Lautoka F.C.

Lautoka Football Club is a semi-professional Fijian association football club based in Lautoka that currently plays in the National Football League. Their home stadium is Churchill Park.

Lautoka F.C.
Full nameLautoka Football Club
Nickname(s)Bluez
Founded1934
GroundChurchill Park
Lautoka, Fiji
Capacity18,000
CoachRavinesh Kumar
LeagueNational Football League
20192nd

History

Lautoka Soccer Football Association was formed in 1934, under the leadership of John Bairagi,[1] with two teams: Namoli Indian Sports and Service and was based at Namoli Park. Lautoka was one of the founding members of the Fiji Indian Football Association, formed in 1938, which became the Fiji Football Association in 1961.

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 untouched till this day.

Lautoka is also the first team to win the IDC 3 years in a row. 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.

Old club logo

Current squad

Squad for 2020 OFC Champions League

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK  NZL Liam Anderson
GK  FIJ Joela Biuvanua
DF  FIJ Arami Manumanubai
DF  FIJ Dave Radrigai
DF  VAN Jason Thomas
DF  FIJ Poasa Bainivalu
DF  FIJ Tevita Rabakewa
DF  FIJ Jone Vesikula
DF  FIJ Epeli Rokotuva
DF  NZL Jack Caunter
MF  FIJ Navneel Nand
MF  FIJ Shameel Rao
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF  FIJ Edward Aaron
MF  FIJ Jone Vonu
MF  FIJ Zibraaz Sahib
MF  FIJ Merrill Nand
MF  FIJ James Pillay
MF  FIJ Muni Naidu
FW  FIJ Sekove Finau
FW  VAN Alex Saniel
FW  FIJ Shazil Ali
FW  FIJ Edward Justin
FW  FIJ Samuela Gavo

Personnel

Current technical staff

Position
Head coach Ananda Swamy

Achievements

  • League Championship (for Districts): 5
1984, 1988, 2009, 2017, 2018
1941, 1942, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1973, 1984, 1985, 2005, 2008, 2017, 2018
1985, 2016.
2000, 2002.
2009, 2016.

Performance in OFC competitions

Best: Finalist 2018:
2010: 2nd in Group B
2011: 3rd in Group A
2018: Runner's up
2019: 3rd in Group B
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See also

References

Bibliography

  • M. Prasad, Sixty Years of Soccer in Fiji 1938–1998: The Official History of the Fiji Football Association, Fiji Football Association, Suva, 1998.
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