Lautoka F.C.

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.

History

Lautoka Soccer Football Association was formed in 1934, under the leadership of John Bairagi. 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

Squad for 2022 OFC Champions League

Personnel

Current technical staff

Achievements

• League Championship (for Districts): 7

: 1984, 1988, 2009, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2023.

• Inter-District Championship: 18

: 1941, 1942, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1973, 1984, 1985, 2005, 2008, 2017, 2018.

• Battle of the Giants: 3

: 1985, 2016, 2024..

• Fiji FA Cup Tournament: 4

: 2000, 2002, 2023, 2024

• Champion versus Champion Series: 3

: 2009, 2016, 2024

Performance in OFC competitions

• OFC Champions League: 4 appearances

:2010: 2nd in Group B

:2011: 3rd in Group A

:2018: Runners-up

:2019: 3rd in Group B

See also

• Fiji Football Association

References

Bibliography

• 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

• Lautoka FC official website (archived 31 March 2012)