Lautoka F.C.

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Lautoka
Lautoka FA.png
Full nameLautoka Football Club
Founded1934;91 years ago (1934)
Ground Churchill Park
Lautoka, Fiji
Capacity18,000
PresidentShalendra Prasad
Manager Shivam Raj
League National Football League
2024 3rd
Website https://lautokafootball.com/

Lautoka Football Association, also known as Lautoka FC, 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 unchanged.

Lautoka is also the first team to win the IDC 3 consecutive seasons. 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.

Squad

Squad for 2022 OFC Champions League Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
9 MF Flag of Fiji.svg  FIJ Anushil Munit Pillay(On loan)
— 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, 2024..
2000, 2002, 2023, 2024
2009, 2016, 2024

Performance in OFC competitions

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

See also

References

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

Bibliography

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