Rakiraki F.C.

Rakiraki F.C.
Full name Rakiraki Football Club
Founded 1938
Ground Ra Sports Ground
Rakiraki, Fiji
Capacity 1,000
Chairman Fiji Sanjeet Maharaj
League Fiji Senior League (Second Tier)
2019 TBA

Rakiraki F.C. is a Fijian football team playing in the second division of the Fiji Football Association competitions. It is based in Rakiraki, which is situated on the northern side of the main island of Viti Levu. Their home stadium is the Ra Sports Grounds. Their uniform is maroon shirt, white shorts and maroon socks.

History

Rakiraki F.C. was founded in 1938, with the formation of the Rakiraki Football Association, under the leadership of Edward Raman.[1] It first took part in the Inter-District Competition (IDC) held in Lautoka in 1939, in which it was resoundingly defeated by Suva, in its first game, by nine goals to nil. In 1944, Rakiraki hosted the IDC for the only time. It reached the zenith of its performance when it surprised the other teams to qualify for the 1951 IDC final, which it lost to Suva by two goals to nil. Unlike the other football teams from the western division, Rakiraki performed poorly in the 1970s and 1980s, but it improved in the 1990s and created history in 2003 to win its first IDC in the senior division, winning again in 2004, 2006 and 2007. In the 2003 IDC, held in Govind Park, Rakiraki defeated T/Naitasiri 2–0. In that year Rakiraki had players like Ritesh, Farid, Atinesh, Ganga, Raju, Semi, Robin, Aeseli, Shiu, Shameel Hussein, Shameer, Tevita, Vikash, Atish and was coached by Pragdeesh Gounder (Putty). The team manager was Sani Ram (Sannu) and officials comprised Mohd Rafiq, Kamal Chand Seth, Shaneel, Atesh Maharaj and chairman Sanjeet Maharaj.

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 TEVITA DRIKALU
2 Fiji DF AKEI ULIBAU
3 Fiji EMMANUEL MOSES
4 Fiji FW NIMILOTE AMINI
5 Fiji MF ZAINAL HUSSEIN
6 Fiji ASHNAL SETH
7 Fiji MF JOSEPH ELDER
8 Fiji MF ASEILI COMBUTA
9 Fiji MF SHAHEEL GOUNDAR
10 Fiji MF JOHNNY RAO
11 Fiji MF RONALD LAWRENCE
No. Position Player
12 Fiji NAFIZ ALI
13 Fiji VISHAL NAIR
14 Fiji ILI TOMASI BUSA
15 Fiji PRAVIKASH CHAND
16 Fiji MF ILI GAUNAVOU JNR
17 Fiji OSEA ROQICA
18 Fiji RONALD DUTT
19 Fiji ROBERT NAIR
20 Fiji MF SHIEK SHAMIN
21 Fiji MF ELVIS RAJU
22 Fiji GK SAIMONI NAIDOGI

Achievements

  • League Championship (for Districts):
Winner: 4 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007
Runner-up: 3 2002, 2005, 2008
  • Inter-District Championship:
Winner: 4 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007
Runner-up: 1 1951
Winner: 0
Runner-up: 0
Winner: 0
Runner-up: 0

See also

References

  1. ↑ "FIJI FA District Affiliates".
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