Lautoka Football Club is a Fijian professional football club based in

Lautoka Lautoka () is the second largest city in Fiji. It is on the west coast of the island of Viti Levu, in the Ba Province of the Western Division. Lying in the heart of Fiji's sugar cane-growing region, the city has come to be known as the Sugar ...

that competes in the

Fiji Premier League The Fiji Premier League or the FPL, also called Digicel Premier League for sponsorship reasons, is the top division men's professional football league in Fiji. Contested by eight teams, it shares a promotion and relegation system with the Fiji ...

, 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 The Fiji Football Association is the governing body of football in Fiji. It came into existence in 1961. It is the overseeing body of the Fiji National Team and its leagues. History Football started to be played in Fiji ever since the arrival of ...

. Lautoka has the record of highest goals scored in the

Inter-District Championship The Inter-District Championship (IDC) is the amateur Fijian football cup. Only five teams (Suva, Rewa, Ba, Levuka and Lautoka) first took part in the first IDC held in Suva in 1938. From 1938 to 1975, the competition was initially held on a knoc ...

(IDC) finals. Lautoka thumped Ba in the finals one year by 6–0 and by 7–0 another year and also beat

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in one of the finals by 7–1. That record remains untouched till this day. Lautoka is also the first team to win the IDC 3 years in a row. They have also qualified for the

2009–10 OFC Champions League The 2009–10 OFC Champions League, also known as the 2010 O-League for short, was the 9th edition of the Oceanian Club Championship, Oceania's premier club football tournament organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC), and the 4th sea ...

by finishing on top of the Fiji National league table and also remaining undefeated.

Current squad

''Squad for

2022 OFC Champions League The 2022 OFC Champions League (officially known as OFC Champions League 2022) was the 21st edition of the Oceanian Club Championship, Oceania's premier club football tournament organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC), and the 16th s ...

Personnel

Current technical staff

Achievements

* League Championship (for Districts): 6 :: 1984, 1988, 2009,

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, 2021. *

: 18 :: 1941, 1942, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1973, 1984, 1985, 2005, 2008, 2017, 2018. * Battle of the Giants: 2 :: 1985, 2016. *

Fiji Football Association Cup Tournament Fiji Football Cup more commonly known as the FIji Fact is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic Fijian football. It is organized by the Fiji Football Association. History In 1991, the inaugural FF Cup took place in Ba. Th ...

: 2 :: 2000, 2002. * Champion versus Champion Series: 2 :: 2009, 2016.

Performance in OFC competitions

OFC Champions League The OFC Champions League, also known as the O-League, is the premier men's club soccer competition in Oceania. It is organised by the OFC, Oceania's football governing body. Beginning as the Oceania Club Championship (1987–2006), it has been ...

: 4 appearances ::

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: 2nd in Group B :: 2011: 3rd in Group A ::

: ''Runners-up'' ::

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: 3rd in Group B

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
{{Football in Fiji Football clubs in Fiji 1934 establishments in Fiji Association football clubs established in 1934