Lautoka F.C.

Lautoka
Full nameLautoka Football Club
NicknamesBluez and Labor Omina Vincit
Founded1934 (1934)
GroundChurchill Park
Lautoka, Fiji
Capacity18,000
PresidentShalendra Prasad
ManagerShivam Raj
LeagueNational Football League
20253rd
Websitehttps://lautokafootball.com/

Lautoka Football Association, also known as Lautoka FC, 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 unchanged.

Lautoka is also the first team to win the IDC 3 consecutive seasons. 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.

Squad

Squad for 2022 OFC Champions League Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  FIJ Viliame Tabucala
2 MF  FIJ Epeli Leiroti
3 MF  FIJ James Pillay
4 DF  FIJ Afraz Ali
5 DF  FIJ Sitiveni Cavuilagi
6 FW  FIJ Raj Pillay
7 FW  FIJ Panapasa Tawakece
8 DF  FIJ Sekove Luma
9 MF  FIJ Anushil Munit Pillay
10 MF  SOL Wilson Doedoke
11 DF  FIJ Edward Aaron
12 MF  FIJ Marika Rawasoi
13 DF  FIJ Shivnil Chand
14 MF  SOL Ruel Grayven
15 FW  SOL Junior Wanetatha
16 MF  VAN Aporosa Yada
17 DF  FIJ Kolinio Sivoki
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF  FIJ Robert Rabici
19 DF  FIJ Emmanuel Prakash
20 GK  PNG Ishmael Pole
21 GK  FIJ Joela Biuvanua
22 GK  FIJ Veremo Macedru
23 MF  FIJ Zibraaz Sahib
24 FW  FIJ Sterling Vasconcellos
25 FW  FIJ Sairusi Nalaubu
26 MF  FIJ Edward Justin
27 FW  PNG Raymond Gunemba
28 FW  SOL Joses Nawo
29 FW  FIJ Dev Raj
30 MF  FIJ Sajid Khan
31 FW  FIJ Junior Dekedeke
32 MF  FIJ Shivam Naidu
33 FW  FIJ Gulam Razool
34 FW  NGA Omede Usman

Personnel

Current technical staff

Position
Head coach Roneel Kumar

Achievements

1984, 1988, 2009, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2023.
1941, 1942, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1973, 1984, 1985, 2005, 2008, 2017, 2018.
1985, 2016, 2024..
2000, 2002, 2023, 2024
2009, 2016, 2024

Performance in OFC competitions

2010: 2nd in Group B
2011: 3rd in Group A
2018: Runners-up
2019: 3rd in Group B

See also

References

  1. ^ "FIJI FA District Affiliates".

Bibliography

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