OFC Champions League
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| Founded | 1987 |
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| Region | Oceania (OFC) |
| Number of teams | 6 |
| Current champions |  Auckland City FC |
 OFC Champions League 2008-09 |
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The OFC Champions League is the premier club football competition in Oceania and is the region's equivalent of the UEFA Champions League. It is also known as the O-League[1]. The OFC Champions League has commenced its inaugural season in 2007 and replaced the previous Oceania Club Championship.
Australian teams won all four competitions held before Australia left the OFC in 2006; after that, teams from New Zealand have won each time.
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[edit] The Oceania Club Championship
The recent incarnations of the tournament, especially from 1999 onwards, have been organised by the Oceania Football Confederation in order to determine the Oceania representative at the FIFA Club World Cups (formerly called Club World Championships), although the Wollongong Wolves did not participate in a Club World Championship due to the cancellation of that particular tournament.
The 2006 tournament was held in New Zealand and won by Auckland City FC; a qualifying tournament was held earlier in Fiji involving the national club champions in relatively weaker nations in football. Recently there have been calls for New Zealand based A-league franchise Wellington Phoenix to join the competition.
It had been proposed that the Oceania champions would not get direct entry to the main round of the 2006 Club World Championship, instead having to play a preliminary knock out game against the host champions for entry into the main tournament[1]. However FIFA president Sepp Blatter was unable to get the necessary support for the new format and as a result Oceania retained a direct entry into the 2006 Club World Championship. However, in March 2007, the FIFA executive committee introduced a qualifying playoff between the 2007 OFC Champions League champion and the host nation's 2007 J.League champion.[2]
[edit] Format
[edit] Previous Formats
The Oceania Club Championships involved playing in a tournament at one location. The clubs played in two groups of four clubs each. The top two clubs from each group played each other in the semi finals. With the semi final winners playing the grand final to decide the winner.
[edit] Oceania Champions League
The tournament involves two groups of three clubs each playing each other home and away. The top of each group then play each other home and away to determine the champion. The champion will then play the champion club of the host nation for a berth in the FIFA Club World Cup.
[edit] Winners and runners up
[edit] Oceania Champions League
| Season | Winner | Score | Runner-up |
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| 2009-10 Details |
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| 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 |
[edit] Oceania Club Championship/Oceania Champions Cup Finals
| Season | Winner | Score | Runner-up | Tournament Venue |
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| 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 (Nouméa) (New Caledonia) |
Papeete (French Polynesia) |
| 2000-01 Details |
Wollongong Wolves (Australia) |
1 - 0 | Tafea FC (Vanuatu) |
Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea) |
| 1999 Details |
South Melbourne FC (Australia) |
5 - 1 | Nadi (Fiji) |
Nadi/Lautoka (Fiji) |
| 1987 Details |
Adelaide City (Australia) |
1 - 1 Penalties 4 - 1 |
Mount Wellington (New Zealand) |
Adelaide (Australia) |
[edit] Statistics
[edit] By club
| Team | Won | Runner-up | Years won | Years runner-up |
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| Auckland City FC |
2 | 0 | 2008-2009, 2006 | |
| Waitakere United |
2 | 0 | 2007-2008, 2007 | |
 Sydney FC |
1 | 0 | 2004-2005 | |
| Wollongong Wolves |
1 | 0 | 2000-2001 | |
| South Melbourne FC |
1 | 0 | 1999 | |
| Adelaide City |
1 | 0 | 1987 | |
| Koloale FC Honiara |
0 | 1 | 2008-2009 | |
| Kossa FC |
0 | 1 | 2007-2008 | |
| Ba F.C. |
0 | 1 | 2007 | |
 AS Pirae |
0 | 1 | 2006 | |
 AS Magenta |
0 | 1 | 2004-2005 | |
 Tafea FC |
0 | 1 | 2000-2001 | |
| Nadi (Football Club) |
0 | 1 | 1999 | |
| University-Mount Wellington |
0 | 1 | 1987 |
[edit] By nation
| Nation | Times won | Times runner-up | Winning clubs | Runners-up |
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| New Zealand |
4 | 1 | Auckland City FC (2), Waitakere United (2) | University-Mount Wellington (1) |
| Australia |
4 | 0 | Adelaide City (1), South Melbourne FC (1), Wollongong Wolves(1), Sydney FC (1) | |
| Salomon Islands |
0 | 2 | Koloale FC Honiara (1), Kossa FC (1) | |
| Fiji |
0 | 2 | Nadi (Football Club) (1), Ba F.C. (1) | |
| Vanuatu |
0 | 1 | Tafea FC (1) | |
| New Caledonia |
0 | 1 | AS Magenta (1) | |
| Tahiti |
0 | 1 | AS Pirae (1) |
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