Labasa F.C.

Labasa F.C.
Full name	Labasa Football Club
Nickname(s)	Babasiga Lions
Founded	1942; 82 years ago
Ground	Subrail Park; Labasa, Fiji
Capacity	10,000
Chairman	Rayaz Khan
Manager	Ravneel Pratap
League	National Football League (Fiji)
2024	2nd
Home colours	Away colours

Labasa F.C. is a Fijian professional football club based in Labasa, that competes in the Fiji Premier League.

History

A local football competition was held in Labasa from 1938. The competition included some ethnic Fijian Clubs. Labasa did not join the National Association when it was formed, in 1938, due to the distance of Labasa from the main island of Viti Levu, where all, except one, club was based.

In 1942, under the Presidency of Harold B. Gibson,^[1] a former member of the Legislative Council, Labasa Soccer Association joined the national football body, then known as the Fiji Indian Football Association.

Labasa remained at the periphery of football in Fiji, struggling to compete with teams from Viti Levu, until 1969, when it hosted the Inter-District Championship (IDC) for the first time. The team was runner-up in the IDC of 1972, 1973 and 1978. Labasa F.C. won the IDC for the first time in 1992 and again two years later in 1994.

In October 2011, the team won its third IDC tournament defeating Ba F.C. 1–0 at the TFL National Stadium in Suva. Labasa's winning goal in the final was scored by striker, Maciu Dunadamu in the second half of the match.^[2]

Achievements

League Championship (for Districts): 2

Winner: 1991, 2007.

Inter-District Championship : 6

Winner: 1992, 1994, 2011, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2024

Runner-up: 1972, 1973, 1978.

Battle of the Giants: 2

Winner: 1997, 2019. 2022 ,2023

Runner-up: 1986, 1993, 2000, 2002, 2008, 2012,

Fiji Football Association Cup Tournament: 4

Winner: 1992, 1997 (shared with Ba), 1999, 2015.

Runner-up: 1991, 1995, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2018.

Champion versus Champion: 5

Winner: 1992, 2007, 2017, 2019, 2020.

Runner-up: 1994.

Girmit Cup: 1

Winner: 1979.

Runner-up:

Current squad

Squad for the 2024 Inter-District Championship

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	FIJ	Simione Tamanisau
2	DF	FIJ	Iliesa Lino
3	FW	FIJ	Simione Ragoneturaga
4	DF	FIJ	Sitiveni Rakai
5	FW	SOL	Tigi Molea
6	DF	FIJ	Jone Lalagavesi
7	FW	SOL	Junior Fordney
8	MF	FIJ	Malakai Arbaaz
9	MF	FIJ	Rusiate Doidoi
10	MF	FIJ	Christopher Wasasala
11	FW	FIJ	Ilisoni Lolaivalu


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
12	FW	FIJ	Ashneel Raju
13	MF	FIJ	Eparama Moraica
14	DF	FIJ	Akeimi Ralulu
15	MF	FIJ	Dan Steiner
16	FW	FIJ	Sailosi Tawake
17	MF	FIJ	Lekima Gonerau
18	FW	FIJ	Netani Suluka
19	DF	FIJ	Taniela Evo Waqa
20	DF	FIJ	Sekove Naivakananumi
21	GK	FIJ	Jitoko Vulava
22	GK	FIJ	Joji Vuakaca

Youth squad

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	FIJ	Kartik Sharma
9		FIJ	Mohammed RASASA
10	FW	FIJ	Sailimone Ravonokula
11		FIJ	Peni Misipopi
12		FIJ	Isacc SAHAYAM


No.	Nation	Player
13	FIJ	Nemani Dolodai
16	FIJ	Aminisitai BULUI
18	FIJ	Melvin MANI
19	FIJ	Rohan NATH

Personnel

Current technical staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Ravneel Pratap
Assistant coach	Kasim Khan
Team manager	Ravinesh Chand
Youth team coach	Alvin Chand

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Current women's staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Roneel Ram

Source: ^[3]

References

^ "FIJI FA District Affiliates".^{[permanent dead link]}
^ 2011 Courts IDC final – Fiji Times
^ "LABASA WOMEN FC LOOKING TO IMPROVE ON DEBUT OFC WOMEN'S CHAMPIONS LEAGUE CAMPAIGN". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 29 February 2024.

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

[2] 2011 Courts IDC final – Fiji Times

[3] "LABASA WOMEN FC LOOKING TO IMPROVE ON DEBUT OFC WOMEN'S CHAMPIONS LEAGUE CAMPAIGN". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 29 February 2024.

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