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| Full name | Nadi D.F.A. |
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| Nickname(s) | The Jetsetters |
| Founded | 1937 |
| Ground | Prince Charles Park Nadi, Fiji |
| Capacity | 18,000 |
| Chairman | Sameer Taki |
| Manager | Altaf Rahman |
| League | Fiji Premier League |
| 2021 | 6th |
Nadi Football Club is a Fijian football club based in Nadi that competes in the Fiji Premier League. Their home stadium is Prince Charles.
Nadi Football Club was founded in 1937 under the leadership of Edward Grant. [1] The local competition held during the year included the teams: Koronubu, Sabeto, Bhartiya and Votualevu. Nadi played for the first time in the Inter-district competition in 1939, when it beat Nadroga in the preliminary round by 2 goals to nil but lost to Rewa in the semi-final by the same margin.
Nadi are 8-time champions of Fiji. Nadi won the Inter-District Championship (IDC) for the first time in 1969 under the Presidency of Cr. Shri Venkanna Chetty. They have won their last two IDC finals (against Lautoka 3–1 in 1998 and Ba 1–0 in 1999), which came after their last IDC win in 1974. Nadi qualified for the championship after a 3-team playoff with Ba and Labasa. Ba were favourites to win the play-offs but were upset in the first match against Labasa by 3–0. Nadi then beat Labasa by 3–0 and Ba 1–0 to qualify for the Oceania Club Championship.
In the Championship, which they hosted, Nadi beat New Zealand's Central United 1–0 in the semi-finals courtesy of a Marika Namaqa free kick. Nadi, an amateur team, then lost the final to Australia's South Melbourne FC, a professional outfit, by 5–1. This match was played in heavy rain, with South Melbourne scoring 3 penalty kicks. Nadi's lone goal was scored by Watisoni Voli.
The next year in 2000, Nadi went undefeated in the National League by winning 17 of the 18 games and drawing one against Ba.
(stage 3 of 3)| South Melbourne FC | 5–1 |  Nadi |
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| Steve Isoifidis 8' David Clarkson 16' Michael Curcija 47' pen Vaughan Coveny 50' Steve Panopoulos 73' pen | (Report) | Watisoni Voli 87' |
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