2014 Fiji National Football League

2014 Fiji National Football League

Season	2014
Champions	Suva FC (3rd title)
Relegated	Navua FC
Top goalscorer	Samuela Drudru (4) Rusiate Matarerega (4) Pita Bolatoga (4)
Biggest away win	Nadroga FC 0-6 Ba FC
Highest scoring	Lautoka FC 2-6 Ba FC
← 2013 2015 → All statistics correct as of 28 June 2019.

The 2014 Fiji National Football League was the 38th season of the Fiji Premier League administered by the Fiji Football Association (FFA) since its establishment in 1977. The home and away season began on 18 January 2013 and the final was on 17 May 2014. Ba FC and Nadi FC represented the Fiji National Football League in the 2013–14 OFC Champions League after finishing as Champions and Runners-up respectively in the 2013 Fiji National Football League competition.

Suva FC won the league title. ^[1]

Clubs

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Ba FC	Ba	Govind Park	13,500	Yogendra Dutt		Kappa	Digicel
Labasa FC	Labasa	Subrail Park	10,000	Pita Bolaitoga
Lautoka FC	Lautoka	Churchill Park	25,000	Ravinesh Kumar
Nadi FC	Nadi	Prince Charles Park	18,000	Kamal Swamy
Nadroga F.C.	Sigatoka	Lawaqa Park	12,000	Waisea Tale
Navua FC	Navua	Thomson Park	1,000	Ramesh Chandra
Rewa FC	Nausori	Ratu Cakobau Park	8,000	Jeff Friendship
Suva FC	Suva	ANZ Stadium	30,000	Gurjit Singh

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Suva FC (C)	14	11	1	2	25	11	+14	34	2014–15 OFC Champions League group stage
2	Ba FC	14	8	2	4	33	13	+20	26
3	Nadi FC	14	8	2	4	17	13	+4	26
4	Labasa FC	14	7	3	4	26	16	+10	24
5	Rewa FC	14	6	3	5	14	13	+1	21
6	Nadroga F.C.	14	4	1	9	15	22	−7	13
7	Lautoka FC	14	2	4	8	10	31	−21	10
8	Navua FC (R)	14	1	2	11	10	31	−21	5	Relegation to the 2015 Fiji Senior League

Updated to match(es) played on 21 September 2014. Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

2014 Pillay’s Garments Champion vs Champion

Details

11 January 2014

16:00 BST

Nadi	1–1	Ba
Matarerega 52'	Report	Shaheed 89'

Prince Charles Park, Nadi

Referee: Dina Mani (Fiji)

Nadi

Ba

Regular season

Round 1

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Saturday, 18 January 2014

Suva FC v Labasa FC

3:00pm	Suva FC	2–1	Labasa FC	ANZ Stadium, Suva
	Samuela Drudru 10' Nikhil Chand 75'		Joseph Mishra 17'	Attendance: 20,000

Sunday, 18 January 2014

Navua FC v Rewa FC

3:00pm	Navua FC	1–2	Rewa FC	Ratu Cakobau Park, Nausori
	Jesoni Takala 88'		Iosefo Verevou 30' Apisai Smith 55'

Nadroga F.C. v Lautoka FC

3:00pm	Nadroga F.C.	2–1	Lautoka FC	Lawaqa Park, Sigatoka
	Peni Finau 9' Shivan Kumar 82'		Laisari Qalica 56'

Round 2

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Saturday, 25 January 2014

Labasa FC v Nadroga F.C.

1:30pm	Labasa FC	3–1	Nadroga F.C.	Subrail Park, Labasa
	Joseph Mishra 18' Pita Bolatoga 20', 25'	Report	Watisoni Kamoka 67'

Rewa FC v Lautoka FC

7:00pm	Rewa FC	3–2	Lautoka FC	Ratu Cakobau Park, Nausori
	Iosefo Verevou 48', 62' Kelepi Qaqa 87'	Report	Poasa Bainivalu 🔴⚽ 18' Dave Radrigai 32'

Sunday, 26 January 2014

Suva FC v Navua FC

3:00pm	Suva FC	3–1	Navua FC	ANZ Stadium, Suva
	Samuela Drudru 4' Sahil Dave 45' Nikhil Chand 80'	Report	Jale Dreola 🔴⚽ 11'

Round 3

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Saturday, 1 February 2013

Ba FC v Navua FC

3:00pm	Ba FC	1–0	Navua FC	Govind Park, Ba
	Ronil Kumar 78'	Report

Nadi FC v Nadroga F.C.

