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Full name
  
Lautoka Football Club

Ground Capacity
  
25,000

Manager
  
Kamal Swammy

Arena/Stadium
  
Churchill Park

Nickname(s)
  
Baby Blues

Chairman
  
Abdul Kadar

Founded
  
1934

League
  
National Football League

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Ground
  
Churchill Park Lautoka, Fiji

Lautoka FC is a Fijian football team playing at the top level. It is based in Lautoka. Their home stadium is Churchill Park. The Lautoka team is currently known as the Baby Blues.

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History

Lautoka Soccer Football Association was formed in 1934, under the leadership of John Bairagi, with two teams: Namoli Indian Sports and Service and was based at Namoli Park. Lautoka was one of the founding members of the Fiji Indian Football Association, formed in 1938, which became the Fiji Football Association in 1961.

Lautoka has the Record of Highest goals scored in the IDC Finals, Inter-District Championship (Fiji). 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

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

Achievements

  • League Championship (for Districts): 3
  • Inter-District Championship: 17
  • Battle of the Giants: 2
  • Fiji Football Association Cup Tournament: 3
  • Winner 2010 CvC competition
  • Performance in OFC competitions

  • OFC Champions League: 2 appearances
  • References

    Lautoka F.C. Wikipedia