A.S. Tefana

A.S. Tefana

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Full name	Association Sportive Tefana Football
Ground	Stade Louis Ganivet Faaa, Tahiti, French Polynesia
Capacity	5,000
Chairman	Chantal Chung Tien
Manager	Sébastien Labayen
League	Tahiti First Division
Home colours Away colours

Association Sportive Tefana Football, is a football club from Faaa, Tahiti, French Polynesia. The club plays their home matches at Stade Louis Ganivet.^[1] The club became the second French Polynesian team to have reached the final of the OFC Champions League, which they achieved in 2012.

Recent Seasons

In 2010 AS Tefana won the Tahitian Championship for the second time in their history, finishing third in the initial league table but won the Championship Play-Off comfortably, finishing nine points ahead of their closest rivals.In the 2010–11 OFC Champions League, Tefana only won one game, over New Zealand's powerhouse Waitakere United.

In 2011, Tefana won their third championship with three rounds remaining.^[2] In their return to the O-League, the 2011–12 tournament begun with a record-breaking defeat of 0–10 to Waitakere United. Afterwards Tefana won all its games on the way to the finals, the best result by a Tahitian team since A.S. Pirae featured in the final of the 2006 OFC Club Championship.^[3] Auckland City wound up defeating Tefana at the 2012 OFC Champions League Final, with a 2–1 in Auckland and 1–0 in Faaa.^[4] They also won the Tahiti Cup,^[5] and qualified for the 2011–12 Coupe de France, where they were eliminated by Red Star 93.^[6]

In 2012, Tefana lost the Tahitian Championship to AS Dragon, but won the Tahiti Cup. On the 2012-13 Coupe de France, they were defeated by GSI Pontivy.^[7] The team also signed a three year partnership with French Ligue 1 team AS Saint-Étienne.^[8]

Achievements

• Tahiti First Division: 4

2005, 2010, 2011, 2014/15^[9]

• Tahiti Cup: 5

2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012.

• Tahiti Coupe des Champions: 1

2007.

Performance in OFC competitions

• OFC Champions League: 3 appearances

2015: –

2012: Finalist

2011: 4° in Group B

Squad for the 2016 OFC Champions League

As of 7 April 2016

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Stevens Hiriga 2 DF Yoann Le Foll 3 DF Taumihau Tiatia 5 FW Tauatua Lucas 6 MF Tunoa Tevaerai 7 FW Temarii Tinorua 8 MF Heremoana Hoata 9 MF Tauhiti Keck 10 FW Steevy Chong Hue 11 FW Tehina Temorere 12 MF Alvin Tehau 13 MF Stanley Atani

No. Position Player 14 DF Jonathan Tehau 15 DF Jean Chang Koei Chang 16 DF Manutea Taae 17 DF Manutahi Teremate 18 MF Kaena Onuu 19 MF Heimano Bourebare 20 MF Oliver Lee 21 DF Angelo Tchen 22 DF Nicolas Vallar 23 GK Xavier Samin 29 GK Mickael Roche

References

1. http://soccerway.com/national/tahiti/super-ligue-mana/20122013/championship-round/r20282/venues/?ICID=PL_3N_06
2. http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/clubfootball/news/newsid=1439243.html
3. http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/clubworldcup/japan2012/news/newsid=1621475/index.html
4. http://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc/News/ViewArticle/tabid/125/Article/1ec46a00-7bed-482c-a60d-4c5bb43f27c4/language/en-US/Default.aspx
5. http://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc/News/ViewArticle/tabid/125/Article/fc84252c-a563-4796-b7a4-ca27e944e5d6/language/fr-FR/Default.aspx
6. http://www.footballdatabase.eu/football.coupe.as-tefana.red-star.129890.en.html
7. http://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc/News/ViewArticle/tabid/125/Article/c85f875c-3e1d-4876-9a46-659e54308ce9/language/fr-FR/Default.aspx
8. http://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc/News/ViewArticle/tabid/125/Article/31ce0f5e-d014-4792-8fc1-52f2ac5d832d/language/en-US/Default.aspx
9. "AS Tefana, Champions of Tahiti after 2–2 against Pirae in final round". Football Size. 22 March 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.