2005–06 OFC Club Championship

2005–06 OFC Club Championship

Tournament details
Dates	February 6, 2006 - May 21, 2006
Teams	11 (from 10 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Auckland City (1st title)
Runners-up	Pirae
Tournament statistics
Matches played	22
Goals scored	96 (4.36 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Benjamin Totori 7 goals
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The 2005–06 OFC Club Championship was the 5th edition of the top-level Oceanic club football tournament organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC), and the last tournament before it was rebranded as the OFC Champions League. The qualifying round was held at Govind Park in Ba, Fiji, from 6 February until 10 February 2006, with the main competition taking place at the North Harbour Stadium in Albany, New Zealand from 10 May until 21 May 2006.

The tournament was the first of its kind to not have a representative from Australia competing, due to the nation's migration to the Asian Football Confederation, meaning the winners of the competition would for the first time be from a nation outside of Australia.

Australia's departure from the OFC meant that qualification for the 2006 FIFA Club World Cup was under question - in March 2006 it was reported that the Oceania champions would have to play a preliminary match against the J. League champions for a place in the main competition. However, later that month, it was announced that FIFA president Sepp Blatter had been unable to get the necessary support for the new format and as a result Oceania retained direct entry to 2006 FIFA Club World Cup. FIFA reviewed the format the following year.

The winner of the tournament was Auckland City of New Zealand, who beat AS Pirae of Tahiti in the final.

Participants

Automatic Entrants AS Magenta (New Caledonia) Auckland City (New Zealand) YoungHeart Manawatu (New Zealand) Sobou (Papua New Guinea) Marist (Solomon Islands) AS Pirae (Tahiti)1 Tafea (Vanuatu)

Preliminary Round PanSa (American Samoa)2 Nikao Sokattack (Cook Islands) Nokia Eagles (Fiji) Tuanaimato Breeze (Samoa) Lotoha'apai (Tonga)

Notes

• Note 1: It is unclear why AS Pirae were the representatives from Tahiti, as the current domestic champions were AS Tefana.
• Note 2: PanSa withdrew from the competition.

Preliminary round

A preliminary round was held to determine the 8th and final participant in the final. The format was a group stage, with each team playing each other once. The winner of the group would qualify for the main draw.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Nokia Eagles	3	2	1	0	7	2	5	7
Tuanaimato Breeze	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
Lotoha'apai	3	1	1	1	5	7	-2	4
Nikao Sokattak	3	0	1	2	2	5	-3	1

6 February 2006	Lotoha'apai	1–5	Nokia Eagles	Govind Park, Ba, Fiji Attendance: ? Referee: ?
	Vaihu  31'	(Report)	Tamanisau  17' Nawatu  41' Duguca  59' Sabutu  81', 88'

6 February 2006	Nikao Sokattak	1–2	Tuanaimato Breeze	Govind Park, Ba, Fiji Attendance: ? Referee: ?
	Tisam  15'	(Report)	Fa'aiuaso  72', 77'

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8 February 2006	Nikao Sokattak	1–3	Lotoha'apai	Govind Park, Ba, Fiji Attendance: ? Referee: ?
	Willis  10'	(Report)	Moala  54' Makasini  61' Uhatahi  67'

8 February 2006	Nokia Eagles	2–1	Tuanaimato Breeze	Govind Park, Ba, Fiji Attendance: ? Referee: ?
	Tamanisau  55' Bolaitoga  77'	(Report)	Fa'aiuaso  27'

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10 February 2006	Lotoha'apai	1–1	Tuanaimato Breeze	Govind Park, Ba, Fiji Attendance: ? Referee: ?
	Uhatahi  85'	(Report)	Esau  32'

10 February 2006	Nokia Eagles	0–0	Nikao Sokattak	Govind Park, Ba, Fiji Attendance: ? Referee: ?
		(Report)

Final round

The eight remaining teams were separated into two groups, each team playing the other teams once. The top two teams from each group progress to the semi-finals. This Final Round was held in Albany, New Zealand.

Group A

Results

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Auckland City	3	3	0	0	11	1	9
2	Pirae	3	2	0	1	17	2	6
3	Marist	3	1	0	2	9	14	3
4	Sobou	3	0	0	3	1	21	0

Match schedule

Date	Match	Result
May 10	Marist - Pirae	1 - 10
May 10	Auckland City - Sobou	7 - 0
May 13	Auckland City - Marist	3 - 1
May 14	Pirae - Sobou	7 - 0
May 16	Sobou - Marist	1 - 7
May 16	Pirae - Auckland City	0 - 1

Group B

Results

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	YoungHeart Manawatu	3	1	2	0	8	5	5
2	Nokia Eagles	3	1	1	1	6	3	4
3	Tafea	3	1	1	1	4	7	4
4	Magenta	3	1	0	2	1	4	3

Match Schedule

Date	Match	Result
May 11	Magenta - Tafea	0 - 1
May 11	Nokia Eagles - YoungHeart Manawatu	2 - 2
May 13	Magenta - YoungHeart Manawatu	0 - 3
May 14	Tafea - Nokia Eagles	0 - 4
May 16	Tafea - YoungHeart Manawatu	3 - 3
May 16	Nokia Eagles - Magenta	0 - 1

Semifinals

The top two teams from both groups progressed to the semifinals.

May 19, 2006	Auckland City	9–1	Nokia Eagles	North Harbour Stadium, Albany, New Zealand Attendance: ? Referee: ?
	Neil Sykes  37' Paul Seaman  52' Keryn Jordan  55' Grant Young  61',  62' Jason Hayne  68' Che Bunce  84' Graham Little  89',  90'+	(Report)	Malakai Tiwa  17'

May 19, 2006	YoungHeart Manawatu	1–2	Pirae	North Harbour Stadium, Albany, New Zealand Attendance: ? Referee: ?
	Benjamin Totori  61'	(Report)	Jose Hmae  1' Naea Bennett  8'

Third Place Playoff

May 21, 2006	Nokia Eagles	0–4	YoungHeart Manawatu	North Harbour Stadium Outer Oval, Albany, New Zealand Attendance: ? Referee: ?
		(Report)	Benjamin Totori (3) Aleck Maemae

Final

May 21, 2006	Auckland City	3–1	Pirae	North Harbour Stadium, Albany, New Zealand Attendance: ? Referee: ?
	Keryn Jordan  23' Keryn Jordan  41' Keryn Jordan  63' pen	(Report)	Desmond Fa'aiuaso  84'

FIFA Oceania Club Championship 2006 Winners
Auckland City First title

Auckland City are the 2006 Oceania Club Champions and qualify for the 2006 FIFA Club World Cup.

See also

• Oceania Club Championship

External links

• RSSSF archive of the 2004/5 Oceania Club Championship
• RSSSF archive of the 2006 Oceania Club Championship
• Oceania Football OFC Event Report