The third friendly match played by Vanuatu national team in their home soil against local teams ended up in their first defeat – after beating Galaxy in their first match and hammering Ifira Black Bird by 7-0 in the second – as they suffered a hard fought 2-1 loss to Galaxy FC. The current nationalContinue reading “Galaxy FC beats Vanuatu national team in friendly match”
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Fiji: Ba president steps down
The most victorious football club from Fiji is definitively not having a good start of season at Digicel Premier League – and also in this week, the Ba Football Association announced Rynal Kumar, now former president of the association, stepped down from his role. “Rynal Kumar has resigned from his position as President of BaContinue reading “Fiji: Ba president steps down”
Roy Krishna returns to action in Indian Super League
The best Fijian footballer of all-time, Roy Krishna, missed a total of five games for his club in ATK Mohun Bagan in India; the striker was sidelined due an injury that forced the player to stop his prolific form in the most important football league of the South Asian region. Just days after being confirmedContinue reading “Roy Krishna returns to action in Indian Super League”
FIFA World Cup Qualifiers: Vanuatu displays great performance in friendly
In their second friendly match heading for FIFA World Cup Qualifiers, the Vanuatu had a very good performance against the traditional side of Ifira Black Bird. The match was played this Tuesday at Port Vila Stadium. The Etienne Mermer-coached side had no problems to thrash the opponents by a compreehensive margin of 7 goals toContinue reading “FIFA World Cup Qualifiers: Vanuatu displays great performance in friendly”
Tommy Semmy makes his debut in Australia
Last saturday was very special day for a certain Papua New Guinean citizen – one of the most celebrated sportsman of his country: Tommy Semmy. The strong striker made his debut in Australia after several succesful seasons in New Zealand playing for the traditional Hamilton Wanderers. Now Semmy represents Altona Magic from Melbourne, another traditionalContinue reading “Tommy Semmy makes his debut in Australia”
“Unacceptable Behaviour” drops two from the Fiji national team squad
Unfortunately, one more time, Fiji football faces the same problem: behaviour issues with its players. This time the Fiji Football Association adressed the situation as an “unacceptable behaviour” what forced the national to be reduced: “[…] the squad has now been further reduced to 22 players as two players have been dropped from the squadContinue reading ““Unacceptable Behaviour” drops two from the Fiji national team squad”
Labasa’s Ilisoni Logaivou is called up for Fiji National Team
After some speculation, the final list of Fiji National Team is complete: the last player to join Flemming Serritslev team is coming from Labasa FC and he is Ilisoni Logaivau. The Labasa man has enjoyed great seasons with the Babasiga Lions and now his performances received attention from the national team head coach. The DanishContinue reading “Labasa’s Ilisoni Logaivou is called up for Fiji National Team”
Fijian goalkeeper heads to Australian A-League
There is some hope for the future for the Fijian football fans, especially when it comes to the goalkeeping position: recently it was announced by Football Queensland that the Fijian goalkeeper Ryan Mudaliar moved from NPL’s side Brisbane Striker to the A-League club Western United. The young goalkeeper caught interest from a club of theContinue reading “Fijian goalkeeper heads to Australian A-League”
PNG Kapuls: David Browne is confirmed in national team squad
After a lot of rumours around the participation or not of Papua New Guinea’s sole full professional player in the next FIFA World Cup Qualifiers, Oceania Football Center is delighted to announce that HJK’s David Browne will take part in the competition donning the colours of his home country. The news were confirmed by PNGContinue reading “PNG Kapuls: David Browne is confirmed in national team squad”
Roy Krishna: a history maker
Even before the COVID-19 crisis that shocked the world, a Labasa-born footballer was making history overseas; arguably the most important Fijian football player ever, Roy Krishna was named the best player of the 2018/19 Australian A-League season playing for the Wellington Phoenix. In that season, the striker also turned himself into the all-time top scorerContinue reading “Roy Krishna: a history maker”
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