Makoto Nakamura Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 (edited) OFC Champions League Runners-up OFC Nations Cup Runners-up Nearly men attempts have been done before, I'm unsure if they have been attempted in Oceania though? But here goes. I will be starting unemployed and taking control of the first club in the list (minus Amicale since they no longer exist) and attempt to win the OFC Champions League with clubs that have only ever been runners-up. As you can see I will be including national teams in this as well as New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea & the Solomon Islands as they have all finished runners up in the OFC Nations Cup. Edited February 9 by Makoto Nakamura 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted February 9 Author Share Posted February 9 Straight away we almost had a new club added to the list or a club taken off but Wellington Olympic of New Zealand see off now three time runners-up AS Magenta in the final! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted February 9 Author Share Posted February 9 19th May 2024 We have a club! Suva Football Club is a Fijian football club that competes in the Fiji Premier League, the top flight of professional Fijian football. The club is based in Suva. Their home stadium is ANZ National Stadium. Football started to be played in Fiji with the arrival of Europeans. The Suva Football Club was formed in 1905, made up of European employees of the Government and businesses. In 1910, a team from Suva played a match against a team from Nausori. Crew of visiting naval ships also entertained themselves with friendly games of football with local teams. In 1910 a team from Suva played a game against a team from HMS Powerful and won 3 goals to 1. In 1914, a team from Suva played against a team from HMS Torch, at Albert Park, and won by 2 goals to 0. In 1930, the Governor made available two playing fields in Suva for use in football competitions. In 1922, the Sunshine Club was established in Suva. There were also four teams in Suva who played at the Marist Brothers School grounds in Toorak. In December 1927, the league organised a schools football competition at Albert Park. Schools that took part in it were Methodist Mission School, Marist Brothers School and Islamia School. Buoyed by the success of this tournament, the league met on 22 January 1928 and formed a Football Association committee. In 1936, the association was renamed, the Suva Football Association. The number of teams grew to 8 in 1936, 16 in 1945 and 41 in 1958 with competition being organised in senior, reserve, intermediate and junior grades. In 1977, Suva Football Club participated in the Fijian football top-tier league, the 1977 Fiji National League, which was inaugural season of the Fiji National League. Key Players: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted February 9 Author Share Posted February 9 No surprises here as Solomon Islands get hammered by New Zealand. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted February 9 Author Share Posted February 9 (edited) July 2024 We've got just the two league games left but it's nice to have been able to get back within touching distance of the pack! We managed to bring two players in during the transfer window. This looks excellently poor. Edited February 9 by Makoto Nakamura Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted February 9 Author Share Posted February 9 August 2024 Well that's a pleasant change! We've come into form and won our first piece of silverware, now I'm looking forward to next season! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted February 11 Author Share Posted February 11 2024 End of Season Review A loss to league winners Lautoka but we managed to finish off the foot of the table! 14 points from eight games is pretty good and if we keep that up for an entire season then we can probably aim for top three next year. 2024 Best XI Akuila Mateisuva Nicholas Prasad - Inoke Turagalailai - Remueru Tekiate Saimone Balewai - Apolosi Seru - Eloni Nakacia - Kavaia Rawaqa Samuela Drudru - Alex Saniel - Azariah Soromon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted February 11 Author Share Posted February 11 2024 Youth Candidates I'd say this was a good intake, at least two players who can make the first team! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted February 11 Author Share Posted February 11 2025 Pre-Season Two friendlies, two wins. Predicted 4th again, lets just reach it. Three in, three out. And Tuiba can double up as a goalkeeper! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted February 11 Author Share Posted February 11 February 2025 We really couldn't have asked for a better start, two games including a demolition of Nadi at home! And we had two players with potential join us from Nadi! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted February 11 Author Share Posted February 11 March 2025 We really should have beaten Tailevu/Naitasiri with out 2.86 xG to their 0.82 xG but hopefully that won't come back to bite us too hard come the end of the season... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted February 11 Author Share Posted February 11 April 2025 A last gasp win at home to Ba then a big win away at Nadroga helps a slight gap open up between ourselves and Ba whilst we are still unable to catch Lautoka. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted February 11 Author Share Posted February 11 2025 OFC Champions League Rewa win their maiden Champions League after Lautoka outplayed them so Lautoka remain on the list. The downside is that there was quite a big bug this year. As you can see, two New Zealand teams qualified. Zero New Zealand teams played. