Association Sportive Tefana Football, is a football club from Faaa,

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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 2010–11 OFC Champions League, 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 A.S. Pirae 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 Faaa. They also won the

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, and qualified for the

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, where they were eliminated by Red Star 93. In 2012, Tefana lost the Tahitian Championship to AS Dragon, but won the Tahiti Cup. On the

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, they were defeated by GSI Pontivy. The team also signed a three-year partnership with French

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team

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Achievements

* Tahiti First Division: 5 :: 2005, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2016. *

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

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. *

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: 3 :: 2007, 2014, 2017. *

Coupe T.O.M Coupe T.O.M or The Pacific French Territories Cup is a cup competed for by clubs from Tahiti and New Caledonia. T.O.M. stands for Territoire d'outre-mer, Territoires d'Outre-Mer, which includes Tahiti and New Caledonia. The other two T.O.M.s are Wal ...

: 1 ::2006.

Last seasons

Performance in OFC competitions

: 3 appearances ::

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: – ::

: Finalist :: 2011: 4° in Group B

Current squad

Squad for the 2019-20 Tahiti Ligue 1

Staff

Coach:

Xavier Samin Xavier Samin (born 1 January 1978) is a Tahitian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. He currently plays for AS Tefana in the Tahiti Division Fédérale, and the Tahiti national football team. Biography Samin started playing football at the a ...

References

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