2017 OFC Champions League Final

2017 OFC Champions League Final
Event 2017 OFC Champions League
Auckland City Team Wellington
New Zealand New Zealand
5 0
on aggregate
First leg
Auckland City Team Wellington
3 0
Date 30 April 2017 (2017-04-30)
Venue Kiwitea Street, Auckland
Referee Nick Waldron (New Zealand)
Attendance 1,000
Second leg
Team Wellington Auckland City
0 2
Date 7 May 2017 (2017-05-07)
Venue David Farrington Park, Wellington
Referee Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)
Attendance 1,000

The 2017 OFC Champions League Final was the final of the 2017 OFC Champions League, the 16th edition of the Oceania Cup, Oceania's premier club football tournament organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC), and the 11th season under the current OFC Champions League name.

The final was contested in two-legged home-and-away format between two New Zealand teams, Auckland City and Team Wellington. The first leg was hosted by Auckland City at Kiwitea Street, Auckland on 30 April 2017, while the second leg was hosted by Team Wellington at David Farrington Park, Wellington on 7 May 2017.[1] The winner would earn the right to represent the OFC at the 2017 FIFA Club World Cup, entering at the qualifying play-off round.

Auckland City won the first leg 3–0 and the second leg 2–0, to defeat Team Wellington 5–0 on aggregate and won the OFC Champions League seven years in a row and nine times in total.[2][3]

Teams

In the following table, finals until 2006 were in the Oceania Club Championship era, since 2007 were in the OFC Champions League era.

Team Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
New Zealand Auckland City 8 (2006, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
New Zealand Team Wellington 2 (2015, 2016)

The final was a rematch of the previous two season's finals, which were both played as a single match. Auckland City had won both finals, 4–3 on penalties (1–1 after extra time) in 2015, and 3–0 in 2016.

Auckland City were the six-time defending champions. They had played in eight previous finals, winning all of them in 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016.

This was the third OFC club final for Team Wellington, following the defeats to Auckland City in 2015 and 2016.

Venues

Kiwitea Street in Auckland, New Zealand, hosted the first leg.

David Farrington Park in Wellington, New Zealand hosted the second leg.

Road to the final

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

New Zealand Auckland City Round New Zealand Team Wellington
Opponent Result Group stage Opponent Result
Solomon Islands Western United 2–1 Matchday 1 Cook Islands Puaikura 4–1
Papua New Guinea Lae City Dwellers 2–0 Matchday 2 New Caledonia Hienghène Sport 3–1
Vanuatu Malampa Revivors 11–0 Matchday 3 Fiji Ba 8–0
Group C winner
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 New Zealand Auckland City (H) 3 9
2 Solomon Islands Western United 3 6
3 Papua New Guinea Lae City Dwellers 3 3
4 Vanuatu Malampa Revivors 3 0
Source: OFC
(H) Host.
 Final standings Group B winner
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 New Zealand Team Wellington 3 9
2 New Caledonia Hienghène Sport (H) 3 4
3 Fiji Ba 3 4
4 Cook Islands Puaikura 3 0
Source: OFC
(H) Host.
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Knockout stage Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
French Polynesia Tefana 4–0 2–0 (A) 2–0 (H) Semi-finals New Caledonia Magenta 9–3 2–2 (A) 7–1 (H)

Format

The final was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the order of legs decided by draw. If tied on aggregate, away goals were the first tie-breaker.

