Association Sportive Tefana Football, is a

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club from

Faʻaʻā Faaā (also Faaa or Faaʻā; ) is a commune in the suburbs of Papeete in French Polynesia, an overseas country of France in the Pacific Ocean. Faaā is located on the island of Tahiti, in the administrative subdivision of the Windward Island ...

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. The club plays their home matches at

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. The club became the second

n team to have reached the final of the

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, 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

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. 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

. 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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wound up defeating Tefana at the 2012 OFC Champions League Final, with a 2–1 in

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and 1–0 in Faʻaʻā. They also won the

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, 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

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: 6 :: 2005, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2023. *

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

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

Last seasons

Performance in OFC competitions

: 3 appearances :: OFC Champions League 2014-15, 2015: – ::

: Finalist ::

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: 4° in Group B

References

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