Suva F.C.

Suva Football Club
Full name	Suva Football Club
Nickname(s)	Capital City Boys
Founded	1905; 118 years ago
Ground	HFC Bank Stadium
Capacity	30,000
President	Ritesh Pratap
Manager	Maxwell Thaggard
League	Fiji Premier League
2021	4th
	Home colours
	Home colours

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 ANZ National Stadium.

HistoryEdit

Early yearsEdit

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 eraEdit

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 squadEdit

Squad for the 2022 Fiji Premier League

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	Aquila Mateisuva
2	FW	FIJ	Peniasi Rotidara
3	MF	FIJ	Meli Codro
4	DF	FIJ	Inoke Turagalailai
5	DF	FIJ	Remueru Tekiate
6	MF	FIJ	Ramzan Khan
7	DF	FIJ	Anish Khem
8	MF	FIJ	Malakai Rakula
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	MF	FIJ	Shahil Dave
17	DF	FIJ	Filipe Baravilala
18	FW	FIJ	Sanaila Waqanicakau
19	MF	VAN	Ronaldo Wilkins
20	MF	FIJ	Dave Radrigai
21	GK	FIJ	Steven Dean
22	GK	FIJ	Jovilisi Borisi