2025 OFC Men's Champions League

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2025 OFC Men's Champions League
Tournament details
Host countriesQualifying stage:
Cook Islands
Final tournament:
Solomon Islands [1]
DatesQualifying:
8–14 February [2]
Competition proper:
30 March – 12 April [3]
TeamsCompetition proper: 8
Total: 10 (from 10 associations)
Final positions
Champions Flag of New Zealand.svg Auckland City (13th title)
Runners-up Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Hekari United
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored45 (3 per match)
Attendance26,969 (1,798 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg Hudson Oreinima
(5 goals)
(Central Coast)
Best player(s) Flag of New Zealand.svg Dylan Manickum
(Auckland City)
Best goalkeeper Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Dave Tomare
(Hekari United)
Fair play award Flag of New Zealand.svg Auckland City
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The 2025 OFC Men's Champions League was the 24th edition of the Oceanian club championship. Organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC), it is Oceania's premier club football tournament. This edition was the second season under the current OFC Men's Champions League name.

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The winners of the 2025 OFC Men's Champions League automatically qualified for the 2025 FIFA Intercontinental Cup. They will also have the chance to qualify for the 2029 FIFA Club World Cup as the best OFC Men's Champions League winners in the OFC 4-year ranking from 2025–2028.

Teams

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Location of teams of the 2025 OFC Champions League.
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A total of 18 teams from all 11 OFC member associations may enter the competition.

Qualified teams for 2025 OFC Men's Champions League
Entry roundTeams
Group stage Flag of Fiji.svg Rewa (CW) New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg Tiga Sport (1st) [Note NCL] Flag of New Zealand.svg Auckland City (CW) [3] [4] Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Hekari United (CW) [5]
Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg Central Coast (CW) Flag of French Polynesia.svg Pirae (CW) Flag of Vanuatu.svg Ifira Black Bird (CW) [6]
Qualifying stage PR Flag of American Samoa.svg Royal Puma (3rd) Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Tupapa Maraerenga (CW) Flag of Samoa.svg Vaipuna (CW)
Notes
  1. New Caledonia (NCL): No champion was declared for the 2024 New Caledonia Super Ligue season due to its mid-season cancellation. The New Caledonian Football Federation has consulted the Confederation for the New Caledonian representatives in the OCL, and is confirmed to be the league leaders AS Tiga Sport. [7] [8]

Schedule

Schedule for 2025 OFC Men's Champions League
PhaseRoundDraw dateFirst legSecond leg
Qualifying stagePreliminary group (Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands)11 December 2024 [3] 8 February
11 February
14 February
Group stage [2] Matchday 130-31 March
Matchday 22-3 April
Matchday 35-6 April
Knockout phaseSemi-finals9 April
Final12 April

Qualifying stage

Preliminary group

The draw was held on 11 December 2024 at OFC Headquarters in Auckland. [9] [10] For this edition, no team from Tonga was present in the draw. The three teams in the qualifying stage played each other on a round-robin basis at a centralised venue in Cook Islands. The winners advanced to the group stage to join Rewa, Tiga Sport, Auckland City and the four winners from the national playoffs. [2]

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification TUP VAI RPU
1 Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Tupapa Maraerenga (H)211054+14 Group stage ———
2 Flag of Samoa.svg Vaipuna 210152+33 1–2 ——
3 Flag of American Samoa.svg Royal Puma 201137−41 3–3 0–4 —
Source: OFC
(H) Hosts

Final tournament

Qualified teams

Teams entering the Group stageTeams qualified from the qualifying round

Seeding

Draw result

 Group A
PosTeam
A1 Flag of New Zealand.svg Auckland City
A2 Flag of French Polynesia.svg Pirae
A3 New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg Tiga Sport
A4 Flag of Fiji.svg Rewa
Group B
PosTeam
B1 Flag of Vanuatu.svg Ifira Black Bird
B2 Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Tupapa Maraerenga [a]
B3 Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Hekari United
B4 Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg Central Coast

Venues

All matches were held at the Lawson Tama Stadium and the National Stadium in Honiara.

