IFFHS announce Oceania's Club of the Decade

IFFHS announce Oceania's Club of the Decade

The International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) has crowned Auckland City FC as Oceania�s Club of the 1st Decade of the 21st Century.

IFFHS is an organization recognised by FIFA that chronicles the history and records of Association Football. It was founded on 27 March 1984 at Leipzig, Germany by Dr. Alfredo P�ge with the blessings of the general secretary of the governing body of world-wide football at the time, Dr. Helmut K�ser. The IFFHS was based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates for some time but has recently been relocated to Bonn, Germany. The organization continues to receive ongoing logistical support from FIFA.

Oceania�s Club of the 1st Decade of the 21st Century (2001-2010)

Contrary to the manner in which the top club of each continent was determined for the 20th century (1901-2000), national competitions were held in all countries over the entire first decade after the turn of the millennium. All these national club competitions are taken as much into consideration for the monthly Club World Rankings as are the club competitions held by the continental Confederations and by FIFA. In doing so, each individual result of these aforementioned competitions is considered from start to finish. Hence, for any given continent, chances are the same for each club during the first decade (2001-2010).

The yearly points scored by clubs in the Club World Ranking are added from 2001 to 2010, yielding the continental club ranking. The first-placed club is that continent�s top club for the first decade. The top clubs can thus be determined the same way for each of the six football continents.

Late in 2005 Football Federation Australia (FFA) left the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) with FIFA�s approval and joined the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). Since clubs must be affiliated with the respective Confederation, only those points are considered for the Oceania club rankings of the first decade which Australian clubs earned during the period of 2001-2005. Therefore, depending on the period, Australian clubs may appear in either the Oceania or the Asian continental  club rankings.

Auckland City FC - Oceania�s Club of the 1st Decade

Since as of January 1, 2006, Australian clubs no longer earned any points in Oceania, their Oceania rankings dropped accordingly. Auckland City FC having gained the most points over the entire decade is therefore Oceania�s Club of the 1st Decade of the 21st Century.

Auckland City FC will be honoured as Oceania�s Club of the 1st Decade of the 21st Century on occasion of the World Football Gala 2011 with a Certificate and a Trophy.

Oceania�s club ranking of the first decade ("Top 36"): 

Club

Country

? Points

1.1.2001 - 31.12.2010

1.

Auckland City FC

New Zealand

306,5

2.

Ba FC

Fiji

265,0

3.

Perth Glory FC

Australia

264,0

4.

Waitakere United

New Zealand

253,5

5.

AS Pirae

Tahiti

212,5

6.

Sydney Olympic FC

Australia

193,5

7.

Lautoka FC

Fiji

188,5

8.

Adelaide United FC

Australia

186,0

AS Tefana Faa'a

Tahiti

186,0

10.

AS Manu Ura Paea

Tahiti

184,5

11.

AS Magenta Noum�a

New Caledonia

178,0

12.

Newcastle United Jets FC

Australia

171,0

13.

South Melbourne FC

Australia

169,5

14.

Parramatta Power SC

Australia

160,5

15.

Miramar Rangers AFC

New Zealand

157,0

16.

AS Dragon Papeete

Tahiti

155,5

17.

Canterbury United Dragons

New Zealand

150,0

18.

Rewa FC Nausori

Fiji

149,5

19.

Wollongong Wolves SC

Australia

147,5

20.

Nadi FC

Fiji

145,5

21.

Team Wellington

New Zealand

139,0

22.

Marconi Stallions FC

Australia

132,0

23.

Navua FC

Fiji

131,5

24.

Young Heart Manawatu

New Zealand

131,0

25.

Central United FC

New Zealand

130,0

26.

Melbourne Knights FC

Australia

127,5

27.

Brisbane Strikers FC

Australia

124,5

28.

Labasa FC

Fiji

124,0

29.

Northern Spirit FC

Australia

121,5

30.

Napier City Rovers

New Zealand

118,5

31.

New Zealand Knights FC

New Zealand

114,0

32.

Suva FC

Fiji

112,5

Sydney United FC Pumas

Australia

112,5

34.

AS du Mont-Dore

New Caledonia

112,0

35.

PRK Hekari United FC

Papua New Guinea

107,0

36.

AS V�nus Mahina

Tahiti

103,0

The other Confederation winners announced by IFFHS were:

Asia: Al-Hilal (Saudi Arabia)
Africa: Al-Ahly (Egypt)
Europe: FC Barcelona (Spain)
Central & North America: Club America (Mexico)
South America: Boca Juniors (Argentina)
Overall World Club of the 1st Decade: FC Barcelona (Spain)

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Pictures from last years World Football Gala Evening held in London:

http://www.iffhs.de/?d847e4a95e99a57384d85fe8f55005fdcdc3bfcdc0aec70aeecf8a3c17











Uli Stieleke2011-03-16 19:06:57

Well done

The IFFHS ffs?

Nice to see the New Zealand Knights in there. Lends some credibility to the whole thing. Jag2011-03-17 12:51:49

Credible? What do you mean its not cre....

Oh I see what you did there.