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Lautoka
Full nameLautoka Football Club
Founded1934; 90 years ago (1934)
GroundChurchill Park
Lautoka, Fiji
Capacity18,000
PresidentShalendra Prasad
ManagerShivam Raj
LeagueNational Football League
20243rd

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

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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 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

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

Personnel

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Current technical staff

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Position
Head coach Fiji Roneel Kumar

Achievements

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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

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2010: 2nd in Group B
2011: 3rd in Group A
2018: Runners-up
2019: 3rd in Group B

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "FIJI FA District Affiliates".[permanent dead link]

Bibliography

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  • 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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