Rakiraki F.C.

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

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	GK	TEVITA DRIKALU
2	DF	AKEI ULIBAU
3		EMMANUEL MOSES
4	FW	NIMILOTE AMINI
5	MF	ZAINAL HUSSEIN
6		ASHNAL SETH
7	MF	JOSEPH ELDER
8	MF	ASEILI COMBUTA
9	MF	SHAHEEL GOUNDAR
10	MF	JOHNNY RAO
11	MF	RONALD LAWRENCE

No.	Position	Player
12		NAFIZ ALI
13		VISHAL NAIR
14		ILI TOMASI BUSA
15		PRAVIKASH CHAND
16	MF	ILI GAUNAVOU JNR
17		OSEA ROQICA
18		RONALD DUTT
19		ROBERT NAIR
20	MF	SHIEK SHAMIN
21	MF	ELVIS RAJU
22	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

Battle of the Giants:

Winner: 0

Runner-up: 0

Fiji Football Association Cup Tournament: