Labasa F.C.

Labasa FC
Full name Labasa Football Club
Nickname(s) Babasiga Lions
Founded 1942
Stadium Subrail Park
Labasa, Fiji
Stadium
capacity		 10,000
Manager Satish Chand
League National Football League (Fiji)
2015 6th

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

Akuila Mateisuva (GK), Ilaisa Nayasi, Mohammed Jamshir Issac, Ratu Anare, Ashnil Raju, Sandeep Nair, Pene Erenio, Ravinesh Singh, Edwin Sahayam, Jesoni Takala, Christopher Wasasala, Manasa Levaci, Ilisoni Logaivou, Taione Kerevanua, Posiano Kalisito, Leone Damudamu, Gabriel Matanisiga, Pita Bolaitoga, Akeimi Ralulu, Waisake Wavuiwasa and Taniela Waqa (Captain)

See also

References

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