Lautoka F.C.

Lautoka

Full name	Lautoka Football Club
Founded	1934; 90 years ago (1934)
Ground	Churchill Park Lautoka, Fiji
Capacity	18,000
President	Shalendra Prasad
Manager	Shivam Raj
League	National Football League
2023	Champions
Home colours Away colours

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 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.

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  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

• League Championship (for Districts): 7

1984, 1988, 2009, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2023.

• Inter-District Championship: 18

1941, 1942, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1973, 1984, 1985, 2005, 2008, 2017, 2018.

• Battle of the Giants: 2

1985, 2016.

• Fiji Fact: 4

2000, 2002, 2023, 2024

• Champion versus Champion Series: 3

2009, 2016, 2024

Performance in OFC competitions

• OFC Champions League: 4 appearances

2010: 2nd in Group B

2011: 3rd in Group A

2018: Runners-up

2019: 3rd in Group B

See also

• Fiji Football Association

References

Bibliography

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

External links

• Lautoka FC official website (archived 31 March 2012)

This page was last edited on 16 June 2024, at 02:12