All on the line for Olympic and Auckland

After a 1-1 draw last weekend, Auckland City FC and Wellington Olympic have it all to play for in the second leg of their OFC Champions League 2023 National Play-Off. The NZ National Play-Off is the final match in an intriguing series of contests around the Oceania region, with the two sides meeting at Kiwitea…

Gianni Infantino will serve a second term as FIFA President after being re-elected unopposed to lead global football’s governing body for another four years, during the 73rd FIFA Congress in Kigali, Rwanda. Speaking immediately after the re-election to serve from 2023 to 2027, President Infantino said: “Being FIFA President is an incredible honour, an incredible privilege,…

OFC will be represented at the new FIFA World Club Cup format, which will begin in 2025. Clubs from all six of FIFA’s member confederations are assured of participating in the inaugural expanded 2025 tournament after the access blueprint was unanimously agreed upon by the FIFA Council in Rwanda on Tuesday. The initial decision to…

The OFC Extraordinary Congress held at Kigali in Rwanda has elected Lambert Maltock (Vanuatu) unopposed as President for a second four-year term. Maltock was first elected at the March 2019 Congress in Auckland New Zealand. FIFA President Gianni Infantino addressed the Congress saying “this year is huge for the Oceania region, for Women’s Football and…

(Article courtesy of FIFA) The FIFA Council met in advance of the 73rd FIFA Congress in Kigali, Rwanda, and adopted several key decisions, particularly in relation to the future of men’s and women’s competitions, for which the respective international match calendars were unanimously approved following a detailed consultation process. Men’s International Match Calendar 2025-2030 The…

The Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tahiti and Fiji national men’s beach soccer teams gained the opportunity to learn from one of the world’s best coaches Angelo Schirinzi, who spent a week in each country holding week-long workshops.  Schirinzi is the current head coach of the Switzerland national men’s beach soccer team and has shared his expertise…

A tense first leg meeting between Wellington Olympic and Auckland City FC has ended 1-1 at Martin Luckie Park in Wellington, as both sides look to be New Zealand’s representative at the OFC Champions League 2023. Wellington turned on a sunny day for the match, which came only a few weeks after defending OFC Champions…

Wellington Olympic is confident it can take a big step towards ending Auckland City’s dominance of the Oceania Champions League with victory in the first leg of the New Zealand National Playoff this weekend. The Central League champions host the national champions at Martin Luckie Park at 2pm NZT on Saturday with the return leg…