Former All Whites midfielder Jake Butler has signed with Brunswick City SC from Australia after representing Hamilton Wanderers in the 2019-20 ISPS Handa Premiership season.
Butler is a 36-year-old defensive midfielder that played two matches for New Zealand National Football Team in 2013. He is going to play NPL Victoria 2, the second tier of the football league system from Victoria, Australia.
He scored three goals in eight matches for Hamilton Wanderers in the season.
Misiwane Nairube is ruled out of Ba’s squad for Champions League. The 24-year-old goalkeeper suffered a finger injury in a friendly match against Nadi on Friday.
According to Ba’s head coach Ricki Herbert, Nairube is expected to miss three weeks due to his injury which means that he is going to miss 2020 OFC Champions League. Beniaminio Mateinaqara and Atunaisa Naucukidi will be Ba’s goalkeepers in the continental tournament.
Nairube is one of the best goalkeepers from Fiji and he was Ba’s starting goalkeeper in the last OFC Champions League.
Ba will debut in 2020 OFC Champions League on Sunday against Auckland City from New Zealand.
Former Australia National Football Team player Harry Kewell will be visiting Fiji in the next month. Fiji Football Association president Rajesh Patel confirmed that Kewell will be the guest speaker at Vodafone/Fiji FA Awards Night on 14th March.
The Fiji FA Awards Night will reward the best players from 2019 Fiji Football season.
Kewell is one of the most important footballers of Australia’s history. He represented the Socceroos in two FIFA World Cups (2006 and 2010). He scored 17 goals in 58 matches for Australia National Football Team.
The SIPA Championship starts on Saturday. Eight futsal teams from Solomon Islands will fight for the title. They are divided in two groups of four teams each and the top-two teams from each group will advance through the semifinals.
Current OFC Futsal Champions League winners Kooline FC is drawn in the Group A alongside with The Saints, KF Gold and Joma FC while Marist FC, Island Brothers, Mataks and Koloale FC are grouped in the Pool B.
All matches will be played at Multi-Purpose Hall in Honiara. Oceania Football Center wishes good luck to all participants.
Current Telekom S-League champions Solomon Warriors announced their 18-men squad for OFC Champions League. All eighteen players represented the team in the national league and now they are ready for the continental challenge.
The transfer window of Solomon Islands closed on November 8 and it did not open before the upcoming edition of OFC Champions League. It means that Warriors could not sign players from other teams.
However, Warriors still have a strong squad with lots of quality including two foreigners from Vanuatu: 2019-20 Telekom S-League MVP John Alick and striker Tony Kaltack.
You can check the squad by clicking here.
Contrary to reports from around a month ago, Alwin Komolong will be plying his trade for Fijian side Ba in the OFC Champions League in a couple of weeks, throwing into doubt his availability for Lae City for the remainder of the 2019/20 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League season.
We previously reported that both Alwin and his brother Felix had moved to Lae City ahead of Lae’s OFC campaign, but the pair were not registered in time to play in the continental competition, and Lae were subsequently eliminated after coming third in their group.
However, news from today’s Fiji Sun suggests that Alwin has been training with the Fijian side for a week or so, and that he will be part of the side’s squad for the crucial group games against Auckland City, AS Venus and Lupe o le Soaga.
The announcement will concern Lae City fans, who believed both Alwin and his brother were secured to play in the remainder of this year’s NSL to shore up the side’s defence, which conceded six goals in three matches in the Champions League earlier this month.
Telekom S-League board announced that they are looking for applicants for a new team to make a 10-club league in the next season of the national football league from Solomon Islands.
The current season of U19 Telekom S-League counts on ten teams: nine teams that played the Senior S-League (Guadalcanal, Henderson Eels, Isabel United, Kossa, Laugu United, Malaita Kingz, Marist, Real Kakamora, Solomon Warriors) and Renbel FC.
The 2019-20 senior edition counted on nine teams including two newcomers. Isabel United and Laugu United had great debut seasons and now it is time to look for one more team to increase the number of Telekom S-League participants.
Western United did not play the last season after finishing 2018 Telekom S-League in the fifth position.
It is not known if the next edition will really count on 10 teams but it would be good to see more and more teams taking part of the major football competition from Solomon Islands.
Malampa Revivors won Lae City by 3-0 in the last matchday of 2020 OFC Champions League Group B to advance through the knockout stage. All three goals were scored by Andre Batick that returned from suspension to make history.
Forward Andre Batick saw the red card in the opening matchday against Lautoka after fouling his countryman Jason Thomas in the first half. Despite playing the whole second half with ten players, Revivors managed to hold Lautoka to a 1-1 draw.
The Group B hosts had to deal with Batick’s absence in the second match against Henderson Eels from Solomon Islands. After suffering a lot, the Ni-Vanuatu side found a goal in the last minutes to draw another match.
The third and final match was decisive for Malampa. After drawing two matches in a row, the Ni-Vanuatu side needed to beat Lae City to qualify for the quarterfinals as Henderson Eels won Lautoka by 3-2 in the previous match.
It was supposed to be a very difficult match for Revivors as Lae City scored ten goals in two matches and they were the favourites to win the game while the team from Luganville was trying to win their first international official match of all time. After missing the clash against Eels, Andre Batick returned to the starting eleven to make history.
The Papua New Guinean side did not have a great match and they saw Andre Batick return from suspension score one, two… three goals! Just like a hero, the 26-year-old forward found the net for three times to score a hat-trick and seal Revivors’ win by 3-0.
It was the first international win of Malampa Revivors’ history and the three goals scored by Batick put the team in the knockout stage of OFC Champions League for the first time ever. This fact becomes more and more unforgettable once it was done in front of their fans as the Group B was hosted by Revivors at Luganville.
Every tournament has its own history and Andre is now part of 2020 OFC Champions League’s history. Now he has the opportunity to keep making history as his team will play the knockout stage in April.
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Tasman United won Auckland City by 2-1 in the 15th matchweek of 2019-20 ISPS Handa Premiership. New Caledonia international Jean-Philippe Saïko scored a late goal in the stoppage time to give the win to Tasman.
Saïko keeps doing fine in his first ever season in New Zealand as he scored seven goals in thirteen matches so far. He is being one of the most important players in the team as he has been playing an important role in Tasman’s attack. He scored six goals in the last six matches and he also had many other opportunities to score in these games.
Tasman is currently in the fifth position and fighting for a spot in the play-offs.
The 2020 PVFA Opening Cup is coming to its end. The two semifinals were played this weekend and now the finalists are known: Tafea and Ifira Black Bird are ready to clash to decide who will take the trophy home.
Ifira Black Bird won a young sided Erakor Golden Star by 4-2 to seal their spot in the final while Tafea has beaten Tupuji Imere by 1-0 with a goal scored by John Thomas.
According to reliable sources the final match will be played on Saturday. The Opening Cup is the first football competition in Port Vila this year as the 2019-20 Port Vila Premier League is expected to return in March. Tafea and Ifira Black Bird are currently leading the league with eighteen points each
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