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Ba Football Association (Ba FA for short) is a Fijian football club based in Ba that competes in the Fiji Premier League, the top flight of professional Fijian football. The club was founded in 1935. The club's home ground is the Govind Park.
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| Full name | Ba Football Association |
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| Nickname(s) | Men In Black |
| Founded | 1935 |
| Ground | Govind Park Ba |
| Capacity | 13,500 |
| Chairman | Azam Ali |
| Manager | Daniel Krishneel |
| League | National Football League |
| 2024 | 5th |
Ba FA have won more trophies than any other club in Fijian football, with a record 21 league and 8 cup titles and is the only club in OFC to have won a Quintuple (5 trophies) in a single season, achieving the feat in 2006.[citation needed]
History
editBa Football Club was formed in 1935 as a street football club by local Fijians. This was due to the efforts support from the Colonial Sugar Refining Company which owned a large Sugar Mill. In 1977, Ba Football Club became a professional club and became affiliated with the Fiji Football Association. In 1977, Ba participated in the 1977 Fiji National League which was the top tier of Fiji football. Ba were the winners of the first ever Fiji National League. In 1979, Ba won their second Fiji National League title and have since then won 21 league titles with their latest being in the 2018/19 season.
Current squad
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Squad for the 2019 OFC Champions League
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Youth squad
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Former players
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Laniana Qereqeretabua[1]
Honours
edit- 1977, 1979, 1986, 1987, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2019.
- 1961, 1963, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1986, 1991, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2013, 2015.
- 1979, 1981, 1984, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2018.
- 1991, 1997 (shared by Labasa), 1998, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010.
- 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2018.
Note: No football tournaments were held in 1987
Performance in OFC competitions
edit- OFC Champions League: 8 appearances
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Switching Schools For Football". fijisun.com.fj. Archived from the original on 9 August 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
Bibliography
edit- M. Prasad, Sixty Years of Soccer in Fiji 1938–1998: The Official History of the Fiji Football Association, Fiji Football Association, Suva, 1998.