Year: | 2008–09 |
Dates: | 1 November 2008 – 2 May 2009 |
Num Teams: | 6 |
Associations: | 5 |
Champion Other: | Auckland City |
Count: | 2 |
Second Other: | Koloale |
Matches: | 14 |
Goals: | 53 |
Prevseason: | 2007–08 |
Nextseason: | 2009–10 |
The 2008–09 OFC Champions League was the 8th edition of the Oceanian Club Championship, Oceania's premier club football tournament organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC), and the 3rd season under the current OFC Champions League name. The competition consisted of a home and away group stage, followed by a knockout round. It took place from 2 November 2008 until 3 May 2009.
A qualifying round was due to be played, but due to the withdrawal of the representatives from the Cook Islands and Tuvalu, the entrants from Papua New Guinea automatically gained entry to the main draw. It is unknown why the domestic champions of Tahiti and New Caledonia were unable to participate.
The winner of the tournament was Auckland City of New Zealand, who beat Koloale of the Solomon Islands in the two legged final, claiming Oceania's US$1 million (NZ$1.41 million) berth in the 2009 FIFA Club World Cup in Japan.
Direct to group stage
O-League Preliminary
Under the rules of the OFC Champions League, the winner of the O-League Preliminary competition replaces the last-placed member nation from the previous year's O-League.
Hekari United automatically qualified to the Group Stage following the withdrawal of the representative clubs from Cook Islands and Tuvalu.
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See main article: 2009 OFC Champions League Final.
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Auckland City won 9 – 4 on aggregate.
The OFC Champions League winner also advances to the qualifying round of the 2009 FIFA Club World Cup.
Rank | Player | Club | Total | |||||||
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1 | Keryn Jordan | Auckland City | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |||
2 | Paul Urlovic | Auckland City | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||||
3 | Richard Anisua | Koloale | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||
Chad Coombes | Auckland City | 3 | 3 | |||||||
Roy Krishna | Waitakere United | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
Paul Seaman | Waitakere United | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||
7 | Abraham Iniga | Hekari United | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
Kema Jack | Hekari United | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
Nicholas Muri | Koloale | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
Milos Nikolic | Auckland City | 2 | 2 | |||||||
Osea Vakatalesau | Ba | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
Last updated May 3, 2009 |