2011–12 OFC Champions League

The 2011–12 OFC Champions League, also known as the 2012 O-League, was the 11th edition of the Oceanian Club Championship, Oceania's premier club football tournament organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC), and the 6th 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 2012 FIFA Club World Cup.

2011–12 OFC Champions League
Tournament details
Dates29 October 2011 – 12 May 2012
Teams8 (from 7 associations)
Final positions
Champions Auckland City (4th title)
Runners-up Tefana
Tournament statistics
Matches played26
Goals scored88 (3.38 per match)
Top scorer(s) Manel Expósito (6 goals)
Best player(s) Albert Riera
Best goalkeeper Jacob Spoonley

The title was won by the defending champions Auckland City.

Participants
Location of teams of the 2011–12 OFC Champions League.

From the 2011–12 season, the two New Zealand clubs were placed in different groups (in previous tournaments they were placed in the same group) – one was drawn with the club champions of Fiji, New Caledonia and Tahiti while the other competed in the second group with the champions of Vanuatu, Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea.[1]

Again no preliminary tournament for the 2011–12 O-League was played. Instead, the champion teams from American Samoa, Samoa, Cook Islands and Tonga would take part in a pilot stand-alone tournament in 2012. It was proposed that this competition would in future seasons became a preliminary tournament with the winner qualifying to play off for a place in the O-League (starting from 2012–13).[1]

Association Team Qualifying method
Fiji Ba 2010 Fiji National Football League champion[2]
New Caledonia Mont-Dore 2010 New Caledonia Division Honneur champion[3]
New Zealand Waitakere United 2010–11 New Zealand Football Championship champion and premier[4]
Auckland City 2010–11 New Zealand Football Championship regular season runner-up[5]
Papua New Guinea Hekari United 2010–11 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League champion[6]
Solomon Islands Koloale 2011 Solomon Islands Champions League Playoff winner[7]
Tahiti Tefana 2010–11 Tahiti Division Fédérale champion[8]
Vanuatu Amicale 2011 Vanuatu National Soccer League winner[9]

Schedule

The match schedule was as follows.[10]

Round Date
Group stage Matchday 1 29–30 October 2011
Matchday 2 19–20 November 2011
Matchday 3 3–4 December 2011
Matchday 4 18–19 February 2012
Matchday 5 3–4 March 2012
Matchday 6 31 March–1 April 2012
Final First leg 28–29 April 2012
Second leg 12–13 May 2012

Group stage

Based on seeding, sporting reasons and travel considerations, the OFC Executive Committee separated the teams into two groups in June 2011.[11] A draw was held at the OFC Headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand on 19 July 2011, 14:30 UTC+12:00, to decide the "position" of each team within those groups, which was used to determine the schedule.[12]

In each group, the teams played each other home-and-away in a round-robin format, with the group winner advancing to the final. If two or more teams were tied on points, the tiebreakers would be as follows:[13]

  1. Goal difference
  2. Goals scored
  3. Head-to-head record among teams concerned (points; goal difference; goals scored)
  4. Fair play record
  5. Drawing of lots

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts TEF WAI BA MON
Tefana 6 4 1 1 15 12 +3 13 3–0 4–1 2–0
Waitakere United 6 4 0 2 21 6 +15 12 10–0 4–0 4–0
Ba 6 3 0 3 7 16 −9 9 0–5 3–2 2–1
Mont-Dore 6 0 1 5 2 11 −9 1 1–1 0–1 0–1
Source:
Waitakere United 10 – 0 Tefana
Pearce  10' (pen.), 44'
De Vries  14', 37', 75'
Krishna  33', 40', 49', 70', 90'		 Report
Attendance: 900
Referee: Rakesh Varman (Fiji)
Ba 2 – 1 Mont-Dore
Swamy  64', 82' Report J. Hmaé  33'
Attendance: 1,500
Mont-Dore 1 – 1 Tefana
M. Hmaé  70' Report Kamoise  80'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Jamie Cross (New Zealand)
Waitakere United 4 – 0 Ba
Vesikula  56' (o.g.)
McKenzie  60'
Bale  71'
Lovemore  90+3'		 Report
Attendance: 4,000
Mont-Dore 0 – 1 Waitakere United
Report Bale  40'
Attendance: 400
Referee: Averii Jacques (Tahiti)
Tefana 4 – 1 Ba
Marmouyet  21' (pen.)
Degage  38', 77'
Williams  85'		 Report Vesikula  59' (pen.)
Attendance: 117
Referee: Nick Waldron (New Zealand)
Mont-Dore 0 – 1 Ba
Report Vakatalesau  36' (pen.)
Attendance: 100
Tefana 3 – 0 Waitakere United
Tehau  1'
Labayen  43'
Neuffer  70'		 Report
Attendance: 193
Referee: Isidore Assiene-Ambassa (New Caledonia)
Tefana 2 – 0 Mont-Dore
Degage  47'
Chang Koei Chang  71' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 248
Referee: Andrew Achari (Fiji)
Ba 3 – 2 Waitakere United
Tekiate  36'
Salauneune  51'
Kainihewe  73'		 Report Cunneen  31'
Lovemore  83'
Attendance: ?
Waitakere United 4 – 0 Mont-Dore
McKenzie  68'
Haviland  73'
Pearce  82'
Lovermore  87'		 Report
Attendance: 150
Ba 0 – 5 Tefana
Report Tchen  36', 42'
Neuffer  53'
Tehau  74'
Williams  86'
Bill McKinlay Park, Auckland (New Zealand)2
Referee: Gerald Oiaka (Solomon Islands)
Notes
  • Note 1: Rescheduled due to Tefana's involvement in the 2011–12 Coupe de France.[10]
  • Note 2: Originally scheduled to be played on 31 March 2012 at Govind Park, Ba, but postponed to 1 April 2012 and moved to Churchill Park, Lautoka, due to a severe storm that caused massive disruption across Fiji and left Govind Park in an unsuitable state to host the fixture.[14] Due to further deterioration in the weather situation and outlook, it was decided to postpone the match to a later date.[15] With Fiji still recovering from the flooding, it was proposed that the match would take place in Auckland.[16]

