Suva earn coveted Champions League berth

17 September 2014

The win is their third domestic title after holding it for two consectutive seasons in 1996 and 1997, and was achieved with two games in hand.It also marks the first time a Southern-based side has qualified for the premier regional club competition in Fiji football history.Lending a helping hand were 2014 OFC Champions League semi-finalists…

17 September 2014

Volunteer registration opened

What did take them by surprise was the speed and scale of the response. Within two days of the registration process being made public there were already 350 volunteers signed up and over 3,000 had viewed the registration page.“We never doubted we would reach our target of 1500 volunteers but have been humbled by the…

16 September 2014

Youngsters on a trip of a lifetime

A group of 40 young footballers from the Kingdom of Tonga are in New Zealand for two weeks on a football and cultural exchange.The national U-13 and U-15 boys’ teams are gearing up to play eight matches between them, as well as gain some insight into what life is like for students and footballers in…

16 September 2014

FFS focuses on coach education

Lending a helping hand was OFC coach-mentor Simon Toselli who kicked things off with a half-day workshop for the national team coaches.Toselli worked through the different steps involved to prepare a team for an international tournament, including identifying players, squad preparation, team performance and defining a game model with emphasis on planning and weekly evaluations.The…

16 September 2014

Euro quartet book Canada trip

Elsewhere the build-up to qualifiers in CONCACAF and CAF has continued with world No1 USA in rare form, but there was less fortune for Africa hopefuls Ghana.Euro foursome finally collect rewardThere were celebrations in Germany, Norway, France and – for the first time – Spain after a long Canada 2015 campaign ended successfully. The quartet…

16 September 2014

Swiss lead Euro beach qualifiers

With a 4-2 victory over Azerbaijan in the quarter-finals of the European qualifiers the Swiss booked their passage to Portugal.The star of that victory was two-goal Dejan Stankovic, the player of the tournament when his country finished runners-up at the 2009 world finals.After beating Spain in extra time 5-4 to progress to the final, the…

16 September 2014

Vanuatu keepers in for a treat

The course got underway at Teouma Academy in Port Vila yesterday 20 goalkeeper coaches present.VFF goalkeeper instructor Wilson August say it is an honour to have Bannatyne leading the course.“He was part of the historic All Whites squad which attended the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa so has plenty of experience to share…

15 September 2014

Savai’i coaches welcome first women’s course

The course was led by OFC Women’s Football Development Officer Nicola Demaine with assistance from FFS Just Play Project Manager Lynette Laumea Fa’aiuaso, Just Play development Officer Nadia Malifa and new Just Play coach Talitiga Tumanuvao.Held at the Regional Technical Centre in Iva, Savai’i the course welcomed 18 local coaches, 15 of them female, and…

15 September 2014

New guidelines for women’s football

The guidelines provide all 209 member associations (MAs) with the necessary information to apply for and benefit from FIFA’s women’s football development programmes for 2015-2018.They have been developed based on feedback from member associations and confederations as well as players, coaches, referees and officials who participated in the 2011-2014 programmes.In total, there are nine different…

15 September 2014

Action abounds as Ligue 1 season opens

Former professional footballer Marama Vahirua didn’t need long to make his mark on the domestic league – opening the scoring in the first minute as AS Pirae raced to a 5-0 lead at half-time.Excelsior reduced the deficit swiftly after the restart thanks to Vetea Aharau but it only egged their opponents on as AS Pirae…

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