The 2007 season of the Bhutanese A-Division was the thirteenth recorded season of top-flight football in Bhutan. The league was won by Transport United, their fourth title in a row and only the second time a team had achieved such a feat since Druk Pol won their fourth title in a row in 1999.[1]
| Season | 2007 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Transport United |
| AFC President's Cup | Transport United |
← 2006 2008 → | |
League table
editTeams played each other on a home and away basis, with the bottom two teams qualifying for a relegation playoff against the top two teams from the B-Division.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Transport United (C) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualified for 2008 AFC President's Cup[2] |
| 2 | Druk Pol | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Druk Stars | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Yeedzin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Royal Bhutan Army | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Choden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | RIHS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualified for relegation playoffs |
| 8 | Rigzung | 14 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Note:League table for 2007 is extremely fragmentary. Only the final positions and results for RIHS FC are known.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notable results
editThe league table for the season is incomplete and only a handful of results are known. However, there are a number of results which are notable due to their high scores, both involving very heavy defeats for the Royal Institute of Health and Sciences team:
Note: RIHS only fielded 9 players.
In the game between Transport United and RIHS FC, Passang Tshering scored seventeen goals. Sources indicate that the most goals scored by a single player in a game is 16, scored by Panagiotis Pontikos of Olympos Xylofagou against SEK Ayios Athanasios in May 2007 and by Stephane Stanis for RC Strasbourg in the 1940s.[4] It would appear therefore, that Pontikos, having equalled a record that had stood for over 60 years, saw it broken only a few days later.
Relegation playoffs
editThe top two teams from the B-Division and the bottom two from the A-Division competed in a round robin group to determine the remaining two spots for the 2008 A-Division.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Veterans (P) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | promoted to 2008 A-Division |
| 2 | Rigzung | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | remained in 2008 A-Division |
| 3 | RIHS (R) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | relegated to 2008 B-Division |
| 4 | Wolfland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | remained in 2008 B-Division |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Play off matches
editTopscorers
edit| Best scorers | Team | Goals |
| Passang Tshering | Transport United | 28[3] |
References
edit- ^ Schöggl, Hans; Abbink, Dinant (28 May 2014). "Bhutan - List of Champions". RSSSF. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 17 July 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
- ^ "2008 AFC president's Cup Schedule and Results". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
- ^ a b c Schöggl, Hans (11 Jul 2008). "Bhutan 2007". RSSSF. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
- ^ Duffin, Claire; Lutz, Tom; Baldini, Paolo (9 May 2007). "The Knowledge - The highest scorer in one game of football". www.theguardian.com. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 27 June 2014.