Central Coast eye Champions League debut as next step in meteoric rise 

Go back just a couple of years and Central Coast FC weren’t even playing in the top-flight of Solomon Islands football.  Now they’re potentially 180 minutes away from qualifying through to Oceania’s elite men’s club competition, the Oceania Champions League.   After winning the Telekom S-League last year, in just their second season competing at that…

After missing out on last year’s Telekom S-League title by two points to Central Coast FC, Solomon Warriors FC are eager to exact some level of revenge on their rivals by ending their Oceania Champions League dream this week. The two sides will meet at Lawson Tama Stadium on June 19 and June 25, with…

A strong showing this Saturday in the home leg of their two-match National Playoffs series against Galaxy FC will set the tone for a difficult return trip to Port Vila next week, according to RueRue FC head coach Tiel Joses. With a big geographical divide between the two clubs – a 50 minute flight is…

Ahead of kicking off their two-leg Oceania Champions League National Playoffs against RueRue FC, Galaxy FC coach Moise Poida has declared his high expectations when it comes to qualifying through as Vanuatu’s representative for the competition’s finals stage. Boasting a squad which includes Vanuatu national team representatives such as Andre Batick – and having performed…

Lautoka FC fought back from a goal-down to draw 1-1 with Rewa FC at Churchill Park this evening, setting up a tantalising second leg in Fiji’s OFC Champions League 2022 National Playoffs. Talismanic striker Sairusi Nalaubu secured the hard-fought turnaround for the home side after Rusiate Matarerega had previously given the visitors the lead in…

A Roonui Tehau header, delivered to him via a corner kick from his brother and captain Teaonui, 111 minutes into a gruelling encounter at Stade Pater in Tahiti booked AS Vénus a ticket to the Oceania Champions League 2022 finals stage on Tuesday evening (Tahiti local time).   After a scoreless 90 minutes – which…

This month’s OFC Champions League National Playoffs present a welcome return to action for not just the region’s leading clubs and players, but also match officials from across the confederation.  Forty match officials from the six Oceania nations taking part in the playoffs – which will decide the remaining teams who will contest the finals…

Lautoka FC head coach Anginesh Prasad has spoken of the pride he would feel in leading Fiji’s reigning domestic champions to the Oceania Champions League finals, and the opportunity such an achievement would provide his players. Lautoka take on rivals Rewa FC this weekend with the winner over two legs progressing to the final eight-team…