Football around the World: Oceania (I)

Can you name the answers to these football (soccer) questions where all answers have to do with Oceanian soccer?

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What is the three-letter acronym for the governing body overseeing football in Oceania?
... and which of its current members, whose logo is seen above, is the only current Oceanian national team to have played at a World Cup?
... and in their most recent appearance, in 2010, they famously held which reigning champion to a draw in the group stage, helping to eliminate them?
... and perhaps their most famous current player is which striker, pictured, formerly of Leicester, Leeds, and now Burnley?
... and he and his team were also regulars in the FIFA Confederations Cup. But can you name the national team that played in 2013? They are also known as French Polynesia
... but there they lost all three games, conceding 24 (!) goals, and scoring just once - against which African giants, who featured Vincent Enyeama and John Obi Mikel
... but still, they won their regional tournament the year before, beating whom in the final? Another French territory, their logo is above
... and their players are also eligible for France, such as the former World Cup winner seen above. Who is this ex-Real Madrid and Middlesbrough man?
Of course, we'd be remiss not to mention this former member of Oceanian football, who left for greener pastures in AFC - who are they?
... and they left in part because of persistent mismatches - such as a 31-0 win over which tiny island dependency?
... and in that game, in 2001, which then-Wolves, later Rangers, Millwall, and Melbourne defender was captain? He shares his surname with an Arab capital
... but he wasn't present when his country won their final regional championshop in 2004. Instead, name his then-Millwall midfield teammate who'd later star for Everton til 2012
... and he, with 108 caps, is the second-most capped for his country. Which 'keeper, ex-Middlesbrough, Fulham, and Chelsea, has the most?
... and he was relegated to the bench in the 2006 World Cup qualifiers as Australia very nearly drew away to which island country, capital Honiara, and home to club Guadalcanal?
Whose career? Christchurch United, DC United, Blackburn Rovers, Tottenham, Queens Park Rangers... and New Zealand?
And finally... which national team, formerly the Gilbert Islands, are hamstrung by the lack of grass pitches on their archipelago, even in the capital, Tarawa?

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