Labasa F.C.
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| Full name | Labasa Football Club | ||
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| Nickname | Babasiga Lions | ||
| Founded | 1938 | ||
| Ground | Subrail Park Labasa, Fiji | ||
| Capacity | 10,000 | ||
| Chairman | Shaheen Hussain | ||
| Manager | Alvin Chand | ||
| League | National Football League (Fiji) | ||
| 2024 | 2nd | ||
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Labasa F.C. is a Fijian professional football club based in Labasa, that competes in the Fiji Premier League.
History
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]- Winner: 1991, 2007.
- Winner: 1992, 1994, 2011, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2024
- Runner-up: 1972, 1973, 1978.
- Winner: 1997, 2019. 2022 ,2023 , 2025
- Runner-up: 1986, 1993, 2000, 2002, 2008, 2012,
- Winner: 1992, 1997 (shared with Ba), 1999, 2015, 2025.
- Runner-up: 1991, 1995, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2018.
- Winner: 1992, 2007, 2017, 2019, 2020.
- Runner-up: 1994.
- Girmit Cup: 1
- Winner: 1979.
- Runner-up:
Current squad
[edit | edit source]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.
Youth squad
[edit | edit source]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Personnel
[edit | edit source]Current technical staff
[edit | edit source]| Position | Staff |
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| Head coach | Fiji Alvin Chand |
| Assistant coach | Fiji Kasim Khan |
| Team manager | Fiji Ravinesh Chand |
| Youth team coach | Fiji Alvin Chand |
Source: [citation needed]
Current women's staff
[edit | edit source]| Position | Staff |
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| Head coach | Fiji Roneel Ram |
Source: [3]
See also
[edit | edit source]References
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- ^ 2011 Courts IDC final – Fiji Times
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