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted February 11 Author Share Posted February 11 May 2025 A home loss to Lautoka is not what was needed although they have just lost 1-0 away at Ba so we're definitely still in the race and it brings Ba back into the title race as well with us three being the only teams with a positive goal difference! We lost our backup goalkeeper so we signed a new one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted February 11 Author Share Posted February 11 June 2025 Two more wins sees us stay hot on Lautoka's tails whilst Ba have fallen away dramatically again turning this back into a two horse title tussle! We get rid of an aging right winger and bring in a centreback with potential! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted February 11 Author Share Posted February 11 July 2025 We absolutely steamrolled Lautoka only to draw 2-2 away at Ba (1.84xG to their 0.29xG) leaving us in 2nd with just two games remaining. We've guaranteed Champions League football next season though! And we're expecting a pretty good goalkeeper! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted February 11 Author Share Posted February 11 August 2025 Back-to-back Battle of the Giants winners! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted February 11 Author Share Posted February 11 2025 End of Season Review Lautoka drew against Ba on the final day of the season to see us take home the first league title and Suva's 5th overall! Next season we go again and re-enter the Champions League! Overall Best XI 2025 Best XI Akuila Mateisuva Joeli Chand (YP1a) - Nicholas Prasad - Remueru Tekiate Saimone Balewai - Apolosi Seru - Eloni Nakacia - Keanu Vernaudon Alex Saniel - Abbu Zahid - Ratu Dau Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted February 11 Author Share Posted February 11 2025 Youth Candidates Oh wow! Our goalkeeper has 5* CA! What a turn up for the books!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted February 11 Author Share Posted February 11 2026 Pre-Season Champions versus Champion winners means we've won all the domestic trophies in Fiji! Predicted a spot higher but still some way off the pace. I would say we've definitely strengthened this year! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted February 11 Author Share Posted February 11 February 2026 Perfect start, three from three. Great stuff! One signing and it is a big one! After being released from Lautoka Sairusi wanted £925 p/w to join us, three months on and that dropped significantly so now we have him! No New Zealand sides gets rid of some of the challenge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted February 11 Author Share Posted February 11 March 2026 The perfect start continues and we are easily through to the Quarter Final of the Champions League! With New Zealand sides not playing it makes Fiji the new New Zealand so Lautoka should be the only issue for us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted February 11 Author Share Posted February 11 April 2026 A late comeback from Sairusi was needed against Yatel in the Champions League but the perfect start continues! We face Tiga Sport in the Champions League Final, if we win then Suva is done and we can move on with Tiga Sport being a newly eligible side, lose and we carry on for at least another season at Suva. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted February 11 Author Share Posted February 11 (edited) It never looked in any doubt! Suva are the best club in Oceania! Edited February 11 by Makoto Nakamura 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted February 11 Author Share Posted February 11 I resign the day after the Champions League win and the manager of Nadroga is my replacement, I was hoping it would be Lautoka's manager so then I could try and win the Champions League with them straight away! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted February 11 Author Share Posted February 11 Lautoka Football Club is a Fijian professional football club based in Lautoka that competes in the Fiji Premier League, the top flight of Fijian football. Their home stadium is Churchill Park. The club was formed in 1934. Lautoka Soccer Football Association was formed in 1934, under the leadership of John Bairagi. In 1961, Lautoka became affiliated with the Fiji Football Association. Lautoka has the record of highest goals scored in the Inter-District Championship (IDC) finals. Lautoka thumped Ba in the finals one year by 6–0 and by 7–0 another year and also beat Suva in one of the finals by 7–1. That record remains untouched till this day. Lautoka is also the first team to win the IDC 3 years in a row. They have also qualified for the 2009–10 OFC Champions League by finishing on top of the Fiji National league table and also remaining undefeated. A £100 p/w wage increase from my time at Suva! Not quite what I was getting at Suva. Key Players: Very poor by Lautoka standards, now I have to topple my old side who've ran away with the league this season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted February 11 Author Share Posted February 11 August 2026 I mean, that's a pretty good start to my tenure! