Football Australia and the newly formed Australian Professional Leagues (APL) today announced that terms have been agreed to ‘unbundle’ the A-League, Westfield W-League and Y-League (‘Professional Leagues’) from Football Australia. This unbundling of the Professional Leagues from Football Australia means that the Australian football structure will be in line with …
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The 2020 FIFA Club World Cup in Qatar will kick off with Al Duhail SC facing Oceania representatives Auckland City FC at the Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium on February 1. Al Duhail confirmed their place as the host team after emerging the 2019-20 Qatar Stars League champions. The winners will …
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The OFC Executive Committee has agreed to further changes to the OFC’s football calendar for the upcoming year 2021. Due to the uncertain international environment caused by COVID-19 and border restrictions throughout the Pacific, OFC remains unable to operate football tournaments. The OFC U-20 Championship, that was due to be …
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The OFC Executive Committee has held its final meeting for 2020, wrapping up a year unlike any other in the Oceania Football Confederation’s 54-year history. Although 2020 has been forgettable for many reasons, OFC believes many positives have resulted from a year of uncertainty and unprecedented disruption. The Executive Committee …
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The success of the inaugural Just Play Cup in Fiji has organisers already looking ahead to the wider implementation of the pilot project in 2021. The Just Play Cup is a tournament-type programme which runs alongside the Just Play Programme incorporating a traditional football model alongside social components, providing players …
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The OFC Executive Committee has agreed to nominate New Zealand’s Auckland City FC as the Confederation’s representative to participate in the FIFA Club World Cup in February 2021. The winner of this year’s OFC Champions League was set to attend the tournament in Qatar, but the Champions League was cancelled …
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Isaac Tetteh and Enaut Zubikarai will go from goalkeeping course classmates to coaching rivals this weekend. Both men are part of the inaugural OFC/NZF Goalkeeping C Licence course being held in Auckland. The five-day coaching course is spread across two blocks and began with a three-day stretch that ran from …
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The Oceania Football Confederation Executive Committee has decided upon significant changes to the football calendar for the first quarter of 2021. Border restrictions and limited flights throughout the Pacific due to the coronavirus pandemic continue to pose a challenge for OFC. There is also quarantine or managed isolation protocols in …
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Following the decision in June to award Australia and New Zealand the right to host the next FIFA Women’s World Cup in 2023, the process to select the Host Cities for the tournament took its first steps today with confirmation that virtual workshops between FIFA and the 12 candidate cities …
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Indian Super League newcomers SC East Bengal announced on Sunday the signing of Germany defender Ville Matti Steinmann ahead of the 2020/21 season. 25 year old Hamburg-born Ville Matti Steinmann played locally for TSV Bargteheide and SV Preußen Reinfeld at youth level before joining the Hamburger SV Academy. He was …
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