2008 FFAS Senior League

FFAS Senior League
Season	2008
Champions	Pago Youth
Matches played	78
Goals scored	496 (6.36 per match)
Biggest home win	Black Roses 20–0 Ilaoa and Toomata
Biggest away win	Fagatogo 0–16 Black Roses
Highest scoring	Black Roses 20–0 Ilaoa and Toomata
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Last updated January 13, 2024

The 2008 season of the FFAS Senior League was the twenty-eighth season of association football competition in American Samoa.^[1] Pago Youth won the championship, their first recorded title, with the winners of the 1998 league competition and a number of previous seasons unknown.^[1]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Pago Youth (C)	12	11	1	0	48	19	+29	34^{[lower-alpha 1]}
2	Black Roses	12	10	0	2	90	20	+70	30
3	Renegades	12	10	0	2	40	19	+21	30
4	PanSa Men's	12	8	0	4	58	20	+38	24
5	Tafuna Jets	12	8	0	4	48	19	+29	24
6	Lion Heart	12	7	2	3	50	15	+35	23
7	Fagasa Youth	12	5	2	5	39	33	+6	17^{[lower-alpha 1]}
8	Fagatogo	12	5	0	7	34	54	−20	15
9	Green Bay	12	4	1	7	36	51	−15	13^{[lower-alpha 1]}
10	FC SKBC ^{[lower-alpha 2]}	12	3	0	9	15	74	−59	9
11	Peace Brothers	12	2	1	9	20	56	−36	7^{[lower-alpha 1]}
12	Ilaoa and Toomata	12	1	1	10	15	57	−42	4^{[lower-alpha 1]}
13	Utulei Youth (D)	12	0	0	12	3	65	−62	0^{[lower-alpha 3]}

Updated to match(es) played on 22 November 2008. Source: ^[2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. Note: Total goal difference = -6 in source.
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified
Notes:

1 2 3 4 5 The results of the Pago Youth v Peace Brothers, Pago Youth v Ilaoa and Toomata and Fagasa Youth v Green Bay are inferred by the source.
↑ FC SKBC stands for South Korean Baptist Church.
↑ Utulei Youth were disqualified from the competition after round eight, following three no-shows. Their remaining matches were awarded to the opposition 3–0.

Results

The matrix below contains a record of all the known results for the season.

Home \ Away	BLR	FAY	FGT	SKB	GRE	I&T	LIO	PGY	PSM	PEA	REN	TAF	UTU
Black Roses				6–0		20–0		2–4	3–2		5–1	8–5	3–0
Fagasa Youth			3–0		2–0	2–2					1–3	0–3	3–0
Fagatogo	0–16						3–0			5–3
FC SKBC					3–4	3–0				3–0			3–0
Green Bay			8–2			3–0				1–1			11–1
Ilaoa and Toomata									0–3	5–6			3–0
Lion Heart				11–0		5–1		1–1	1–4				12–1
Pago Youth		9–1	5–3	5–1		3–2			4–3	5–2	5–2		3–0
PanSa Men's		3–2	6–2	12–2						9–0			3–0
Peace Brothers											0–3		3–0
Renegades			5–1			4–2						3–1	3–0
Tafuna Jets			9–2		3–0		0–1			3–2
Utulei Youth												1–12

Updated to match(es) played on 27 Nov 2008. Source: ^[2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Note 1: Pool was played on a round robin basis, results are reported as per RSSSF, hence why some teams appear to have played more "home" games than others.
Note 2: A significant number of games, beyond those awarded as a result of the disqualification of Utuliei Youth, were awarded 3–0. All matches in the above matrix that finished either 3–0 or 0–3 were awarded with the exception of the match between Fagasa Youth and Tafuna Jets.
Note 3: The match between FC SKBC and Peace Brothers was awarded 3–0 to FC SKBC after the game was abandoned in the 85th minute with the score 3–2 to Peace Brothers when Peace Brothers were left with only six players on the field.

The following results, but not scores, are also known:^[2]

Round 4: Fagatogo, Tafuna Jets and Renegades won away at Utulei Youth, FC SKBC and Lion Heart respectively, whilst Fagasa Youth and Green Bay lost away at Black Roses and PanSa Men's respectively.
Round 5: Fagasa Youth drew with Lion Heart, Black Roses and Renegades won away at Peace Brothers and Green Bay respectively, whilst PanSa Men's and FC SKBC lost away at Tafuna Jets and Fagatogo respectively.
Round 9: Fagatogo and Pago Youth won away at Peace Brothers and Green Bay respectively, whilst Ilaoa and Toomata, FC SKBC and Black Roses lost away at Tafuna Jets, Renegades and Lion Heart respectively.
Round 10: Fagatogo, Fagasa Youth and Renegades won away at Ilaoa and Toomata, FC SKBC and PanSa Men's respectively, whilst Tafuna Jets and Green Bay lost away at Pago Youth and Black Roses respectively.

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[table_hth_PGY0.15591714631576-2] 1 2 3 4 5 The results of the Pago Youth v Peace Brothers, Pago Youth v Ilaoa and Toomata and Fagasa Youth v Green Bay are inferred by the source.

[table_note_SKB0.15591714631576-3] FC SKBC stands for South Korean Baptist Church.

[table_hth_UTU0.15591714631576-4] Utulei Youth were disqualified from the competition after round eight, following three no-shows. Their remaining matches were awarded to the opposition 3–0.

[RSSSF-1] 1 2 American Samoa – List of Champions at RSSSF.com

[RSSSF2-5] 1 2 3 American Samoa 2008 at RSSSF.com

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Current clubs	Black Roses Green Bay Ilaoa and To'omata Lion Heart Pago Youth PanSa Royal Puma Tafuna Jets Taputimu Youth Utulei Youth Vaiala Tongan
Other former champions	Konica Machine FC Manumea Nuu'uli FC PanSa East FC Wild Wild West

2008 FFAS Senior League

Contents

League table

Results

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References