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.

Contents

Participating teams

Direct to group stage

O-League Preliminary

Entrants
Other OFC nations
Relegated from OFC Champions League

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

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