2008 Northern Mariana Championship

M*League Division 1
Season 2008
Champions Spring: Fiesta Inter Saipan
Fall:Fiesta Inter Saipan
Relegated None
Biggest home win FC Arirang 12–0 Ol' Aces
Biggest away win Ol' Aces 2–11 FC Arirang
Highest scoring Ol' Aces 2–11 FC Arirang
Ol' Aces 2–11 Fiesta Inter Saipan
2007
2009

The 2008 Northern Mariana Championship was the third season of top-flight football in Northern Marianas Islands. The league was divided into two parts, the Winter League and the Fall League. The Winter League was won by Fiesta Inter Saipan, who also won the Fall League under their new name, Inter Godfather's.[1]

Winter League

The winter league was played in a normal league format, each team played the others twice and the team in first place following the completion of all games won the championship.

Final Standings

The precise results for the final two rounds of the league are not known, however, the top three places are known for certain:

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Fiesta Inter Saipan (C) 9 7 1 1 22
2 FC Arirang 9 6 2 1 20
3 Onwell Manufacturing 9 4 3 2 15

Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Latest known full table

After eight rounds, the last point at which a full table is available, the league standings were:

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 FC Arirang 7 5 1 1 40 13 +27 16
2 Fiesta Inter Saipan 7 5 1 1 32 11 +21 16
3 Onwell Manufacturing 7 3 2 2 29 16 +13 11
4 Independents 7 3 1 3 16 17 1 10
5 Multinational FC 7 2 1 4 24 25 1 7
6 Ol' Aces 7 0 0 7 4 63 59 0

Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home ╲ Away FCA FIS INDMULOLAONW
FC Arirang 41 43 120 22
Fiesta Inter Saipan 36 22 30
Independents 21 22 13
Multinational FC 04 37 90 55
Ol' Aces 211 112 03 16
Onwell Manufacturing 24 41 100

Updated to games played on 23 March 2008.
Source: [2]
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

The scores for rounds five and nine are not known, although it is known that Inter Saipan, FC Arirang and Onwell beat Ol' Aces, Multinational and Independents respectively in round five[2] and that Inter Saipan beat Multinational while Onwell drew with FC Aririang in round six.[2] The result of the match between Independents and Ol' Aces in round nine is not known while none of the results in round ten are known.[2]

Fall League

The Fall League consisted of a reduced number of teams, with only Inter Saipan (competing under their new name of Inter Godfather's) and Multinational FC from the Spring League choosing to compete. Wild Bill's and Pacific Telecom, who competed in the previous season also competed, with Pacific Telecom competing under the name MP United - PTI.[2] A group stage was held to confirm who would play whom in the semi finals.

Group Stage

The results of the group stage are not known, it is also not known whether teams played each other once or twice.

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Inter Godfather's (Q) Semi-finals
2 Wild Bill's (Q)
3 MP United - PTI (Q)
4 Multinational FC (Q)

Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Semi finals


Inter Godfathers 1-0 Multinational FC
Unknown Source


Wild Bill's 1-2 MP United - PTI
Unknown Source Unknown

Third place match


Wild Bill's 2-0 Multinational FC
Unknown Source

Final

23 November 2008?
Inter Godfather's 1-1 MP United - PTI
Unknown Source Unknown
  Penalties  
Unknown 5-4 Unknown

References

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