Lautoka F.C.
Full nameLautoka Football Club
Founded1934 (1934)
GroundChurchill Park
Lautoka, Fiji
Capacity18,000
PresidentShalendra Prasad
ManagerAnginesh Prasad Babs Khan
LeagueNational Football League
2023Champions

Lautoka Football Club is a Fijian professional football club based in Lautoka that competes in the Fiji Premier League, the top flight of Fijian football. Their home stadium is Churchill Park. The club was formed in 1934.

History

Lautoka Soccer Football Association was formed in 1934, under the leadership of John Bairagi.[1] In 1961, Lautoka became affiliated with the Fiji Football Association.

Former crest of the club

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 2022 OFC Champions League

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Fiji FIJ Beniamino Mateinaqara
— GK Fiji FIJ Joela Biuvanua
— GK Fiji FIJ Viliame Tabucala
— GK Fiji FIJ Veremo Macedru
— GK Papua New Guinea PNG Ishmael Pole
— DF Fiji FIJ Afraz Ali
— DF Fiji FIJ Sitiveni Cavuilagi
— DF Fiji FIJ Shivnil Chand
— DF Fiji FIJ Sekove Luma
— DF Fiji FIJ Emmanuel Prakash
— DF Fiji FIJ Kolinio Sivoki
— DF Fiji FIJ Antonio Tuivuna
— DF Fiji FIJ Edward Aaron
— MF Solomon Islands SOL Wilson Doedoke
— MF Fiji FIJ Marika Rawasoi
— MF Fiji FIJ Epeli Leiroti
— MF Fiji FIJ James Pillay
— MF Fiji FIJ Edward Justin
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Fiji FIJ Sajid Khan
— MF Solomon Islands SOL Ruel Grayven
— MF Fiji FIJ Robert Rabici
— MF Fiji FIJ Zibraaz Sahib
— MF Vanuatu VAN Aporosa Yada
— MF Fiji FIJ Shivam Naidu
— FW Fiji FIJ Sairusi Nalaubu
— FW Fiji FIJ Raj Pillay
— FW Fiji FIJ Panapasa Tawakece
— FW Fiji FIJ Dev Raj
— FW Solomon Islands SOL Junior Wanetatha
— FW Fiji FIJ Junior Dekedeke
— FW Fiji FIJ Gulam Razool
— FW Nigeria NGA Omede Usman
— FW Fiji FIJ Sterling Vasconcellos
— FW Solomon Islands SOL Joses Nawo
— FW Papua New Guinea PNG Raymond Gunemba

Personnel

Current technical staff

Position
Head coachFiji Roneel Kumar

Achievements

1984, 1988, 2009, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2023.
1941, 1942, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1973, 1984, 1985, 2005, 2008, 2017, 2018.
1985, 2016.
2000, 2002, 2023.
2009, 2016.

Performance in OFC competitions

2010: 2nd in Group B
2011: 3rd in Group A
2018: Runners-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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