Auckland City’s rise to continental supremacy – Part 2

17 June 2020

Between 2004 and 2010 Auckland City FC rapidly emerged as one of the giants of Oceanian club football by winning two continental crowns and four domestic titles. To read about the exploits of Auckland City during that period click on Part 1 of the article here But the best was yet to come for the…

15 June 2020

Auckland City’s rise to continental supremacy – Part 1

With nine Oceania crowns, including a remarkable run of seven consecutive titles between 2011 and 2017, Auckland City FC have stamped an indelible mark on our region’s football landscape. The Navy Blues have also achieved global recognition following their heroics at the 2014 FIFA Club World Cup, as they became the first OFC team to…

Auc

15 June 2020

Sermanni extends Football Ferns contract

New Zealand Football have announced that Tom Sermanni will be extending his contract as head coach of the Football Ferns. The 12-month extension, to August 2021, will see Sermanni lead the team at the rearranged Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in 2021. Since being appointed in October 2018, the former Australian Matildas, USA and Orlando Pride…

NZ Football Ferns

12 June 2020

Domestic leagues update

Football throughout the Pacific has been on hold for the past few months due to the coronavirus pandemic. But the game is gradually making its return in our region and this graphic below highlights the status of the domestic leagues in our 11 Member Associations. To find out the latest information regarding each league within…

Chris Kemp

11 June 2020

Joint women’s WC bid rates highly

FIFA have released their Bid Evaluation Report for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 and the joint bid from Football Federation Australia (FFA) and New Zealand Football (NZF) has produced the leading score. Following FIFA’s inspection visit in February 2020, the Bid Evaluation Report – published today – confirms that FFA and NZF would host…

FIFA Women's World Cup 2023

10 June 2020

Lawson Tama upgrade continues

Lawson Tama Stadium, the iconic football ground in Honiara, has taken another step towards its planned facelift ahead of the 2023 Pacific Games. This week, the Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) signed a contract with leading architectural and engineering firm Kramer Ausenco for the development of the design for the stadium’s upgrade project. Kramer Ausenco…

Lawson Tama Stadium

8 June 2020

A decade on from NZ’s WC heroics

This week marks 10 years since the 2010 FIFA World Cup kicked off in South Africa. The tournament was significant to Oceania as New Zealand’s All Whites qualified for the global event for the first time since 1982. On top of that, they went through pool play with three drawn fixtures and were the only…

All Whites

5 June 2020

Women’s U-17 event cancelled

The OFC U-17 Women’s Championship 2020 has been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. OFC’s Executive Committee made the decision to cancel the tournament and nominate New Zealand as OFC’s representative for the rescheduled FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup that is due to be played in India next year. The OFC U-17 Women’s Championship was…

Franck Castillo

4 June 2020

Rewind to the historic OFC Futsal Champions League

2019 was an historic year for futsal in Oceania with the launch of the inaugural OFC Futsal Champions League. The four-day tournament, hosted at Auckland’s Barfoot and Thompson Stadium from December 5-8, featured six teams representing New Zealand, Fiji, New Caledonia, Solomon Islands, Tahiti and Vanuatu all of whom were vying to be crowned as…

AFF Futsal

29 May 2020

Tonga’s football maestro

Few people have more experience in Tongan football than Kilifi Uele. He’s seen a lot during his lengthy stint in the game and has been the Technical Director for the Tonga Football Association since 2005. His international playing career began more than 20 years ago and he was part of the silver-medal-winning Tongan squad at…

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