2009 Northern Mariana Championship
The 2009 Northern Mariana Championship was the fourth season of top-flight football in Northern Marianas Islands. The competition was won by Inter Godfather's, previously known as Fiesta Inter Saipan.
Final Table
Unlike previous seasons where play offs had been employed, this season was a normal league format in which each team played the others twice. Remington were new entrants to the league[1] and FC Arirang were renamed Korean FA.[1]
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Inter Godfather's (C) | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 16 | +17 | 23 |
| 2 | Marianas Pacific United | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 43 | 31 | +12 | 19 |
| 3 | Independent FC | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 33 | −6 | 19 |
| 4 | Korean FA | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 36 | 41 | −5 | 18 |
| 5 | Korean FA Juniors | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 33 | 30 | +3 | 16 |
| 6 | Remington | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 33 | 48 | −15 | 14 |
| 7 | Matansa FC | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 27 | 33 | −6 | 13 |
Source: [1]
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 | IND | GOD | KFA | KFJ | MPU | MAN | REM |
| Independents | 2–1 | 4–3 | 2–5 | 0–1 | 5–3 | 3–3 | |
| Inter Godfather's | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 3–3 | |
| Korean FA | 2–4 | 1–0 | 3–11 | 4–3 | 3–2 | 7–1 | |
| Korean FA Juniors | 2–5 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 2–4 | |
| Marianas Pacific United | 7–0 | 1–4 | 7–2 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 2–6 | |
| Matansa | 0–1 | 0–4 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 7–4 | 5–0 | |
| Remington | 2–1 | 1–7 | 4–5 | 0–4 | 2–7 | 7–2 |
Updated to games played on 13 September 2009.
Source: [1]
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Top Scorers
| Position | Name | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Joe Miller | Marianas Pacific United | 23 |
| 2 | Thoengaket Jeeraphong | Remington | 22 |
| 3 | Ko Brian | Korean FA Juniors | 13 |
| 4 | Jari Voutilainen | Independents | 12 |
| 5 | Jason Schroeder | Independents | 10 |
Source:[1]