NZ national league returns from festive hiatus

12 January 2021

New Zealand’s men’s national league returned from the Christmas break during the weekend, while various Kiwis abroad have been busy on the pitch during the festive season. Defending champions Auckland City FC moved to the top of the ISPS Handa Men’s Premiership after they beat long-time rivals Waitakere United 3-0 in the Super City derby…

7 January 2021

Zitouni earns Qatar call-up

Tahiti referee Abdelkader Zitouni will be winging his way to Qatar in February following his appointment as a match official for the FIFA Club World Cup 2021. Zitouni is the only match official set to represent the Oceania Football Confederation at the first FIFA event for 2021, with the OFC Referee Development team pleased to…

Abdelkader Zitouni

6 January 2021

OFC Football Division tackles new challenges

OFC’s Football Development department completely changed the way they worked in 2020. The coronavirus pandemic has thrown many challenges at workplaces around the world and OFC is no different. Travel is one of the key pillars of how the Football team operate at OFC as it allows them to conduct their workshops and build connections…

OFC Football Developmnet

30 December 2020

Franck Castillo reviews 2020 and looks ahead

Football has faced a number of challenges in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. As the Pacific community looks ahead to 2021, OFC Media asked OFC General Secretary Franck Castillo for his thoughts on this year and what lies ahead. In what has been a challenging year for football organisations across the world, what have…

Franck Castillo

23 December 2020

2020 Review – Club football

The coronavirus pandemic has been the main backdrop behind football in 2020. Nobody has been able to avoid disruption in some capacity around the globe and the impact has been wide-reaching. As part of OFC Media’s 2020 Review, we will look at what has happened across a range of topics in football throughout the Pacific…

American Samoa

18 December 2020

Tonga completes outstanding Primary School festival series

As Tonga came out of a State of Emergency, the Tonga Football Association was ready and waiting with an adapted programme of activities to ensure there was plenty to keep children active and engaged. Among those activities was a collaboration between the Ministry of Education and the Just Play Programme which saw the Tonga Just…

'Eua

16 December 2020

More calendar changes for 2021

The OFC Executive Committee has agreed to further changes to OFC’s football calendar for 2021. Due to the uncertain international environment caused by COVID-19 and border restrictions throughout the Pacific, OFC remains unable to operate football tournaments. The OFC U-20 Championship, that was due to be played in Samoa in January-February, will be postponed indefinitely…

16 December 2020

Developing Mentors focus on reflection

The Developing Mentors webinar series, run by the Oceania Football Confederation in conjunction with the English Football Association, wrapped its previous session three months ago, but the learning has continued ever since. On Wednesday morning, participants once again gathered around their screens to connect with facilitators Les Howie and Steve Smithies, for their three-month follow-up….

Amy Westmarland

16 December 2020

Contract: Implementation of the Just Play Programme data collection system

Who are we? Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) is the umbrella organisation of the national football associations within Oceania. Located in Auckland, New Zealand, OFC has 11 Member Associations which it supports financially and logistically through various programmes. OFC is the smallest of the world’s six Confederations but is an active participant within the FIFA football…

Consultant

16 December 2020

Programme Consultancy: Just Play Programme and Gender Impact Study – Narrowing the Play Gap

Consultancy Opportunity

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