The 2026 OFC Professional League final was the final match of the 2026 OFC Professional League, the inaugural season of Oceania's premier club football tournament organised by Oceania Football Confederation. It was played at the Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand, on 24 May 2026 between Australian club South Melbourne, and New Zealand club Auckland FC.
As South Melbourne are not eligible to represent OFC in world competitions (as Australia are no longer part of OFC), Auckland FC qualified to compete in the 2026 FIFA Intercontinental Cup before the Final.
Auckland FC won the match 2-1 and were crowned OFC Pro League Champions
Background South Melbourne reached their second continental final, having won the 1999 OFC Club Championship, beating Nadi in the final.
This is Auckland FC's first final competing in an Oceanian competition for the first time.
Venue It was announced on 16 April 2026, that Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand would host the final.
Route to the final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away — As all games were played in centralised locations, home and away was for administration purposes only). South MelbourneRound Auckland FCOpponentResultCircuit seriesOpponentResult Tahiti United2–1 (A)Matchday 1 South Island United3–0 (H) Solomon Kings5–0 (H)Matchday 2 Vanuatu United3–1 (H) PNG Hekari5–0 (A)Matchday 3 Bula FC1–0 (H) South Island United3–3 (A)Matchday 4 PNG Hekari2–0 (A) Bula FC1–1 (A)Matchday 5 Tahiti United4–0 (A) Vanuatu United5–2 (H)Matchday 6 Solomon Kings1–3 (H) Auckland FC1–1 (H)Matchday 7 South Melbourne1–1 (A) Tahiti United8–1 (H)Matchday 8 South Island United3–1 (A) South Island United4–1 (H)Matchday 9 Tahiti United1–0 (H) Vanuatu United0–2 (A)Matchday 10 Solomon Kings1–0 (A) Solomon Kings1–1 (A)Matchday 11 Vanuatu United0–0 (A) Auckland FC2–3 (A)Matchday 12 South Melbourne3–2 (H) Bula FC2–0 (H)Matchday 13 PNG Hekari2–0 (H) PNG Hekari1–2 (H)Matchday 14 Bula FC1–2 (A)Circuit series runner-upsFinal standingsCircuit series winnersOpponentResultLeaders groupOpponentResult Auckland FC2–1 (A)Matchday 1 South Melbourne1–2 (H) South Island United4–2 (H)Matchday 2 Bula FC2–0 (H) Bula FC4–2 (H)Matchday 3 South Island United5–2 (H)Leaders group winnersFinal standingsLeaders group runner-upsOpponentResultKnockout stageOpponentResultByePlay-offsBye Vanuatu United4–0 (H)Semi-finals South Island United1–0 (H)
Match
Details The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was predetermined as the winners of semi-final 1 (South Melbourne).
GK 1 Javier LópezRB 27 Jack Painter-Andrews CB 23 Jacob Eliopoulos CB 4 Marko Janković (c)LB 3 Jordon Lampard RM 22 Max Mikkola CM 21 Sebastian PasqualiCM 17 Thomas GiannakopoulosLM 10 Nahuel Bonada CF 11 Yuki UchidaCF 9 Jordan Swibel Substitutes:GK 20 Jake CharlstonGK 30 Iliya Shalamanov-TrenkovDF 2 Lucas Inglese DF 8 Luka CovenyMF 14 Alex MenelaouMF 19 Andrew Mesourouni MF 31 Ethan O’SullivanMW 88 Charlie LeechMW 99 Jack Pope FW 7 Ishveer Singh FW 13 James Lackay FW 16 Arran Cocks Manager: Sinisa Cohadzic GK 1 Oscar Mason RB 24 Zac Zoricich CB 23 Ronan WynneCB 3 Tass Mourdoukoutas (c)LB 7 Jonathan RobinsonRM 12 Isa Prins CM 6 Daniel NormannCM 5 Michael den Heijer LM 8 James BaylissCF 17 Reid Drake CF 35 Jonty Bidois Substitutes:GK 40 Blake Callinan GK 50 Eli JonesDF 16 Adama CoulibalyDF 32 Everton O'Leary FW 11 Oscar Faulds FW 20 Emiliano Tade FW 21 Matt Ellis FW 28 Bailey FergusonFW 29 Kian DonkersFW 41 Aston Burns Manager: Luke Casserly
Man of the Match: Daniel Normann (Auckland FC) Assistant referees: Isaac Trevis (New Zealand) Malaetala Salanoa (Samoa) Fourth official: Veer Singh (Fiji) Fifth official: Jeremy Garae (Vanuatu) Video assistant referee: Calvin Berg (New Zealand) Assistant video assistant referee: Beth Rattray (New Zealand) Support video assistant referee: Edward Cook (New Zealand)
See also 2026 Auckland FC (OFC Professional League) season 2026 South Melbourne FC season
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