The 2023 OFC Champions League was the 21nd edition of the Oceanian Club Championship, Oceania's premier club football tournament organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC), and the 17th and last season under the name OFC Champions League.
Defending champions Auckland City FC, defeated Fijian Suva to win a record eleventh title and earned the right to play at the 2023 FIFA Club World Cup in Saudi Arabia. As they also won the 2021 OFC Champions League and the 2022 OFC Champions League, they also earned the right to play at the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup in the United States.
Teams A total of 18 teams from all 11 OFC member associations may enter the competition. The seven associations (Fiji, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tahiti, Vanuatu) are awarded a berth each in the groups stage, after playing a national playoff between the top 2 clubs in the league. The four associations (American Samoa, Cook Islands, Samoa, Tonga) are awarded one berth each in the qualifying stage, with the winners advancing to the group stage.
AssociationTeamQualifying methodTeams entering the National playoffs FijiRewa2022 Fiji National Football League championsSuva2022 Fiji National Football League runners-up New CaledoniaAS Tiga Sport2022 New Caledonia Super Ligue championsHienghène Sport2022 New Caledonia Super Ligue runners-up New ZealandAuckland City2022 New Zealand National League grand final championsWellington Olympic2022 New Zealand National League grand final runners-up Papua New GuineaLae City2022 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League championsHekari United2022 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League runners-up Solomon IslandsSolomon Warriors2022–23 Solomon Islands S-League championsKossa2022–23 Solomon Islands S-League runners-up TahitiAS Pirae2021–22 Tahiti Ligue 1 championsAS Dragon2021–22 Tahiti Ligue 1 runners-up VanuatuIfira Black Bird F.C.2022 VFF National Super League grand final championsSia-Raga F.C.2022 VFF National Super League grand final runners-upTeams entering the qualifying stage American SamoaIlaoa and To'omata2022 FFAS Senior League champions Cook IslandsTupapa Maraerenga2022 Cook Islands Round Cup champions SamoaLupe ole Soaga2022 Samoa National League third place TongaVeitongo2022 Tonga Major League champions
Qualifying stage
Preliminary group
National play-offs
Group stage
The four teams in each group will play each other on a round-robin basis at a centralised venue in Vanuatu. The winners and runners-up of each group will advance to the semi-finals of the knockout stage.
The draw of the group stage were announced by the OFC on 23 March 2023. The 8 teams were drawn into two groups of four. Ifira Black Bird were pre-determined to play in Port Vila and so were automatically drawn into group B.<noinclude>
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage
Bracket
Semi-finals
Final
Statistics Top goalscorers RankPlayerTeamGoals1 Michael Tumua Leo Lupe ole Soaga72 Ryan De Vries Auckland City5 Azariah Soromon Suva4 Tamatoa Tetauira Pirae45 Liam Gillion Auckland City3 Angus Kilkolly Emiliano Tade Marlon Tahioa Suva Alex Saniel Ariiura Labaste Pirae Godine Tenene Ifira Black Bird12 Kenny Iawak2 Joseph Joe Hekari United Joe Naime Rusiate Matarerega Suva Yohann Tihoni Pirae Roonui Tinirauarii Dragon Hamish Watson Wellington Olimpic Shene Wélépane Tiga Sport Yagi Yasasa Hekari United
Awards AwardWinnerGolden Ball Cameron HowiesonGolden Boot Ryan de Vries
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