OFC – AUCKLAND CITY/FIFA TO HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE

Media are invited to a press conference to be jointly hosted by Auckland City and football’s world governing body, FIFA. FIFA will acknowledge Auckland City’s qualification for the upcoming FIFA Club World Cup in Japan at the conference by presenting the Oceania champions with an official FIFA Diploma and Pennant. General Secretary, Tai Nicholas, will…

OFC Technical Director, Jim Selby, and OFC Head of Women’s football, Connie Selby, have been encouraged by work done at the ground breaking OFC Technical Director Workshop at the OFC Academy in Auckland, New Zealand this week. It was the first time Technical Directors from the Oceania Football Confederation had gathered together to discuss issues…

The Bilikiki boys will have their first training run today almost 20 hours after they flew into Vitoria in Brazil. They arrived on Sunday (Saturday in Brazil) and spent the good part of yesterday catching up on much needed sleep. Team spokesman, Viv Wickham says the team was absolutely exhausted after 2 days of strenuous…

Auckland City has bolstered its squad for December’s FIFA Club World Cup by signing former Japanese soccer international Teruo Iwamoto on a short-term contract. The 34-year-old midfielder has joined the New Zealand Football Championship titleholders as a “marquee player” until the conclusion of the FIFA showpiece in Iwamoto’s home land from December 10-17. Iwamoto’s seven-week…

The Bilikiki Beach Soccer appeal has provided a much needed boost in morale and resources this morning when a Member of Parliament for West New Georgia and Vona Vona constituency, the Honorable Peter Boyers, handed over a cheque for $20,000 to SIFF General Secretary Eddie Ngava. The assistance from one of soccer’s staunch supporters was…

New Caledonia will begin preparation for the 2007 Oceania Football Confederation U20 tournament this weekend. The team will be coached and selected by former Baco FC coach Didier Chambaron. Federation Caledonienne de Football spokesman Jean-Paul Salvatore was confident the team would be competitive come January when the final squad will arrive in Auckland. The team…

The Bilikiki Beach Soccer team is heading off to Brazil, carrying the hopes of the Oceania to the FIFA World Competition. The team will transit through Brisbane and spend the night in Sydney leaving the next day for Vitoria, Brazil where they will be base before the tournament proper. It will be Solomon Islands first…

Football development in Papua New Guinea has achieved an historical milestone with the arrival of a semi-professional football competition. The PNGNSL is a five team franchise competition that includes clubs such as Tuguba Laitepo Blue Kumuls FC, Welgris Fuel Distributors Momads FC, Alois Kingsley Fox FC, Petroleum Resources Kutubu Souths United FC and Gele Hills…

Oceania Football Confederation club champions, Auckland City, will open the FIFA Club World Championship Finals when they take on the yet-to-be-determined African champions in the first quarter-final in Toyota, Japan on December 10. Excitement is building for the Sandringham-based club with their NZFC domestic programme set to get underway tommorrow against Otago United at Kiwitea…

Former Honiara Football Association champion club, Marist FC, is struggling to maintain it’s footing in the current Solomon Island Premier League table. Sitting fifth, they shared equal competition points with a vastly improved KOSSA FC. Their position, however, is not secured if they lose their next match and team coach Patrick Miniti will have to…