New Zealand Football Championship 2007-08

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NZFC 2007-08
League	New Zealand Football Championship
Sport	Association football
Duration	November 2007-April 2008
Number of teams	8
NZFC Season
Champions	Waitakere United
Premiers	Waitakere United
Top scorer	Graham Little (12)
Youth League
Champions	Waitakere United
NZFC seasons < 2006-07 2008-09 >

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

Contents 1 2007-08 Season Standings 2 Regular Season 2.1 Round 1 2.2 Round 2 2.3 Round 3 2.4 Round 4 2.5 Round 5 2.6 Round 6 2.7 Round 7 2.8 Round 8 2.9 Round 9 2.10 Round 10 2.11 Round 11 2.12 Round 12 2.13 Round 13 2.14 Round 14 2.15 Round 15 2.16 Round 16 2.17 Round 17 2.18 Round 18 2.19 Round 19 2.20 Round 20 2.21 Round 21 3 Playoffs 3.1 Preliminary Finals 3.2 Grand Final 4 Notes

[edit] 2007-08 Season Standings

#	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Waitakere United	21	16	3	2	51	14	37sm=n	51
2	Auckland City FC	21	16	2	3	44	16	28sm=n	50
3	Team Wellington	21	15	2	4	51	21	30sm=n	47
4	Hawke's Bay United	21	8	5	8	29	33	-4sm=n	29
5	Waikato FC	21	5	5	11	24	34	-10sm=n	20
6	YoungHeart Manawatu	21	5	2	14	32	57	-25sm=n	17
7	Otago United	21	3	4	14	13	43	-30sm=n	13
8	Canterbury United	21	3	3	15	22	48	-26sm=n	12

[edit] Regular Season

[edit] Round 1

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November 3, 2007 15:00	Waitakere United	1 – 2	Team Wellington	Fred Taylor Park Referee: Michael Hester
	Pearce  62'	(Report)	Ellensohn  20' Halstead  89'

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November 3, 2007 16:00	Otago United	0 – 2	Waikato FC	Carisbrook Referee: Kevin Stoltenkamp
		(Report)	Gill  32' Sinkora  82'

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November 4, 2007 15:00	Canterbury United	1 – 3	Hawke's Bay United	English Park Referee: Peter O'Leary
	Walker  42'	(Report)	Brockie  69' Messam  76' Birnie  86'

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November 4, 2007 15:00	YoungHeart Manawatu	1 – 3	Auckland City FC	FMG Stadium Referee: Peter O'Leary
	Nieres  49' (pen)	(Report)	Little  27', 55', 85'

[edit] Round 2

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November 10, 2007 15:00	Auckland City FC	2 – 0	Hawke's Bay United	Croatian Club Referee: Michael Hester
	Young 55' Jordan 73'	(Report)

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November 11, 2007 14:00	Waikato FC	0 – 1	Waitakere United	Waikato Stadium Referee: Nick Waldron
		(Report)	Menapi  69'

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November 11, 2007 16:00	Team Wellington	3 – 1	YoungHeart Manawatu	Newtown Park Referee: Peter O'Leary
	Little  23', Ellensohn  40',  80'	(Report)	Rowe  7'

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November 11, 2007 16:00	Otago United	0 – 0	Canterbury United	Carisbrook Referee: Matthew Conger
		(Report)

[edit] Round 3

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November 17, 2007 17:00	Hawke's Bay United	0 – 0	YoungHeart Manawatu	Bluewater Stadium Referee: James Thian
		(Report)

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November 18, 2007 14:00	Waikato FC	1 – 2	Team Wellington	Waikato Stadium Referee: Matthew Conger
	Fowler  76'	(Report)	Barron  23', Cheriton  41'

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November 18, 2007 16:00	Otago United	0 – 2	Auckland City FC	Carisbrook Referee: Christopher Kerr
		(Report)	Urlovic  4', Little  8'

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November 18, 2007 16:00	Canterbury United	1 – 3	Waitakere United	English Park Referee: Jamie Cross
	Scoullar  16', Pitman  75'	(Report)	Bale  2', Hay  15', Pearce  26'