Matches

First leg

Auckland City New Zealand 3–0 New Zealand Team Wellington
 Report
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Nick Waldron (New Zealand)
Auckland City
Team Wellington
GK1Spain Eñaut Zubikarai
RB9England Darren White
CB16South Korea Kim Dae-wook
CB5Spain Ángel Berlanga (c)
LB3Japan Takuya Iwata
CM4Croatia Mario Bilen 77'
CM8Spain Albert RieraYellow card 24'
CM6New Zealand Cameron Howieson
RW20Argentina Emiliano Tade 65'
CF17Portugal João Moreira 90+2'
LW14New Zealand Clayton Lewis
Substitutes:
GK18New Zealand Danyon Drake
DF13New Zealand Alfie Rogers
DF21New Zealand Harry Edge
MF7New Zealand Reid Drake 90+2'
MF11Mexico Fabrizio Tavano 77'
MF19Solomon Islands Micah Lea'alafa
FW10New Zealand Ryan De Vries 65'
Manager:
Spain Ramon Tribulietx
GK1New Zealand Scott BasalajYellow card 18'
CB5England Bill Robertson (c)
CB2New Zealand Justin Gulley
CB4Argentina Guillermo MorettiYellow card 77'
RM19New Zealand Josh Margetts 82'
CM7Argentina Leonardo Villa 78'
CM12New Zealand Andy Bevin
CM11Argentina Mario Barcia
LM15New Zealand Joel Stevens
CF18Chile Nicolas Zambrano 61'
CF9England Tom Jackson
Substitutes:
GK23New Zealand James McPeake
DF6New Zealand Taylor Schrijvers
DF14New Zealand Billy Scott
MF21New Zealand Niko Kirwan 78'
FW10New Zealand Nathanael Hailemariam 82'
FW16England Ben HarrisYellow card 83' 61'
FW17New Zealand Sam Blackburn
Manager:
England José Figueira

Assistant referees:
Glen Lochrie (New Zealand)
Folio Moeaki (Tonga)
Fourth official:
Campbell-Kirk Waugh (New Zealand)

Second leg

Team Wellington New Zealand 0–2 New Zealand Auckland City
Report
Attendance: 1,000
Team Wellington
Auckland City
GK1New Zealand Scott Basalaj
CB6New Zealand Taylor Schrijvers 43'
CB2New Zealand Justin Gulley
CB5England Bill Robertson (c)
RM19New Zealand Josh Margetts
CM7Argentina Leonardo Villa
CM12New Zealand Andy Bevin 88'
CM11Argentina Mario BarciaYellow card 25' 78'
LM15New Zealand Joel Stevens
CF16England Ben HarrisYellow card 74'
CF9England Tom Jackson
Substitutes:
GK23New Zealand James McPeake
DF4Argentina Guillermo Moretti 43'
DF14New Zealand Billy Scott
MF21New Zealand Niko Kirwan 78'
FW10New Zealand Nathanael Hailemariam
FW18Chile Nicolas Zambrano
FW17New Zealand Sam Blackburn 88'
Manager:
England José Figueira
GK1Spain Eñaut Zubikarai
RB9England Darren WhiteYellow card 58'
CB16South Korea Kim Dae-wook 85'
CB5Spain Ángel Berlanga (c)
LB3Japan Takuya IwataYellow card 54'
CM4Croatia Mario Bilen
CM8Spain Albert Riera
CM6New Zealand Cameron Howieson
RW20Argentina Emiliano TadeYellow card 73' 87'
CF17Portugal João Moreira 40'
LW14New Zealand Clayton Lewis
Substitutes:
GK18New Zealand Danyon Drake
DF13New Zealand Alfie Rogers
DF23Serbia Marko Đorđević 85'
MF7New Zealand Reid Drake
MF11Mexico Fabrizio Tavano 87'
MF19Solomon Islands Micah Lea'alafa
FW10New Zealand Ryan De Vries 40'
Manager:
Spain Ramon Tribulietx

Assistant referees:
Philippe Revel (Tahiti)
Bertrand Brial (New Caledonia)
Fourth official:
Kader Zitouni (Tahiti)

References

  1. ↑ "All Kiwi final coming to Auckland and Wellington". Oceania Football Confederation. 19 April 2017.
  2. ↑ "Three goals give City Leg 2 advantage". Oceania Football Confederation. 30 April 2017.
  3. ↑ "Navy Blues claim seventh in-a-row". Oceania Football Confederation. 7 May 2017.
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