Wellington Phoenix GM learning valuable lessons alongside big names on FIFA Diploma

Wellington Phoenix General Manager David Dome says he is proud to be representing the Oceania region on the second edition of the FIFA Diploma in Club Management and he has already utilised lessons learned in his role at New Zealand’s only professional football club. Dome, who has been in his current role with the A-League…

Football Australia will host a four-team invitational tournament featuring three of Oceania’s highly ranked women’s national teams in the 2022 Pacific Women’s Four Nations Tournament in Canberra from November 8-13 2022. The senior women’s national teams of Fiji, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands will join the Australia U-20s for a round-robin tournament that will…

Eight independent members from across the OFC Appeals Committee and OFC Disciplinary and Ethics Committee had the opportunity to connect in person for the first time in Auckland at the FIFA/OFC Judicial Bodies Workshop last month.   Judicial bodies are instrumental in ensuring OFC is held accountable for administrative decisions and are responsible for upholding the…

Nineteen coaches from eight Oceania Football Confederation Member Associations will take part in the region’s first FIFA/OFC C-Licence course run specifically for females next week. The five-day course in Christchurch will feature experienced female coaches Debbie Fisher, Stephanie Spielmann, Margaret Aka and April Heinrichs as educators, while time spent at Football Ferns training sessions and…

We have new league winners in Vanuatu and some potentially crucial results at the top end of the tables in New Zealand as well as action from Tonga and the Cook Islands featured in this week’s Oceania competitions wrap. In Vanuatu, Tafea FC claimed their first PVFA Women’s Premier League title despite losing their final…

Are you an avid sports fan with a skill for writing and storytelling? Jobs like this don’t come around very often! Covering football competitions across Oceania, this role is a unique chance to work in the fast-paced world of sport and help tell the story of football in the South Pacific. Reporting through to the…

Vanuatu national team captain Brian Kaltak is one of the subjects of a recently released documentary series through FIFA’s new digital platform, FIFA+. ‘Captains’ is a fly-on-the-wall series detailing six national team captains as they lead their nations through qualification for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™. Kaltak, who recently signed a professional contract with…

September saw the conclusion of Samoa’s FFS Upolu National Premier League Men’s and Women’s divisions with the championships in both decided by the narrowest of margins. The Women’s Premier division was won by just one solitary point, with Kiwi FC edging out nearest rivals Faatoia United FC by 25 points to 24. Kiwi ended the…

Single match passes to the world’s biggest women’s sporting event are now available to all fans at FIFA.com/tickets. Following a successful Visa pre-sale window that saw fans from precisely 100 countries of residence snap up seats for the first-ever 32-nation FIFA Women’s World Cup, all supporters can now secure single match passes to next year’s global…

New Zealand have named a 24-player homecoming squad for the upcoming Football Ferns homecoming games in Christchurch. The two fixtures against Korea Republic will be the team’s first in New Zealand since June 2018. Vic Esson, Meikayla Moore, Gabi Rennie, Ashleigh Ward and Kate Taylor will return to their hometown on Ferns duty for the…