🇫🇷 Français This Saturday – 17th February – AS Pirae and AS Dragon meet for the first time at the Stade Pater in Papeete – at 8 pm local time, the capital of French Polynesia to see who will get a spot among the eight qualifiers for the next round of the OFC Champions League.Continue reading “AS Pirae and AS Dragon fight for a place in the next round of the OFC Champions League”
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New Caledonia’s Jekob Jeno back in action in France
🇫🇷 Français Like the legend Georges Gope-Fenepej who plays for Concarneau in the National (third tier), Jekob Jeno is one of two neo-Caledonians who play in the top-three divisions of French football. The last time Jeno had played for Grenoble had been in the Ligue 2 defeat to Metz on December 30th, he had startedContinue reading “New Caledonia’s Jekob Jeno back in action in France”
Tahiti: AS Dragon continues as at the top of Ligue 1 as first round of the season comes to an end
🇫🇷 Français AS Dragon’s 8-1 win over AS Pueu on Saturday – January 28th – concluded the Dragons’ perfect first-half of the season in Ligue 1 in Tahiti with a record of 11 wins from 11 matches, with a powerful attack that scored incredible 64 goals – including results such as 17-0 against AS JeunesContinue reading “Tahiti: AS Dragon continues as at the top of Ligue 1 as first round of the season comes to an end”
Fijian U-20’s squad member signs for English club
Oliver McFadyen was one of the talents that the Fiji FA recruited playing overseas as well as Peter Ravai, Aydin Mustahib, Caleb Prasad among others to make up the Fijian U-19 squad for last year’s OFC U-19 Championship. Born in Manchester, England the 19-year-old forward is eligible to play for Fiji due his grandfather –Continue reading “Fijian U-20’s squad member signs for English club”
David Browne’s contract with Finnish giants HJK expires
After having the best season of his career it was expected that David Browne would renew his contract that expired at the end of 2022 with HJK in Finland – but that did not happen. There is still a chance that Browne will re-sign with HJK, but it doesn’t likely to happen, as most footballContinue reading “David Browne’s contract with Finnish giants HJK expires”
Lues Waya under trials with Ligue 2 side
🇫🇷 Français Lues Waya is one of the most promising New Caledonian players of this next decade – the striker needed less time than expected he got his chance in Europe. Waya was top-goalscorer of Super Ligue in New Caledonia last season playing for AS Tiga. After spending weeks on trial with Ligue 1 clubContinue reading “Lues Waya under trials with Ligue 2 side”
Tahiti: a great football generation to come
🇫🇷 Français The year 2013 was special for Tahiti and for the people of French Polynesia, the Tahiti team came to Brazil to compete at the FIFA Confederations Cup. For that, Toa Aito made history by winning the 2012 OFC Nations Cup by surpassing Solomon Islands’ hosts at the semifinal and beating rivals New CaledoniaContinue reading “Tahiti: a great football generation to come”
Tahiti: daughther of football legend called-up for U-19 national team
🇫🇷 Français The Vahirua family is one of the most successful when it comes to Football in Oceania’s history. Marama Vahirua achieved success in French football and played for Tahiti national team – especially at the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup. Pascal Vahirua, Marama’s cousin, who was also born in French Polynesia played 22 games forContinue reading “Tahiti: daughther of football legend called-up for U-19 national team”
OFC U-17 Championship: New Zealand beats New Caledonia to lift the trophy
New Zealand confirmed their favoritism and won the OFC U-17 Championship for the ninth time, moving ever closer to overtaking Australia – which has 10 titles – as the tournament’s greatest champion. It was not an easy tournament for the Kiwis, they faced difficulties in almost every match of the competition. In the final –Continue reading “OFC U-17 Championship: New Zealand beats New Caledonia to lift the trophy”
Raphael Lea’i set to sign his first professional contract
Raphael Lea’i is one of the greatest talents Oceania football has ever produced, his meteoric rise came in the 2018 OFC U-16 championship when he scored a hattrick against New Zealand. He then went to the Wellington Phoenix Academy before returning to his homeland to play for the Henderson Eels. In the FIFA World CupContinue reading “Raphael Lea’i set to sign his first professional contract”
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