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OFC Champions League: 2005 & 2006

11 March 2014
OFC Champions League: 2005 & 2006

As the 12th edition of the OFC Champions League draws closer www.oceaniafootball.com reflects on the third and fourth editions of Oceania’s flagship annual competition.OFC Club Championship Tahiti 2005A four year hiatus for the OFC Club Championship ended when Hyundai A-League champions Sydney FC lifted the Oceania club crown becoming the last Australian club to do…

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10 March 2014
Erceg focused on here and now

But balancing the often conflicting demands of short and long term goals in international sport is a tricky business, something Erceg can certainly attest to at the moment. After holding a 1-0 halftime lead thanks to a fourth minute goal from Hannah Wilkinson, the Football Ferns fell to a 2-1 defeat by Switzerland on Saturday…

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10 March 2014
Hekari threatened to a draw

Hekari FC now has the biggest challenges for this year’s NSL challenge if they were to defend the title since its inception few years back.The entire match has been played with Lae FC dominated all aspects of the game with a tremendous football that all Lae based teams have been lacking for a while, in…

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10 March 2014
Puketapu ready to lead

Still eligible to participate at U-17 age group level and now skipper of the Young Football Ferns for the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in Costa Rica, Puketapu is a young woman with the world at her feet.“I feel very honoured to be skipper – it’s so cool representing your country in U-17 and U-20…

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10 March 2014
“Oceania on the right path” – Hasler

Hasler, who oversaw the seminar with OFC’s Didier Chambaron, was delighted with what he saw on the ground in Vanuatu. “I was very happy and felt privileged when OFC invited me to come and run this course in OFC and I believe what we all went through and learnt this week will help a players…

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10 March 2014
Just Play receives a revamp

With the new programme set for release this month, the three-day Just Play instructor Course provides an opportunity for instructors to familiarise themselves with the new content, and how to teach and coach it.Franck Castillo, OFC Head of Social Responsibility and International Relations, says he and his team are constantly making improvements by regularly monitoring…

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7 March 2014
Festival promotes inclusion through football

Auckland Football Federation football development officer Angela Wallbank and Special Olympics Regional Sports Coordinator Mel Giles recently joined forces to help bring a Special Olympics Football Festival to life in the Auckland area.“Last year we ran Football in Schools at some of the special units in schools around Auckland which saw some of our football…

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7 March 2014
Selonie saved Tafea

Poida praised his squad for their tremendous performance and the performance of young goalkeeper goalkeeper Selonie Iaruel who was the saviour of Tafea on the day. “Erakor is a good team and I’d rate our performance very highly. The team did very well and the first half was perfect in every respect, organisation, quality and…

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7 March 2014
Gender equality on the Just Play agenda

With 8 March 2014 marking International Women’s Day, the inroads this programme makes all year-round in the realms of gender equality and female empowerment comes under the spotlight. Just Play is designed and monitored by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) Social Responsibility department, in partnership with the Australian Government through the Australian Sports Commission, Football…

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7 March 2014
Moizan: We go to Fiji to win

Noumea-based Magenta has enjoyed a sustained period of domestic dominance that has seen them win eight local titles in the last 14 years. And now AS Magenta are back in the biggest club competition in Oceania with real intentions to perhaps go one better than their previous best performance – a runners-up finish to Sydney…

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