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2008–09 OFC Champions League

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2008–09 OFC Champions League
Tournament details
Dates1 November 2008 – 2 May 2009
Teams6 (from 6 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsNew Zealand Auckland City (2nd title)
Runners-upSolomon Islands Koloale
Tournament statistics
Matches played14

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.
Participated
Withdrew
Disallowed
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
New Zealand Auckland City 4 3 1 0 15 4 +11 10
New Zealand Waitakere United 4 2 1 1 9 7 +2 7
Vanuatu Port Vila Sharks 4 0 0 4 3 16 −13 0
  AUC PVS WAI
Auckland City 8–1 2–2
Port Vila Sharks 0–2 2–3
Waitakere United 1–3 3–0

Auckland City New Zealand2–2New Zealand Waitakere United
Keryn Jordan 45' 48' Report Benjamin Totori 21'
Paul Seaman 73'
Attendance: 1,200

Waitakere United New Zealand3–0Vanuatu Port Vila Sharks
Paul Seaman 21'
Roy Krishna 28' 34'
Report
Attendance: 400




Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Solomon Islands Koloale 4 2 1 1 4 2 +2 7
Papua New Guinea Hekari United 4 2 0 2 6 6 0 6
Fiji Ba 4 1 1 2 3 5 −2 4
  BA HSU KOL
Ba 1–3 0–0
Hekari United 1–2 1–0
Koloale 1–0 3–1

Ba Fiji0–0Solomon Islands Koloale
Report
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Lencie Fred (Vanuatu)



Ba Fiji1–3Papua New Guinea Hekari United
Osea Vakatalesau 58' Report Kema Jack 17' (pen.)
Joachim Waroi 34'
Benjamin Mela 37'
Attendance: 5,000


Koloale Solomon Islands1–0Fiji Ba
Nicholas Muri 34' Report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Lencie Fred (Vanuatu)

Final

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Koloale Solomon Islands 4–9 New Zealand Auckland City 2–7 2–2

Auckland City New Zealand2–2Solomon Islands Koloale
Keryn Jordan 56' (pen.) 58' Report Henry Fa'arodo 40'
Lency Saeni 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 Richard Anisua 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 Abraham Iniga Papua New Guinea Hekari United 1 1 2
Papua New Guinea Kema Jack Papua New Guinea Hekari United 1 1 2
Solomon Islands Nicholas Muri Solomon Islands Koloale 1 1 2
New Zealand Milos Nikolic New Zealand Auckland City 2 2
Fiji Osea Vakatalesau Fiji Ba 1 1 2
Last updated May 3, 2009

References