2024 Fiji Premier League

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2024 Fiji Premier League
Digicel Premier League logo.png
Season2024
Dates18 February - 29 September
Champions Rewa FC (2nd title)
Relegated Tailevu Naitasiri FC
OFC Champions League Rewa FC
Labasa FC
Matches played90
Goals scored310 (3.44 per match)
Top goalscorer Merrill Nand (11)
Biggest home win Rewa 6–1 Nadroga
(14 April 2024)
Suva 5–0 Tailevu Naitasiri
(11 August 2024)
Biggest away win Tailevu Naitasiri 1–5 Rewa
(3 March 2024)
Nasinu 0–4 Rewa
(11 August 2024)
Highest scoring Navua 6–2 Lautoka
(7 July 2024)
2023
2025

The 2024 Fiji Premier League, known as the 2024 Digicel Premier League for sponsorship reasons, has been the 48th season of the Fiji Premier League, the highest level of the Fijian football league system. The season begun on 18 February and ended on 29 September. [1]

Contents

Lautoka FC came in as the defending champions, while newly promoted Nasinu FC replaced 2023 Fiji Premier League's last placed Tavua FC.

Teams

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Ba
Location of teams in the 2024 Fiji Premier League

ClubLocationStadium
Ba Ba Govind Park
Labasa Labasa Subrail Park
Lautoka Lautoka Churchill Park
Nadi Nadi Prince Charles Park
Nadroga Sigatoka Lawaqa Park
Nasinu Nasinu Nasinu Park
Navua Navua Thomson Park
Rewa Nausori Ratu Cakobau Park
Suva Suva HFC Bank Stadium
Tailevu Nausori Ratu Cakobau Park

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Rewa (C)1813414314+2943Qualification to OFC Champions League national play-offs
2 Labasa 189542923+632
3 Lautoka 1810174537+831
4 Navua 188553123+829
5 Ba 188463126+528
6 Nadi 187473233125
7 Suva 186483335222
8 Nadroga 18521129431417
9 Nasinu 18501320402015
10 Tailevu Naitasiri (R)18331217361912Relegation to Fiji Senior League
Source: Fiji FA
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away BA LAB LAU NAD NDR NAS NAV REW SUV TAI
Ba 2–13–11–04–20–10–21–35–21–1
Labasa 3–32–11–02–12–00–11–01–01–1
Lautoka 4–24–25–13–24–01–12–30–12–1
Nadi 0–21–12–33–34–22–21–41–23–1
Nadroga 1–02–24–30–11–21–00–35–24–1
Nasinu 0–21–32–41–43–13–10–41–20–1
Navua 2–22–36–21–22–11–00–12–21–0
Rewa 2–12–12–01–16–13–10–01–11–0
Suva 0–11–12–41–24–03–22–52–25–0
Tailevu 1–11–21–22–42–00–11–21–52–1
Source: https://www.fijifootball.com.fj/competition-list/digicel-fiji-premier-league-2024-2700296629
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.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoals [2]
1 Flag of Fiji.svg Merrill Nand Suva 11
2 Flag of Fiji.svg Christopher Wasasala Labasa 9
Flag of Fiji.svg Sairusi Nalaubu Lautoka
Flag of Fiji.svg Tevita Waranaivalu Rewa
5 Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg Ali Mekawir Navua 8
Flag of Fiji.svg Iosefo Verevou Rewa
Flag of Fiji.svg Etonia Dogalau Ba
Flag of Fiji.svg Rusiate Matarerega Nadroga
9 Flag of Fiji.svg Simione Damuni Navua 6
Flag of Vanuatu.svg Joe Moses Suva
Flag of Fiji.svg Saula Waqa Lautoka

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstScoreDate
Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg Junior Rocky NadiNadroga3-310 March 2024
Flag of Fiji.svg Simione Damuni NavuaLautoka6-27 July 2024
Flag of Fiji.svg Merrill Nand SuvaTailevu Naitasiri5-011 August 2024
Flag of Fiji.svg Sairusi Nalaubu LautokaNadi2-317 August 2024

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