[edit] Round 4

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November 25, 2007 15:00	YoungHeart Manawatu	6 – 0	Otago United	FMG Stadium Referee: Neil Fox
	Watson  23', Cowan  52',  56', Robinson  53', Rowe  64', Nieres  90'	(Report)

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November 25, 2007 15:00	Auckland City FC	1 – 1	Waitakere United	Croatian Club Referee: Peter O'Leary
	Jordan  80'	(Report)	Totori  56'

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November 25, 2007 15:00	Team Wellington	4 – 3	Hawke's Bay United	Newtown Park Referee: Jim Murphy
	Howe  26', Douglas  27', Halstead  29', de Gregorio  71',	(Report)	Smith  36', Fyfe  52',  68'

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November 25, 2007 16:30	Canterbury United	1 – 1	Waikato FC	English Park Referee: James Thian
	Own Goal  23'	(Report)	Gill  89' (Penalty kick)

[edit] Round 5

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December 1, 2007 15:00	Waitakere United	3 – 1	YoungHeart Manawatu	Fred Taylor Park Referee: Chris Kerr
	Totori  13', 87', Bazeley  54'	(Report)	Sandbrook  36'

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December 1, 2007 16:00	Otago United	1 – 2	Hawke's Bay United	Carisbrook Referee: Jamie Cross
	Wheeler  31'	(Report)	Brockie  2', Wilson  88'

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December 2, 2007 16:00	Waikato FC	2 – 3	Auckland City FC	Waikato Stadium Referee: Nick Waldron
	Gill  47' (Penalty kick), Wilkinson  67'	(Report)	Little  11',  85' (Penalty kick), Sigmund  31'

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December 2, 2007 16:00	Canterbury United	0 – 1	Team Wellington	English Park Referee: Matthew Conger
		(Report)	Patrick  21'

[edit] Round 6

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December 8, 2007 14:00	Auckland City FC	4 – 1	YoungHeart Manawatu	Croation Club Referee: Stephen Fletcher
	Sigmund  62', Jordan  70', Lee  77', Campbell  80'	(Report)	Sanbrook  13', Cowan  82'

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December 8, 2007 17:00	Hawke's Bay United	2 – 1	Canterbury United	Bluewater Stadium Referee: Neil Fox
	Fyfe  3', Wilson  30'	(Report)	Walker  26'

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December 9, 2007 14:00	Waikato FC	3 – 1	Otago United	Waikato Stadium Referee: Mike Hester
	Simpkins  80', Gill  80',  80' (pen)	(Report)	Lang  90+2'

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December 23, 2007 16:00	Team Wellington	1 – 5	Waitakere United	Newtown Park Referee: Neil Fox
	Patrick  43'	(Report)	Pearce  6',  45',  46' (pen), Perry  40', Edwards  87'

[edit] Round 7

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December 15, 2007 1:00	Waitakere United	4 – 0	Otago United	Fred Taylor Park Referee: James Thian
	Menapi  65',  73', Butler  81', Koprivcic  90+1'	(Report)

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December 15, 2007 18:00	Team Wellington	1 – 1	Auckland City FC	Newtown Park Referee: James Thian
	Patrick  16'	(Report)	Anello  51'

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December 16, 2007 14:00	Waikato FC	1 – 1	Hawke's Bay United	Waikato Stadium Referee: Stephen Fletcher
	Gill  87' (pen)	(Report)	Henslee  19'

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December 16, 2007 16:00	YoungHeart Manawatu	3 – 2	Canterbury United	FMG Stadium Referee: Kevin Stolenkamp
	Robinson  7',  59', Sandbrook  73'	(Report)	Faichnie  42', Payne  77'

[edit] Round 8

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January 5, 2008 15:00	Otago United	2 – 0	Canterbury United	Carisbrook Referee: Michael Hester
	Severs  55', Alvino  64'	(Report)

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January 5, 2008 16:00	Waitakere United	2 – 0	Waikato FC	Fred Taylor Park Referee: James Thian
	Own Goal  13', Totori  32'	(Report)

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January 5, 2008 17:00	Hawke's Bay United	0 – 1	Auckland City FC	Bluewater Stadium Referee: Matt Conger
		(Report)	Sigmund  17', Matthews  79', Uhlmann  82'

