Association Sportive Tefana Football, is a

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club from

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. The club plays their home matches at Stade Louis Ganivet. The club became the second

n team to have reached the final of the OFC Champions League, which they achieved in

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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

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, Tefana only won one game, over

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's powerhouse Waitakere United. In 2011, Tefana won their third championship with three rounds remaining. 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

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featured in the final of the

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. Auckland City FC wound up defeating Tefana at the

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, with a 2–1 in

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and 1–0 in Faaa. They also won the

Tahiti Cup The Tahiti Cup (also known as Coupe de Polynésie or Coupe de Tahiti Nui) is the premier football knockout tournament in French Polynesia. It was created in 1938, and gives the winner of the tournament a berth in the Coupe de France. Between the ...

, and qualified for the

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, where they were eliminated by

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. 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

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. The team also signed a three-year partnership with French

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team

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Achievements

Tahiti First Division The Tahitian Ligue 1 is the top division of the Fédération Tahitienne de Football in French Polynesia. The league is currently named Ligue 1 Vini for sponsorship reasons. Competition format Competition is divided into a regular season and play- ...

: 5 :: 2005, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2016. *

: 7 :: 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014,

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. *

Tahiti Coupe des Champions The Coupe des Champions (Tahiti Super Cup) is a match between the winner of the Tahiti Ligue 1 and the winner of the Tahiti Cup The Tahiti Cup (also known as Coupe de Polynésie or Coupe de Tahiti Nui) is the premier football knockout tournament ...

: 3 :: 2007, 2014, 2017. * Coupe T.O.M: 1 ::2006.

Last seasons

Performance in OFC competitions

* OFC Champions League: 3 appearances ::

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: – ::

: Finalist ::

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: 4° in Group B

Current squad

Squad for the 2019-20 Tahiti Ligue 1

Staff

Coach: Xavier Samin

References

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