21 16 2 3 44 16 +28 50
3 Team Wellington 21 15 2 4 51 21 +30 47 2008 New Zealand Football Championship Finals
4 Hawke's Bay United 21 8 5 8 29 33 −4 29
5 Waikato FC 21 5 5 11 24 34 −10 20
6 YoungHeart Manawatu 21 5 2 14 32 57 −25 17
7 Otago United 21 3 4 14 13 43 −30 13
8 Canterbury United 21 3 3 15 22 48 −26 12
Source:
(C) Champion.

Regular season

Round 1
Waitakere United1 – 2Team Wellington
Pearce  62' (Report) Ellensohn  20'
Halstead  89'
Fred Taylor Park
Attendance: 500
Referee: Michael Hester
Otago United0 – 2Waikato FC
(Report) Gill  32'
Sinkora  82'
Referee: Kevin Stoltenkamp
Canterbury United1 – 3Hawke's Bay United
Walker  42' (Report) Brockie  69'
Messam  76'
Birnie  86'
Referee: Peter O'Leary
YoungHeart Manawatu1 – 3Auckland City FC
Nieres  49' (pen) (Report) Little  27', 55', 85'
Referee: Peter O'Leary

Round 2
Auckland City FC2 – 0Hawke's Bay United
Young 55'
Jordan 73'		 (Report)
Croatian Club
Referee: Michael Hester
Waikato FC0 – 1Waitakere United
(Report) Menapi  69'
Referee: Nick Waldron
Team Wellington3 – 1YoungHeart Manawatu
Little  23',
Ellensohn  40',  80'		 (Report) Rowe  7'
Referee: Peter O'Leary
Otago United0 – 0Canterbury United
(Report)
Referee: Matt Conger

Round 3
Hawke's Bay United0 – 0YoungHeart Manawatu
(Report)
Referee: James Thian
Waikato FC1 – 2Team Wellington
Fowler  76' (Report) Barron  23',
Cheriton  41'
Attendance: 400
Referee: Matt Conger
Otago United0 – 2Auckland City FC
(Report) Urlovic  4',
Little  8'
Referee: Chris Kerr
Canterbury United1 – 3Waitakere United
Scoullar  16',
Pitman  75'		 (Report) Bale  2',
Hay  15',
Pearce  26'
Referee: Jamie Cross

Round 4
YoungHeart Manawatu6 – 0Otago United
Watson  23',
Cowan  52',  56',
Robinson  53',
Rowe  64',
Nieres  90'		 (Report)
Referee: Neil Fox
Auckland City FC1 – 1Waitakere United
Jordan  80' (Report) Totori  56'
Croatian Club
Referee: Peter O'Leary
Team Wellington4 – 3Hawke's Bay United
Howe  26',
Douglas  27',
Halstead  29',
de Gregorio  71',		 (Report) Smith  36',
Fyfe  52',  68'
Attendance: 1,100
Referee: Jim Murphy
Canterbury United1 – 1Waikato FC
Own Goal  23' (Report) Gill  89' (Penalty kick), pen'
Referee: James Thian

Round 5
Waitakere United3 – 1YoungHeart Manawatu
Totori  13', 87',
Bazeley  54'		 (Report) Sandbrook  36'
Fred Taylor Park
Referee: Chris Kerr
Otago United1 – 2Hawke's Bay United
Wheeler  31' (Report) Brockie  2',
Wilson  88'
Referee: Jamie Cross
Waikato FC2 – 3Auckland City FC
Gill  47' (Penalty kick), pen',
Wilkinson  67'		 (Report) Little  11',  85' (Penalty kick), pen',
Sigmund  31'
Referee: Nick Waldron
Canterbury United0 – 1Team Wellington
(Report) Patrick  21'
Attendance: 350
Referee: Matt Conger

Round 6
Auckland City FC4 – 1YoungHeart Manawatu
Sigmund  62',
Jordan  70',
Lee  77',
Campbell  80'		 (Report) Sanbrook  13',
Cowan
Croation Club
Referee: Stephen Fletcher
Hawke's Bay United2 – 1Canterbury United
Fyfe  3',
Wilson  30'		 (Report) Walker  26'
Referee: Neil Fox
Waikato FC3 – 1Otago United
Simpkins  80',
Gill  80',  80' (pen)		 (Report) J. Lang  90+2'
Referee: Mike Hester
Team Wellington1 – 5Waitakere United
Patrick  43' (Report) Pearce  6',  45',  46' (pen),
Perry  40',
Edwards  87'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Neil Fox

Round 7
Waitakere United4 – 0Otago United
Menapi  65',  73',
Butler  81',
Koprivcic  90+1'		 (Report)
Fred Taylor Park
Referee: James Thian
Team Wellington1 – 1Auckland City FC
Patrick  16' (Report) Anello  51'
Attendance: 800
Referee: James Thian
Waikato FC1 – 1Hawke's Bay United
Gill  87' (pen) (Report) Henslee  19'
Referee: Stephen Fletcher
YoungHeart Manawatu3 – 2Canterbury United
Robinson  7',  59',
Sandbrook  73'		 (Report) Faichnie  42',
Payne  77'
Referee: Kevin Stolenkamp

Round 8
Otago United2 – 0Canterbury United
Severs  55',
Alvino  64'		 (Report)
Referee: Michael Hester
Waitakere United2 – 0Waikato FC
Own Goal  13',
Totori  32'		 (Report)
Fred Taylor Park
Referee: James Thian
Hawke's Bay United0 – 1Auckland City FC
(Report) Sigmund  17',
Matthews ,
Uhlmann  82'
Referee: Matt Conger
YoungHeart Manawatu0 – 8Team Wellington
(Report) Little  5',  20',  72'
Corrales  16',  53',  60',
Ellensohn  52',
Wilson  62',
Attendance: 500
Referee: Kevin Stolenkamp