3:00pm	Nadi FC	2–0	Nadroga F.C.	Prince Charles Park, Nadi
	Amani Makoe 20' Rusiate Matarerega 40'	Report

Sunday, 2 February 2013

Suva FC v Rewa FC

3:00pm	Suva FC	1–0	Rewa FC	ANZ Stadium, Suva
	Samuela Drudru 29'

Lautoka FC v Labasa FC

3:00pm	Lautoka FC	1–2	Labasa FC	Churchill Park, Lautoka
	Alvin Avinesh 40'		Pita Bolatoga 8', 57'

Round 4

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Sunday, 9 February 2014

Nadroga F.C. v Ba FC

3:00pm	Nadroga F.C.	0–6	Ba FC	Lawaqa Park, Sigatoka
			Abbu Zahid Shaheed 30' Saula Waqa 50' Avinesh Waran Swamy 60' Ronil Kumar 70' Meli Codro 80' Jone Vesikula 90'

Lautoka FC v Suva FC

3:00pm	Lautoka FC	0–2	Suva FC	Churchill Park, Lautoka
		Report	Ravinesh Singh 42' Samuela Drudru 62'

Nadi FC v Navua FC

3:00pm	Nadi FC	3–1	Navua FC	Prince Charles Park, Nadi
	Rusiate Matarerega 24', 34' Lekima Gonerau 51'	Report	Vineet Chand 87'

Round 5

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Sunday, 16 February 2014

Labasa FC v Nadi FC

3:00pm	Labasa FC	0–1	Nadi FC	Lawaqa Park, Sigatoka
			Rusiate Matarerega 56'

Ba FC v Rewa FC

3:00pm

Ba FC

0–0

Rewa FC

Churchill Park, Lautoka

Suva FC v Nadroga F.C.

7:00 pm	Suva FC	1–0	Nadroga F.C.	Prince Charles Park, Nadi
	Samuela Drudru 45'

Round 6

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Saturday, 22 February 2013

Nadi FC v Suva FC

3:00pm	Nadi FC	0–1	Suva FC	Govind Park, Ba
			Waisake Navunigasau 41'

Rewa FC v Labasa FC

3:00pm	Rewa FC	0–1	Labasa FC	Prince Charles Park, Nadi
			Apisolome Turuva 39'

Sunday, 23 February 2013

Nadroga F.C. v Navua FC

3:00pm	Nadroga F.C.	1–2	Navua FC	ANZ Stadium, Suva
	Tomasi Tuicakau 86'		Vineet Chand 30', 92'

Lautoka FC v Ba FC

3:00pm	Lautoka FC	2–6	Ba FC	Churchill Park, Lautoka
	Alvin Avinesh 25' Isikeli Jeke Keli 52'		Osea Vakatalesau 11', 68' Jone Vesikula 41' Ronil Kumar 48' Avinesh Waran Suwamy 77' Abbu Zahid Shaheed 90'

Round 7

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Sunday, 9 March 2014

Navua FC v Lautoka FC

3:00pm	Navua FC	0–2	Lautoka FC	Govind Park, Ba
			Alvin Avinesh 46', 88'

Rewa FC v Nadi FC

3:00pm	Rewa FC	0–1	Nadi FC	Prince Charles Park, Nadi
		Report	Jone Salauneune 88'

Round 8

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Sunday, 16 March 2014

Nadroga F.C. v Rewa FC

3:00 pm	Nadroga F.C.	1–1	Rewa FC	Lawaqa Park, Sigatoka
	Joseph Elder 5'	Report	Iosefo Verevou 26'

Navua FC v Labasa FC

3:00pm	Navua FC	1–5	Labasa FC	Thomson Park, Navua
	Kushal Naicker 🔴⚽ 30'	Report	Kushal Naicker 10' Joseph Mishra 52', 62' Inia Boko 🔴⚽ 72' Ilisoni Logaivou 82'

Round 9

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Saturday, 1 June 2014

3:00 pm

Ba FC	3–0	Nadi FC
Jone Vesikula 50' Avinesh Suwamy 62' Maciu Dunadumu 69'

Lawaqa Park , Sigatoka

Round 10

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Ba FC v Labasa

Sunday, 16 March 2014	Ba FC	3–2	Labasa	Lawaqa Park, Sigatoka
3:00 pm	Avinesh Suwamy 34' Maciu Dunadamu 42' Abbu Zahid Shaheed 🔴⚽ 67'		Apisalome Turuva 47' Sandeep Nair 88'

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Samuela Drudru	Suva FC	4
	Rusiate Matarerega	Nadi FC
	Pita Bolatoga	Labasa FC
4	Iosefo Verevou	Rewa FC	3
	Ronil Kumar	Ba FC
	Vineet Chand	Navua FC
7	Nikhil Chand	Suva FC	2
	Abbu Zahid Shaheed	Ba FC
	Avinesh Waran Suwamy	Ba FC
	Jone Vesikula	Ba FC
	Osea Vakatalesau	Ba FC
	Alvin Avinesh	Lautoka FC

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Ba FC	4													2
Labasa FC	6													4
Lautoka FC	7													7
Nadi FC	5													3
Nadroga F.C.	1													6
Navua FC	8													8
Rewa FC	2													5
Suva FC	3													1

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. Singh, Indra (12 September 2014). "Suva crowned new winners". Fijian Broadcasting Corporation . Retrieved 26 February 2024.