OFC Champions League

OFC Champions League

Founded	1987
Region	Oceania (OFC)
Number of teams	8
Current champions	Auckland City FC
Most successful team	Auckland City FC(3 Titles)
2011-12 OFC Champions League

The OFC Champions League, known as O-league is premier football competition in Oceania. It is organized by OFC, Oceania football governing body. It is organized since 2007 under current format, and it is successor of Oceania Club Championship. Four O-league titles have been won by teams from New Zealand and only one was won by team from other country - Papua New Guinea champion Hekari United won competition in 2009-2010 season, beating New Zealand team Waitakere United and becoming first Pacific team to won it.

The Oceania Club Championship

At first, this competition was played as a single playoff match between champions of New Zealand and Oceania. That competition was held in 1987 and Adelaide City won the inaugural season.
Then 12 years pause came, until OFC organized next, all Oceania cup. In January 1999 Oceania Club Championship was held in Fijian cities of Nadi and Lautoka. Nine teams took part, with Australian side South Melbourne won the trophy. They also qualified to next year's FIFA Club World Cup.
Next competition was held two years later, with again Australian team winning the title. Wollongong Wolves won it, beating Vanuatu representative Tafea in final.
Two more editions were held under this name and format, with Sydney and Auckland City winning titles.
OFC decided to change competition format, and name, so next edition will be known as OFC Champions League

Format

Oceania Club Championship

The Oceania Club Championship was played on one or two venues, in one host country. It was played with two or three groups with single round-robin format, semifinals and final. It usually lasted about 10 days, with matches being played every 2 days.

Oceania Champions League

OFC decided to change competition format, to make it's main competition more interesting and more important to competing clubs, to make it as similar as possible to European Champions League, most famous club competition.
The OFC Champions League consists of two groups of 4 teams each, with double round-robin format.
First two seasons saw competition with two groups of 3 teams each, and from third edition onwards it consists of two groups of 4 teams each. Group winners progress to the final, played in double playoff format, with winner winning the title. Unlike previous format, O-League last more than a half year, starting in October and ending next year, in April.
O-League winner qualifies to FIFA Club World Cup, entering competition in playoff round.

Future

As only seven OFC members take part in O-League, OFC board proposed format changes. It is proposed, in 2011, that champions of four remaining (developing) countries, would start playing their own cup, called OFC Cup, with winner winning berth in next season's O-League preliminary round. This is possible to happen in period till 2015.
Also, as one Oceanic team, Wellington Phoenix of New Zealand takes part in Australian league and can not take part in Asian Champions League, there are proposals to allow them to take part in O-League. This is also likely to happen in next few years.

Winners and runners up

Oceania Champions League

Season	Winner	Score	Runner-up
2011-12 Details
2010-11 Details	Auckland City FC New Zealand	6 – 1	Amicale FC Vanuatu
2009-10 Details	PRK Hekari United Papua New Guinea	4 – 2	Waitakere United New Zealand
2008-09 Details	Auckland City FC New Zealand	9 – 4	Koloale FC Honiara Solomon Islands
2007-08 Details	Waitakere United New Zealand	6 – 3	Kossa FC Solomon Islands
2007 Details	Waitakere United New Zealand	2 – 2 away goals	4R Electrical Ba Fiji

Oceania Club Championship/Oceania Champions Cup Finals

Season	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Tournament Venue
2006 Details	Auckland City FC New Zealand	3 – 1	AS Pirae French Polynesia	Albany New Zealand
2004–05 Details	Sydney FC Australia	2 – 0	AS Magenta New Caledonia	Papeete French Polynesia
2000–01 Details	Wollongong Wolves Australia	1 – 0	Tafea F.C. Vanuatu	Port Moresby Papua New Guinea
1999 Details	South Melbourne FC Australia	5 – 1	Nadi F.C. Fiji	Nadi/Lautoka Fiji
1987 Details	Adelaide City Australia	1 – 1 penalties 4 - 1	Mount Wellington New Zealand	Adelaide Australia