Round 9
Auckland City FC3 – 0Otago United
Kumar  20',
Young  70',
Coombes  75'		 (Report)
Croation Club
Referee: Kevin Stoltenkamp
YoungHeart Manawatu1 – 3Hawke's Bay United
Nieres  45+1',
Quasnar ,		 (Report) Parkin  52',
Fyfe  56 ',
Smith  79',
Referee: Neil Fox
Canterbury United1 – 9Waitakere United
Payne  90+1', (Report) Hayne  11',  79',
Totori  36',  78',
Hay  43',
Perry  56',
Koprivcic  70',
Menapi  85',
Pearce  88'
Referee: Antony Riley
Team Wellington2 – 0Waikato FC
Gulley  58',
de Gregorio  60',		 (Report)
Referee: James Thian

Round 10
Waikato FC3 – 1Canterbury United
Waita  18',
Holloway  33',  36'		 (Report) McDermott  55'
Otago United0 – 0YoungHeart Manawatu
(Report)
Referee: Steve Fletcher
Waitakere United2 – 0Auckland City FC
Seaman  9',
Totori  33'		 (Report) Coombes
Fred Taylor Park
Referee: Michael Hester
Hawke's Bay United2 – 2Team Wellington
Messam  26',  57' (Report) Benicio  12',
Ellensohn  72'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Kevin Stolenkamp

Round 11
Team Wellington3 – 0Canterbury United
Little,  47', 77', 82' (Report)
Porirua Park, Porirua
Attendance: 500
Referee: Peter O'Leary
Auckland City FC2 – 0Waikato FC
Young,  19'
Lee,  39'		 (Report)
Croatian Club
Referee: Neil Fox
Hawke's Bay United3 – 0Otago United
Messam  13',
Brockie  88'
Taylor  89'		 (Report) Own Goal  16'
Referee: Nick Waldron
YoungHeart Manawatu3 – 2Waitakere United
Nieres  61',  72'
Cowan  90+1'		 (Report) Totori  26',
Koprivcic  52'
Referee: Antony Riley

Round 12
Otago United1 – 1Waitakere United
Carisbrook
Canterbury United2 – 3YoungHeart Manawatu
English Park
Auckland City FC2 – 0Team Wellington
Croatian Club
Attendance: 1,000
Hawke's Bay United0 – 0Waikato FC
Bluewater Stadium

Round 13
Waitakere United5 – 0Hawke's Bay United
Fred Taylor Park
Waikato FC3 – 2YoungHeart Manawatu
Team Wellington1 – 0Otago United
Canterbury United1 – 2Auckland City FC

Round 14
Team Wellington0 – 1Waitakere United
 71' Birch (Report)
Referee: Peter O'Leary
Auckland City FC4 – 1YoungHeart Manawatu
Croatian Club
Waikato FC0 – 2Otago United
Links Ave, Tauranga
Canterbury United2–1Hawke's Bay United

Round 15
Auckland City FC4 – 1Canterbury United
Croatian Club
Hawke's Bay United0 – 1Waitakere United
Otago United0 – 5Team Wellington
YoungHeart Manawatu0 – 1Waikato FC

Round 16
Waitakere United2 – 0Waikato FC
YoungHeart Manawatu0 – 4Team Wellington
Attendance: 300
Canterbury United2 – 0Otago United
Hawke's Bay United2 – 0Auckland City FC

Round 17
Waitakere United1 – 0Canterbury United
Team Wellington2 – 0Waikato FC
Attendance: 400
YoungHeart Manawatu2 – 3Hawke's Bay United
Auckland City FC2 – 0Otago United
Croatian Club

Round 18
Otago United1 – 0YoungHeart Manawatu
Waitakere United1 – 0Auckland City FC
Hawke's Bay United0 – 3Team Wellington
Attendance: 600
Waikato FC1 – 1Canterbury United
Links Ave, Tauranga

Round 19
Auckland City FC2 – 0Waikato FC
Referee: Antony Riley
Hawke's Bay United2 – 1Otago United
YoungHeart Manawatu1 – 2Waitakere United
Memorial Park
Team Wellington2 – 0Canterbury United
Attendance: 407

Round 20
Canterbury United0 – 3Auckland City FC
(Report) Little  13',
Young  56',  82'
Referee: Neil Fox
Waitakere United2 – 0Hawke's Bay United
Waikato FC4 – 5YoungHeart Manawatu
Links Ave, Tauranga
Team Wellington3 – 1Otago United
Attendance: 407

Round 21
Otago United2 – 2Waitakere United
Caledonian Ground
YoungHeart Manawatu1 – 5Canterbury United
Auckland City FC3 – 2Team Wellington
Attendance: 998
Hawke's Bay United2 – 2Waikato FC

Finals

The top 3 ranked teams of the regular season will qualify for the NZFC playoffs. Teams ranked second and third will play off in a preliminary final, the winner of which playing the first ranked team in the grand final.

Bracket
Elimination FinalGrand Final
      
 
1
Waitakere United		2
 
3
Team Wellington		0
2
Auckland City		3
3
Team Wellington		4

Preliminary Finals
Auckland City FC3 – 4Team Wellington
Campbell  70'
Chan-Goo  73'
Suri  90+30'		 (Report) Little  24'  90+18'
Halstead  86'  90+26'
Attendance: 984
Referee: Peter O'Leary

Grand Final
Waitakere United2 – 0Team Wellington
Own Goal  45'
Pearce  66'		 (Report)
Attendance: 2,011
Referee: Mike Hester

Notes
  1. Match moved forward due to O-League fixture clash
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