Auckland, Amicale start Champions League with wins

The opening match was a terse affair from start to finish, with Amicale and AS Dragon keen to avoid an opening day defeat in sweltering conditions.Both sides had some marginal opportunities to edge ahead early, but they also had a strong defender in place to shut down any breaks – for Dragon it was Nicolas…

That victory was followed up by a decent 2-0 win for hosts Ba FC over AS Magenta in the day’s second Group C encounter.From a young side of Teouma Academy graduates Tafea coach Moise Poida has sculpted a lethal force of skilled, quick-footed players.Dominating the early action, it wasn’t long before Poida’s prodigy Dalong Damalip…

To view the match summary click hereFor goal updates visit us on twitter on @OFCfootball or watch the game live via our youtube account here. AS Magenta: 1. Jelen IXOEE [GK], 4. Loic WAKANUMUNE, 5. Ludovic WAKANUMUNE, 6. Cedrick SANSOT, 7. Noel KAUDRE (c), 8. Paul POATINDA, 10. Pierre WAJOKA, 13. Kouriane DOKUNENGO, 14. Kalaje…

See all the play-by-play action below.To view the match summary click hereTafea FC: 1. Seloni IARUEL [GK], 2. Lucien HINGE, 5. Kevin SHEM, 6. Jais MALSARANI, 7. Jonah TURU (c), 8. Bong KALO, 11. Robert TASSO, 12. Edisson STEPHENS, 13. Dalong DAMALIP, 14. Joseph NAMARIAU, 16. Joseph NAMULI, 19. Cyril WIS, 22. David CHILIA, 23….

Monday will mark the second occasion Tafea and Hekari have met in this competition. In 2009 it was very much an even affair as both side’s found the back of the net thrice over.In 2010 however Tafea were just one side in a long list of regional clubs the Papua New Guinea side knocked over…

OFC Coach Education Manager Dider Chambaron is delighted to see the TSG open a new chapter in its analysis of developing trends in Oceania football. ‘’The TSG have been put in place for a few years now but this year we have decided to take a step forward in terms of match analysis,’’ Didier Chambaron…

The 18-year-old goalkeeper is in Fiji this week for the OFC Champions League and looking to further raise the profile that has been on an upward trajectory since he first donned the gloves five years ago.In 2012, the same year he made his senior team debut, Iaruel also went on the trip of a lifetime.From…

Drawn alongside Auckland City FC, Amicale and host club Nadi, AS Dragon has its work cut out to qualify for the home and away semi-finals Roche says.“The first game is always important – you have to put your stamp on the group and state your intentions. But we have the Group of Death. All the…

Nicholls was in Fiji in March 2013 for the OFC U-20 Championship as a member of the Vanuatu squad, which was largely made up of the players who spend their season playing with fellow Group C side Tafea.The 21-year-old on the other hand, has spent the past 12 years moving through the grades at Noumea-based…