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January 6, 2008 15:00	YoungHeart Manawatu	0 – 8	Team Wellington	FMG Stadium Referee: Kevin Stolenkamp
		(Report)	Little  5',  20',  72' Coralles  16',  53',  60', Ellensohn  52', Wilson  62',

[edit] Round 9

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January 19, 2008 16:00	Auckland City FC	3 – 0	Otago United	Croation Club Referee: Kevin Stoltenkamp
	Kumar  20', Young  70', Coombes  75'	(Report)

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January 20, 2008 15:00	YoungHeart Manawatu	1 – 3	Hawke's Bay United	FMG Stadium Referee: Neil Fox
	Nieres  45+1', Quasnar  85',	(Report)	Parkin  52', Fyfe  56 ', Smith  79',

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January 20, 2008 16:00	Canterbury United	1 – 9	Waitakere United	English Park Referee: Antony Riley
	Payne  90+1',	(Report)	Hayne  11',  79', Totori  36',  78', Hay  43', Perry  56', Koprivcic  70', Menapi  85', Pearce  88'

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January 20, 2008 16:00	Team Wellington	2 – 0	Waikato FC	Newtown Park Referee: James Thian
	Gulley  58', de Gregorio  60',	(Report)

[edit] Round 10

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January 26, 2008 13:00	Waikato FC	3 – 1	Canterbury United	Waikato Stadium
	Waita  18', Holloway  33',  36'	(Report)	McDermott  55'

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January 26, 2008 16:00	Otago United	0 – 0	YoungHeart Manawatu	Carisbrook Referee: Steve Fletcher
		(Report)

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January 26, 2008 16:00	Waitakere United	2 – 0	Auckland City FC	Fred Taylor Park Referee: Michael Hester
	Seaman  9', Totori  33'	(Report)	Coombes  51'

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January 26, 2008 17:00	Hawke's Bay United	2 – 2	Team Wellington	Bluewater Stadium Referee: Kevin Stolenkamp
	Messam  26',  57'	(Report)	Benicio  12', Ellensohn  72'

[edit] Round 11

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February 2, 2008 15:00	Team Wellington	3 – 0	Canterbury United	Porirua Park, Porirua Referee: Peter O'Leary
	Little,  47', 77', 82'	(Report)

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February 2, 2008 16:00	Auckland City FC	2 – 0	Waikato FC	Croatian Club Referee: Neil Fox
	Young,  19'Lee,  39'	(Report)

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February 2, 2008 17:00	Hawke's Bay United	3 – 0	Otago United	Bluewater Stadium Referee: Nick Waldron
	Messam  13', Brockie  88' Taylor  89'	(Report)	Own Goal  16'

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February 3, 2008 15:00	YoungHeart Manawatu	3 – 2	Waitakere United	FMG Stadium Referee: Antony Riley
	Nieres  61',  72' Cowan  90+1'	(Report)	Totori  26', Koprivcic  52'

[edit] Round 12

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February 6, 2008 14:00	Otago United	1 – 1	Waitakere United	Carisbrook

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February 6, 2008 15:00	Canterbury United	2 – 3	YoungHeart Manawatu	English Park

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February 6, 2008 15:00	Auckland City FC	2 – 0	Team Wellington	Croatian Club

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February 6, 2008 17:00	Hawke's Bay United	0 – 0	Waikato FC	Bluewater Stadium

[edit] Round 13

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February 19, 2008 16:00	Waitakere United	5 – 0	Hawke's Bay United	Fred Taylor Park

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February 10, 2008 14:00	Waikato FC	3 – 2	YoungHeart Manawatu	Waikato Stadium

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February 10, 2008 15:00	Team Wellington	1 – 0	Otago United	Newtown Park

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February 10, 2008 16:00	Canterbury United	1 – 2	Auckland City FC	English Park

[edit] Round 14

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January 13, 2008 16:00[1]	Team Wellington	0 – 1	Waitakere United	Newtown Park Referee: Peter O'Leary
	71' Birch	(Report)

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February 16, 2008 15:00	Auckland City FC	4 – 1	YoungHeart Manawatu	Croatian Club

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February 16, 2008 14:00	Waikato FC	0 – 2	Otago United	Links Ave, Tauranga

