2008–09 OFC Champions League
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 1 November 2008 – 2 May 2009 |
Teams | 6 (from 5 associations) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 14 |
Goals scored | 53 (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[]
![Red pog.svg](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png)
![Green pog.svg](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/8px-Green_pog.svg.png)
![Blue pog.svg](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Blue_pog.svg/8px-Blue_pog.svg.png)
![Yellow pog.svg](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Yellow_pog.svg/8px-Yellow_pog.svg.png)
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) – 2007–08 Solomon Islands National Club Championship champion
(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 Maraerenga (Cook Islands)
Nauti FC (Tuvalu)
- Other OFC nations
Magenta (New Caledonia) – disallowed
(Samoa) – did not enter
(Tonga) – did not enter
(American Samoa) – did not enter
(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 | AUC | WAI | ||
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4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 10 | 2–2 | 8–1 | ||
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4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 7 | 1–3 | 3–0 | ||
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4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 16 | −13 | 0 | 0–2 | 2–3 |
Auckland City ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Keryn Jordan ![]() ![]() |
Report[permanent dead link] | Benjamin Totori ![]() Paul Seaman ![]() |
Waitakere United ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Paul Seaman ![]() Roy Krishna ![]() ![]() |
Report[permanent dead link] |
![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Report | Fedy Vava ![]() Paul Urlovic ![]() |
Auckland City ![]() | 8–1 | ![]() |
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Paul Urlovic ![]() ![]() Chad Coombes ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Alex Feneridis ![]() |
Report[permanent dead link] | Alex Feneridis ![]() |
![]() | 2–3 | ![]() |
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Moise Poida ![]() Francois Sakama ![]() |
Report[permanent dead link] | ![]() Paul Seaman ![]() Danny Hay ![]() |
Waitakere United ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() |
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Roy Krishna ![]() |
Report[permanent dead link] | ![]() Keryn Jordan ![]() Adam McGeorge ![]() |
Group B[]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | KOL | HSU | BA | |
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4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 7 | 3–1 | 1–0 | ||
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4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1–0 | 1–2 | ||
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4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 4 | 0–0 | 1–3 |
Koloale ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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![]() ![]() Joses Nawo ![]() |
Report[permanent dead link] | ![]() |
Hekari United ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Report | Osea Vakatalesau ![]() Maciu Dunadamu ![]() |
Ba ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() |
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Osea Vakatalesau ![]() |
Report | Kema Jack ![]() Joachim Waroi ![]() ![]() |
Final[]
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Koloale ![]() |
4–9 | ![]() |
2–7 | 2–2 |
Koloale ![]() | 2–7 | ![]() |
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Report | ![]() Ki-Hyung Lee ![]() Paul Urlovic ![]() Ivan Vicelich ![]() Keryn Jordan ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Auckland City ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Keryn Jordan ![]() ![]() |
Report | Henry Fa'arodo ![]() ![]() |
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 |
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![]() Auckland City Second title |
Topscorers[]
Rank | Player | Club | MD1 | MD2 | MD3 | MD4 | F1 | F2 | Total |
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1 | ![]() |
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2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | ||
2 | ![]() |
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1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |||
3 | ![]() |
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1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
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3 | 3 | ||||||
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2 | 1 | 3 | |||||
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1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||
7 | ![]() |
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1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
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1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
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2 | 2 | ||||||
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1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
Last updated May 3, 2009 |
References[]
- OFC Champions League seasons
- 2008–09 in OFC football