Rewa F.C.

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Rewa FC
Rewa FA.png
Full nameRewa Football Club
Nickname(s)Delta Tigers
Founded1928
Ground Vodafone Ratu Cakobau Park
Nausori, Fiji
Capacity8,000
ChairmanNazeel Buksh
Manager Marika Rodu
League National Football League (Fiji)
2022 1st

Rewa Football Club is a Fijian semi-professional football club based in Nausori, playing in the National Football League. Rewa's home ground is Vodafone Ratu Cakobau Park

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Rewa is a pretty successful club in Fiji. They have won many tournaments throughout their history and finally won their first ever national league title in 2022.

History

A league competition was organised in Rewa for the first time in 1928, although football was known to be played in the area since 1916. In 1928, two teams from Rewa, Dilkusha Excelsior Football Club and Rewa Football Club took part in competition organised by the Suva based Indian Reform League for the Vriddhi Cup. The other two teams were from Suva. Dilkusha won the trophy and repeated its success in 1929 and 1930. Having won the trophy three times in a row, Dilkusha was allowed to permanently keep the trophy and the competition came to end. From 1931 to 1936, Rewa United Football Club took part in the Fletcher Challenge Cup organised by the Indian Reform League of Suva. In 1937, the Rewa Indian Football Association was formed. The Rewa Association was one of the founding members of the Fiji Indian Football Association in 1938, which in 1961 became the Fiji Football Association.

Rewa won the first Inter-district competition (IDC) held in Suva in 1938, defeating Ba by 3 goals to 2 in the final. In June 1939, Rewa, as the IDC champions played against a team from the naval ship, H.M.S. Leath at the C.S.R. grounds in Nausori. Rewa won the game by a lone goal, watched by a thousand fans.

Rewa Football Association currently consists of more than 42 clubs. The football club has done well in recent times, winning the Battle of Giants tournament in 2003 and 2004. Above all win or loss, Rewa has the strongest support from their fans and they are very vocal.

Rewa qualified for the first time to 2017 OFC Champions League.

Current squad

As of 5 August 2022.

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Fiji.svg  FIJ Mohammed Alam
2 DF Flag of Fiji.svg  FIJ Peniame Drova
3 MF Flag of Fiji.svg  FIJ Ivan Kumar
4 MF Flag of Fiji.svg  FIJ Jeshal Kumar
5 DF Flag of Fiji.svg  FIJ Patrick Joseph
6 MF Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Marcelo Tannus
7 FW Flag of Fiji.svg  FIJ Abbu Zahid
8 FW Flag of Fiji.svg  FIJ Setareki Hughes (captain)
9 FW Flag of Fiji.svg  FIJ Bruce Hughes
10 DF Flag of Vanuatu.svg  VAN Gabriele Matanisiga
11 FW Flag of Fiji.svg  FIJ Misaele Draunibaka
12 MF Flag of Fiji.svg  FIJ Tevita Waranaivalu
13 FW Flag of Fiji.svg  FIJ Samuela Nabenia
14 FW Flag of Fiji.svg  FIJ Josaia Sela
15 MF Flag of Fiji.svg  FIJ Madhwan Goundar
No.Pos.NationPlayer
16 DF Flag of Fiji.svg  FIJ Kavaia Rawaqa
17 MF Flag of Fiji.svg  FIJ Iosefo Verevou
18 DF Flag of Fiji.svg  FIJ Josefa Ravula
19 FW Flag of Fiji.svg  FIJ Rusiate Matarerega
20 DF Flag of Fiji.svg  FIJ Iowane Matanisiga
21 GK Flag of Fiji.svg  FIJ Emori Ragata
22 GK Flag of Fiji.svg  FIJ Manasa Waqavou
23 FW Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Sanni Issa
GK Flag of Fiji.svg  FIJ Epeli Loaniceva
GK Flag of Fiji.svg  FIJ Ayush Chand
DF Flag of Fiji.svg  FIJ Jale Dreloa
DF Flag of Fiji.svg  FIJ Kishan Sami
DF Flag of Fiji.svg  FIJ Neemish Prasad
MF Flag of Fiji.svg  FIJ Alma Naituku

Personnel

Achievements

2022
1938, 1939, 1943, 1944, 1947, 1955, 1972, 2001, 2010.
1994, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2020.
2011, 2017, 2018.
2010.
1994 (Gold Medalist).

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