2021 Fiji Premier League

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The 2021 Fiji Premier League was the 45th season of the Fiji Premier League (Digicel Premier League for sponsorship reasons), the top-tier football league in Fiji organized by the Fiji Football Association since its establishment in 1977. The season began on 7 March 2021. [1] Suva are the defending champions. [2]

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2021 Digicel Premier League
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Season2021
Dates7 March - 19 December
Champions Lautoka
Relegated Nadroga
OFC Champions League Suva
Lautoka
Matches played56
Goals scored123 (2.2 per match)
Top goalscorer Flag of Fiji.svg Sairusi Nalaubu (9 goals)
Biggest home win Ba F.C. 6-1 Labasa F.C. (17 December 2021)
Biggest away win Nadi F.C. 0-3 Ba F.C.
Rewa F.C. 0-3 Lautoka (7 November 2021)
Nadroga F.C. 0-3 Rewa F.C. (5 December 2021)
Nadroga F.C. 0-3 Lautoka F.C. (12 December 2021)
Highest scoring Ba F.C. 6-1 Labasa F.C. (17 December 2021)
← 2020
2022 →

On March 3, 2021, Digicel Fiji signed a 3-year deal to sponsor the league, effectively renaming the competition to the Digicel Premier League. [3]

Team changes

Stadiums and locations

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Locations of the 2021 Fiji Premier League teams

A total of 8 teams competed in the league.

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
Ba Ba Govind Park [n 1] 13,500
Labasa Labasa Subrail Park

10,000

Lautoka Lautoka Churchill Park 10,000
Nadi Nadi Prince Charles Park 18,000
Nadroga Sigatoka Lawaqa Park 12,000
Navua Navua Thomson Park 1,000
Rewa Nausori Foodcity Ratu Cakobau Park 8,000
Suva Suva HFC Bank Stadium 15,000
  1. ↑ No matches were played in Govind Park during the season.

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Lautoka (C, Q)149322211+1130Qualification to OFC Champions League Qualifying stage
2 Rewa (Q)147432011+925
3 Ba 146442211+1122
4 Suva 146351611+521
5 Labasa 14473912−319
6 Nadi 143651424−1015
7 Navua 142391021−119
8 Nadroga (R)141671022−129Relegation to Fiji Senior League
Source: Fiji FA
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away BA LAB LAU NAD NAA NAV REW SUV
Ba —6–11–24–11–13–00–20–0
Labasa 0–0—1–10–11–02–10–01–0
Lautoka 1–12–0—3–11–01–01–11–0
Nadi 0–30–02–0—1–11–11–11–0
Nadroga 0–10–00–32–2—1–20–31–1
Navua 1–00–01–22–21–2—1–20–2
Rewa 1–01–10–33–13–02–0—1–2
Suva 1–20–12–14–02–21–01–0—
Updated to match(es) played on 19 December 2021. Source: Fiji FA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

As of match 19 December 2021
RankPlayerClubGoals [4]
1 Flag of Fiji.svg Sairusi Nalaubu Lautoka 9
2 Flag of Fiji.svg Sakaraia Naisua Nadi 6
3 Flag of Fiji.svg Anish Khem Rewa 5
4 Flag of Fiji.svg Osea Vakatalesau Nadroga 4
5 Flag of Fiji.svg Rusiate Matarerega Nadroga 3
Flag of Fiji.svg Samuela Drudru Ba
Flag of Fiji.svg Samuela Nabenia Rewa
Flag of Fiji.svg Saula Waqa Ba
Flag of Fiji.svg Setareki Hughes Rewa
Flag of Fiji.svg Shameel Rao Ba
Flag of Fiji.svg Waisake Navunigasau Suva

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References

  1. ↑ "Digicel Premier League launched in Lautoka". www.fbcnews.com.fj. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  2. ↑ "Digicel Premier League 2020 Table". Fiji Football Association. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  3. ↑ "Fiji Football embarks on a new journey with Digicel – FBC News" . Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  4. ↑ "Diegicel Premier League 2021".
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