AUCKLAND CITY TOO STRONG FOR MANU URA

Over 11,000 fans poured through the gates across the Oceania region to witness eight goals on Match Day 1 of the 2008 O-League competition in Auckland and Honiara.  Oceania Football Confederation’s (OFC) flagship club event proved a popular event last season but New Zealand Football Championship (NZFC) title-holders Auckland City were the big winners romping…

2008 O-LEAGUE PREVIEW The second edition of the O-League gets underway this weekend with matches kicking off in two countries involving a team each from Fiji, New Zealand, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. OFC Media takes a closer look at the clubs and their squads that will contest the 2008 O-League competition as the race to…

The dream of a place at the FIFA Club World Cup – Japan 2008 will be foremost in the minds of fans as 2008 O-League kicks-off this weekend in New Zealand and the Solomon Islands. 2006/07 NZFC champions Auckland City play host to Tahiti’s Division Federale title holders, AS Manu Ura, at McLeod Road, Henderson,…

Tafea FC’s preparations for Saturday’s 2008 O-League opener against Kossa FC came unstuck after a 0-1 loss to Makuru  at Lawson Tama Stadium yesterday. Makuru midfielder, Alick Maemae, was on target with a first half strike that left the star-studded Tafea FC line-up stunned ahead of Saturday’s 2008 O-League match with Solomon Islands champion club….

  The Papua New Guinea National Soccer League (PNGNSL) and Telikom PNG has announced a sponsorship deal worth K80,000 for the forthcoming 2007 season which kicks-off on 3rd November. Telikom PNG is the largest telecomunication company in Papua New Guinea has secured naming rights to the second edition of the semi-professional competition following a major launch at the…

Peace Brothers and Utueli Youth were the big movers during American Samoa’s men’s football competition at the weekend with both teams retaining their 100% winning start to theseason. Peace Brothers went to top of Pool 1 after a 10-0 win over Manuula Heat at the Pago Park complex, managing to staveoff nearest challengers Konica FC after…

Koloale have set a blistering pace to the Solomon Islands DJ League competition leaving a trail of clubs in their wake including the countries two most recent participants in the OFC O-League, Marist FC and Kossa FC. Koloale sit on top of the competition with 12 points, two clear of unbeaten Makuru, who face Vanuatu’s…

AS Manu Ura received the perfect boost ahead of their opening O-League crunch match against Auckland City this weekend after recording a morale-boosting 3-0 win over Tahiti Federale rivals Temarii Faaa that sent the defending champions to the top of French-Polynesia’s premier football club competition. AS Manu Ura claimed the Division Federale from AS Temanava…

The Cook Islands Football Association (CIFA) National League competition is into it’s sixth round with Tupapa leading the way after the weekend’s action. Unbeaten and yet to concede a single goal in over 540 minutes of competitive action, Tupapa’s race toward the CIFA title seems unimpeded. Nearest rival Takavaine sit three points behind the league…

Ivan Vicelich and Shane Smeltz were the chief destroyers for New Zealand after the Kiwis ground out an important 2-0 victory against a physical and competitive Fiji team here at Churchill Park, Lautoka, today. But New Zealand didn’t have it all their way with Fiji contributing much to a pulsating and compelling encounter on a slow…