2008–09 OFC Champions League

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.

2008–09 OFC Champions League
Tournament details
Dates1 November 2008 – 2 May 2009
Teams6 (from 5 associations)
Final positions
Champions Auckland City (2nd title)
Runners-up Koloale
Tournament statistics
Matches played14
Goals scored53 (3.79 per match)

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
Konica Machine
Magenta
Hekari United
Sinamoga
Tongans
Port Vila Sharks
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
  • 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.

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 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:
Auckland City 2–2 Waitakere United
Keryn Jordan  45'  48' Report Benjamin Totori  21'
Paul Seaman  73'
Attendance: 1,200
Waitakere United 3–0 Port Vila Sharks
Paul Seaman  21'
Roy Krishna  28'  34'		 Report
Douglas Field, Henderson
Attendance: 400
Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)
Port Vila Sharks 0–2 Auckland City
Report Fedy Vava  8' (o.g.)
Paul Urlovic  70'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Jimmy Wright (New Caledonia)
Auckland City 8–1 Port Vila Sharks
Paul Urlovic  9'  71'
Chad Coombes  22'  47'  77'
Milos Nikolic  30' (pen.)  81'
Alex Feneridis  59'		 Report Alex Feneridis  40' (o.g.)
Referee: Averii Jacques (Tahiti)
Port Vila Sharks 2–3 Waitakere United
Moise Poida  17'
Francois Sakama  57'		 Report Christopher Bale  10'
Paul Seaman  54'
Danny Hay  75'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Rakesh Varman (Fiji)
Waitakere United 1–3 Auckland City
Roy Krishna  83' Report Matt Friel  68'
Keryn Jordan  75'
Adam 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:
Ba 0–0 Koloale
Report
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Lencie Fred (Vanuatu)
Koloale 3–1 Hekari United
Richard Anisua  37'
Nicholas Muri  39'
Joses Nawo  77'		 Report Abraham Iniga  9'
Attendance: 10,000
Hekari United 1–2 Ba
Abraham Iniga  1' Report Osea Vakatalesau  6'
Maciu Dunadamu  84'
Attendance: 8,000
Ba 1–3 Hekari United
Osea Vakatalesau  58' Report Kema Jack  17' (pen.)
Joachim Waroi  34'
Benjamin Mela  37'
Attendance: 5,000
Hekari United 1–0 Koloale
Kema Jack  35' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 5,000
Koloale 1–0 Ba
Nicholas Muri  34' Report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Lencie Fred (Vanuatu)

Final
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Koloale 4–9 Auckland City 2–7 2–2
Koloale 2–7 Auckland City
Richard Anisua  10'  76' Report Matt Williams  23'
Ki-Hyung Lee  39'
Paul Urlovic  40'
Ivan Vicelich  58'
Keryn Jordan  65'  77'  86'
Attendance: 20,000
Auckland City 2–2 Koloale
Keryn Jordan  56' (pen.)  58' Report Henry Fa'arodo  40'
Lency Saeni  60'
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 2132 8
2 Paul Urlovic Auckland City 121 4
3 Richard Anisua Koloale 12 3
Chad Coombes Auckland City 3 3
Roy Krishna Waitakere United 21 3
Paul Seaman Waitakere United 111 3
7 Abraham Iniga Hekari United 11 2
Kema Jack Hekari United 11 2
Nicholas Muri Koloale 11 2
Milos Nikolic Auckland City 2 2
Osea Vakatalesau Ba 11 2
Last updated May 3, 2009

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