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
Coachvacant
LeagueNational Football League
20181st

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

See also

References
  1. "FIJI FA District Affiliates".

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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