Suva F.C.

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Suva Football Club
Suva-FC-Logo.jpg
Full nameSuva Football Club
Nickname(s)Capital City Boys
Founded1928;96 years ago (1928)
Ground HFC Bank Stadium
Capacity30,000
PresidentIntiaz Khan
Manager Babs Khan
League Fiji Premier League
2024 7th

Suva Football Club is a Fijian football club that competes in the Fiji Premier League, the top flight of professional Fijian football. The club is based in Suva. Their home stadium is ANZ National Stadium. [1] [2]

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History

Early years

Football started to be played in Fiji with the arrival of Europeans. The Suva Football Club was formed in 1905, made up of European employees of the Government and businesses. In 1910, a team from Suva played a match against a team from Nausori. Crew of visiting naval ships also entertained themselves with friendly games of football with local teams. In 1910 a team from Suva played a game against a team from HMS Powerful and won 3 goals to 1. In 1914, a team from Suva played against a team from HMS Torch, at Albert Park, and won by 2 goals to 0. In 1930, the Governor made available two playing fields in Suva for use in football competitions. In 1922, the Sunshine Club was established in Suva. There were also four teams in Suva who played at the Marist Brothers School grounds in Toorak. In December 1927, the league organised a schools football competition at Albert Park. Schools that took part in it were Methodist Mission School, Marist Brothers School and Islamia School. Buoyed by the success of this tournament, the league met on 22 January 1928 and formed a Football Association committee. In 1936, the association was renamed, the Suva Football Association. The number of teams grew to 8 in 1936, 16 in 1945 and 41 in 1958 with competition being organised in senior, reserve, intermediate and junior grades.

Fiji National League era

In 1977, Suva Football Club participated in the Fijian football top-tier league, the 1977 Fiji National League, which was inaugural season of the Fiji National League.

Current squad

Squad for the 2024 Fiji Premier League

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 Jovilisi Borisi
3 MF Flag of Fiji.svg  FIJ Meli Codro
4 DF Flag of Fiji.svg  FIJ Inoke Turagalailai
5 DF Flag of Fiji.svg  FIJ Remueru Tekiate
6 MF Flag of Fiji.svg  FIJ Ramzan Khan
7 MF Flag of Fiji.svg  FIJ Dave Radrigai
8 MF Flag of Fiji.svg  FIJ Malakai Rakula
9 FW Flag of Fiji.svg  FIJ Bruce Hughes
10 MF Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  SOL Marlon Tahioa
11 MF Flag of Fiji.svg  FIJ Ravnesh Karan Singh
12 DF Flag of Fiji.svg  FIJ Joeli Ranitu
No.Pos.NationPlayer
13 FW Flag of Vanuatu.svg  VAN Azariah Soromon
14 FW Flag of Fiji.svg  FIJ Samuela Drudru
15 DF Flag of Fiji.svg  FIJ Waisake Navunigasau
16 DF Flag of Fiji.svg  FIJ Kavaia Rawaqa
17 DF Flag of Fiji.svg  FIJ Filipe Baravilala
18 FW Flag of Fiji.svg  FIJ Sanaila Waqanicakau
19 FW Flag of Fiji.svg  FIJ Merrill Nand
20 MF Flag of Fiji.svg  FIJ Dave Radrigai
22 GK Flag of Fiji.svg  FIJ Aquila Mateisuva
24 FW Flag of Vanuatu.svg  VAN Alex Saniel
25 MF Flag of Fiji.svg  FIJ Neerav Gounder

Staff

PositionName
Coach Flag of Fiji.svg Maxwell Thaggard

Former players

Achievements

1996, 1997, 2014, 2020.
1940, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1960, 1981, 1983, 2012, 2014.
Runner Up: 2018, 2019.
1982, 1988, 1995.
1995, 2012, 2020, 2022.


Club ranking

See also

Bibliography

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