2008–09 OFC Champions League

2008–09 OFC Champions League
Tournament details
Dates	1 November 2008 – 2 May 2009
Teams	6 (from 5 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Auckland City (2nd title)
Runners-up	Koloale
Tournament statistics
Matches played	14
Goals scored	53 (3.79 per match)
	← 2007–08 2009–10 →

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

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
Port Vila Sharks (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
Sinamoga (Samoa) – did not enter
Tongans (Tonga) – did not enter
Konica Machine FC (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.

Qualifying stage

Hekari United automatically qualified to the Group Stage following the withdrawal of the representative clubs from Cook Islands and Tuvalu.

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Hekari United	Automatically qualifield for group stage
2	Tupapa Maraerenga	Withdrew
3	Nauti FC	Withdrew

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	AUC	WAI	PVS
Auckland City	4	3	1	0	15	4	+11	10		2–2	8–1
Waitakere United	4	2	1	1	9	7	+2	7	1–3		3–0
Port Vila Sharks	4	0	0	4	3	16	−13	0	0–2	2–3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

2 November 2008

15:00 UTC+13

Auckland City	2–2	Waitakere United
Jordan 45', 48'	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Totori 21' Seaman 73'

Kiwitea Street, Auckland

Attendance: 1,200

Referee: Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)

22 November 2008

17:00 UTC+13

Waitakere United	3–0	Port Vila Sharks
Seaman 21' Krishna 28', 34'	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}

Douglas Field, Henderson

Attendance: 400

Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)

13 December 2008

17:30 UTC+11

Port Vila Sharks	0–2	Auckland City
	Report	Vava 8' (o.g.) Urlovic 70'

Port Vila Municipal Stadium, Port Vila

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Jimmy Wright (New Caledonia)

14 February 2009

15:00 UTC+13

Auckland City	8–1	Port Vila Sharks
Urlovic 9', 71' Coombes 22', 47', 77' Nikolic 30' (pen.), 81' Feneridis 59'	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Feneridis 40' (o.g.)

Kiwitea Street, Auckland

Referee: Averii Jacques (Tahiti)

7 March 2009

15:00 UTC+11

Port Vila Sharks	2–3	Waitakere United
Poida 17' Sakama 57'	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Bale 10' Seaman 54' Hay 75'

Port Vila Municipal Stadium, Port Vila

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Rakesh Varman (Fiji)

5 April 2009

15:00 UTC+12

Waitakere United	1–3	Auckland City
Krishna 83'	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Friel 68' Jordan 75' McGeorge 79'

Douglas Field, Henderson

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Kevin Stoltenkamp (New Zealand)

Group B

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

2 November 2008

15:00 UTC+12

Ba	0–0	Koloale
	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}

Govind Park, Ba

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Lencie Fred (Vanuatu)

22 November 2008

15:00 UTC+11

Koloale	3–1	Hekari United
Anisua 37' Muri 39' Nawo 77'	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Iniga 9'

Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Michael Hester (New Zealand)

13 December 2008

15:00 UTC+10

Hekari United	1–2	Ba
Iniga 1'	Report	Vakatalesau 6' Dunadamu 84'

Lloyd Robson Oval Stadium, Port Moresby

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Chris Beath (Australia)

14 February 2009

15:00 UTC+12

Ba	1–3	Hekari United
Vakatalesau 58'	Report	Jack 17' (pen.) Waroi 34' Mela 37'

Govind Park, Ba

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)

7 March 2009

15:00 UTC+10

Hekari United	1–0	Koloale
Jack 35' (pen.)	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}

Lloyd Robson Oval Stadium, Port Moresby

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Strebre Delovski (Australia)

28 March 2009

15:00 UTC+11

Koloale	1–0	Ba
Muri 34'	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}

Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Lencie Fred (Vanuatu)

Final

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

25 April 2009

15:00 UTC+11

Koloale	2–7	Auckland City
Anisua 10', 76'	Report	Williams 23' Ki-Hyung Lee 39' Urlovic 40' Vicelich 58' Jordan 65', 77', 86'

Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Strebre Delovski (Australia)

3 May 2009

14:00 UTC+12

Auckland City	2–2	Koloale
Jordan 56' (pen.), 58'	Report	Fa'arodo 40' Saeni 60'

Kiwitea Street, Auckland

Attendance: 1,250

Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)

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
Auckland City Second title

Topscorers

Rank	Player	Club	MD1	MD2	MD3	MD4	F1	F2	Total
1	Keryn Jordan	Auckland City	2			1	3	2	8
2	Paul Urlovic	Auckland City		1	2		1		4
3	Richard Anisua	Koloale		1			2		3
	Chad Coombes	Auckland City			3				3
	Roy Krishna	Waitakere United		2		1			3
	Paul Seaman	Waitakere United	1	1	1				3
7	Abraham Iniga	Hekari United	1	1					2
	Kema Jack	Hekari United			1	1			2
	Nicholas Muri	Koloale		1		1			2
	Milos Nikolic	Auckland City			2				2
	Osea Vakatalesau	Ba		1	1				2
Last updated May 3, 2009

References

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