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 New Zealand Auckland City (2nd title)
Runners-up Solomon Islands Koloale
Tournament statistics
Matches played 14

The 2008–09 OFC Champions League was the 8th edition of the Oceanian Club Championship, Oceania's premier club football tournament organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC), and the 3rd season under the current OFC Champions League name. The competition consisted of a home and away group stage, followed by a knockout round. It took place from 2 November 2008 until 3 May 2009.

A qualifying round was due to be played, but due to the withdrawal of the representatives from the Cook Islands and Tuvalu, the entrants from Papua New Guinea automatically gained entry to the main draw. It is unknown why the domestic champions of Tahiti and New Caledonia were unable to participate.

The winner of the tournament was Auckland City of New Zealand, who beat Koloale of the Solomon Islands in the two legged final, claiming Oceania’s US$1 million (NZ$1.41 million) berth in the 2009 FIFA Club World Cup in Japan.

Participating teams

Konica Machine
Sinamoga
Tongans
Port Vila Sharks
Location of teams of the 2008–09 OFC Champions League.
Participated
Withdrew
Disallowed
Eligible but did not enter

Direct to group stage

O-League Preliminary

Entrants
Other OFC nations

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
New Zealand Auckland City 4310154+1110
New Zealand Waitakere United 421197+27
Vanuatu Port Vila Sharks 4004316−130
 AUCPVSWAI
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 New Zealand 2–2 New Zealand Waitakere United
Keryn Jordan  45'  48' Report Benjamin Totori  21'
Paul Seaman  73'
Kiwitea Street, Auckland
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)

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

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

14 February 2009
15:00 UTC+13
Auckland City New Zealand 8–1 Vanuatu Port Vila Sharks
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 Vanuatu 2–3 New Zealand Waitakere United
Moise Poida  17'
Francois Sakama  57' 		Report Christopher Bale  10'
Paul Seaman  54'
Danny Hay  75'
Municipal Stadium, Port Vila
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Rakesh Varman (Fiji)

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

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Solomon Islands Koloale 421142+27
Papua New Guinea Hekari United 42026606
Fiji Ba 411235−24
 BAHSUKOL
Ba – 1–3 0–0
Hekari United 1–2 – 1–0
Koloale 1–0 3–1 –

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

22 November 2008
15:00 UTC+11
Koloale Solomon Islands 3–1 Papua New Guinea Hekari United
Richard Anisua  37'
Nicholas Muri  39'
Joses Nawo  77' 		Report Abraham Iniga  9'

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

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

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

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

Final

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Koloale Solomon Islands 4–9 New Zealand Auckland City 2–7 2–2

25 April 2009
15:00 UTC+11
Koloale Solomon Islands 2–7 New Zealand Auckland City
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 New Zealand 2–2 Solomon Islands Koloale
Keryn Jordan  56' (pen.)  58' Report Henry Fa'arodo  40'
Lency Saeni  60'
Kiwitea Street, Auckland
Attendance: 1,250
Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)

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
New Zealand
Auckland City
Second Title

Topscorers

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

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