Lautoka F.C.

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Lautoka F.C.
Lautoka FA.png
Full nameLautoka Football Club
Founded1934;90 years ago (1934)
Ground Churchill Park
Lautoka, Fiji
Capacity18,000
PresidentShalendra Prasad
ManagerBabs Khan
League National Football League
2023 Champions

Lautoka Football Club 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.

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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.

Former crest of the club Lautoka FC logo.png
Former crest of the club

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 untouched till this day.

Lautoka is also the first team to win the IDC 3 years in a row. 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.

Current squad

Squad for 2022 OFC Champions League

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
GK Flag of Fiji.svg  FIJ Beniamino Mateinaqara
GK Flag of Fiji.svg  FIJ Joela Biuvanua
GK Flag of Fiji.svg  FIJ Viliame Tabucala
GK Flag of Fiji.svg  FIJ Veremo Macedru
GK Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  PNG Ishmael Pole
DF Flag of Fiji.svg  FIJ Afraz Ali
DF Flag of Fiji.svg  FIJ Sitiveni Cavuilagi
DF Flag of Fiji.svg  FIJ Shivnil Chand
DF Flag of Fiji.svg  FIJ Sekove Luma
DF Flag of Fiji.svg  FIJ Emmanuel Prakash
DF Flag of Fiji.svg  FIJ Kolinio Sivoki
DF Flag of Fiji.svg  FIJ Antonio Tuivuna
DF Flag of Fiji.svg  FIJ Edward Aaron
MF Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  SOL Wilson Doedoke
MF Flag of Fiji.svg  FIJ Marika Rawasoi
MF Flag of Fiji.svg  FIJ Epeli Leiroti
MF Flag of Fiji.svg  FIJ James Pillay
MF Flag of Fiji.svg  FIJ Edward Justin
No.Pos.NationPlayer
MF Flag of Fiji.svg  FIJ Sajid Khan
MF Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  SOL Ruel Grayven
MF Flag of Fiji.svg  FIJ Robert Rabici
MF Flag of Fiji.svg  FIJ Zibraaz Sahib
MF Flag of Vanuatu.svg  VAN Aporosa Yada
MF Flag of Fiji.svg  FIJ Shivam Naidu
FW Flag of Fiji.svg  FIJ Sairusi Nalaubu
FW Flag of Fiji.svg  FIJ Raj Pillay
FW Flag of Fiji.svg  FIJ Panapasa Tawakece
FW Flag of Fiji.svg  FIJ Dev Raj
FW Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  SOL Junior Wanetatha
FW Flag of Fiji.svg  FIJ Junior Dekedeke
FW Flag of Fiji.svg  FIJ Gulam Razool
FW Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Omede Usman
FW Flag of Fiji.svg  FIJ Sterling Vasconcellos
FW Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  SOL Joses Nawo
FW Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  PNG Raymond Gunemba

Personnel

Current technical staff

Position
Head coach Flag of Fiji.svg 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.
2000, 2002, 2023.
2009, 2016.

Performance in OFC competitions

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

See also

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References

  1. "FIJI FA District Affiliates".[ permanent dead link ]

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