Biography

Lautoka F.C.
Full name	Lautoka Football Club
Founded	1934; 90 years ago
Ground	Churchill Park; Lautoka, Fiji
Capacity	18,000
President	Shalendra Prasad
Manager	Babs Khan
League	National Football League
2023	Champions
Home colours	Away colours

Lautoka Football Club 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.^[1] 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 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 by finishing on top of the Fiji National league table and also remaining undefeated.

Current squad

Squad for 2022 OFC Champions League

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	FIJ	Beniamino Mateinaqara
—	GK	FIJ	Joela Biuvanua
—	GK	FIJ	Viliame Tabucala
—	GK	FIJ	Veremo Macedru
—	GK	PNG	Ishmael Pole
—	DF	FIJ	Afraz Ali
—	DF	FIJ	Sitiveni Cavuilagi
—	DF	FIJ	Shivnil Chand
—	DF	FIJ	Sekove Luma
—	DF	FIJ	Emmanuel Prakash
—	DF	FIJ	Kolinio Sivoki
—	DF	FIJ	Antonio Tuivuna
—	DF	FIJ	Edward Aaron
—	MF	SOL	Wilson Doedoke
—	MF	FIJ	Marika Rawasoi
—	MF	FIJ	Epeli Leiroti
—	MF	FIJ	James Pillay
—	MF	FIJ	Edward Justin


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	FIJ	Sajid Khan
—	MF	SOL	Ruel Grayven
—	MF	FIJ	Robert Rabici
—	MF	FIJ	Zibraaz Sahib
—	MF	VAN	Aporosa Yada
—	MF	FIJ	Shivam Naidu
—	FW	FIJ	Sairusi Nalaubu
—	FW	FIJ	Raj Pillay
—	FW	FIJ	Panapasa Tawakece
—	FW	FIJ	Dev Raj
—	FW	SOL	Junior Wanetatha
—	FW	FIJ	Junior Dekedeke
—	FW	FIJ	Gulam Razool
—	FW	NGA	Omede Usman
—	FW	FIJ	Sterling Vasconcellos
—	FW	SOL	Joses Nawo
—	FW	PNG	Raymond Gunemba