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Honiara
Lawson Tama Stadium Solomon Islands National Stadium
Capacity: 20,000Capacity: 10,000
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Group stage

The group stage matches were originally scheduled to take place in Fiji. [2] However, due to venue availability issues, the group stage is moved to Honiara, Solomon Islands, and was played from 30 March to 6 April 2025. [3]

Group A

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification AUC TIG PIR REW
1 Flag of New Zealand.svg Auckland City 321041+37 Knockout stage — 2−0 1–0 —
2 New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg Tiga Sport 31115504——— 4–2
3 Flag of French Polynesia.svg Pirae 31112204— 1–1 ——
4 Flag of Fiji.svg Rewa 301236−31 1–1 — 0−1 —
Source: OFC

Group B

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification HEK IFI CEN TUP
1 Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Hekari United 3210131+127 Knockout stage —— 3−0 —
2 Flag of Vanuatu.svg Ifira Black Bird 312052+35 1−1 —— 3−0
3 Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg Central Coast (H)311184+44— 1−1 — 7−0
4 Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Tupapa Maraerenga 3003019−190 0−9 ———
Source: OFC
(H) Hosts

Knockout stage

The four teams in the knockout stage played on a single-elimination basis, with each tie played as a single match at the Solomon Islands National Stadium .

Bracket

 
 Semi-finals Final
 
      
 
9 April 2025
 
 
 Flag of New Zealand.svg Auckland City 2
 
12 April 2025
 
 Flag of Vanuatu.svg Ifira Black Bird 0
 
 Flag of New Zealand.svg Auckland City 2
 
9 April 2025
 
 Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Hekari United 0
 
 Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Hekari United 1
 
 
 New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg Tiga Sport 0
 

Semi-finals

Team 1ScoreTeam 2
Auckland City   Flag of New Zealand.svg 2–0 Flag of Vanuatu.svg   Ifira Black Bird
Hekari United   Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg 1–0 New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg   Tiga Sport

Grand Final

Main article: 2025 OFC Men's Champions League final

In the final, the two semi-final winners played against each other. The final was played on 12 April 2025.

Auckland City Flag of New Zealand.svg 2−0 Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Hekari United
  • Bevan Soccerball shade.svg39', 83' (pen.)
 Report
National Stadium, Honiara
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Facundo Tello (Argentina)

Statistics

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerTeamGoals
1 Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg Hudson Oreinima Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg Central Coast 5
2 Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Rex Naime Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Hekari United 4
3 Flag of New Zealand.svg Myer Bevan Flag of New Zealand.svg Auckland City 3
Flag of New Zealand.svg Haris Zeb Flag of New Zealand.svg Auckland City
5 Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Nathaniel Eddie Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Hekari United 2
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Joseph Joe Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Hekari United
Flag of New Zealand.svg Dylan Manickum Flag of New Zealand.svg Auckland City
Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg John Orobulu Flag of Fiji.svg Rewa
New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg Mickael Partodikromo New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg Tiga Sport
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Pala Paul Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Hekari United
Flag of Brazil.svg Lucas Santos Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Hekari United
Flag of Vanuatu.svg Jordy Tasip Flag of Vanuatu.svg Ifira Black Bird

Awards

AwardWinner [11] Team
Golden Ball Flag of New Zealand.svg Dylan Manickum Flag of New Zealand.svg Auckland City
Golden Boot Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg Hudson Oreinima Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg Central Coast
Golden Glove Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Dave Tomare Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Hekari United
Fair Play Award— Flag of New Zealand.svg Auckland City

Notes

  1. 1 2 The identity of the qualifying winners was not known at the time of the final draw

References

  1. ↑ "OFC Champions League moves to Solomon Islands". FBC News. 3 December 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "OFC competition hosts confirmed for 2025". Oceania Football Confederation. 14 October 2024. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Switch of venue for 2025 OFC Men's Champions League tournament". Friends of Football NZ. 5 December 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  4. ↑ "Extra time drama as Auckland City are crowned men's national champions". Friends of Football. 1 December 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  5. ↑ "OFC Champions League pools confirmed". The National. 12 December 2024. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
  6. ↑ "OFC Champions League 2025". Port Vila Football Association. 11 December 2024. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
  7. ↑ "Fin des compétitions fédérales pour 2024 Gilles – TAVERGEUX - Président de la FCF" (in French). Fédération Calédonienne de Football. 18 August 2024. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
  8. ↑ "OFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - OFFICIEL FCF - Le club de TIGA SPORT sera le futur représentant calédonien lors de la prochaine LIGUE DES CHAMPIONS de l'OCÉANIE 2025 #fedcalfoot" (in French). Fédération Calédonienne de Football. 15 November 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  9. ↑ "Draw confirmed for OFC Men's Champions League 2025". Oceania Football Confederation. 11 December 2024. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
  10. ↑ "Draw made for 2025 OFC Men's Champions League in Solomon Islands". friendsoffootballnz.com. 11 December 2024. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
  11. ↑ "Tournament awards, reaction after Auckland City's OFC Champions League win". friendsoffootballnz.com. 13 April 2025. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
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