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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.
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Full name | Lautoka Football Club | ||
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Founded | 1934 | ||
Ground | Churchill Park Lautoka, Fiji | ||
Capacity | 18,000 | ||
President | Shalendra Prasad | ||
Manager | Shivam Raj | ||
League | National Football League | ||
2023 | Champions | ||
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History
editLautoka Soccer Football Association was formed in 1934, under the leadership of John Bairagi.[1] In 1961, Lautoka became affiliated with the Fiji Football Association.
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
editSquad 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.
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Personnel
editCurrent technical staff
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Head coach | Roneel Kumar |
Achievements
edit- 1941, 1942, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1973, 1984, 1985, 2005, 2008, 2017, 2018.
- 1985, 2016, 2024..
- Fiji Fact: 4
- 2000, 2002, 2023, 2024
- 2009, 2016, 2024
Performance in OFC competitions
edit- OFC Champions League: 4 appearances
See also
editReferences
editBibliography
edit- M. Prasad, Sixty Years of Soccer in Fiji 1938–1998: The Official History of the Fiji Football Association, Fiji Football Association, Suva, 1998.
External links
edit- Lautoka FC official website (archived 31 March 2012)