Lautoka F.C.

Lautoka
Full nameLautoka Football Club
Founded1934 (1934)
GroundChurchill Park
Lautoka, Fiji
Capacity18,000
PresidentShalendra Prasad
ManagerShivam Raj
LeagueNational Football League
20243rd
Websitehttps://lautokafootball.com/

Lautoka Football Association, also known as Lautoka FC, 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.

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 unchanged.

Lautoka is also the first team to win the IDC 3 consecutive seasons. 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.

Squad

Squad for 2022 OFC Champions League 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
GK  FIJ Beniamino Mateinaqara
GK  FIJ Joela Biuvanua
GK  FIJ Viliame Tabucala
GK  FIJ Veremo Macedru
GK  PNG Ishmael Pole
DF  FIJ Afraz Ali
DF  FIJ Sitiveni Cavuilagi
DF  FIJ Shivnil Chand
DF  FIJ Sekove Luma
DF  FIJ Emmanuel Prakash
DF  FIJ Kolinio Sivoki
DF  FIJ Antonio Tuivuna
DF  FIJ Edward Aaron
MF  SOL Wilson Doedoke
MF  FIJ Marika Rawasoi
MF  FIJ Epeli Leiroti
MF  FIJ James Pillay
MF  FIJ Edward Justin
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF  FIJ Sajid Khan
MF  SOL Ruel Grayven
MF  FIJ Robert Rabici
MF  FIJ Zibraaz Sahib
MF  VAN Aporosa Yada
MF  FIJ Shivam Naidu
FW  FIJ Sairusi Nalaubu
FW  FIJ Raj Pillay
FW  FIJ Panapasa Tawakece
FW  FIJ Dev Raj
FW  SOL Junior Wanetatha
FW  FIJ Junior Dekedeke
FW  FIJ Gulam Razool
FW  NGA Omede Usman
FW  FIJ Sterling Vasconcellos
FW  SOL Joses Nawo
FW  PNG Raymond Gunemba

Personnel

Current technical staff

Position
Head coach 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, 2024..
2000, 2002, 2023, 2024
2009, 2016, 2024

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.