Suva F.C.

Suva Football Club is a Fijian football club that competes in the Fiji Premier League, the top flight of professional Fijian football. The club is based in Suva. Their home stadium is HFC Bank Stadium.^[1][2]

Suva Football Club

Full name	Suva Football Club
Nickname	Capital City Boys
Founded	1928; 97 years ago (1928)
Ground	HFC Bank Stadium
Capacity	30,000
President	Intiaz Khan
Manager	Babs Khan
League	Fiji Premier League
2024	7th
Home colours

History

Early years

Football started to be played in Fiji with the arrival of Europeans. The Suva Football Club was formed in 1905, made up of European employees of the Government and businesses. In 1910, a team from Suva played a match against a team from Nausori. Crew of visiting naval ships also entertained themselves with friendly games of football with local teams. In 1910 a team from Suva played a game against a team from HMS Powerful and won 3 goals to 1. In 1914, a team from Suva played against a team from HMS Torch, at Albert Park, and won by 2 goals to 0. In 1930, the Governor made available two playing fields in Suva for use in football competitions. In 1922, the Sunshine Club was established in Suva. There were also four teams in Suva who played at the Marist Brothers School grounds in Toorak. In December 1927, the league organised a schools football competition at Albert Park. Schools that took part in it were Methodist Mission School, Marist Brothers School and Islamia School. Buoyed by the success of this tournament, the league met on 22 January 1928 and formed a Football Association committee. In 1936, the association was renamed, the Suva Football Association. The number of teams grew to 8 in 1936, 16 in 1945 and 41 in 1958 with competition being organised in senior, reserve, intermediate and junior grades.

Fiji National League era

In 1977, Suva Football Club participated in the Fijian football top-tier league, the 1977 Fiji National League, which was inaugural season of the Fiji National League.

Current squad

Squad for the 2024 Fiji Premier League

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  FIJ Jovilisi Borisi 3 MF  FIJ Meli Codro 4 DF  FIJ Inoke Turagalailai 5 DF  FIJ Remueru Tekiate 6 MF  FIJ Ramzan Khan 7 MF  FIJ Dave Radrigai 8 MF  FIJ Malakai Rakula 9 FW  FIJ Bruce Hughes 10 MF  SOL Marlon Tahioa 11 MF  FIJ Ravnesh Karan Singh 12 DF  FIJ Joeli Ranitu

No. Pos. Nation Player 13 FW  VAN Azariah Soromon 14 FW  FIJ Samuela Drudru 15 DF  FIJ Waisake Navunigasau 16 DF  FIJ Kavaia Rawaqa 17 DF  FIJ Filipe Baravilala 18 FW  FIJ Sanaila Waqanicakau 19 FW  FIJ Merrill Nand 20 MF  FIJ Dave Radrigai 22 GK  FIJ Aquila Mateisuva 24 FW  VAN Alex Saniel 25 MF  FIJ Neerav Gounder

Staff

Position	Name
Coach	Maxwell Thaggard

Former players

• Abdul Aman^[3]

Achievements

• League Championship (for Districts): 4

1996, 1997, 2014, 2020.

• Inter-District Championship : 13

1940, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1960, 1981, 1983, 2012, 2014.

Runner Up: 2018, 2019.

• Battle of the Giants: 3

1982, 1988, 1995.

• Fiji Football Association Cup Tournament: 4

1995, 2012, 2020, 2022.

• Champion versus Champion Series: 0

Club ranking

World As of 15 July 2023[4] Ranking Team Points 725 Guadalupe F.C. 169.32 726 Club River Plate 169.07 727 Suva FC 168.98 728 FK Sarajevo 168.92 729 PFC Beroe Stara Zagora 168.74

OFC As of 15 July 2023[5] Ranking Team Points 4 AS Pirae 172.14 5 Solomon Warriors FC 171.35 6 Suva FC 168.98 7 Eastern Suburbs AFC 155.90 8 Wellington Phoenix FC 152.88

National As of 15 July 2023[6] Ranking Team Points 1 Suva FC 168.98 2 Ba FC 100.96 3 Rewa FC 100.08 4 Lautoka FC 100.06 5 Labasa FC 81.18

See also

• Fiji Football Association

Bibliography

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