Lautoka F.C.

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Lautoka F.C.
Lautoka FA.png
Full nameLautoka Football Club
Nickname(s)Bluez
Founded1934; 87 years ago (1934)
GroundChurchill Park
Lautoka, Fiji
Capacity18,000
ManagerRavinesh Kumar
LeagueNational Football League

Lautoka Football Club is a Fijian professional football club based in Lautoka that competes in the Fiji Premier League, the top flight of Fijian football. Their home stadium is Churchill Park. The club was formed in 1934.

History[]

Lautoka Soccer Football Association was formed in 1934, under the leadership of John Bairagi.[1]In 1961, Lautoka became affiliated with the Fiji Football Association.

Lautoka has the record of highest goals scored in the Inter-District Championship (IDC) finals. Lautoka thumped Ba in the finals one year by 6 – 0 and by 7 – 0 another year and also beat Suva in one of the finals by 7 – 1. That record remains untouched till this day.

Lautoka is also the first team to win the IDC 3 years in a row. They have also qualified for the 2009–10 OFC Champions League by finishing on top of the Fiji National league table and also remaining undefeated.

Old club logo

Current squad[]

Squad for 2020 OFC Champions League

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK New Zealand NZL Liam Anderson
— GK Fiji FIJ Joela Biuvanua
— DF Fiji FIJ Arami Manumanubai
— DF Fiji FIJ Dave Radrigai
— DF Vanuatu VAN Jason Thomas
— DF Fiji FIJ Poasa Bainivalu
— DF Fiji FIJ Tevita Rabakewa
— DF Fiji FIJ Jone Vesikula
— DF Fiji FIJ Epeli Rokotuva
— DF New Zealand NZL Jack Caunter
— MF Fiji FIJ Navneel Nand
— MF Fiji FIJ Shameel Rao
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Fiji FIJ Edward Aaron
— MF Fiji FIJ Jone Vonu
— MF Fiji FIJ Zibraaz Sahib
— MF Fiji FIJ Merrill Nand
— MF Fiji FIJ James Pillay
— MF Fiji FIJ Muni Naidu
— FW Fiji FIJ Sekove Finau
— FW Vanuatu VAN Alex Saniel
— FW Fiji FIJ Shazil Ali
— FW Fiji FIJ Edward Justin
— FW Fiji FIJ Samuela Gavo

Personnel[]

Current technical staff[]

Position
Head coach Fiji KAMAL swamy

Achievements[]

  • League Championship (for Districts): 5
1984, 1988, 2009, 2017, 2018
1941, 1942, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1973, 1984, 1985, 2005, 2008, 2017, 2018
1985, 2016.
  • Fiji Football Association Cup Tournament: 2
2000, 2002.
2009, 2016.

Performance in OFC competitions[]

Best: Finalist 2018:
2010: 2nd in Group B
2011: 3rd in Group A
2018: Runner's up
2019: 3rd in Group B

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "FIJI FA District Affiliates".[permanent dead link]

Bibliography[]

  • M. Prasad, Sixty Years of Soccer in Fiji 1938–1998: The Official History of the Fiji Football Association, Fiji Football Association, Suva, 1998.

External links[]

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