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Oceania Football Confederation

Top-level coaching diploma course to be available for first time in New Zealand

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Ambitious New Zealand coaches will soon be able to undertake courses for the Pro Licence coaching diploma, the first time it has been available in Oceania. A partnership between New Zealand Football and Oceania Football Confederation will enable the Pro … Read More

coaching, New Zealand Football, Oceania Football Confederation

New Zealand referees complete VAR course ahead of new pro’ club league

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Three New Zealand referees have completed a two-day course to learn how the video assistant referee (VAR) system works. Isaac Trevis, Anna-Marie Keighley and Campbell Kirk Kawana Waugh were among 14 officials from the Oceania Football Confederation who undertook the … Read More

Oceania Football Confederation, refereeing

Football flashback: How the game was faring in New Zealand 50 years ago

posted in: Heritage, News, Publications, Uncategorized |

In early 1973, one of New Zealand’s leading sports commentators, Geoff Sinclair, provided a ‘state of the nation’ review of football, or ‘soccer’ as the sport was widely known at the time. Sinclair, the sports editor of Sunday News, and … Read More

Bert Ormond, Chatham Cup, feature, Men's National League, Oceania Football Confederation

Plans revealed for professional club league to launch in Oceania in 2025

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The Oceania Football Confederation aims to launch a professional league for the region’s clubs in 2025. The new competition would potentially replace the OFC Champions League, of which Auckland City are the current champions. Plans to form the new league … Read More

Oceania Football Confederation, OFC Champions League

OFC boost women’s division with three new appointments

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Former NZ Football manager Ashleigh Cox has joined Oceania Football Confederation’s Auckland-based staff as part of its women’s football division. In a statement at their website, OFC says: “After a year off on maternity leave, Ashleigh will return to continue … Read More

Ashleigh Cox, Oceania Football Confederation

Vale: Football loses a passionate advocate for coach education

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The New Zealand and Oceania football communities have lost a passionate advocate for coach education with the death of Glenn Turner. Turner devoted his career to football, and primarily to coach education, working for the New Zealand Football Association, FIFA … Read More

Coaching News, Glenn Taylor, obituary, Oceania Football Confederation

New president wants shake-up of OFC Champions League

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The OFC Champions League — contested by New Zealand’s national league title winners each year — is in line for a shake-up. The newly-elected president of the Oceania Football Confederation, Lambert Maltock, says it’s time the competition was given a … Read More

Auckland City, FIFA Club World Cup, Lambert Maltock, Oceania Football Confederation, OFC Champions League

The World Cup squad stacked with Lotto NRFL names — and a comedian

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Whatever hurdles the All Whites face, they pale when compared to the efforts being made to bring together squad members for Oceania World Cup qualifying tournament outsiders Cook Islands. New Zealand head coach Danny Hay knows he may struggle to … Read More

All Whites, Cook Islands, FIFA World Cup, Oceania Football Confederation

Familiar faces lined up to play against All Whites at Oceania World Cup qualifiers

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Two players well known to New Zealand football fans will been named in squads to face the All Whites at the Oceania FIFA World Cup qualifying tournament in March. Former Wellington Phoenix striker Roy Krishna will captain Fiji while Hamilton … Read More

All Whites, FIFA World Cup, Fiji, New Caledonia, Oceania Football Confederation, Papua New Guinea

All Whites opponents going through ‘brutal’ preparation for World Cup qualifiers

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The New Caledonian squad to face the All Whites in the Oceania FIFA World Cup qualifying tournament have been training together three times a week since November in an effort to be in the best possible shape for the March … Read More

All Whites, FIFA World Cup, New Caledonia, Oceania Football Confederation

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