Fijian football club
Football club
Ba FA![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/00/Ba_FC_football_team_logo.png/200px-Ba_FC_football_team_logo.png) |
Full name | Ba Football Association |
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Nickname(s) | Men In Black |
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Founded | 1935; 89 years ago (1935) |
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Ground | Govind Park Ba |
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Capacity | 500 |
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Chairman | Azam Ali |
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Manager | Daniel Krishneel |
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League | National Football League |
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2023 | 20th |
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Ba Football Association (Ba FA for short) is a Fijian football club based in Ba that competes in the Fiji Premier League, the top flight of professional Fijian football. The club was founded in 1935. The club's home ground is the Govind Park.
Ba FA have won more trophies than any other club in Fijian football, with a record 0 league and cup titles and is the only club in OFC to have won a Quintuple (0 trophies) in a single season, achieving the feat in 2006.[citation needed]
History
Ba Football Club was formed in 1935 as a street football club by local Fijians. This was due to the efforts support from the Colonial Sugar Refining Company which owned a large Sugar Mill. In 1977, Ba Football Club became a professional club and became affiliated with the Fiji Football Association. In 1977, Ba participated in the 1977 Fiji National League which was the top tier of Fiji football. Ba were the winners of the first ever Fiji National League. In 1979, Ba won their second Fiji National League title and have since then won 21 league titles with their latest being in the 2018/19 season.
Current squad
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 | Tevita Koroi | 2 | DF | FIJ | Ryan Naresh | 3 | DF | FIJ | Rahul Naresh | 4 | DF | FIJ | Malakai Rere | 5 | MF | FIJ | Kalaveti Sivoi | 6 | FW | FIJ | Ratu Dau | 7 | FW | SOL | Darold Kakasi | 8 | MF | FIJ | Sailasa Ratu | 9 | FW | FIJ | Raj Pillay | 11 | FW | FIJ | Gulam Razool | | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player | 12 | DF | FIJ | Peceli Sukabula | 13 | MF | FIJ | Penisoni Tirau | 14 | MF | SOL | Ruel Grayven | 15 | DF | FIJ | Suliano Tawanakoro | 16 | MF | FIJ | Etonia Dogalau | 17 | DF | FIJ | Mohammed Raheem | 18 | DF | FIJ | Samuel Navoce | 19 | DF | FIJ | Mitieli Naiviro | 20 | GK | FIJ | Misiwani Nairube | 22 | GK | FIJ | Atunaisa Naucukidi | |
Squad for the 2019 OFC Champions League
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Youth squad
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 | Isikeli Savenaia | — | DF | FIJ | Jone Sukulu | — | DF | FIJ | Mohammed Jamil | — | DF | FIJ | Rahul Naresh | — | DF | FIJ | Peceli Sukabula | | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player | — | DF | FIJ | Samuel Navoce | — | MF | FIJ | Shaneel Narayan | — | MF | FIJ | Mohammed Nabeel | — | FW | FIJ | Jovilisi Muloca | |
Laniana Qereqeretabua[1]
Honours
- 1977, 1979, 1986, 1987, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2019.
- 1961, 1963, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1986, 1991, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2013, 2015.
- 1979, 1981, 1984, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2018.
- 1991, 1997 (shared by Labasa), 1998, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010.
- Champion versus Champion Series: 20
- 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2018.
Note: No football tournaments were held in 1987
- Best: Finalist in 2007
- 1987: Third place
- 2005: Preliminary round
- 2007: Finalist
- 2008: 3° in Group B
- 2009: 3° in Group B
- 2012: 3° in Group A
- 2013: Semi Final
- 2014: Semi Final
See also
References
- ^ "Switching Schools For Football". fijisun.com.fj. Archived from the original on 9 August 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
Bibliography
- M. Prasad, Sixty Years of Soccer in Fiji 1938–1998: The Official History of the Fiji Football Association, Fiji Football Association, Suva, 1998.