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The 2026 OFC Professional League was the inaugural season of the OFC Professional League, a men's professional football league in the Oceania region, organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) and featured eight clubs from seven nations, competing in a circuit series format across various Pacific locations.
The league champion qualified for the 2026 FIFA Intercontinental Cup and provided a pathway to the 2029 FIFA Club World Cup.
Clubs
Clubs and locations Club City Auckland FC Auckland Bula FC Suva PNG Hekari Port Moresby Solomon Kings Honiara South Island United Christchurch South Melbourne Melbourne Tahiti United Pīraʻe Vanuatu United Port Vila
Personnel and kits ClubManagerCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor Auckland FC Luke Casserly Tass MourdoukoutasNew BalanceANZ Bula FC Stéphane Auvray Roy KrishnaRK21Extra Supermarket PNG Hekari Jerry Allen (interim) David Tomare MRDC Solomon Kings Ben Cahn Philip MangoStannoSolomon Ports South Island United Rob Sherman Christian GrayNew BalanceGo Media South Melbourne Siniša Cohadzić Marko JankovićKappaDirected Group Tahiti United Samuel Garcia Teaonui TehauAdidasOkipik Vanuatu United Lars Hopp Michel CoulonFootball CentralNone
Kits
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition on tableIncoming managerDate of appointment South Island UnitedInauguralPre-season Rob Sherman2 October 2025 PNG Hekari Marcos Gusmão10 October 2025 Vanuatu United Lars Hopp17 October 2025 Bula FC Stéphane Auvray24 October 2025 Tahiti United Samuel Garcia30 October 2025 Auckland FC Luke Casserly1 December 2025 Solomon Kings Ben Cahn13 December 2025 PNG Hekari Marcos GusmãoResigned3 February 20268th Jerry Allen (interim)3 February 2026
Foreign players ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3OFC player 1OFC player 2OFC player 3 Auckland FC Tass Mourdoukoutas Daniel Normann Jonathan Robinson Bula FC Didier Desprez Yuta Konagaya Kaïlé Auvray Matthew Foord Fergus Gillion Adam Supyk PNG Hekari Erick Joe Kaue Silva Rafael Chaves Leon Kofana John Orobulu John Alick Solomon Kings Jez Lofthouse Sota Higashide South Island United Deen Hasanovic Jacob Krayem Steven van Dijk Dauntae Mariner South Melbourne Yuki Uchida Ishveer Singh Tahiti United Jackson Gardner Joseph Athale Tevita Waranaivalu Germain Haewegene Vanuatu United Matt Acton Hassan Ramazani William Cardona Otto Ingham Owen Smith Raymond Diho
Format The competition features five circuit series rounds followed by two play-off groups (Leaders and Challengers) before the semi-finals and final.
Venues
The circuit-series matches were played in Auckland, Ba, Honiara, Melbourne, Port Moresby and Suva.
Round 1, Playoff Round and FinalsRound 2 Auckland Port MoresbyEden ParkNorth Harbour StadiumPNG Football StadiumCapacity: 50,000Capacity: 14,000Capacity: 14,800Round 3Round 4 Melbourne HoniaraOlympic VillageThe Home of the MatildasNational StadiumCapacity: 12,000Capacity: 3,500Capacity: 10,000Round 5 Ba SuvaGovind ParkBuckhurst ParkCapacity: 13,500Capacity: 15,446
Circuit series
League table
Results
Play-off round Leaders play-off group
League table
Results
Challengers play-off group
League table
Results
Knockout stage
Bracket
Qualification play-off
Semi-finals
Final
Season statistics Top goalscorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Alex Saniel Vanuatu United112 Jordan Swibel South Melbourne103 Ryan Feutz South Island United94 Jez Lofthouse Solomon Kings7 Teaonui Tehau Tahiti United Max Mikkola South Melbourne Yuki Uchida South Melbourne8 Rovu Boyers South Island United6 Germain Haewegene Tahiti United Sota Higashide Solomon Kings Andrew Messourouni South Melbourne
Clean sheets
RankPlayerClubCleansheets1 Oscar Mason Auckland FC82 Philip Mango Solomon Kings53 Matt Acton Vanuatu United44 Steven van Dijk South Island United3 Javier López South Melbourne5 Blake Callinan Auckland FC2 Didier Desprez Bula FC Matt Foord Bula FC Jackson Teamotuaitau Tahiti United10 Jackson Gardner Tahiti United1 Iliya Shalamanov-Trenkov South Melbourne
Awards AwardWinnerTeamGolden Ball Daniel Normann Auckland FCGolden Boot Alex Saniel Vanuatu UnitedGolden Glove Oscar Mason Auckland FCFair Play Award Auckland FC
Team of the Season Oceania Football Confederation selected the following players as the team of the tournament.
PlayerTeam Oscar Mason Auckland FC Jordon Lampard South Melbourne Hassan Ramazani Vanuatu United Ronan Wynne Auckland FC Daniel Normann Auckland FC Owen Smith Vanuatu United Yuki Uchida South Melbourne Sota Higashide Solomon Kings Jez Lofthouse Solomon Kings Jordan Swibel South Melbourne Alex Saniel Vanuatu United Philip Mango Solomon Kings Steven van Dijk South Island United Sterling Vasconcellos Bula FC Joseph Athale Tahiti United John Alick PNG Hekari Reid Drake Auckland FC William Cardona Vanuatu United David Yoo South Island United Max Mikkola South Melbourne Liam Gillion Auckland FC Kaile Auvray Bula FC Germain Haewegene Tahiti United Teaonui Tehau Tahiti United Ryan Feutz South Island United
See also 2026 OFC Men's Champions League 2026 Auckland FC (OFC Professional League) season 2026 South Island United FC season
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