2007 Northern Mariana Championship

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M*League Division 1
Season2007
ChampionsFiesta Inter Saipan
RelegatedNone
Matches played14
Goals scored69 (4.93 per match)
Biggest home winWild Bill's 8–0
Biggest away win 1–6 Fiesta Inter Saipan
Highest scoringFiesta Inter Saipan 8–2
Longest winning runFiesta Inter Saipan – 6 matches
Longest unbeaten runFiesta Inter Saipan – 6 matches
Longest losing run – 4 matches
2008 →

The 2007 Northern Mariana Championship was the second season of top-flight football in Northern Marianas Islands and the first to include a play-off phase. The competition was won by Fiesta Inter Saipan who defeated FC Arirang 3–1 in the final.

Final Table[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Fiesta Inter Saipan (Q) 4 4 0 0 20 4 +16 12 Semi-finals
2 [a] (Q) 4 3 0 1 10 6 +4 9
3 [b] (Q) 4 1 1 2 12 10 +2 4
4 (Q) 4 1 1 2 8 12 −4 4
5 [c] 4 0 0 4 5 23 −18 0
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated
Notes:
  1. ^ FC Arirang were known as Korean FA for the first round of matches before changing their name.
  2. ^ Wild Bill's were known as Independents until the second round of matches and had competed in the previous season.
  3. ^ Pacific Telecom competed in the previous season as PTI Guardians.

Results[]

The season was played in two stages, first a round robin group where all five teams played each other once. the top four teams them progressed to a one-legged semi-final to determine the two teams that would play for the championship.

Group stage[]

Home \ Away FIS
1–6 3–3
2–0 1–3 4–1
Fiesta Inter Saipan 8–2 3–0
1–4
2–3 7–1
Updated to match(es) played on 8 September 2007. Source: [1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Semifinals[]

Fiesta Inter Saipan6–1Bangladeshi SC
FC ArirangbeatWild Bill's

Third place play-off[]

Wild Bill's2–1Bangladeshi SC

Final[]

Fiesta Inter3–1FC Arirang

References[]

  1. ^ a b Schöggl, Hans (28 July 2011). "Northern Marianas 2005". rsssf.com. RSSSF. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
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