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Suva Football Club is a Fijian football club that competes in the Fiji Premier League, the top flight of Fijian football. The club is based in Suva. Their home stadium is HFC Bank Stadium.[1][2]
| Full name | Suva Football Club |
|---|---|
| Nickname | Capital City Boys |
| Founded | 1928 |
| Ground | HFC Bank Stadium |
| Capacity | 30,000 |
| President | Intiaz Khan |
| Manager | Babs Khan |
| League | Fiji Premier League |
| 2025 | FPL, 6th |
History
editEarly years
editSuva 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 entertained themselves with friendly games with local teams. In 1910 a team from Suva played a game against HMS Powerful and won by 3:1. In 1914, a team from Suva played against HMS Torch, at Albert Park and won by 2:0. Suva Football Club participated in the Fijian football top-tier league, the 1977 Fiji National League.
Notable former players
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Abdul Aman[3]
Achievements
edit- 1996, 1997, 2014, 2020.
- 1940, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1960, 1981, 1983, 2012, 2014.
- Runners-up: 2018, 2019.
- 1982, 1988, 1995.
- 1995, 2012, 2020, 2022.
Ranking
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World
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OFC
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National
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See also
editBibliography
edit- M. Prasad, Sixty Years of Soccer in Fiji 1938–1998: The Official History of the Fiji Football Association, Fiji Football Association, Suva, 1998.
References
edit- ↑ "Suva FC coach resigns".
- ↑ "Suva FA gets Khan as new leader". Fiji Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2024-01-30.
- ↑ "Suva ready to face Auckland City". fijivillage.com.
- ↑ "World Club Rankings". footballalphabet.com. Retrieved 15 July 2023.[dead link]
- ↑ "Oceania Club Rankings". footballalphabet.com. Archived from the original on July 15, 2023. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
- ↑ "Fijian Clubs Ranking". footballalphabet.com. Archived from the original on April 1, 2023. Retrieved 15 July 2023.