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Lautoka F.C.
Full nameLautoka Football Club
Nickname(s)Baby Blues
Founded1934
GroundChurchill Park
Lautoka, Fiji
Capacity25,000
ChairmanShalend Prasad
ManagerRavinesh Kumar
LeagueNational Football League (Fiji)
20154th
Websitehttp://www.lautokafootball.com

Lautoka FC is a Fijian football team playing at the top level. It is based in Lautoka. Their home stadium is Churchill Park. The Lautoka team is currently known as the Baby Blues

History

Lautoka Soccer Football Association was formed in 1934, under the leadership of John Bairagi,[1] with two teams: Namoli Indian Sports and Service and was based at Namoli Park. Lautoka was one of the founding members of the Fiji Indian Football Association, formed in 1938, which became the Fiji Football Association in 1961.

Lautoka has the Record of Highest goals scored in the IDC Finals, Inter-District Championship (Fiji). 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

Old club logo

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Fiji FIJ Senirusi Bokini
2 DF Fiji FIJ Ilatia Tuilau
3 DF Fiji FIJ Zibraaz Sahib
4 MF Fiji FIJ Kolinio Sivoki
5 DF Fiji FIJ Dave Radrigai
6 DF Template:Country data Fijis Krishneel Dutt
7 FW Fiji FIJ Leisari Qalica
8 DF Fiji FIJ Isikeli Jeke Keli
9 DF Fiji FIJ Jone Nailogi
10 DF Fiji FIJ Peni Finau
11 DF Fiji FIJ Jone Kaloutani
12 MF Fiji FIJ Jone Vono Junior
13 MF Fiji FIJ Zibraaz Sahib
14 FW Fiji FIJ Ratu Josefata Dugucagi
15 FW Fiji FIJ Valerio Nawatu
16 FW Fiji FIJ Cyrus Singh
17 FW Fiji FIJ Iliesa Lino
18 FW Fiji FIJ Kavaia Rawaqa
19 FW Fiji FIJ Charles Williams
20 FW Fiji FIJ Mohammed Shazil
21 FW Fiji FIJ Levi Tawake

Achievements

1984, 1988, 2009.
1941, 1942, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1973, 1984, 1985, 2005, 2008.
1985.
1997, 2000, 2002.
  • Winner 2010 CvC competition

Performance in OFC competitions

Best: 2° in Group B 2010
2010: 2° in Group B
2011: 3° in Group A

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.