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February 17, 2008 15:00	Canterbury United	–	Hawke's Bay United	English Park

[edit] Round 15

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February 23, 2008 16:00	Auckland City FC	4 – 1	Canterbury United	Croatian Club

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February 23, 2008 17:00	Hawke's Bay United	0 – 1	Waitakere United	Bluewater Stadium

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February 24, 2008 14:00	Otago United	0 – 5	Team Wellington	Carisbrook

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February 10, 2008 15:00	YoungHeart Manawatu	0 – 1	Waikato FC	FMG Stadium

[edit] Round 16

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March 1, 2008 16:00	Waitakere United	2 – 0	Waikato FC	North Harbour Stadium, North Shore City

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March 2, 2008 15:00	YoungHeart Manawatu	0 – 4	Team Wellington	FMG Stadium

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March 2, 2008 16:00	Canterbury United	2 – 0	Otago United	English Park

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March 2, 2008 17:00	Hawke's Bay United	2 – 0	Auckland City FC	Bluewater Stadium

[edit] Round 17

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March 8, 2008 16:00	Waitakere United	1 – 0	Canterbury United	North Harbour Stadium, North Shore City

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March 8, 2008 16:00	Team Wellington	2 – 0	Waikato FC	Newtown Park

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March 9, 2008 15:00	YoungHeart Manawatu	2 – 3	Hawke's Bay United	FMG Stadium

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March 9, 2008 15:00	Auckland City FC	2 – 0	Otago United	Croatian Club

[edit] Round 18

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March 15, 2008 16:00	Otago United	1 – 0	YoungHeart Manawatu	Carisbrook

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March 15, 2008 16:00	Waitakere United	1 – 0	Auckland City FC	Douglas Field

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March 15, 2008 17:00	Hawke's Bay United	0 – 3	Team Wellington	Bluewater Stadium

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March 16, 2008 13:00	Waikato FC	1 – 1	Canterbury United	Links Ave, Tauranga

[edit] Round 19

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March 22, 2008 16:00	Auckland City FC	2 – 0	Waikato FC	Kiwitea Street Referee: Antony Riley

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March 22, 2008 17:00	Hawke's Bay United	2 – 1	Otago United	Bluewater Stadium

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March 23, 2008 16:00	YoungHeart Manawatu	1 – 2	Waitakere United	Memorial Park

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March 23, 2008 16:00	Team Wellington	2 – 0	Canterbury United	Newtown Park

[edit] Round 20

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January 13, 2008 16:00[2]	Canterbury United	0 – 3	Auckland City FC	English Park Referee: Neil Fox
		(Report)	Little  13', Young  56',  82'

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March 29, 2008 16:00	Waitakere United	2 – 0	Hawke's Bay United	Douglas Field

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March 30, 2008 14:00	Waikato FC	4 – 5	YoungHeart Manawatu	Links Ave, Tauranga

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March 30, 2008 15:00	Team Wellington	3 – 1	Otago United	Newtown Park

[edit] Round 21

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April 6, 2008 15:00	Otago United	2 – 2	Waitakere United	Caledonian Ground

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April 6, 2008 15:00	YoungHeart Manawatu	1 – 5	Canterbury United	FMG Stadium

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April 6, 2008 15:00	Auckland City FC	3 – 2	Team Wellington	Kiwitea Street

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April 6, 2008 15:00	Hawke's Bay United	2 – 2	Waikato FC	Bluewater Stadium

[edit] Playoffs

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.

[edit] Preliminary Finals

April 13, 2008 15:00	Auckland City FC	3 – 4	Team Wellington	Kiwitea Street Referee: Peter O Leary
	Campbell  70' Chan-Goo  73' Suri  90+30'	(Report)	Little  24'  90+18' Halstead  86'  90+26'

[edit] Grand Final

April 20, 2008 15:00	Waitakere United	2 – 0	Team Wellington	Douglas Field Referee: Mike Hester
	Own Goal  45' Pearce  66'	(Report)

[edit] Notes

New Zealand Football Championship v • d • e
Regular Season & Playoffs Records Seasons: 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 Teams:  Auckland City FC | Canterbury United Hawke's Bay United | Otago United | Team Wellington Waikato FC | Waitakere United | YoungHeart Manawatu