Tourney Name: | OFC Champions League |
Year: | 2014–15 |
Other Titles: | 2015 Fiji Airways OFC Champions League |
Country: | Preliminary stage: |
Country2: | Final stage: |
Dates: | Preliminary stage: 7–11 October 2014 Final stage: 11–26 April 2015 |
Num Teams: | Final stage: 12 Total: 15 |
Associations: | 11 |
Champion Other: | Auckland City |
Count: | 7 |
Second Other: | Team Wellington |
Matches: | 27 |
Goals: | 97 |
Top Scorer: | Preliminary stage: Silao Malo Final stage: Saula Waqa |
Player: | Ivan Vicelich |
Goalkeeper: | Tamati Williams |
Fair Play: | Suva |
Prevseason: | 2013–14 |
Nextseason: | 2016 |
The 2014–15 OFC Champions League (officially the 2015 Fiji Airways OFC Champions League for sponsorship reasons)[1] was the 14th edition of the Oceanian Club Championship, Oceania's premier club football tournament organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC), and the 9th season under the current OFC Champions League name.
In an all-New Zealand final, four-time defending champions Auckland City defeated Team Wellington 4–3 on penalties (1–1 after extra time) to win their fifth consecutive and seventh overall title.[2] As the winner of the 2014–15 OFC Champions League, Auckland City earned the right to represent the OFC at the 2015 FIFA Club World Cup.
A total of 15 teams from all 11 OFC associations entered the competition. The four associations with the best results in the 2013–14 OFC Champions League (Fiji, New Zealand, Tahiti, Vanuatu) were awarded two berths each, and three other associations (New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands) were awarded one berth each. Those teams directly entered the group stage, to be joined by the winner of the preliminary stage, which was contested by teams from the four developing associations (American Samoa, Cook Islands, Samoa, Tonga).
The schedule of the competition was as follows. For this edition, the semi-finals and final were played as single matches (instead of over two legs on a home-and-away format as in the previous edition).[3]
Stage | Date | |
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Preliminary stage (Host: Samoa) | Matchday 1 | 7 October 2014 |
Matchday 2 | 9 October 2014 | |
Matchday 3 | 11 October 2014 | |
Group stage (Host: Fiji) | Matchday 1 | 11–12 April 2015 |
Matchday 2 | 14–15 April 2015 | |
Matchday 3 | 17–18 April 2015 | |
Knockout stage (Host: Fiji) | Semi-finals | 21 April 2015 |
Final | 26 April 2015 |
The preliminary stage was played in Apia, Samoa from 7 to 11 October 2014. The draw to determine the fixtures was held on 22 September 2014 at the OFC headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand.[4] The four teams played each other on a round-robin basis. The group winner advanced to the group stage to join the 11 automatic qualifiers.
All times UTC+14.
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The group stage was played in Ba and Suva, Fiji from 11 to 18 April 2015. The draw for the group stage was held on 5 December 2014 at the OFC headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand.[5] The 12 teams were drawn into three groups of four, with each group containing one team from each of the four pots. The allocation of teams into pots was based on the results of their associations in the previous edition of the OFC Champions League. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group.
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The schedule was confirmed on 4 February 2015.[6] In each group, the four teams played each other on a round-robin basis. The group winners and the best runner-up advanced to the semi-finals.
All times UTC+12.
----The kick-off of Group A matches on matchday 2 were delayed by 30 minutes due to heavy rain.[7] ----
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The knockout stage was played in Suva, Fiji from 21 to 26 April 2015.[8] The four teams played on a single-elimination basis.
All times UTC+12.
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See main article: 2015 OFC Champions League Final.
+Preliminary stage[9] | |||
Award | Player | Team | |
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Golden Ball | Silao Malo | Lupe ole Soaga | |
Golden Boot | Silao Malo | Lupe ole Soaga | |
Golden Gloves | Sione Faupula | Lotoha'apai United | |
Fair Play Award | — | Puaikura |
+Final stage (Group stage & Knockout stage) | |||
Award | Player | Team | |
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Golden Ball | Ivan Vicelich | Auckland City | |
Golden Boot | Saula Waqa | Ba | |
Golden Gloves | Tamati Williams | Auckland City | |
Fair Play Award | — | Suva |
+Preliminary stage | |||
Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
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1 | Silao Malo | Lupe ole Soaga | 5 |
2 | Luki Gosche | Lupe ole Soaga | 2 |
Kang Gun-chul | SKBC | ||
Stuart Kelly | Puaikura | ||
Andrew Setefano | Lupe ole Soaga | ||
Mark Uhatahi | Lotoha'apai United |
+Final stage (Group stage & Knockout stage) | |||
Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
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1 | Saula Waqa | Ba | 5 |
2 | Jean Kaltack | Tafea | 4 |
João Moreira | Auckland City | ||
4 | Michael Gwyther | Team Wellington | 3 |
Bertrand Kaï | Gaïtcha | ||
Jarrod Smith | Team Wellington | ||
Jean-Christ Wajoka | Gaïtcha | ||
8 | Dennis Ifunaoa | Hekari United | 2 |
Tommy Semmy | Hekari United | ||
Angelo Tchen | Tefana | ||
Osea Vakatalesau | Amicale | ||
Darren White | Auckland City |