ISPS Handa Premiership is back! The top tier of New Zealand football had its first matches played this weekend. Oceania Football Center brings to you a review of what happened in these five clashes! WAITAKERE UNITED 3-1 WELLINGTON PHOENIX RESERVES After a disappointing 2018-19 season, Waitakere United comes with a promising squad for this ISPSContinue reading “A very entertaining matchweek kicks-off ISPS Handa Premiership”
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New Zealand win and keep their chances alive in U17 FIFA World Cup
New Zealand needed a win against Canada if they wanted to keep their chances alive in the U17 World Cup – and this is exactly what the Young All Whites have done. A superb performance of the goalkeeper Alex Paulsen and a fantastic goal scored by Matthew Garbett made the Oceania champions to win CanadaContinue reading “New Zealand win and keep their chances alive in U17 FIFA World Cup”
ISPS Handa Premiership kicks-off this weekend
The most important national league of Oceania starts a new season this weekend. Full of new players and stronger squads than the previous years, the 2019/20 season of ISPS Handa Premiership in New Zealand promises to be the best of the league in the history. You can see more information about the previous editions ofContinue reading “ISPS Handa Premiership kicks-off this weekend”
New Zealand play their chances against Canada in FIFA U17 World Cup
The Young All Whites still have some chances to qualify for the Round of 16 of this edition of FIFA U17 World Cup. To keep their chances alive they need to win their final group match against Canada – to be played in Estádio Bezerrão, in Brazilian capital city. Both sides lost their two firstContinue reading “New Zealand play their chances against Canada in FIFA U17 World Cup”
Tommy Semmy: a story of a hardworker
To achieve success in any areas of our lives we really need to battle to reach the expectations we have. Although not always our efforts can guarantee us our aims, without trying the best we can we are surely not going to obtain what we are hoping for. The football world might be cruel forContinue reading “Tommy Semmy: a story of a hardworker”
New Zealand fights but is beaten by Brazil at U17 World Cup
New Zealand knew they would have a hard time against Brazil – but probrably they never imagined they almost could get something from this match. The Kiwis had at least three real goalscoring chances against the powerhouses but could not came up with a good result. Brazil started the match with a lively attacking frontContinue reading “New Zealand fights but is beaten by Brazil at U17 World Cup”
New Zealand face hosts Brazil in their second match at U17 World Cup
New Zealand will come back to Estádio Bezerrão to face the hosts Brazil in their second match in the world stage youth tournament. The Kiwis suffered a very frustrating defeat against Angola in their opener match by 2-1 margin and hope for a better result against the South American powerhouses. The task of the OceaniaContinue reading “New Zealand face hosts Brazil in their second match at U17 World Cup”
Uninspired New Zealand is defeated by African debutants
Today New Zealand started their campaing at the 2019 U17 FIFA World Cup in Brazil and Estádio Bezerrão did not see a good performance by the Young All Whites – surely the coach Jose Figueira is not happy from what he has seem from his team. New Zealand faced Angola at their opener – theContinue reading “Uninspired New Zealand is defeated by African debutants”
U17 World Cup: New Zealand looks to keep their development running
There is no doubt that New Zealand is most prominent football nation of Oceania, but at world stage the situation is far different: the Kiwis took part of only two World Cups (1982 and 2010) and produced few players that had impact at the most important football leagues. Wynton Rufer is certainly the most prominentContinue reading “U17 World Cup: New Zealand looks to keep their development running”
Jean-Philippe Saiko: making New Caledonia proud
🇫🇷 Lire en français ici New Caledonian football reached a lot of important achievements in the recent history of Oceania football: played their first FIFA tournament in the 2017 edition of U17 World Cup held India, reached the finals of OFC Nations Cup 2012 and the semifinals of the last edition in 2017, earned theContinue reading “Jean-Philippe Saiko: making New Caledonia proud”
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