Statistics

Nation	Team	Appearances	Winner	Runner-up
	Auckland City FC	8	3	0
	Waitakere United	6	2	1
	University-Mount Wellington	1	0	1
	Central United	1	0	0
	Napier City Rovers	1	0	0
	YoungHeart Manawatu	1	0	0
	Koloale	3	0	1
	KOSSA	1	0	1
	Marist	3	0	0
	Laugu	1	0	0
	Makuru	1	0	0
	Malaita Eagles	1	0	0
	Ba	5	0	1
	Nadi	1	0	1
	Lautoka	2	0	0
	Foodtown Warriors Labasa	1	0	0
	Nokia Eagles	1	0	0
	Manu-Ura	3	0	0
	Pirae	2	0	1
	Venus	2	0	0
	Tefana	2	0	0
	Temanava	2	0	0
	Hekari	4	1	0
	Sobou	2	0	0
	Unitech	1	0	0
	University Inter	1	0	0
	Tafea	6	0	1
	Amicale	2	0	1
	Port Vila Sharks	1	0	0
	Magenta	4	0	1
	Mont-Dore	3	0	0
	Baco	1	0	0
1	Tuinaimato	2	0	0
	Kiwi Club	1	0	0
	Titavi	1	0	0
1	Konica	1	0	0
	PanSa	1	0	0
1	Nikao Sokattack	1	0	0
	Tupapa	1	0	0
1	Lotoha'apai	4	0	0
2	Adelaide City	1	1	0
	South Melbourne	1	1	0
	Wollongong Wolves	1	1	0
	Sydney	1	1	0

Notes
teams in bold take part in this season; appearance included
¹ teams from these nations are not eligible to qualify at this time
² Australia is no longer OFC member

Club records

Biggest win

• All-time
  • Central United beat Lotoha'apai 16-0 in 1999
  • Wollongong Wolves beat Lotha'apai 16-0 in 2001
• Champions League era
  • Waitakere United beat Tefana 10-0 in 2011-2012

Biggest aggregate win

• All-time
  • Magenta beat Nikao Sokattack 9-1 (4-0, 5-1) in 2005 (preliminary)
• Champions League era
  • Auckland City beat Koloale 9-4 (7-2, 2-2) in 2008-2009 (final)
  • Auckland City beat Amicale 6-1 (2-1, 4-0) in 2010-2011 (final)

Highest scoring match

• All-time
  • Malaita Eagles - Konica 14-2 in 1999
  • Central United - Lotoha'apai 16-0 in 1999
  • Lotoha'apai - Wollongong Wolves 0-16 in 2001
• Champions League era
  • Waitakere United - Tefana 10-0 in 2011-2012
  • Auckland City - Koloale 7-3 in 2011-2012

Most goals scored in a season

• All-time
  • Wollongong Wolves scored 43 goals in 2001
• Champions League era
  • Auckland City scored 24 goals in 2008-2009

Most goals scored in a group stage

• All-time
  • Wollongong Wolves scored 38 goals in 2001 (in 5 games; 7.6 goals per game)
• Champions League era
  • Auckland City scored 16 goals in 2011-2012 (after 4 games out of 6)

Most goals conceded in a season

• All-time
  • Lotoha'apai conceded 42 goals in 2001
• Champions League era
  • Manu-Ura conceded 23 goals in 2009-2010

Most games without losing

• Auckland City in 26 games; started on 20 February 2008 and still counts

Most games won in row

• Auckland City won 9 games in a row; started on 21 February 2011 and still counts

All games won in a single season

• South Melbourne won 4 games in 1999
• Wollongong Wolves won 7 games in 2001
• Sydney won 5 games in 2005
• Auckland City won 5 games in 2006

Most games without winning

• Manu-Ura in 13 games; they have never won a match, with 0-2-11 record

Most games lost in row

• Sobou lost 6 games in a row; 3 games each in 2005 and 2006; lost each match they played in this competition

Player records

Most goals scored

• All-time
  • Sasho Petrovski scored 17 goals
• Champions League era
  • Daniel Koprivcic scored 15 goals

Most goals scored in a season

• All-time
  • Sasho Petrovski scored 13 goals for Wollongong Wolves in 2001
• Champions League era
  • Keryn Jordan scored 8 goals for Auckland City in 2008-2009
  • Fenedy Masauvakalo scored 8 goals for Amicale in 2010-2011

Most goals scored in a single match

• All-time
  • Sasho Petrovski scored 7 goals in Wollongong Wolves 16-0 win over Lotoha'apai
• Champions League era
  • Roy Krishna scored 5 goals in Waitakere United 10-0 win over Tefana

Notes
reviewed on February 18, 2012

See also

• International club competition records
• Oceania Cup Winners Cup

Links

• OFC Official Website