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The Oceania Football Confederation was founded in 1966, after FIFA's congress approved the bid put together by Charlie Dempsey and Jim Bayutti. The idea had first been raised in 1964, following Australia and New Zealand's failed attempts to join the Asian Football Confederation.
Australia left the OFC in 2006 to join the Asian Football Confederation. The primary reasons were the unpredictable inter-confederation World Cup playoffs, in which OFC teams lost five consecutive matches, and Australia's extreme dominance over smaller Pacific nations, which FIFA president Sepp Blatter acknowledged had caused political tension within the confederation.
Australia's 31-0 victory over American Samoa in April 2001, during OFC World Cup qualifying for the 2002 tournament, is the largest winning margin in international football history. In that match, Archie Thompson also set the record for most goals scored by an individual player in a single international match, netting 13.
Australia's 3-1 group stage victory against Japan at the 2006 FIFA World Cup remains the only time a team representing the OFC has won a match at the tournament. Oceania has sent representatives to the World Cup four times in total: Australia in 1974 and 2006, and New Zealand in 1982 and 2010.
Lambert Maltock has served as president of the OFC since April 2018. The vice presidents are Thierry Ariiotima, Kapi Natto John, and Lord Ve'ehala, while Franck Castillo serves as general secretary. The confederation is headquartered in Auckland, New Zealand.
Beginning with the 2026 FIFA World Cup, the OFC receives its first guaranteed spot in the tournament's history, a result of the competition expanding from 32 to 48 teams. New Zealand secured that spot on the 24th of March 2025 by defeating New Caledonia 3-0 in the final game of the new OFC qualification tournament.