OFC – OFC JUNIOR WOMEN’S COACHING COURSE IN LAE

The head of Oceania Womens Football, Mrs. Connie Selby, is in Papua New Guinea conducting a Junior Womens Coaching Certificate Course at the PNGFA academy in Lae. The course started on 23rd and will end on the 27th January 2007. The weeklong certificate course is conduct to develop the PNG women’s skills and talents in…

It was a familiar NZFC script at Trusts Stadium last night as Auckland City broke Waitakere United hearts yet again with their latest Houdini act – but this time it was in the OFC O-League. United skipper Danny Hay gave the West Aucklanders the perfect lift when he powered a header past Ross Nicholson after…

Marist FC have gone into camp to prepare for their O-League double-whammy against AS Temanava of Tahiti and Ba of Fiji. Coach Patrick Miniti is no stranger to the OFC club scene having taken Marist FC to the 2006 OFC Club Championship at North Harbour Stadium last year. While preparations on the training pitch are…

The President of Papua New Guinea Football Association (PNGFA), Mr. David Chung has been elected as the Vice president of the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) in the OFC Congress held in Papua New Guinea on the 18th of January 2007. The congress comprises of the eleven member associations of the pacific island countries put confidence…

Auckland City and Waitakere United will collide head-on in the first O-League clash on New Zealand soil at Trusts Stadium, Waitakere tonight. The last time the two teams clashed Auckland City overturned a 3-0 deficit as referee Neil Fox dished out a remarkable 19 cards sending off 3 players in the process. Waitakere have recorded…

Fiji tore Solomon Islands apart 3-0 at Trusts Stadium, Waitakere, today blowing the OFC Men’s U20 Championship competiton wide open. Fiji’s Roy Krishna helped himself to a brace as the Solomon Islands struggled to cope with his electric pace and deadly finishing. Solomon Islands lynchpin Judd Molea was marked out of the match by Fijian…

Following the departure of the FIFA delegation for Moscow, Russia, OFC president led a small delegation to Bougainville as part of the “Football for Hope” initiative at Hutjena oval. Bougainville – an autonomous region, but part of Papua New Guinea – was a territory torn asunder by war and political division. Its one saving grace…

Koki market is like no other market in the OFC region. Thousands gather there to buy and sell what little they have. In the shadows of the market is the Koki Market Community Learning Centre run by Dame Carol Kidu. For Kidu it is the culmination of a life-long project to provide essential living skills…

With the OFC Congress concluded attention turned to the visit of OFC president Reynald Temarii and FIFA president Joseph S. Blatter and the opening of the Kila Kila secondary school mini-pitch. Bear the following in mind as you read – Papua New Guinea is the biggest country in the OFC region; it has a population…

Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) has re-elected Reynald Temarii as president following the OFC Congress in Papua New Guinea today. On a big day for Oceania football, FIFA president Joseph S. Blatter further endorsed Temarii’s re-election by naming him as a FIFA vice-president, the first time in the game’s history such an honour has been bestowed…