Lautoka F.C.

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.

Lautoka F.C.
Full nameLautoka Football Club
Nickname(s)Bluez
Founded1934 (1934)
GroundChurchill Park
Lautoka, Fiji
Capacity18,000
ManagerMateusz Chrzanowski
LeagueNational Football League

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 2020 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  NZL Liam Anderson
— GK  FIJ Joela Biuvanua
— DF  FIJ Arami Manumanubai
— DF  FIJ Dave Radrigai
— DF  VAN Jason Thomas
— DF  FIJ Poasa Bainivalu
— DF  FIJ Tevita Rabakewa
— DF  FIJ Jone Vesikula
— DF  FIJ Epeli Rokotuva
— DF  NZL Jack Caunter
— MF  FIJ Navneel Nand
— MF  FIJ Shameel Rao
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  FIJ Edward Aaron
— MF  FIJ Jone Vonu
— MF  FIJ Zibraaz Sahib
— MF  FIJ Merrill Nand
— MF  FIJ James Pillay
— MF  FIJ Muni Naidu
— FW  FIJ Sekove Finau
— FW  VAN Alex Saniel
— FW  FIJ Shazil Ali
— FW  FIJ Edward Justin
— FW  FIJ Samuela Gavo

Personnel

Current technical staff
Position
Head coach KAMAL swamy

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