New Zealand Futsal coach Erkin Osman is looking to combine his experience with the teams enthusiasm and raw talent to guide the side to their first ever Futsal World Cup. Osman – who was a late replacement for coach Rod Crighton – was a member of the Australian Futsal team from 1983 – 1984 and…
“We are 100% physically, mentally and spiritual ready. We have been training five times a week for four months for this tournament.” That was the staunch, confident opinion of Vanuatu Futsal assistant coach Marco Herrominly who has been grooming the experienced squad based in Port Vila, alongside head coach Marcellino Barthelemy. Herrominly said that he…
Convening in Noumea last week, the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) Extraordinary congress received an address glowing in praise from FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter . President Blatter – who had flown straight from the FIFA congress in Sydney acknowledged that FIFA Congress had approved 50 million dollars as part of FIFA “Win In” projects to…
The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) Futsal Championship kicks off in Suva, Fiji today with seven nations competing for a place at the FIFA Futsal World Cup in Brazil in September. There was a late change to kick off times in the tournament and the first match between Solomon Islands and New Zealand will now kick off…
Solomon Island Futsal coach Victor Wai’ia has the anomaly of having the youngest and yet the most experienced squad at the OFC Futsal Championships in Suva. The squad boasts two 17 year olds with the oldest player only 22 and yet seven of the side remain from the Australia National Futsal Championship in Canberra this…
Fiji Futsal coach Intiaz Khan describes his teams opening three matches of the OFC Futsal Championships in Suva as ‘crucial’ to their quest to reach the FIFA Futsal World Cup later this year. The indoor, five-a-side tournament kicks off on Saturday and the host side plays their pacific island neighbours in its first three games…
SUVA – Sky Pacific in association with the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) will air the Christian Karembeu Jubilee Match in a delayed broadcast tonight on the following platforms. The Karembeu match has screened on RFO New Caledonia and footage has been made available to Sky Television New Zealand. SKY PACIFIC – CH10 / Super Channel…
NEW Navua coach Gurjeet Singh believes soccer fans are the best people to judge who is the top candidate to be national coach. He made the comments after guiding the southerners to victory in the Fiji Bitter Fiji FACT final yesterday. Singh, who spent less than a month with Navua after being discarded by Nadi,…
AUCKLAND – New Zealand defender Ryan Nelsen has kick-started a new football-based fundraising campaign for child cancer that launched in primary and intermediate schools on Thursday. Aptly named ‘Kicks for Courage’, the exciting new initiative aims to encourage kiwi kids to get involved in football while at the same time helping to raise money to…
NOUMEA – The memories of Christian Karembeu Jubilee Match, FIFA Goal Project Inauguration, OFC Extraordinary Congress and FIFA President visit are fading fast but www.oceaniafootball.com brings you a photo gallery of images that will provide a permanent momento of Federation Caledonienne de Football (FCF) and Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) gala event. All Photos by Marc…
