After months of planning and preparations, the Management of Digicel Amicale Football Club (FC) with the support of Digicel Vanuatu have announced an exceptional 26 member squad for the 2016 Oceania Football Confederation (OFC).
The announcement was made at the Digicel Head Office on Thursday 18th February to members of the press.
The new season is set to be a challenging one with the OFC League kicking off in April and explosive matches lined up throughout the year in the lead-up to the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
As Vanuatu’s leading Telecommunications Company, Digicel is proud to support a leading football team especially with Amicale’s impressive performances in the past years including Final appearances in 2011 and 2014 in the OFC League. The main adversary of Digicel Amicale FC on the road to FIFA 2018 will be Auckland City who won the tournaments of 2011 and 2014, but this is side news as team management relishes the generous support of Digicel for the new season
Technical Director, Anthony Pisano commented, “I feel that the partnership has come at a critical time. The support from Digicel is invaluable”.
Yaser Maher, CEO of Digicel Vanuatu encouraged support for the new team, “This year promises to be an exciting one, with key moments that will be shared with people all over Vanuatu. Amicale and Digicel are committed to bringing families and friends an amazing year of football. We encourage people to join us to meet the new team for an entertaining afternoon next week at the Port Vila Stadium for the first games”. He added, “We are proud to introduce the new team. We believe in the future of Vanuatu and its Digicel Amicale FC Team. Our intention is to help Vanuatu football to become bigger and better in the coming years and we want to encourage the community to share these important sporting events.”
The new Digicel Amicale FC Team for 2016 includes:
1. Mauro Boerchio – Goalkeeper, Italy 2. Ian Hogg – Left-back defender, New Zealand 3. Donna Goshen – Right-back defender, Vanuatu 4. Gianmario Liburdi – Centre-back defender, Italy 5. Francesco Perrone – Centre-back defender, Italy 6. Colin Marshall – Right-back defender, Scotland
7. Antonio Violi - Central midfielder, Italy 8. Jack Whetney – Wide midfielder, Solomon Islands 9. Michele Ganz – Striker, Italy 10. Fenedy Masauvakalo - Central midfielder, Vanuatu 11. James Naka – Striker, Solomon Islands 12. Dominic Fred - Wide midfielder, Vanuatu 13. Francois Sakama - Wide midfielder, Vanuatu 14. Adam Dickinson – Striker, New Zealand 15. Diego Nadaya – Striker, Argentina 16. Roddy Lenga - Wide midfielder, Vanuatu 17. Nelson Sale – Centre-back defender, Solomon Islands 18. Freddie Kini – Right-back defender, Solomon Islands 19. Yata Shem – Left-back defender, Vanuatu 20. Siloni Iaruel – Goalkeeper, Vanuatu 21. Giorgio Bertacchi – Central midfielder, Italy 22. Jackson Tasso – Central midfielder, Vanuatu 23. Alphonse Boingham – Centre-back defender, Vanuatu 24. Octave Meltequin - Wide midfielder, Vanuatu 25. Nako Naprapol – Striker, Vanuatu 26. Diego Benedito Galvao Maximo – Centre-back defender, Brazil