OFC – REFEREE’S COME TOGETHER TO DISCUSS FUTURE

Referee’s come together to discuss their future Developing world-class match officials in the Pacific region was the driving factor for Oceania Football Confederation Referee Instructor’s Ken Wallace (New Zealand) and Massimo Raveino (Tahiti) as they coordinated a Referee Development Officer Seminar at the OFC headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand. Referee Development Officer’s (RDO’s) from the…

WEEK OF FOOTBALL EXCITEMENT IN SAMOA The Samoa Football (Soccer) Association (SFSF) recently enjoyed a week of football celebrations and activities as their 40th Anniversary culminated in the inauguration of their new academy facility, phase 2 of their FIFA Goal Project. A House of Football boasting an education centre, living quarters and the administration headquarters…

India ends tour winless The Indian national team ended their tour of Fiji winless after Fiji defeated the tourists 2-1 in Suva today. Fiji won the series 2-0 with India suffering two consecutive defeats to the national squad and an earlier loss to local district champions Ba in their tour opener. A much improved Indian…

HERBERT RETURNS WITH TOP QUALIFICATION All Whites Head Coach and New Zealand Soccer High Performance Manager Ricki Herbert returned home from England this week having successfully achieved Europe’s highest qualification, the UEFA A Coaching Licence. Herbert was one of 40 candidates seeking an A Licence. 40 candidates from all around the world that fork out…

With the FIFA World Cup Playoff with Australia looming the Solomon Islands will all the experience they can get, for the upcoming matches they are lucky enough to be able to call upon one of their leding lights plying his trade in the Australian A-League, Henry Fa’arodo. Check out this player in the spotlight at…

Fiji trounces India An Esala Masi first half goal helped Fiji create history in its 1-0 win over India at Churchill Park in Lautoka. The win marked Fiji’s first victory against a higher FIFA ranked team. The first half penalty goal was sternly defended as Fiji held out an impressive attacking India side, that came…

Success on the world stage in future years is the focus of the Oceania Football Confederation, and the key to success lies in the feet of the regions many thousands of young boys and girls and the work of the coaches to develop these talented youngsters. FIFA recently conducted a FUTURO III Coach Instructors Course…

India crashes and burn in Ba Fiji soccer powerhouse Ba defeated the India national soccer team 1-0 in front of a 6000-plus home crowd at Govind Park as the Indians began their three match tour of Fiji. The Men in Black scored in the 12th minute of the second half and clung on to their…

New Socceroo coach Guus Hiddink has named his first squad in the build-up to the final Oceania stage of qualifying for 2006 FIFA World Cup, Build-up to matches continues with training camp

Fiji warmed up for their upcoming international clash with India with a 2-0 win over District powerhouse Ba, with goals coming from Navua reps Thomas Vulivuli and Lorima Dau. For all the news from Fiji visit, www.fijifootball.com