2011–12 OFC Champions League
International football competition
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The 2011–12 OFC Champions League, also known as the 2012 O-League, was the 11th edition of the Oceanian Club Championship, Oceania's premier club football tournament organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC), and the 6th season under the current OFC Champions League name. It was contested by eight teams from seven countries. The teams were split into two four-team pools, the winner of each pool contesting the title of O-League Champion and the right to represent the OFC at the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup.
Auckland City (4th title)
Tefana| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 29 October 2011 – 12 May 2012 |
| Teams | 8 (from 7 associations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Auckland City (4th title) |
| Runners-up | Tefana |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 26 |
| Goals scored | 88 (3.38 per match) |
| Top scorer |  Manel Expósito (6 goals) |
| Best player | Albert Riera |
| Best goalkeeper | Jacob Spoonley |
← 2010–11 2012–13 → | |
The title was won by the defending champions Auckland City.
Participants
From the 2011–12 season, the two New Zealand clubs were placed in different groups (in previous tournaments they were placed in the same group) – one was drawn with the club champions of Fiji, New Caledonia and Tahiti while the other competed in the second group with the champions of Vanuatu, Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea.[1]
Again no preliminary tournament for the 2011–12 O-League was played. Instead, the champion teams from American Samoa, Samoa, Cook Islands and Tonga would take part in a pilot stand-alone tournament in 2012. It was proposed that this competition would in future seasons became a preliminary tournament with the winner qualifying to play off for a place in the O-League (starting from 2012–13).[1]
| Association | Team | Qualifying method |
|---|---|---|
 Fiji |
Ba | 2010 Fiji National Football League champion[2] |
 New Caledonia |
Mont-Dore | 2010 New Caledonia Division Honneur champion[3] |
| New Zealand |
Waitakere United | 2010–11 New Zealand Football Championship champion and premier[4] |
| Auckland City | 2010–11 New Zealand Football Championship regular season runner-up[5] | |
 Papua New Guinea |
Hekari United | 2010–11 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League champion[6] |
 Solomon Islands |
Koloale | 2011 Solomon Islands Champions League Playoff winner[7] |
| Tahiti |
Tefana | 2010–11 Tahiti Division Fédérale champion[8] |
 Vanuatu |
Amicale | 2011 Vanuatu National Soccer League winner[9] |
Schedule
The match schedule was as follows.[10]
| Round | Date | |
|---|---|---|
| Group stage | Matchday 1 | 29–30 October 2011 |
| Matchday 2 | 19–20 November 2011 | |
| Matchday 3 | 3–4 December 2011 | |
| Matchday 4 | 18–19 February 2012 | |
| Matchday 5 | 3–4 March 2012 | |
| Matchday 6 | 31 March–1 April 2012 | |
| Final | First leg | 28–29 April 2012 |
| Second leg | 12–13 May 2012 | |
Group stage
Based on seeding, sporting reasons and travel considerations, the OFC Executive Committee separated the teams into two groups in June 2011.[11] A draw was held at the OFC Headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand on 19 July 2011, 14:30 UTC+12:00, to decide the "position" of each team within those groups, which was used to determine the schedule.[12]
In each group, the teams played each other home-and-away in a round-robin format, with the group winner advancing to the final. If two or more teams were tied on points, the tiebreakers would be as follows:[13]
- Goal difference
- Goals scored
- Head-to-head record among teams concerned (points; goal difference; goals scored)