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts AUC HEK AMI KOL
Auckland City 6 4 1 1 17 8 +9 13 2–0 3–2 7–3
Hekari United 6 3 2 1 9 6 +3 11 1–1 2–0 3–1
Amicale 6 2 1 3 6 7 −1 7 1–0 1–1 2–0
Koloale 6 1 0 5 7 18 −11 3 1–4 1–2 1–0
Source:
Amicale 1 – 1 Hekari United
Masauvakalo  45' Report Jack  90+3'
Attendance: 6,500
Koloale 1 – 4 Auckland City
Totori  74' (pen.) Report Expósito  22' (pen.), 54'
Mulligan  86', 90+3'
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Andrew Achari (Fiji)
Auckland City 2 – 0 Hekari United
Expósito  49'
Tade  72'		 Report
Attendance: 800
Referee: Rakesh Varman (Fiji)
Amicale 2 – 0 Koloale
Waroi  3', 53' Report
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Nick Waldron (New Zealand)
Hekari United 3 – 1 Koloale
Waqa  6'
Lepani  16'
Baleitoga  79'		 Report Naka  82'
Attendance: ?
Referee: Andrew Achari (Fiji)
Auckland City 3 – 2 Amicale
Expósito  40' (pen.), 45+1'
Dickinson  87'		 Report Pritchett  23' (o.g.)
Maemae  76'
Attendance: 800
Auckland City 7 – 3 Koloale
Dickinson  7', 59'
Coombes  36'
Lafai  40' (o.g.)
Vicelich  58'
Milne  62'
Koprivcic  83'		 Report Anisi  16'
Totori  65'
Naka  90+3'
Attendance: 850
Referee: Averii Jacques (Tahiti)
Hekari United 2 – 0 Amicale
Jack  11', 79' Report
Attendance: 5,000
Koloale 1 – 0 Amicale
Sale  87' Report
Attendance: ?
Referee: Nick Waldron (New Zealand)
Hekari United 1 – 1 Auckland City
Dunadamu  60' Report Feneridis  90+1'
Attendance: ?
Referee: Gerald Oiaka (Solomon Islands)
Amicale 1 – 0 Auckland City
Tangis  60' Report
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Bruce George (Vanuatu)
Koloale 1 – 2 Hekari United
Totori  16' (pen.) Report Dunadamu  45'
Jack  75'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Nick Waldron (New Zealand)
Notes

Final
Main article: 2012 OFC Champions League Final

The winners of the two groups played in the final over two legs, with the order of matches decided by a random draw. The away goals rule applied, with extra time and a penalty shootout used to decide the winner if necessary.[13]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Auckland City 3–1 Tefana 2–1 1–0
Auckland City 2 – 1 Tefana
Mulligan  57'
Koprivcic  60'		 Report Williams  72'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: John Saohu (Solomon Islands)
Tefana 0 – 1 Auckland City
Report Expósito  41'
Attendance: 1,900
Referee: Isidore Assiene-Ambassa (New Caledonia)

Auckland City won 3–1 on aggregate. As OFC Champions League winners they qualified for the qualifying round of the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup.

OFC Champions League
2011–12 Winners

Auckland City
Fourth title

Awards

The following awards were given:[18]

Goalscorers
Rank Name Team Goals
1 Manel Expósito Auckland City 6
2 Roy Krishna Waitakere United 5
3 Kema Jack Hekari United 4
4 Dave Mulligan Auckland City 3
Benjamin Totori Koloale
Axel Williams Tefana
Ryan De Vries Waitakere United
Sean Lovemore Waitakere United
Allan Pearce Waitakere United
10 Joachim Waroi Amicale 2
Adam Dickinson Auckland City
Daniel Koprivcic Auckland City
Avinesh Swamy Ba
Maciu Dunadamu Hekari United
James Naka Koloale
Roihau Degage Tefana
Taufa Neuffer Tefana
Angelo Tchen Tefana
Alvin Tehau Tefana
Chris Bale Waitakere United
Ross McKenzie Waitakere United
22 Alick Maemae Amicale 1
Fenedy Masauvakalo Amicale
Kensi Tangis Amicale
Chad Coombes Auckland City
Alex Feneridis Auckland City
Andrew Milne Auckland City
Emiliano Tade Auckland City
Ivan Vicelich Auckland City
Malakai Kainihewe Ba
Jone Salauneune Ba
Remueru Tekiate Ba
Osea Vakatalesau Ba
Jone Vesikula Ba
Pita Baleitoga Hekari United
Andrew Lepani Hekari United
Taniela Waqa Hekari United
Steven Anisi Koloale
Ezra Sale Koloale
José Hmaé Mont-Dore
Michel Hmaé Mont-Dore
Jean-Claude Chang Koei Chang Tefana
Hiva Kamoise Tefana
Sebastian Labayen Tefana
Tetiamana Marmouyet Tefana
Matt Cunneen Waitakere United
Ross Haviland Waitakere United
Own goals
Rank Name Team Goals Opponent
1 James Pritchett Auckland City 1 Amicale
Jone Vesikula Ba Waitakere United
Francis Lafai Koloale Auckland City

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