C-Licence for women a success

Last month’s FIFA/OFC C-Licence course for women held in Christchurch, New Zealand has been hailed a success, with 19 female coaches from eight Member Associations taking part.  The five-day course saw attendees take part in both theory and practical sessions, in addition to observing camp with the Football Ferns who were in Christchurch playing South…

Auckland City FC have won New Zealand Football’s men’s National League Championship Grand Final, defeating Wellington Olympic 3-2 in a tightly contested game this afternoon at Mt Smart Stadium. (Main photo: photosport.nz).  The victory sees the Navy Blues claim their 4th title of the season having already won the Northern League, OFC Champions League and…

Fourteen OFC officials took the opportunity to upskill in Sydney on the 25-26th of November. Football Federation Australia facilitated a VAR course for them, designed to show how the video assistant referee system works. The course was run by Mathew Cheeseman, Edward Lennie and Renae Coghill of the FFA. A video assistant referee is a…

The Fiji Football Association (FFA) has bolstered their match official ranks following an OFC Level 1 Referees Course held last week, which saw 24 new referees become qualified. The course was run over three days, with FFA Referees Director Rakesh Varman particularly pleased to see the number of young people and females taking part. “It…

The Oceania Football Confederation Executive Committee has approved plans for the formation of the OFC Professional League, during the OFC Executive Committee meeting in Doha, Qatar on November 19.  A taskforce was formed in 2019 with the sole purpose of determining the viability of a professional league in the Oceania region. Since then, extensive research…

November 20 marks World Children’s Day, a special time across the region. OFC is committed to using football to enrich the lives of our young people around Oceania, with the theme this year being ‘Inclusion, For Every Child’. So far this year, our Just Play program has brought football to many children in the Pacific…

Familiar leaders in New Zealand, goals galore in Tahiti and a title win in New Caledonia. All this and more in this week’s round-up of the action across Oceania. New Caledonia’s Championat Federal women’s champions were crowned this weekend with ASAF claiming top spot after a 2-2 draw with FCF Academie. ASAF knew a draw…

Football fans in Vanuatu are getting ready to witness the first visit of a professional club to the nation as the Central Coast Mariners of Australia’s A-League Men take part in the 2022 Friendship Cup. That means a return to Vanuatu for national team captain Brian Kaltak, whose Mariners side will face the Vanuatu national…