2019 Fiji Premier League

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2019 Fiji Premier League
Season2019
Champions Ba F.C. (21st title)
Relegated Tavua F.C.
OFC Champions League Ba F.C.
Lautoka F.C.
Matches played56
Goals scored154 (2.75 per match)
Top goalscorer Samuela Drudru
(12 goals)
Biggest home winLautoka 6x0 Tavua
Highest scoringLautoka 6x0 Tavua
2018
2020

The 2019 Fiji Premier League was the 43rd season of the Fiji Premier League (Vodafone Premier League for sponsorship reasons), the top-tier football league in Fiji organized by the Fiji Football Association since its establishment in 1977. It started on 19 January 2019. [1] Lautoka were the defending champions.

Contents

Team changes

Teams

A total of eight teams compete in the league.

Stadiums and locations

TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
Ba Ba Govind Park 13,500
Labasa Labasa Subrail Park 10,000
Lautoka Lautoka Churchill Park 18,000
Nadi Nadi Prince Charles Park 18,000
Nasinu Nasinu Nasinu Park 1,000
Rewa Nausori Vodafone Ratu Cakobau Park 8,000
Suva Suva ANZ Stadium 30,000
Tavua Tavua Garvey Park 4,500

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Ba (C, Q)141130295+2436Qualification to OFC Champions League group stage
2 Lautoka (Q)149143419+1528
3 Suva 147252217+523
4 Labasa 146441819122
5 Nadi 145092527215
6 Nasinu 144192022213
7 Rewa 143389251612
8 Tavua (R)1440109322312Relegation to Fiji Senior League
Source: Fiji FA
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away BAF LAB LAU NAD NAS REW SUV TAV
Ba 3–03–03–01–11–13–13–0
Labasa 1–11–44–21–01–11–11–2
Lautoka 1–40–02–04–34–10–16–0
Nadi 0–12–31–21–26–11–31–0
Nasinu 0–12–01–41–20–12–35–0
Rewa 0–20–11–20–41–01–00–1
Suva 0–11–22–14–32–01–13–0
Tavua 0–20–21–41–21–32–01–0
Updated to match(es) played on 1 September 2019. Source: https://www.fijifootball.com.fj/competition-list/vodafone-premier-league-2019-8016159/
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Top scorers

[2]

As of match 1 September 2019
RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Flag of Fiji.svg Samuela Drudru Lautoka 12
2 Flag of Fiji.svg Rusiate Matarerega Nadi 11
3 Flag of Fiji.svg Avinesh Suwamy Ba 7
4 Flag of Fiji.svg Siotame Kubu Labasa 6
5 Flag of Fiji.svg Meli Codro Suva 4
Flag of Fiji.svg Tito Vodowaqa Nadi
Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg Benjamin Totori Lautoka
Flag of Fiji.svg Manasa Levaci Nasinu
Flag of Fiji.svg Sanaila Waqanicakau Ba

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References

  1. "Vodafone Premier League To Begin". Fiji Times. 13 January 2019.
  2. "Competition".