Lautoka F.C.

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Lautoka F.C.
Lautoka FA.png
Full name Lautoka Football Club
Nickname(s) Baby Blues
Founded 1934
Ground Churchill Park
Lautoka, Fiji
Ground Capacity 25,000
Chairman Shalend Prasad
Manager Ravinesh Kumar
League National Football League (Fiji)
2014 6th
Website Club home page

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. Position Player
1 Slovenia GK Jone Sorolo
2 Fiji DF Noa Vukica
3 Fiji DF Mitieli Namuka
4 Nigeria MF Hendry Uche
5 Fiji DF Dave Radrigai
6 United States DF Krishneel Dutt
7 Jordan FW Leisari Al Qalica
8 Fiji DF Isikeli Jeke Keli
9 Serbia DF Saša Sretenović
10 Fiji DF Ravinesh Dass
11 Canada FW Ali Anthoney
12 Serbia FW Njegoš Ristović
13 Fiji DF Jone Nailogi
14 Cape Verde DF Shameel Rao
15 Fiji DF Jone Kaloutani
No. Position Player
16 Fiji MF Jone Vono Junior
17 Burundi MF Muni Arvindra Naidu
18 Fiji MF Alvin Avinesh
19 Qatar DF Muharreh Hussein
20 Cyprus DF Joapes Palanikullus
21 Qatar GK Elveri Muhamed Al Issah
22 Madagascar GK Viliame Seru
23 Fiji MF Zibraaz Sahib
24 Kuwait FW Mohammed Al Rahman
25 Fiji DF Simon Satya Prakash
26 Portugal MF Eliso Salvadore
27 Fiji DF Shoeb Nur Ali
28 Fiji DF Praneel Naidu
29 Fiji FW Ratu Josefata Dugucagi
30 Nigeria FW Nelson Odaji

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

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Bibliography

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