Navua F.C.

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Navua F.C.

Full name	Navua Football Club
Founded	1943
Ground	Thomson Park (Fiji) Navua, Fiji
Capacity	1,000
Chairman	Faud Ali
Manager	Shivneel Maharaj
League	Fiji Premier League
2023	8th
Home colours

Navua F.C. is a Fijian football team playing in the second division of the Fiji Football Association competitions.

They are based in Navua, which is situated on the southern side of the main island of Viti Levu, between the town of Sigatoka and the city of Suva. Their home stadium is Thomson Park. Their uniform is red shirt, blue shorts and white socks.

History[edit]

Navua F.C. was founded in 1943, with the formation of the Navua Soccer Association, under the leadership of C.P. Singh,^[1] a former member of the Legislative Council. The team languished in the second division has moved up to the first division, and has performed credibly in recent times.

Current squad[edit]

Squad for the 2018 Inter-District Championship

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  FIJ VILIAME SIVO 2 DF  FIJ Mosese Balenagaga 3  FIJ DORSAN NAIDU 4 MF  FIJ Seveci Rokotakala 5  FIJ ISAKE NADUVU 6  FIJ SHARAD KUMAR 7 MF  FIJ MONIT CHAND 8  FIJ LEMEKI ROSALATO 9  FIJ NETANI DOLI 10 MF  FIJ VINEET CHAND (captain) 11 FW  FIJ MANAV PERMAL

No. Pos. Nation Player 12  FIJ JESONI TAKALA 13  FIJ ASHIS KARAN 14  FIJ ISIKELI NAULA 15  FIJ PENI NABETE 16  FIJ SEREVASIO DOLI 17  FIJ IFRAAZ HUSSEIN 18  FIJ ABDUL FARAAZ 19  FIJ JONE TABUYALEWA 20  FIJ VYAS PRASAD 21  FIJ RUSIATE AMASIO 22  FIJ SULIANO MASI DOLI

Achievements[edit]

• Fiji Senior League: 1

2019

• League Championship (for Districts):

Winner: 0

Runner-up: 1 (2005)

• Inter-District Championship:

Winner: 1 (2009)

Runner-up: 0

• Inter-District Championship - Second Division:

Winner: 2 (2018, 2019)

Runner-up: 0

• Battle of the Giants:

Winner: 1 (2005)

Runner-up: 1 (1995)

• Fiji Football Association Cup Tournament:

Winner: 3 (2003, 2008, 2009)

Runner-up: 2 (2004, 2010)

See also[edit]

• Fiji Football Association

References[edit]

Bibliography[edit]

• M. Prasad, Sixty Years of Soccer in Fiji 1938–1998: The Official History of the Fiji Football Association, Fiji Football Association, Suva, 1998.