# 2011–12 OFC Champions League

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.
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.
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).
| Association | Team | Qualifying method |
| Fiji | Ba | 2010 Fiji National Football League champion |
| New Caledonia | Mont-Dore | 2010 New Caledonia Division Honneur champion |
| New Zealand | Waitakere United | 2010–11 New Zealand Football Championship champion and premier |
| New Zealand | Auckland City | 2010–11 New Zealand Football Championship regular season runner-up |
| Papua New Guinea | Hekari United | 2010–11 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League champion |
| Solomon Islands | Koloale | 2011 Solomon Islands Champions League Playoff winner |
| Tahiti | Tefana | 2010–11 Tahiti Division Fédérale champion |
| Vanuatu | Amicale | 2011 Vanuatu National Soccer League winner |

## Schedule

The match schedule was as follows.
| Round | Round | Date |
| Group stage | Matchday 1 | 29–30 October 2011 |
| Group stage | Matchday 2 | 19–20 November 2011 |
| Group stage | Matchday 3 | 3–4 December 2011 |
| Group stage | Matchday 4 | 18–19 February 2012 |
| Group stage | Matchday 5 | 3–4 March 2012 |
| Group stage | Matchday 6 | 31 March–1 April 2012 |
| Final | First leg | 28–29 April 2012 |
| Final | 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. 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.
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:
* Goal difference
* Goals scored
* Head-to-head record among teams concerned (points; goal difference; goals scored)
* Fair play record
* Drawing of lots

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | TEF | WAI | BA | MON |
| Tefana | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 12 | +3 | 13 | | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 |
| Waitakere United | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 6 | +15 | 12 | 10–0 | | 4–0 | 4–0 |
| Ba | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 16 | −9 | 9 | 0–5 | 3–2 | | 2–1 |
| Mont-Dore | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | |

#### Notes

* Note 1: Rescheduled due to Tefana's involvement in the 2011–12 Coupe de France.
* 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. Due to further deterioration in the weather situation and outlook, it was decided to postpone the match to a later date. With Fiji still recovering from the flooding, it was proposed that the match would take place in Auckland.

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | AUC | HEK | AMI | KOL |
| Auckland City | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 8 | +9 | 13 | | 2–0 | 3–2 | 7–3 |
| Hekari United | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 11 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| Amicale | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 7 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 2–0 |
| Koloale | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 18 | −11 | 3 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–0 | |

#### Notes

* Note 3: Postponed from 3 December 2011 due to ground availability issues.
* Note 4: Rescheduled due to Auckland City's involvement in the 2011 FIFA Club World Cup.

## 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.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Auckland City | 3–1 | Tefana | 2–1 | 1–0 |
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:
* 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

| Rank | Name | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Manel Expósito | Auckland City | 6 |
| 2 | Roy Krishna | Waitakere United | 5 |
| 3 | Kema Jack | Hekari United | 4 |
| 4 | Dave Mulligan | Auckland City | 3 |
| 4 | Benjamin Totori | Koloale | 3 |
| 4 | Axel Williams | Tefana | 3 |
| 4 | Ryan De Vries | Waitakere United | 3 |
| 4 | Sean Lovemore | Waitakere United | 3 |
| 4 | Allan Pearce | Waitakere United | 3 |
| 10 | Joachim Waroi | Amicale | 2 |
| 10 | Adam Dickinson | Auckland City | 2 |
| 10 | Daniel Koprivcic | Auckland City | 2 |
| 10 | Avinesh Swamy | Ba | 2 |
| 10 | Maciu Dunadamu | Hekari United | 2 |
| 10 | James Naka | Koloale | 2 |
| 10 | Roihau Degage | Tefana | 2 |
| 10 | Taufa Neuffer | Tefana | 2 |
| 10 | Angelo Tchen | Tefana | 2 |
| 10 | Alvin Tehau | Tefana | 2 |
| 10 | Chris Bale | Waitakere United | 2 |
| 10 | Ross McKenzie | Waitakere United | 2 |
| 22 | Alick Maemae | Amicale | 1 |
| 22 | Fenedy Masauvakalo | Amicale | 1 |
| 22 | Kensi Tangis | Amicale | 1 |
| 22 | Chad Coombes | Auckland City | 1 |
| 22 | Alex Feneridis | Auckland City | 1 |
| 22 | Andrew Milne | Auckland City | 1 |
| 22 | Emiliano Tade | Auckland City | 1 |
| 22 | Ivan Vicelich | Auckland City | 1 |
| 22 | Malakai Kainihewe | Ba | 1 |
| 22 | Jone Salauneune | Ba | 1 |
| 22 | Remueru Tekiate | Ba | 1 |
| 22 | Osea Vakatalesau | Ba | 1 |
| 22 | Jone Vesikula | Ba | 1 |
| 22 | Pita Baleitoga | Hekari United | 1 |
| 22 | Andrew Lepani | Hekari United | 1 |
| 22 | Taniela Waqa | Hekari United | 1 |
| 22 | Steven Anisi | Koloale | 1 |
| 22 | Ezra Sale | Koloale | 1 |
| 22 | José Hmaé | Mont-Dore | 1 |
| 22 | Michel Hmaé | Mont-Dore | 1 |
| 22 | Jean-Claude Chang Koei Chang | Tefana | 1 |
| 22 | Hiva Kamoise | Tefana | 1 |
| 22 | Sebastian Labayen | Tefana | 1 |
| 22 | Tetiamana Marmouyet | Tefana | 1 |
| 22 | Matt Cunneen | Waitakere United | 1 |
| 22 | Ross Haviland | Waitakere United | 1 |

### Own goals

| Rank | Name | Team | Goals | Opponent |
| 1 | James Pritchett | Auckland City | 1 | Amicale |
| 1 | Jone Vesikula | Ba | 1 | Waitakere United |
| 1 | Francis Lafai | Koloale | 1 | Auckland City |