2007 Northern Mariana Championship

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.

M*League Division 1
Season2007
ChampionsFiesta Inter Saipan
RelegatedNone
Matches played14
Goals scored69 (4.93 per match)
Biggest home winWild Bill's 7–1 Pacific Telecom
Biggest away winBangladesh SC 1–6 Fiesta Inter Saipan
Highest scoringFiesta Inter Saipan 8–2 Pacific Telecom
Longest winning runFiesta Inter Saipan – 6 matches
Longest unbeaten runFiesta Inter Saipan – 6 matches
Longest losing runPacific Telecom – 4 matches
2008 →

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 FC Arirang[lower-alpha 1] (Q) 4 3 0 1 10 6 +4 9
3 Wild Bill's[lower-alpha 2] (Q) 4 1 1 2 12 10 +2 4
4 Bangladeshi SC (Q) 4 1 1 2 8 12 −4 4
5 Pacific Telecom[lower-alpha 3] 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 BSC FCA FIS PAC WIL
Bangladeshi SC 1–6 3–3
FC Arirang 2–0 1–3 4–1
Fiesta Inter Saipan 8–2 3–0
Pacific Telecom 1–4
Wild Bill's 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. Schöggl, Hans (28 July 2011). "Northern Marianas 2005". rsssf.com. RSSSF. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
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