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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.

Participating teams

Direct to group stage

• Auckland City (New Zealand) – 2007–08 New Zealand Football Championship regular season runner-up
• Ba (Fiji) – 2008 Fiji National League premier
• Koloale (Solomon Islands) – 2007–08 Solomon Islands National Club Championship champion
• Port Vila Sharks (Vanuatu) – 2008 VFF Bred Cup winner
• Waitakere United (New Zealand) – 2007–08 New Zealand Football Championship champion and premier

O-League Preliminary

Entrants

• Hekari United (Papua New Guinea) – 2007–08 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League champion
• Tupapa Maraerenga (Cook Islands)
• Nauti FC (Tuvalu)

Other OFC nations

• Magenta (New Caledonia) – disallowed
• Sinamoga (Samoa) – did not enter
• Tongans (Tonga) – did not enter
• Konica Machine FC (American Samoa) – did not enter
• (Tahiti) – member nation not eligible

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.

Qualifying stage

Hekari United automatically qualified to the Group Stage following the withdrawal of the representative clubs from Cook Islands and Tuvalu.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hekari United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Automatically qualifield for group stage
2	Tupapa Maraerenga	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew
3	Nauti FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		AUC	WAI	PVS
Auckland City	4	3	1	0	15	4	+11	10			2–2	8–1
Waitakere United	4	2	1	1	9	7	+2	7		1–3		3–0
Port Vila Sharks	4	0	0	4	3	16	−13	0		0–2	2–3

Auckland City	2–2	Waitakere United
Jordan 45', 48'	Report	Totori 21' Seaman 73'

Waitakere United	3–0	Port Vila Sharks
Seaman 21' Krishna 28', 34'	Report

Port Vila Sharks	0–2	Auckland City
	Report	Vava 8' (o.g.) Urlovic 70'

Auckland City	8–1	Port Vila Sharks
Urlovic 9', 71' Coombes 22', 47', 77' Nikolic 30' (pen.), 81' Feneridis 59'	Report	Feneridis 40' (o.g.)

Port Vila Sharks	2–3	Waitakere United
Poida 17' Sakama 57'	Report	Bale 10' Seaman 54' Hay 75'

Waitakere United	1–3	Auckland City
Krishna 83'	Report	Friel 68' Jordan 75' McGeorge 79'

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		KOL	HSU	BA
Koloale	4	2	1	1	4	2	+2	7			3–1	1–0
Hekari United	4	2	0	2	6	6	0	6		1–0		1–2
Ba	4	1	1	2	3	5	−2	4		0–0	1–3

Ba	0–0	Koloale
	Report

Koloale	3–1	Hekari United
Anisua 37' Muri 39' Nawo 77'	Report	Iniga 9'

Hekari United	1–2	Ba
Iniga 1'	Report	Vakatalesau 6' Dunadamu 84'

Ba	1–3	Hekari United
Vakatalesau 58'	Report	Jack 17' (pen.) Waroi 34' Mela 37'

Hekari United	1–0	Koloale
Jack 35' (pen.)	Report

Koloale	1–0	Ba
Muri 34'	Report

Final

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Koloale	4–9	Auckland City	2–7	2–2

Koloale	2–7	Auckland City
Anisua 10', 76'	Report	Williams 23' Ki-Hyung Lee 39' Urlovic 40' Vicelich 58' Jordan 65', 77', 86'

Auckland City	2–2	Koloale
Jordan 56' (pen.), 58'	Report	Fa'arodo 40' Saeni 60'

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.

OFC Champions League 2008–2009 Winners
Auckland City Second title

Topscorers

Rank	Player	Club	MD1	MD2	MD3	MD4	F1	F2	Total
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

References

• OceaniaFootball

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Under-20 Intercontinental Cup World Leagues Forum Lists of association football clubs (Most successful clubs)
Global	FIFA – Club World Cup Intercontinental Cup
Africa	CAF – Champions League Confederation Cup Super Cup Football League Cup Winners' Cup (defunct) CAF Cup (defunct)
Asia	AFC – Champions League Elite Champions League Two Challenge League Cup Winners' Cup (defunct) Super Cup (defunct)
Europe	UEFA – Champions League Europa League Conference League Super Cup Cup Winners' Cup (defunct) Intertoto Cup (defunct)
North, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF – Champions Cup Leagues Cup Central American Cup Caribbean Cup Carribbean Club Shield Cup Winners Cup (defunct) Caribbean Club Championship (defunct) CONCACAF League (defunct) North American SuperLiga (defunct) Copa Interclubes Centroamericana (defunct) Campeonato Centroamericano (CCCF; defunct)
Oceania	OFC – Champions League Cup Winners' Cup (defunct)
South America	CONMEBOL – Copa Libertadores Copa Sudamericana Recopa Sudamericana Copa CONMEBOL (defunct) Copa Mercosur (defunct) Copa Merconorte (defunct) Supercopa Libertadores (defunct) Copa Master de Supercopa (defunct) Copa de Oro (defunct) Copa Master de CONMEBOL (defunct) Copa Ganadores de Copa (defunct)
Intercontinental	Arab Club Champions Cup Arab Cup Winners' Cup (defunct) Arab Super Cup (defunct) Intercontinental Cup (defunct) Afro-Asian Club Championship (defunct) Copa Interamericana (defunct)
See also: International women's club football

• 2008–09 OFC Champions League
• OFC Men's Champions League seasons
• 2008–09 in OFC football