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{{short description|Fijian football club}}
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| fullname = Suva Football Club
| nickname = Capital City Boys
| founded = {{start date and age|1928}}
| ground = [[HFC Bank Stadium]]
| capacity = 30,000
| chrtitle = President
| chairman = Intiaz Khan 
| manager  = [[Babs Khan]] 
| league = [[Fiji Premier League]]
| season = [[2024 Fiji Premier League|2024]]
| position = 7th 
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'''Suva Football Club''' is a [[Fiji]]an [[Football (soccer)|football]] club that competes in the [[Fiji Premier League]], the top flight of professional [[football in Fiji|Fijian football]]. The club is based in [[Suva]]. Their home stadium is [[HFC Bank Stadium]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.fbcnews.com.fj/sports/football/suva-fc-coach-resigns/ | title=Suva FC coach resigns }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Suva FA gets Khan as new leader |url=https://www.fbcnews.com.fj/sports/football/suva-fa-gets-khan-as-new-leader/ |access-date=2024-01-30 |website=Fiji Broadcasting Corporation}}</ref>

== 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 (Suva)|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, Suva|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]]''

{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no= 1 |nat=FIJ|name=Jovilisi Borisi|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no= 3 |nat=FIJ|name=[[Meli Codro]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no= 4 |nat=FIJ|name=Inoke Turagalailai|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no= 5 |nat=FIJ|name=Remueru Tekiate|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no= 6 |nat=FIJ|name=Ramzan Khan|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no= 7 |nat=FIJ|name=[[Dave Radrigai]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no= 8 |nat=FIJ|name=[[Malakai Rakula]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no= 9 |nat=FIJ|name=Bruce Hughes|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no= 10|nat=SOL|name=Marlon Tahioa|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no= 11|nat=FIJ|name=Ravnesh Karan Singh|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no= 12|nat=FIJ|name=Joeli Ranitu|pos=DF}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no= 13|nat=VAN|name=[[Azariah Soromon]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no= 14|nat=FIJ|name=[[Samuela Drudru]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no= 15|nat=FIJ|name=Waisake Navunigasau|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no= 16|nat=FIJ|name=[[Kavaia Rawaqa]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no= 17|nat=FIJ|name=[[Filipe Baravilala]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no= 18|nat=FIJ|name=Sanaila Waqanicakau|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no= 19|nat=FIJ|name=Merrill Nand|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no= 20|nat=FIJ|name=[[Dave Radrigai]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no= 22|nat=FIJ|name=Aquila Mateisuva|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no= 24|nat=VAN|name=[[Alex Saniel]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no= 25|nat=FIJ|name=Neerav Gounder|pos=MF}}
{{Fs end}}

==Staff==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|'''Position'''
|'''Name'''
|-
|Coach
|{{flagicon|FIJ}} Maxwell Thaggard
|-
|}

==Former players==

* {{flagicon|Ethiopia}} Abdul Aman<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fijivillage.com/sport/Suva-ready-to-face-Auckland-City-2s59kr/|title=Suva ready to face Auckland City|publisher=fijivillage.com}}</ref>

== Achievements ==
*'''[[National Football League (Fiji)|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 (Fiji)|Battle of the Giants]]: 3'''
:: 1982, 1988, 1995.

*'''[[Fiji Football Association Cup Tournament]]: 4'''
:: 1995, 2012, 2020, 2022.

*'''[[Champion versus Champion (Fiji)|Champion versus Champion Series]]: 0'''


==Club ranking==
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=== World===
{{updated|15 July 2023}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://footballalphabet.com/rankings/world/15|title=World Club Rankings|work=footballalphabet.com|access-date=15 July 2023}}{{dead link|date=May 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! Ranking !! Team !! Points
|-
|725||align=left|{{flagicon|CRC}} [[Guadalupe F.C.]]||169.32
|-
|726||align=left|{{flagicon|PAR}} [[Club River Plate (Asuncion) | Club River Plate]]||169.07
|-
|-bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|727||align=left|{{flagicon|FIJ}} '''Suva FC'''||168.98
|-
|728||align=left|{{flagicon|BIH}} [[FK Sarajevo]]||168.92
|-
|729||align=left|{{flagicon|BUL}} [[PFC Beroe Stara Zagora]]||168.74
|}
{{col-3}}
=== OFC ===
{{updated|15 July 2023}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://footballalphabet.com/rankings/ofc/1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230715223204/https://footballalphabet.com/rankings/ofc/1|url-status=usurped|archive-date=July 15, 2023|title=Oceania Club Rankings|work=footballalphabet.com|access-date=15 July 2023}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! Ranking !! Team !! Points
|-
|4||align=left|{{flagicon|TAH}} [[AS Pirae]]||172.14
|-
|5||align=left|{{flagicon|SOL}} [[Solomon Warriors FC]]||171.35
|-
|-bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|6||align=left|{{flagicon|FIJ}} '''Suva FC'''||168.98
|-
|7||align=left|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Eastern Suburbs AFC]]||155.90
|-
|8||align=left|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Wellington Phoenix FC]]||152.88
|}
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=== National ===
{{updated|15 July 2023}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://footballalphabet.com/countries/fiji|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401175515/https://footballalphabet.com/countries/fiji|url-status=usurped|archive-date=April 1, 2023|title=Fijian Clubs Ranking|work=footballalphabet.com|access-date=15 July 2023}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! Ranking !! Team !! Points
|-bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|1||align=left|{{flagicon|FIJ}} '''Suva FC'''||168.98
|-
|2||align=left|{{flagicon|FIJ}} [[Ba FC]]||100.96
|-
|3||align=left|{{flagicon|FIJ}} [[Rewa FC]]||100.08
|-
|4||align=left|{{flagicon|FIJ}} [[Lautoka FC]]||100.06
|-
|5||align=left|{{flagicon|FIJ}} [[Labasa FC]]||81.18
|}
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== See also ==
* [[Fiji Football Association]]

== Bibliography ==
* M. Prasad, ''[https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1905047 Sixty Years of Soccer in Fiji 1938–1998: The Official History of the Fiji Football Association]'', Fiji Football Association, [[Suva]], 1998.

{{Football in Fiji}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Football clubs in Fiji]]
[[Category:Sport in Suva]]
[[Category:1928 establishments in Fiji]]
[[Category:Association football clubs established in 1928]]