2009–10 OFC Champions League

The 2009–10 OFC Champions League, also known as the 2010 O-League for short, was the 9th edition of the Oceanian Club Championship, Oceania's premier club football tournament organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC), and the 4th season under the current OFC Champions League name. It was contested by eight teams from seven countries. The teams were split into two four-team pools, the winner of each pool contesting the title of O-League Champion and the right to represent the OFC at the 2010 FIFA Club World Cup. This was an expansion from previous tournaments which feature six teams in the group stage.[1]

2009–10 OFC Champions League
Tournament details
Dates17 October 2009 – 2 May 2010
Teams8 (from 7 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsPapua New Guinea Hekari United (1st title)
Runners-upNew Zealand Waitakere United
Tournament statistics
Matches played26
Goals scored85 (3.27 per match)
Top scorer(s)Papua New Guinea Kema Jack
Croatia Daniel Koprivcic
(7 goals each)
All statistics correct as of 04:03, 2 May 2010 (UTC).

The tournament was won by Hekari United of Papua New Guinea. They became the first team from outside New Zealand and Australia to be crowned Oceanian club champion.[2]

Participants

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Group stage

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Winners of each group advance to the final.

Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts WAI AUC MAG MAN
New Zealand Waitakere United 6 3 3 0 15 6 +9 12 1–1 4–1 2–0
New Zealand Auckland City 6 3 3 0 13 5 +8 12 2–2 2–1 5–0
New Caledonia Magenta 6 1 3 2 13 10 +3 6 1–1 1–1 8–1
French Polynesia Manu-Ura 6 0 1 5 3 23 20 1 1–5 0–2 1–1
Source: [citation needed]
Auckland City New Zealand5 – 0French Polynesia Manu-Ura
Ivan Vicelich 18'
Chad Coombes 34'
Daniel Koprivcic 69', 80', 90+1' (pen.)
Report[permanent dead link]




Manu-Ura French Polynesia1 – 5New Zealand Waitakere United
Hiroana Poroiea 30' Report Jason Rowley 28', 58'
Roy Krishna 42'
Allan Pearce 45', 60'
Referee: Isidore Assiene-Ambassa (New Caledonia)

Auckland City New Zealand2 – 2New Zealand Waitakere United
Daniel Koprivcic 30'
Greg Uhlmann 70'
Report Benjamin Totori 3', 58'
Attendance: 2,500

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts HEK LAU TAF MAR
Papua New Guinea Hekari United 6 4 1 1 15 7 +8 13 1–2 4–0 2–1
Fiji Lautoka 6 4 0 2 12 6 +6 12 0–1 1–2 3–0
Vanuatu Tafea 6 2 2 2 8 11 3 8 3–3 1–3 0–0
Solomon Islands Marist 6 0 1 5 3 14 11 1 1–4 1–3 0–2
Source: [citation needed]
Tafea Vanuatu3 – 3Papua New Guinea Hekari United
Silas Namatak 1'
Robert Tom 34'
François Sakama 45'
Kema Jack 40', 42'
Benjamin Mela 50'
Marist Solomon Islands1 – 3Fiji Lautoka
Abraham Iniga 82' Kamal Hassan 14'
Samuela Kautoga 20'
Nahuel Arrarte 90+2'
Attendance: 16,000

Marist Solomon Islands0 – 2Vanuatu Tafea
François Sakama 48'
Etienne Mermer 51'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Andrew Achari (Fiji)
Hekari United Papua New Guinea1 – 2Fiji Lautoka
Kema Jack 28' Valerio Nawatu 69'
Apisai Smith 76'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: John Saohu (Solomon Islands)

Lautoka Fiji1 – 2Vanuatu Tafea
Valerio Nawatu 45+1' Jean Nako Naprapol 22'
François Sakama 77'
Attendance: 6,000
Hekari United Papua New Guinea2 – 1Solomon Islands Marist
Kema Jack 48'
Joachim Waroi 52'
Report Commins Menapi 82'
Attendance: 2,000


Tafea Vanuatu0 – 0Solomon Islands Marist
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Referee: Isidore Assiene-Ambassa (New Caledonia)

Final

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The two group winners will play-off over two legs to determine the 2009–10 OFC Champions League winners.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Hekari United Papua New Guinea 4–2 New Zealand Waitakere United 3–0 1–2
Hekari United Papua New Guinea3 – 0New Zealand Waitakere United
Kema Jack 27', 73'
Alick Maemae 49'
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Attendance: 15,000

Hekari United won 4–2 on aggregate. As OFC Champions League winners they qualify for the qualifying round of the 2010 FIFA Club World Cup.

OFC Champions League
2009–10 Winners
Papua New Guinea
Hekari United
First title

Topscorers

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As of 2 May 2010.

Rank Player Club MD1 MD2 MD3 MD4 MD5 MD6 F1 F2 Total
1 Papua New Guinea Kema Jack Papua New Guinea Hekari United 21121 7
Croatia Daniel Koprivcic New Zealand Auckland City 31111 7
3 New Zealand Brent Fisher New Zealand Waitakere United 11111 5
Solomon Islands Alick Maemae Papua New Guinea Hekari United 221 5
5 Solomon Islands Benjamin Totori New Zealand Waitakere United 2 4
6 Vanuatu François Sakama Vanuatu Tafea 111 3
7 New Zealand Chad Coombes New Zealand Auckland City 11 2
Solomon Islands Henry Fa'arodo Papua New Guinea Hekari United 11 2
Solomon Islands Commins Menapi Solomon Islands Marist 11 2
Fiji Valreio Nawatu Fiji Lautoka 11 2
New Zealand Allan Pearce New Zealand Waitakere United 2 2
French Polynesia Hiroana Poroiea French Polynesia Manu-Ura 11 2
New Zealand Jason Rowley New Zealand Waitakere United 2 2
Fiji Jone Vono Fiji Lautoka 11 2
Solomon Islands Joachim Waroi Papua New Guinea Hekari United 11 2
New Caledonia Lamo Xewe New Caledonia Magenta 11 2
  • 32 single goal scorers
  • 2 own goals scored

References

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  1. "OFC Executive Committee approve O-League expansion". Archived from the original on 2009-10-06. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
  2. "Waitakere United 2–1 Hekari United". Archived from the original on 2010-05-05. Retrieved 2010-05-02.
  3. Originally scheduled 5 March 2010, 19:30 local time. Postponed due to heavy rain. Manu Ura-Waitakere match postponed
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