A.S. Tefana
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| Full name | Association Sportive Tefana Football | ||
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Stade Louis Ganivet Faaa, Tahiti, French Polynesia | ||
| Capacity | 5,000 | ||
| Chairman | Chantal Chung Tien | ||
| Manager | Sébastien Labayen | ||
| League | Tahiti First Division | ||
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Association Sportive Tefana Football, is a football club from Faaa, Tahiti, French Polynesia. The club plays their home matches at Stade Louis Ganivet.[1] The club became the second French Polynesian team to have reached the final of the OFC Champions League, which they achieved in 2012.
Recent Seasons
In 2010 AS Tefana won the Tahitian Championship for the second time in their history, finishing third in the initial league table but won the Championship Play-Off comfortably, finishing nine points ahead of their closest rivals.In the 2010–11 OFC Champions League, Tefana only won one game, over New Zealand's powerhouse Waitakere United.
In 2011, Tefana won their third championship with three rounds remaining.[2] In their return to the O-League, the 2011–12 tournament begun with a record-breaking defeat of 0–10 to Waitakere United. Afterwards Tefana won all its games on the way to the finals, the best result by a Tahitian team since A.S. Pirae featured in the final of the 2006 OFC Club Championship.[3] Auckland City wound up defeating Tefana at the 2012 OFC Champions League Final, with a 2–1 in Auckland and 1–0 in Faaa.[4] They also won the Tahiti Cup,[5] and qualified for the 2011–12 Coupe de France, where they were eliminated by Red Star 93.[6]
In 2012, Tefana lost the Tahitian Championship to AS Dragon, but won the Tahiti Cup. On the 2012-13 Coupe de France, they were defeated by GSI Pontivy.[7] The team also signed a three-year partnership with French Ligue 1 team AS Saint-Étienne.[8]
Achievements
- 2005, 2010, 2011, 2014/15[9]
- Tahiti Cup: 5
- 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012.
- 2007.
Performance in OFC competitions
- OFC Champions League: 3 appearances
Current squad
Squad for the 2017 OFC Champions League
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Current technical staff
| Position | |
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| Head coach |  Sebastien Labayen |
| Assistant coach | Pascal Vahirua |
| Manager | Thomas Flohr |
| Technical coach | Laurent Heinis |
| Goalkeeper coach | Manuel Taae |
| Physio | Frederic Fonteneau |
| Team doctor | Pierre Pedelucq |
| Masseur | Mateata Tetauupu |
| Head of delegation | Leon Tefau |
| Kit manager | Luthy Bohl |
References
- ↑ "Venues - Ligue 1 - Tahiti - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
- ↑ FIFA.com (16 May 2011). "AS Tefana cruise to consecutive titles". fifa.com. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
- ↑ FIFA.com. "FIFA Club World Cup archive - FIFA.com". fifa.com. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
- ↑ "Oceania Football Confederation". oceaniafootball.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
- ↑ "Oceania Football Confederation". oceaniafootball.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
- ↑ "Coupe de France : AS Tefana vs. Red Star 93". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
- ↑ "Oceania Football Confederation". oceaniafootball.com. Archived from the original on 12 August 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
- ↑ "Oceania Football Confederation". oceaniafootball.com. Archived from the original on 12 August 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
- ↑ "AS Tefana, Champions of Tahiti after 2–2 against Pirae in final round". Football Size. 22 March 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.