2008–09 OFC Champions League

2008–09 OFC Champions League

Tournament details
Dates	1 November 2008 – 2 May 2009
Teams	6 (from 6 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Auckland City (2nd title)
Runners-up	Koloale
Tournament statistics
Matches played	14

The 2008–09 OFC Champions League, also known as the 2009 O-League for short, will be contested by six teams from five countries. The teams will be split into two three-team pools, the winner of each pool contesting the title of O-League Champion and the right to represent the Oceania Football Confederation at the 2009 FIFA Club World Cup.

Participating teams

Direct to group stage

• Auckland City (New Zealand) – 2007–08 New Zealand Football Championship regular season runner-up
• Ba (Fiji) – 2008 Fiji National League premier
• Koloale (Solomon Islands) – 2008 Solomon Islands National Club Championship champion
• Port Vila Sharks (Vanuatu) – 2008 VFF Bred Cup winner
• Waitakere United (New Zealand) – 2007–08 New Zealand Football Championship champion and premier

O-League Preliminary

Entrants

• Hekari United (Papua New Guinea) – 2007–08 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League champion
• Tupapa (Cook Islands)
• Nafui (Tuvalu)

Other OFC nations

• Magenta (New Caledonia) – disallowed
• Sinamoga (Samoa) – did not enter
• Tongans (Tonga) – did not enter
• Konica Machine FC (American Samoa) – did not enter

Relegated from OFC Champions League

• (Tahiti) – member nation not eligible

Under the rules of the OFC Champions League, the winner of the O-League Preliminary competition replaces the last-placed member nation from the previous year's O-League.

Hekari United automatically qualified to the Group Stage following the withdrawal of the representative clubs from Cook Islands and Tuvalu.

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Auckland City 4 3 1 0 15 4 +11 10 Waitakere United 4 2 1 1 9 7 +2 7 Port Vila Sharks 4 0 0 4 3 16 −13 0

AUC PVS WAI Auckland City – 8–1 2–2 Port Vila Sharks 0–2 – 2–3 Waitakere United 1-3 3–0 –

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2 November 2008 15:00 UTC+13	Auckland City	2 – 2	Waitakere United	Kiwitea Street, Auckland Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)
	Keryn Jordan  45'  48'	Report	Benjamin Totori  21' Paul Seaman  73'

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22 November 2008 17:00 UTC+13	Waitakere United	3 – 0	Port Vila Sharks	Douglas Field, Henderson Attendance: 400 Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)
	Paul Seaman  21' Roy Krishna  28'  34'	Report

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13 December 2008 17:30 UTC+11	Port Vila Sharks	0 – 2	Auckland City	Municipal Stadium, Port Vila Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Jimmy Wright (New Caledonia)
		Report	Fedy Vava  8' (o.g.) Paul Urlovic  70'

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14 February 2009 15:00 UTC+13	Auckland City	8 – 1	Port Vila Sharks	Kiwitea Street, Auckland Referee: Averii Jacques (Tahiti)
	Paul Urlovic  9'  71' Chad Coombes  22'  47'  77' Milos Nikolic  30' (pen.)  81' Alex Feneridis  59'	Report	Alex Feneridis  40' (o.g.)

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7 March 2009 15:00 UTC+11	Port Vila Sharks	2 – 3	Waitakere United	Municipal Stadium, Port Vila Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Rakesh Varman (Fiji)
	Moise Poida  17' Francois Sakama  57'	Report	Christopher Bale  10' Paul Seaman  54' Danny Hay  75'

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5 April 2009 15:00 UTC+12	Waitakere United	1 – 3	Auckland City	Douglas Field, Henderson Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Kevin Stoltenkamp (New Zealand)
	Roy Krishna  83'	Report	Matt Friel  68' Keryn Jordan  75' Adam McGeorge  79'

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Koloale 4 2 1 1 4 2 +2 7 Hekari United 4 2 0 2 6 6 0 6 Ba 4 1 1 2 3 5 −2 4

BA HSU KOL Ba – 1–3 0–0 Hekari United 1–2 – 1–0 Koloale 1–0 3–1 –

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2 November 2008 15:00 UTC+12	Ba	0 – 0	Koloale	Govind Park, Ba Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Lencie Fred (Vanuatu)
		Report

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22 November 2008 15:00 UTC+11	Koloale	3 – 1	Hekari United	Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Michael Hester (New Zealand)
	Richard Anisua  37' Nicholas Muri  39' Joses Nawo  77'	Report	Abraham Iniga  9'

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13 December 2008 15:00 UTC+10	Hekari United	1 – 2	Ba	Port Moresby Rugby League Stadium, Port Moresby Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Chris Beath (Australia)
	Abraham Iniga  1'	Report	Osea Vakatalesau  6' Maciu Dunadamu  84'

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14 February 2009 15:00 UTC+12	Ba	1 – 3	Hekari United	Govind Park, Ba Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)
	Osea Vakatalesau  58'	Report	Kema Jack  17' (pen.) Joachim Waroi  34' Benjamin Mela  37'

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7 March 2009 15:00 UTC+10	Hekari United	1 – 0	Koloale	Port Moresby Rugby League Stadium, Port Moresby Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Strebre Delovski (Australia)
	Kema Jack  35' (pen.)	Report

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28 March 2009 15:00 UTC+11	Koloale	1 – 0	Ba	Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Lencie Fred (Vanuatu)
	Nicholas Muri  34'	Report

Final

Main article: 2008–09 OFC Champions League Final

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Koloale	4–9	Auckland City	2–7	2–2

25 April 2009 15:00 UTC+11	Koloale	2 – 7	Auckland City	Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Strebre Delovski (Australia)
	Richard Anisua  10'  76'	Report	Matt Williams  23' Ki-Hyung Lee  39' Paul Urlovic  40' Ivan Vicelich  58' Keryn Jordan  65'  77'  86'

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3 May 2009 14:00 UTC+12	Auckland City	2 – 2	Koloale	Kiwitea Street, Auckland Attendance: 1,250 Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)
	Keryn Jordan  56' (pen.)  58'	Report	Henry Fa'arodo  40' Lency Saeni  60'

Auckland City won 9 – 4 on aggregate.

The OFC Champions League winner also advances to the qualifying round of the 2009 FIFA Club World Cup.

OFC Champions League 2008-2009 Winners
Auckland City Second Title

Topscorers

Rank	Player	Club	MD1	MD2	MD3	MD4	F1	F2	Total
1	Keryn Jordan	Auckland City	2			1	3	2	8
2	Paul Urlovic	Auckland City		1	2		1		4
3	Richard Anisua	Koloale		1			2		3
	Chad Coombes	Auckland City			3				3
	Roy Krishna	Waitakere United		2		1			3
	Paul Seaman	Waitakere United	1	1	1				3
4	Abraham Iniga	Hekari United	1	1					2
	Kema Jack	Hekari United			1	1			2
	Nicholas Muri	Koloale		1		1			2
	Milos Nikolic	Auckland City			2				2
	Osea Vakatalesau	Ba		1	1				2
Last updated May 3, 2009

References

• OceaniaFootball