Lautoka F.C.
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| Full name | Lautoka Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Bluez | ||
| Founded | 1934 | ||
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Churchill Park Lautoka, Fiji | ||
| Capacity | 18,000 | ||
| Coach |
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| League | National Football League | ||
| 2018 | 1st | ||
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Lautoka Football Club is a Fijian association football club based in Lautoka that currently plays in the National Football League. Their home stadium is Churchill Park.
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.
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.
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Personnel
Current technical staff
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| Youth team coach |
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Achievements
- 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
- OFC Champions League: 3 appearances
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.