Labasa F.C.

Labasa F.C. is a semi-professional football club based in Labasa, Vanua Levu that competes in the premier division of the National Football League.

Labasa F.C.
Full nameLabasa Football Club
Nickname(s)Babasiga Lions
Founded1942
GroundSubrail Park
Labasa, Fiji
Capacity10,000
ChairmanRayaz Khan Scott Brown
ManagerRonil Lal
LeagueNational Football League (Fiji)
20185th

History

A local football competition was held in Labasa from 1938. The competition included some ethnic Fijian Clubs. Labasa did not join the National Association when it was formed, in 1938, due to the distance of Labasa from the main island of Viti Levu, where all, except one, club was based.

In 1942, under the Presidency of Harold B. Gibson,[1] a former member of the Legislative Council, Labasa Soccer Association joined the national football body, then known as the Fiji Indian Football Association.

Labasa remained at the periphery of football in Fiji, struggling to compete with teams from Viti Levu, until 1969, when it hosted the Inter-District Championship (IDC) for the first time. The team was runner-up in the IDC of 1972, 1973 and 1978. Labasa F.C. won the IDC for the first time in 1992 and again two years later in 1994.

In October 2011, the team won its third IDC tournament defeating Ba F.C. 1–0 at the TFL National Stadium in Suva. Labasa's winning goal in the final was scored by striker, Maciu Dunadamu in the second half of the match.[2]

Achievements
  • League Championship (for Districts): 2
Winner: 1991, 2007.
Winner: 1992, 1994, 2011, 2016, 2019.
Runner-up: 1972, 1973, 1978.
Winner: 1997.
Runner-up: 1986, 1993, 2000, 2002, 2008, 2012.
Winner: 1992, 1997 (shared with Ba), 1999, 2015.
Runner-up: 1991, 1995, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2018
Winner: 1992, 2007, 2017.
Runner-up: 1994
  • Girmit Cup:
1979.

Current squad

Squad for the 2019 Inter-District Championship

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  FIJ Aquila Mateisuva
2 MF  FIJ Iliesa Lino
3  FIJ Ilaisa Nayasi
4 DF  FIJ Sitiveni Rakai
5 FW  SOL Dennis Ifunaoa
6 DF  FIJ Inia Vetaukula
7 DF  FIJ Jacob Levaci
8 MF  FIJ Siotabe Kubu
9  FIJ Kirtesh Prasad
10 FW  FIJ Joel Shelvin Prasad
11 MF  FIJ Ilisoni Lolaivalu
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 FW  FIJ Ashneel Raju
13  FIJ Melvin Reddy
14 DF  FIJ Akemi Ralulu
15 MF  FIJ Ilisoni Tuinawaivuvu
16 DF  FIJ Antonio Tuivuna
17 MF  FIJ Lekima Gonerau
18 FW  FIJ Ravnesh Karan Singh
19 DF  FIJ Taniela Waqa
20  FIJ Napiloni Qasevakatini
21  FIJ Bimal Chand
22 GK  FIJ Asaeli Batikasa

Youth squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  FIJ Mohammed KHAN
9  FIJ Mohammed RASASA
10 FW  FIJ Rajiv SHARMA
11  FIJ Mauzim KHAN
12  FIJ Isacc SAHAYAM
No. Pos. Nation Player
13  FIJ Nathan HUSSAIN
16  FIJ Aminisitai BULUI
18  FIJ Melvin MANI
19  FIJ Rohan NATH

Personnel

Current technical staff
Position Staff
Head coach Ronil Lal
Assistant coach Ravneel Pratap
Team manager Nilesh Lal
Youth team coach Alvin Chand

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See also

References
  1. "FIJI FA District Affiliates".
  2. 2011 Courts IDC final – Fiji Times
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