Rewa F.C.

A league competition was organised in Rewa for the first time in 1928, although football was known to be played in the area since 1916. In 1928, two teams from Rewa, Dilkusha Excelsior Football Club and Rewa Football Club took part in competition organised by the Suva based Indian Reform League for the Vriddhi Cup. The other two teams were from Suva. Dilkusha won the trophy and repeated its success in 1929 and 1930. Having won the trophy three times in a row, Dilkusha was allowed to permanently keep the trophy and the competition came to end. From 1931 to 1936, Rewa United Football Club took part in the Fletcher Challenge Cup organised by the Indian Reform League of Suva. In 1937, the Rewa Indian Football Association was formed. The Rewa Association was one of the founding members of the Fiji Indian Football Association in 1938, which in 1961 became the Fiji Football Association.

Rewa won the first Inter-district competition (IDC) held in Suva in 1938, defeating Ba by 3 goals to 2 in the final. In June 1939, Rewa, as the IDC champions played against a team from the naval ship, H.M.S. Leath at the C.S.R. grounds in Nausori. Rewa won the game by a lone goal, watched by a thousand fans.

Rewa Football Association currently consists of more than 42 clubs. The football club has done well in recent times, winning the Battle of Giants tournament in 2003 and 2004. Above all win or loss, Rewa has the strongest support from their fans and they are very vocal.

Rewa qualified for the first time to 2017 OFC Champions League.

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 Benito Waqavou 2 DF Peniame Drova 3 MF Charlie Otainao 4 DF Josateki Tamudu 5 Ratu Roseru 6 MF Mohammed Ramzan Khan 7 DF Anish Khem 8 FW Setareki Hughes 9 FW Iosefo Verevou 10 FW Tony Kaltack 11 FW Josaia Sela

No. Position Player 12 MF Rusiate Qio 13 MF Epeli Valevou 14 FW Epeli Saukuru 15 MF Akash Sharma 16 DF Amani Makoe 17 DF Paulo Posiano 18 FW Martin Navosa 19 MF Mitieli Namuka 20 Keloby Benty 21 GK Apete Ravudolo 22 GK Epeli Loaniceva

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

No. Position Player DF Savenaca Baledrokadroka FW Simeli Batiratu FW Navau Tikoruku

• Inter-District Championship : 9

1938, 1939, 1943, 1944, 1947, 1955, 1972, 2001, 2010.

• Battle of the Giants: 8

1994, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017.

• Fiji Football Association Cup Tournament: 2

Winner - 2011, 2017, 2018

Runner-up - 2003, 2015

• Champion versus Champion: 1

2010.

• Fiji Games: 1

1994 (Gold Medalist).

• Fiji Football Association

• M. Prasad, Sixty Years of Soccer in Fiji 1938–1998: The Official History of the Fiji Football Association, Fiji Football Association, Suva, 1998.