Labasa F.C.

Labasa F.C.
Full nameLabasa Football Club
Nickname(s)Babasiga Lions
Founded1942 (1942)
GroundSubrail Park
Labasa, Fiji
Capacity10,000
ChairmanRayaz Khan
ManagerAlvin Chand
LeagueNational Football League (Fiji)
20242nd

Labasa F.C. is a Fijian professional football club based in Labasa, that competes in the Fiji Premier League.

History

A local football competition was held in Labasa from 1938. The competition included some ethnic Fijian Clubs. Labasa did not join the National Association when it was formed, in 1938, due to the distance of Labasa from the main island of Viti Levu, where all, except one, club was based.

In 1942, under the Presidency of Harold B. Gibson,[1] a former member of the Legislative Council, Labasa Soccer Association joined the national football body, then known as the Fiji Indian Football Association.

Labasa remained at the periphery of football in Fiji, struggling to compete with teams from Viti Levu, until 1969, when it hosted the Inter-District Championship (IDC) for the first time. The team was runner-up in the IDC of 1972, 1973 and 1978. Labasa F.C. won the IDC for the first time in 1992 and again two years later in 1994.

In October 2011, the team won its third IDC tournament defeating Ba F.C. 1–0 at the TFL National Stadium in Suva. Labasa's winning goal in the final was scored by striker, Maciu Dunadamu in the second half of the match.[2]

Achievements

Winner: 1991, 2007.
Winner: 1992, 1994, 2011, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2024
Runner-up: 1972, 1973, 1978.
Winner: 1997, 2019. 2022 ,2023
Runner-up: 1986, 1993, 2000, 2002, 2008, 2012,


Winner: 1992, 1997 (shared with Ba), 1999, 2015, 2025.
Runner-up: 1991, 1995, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2018.
Winner: 1992, 2007, 2017, 2019, 2020.
Runner-up: 1994.
  • Girmit Cup: 1
Winner: 1979.
Runner-up:

Current squad

Squad for the 2024 Inter-District Championship

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  FIJ Simione Tamanisau
2 DF  FIJ Iliesa Lino
3 FW  FIJ Simione Ragoneturaga
4 DF  FIJ Sitiveni Rakai
5 FW  SOL Tigi Molea
6 DF  FIJ Jone Lalagavesi
7 FW  SOL Junior Fordney
8 MF  FIJ Malakai Arbaaz
9 MF  FIJ Rusiate Doidoi
10 MF  FIJ Christopher Wasasala
11 FW  FIJ Ilisoni Lolaivalu
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 FW  FIJ Ashneel Raju
13 MF  FIJ Eparama Moraica
14 DF  FIJ Akeimi Ralulu
15 MF  FIJ Dan Steiner
16 FW  FIJ Sailosi Tawake
17 MF  FIJ Lekima Gonerau
18 FW  FIJ Netani Suluka
19 DF  FIJ Taniela Evo Waqa
20 DF  FIJ Sekove Naivakananumi
21 GK  FIJ Jitoko Vulava
22 GK  FIJ Joji Vuakaca

Youth squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  FIJ Kartik Sharma
9  FIJ Mohammed RASASA
10 FW  FIJ Sailimone Ravonokula
11  FIJ Peni Misipopi
12  FIJ Isacc SAHAYAM
No. Pos. Nation Player
13  FIJ Nemani Dolodai
16  FIJ Aminisitai BULUI
18  FIJ Melvin MANI
19  FIJ Rohan NATH

Personnel

Current technical staff

Position Staff
Head coach Alvin Chand
Assistant coach Kasim Khan
Team manager Ravinesh Chand
Youth team coach Alvin Chand

Source:

Current women's staff

Position Staff
Head coach Roneel Ram

Source: [3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "FIJI FA District Affiliates".
  2. ^ 2011 Courts IDC final – Fiji Times
  3. ^ "LABASA WOMEN FC LOOKING TO IMPROVE ON DEBUT OFC WOMEN'S CHAMPIONS LEAGUE CAMPAIGN". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 29 February 2024.