5 August 2018
OFCU19M | Live Stream | #TGAPNG
OFCU19M | Live Stream | #TGAPNG
2 August 2018
OFC Insider | Issue 15
The second edition of the OFC Insider for 2018 includes the first message from OFC President Lambert Maltock. We set-up Former All White Ivan Vicelich and OFC Technical Director Patrick Jacquemet in a showdown to debate the final of the FIFA World Cup Russia, and go in-depth into the OFC U-19 Championship with a pull-out…
31 July 2018
Heraf resigns from New Zealand Football
Andreas Heraf has resigned from his positions of New Zealand Football Technical Director and Football Ferns coach effective 31 July. The 50-year-old Austrian, who was appointed as the Technical Director in April 2017 and took over the Football Ferns Head Coach role in December, will take part in the current Independent Review into the culture…
26 July 2018
Bidding process opens for women’s youth comps
As France and Uruguay gear up to host this year’s FIFA U-20 and U-17 Women’s World Cups, respectively, FIFA has today launched the bidding process for the 2020 editions of both competitions. FIFA’s member associations will have until 24 August 2018 to declare their interest in hosting the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup 2020 and/or…
25 July 2018
Kick-off confirmed for Solomon Islands
Following confirmation of Samoa’s place at the OFC U-16 Championship, after taking out the Qualifier in Tonga with an impressive 22 goals in three games, the match schedule for the September competition has been finalised. Samoa beat Tonga, American Samoa and Cook Islands to claim the final berth in the regional tournament which will be…
25 July 2018
OFC makes key governance appointments
The Oceania Football Confederation took another step toward forward with two key appointments made during its Executive Committee meeting in Russia on 13 July. Following the appointment of Vanuatu’s Lambert Maltock to OFC President, the position of Vice-President he left vacant has been taken up by American Samoa President Faiivae Ilui Alex Godinet who was…
25 July 2018
Ferns find new homes
New Zealand international Katie Rood has found a new home for the 2018/19 season, joining Women’s Super League side Bristol City Women’s FC. Rood joins the Vixens from Italian Serie A side, Juventus Women FC where she helped them claim the Serie A title in their first season in the league. Not only has the striker…
24 July 2018
Steinmetz growing into leadership role
It will take strong leadership and a calm set of heads for the New Zealand team to successfully tackle the challenge posed by the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in France next month. As captain and a senior international, Malia Steinmetz will have a big role to play in setting that tone and now has…
24 July 2018
Football for Friendship spreads magic
Promising football players and aspiring journalists from American Samoa, Cook Islands, Fiji, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tahiti, Tonga and Vanuatu have returned to their home countries as Football For Friendship Young Ambassadors after attending the 2018 Gazprom International Children’s Social Programme, Football For Friendship (F4F) in Moscow. In the lead up to…