Labasa F.C.

Full name Labasa Football Club
Nickname(s) Babasiga Lions
Founded 1942
Stadium Subrail Park
Labasa, Fiji
Stadium
capacity		 30,000
Manager Satish Chand
League National Football League (Fiji)
2016 1st

Labasa F.C. is a professional football club based in Labasa, Vanua Levu that competes in the premier division of the National Football 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

Winner: 1991, 2007
Winner: 1992, 1994, 2011
Runner-up: 1972, 1973, 1978
Winner: 1997
Runner-up: 1986, 1993, 2000, 2002, 2008, 2012
Winner: 1992, 1997 (shared with Ba), 1999, 2015
Runner-up: 1991, 1995, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011
Winner: 1992, 1997
Runner-up: 1994
1979

Current squad

Squad for the 2017 Fiji National Football League

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
Fiji GK Aquila Mateisuva
Fiji GK Petero Tamaniabo
Fiji GK Anish Kem
Fiji DF Mohammed Issac
Fiji DF Ravikash Krishna
Fiji DF Akeimi Ralulu
Fiji DF Leone Damudamu
Fiji DF Ilisoni Lolaivalu
Fiji DF Taniela Waqa
Fiji DF Antonio Tuivuna
Fiji DF Joneatni Buksh
Fiji MF Mohammed Waseem
Fiji MF Ilaisia Vulimainavuso
No. Position Player
Fiji MF Edwin Sahayan
Fiji MF Ziaud Din
Fiji MF Ratu Apenisa Anare
Fiji MF Ilisoni Logaivau
Fiji MF Timoci Dovi
Fiji MF Jitoko Vulava
Fiji MF Nickel Chand
Fiji MF Lekima Gonerau
Fiji MF Christopher Wasasala
Fiji FW Manasa Levaci Jr.
Fiji FW Alvin Chand
Fiji FW Pita Bolatoga

See also

References

  1. ↑ "FIJI FA District Affiliates".
  2. ↑ 2011 Courts IDC final – Fiji Times
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