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted February 11 Author Share Posted February 11 2026 End of Season Review Five games in charge and five wins! Next season we catch up to Suva! Overall Best XI 2026 Best XI Mack Waite Aengari Gagame - Peni Tuigulagula - Inoke Turagalailai - Kishan Sami Sitiveni Cavuilagi - William Komasi Mosese Nabose - Junior Dekedeke - Franck Papaura Aporosa Yada Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted February 11 Author Share Posted February 11 2026 Youth Candidates Not quite at the level of Suva intakes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted February 12 Author Share Posted February 12 2027 Pre-Season And now a Champion vs Champion win with Lautoka. Predicted 2nd favourites behind Suva, not too shabby. Took a few players from my old club. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted February 13 Author Share Posted February 13 February 2027 We get the hardest game of the season done and dusted straight away and manage to pick up a point followed up with two relatively straight forward home wins. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SovietTea Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 Congrats with Suva! I've always wanted to do an Oceania journeyman as I've never played in the region before. Nice to see others playing in this region! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted February 13 Author Share Posted February 13 March 2027 Just the one game in March, a straightforward 3-0 win away at struggling Navua. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted February 13 Author Share Posted February 13 17 minutes ago, SovietTea said: Congrats with Suva! I've always wanted to do an Oceania journeyman as I've never played in the region before. Nice to see others playing in this region! Thanks Soviet! It has the potential to be a very good area to manage in, it's just a shame that it's always broken! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted February 13 Author Share Posted February 13 April 2027 A shock loss at home to Labasa where we really should have had all three points but we're still doing just about enough to hold on to top spot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted February 13 Author Share Posted February 13 2027 OFC Champions League Preliminary Round: Group Stage: Knockout Rounds: It wasn't a classic but Tiga Sport take themselves off of the list of manageable clubs and get themselves replaced by Erakor who become manageable! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted February 13 Author Share Posted February 13 May 2027 A surprise loss to Tavua but nobody ese has managed to capitalise on our mistakes quite yet, now we need to pull away which I think is possible thanks to some great signings this month! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted February 13 Author Share Posted February 13 June 2027 Just the one game in June, a simple win over my old side Suva. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted February 13 Author Share Posted February 13 July 2027 Not too great really as we drop points twice losing at home to Navua, it keeps things interesting though. Not expecting much from this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted February 13 Author Share Posted February 13 August 2027 Four wins of the Battle of the Giants for me now! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted February 13 Author Share Posted February 13 2027 End of Season Review A domestic treble to cap off my first full season in charge! Can we go for the Champions League next season? Overall Best XI 2027 Best XI Josias Leonel Ortega - Peni Tuigulagula - Inoke Turagalailai Semi Nabenu - William Komasi - Sitiveni Cavuliagi - Kishan Sami Byron Heath - Bobby Leslie - Iosefo Verevou Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted February 13 Author Share Posted February 13 2027 Youth Candidates It's actually a really good intake! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted February 13 Author Share Posted February 13 2028 Pre-Season Massive win in Champion vs Champion and we're clear favourites for the league! One hell of an exciting transfer window! We're only allowed to register five foreigners though which is a shame. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted February 13 Author Share Posted February 13 February 2028 Three wins from three, a perfect start! I don't see too much trouble in this group. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted February 13 Author Share Posted February 13 March 2028 I was right to think the group wouldn't cause any trouble as we're easily through to face North Efate in the Quarter Final. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted February 13 Author Share Posted February 13 Our second Champions League title and winning it takes Lautoka off of the table but adds Henderson Eels onto it! Now we resign and wait! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SovietTea Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 Congrats on the second Champions League! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted February 13 Author Share Posted February 13 3 minutes ago, SovietTea said: Congrats on the second Champions League! Thanks Soviet! Now to wait for anything else to open up! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted February 13 Author Share Posted February 13 2028 OFC Nations Cup No surprises here, New Zealand win again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted February 13 Author Share Posted February 13 I've had to wait all the way until December 31st for anybody to leave their club and now I've had two interviews. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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