SAMOA – PAPAKURA AFC TO PLAY TOUR MATCHES AGAINST SFSF TRIAL TEAMS

Samoa Football Federation (SFSF-NC) is pleased to announce that South Auckland Football club, Papakura AFC, will visit Samoa to play three matches against teams selected from a preliminary Samoa National Men’s trial squad. Papakura AFC plays in the Northern League Division One which is an Auckland based competition below the Northern Premier League and the…

Samoa Football Federation (SFSF-NC) is issuing an invitation to all highly skilled and highly motivated footballers of Samoan heritage to attend National Men’s and Women’s team trials in Auckland 23-26 October . All trial fixtures will be held at the Oceania Football Confederation football academy located in Penrose, Auckland. For further information contact the Samoa…

The Lautoka football side created history on Sunday afternoon at Churchill Park as they reclaimed the National League title after a 21 year dry spell. The ‘Shop and Save Blues,’ who last won the National League title in 1988, overcame Navua 1-0 to clinch the National League title with an unbeaten record. Lautoka have also clinched…

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Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) is pleased to bring you a series of profiles featuring the international players expected to be key performers at the OFC U-20 Women’s Championship New Zealand 2009 to be held at Auckland’s North Harbour Stadium from 5-9 October. Today we feature the member of the Tonga U-20 Women’s national team known to her…

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Solomon Islands national Futsal coach, Dickson Kadau, has named his final squad for the Alfateh Futsal Continental Cup 2009 championship in Libya next month. With only a couple of weeks of training left, Kadau has decided to announce his finalised squad so his players can fully focus on their final preparations. Sammy Osifelo is the only…

New Zealand’s national side, the All Whites, have taken a morale boosting 3-1 victory over Jordan in their friendly match at King Abdullah Stadium, Amman, on Thursday morning. The result was all the more encouraging for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa hopefuls as they built upon a 2-1 halftime lead, despite playing the entire second…