Labasa F.C.

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Labasa F.C.
Labasa FC Logo.png
Full nameLabasa Football Club
Nickname(s)Babasiga Lions
Founded1942
GroundSubrail Park
Labasa, Fiji
Capacity10,000
ChairmanRayaz Khan
Manager
LeagueNational Football League (Fiji)
20185th

Labasa F.C. is a Fijian football club based in Labasa that competes in the premier division of the Fiji Premier League.

History[]

A local football competition was held in Labasa from 1938. The competition included some ethnic Fijian Clubs. Labasa did not join the National Association when it was formed, in 1938, due to the distance of Labasa from the main island of Viti Levu, where all, except one, club was based.

In 1942, under the Presidency of ,[1] a former member of the Legislative Council, Labasa Soccer Association joined the national football body, then known as the Fiji Indian Football Association.

Labasa remained at the periphery of football in Fiji, struggling to compete with teams from Viti Levu, until 1969, when it hosted the Inter-District Championship (IDC) for the first time. The team was runner-up in the IDC of 1972, 1973 and 1978. Labasa F.C. won the IDC for the first time in 1992 and again two years later in 1994.

In October 2011, the team won its third IDC tournament defeating Ba F.C. 1–0 at the TFL National Stadium in Suva. Labasa's winning goal in the final was scored by striker, Maciu Dunadamu in the second half of the match.[2]

Achievements[]

  • League Championship (for Districts): 2
Winner: 1991, 2007.
Winner: 1992, 1994, 2011, 2016, 2019, 2020.
Runner-up: 1972, 1973, 1978.
Winner: 1997.
Runner-up: 1986, 1993, 2000, 2002, 2008, 2012, 2019.
  • Fiji Football Association Cup Tournament: 4
Winner: 1992, 1997 (shared with Ba), 1999, 2015.
Runner-up: 1991, 1995, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2018
Winner: 1992, 2007, 2017, 2019.
Runner-up: 1994
  • :
1979.

Current squad[]

Squad for the 2019 Inter-District Championship

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Fiji FIJ
2 MF Fiji FIJ
3 Fiji FIJ
4 DF Fiji FIJ
5 FW Solomon Islands SOL
6 DF Fiji FIJ
7 DF Fiji FIJ
8 MF Fiji FIJ
9 Fiji FIJ
10 FW Fiji FIJ
11 MF Fiji FIJ
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 FW Fiji FIJ
13 Fiji FIJ
14 DF Fiji FIJ
15 MF Fiji FIJ Ilisoni Tuinawaivuvu
16 DF Fiji FIJ Antonio Tuivuna
17 MF Fiji FIJ
18 FW Fiji FIJ
19 DF Fiji FIJ Taniela Waqa
20 Fiji FIJ
21 Fiji FIJ
22 GK Fiji FIJ

Youth squad[]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Fiji FIJ
9 Fiji FIJ
10 FW Fiji FIJ
11 Fiji FIJ
12 Fiji FIJ
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 Fiji FIJ
16 Fiji FIJ
18 Fiji FIJ
19 Fiji FIJ

Personnel[]

Current technical staff[]

Position Staff
Head coach Fiji
Assistant coach Fiji
Team manager Fiji
Youth team coach Fiji

Source:[citation needed]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "FIJI FA District Affiliates".[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ 2011 Courts IDC final – Fiji Times
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