2008/09 NZFC – LEAGUE LEAD THERE FOR THE TAKING

The second round of the New Zealand Football Championship kicks off tomorrow with some exciting matchups up and down the country. On Saturday Auckland City travel south to Ngaruawahia to take on Waikato FC at their new home – Centennial Park, while YoungHeart Manawatu host Team Wellington at Memorial Park. Sunday see’s Canterbury travel to Dunedin…

AUCKLAND – USA will meet Korea DPR in the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Final in Auckland on Sunday after both sides won their respective semi finals 2-1 at QEII Stadium in Christchurch. The Asian Champions saw off a late comeback by the English to earn their spot while USA scored two second half goals…

CHRISTCHURCH – USA came from behind to claim a dramatic and deserved 2-1 victory over Germany today at QEII Stadium in Christchurch and have set up an intriguing final with Korea DPR. In a terrific match that would itself have made a worthy decider, Kazbek Tambi’s side produced their best performance of the tournament to…

CHRISTCHURCH – Korea DPR have secured the first spot in the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Final after they saw off a late attempted comeback to win 2-1 over England today at QEII stadium. After a slow start the game picked up intensity and excitement late on, when it looked like England could possibly stage…

Footballers in Ifira, Vanuatu will have the opportunity to train like professionals when their new FIFA standard football field is complete on the island. It will be music to the ears of the many footballers who have endured years of sloppy fields and bumpy pitches on the island, and a welcome addition to the football…

Gamba Osaka are the new kings of Asia. It was always going to be difficult for Adelaide United to overturn a 3-0 deficit from the first leg in Japan, and after the Reds conceded two early goals, the tie was all but over. Although Aurelio Vidmar’s team put up a spirited fight in the second…

Waitakere United will this weekend test themselves out against the only professional football team in the country and in doing so go some way to answering the question about just how big is the gap to the Hyundai A-league? The champions of New Zealand and Oceania play the Wellington Phoenix in the Cuesports Foundation Challenge…

AUCKLAND – The Junior Football Ferns are in a race against time to get ready for their FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup opener on November 20. A hectic 2008 for New Zealand’s women footballers that peaked with an Olympic Games and the inaugural U-17 Women’s World Cup has left the Junior Ferns in danger of…

Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) Media and Communications in conjunction with FIFA TV and Fiji Television is pleased to advise the following television coverage for the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup – New Zealand 2008. Papua New Guinea (EMTV), Solomon Islands Television, VBTC (Vanuatu), Samoa Quality Broadcasting, TONFON Entertainment (Tonga), Broadcasting Corporation of Niue, Cook Islands Television,…

Former Manchester United goalkeeper Mark Bosnich is the latest player to join the Oceania All Stars. Bosnich – Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) Player of the Year in 1997 – completed a seven match stint with Hyundai A-League franchise Central Coast Mariners and is eager to continue his comeback with the Oceania All Stars.  The Oceania All…