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Football club
Labasa F.C.
Full nameLabasa Football Club
Nickname(s)Babasiga Lions
Founded1942; 82 years ago (1942)
GroundSubrail Park
Labasa, Fiji
Capacity10,000
ChairmanRayaz Khan
ManagerRavneel Pratap
LeagueNational Football League (Fiji)
20242nd
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, 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.

Achievements

Winner: 1991, 2007.
Winner: 1992, 1994, 2011, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2024
Runner-up: 1972, 1973, 1978.
Winner: 1997, 2019. 2022 ,2023
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, 2018.
Winner: 1992, 2007, 2017, 2019, 2020.
Runner-up: 1994.
Winner: 1979.
Runner-up:

Current squad

Squad for the 2024 Inter-District Championship

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Fiji FIJ Simione Tamanisau
2 DF Fiji FIJ Iliesa Lino
3 FW Fiji FIJ Simione Ragoneturaga
4 DF Fiji FIJ Sitiveni Rakai
5 FW Solomon Islands SOL Tigi Molea
6 DF Fiji FIJ Jone Lalagavesi
7 FW Solomon Islands SOL Junior Fordney
8 MF Fiji FIJ Malakai Arbaaz
9 MF Fiji FIJ Rusiate Doidoi
10 MF Fiji FIJ Christopher Wasasala
11 FW Fiji FIJ Ilisoni Lolaivalu
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 FW Fiji FIJ Ashneel Raju
13 MF Fiji FIJ Eparama Moraica
14 DF Fiji FIJ Akeimi Ralulu
15 MF Fiji FIJ Dan Steiner
16 FW Fiji FIJ Sailosi Tawake
17 MF Fiji FIJ Lekima Gonerau
18 FW Fiji FIJ Netani Suluka
19 DF Fiji FIJ Taniela Evo Waqa
20 DF Fiji FIJ Sekove Naivakananumi
21 GK Fiji FIJ Jitoko Vulava
22 GK Fiji FIJ Joji Vuakaca

Youth squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Fiji FIJ Kartik Sharma
9 Fiji FIJ Mohammed RASASA
10 FW Fiji FIJ Sailimone Ravonokula
11 Fiji FIJ Peni Misipopi
12 Fiji FIJ Isacc SAHAYAM
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 Fiji FIJ Nemani Dolodai
16 Fiji FIJ Aminisitai BULUI
18 Fiji FIJ Melvin MANI
19 Fiji FIJ Rohan NATH

Personnel

Current technical staff

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

Source:

Current women's staff

Position Staff
Head coach Fiji Roneel Ram

Source:

See also

References

  1. "FIJI FA District Affiliates".
  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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