2024 Fiji Premier League

The 2024 Fiji Premier League, known as the 2024 Digicel Premier League for sponsorship reasons, has been the 48th season of the Fiji Premier League, the highest level of the Fijian football league system. The season begun on 18 February and ended on 29 September.[1]

2024 Fiji Premier League
Season2024
Dates18 February – 29 September
ChampionsRewa FC (2nd title)
RelegatedTailevu Naitasiri FC
OFC Champions LeagueRewa FC
Labasa FC
Matches played90
Goals scored310 (3.44 per match)
Top goalscorerMerrill Nand (11)
Biggest home winRewa 6–1 Nadroga
(14 April 2024)
Suva 5–0 Tailevu Naitasiri
(11 August 2024)
Biggest away winTailevu Naitasiri 1–5 Rewa
(3 March 2024)
Nasinu 0–4 Rewa
(11 August 2024)
Highest scoringNavua 6–2 Lautoka
(7 July 2024)
2023
2025

Lautoka FC were the defending champions. On 22 September 2024, Rewa won their second title with a game to spare.

Teams

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Newly promoted Nasinu FC replaced 2023 Fiji Premier League's last placed Tavua FC.

  Promoted from
2023 Fiji Senior League
  Relegated to
2024 Fiji Senior League
Nasinu Tavua


Location of teams in the 2024 Fiji Premier League


Club Location Stadium
Ba Ba Govind Park
Labasa Labasa Subrail Park
Lautoka Lautoka Churchill Park
Nadi Nadi Prince Charles Park
Nadroga Sigatoka Lawaqa Park
Nasinu Nasinu Nasinu Park
Navua Navua Thomson Park
Rewa Nausori Ratu Cakobau Park
Suva Suva HFC Bank Stadium
Tailevu Nausori Ratu Cakobau Park


League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Rewa (C) 18 13 4 1 43 14 +29 43 Qualification to OFC Champions League national play-offs
2 Labasa 18 9 5 4 29 23 +6 32
3 Lautoka 18 10 1 7 45 37 +8 31
4 Navua 18 8 5 5 31 23 +8 29
5 Ba 18 8 4 6 31 26 +5 28
6 Nadi 18 7 4 7 32 33 −1 25
7 Suva 18 6 4 8 33 35 −2 22
8 Nadroga 18 5 2 11 29 43 −14 17
9 Nasinu 18 5 0 13 20 40 −20 15
10 Tailevu Naitasiri (R) 18 3 3 12 17 36 −19 12 Relegation to Fiji Senior League
Source: Fiji FA RSSSF
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

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Home \ Away BA LAB LAU NAD NDR NAS NAV REW SUV TAI
Ba 2–1 3–1 1–0 4–2 0–1 0–2 1–3 5–2 1–1
Labasa 3–3 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–1
Lautoka 4–2 4–2 5–1 3–2 4–0 1–1 2–3 0–1 2–1
Nadi 0–2 1–1 2–3 3–3 4–2 2–2 1–4 1–2 3–1
Nadroga 1–0 2–2 4–3 0–1 1–2 1–0 0–3 5–2 4–1
Nasinu 0–2 1–3 2–4 1–4 3–1 3–1 0–4 1–2 0–1
Navua 2–2 2–3 6–2 1–2 2–1 1–0 0–1 2–2 1–0
Rewa 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 6–1 3–1 0–0 1–1 1–0
Suva 0–1 1–1 2–4 1–2 4–0 3–2 2–5 2–2 5–0
Tailevu 1–1 1–2 1–2 2–4 2–0 0–1 1–2 1–5 2–1
Source: https://www.fijifootball.com.fj/competition-list/digicel-fiji-premier-league-2024-2700296629
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Season statistics

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Top goalscorers

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Rank Player Club Goals[2]
1   Merrill Nand Suva 11
2   Christopher Wasasala Labasa 9
  Sairusi Nalaubu Lautoka
  Tevita Waranaivalu Rewa
5   Ali Mekawir Navua 8
  Iosefo Verevou Rewa
  Etonia Dogalau Ba
  Rusiate Matarerega Nadroga
9   Simione Damuni Navua 6
  Joe Moses Suva
  Saula Waqa Lautoka

Hat-tricks

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Player For Against Score Date
  Junior Rocky Nadi Nadroga 3-3 10 March 2024
  Simione Damuni Navua Lautoka 6-2 7 July 2024
  Merrill Nand Suva Tailevu Naitasiri 5-0 11 August 2024
  Sairusi Nalaubu Lautoka Nadi 2-3 17 August 2024

References

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  1. ^ "National Football League". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Digicel Fiji Premier League 2024". Fiji Football Association.