AS Academy Féminine fight back to win inaugural OFC Women’s Champions League

(Photo Credit: OFC Media via Phototek) AS Academy Féminine have come from behind to beat Koloale FC 4-1 and deservedly win the inaugural OFC Women’s Champions League title in Port Moresby. The New Caledonian side, who needed at least a draw to clinch the title, fell behind late in the first half but showed terrific…

(Photo Credit: OFC Media via Phototek. OFC Women’s Champions League commentators, Elizabeth Osifelo (left) and Lavenia Yalovi (right)) Football commentary has predominantly been the domain of male broadcasters. In recent years however, with the explosion in popularity and growth of women’s football worldwide, that has started to change. Gender equality in football is a cornerstone…

(Photo Credit: OFC Media via Phototek) A moment of Marie Kaipu brilliance has inspired hometown side Hekari United to a crucial 5-0 victory over previously unbeaten Koloale FC in the OFC Women’s Champions League in Port Moresby. After a largely forgettable first 39 minutes of a match played in blustery conditions at the Sir Hubert…

(Photo Credit: OFC Media via Phototek) AS Academy Féminine have made it three wins from three at the inaugural OFC Women’s Champions League in Papua New Guinea, as they put themselves one win away from clinching the title. The young New Caledonian side proved too strong for Samoa’s Kiwi FC winning 5-0 at Sir Hubert…

(Photo credit: OFC Media via Phototek AS Acadeny Féminine players share the dance floor with Kiwi FC players a day before they meet on the pitch in Port Moresby) For AS Academy Féminine head coach Coralie Bretegnier, the adage one match at a time couldn’t ring any truer than now. Her young New Caledonian side…

(Photo Credit: OFC Media via Phototek) The power of football to capture the minds and hearts of the young and the old was evident at a series of school visits by teams participating in the inaugural OFC Women’s Champions League in Port Moresby on Thursday. Samoan side Kiwi FC and New Caledonia’s AS Academy Féminine…

(Photo Credit: OFC Media via Phototek) AS Academy Féminine have taken a major step towards winning the inaugural OFC Women’s Champions League 2023 in Papua New Guinea. The New Caledonia side has thumped Fiji’s Labasa Women FC 4-1 with striker Christelle Wahnawe scoring a hat-trick at Port Moresby’s Sir Hubert Murray Stadium. It’s a second…