Labasa F.C.

Labasa F.C.
Full name Labasa Football Club
Nickname(s) Babasiga Lions
Founded 1942
Ground Subrail Park
Labasa, Fiji
Capacity 15,000
Chairman Fiji Rayaz Khan
Manager Fiji Johan Leewai
League National Football League (Fiji)
2018 5th

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

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

Winner: 1991, 2007.
Winner: 1992, 1994, 2011, 2016.
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 2018 Inter-District Championship

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

No. Position Player
1 Fiji GK Aquila Mateisuva
2 Fiji MF Iliesa Lino
3 Fiji DF Mohammed Zaid
4 Fiji DF Sitiveni Rakai
5 Fiji MF Peni Sokia
6 Fiji DF Sisa Valesua
7 Fiji MF Edwin Sahayan
8 Fiji FW Vilitati Kautoga
9 Fiji MF Lekima Gonerau
10 Fiji FW Christopher Wasasala
11 Fiji MF Ilisoni Lolaivalu
No. Position Player
12 Fiji FW Ashneel Raju
13 Fiji DF Pita Levaci
14 Fiji DF Daniel Dass [3]
15 Fiji MF Ilisoni Logaivalu
16 Fiji DF Inia Vetaukula
17 Fiji MF Siotabe Kubu
18 Fiji DF Taniela Waqa
19 Fiji MF Mohammed Waseem
20 Fiji DF Akemi Ralulu
21 Fiji FW Iliesa Rakuka
22 Fiji GK Asaeli Batikasa


Not Selected for the 2018 Inter-District Championship

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

No. Position Player
Fiji DF Thomas Steiner
Fiji MF Ratu Apenisa Anare

Youth Squad

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

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

Personnel

Current technical staff

Position Staff
Head coach Fiji Johan Leewai
Assistant manager Fiji Ravneel Pratap
Team manager Fiji Nilesh Lal
Youth team coach Fiji Ronil LAL

Source:

See also

References

  1. ↑ "FIJI FA District Affiliates".
  2. ↑ 2011 Courts IDC final – Fiji Times
  3. ↑ ROHIT DEO (October 2, 2018). "Courts IDC: New players join Labasa side". Fiji Times.
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