- Fair play record
- Drawing of lots
Group A
| Mont-Dore | 0 – 1 | Waitakere United |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Bale  40' |
| Mont-Dore | 0 – 1 | Ba |
|---|---|---|
| Report[permanent dead link] | Vakatalesau 36' (pen.) |
| Tefana | 3 – 0 | Waitakere United |
|---|---|---|
| Tehau 1' Labayen 43'Neuffer 70' |
Report[permanent dead link] |
| Ba | 3 – 2 | Waitakere United |
|---|---|---|
| Tekiate 36' Salauneune 51' Kainihewe 73' |
Report | Cunneen 31' Lovemore 83' |
| Waitakere United | 4 – 0 | Mont-Dore |
|---|---|---|
| McKenzie 68' Haviland 73' Pearce 82' Lovermore 87' |
Report[permanent dead link] |
- Notes
- Note 1: Rescheduled due to Tefana's involvement in the 2011–12 Coupe de France.[10]
- Note 2: Originally scheduled to be played on 31 March 2012 at Govind Park, Ba, but postponed to 1 April 2012 and moved to Churchill Park, Lautoka, due to a severe storm that caused massive disruption across Fiji and left Govind Park in an unsuitable state to host the fixture.[14] Due to further deterioration in the weather situation and outlook, it was decided to postpone the match to a later date.[15] With Fiji still recovering from the flooding, it was proposed that the match would take place in Auckland.[16]
Group B
| Amicale | 1 – 1 | Hekari United |
|---|---|---|
| Masauvakalo 45' |
Report | Jack 90+3' |
| Auckland City | 2 – 0 | Hekari United |
|---|---|---|
| Expósito 49' Tade 72' |
Report |
| Hekari United | 3 – 1 | Koloale |
|---|---|---|
| Waqa 6' Lepani 16'Baleitoga 79' |
Report[permanent dead link] | Naka 82' |
| Auckland City | 3 – 2 | Amicale |
|---|---|---|
| Expósito 40' (pen.), 45+1' Dickinson 87' |
Report[permanent dead link] | Pritchett 23' (o.g.) Maemae 76' |
| Auckland City | 7 – 3 | Koloale |
|---|---|---|
| Dickinson 7', 59' Coombes 36'Lafai 40' (o.g.)Vicelich 58'Milne 62'Koprivcic 83' |
Report[permanent dead link] | Anisi 16' Totori 65'Naka 90+3' |
| Hekari United | 2 – 0 | Amicale |
|---|---|---|
| Jack 11', 79' |
Report[permanent dead link] |
| Koloale | 1 – 0 | Amicale |
|---|---|---|
| Sale 87' |
Report[permanent dead link] |
| Hekari United | 1 – 1 | Auckland City |
|---|---|---|
| Dunadamu 60' |
Report | Feneridis 90+1' |
| Amicale | 1 – 0 | Auckland City |
|---|---|---|
| Tangis 60' |
Report[permanent dead link] |
| Koloale | 1 – 2 | Hekari United |
|---|---|---|
| Totori 16' (pen.) |
Report[permanent dead link] | Dunadamu 45' Jack 75' |
- Notes
- Note 3: Postponed from 3 December 2011 due to ground availability issues.[17]
- Note 4: Rescheduled due to Auckland City's involvement in the 2011 FIFA Club World Cup.[10]
Final
The winners of the two groups played in the final over two legs, with the order of matches decided by a random draw. The away goals rule applied, with extra time and a penalty shootout used to decide the winner if necessary.[13]
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auckland City |
3–1 | Tefana |
2–1 | 1–0 |
| Tefana | 0 – 1 | Auckland City |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Expósito 41' |
Auckland City won 3–1 on aggregate. As OFC Champions League winners they qualified for the qualifying round of the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup.
| OFC Champions League 2011–12 Winners |
|---|
 Auckland City Fourth title |
Awards
The following awards were given:[18]
- Golden Ball (best player):
Albert Riera (Auckland City) - Golden Boot (top scorer): Manel Expósito (Auckland City)
- Golden Gloves (best goalkeeper):
Jacob Spoonley (Auckland City) - Fair Play Award:
Koloale
Goalscorers
- Own goals
| Rank | Name | Team | Goals | Opponent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Pritchett |
Auckland City |
1 | Amicale |
| Jone Vesikula |
Ba |
Waitakere United | ||
| Francis Lafai |
Koloale |
Auckland City |