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The 2014–15 OFC Champions League (officially the 2015 Fiji Airways OFC Champions League for sponsorship reasons) 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. 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.

Teams

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).

Association	Team	Qualifying method
Teams entering the group stage
Fiji	Suva	2014 Fiji National Football League champion
	Ba	2014 Fiji National Football League runner-up
New Caledonia	Gaïtcha	2013 New Caledonia Super Ligue champion
New Zealand	Auckland City	2013–14 New Zealand Football Championship grand final champion 2013–14 New Zealand Football Championship regular season premier
	Team Wellington	2013–14 New Zealand Football Championship regular season runner-up
Papua New Guinea	Hekari United	2014 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League champion
Solomon Islands	Western United	2014–15 Solomon Islands S-League champion
Tahiti	Pirae	2013–14 Tahiti Ligue 1 champion
	Tefana	2014–15 Tahiti Ligue 1 regular phase winner
Vanuatu	Tafea	2014 VFF National Super League champion
	Amicale	2014 VFF National Super League runner-up
Teams entering the preliminary stage
American Samoa	SKBC	2013 FFAS Senior League champion
Cook Islands	Puaikura	2013 Cook Islands Round Cup champion
Samoa	Lupe ole Soaga	2012–13 Samoa National League champion
Tonga	Lotoha'apai United	2013 Tonga Major League champion

Schedule

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).

Preliminary stage

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. 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.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Lupe ole Soaga (H)	3	3	0	0	10	2	+8	9	Advance to group stage
2	Puaikura	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
3	Lotoha'apai United	3	1	0	2	4	3	+1	3
4	SKBC	3	0	1	2	2	11	−9	1

All times UTC+14.

SKBC	1–1	Puaikura
Kang 90'	Report	Pennycook 45+1'

Lotoha'apai United	0–1	Lupe ole Soaga
	Report	L. Gosche 83'

SKBC	1–4	Lotoha'apai United
Kang 81'	Report	Ma. Uhatahi 4' (pen.), 79' (pen.) Mafi 32' Maamaaloa 56'

Lupe ole Soaga	3–2	Puaikura
Malo 8', 45+4' Setefano 75'	Report	Kelly 9' Tiputoa 10'

Puaikura	1–0	Lotoha'apai United
Kelly 83'	Report

Lupe ole Soaga	6–0	SKBC
Malo 21', 48', 53' Toni 77' L. Gosche 81' Setefano 90+4'	Report

Group stage

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. 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.

The schedule was confirmed on 4 February 2015. 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.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ba (H)	3	3	0	0	8	1	+7	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Gaïtcha	3	2	0	1	13	6	+7	6
3	Pirae	3	0	1	2	5	10	−5	1
4	Lupe ole Soaga	3	0	1	2	5	14	−9	1

Pirae	3–3	Lupe ole Soaga
Warren 2' Tavanae 16' Tehau 23'	Report	Gannon 8' Ataga 58' L. Gosche 69'

Ba	3–0	Gaïtcha
Shaheed 21' Tiwa 33' Suwamy 88'	Report

The kick-off of Group A matches on matchday 2 were delayed by 30 minutes due to heavy rain.

Lupe ole Soaga	1–3	Ba
Malo 37'	Report	Waqa 32', 46', 53'

Gaïtcha	5–2	Pirae
Wakanumune 24' Wajoka 37', 66' Drawilo 43' Kaï 85'	Report	Vaki 49' Tinirauarii 88'

Gaïtcha	8–1	Lupe ole Soaga
Pawawi 8' Wajoka 9' Kaï 45+2' (pen.), 79' (pen.) Toto 49' Sansot 51' Ouka 52' Kaqea 88'	Report	Toni 5'

Pirae	0–2	Ba
	Report	Waqa 15', 55'

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Auckland City	3	3	0	0	9	0	+9	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Amicale	3	2	0	1	4	5	−1	6
3	Suva (H)	3	1	0	2	5	7	−2	3
4	Western United	3	0	0	3	1	7	−6	0

Auckland City	3–0	Suva
Browne 12' (pen.) Burfoot 64' McGeorge 86'	Report

Western United	0–1	Amicale
	Report	Magnoni 49'

Auckland City	3–0	Western United
White 68', 87' Souto 73'	Report

Amicale	3–2	Suva
Vakatalesau 16', 47' Masauvakalo 90+1'	Report	Chand 36' Navunigasau 69'

Suva	3–1	Western United
Medina 36' (pen.) Aman 42' Rabo 84'	Report	Nawo 54'

Amicale	0–3	Auckland City
	Report	Moreira 3', 56', 64'

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Team Wellington	3	3	0	0	7	3	+4	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Hekari United	3	2	0	1	6	6	0	6
3	Tafea	3	0	1	2	5	7	−2	1
4	Tefana	3	0	1	2	4	6	−2	1

Tafea	2–3	Hekari United
J. Kaltack 61', 90'	Report	Ifunaoa 1' Semmy 11' Maemae 54'

Team Wellington	2–1	Tefana
Corrales 36' Smith 67'	Report	O'Keeffe 44' (o.g.)

Hekari United	0–2	Team Wellington
	Report	Aengari 22' (o.g.) Smith 45+1'

Tefana	1–1	Tafea
Tchen 85' (pen.)	Report	J. Kaltack 36'

Tefana	2–3	Hekari United
Tchen 35' (pen.) Tinorua 49'	Report	Ifunaoa 13' Aengari 45+3' Semmy 58'

Tafea	2–3	Team Wellington
J. Kaltack 28' Nicholls 56'	Report	Robertson 19' Smith 53' Gwyther 82'

Ranking of second-placed teams

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	A	Gaïtcha	3	2	0	1	13	6	+7	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	C	Hekari United	3	2	0	1	6	6	0	6
3	B	Amicale	3	2	0	1	4	5	−1	6

Knockout stage

The knockout stage was played in Suva, Fiji from 21 to 26 April 2015. The four teams played on a single-elimination basis.

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	Gaïtcha	0
	Auckland City	1
					Auckland City (p)	1 (4)
					Team Wellington	1 (3)
	Ba	0
	Team Wellington	2

All times UTC+12.

Semi-finals

Gaïtcha	0–1	Auckland City
	Report	Đorđević 72'

Ba	0–2	Team Wellington
	Report	Gwyther 11', 16'

Final

Auckland City	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Team Wellington
Moreira 14' (pen.)	Report	Hogg 79'
Penalties
Đorđević Berlanga McGeorge Browne Kim	4–3	Feneridis Corrales Peverley Gulley Hogg

Awards

Preliminary stage

Award	Player	Team
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
Golden Ball	Ivan Vicelich	Auckland City
Golden Boot	Saula Waqa	Ba
Golden Gloves	Tamati Williams	Auckland City
Fair Play Award	—	Suva

Top goalscorers

Preliminary stage

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
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
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

Source: OFC

See also

• 2015 FIFA Club World Cup

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External links

• OFC Champions League Preliminary 2015, oceaniafootball.com
• OFC Champions League 2015, oceaniafootball.com

• 2014–15 OFC Champions League
• OFC Champions League seasons
• 2014–15 in OFC football
• International association football competitions hosted by Fiji