2008–09 OFC Champions League

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2008–09 OFC Champions League
Tournament details
Dates1 November 2008 – 2 May 2009
Teams6 (from 5 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsNew Zealand Auckland City (2nd title)
Runners-upSolomon Islands Koloale
Tournament statistics
Matches played14
Goals scored53 (3.79 per match)

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[]

Location of teams of the 2008–09 OFC Champions League.
Red pog.svg Participated
Green pog.svg Withdrew
Blue pog.svg Disallowed
Yellow pog.svg 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 AUC WAI
New Zealand Auckland City 4 3 1 0 15 4 +11 10 2–2 8–1
New Zealand Waitakere United 4 2 1 1 9 7 +2 7 1–3 3–0
Vanuatu 4 0 0 4 3 16 −13 0 0–2 2–3
Source:[citation needed]
Auckland City New Zealand2–2New Zealand Waitakere United
Keryn Jordan Goal 45' Goal 48' Report[permanent dead link] Benjamin Totori Goal 21'
Paul Seaman Goal 73'
Attendance: 1,200
Waitakere United New Zealand3–0Vanuatu
Paul Seaman Goal 21'
Roy Krishna Goal 28' Goal 34'		 Report[permanent dead link]
Douglas Field, Henderson
Attendance: 400
Vanuatu0–2New Zealand Auckland City
Report Fedy Vava Goal 8' (o.g.)
Paul Urlovic Goal 70'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: (New Caledonia)
Auckland City New Zealand8–1Vanuatu
Paul Urlovic Goal 9' Goal 71'
Chad Coombes Goal 22' Goal 47' Goal 77'
Goal 30' (pen.) Goal 81'
Alex Feneridis Goal 59'		 Report[permanent dead link] Alex Feneridis Goal 40' (o.g.)
Referee: Averii Jacques (Tahiti)
Vanuatu2–3New Zealand Waitakere United
Moise Poida Goal 17'
Francois Sakama Goal 57'		 Report[permanent dead link] Goal 10'
Paul Seaman Goal 54'
Danny Hay Goal 75'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: (Fiji)
Waitakere United New Zealand1–3New Zealand Auckland City
Roy Krishna Goal 83' Report[permanent dead link] Goal 68'
Keryn Jordan Goal 75'
Adam McGeorge Goal 79'
Douglas Field, Henderson
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: (New Zealand)

Group B[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts KOL HSU BA
Solomon Islands Koloale 4 2 1 1 4 2 +2 7 3–1 1–0
Papua New Guinea Hekari United 4 2 0 2 6 6 0 6 1–0 1–2
Fiji Ba 4 1 1 2 3 5 −2 4 0–0 1–3
Source:[citation needed]
Ba Fiji0–0Solomon Islands Koloale
Report[permanent dead link]
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Lencie Fred (Vanuatu)
Koloale Solomon Islands3–1Papua New Guinea Hekari United
Goal 37'
Goal 39'
Joses Nawo Goal 77'		 Report[permanent dead link] Goal 9'
Attendance: 10,000
Hekari United Papua New Guinea1–2Fiji Ba
Goal 1' Report Osea Vakatalesau Goal 6'
Maciu Dunadamu Goal 84'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Chris Beath (Australia)
Ba Fiji1–3Papua New Guinea Hekari United
Osea Vakatalesau Goal 58' Report Kema Jack Goal 17' (pen.)
Joachim Waroi Goal 34'
Goal 37'
Attendance: 5,000
Hekari United Papua New Guinea1–0Solomon Islands Koloale
Kema Jack Goal 35' (pen.) Report[permanent dead link]
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Strebre Delovski (Australia)
Koloale Solomon Islands1–0Fiji Ba
Goal 34' Report[permanent dead link]
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Lencie Fred (Vanuatu)

Final[]

Main article: 2009 OFC Champions League Final
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Koloale Solomon Islands 4–9 New Zealand Auckland City 2–7 2–2
Koloale Solomon Islands2–7New Zealand Auckland City
Goal 10' Goal 76' Report Goal 23'
Ki-Hyung Lee Goal 39'
Paul Urlovic Goal 40'
Ivan Vicelich Goal 58'
Keryn Jordan Goal 65' Goal 77' Goal 86'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Strebre Delovski (Australia)
Auckland City New Zealand2–2Solomon Islands Koloale
Keryn Jordan Goal 56' (pen.) Goal 58' Report Henry Fa'arodo Goal 40'
Goal 60'
Attendance: 1,250

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 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 Papua New Guinea Hekari United 1 1 2
Papua New Guinea Kema Jack Papua New Guinea Hekari United 1 1 2
Solomon Islands Solomon Islands Koloale 1 1 2
New Zealand New Zealand Auckland City 2 2
Fiji Osea Vakatalesau Fiji Ba 1 1 2
Last updated May 3, 2009

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