2019 Fiji Premier League

2019 Fiji Premier League
Season	2019
Champions	Ba F.C.
Relegated	Tavua F.C.
OFC Champions League	Ba F.C.; Lautoka F.C.
Matches played	56
Goals scored	154 (2.75 per match)
Top goalscorer	Samuela Drudru; (12 goals)
Biggest home win	Lautoka 6x0 Tavua
Highest scoring	Lautoka 6x0 Tavua
	← 2018 2020 →

The 2019 Fiji Premier League was the 43rd season of the Fiji Premier League (Vodafone Premier League for sponsorship reasons), the top-tier football league in Fiji organized by the Fiji Football Association since its establishment in 1977. It started on 19 January 2019.^[1] Lautoka are the defending champions.

Team changes edit

To Fiji Premier League edit

Promoted from 2018 Vodafone Senior League

Nasinu

From Fiji Premier League edit

Relegated to 2019 Vodafone Senior League

Dreketi

Teams edit

A total of eight teams compete in the league.

Stadiums and locations edit

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Ba	Ba	Govind Park	13,500
Labasa	Labasa	Subrail Park	10,000
Lautoka	Lautoka	Churchill Park	18,000
Nadi	Nadi	Prince Charles Park	18,000
Nasinu	Nasinu	Nasinu Park	1,000
Rewa	Nausori	Vodafone Ratu Cakobau Park	8,000
Suva	Suva	ANZ Stadium	30,000
Tavua	Tavua	Garvey Park	4,500

League table edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ba (C, Q)	14	11	3	0	29	5	+24	36	Qualification to OFC Champions League group stage
2	Lautoka (Q)	14	9	1	4	34	19	+15	28	Qualification to OFC Champions League group stage
3	Suva	14	7	2	5	22	17	+5	23
4	Labasa	14	6	4	4	18	19	−1	22
5	Nadi	14	5	0	9	25	27	−2	15
6	Nasinu	14	4	1	9	20	22	−2	13
7	Rewa	14	3	3	8	9	25	−16	12
8	Tavua (R)	14	4	0	10	9	32	−23	12	Relegation to Fiji Senior League

Source: Fiji FA
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Results edit

Home \ Away	BAF	LAB	LAU	NAD	NAS	REW	SUV	TAV
Ba	—	3–0	3–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	3–0
Labasa	1–1	—	1–4	4–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–2
Lautoka	1–4	0–0	—	2–0	4–3	4–1	0–1	6–0
Nadi	0–1	2–3	1–2	—	1–2	6–1	1–3	1–0
Nasinu	0–1	2–0	1–4	1–2	—	0–1	2–3	5–0
Rewa	0–2	0–1	1–2	0–4	1–0	—	1–0	0–1
Suva	0–1	1–2	2–1	4–3	2–0	1–1	—	3–0
Tavua	0–2	0–2	1–4	1–2	1–3	2–0	1–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 1 September 2019. Source: https://www.fijifootball.com.fj/competition-list/vodafone-premier-league-2019-8016159/
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Top scorers edit

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As of match 1 September 2019

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Samuela Drudru	Lautoka	12
2	Rusiate Matarerega	Nadi	11
3	Avinesh Suwamy	Ba	7
4	Siotame Kubu	Labasa	6
5	Meli Codro	Suva	4
	Tito Vodowaqa	Nadi
	Benjamin Totori	Lautoka
	Manasa Levaci	Nasinu
	Sanaila Waqanicakau	Ba