Rakiraki F.C.

Rakiraki F.C. is a Fijian football team playing in the second division of the Fiji Football Association competitions. It is based in Rakiraki, which is situated on the northern side of the main island of Viti Levu. Their home stadium is the Ra Sports Ground, which has a capacity of 1,000. Their uniform is maroon shirt, white shorts and maroon socks.

History

Rakiraki F.C. was founded in 1938, with the formation of the Rakiraki Football Association, under the leadership of Edward Raman. It first took part in the Inter-District Competition (IDC) held in Lautoka in 1939, in which it was resoundingly defeated by Suva, in its first game, by nine goals to nil. In 1944, Rakiraki hosted the IDC for the only time. It reached the zenith of its performance when it surprised the other teams to qualify for the 1951 IDC final, which it lost to Suva by two goals to nil. Unlike the other football teams from the western division, Rakiraki performed poorly in the 1970s and 1980s, but it improved in the 1990s and created history in 2003 to win its first IDC in the senior division, winning again in 2004, 2006 and 2007. In the 2003 IDC, held in Govind Park, Rakiraki defeated T/Naitasiri 2–0. In that year Rakiraki had players like Ritesh, Farid, Atinesh, Ganga, Raju, Semi, Robin, Aeseli, Shiu, Shameel Hussein, Shameer, Tevita, Vikash, Atish and was coached by Pragdeesh Gounder (Putty). The team manager was Sani Ram (Sannu) and officials comprised Mohd Rafiq, Kamal Chand Seth, Shaneel, Atesh Maharaj and chairman Sanjeet Maharaj.

Current squad

Squad for the 2018 Inter-District Championship

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	Template:Fba/core	TEVITA DRIKALU
2	DF	Template:Fba/core	AKEI ULIBAU
3		Template:Fba/core	EMMANUEL MOSES
4	FW	Template:Fba/core	NIMILOTE AMINI
5	MF	Template:Fba/core	ZAINAL HUSSEIN
6		Template:Fba/core	ASHNAL SETH
7	MF	Template:Fba/core	JOSEPH ELDER
8	MF	Template:Fba/core	ASEILI COMBUTA
9	MF	Template:Fba/core	SHAHEEL GOUNDAR
10	MF	Template:Fba/core	JOHNNY RAO
11	MF	Template:Fba/core	RONALD LAWRENCE

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
12		Template:Fba/core	NAFIZ ALI
13		Template:Fba/core	VISHAL NAIR
14		Template:Fba/core	ILI TOMASI BUSA
15		Template:Fba/core	PRAVIKASH CHAND
16	MF	Template:Fba/core	ILI GAUNAVOU JNR
17		Template:Fba/core	OSEA ROQICA
18		Template:Fba/core	RONALD DUTT
19		Template:Fba/core	ROBERT NAIR
20	MF	Template:Fba/core	SHIEK SHAMIN
21	MF	Template:Fba/core	ELVIS RAJU
22	GK	Template:Fba/core	SAIMONI NAIDOGI

Achievements

• League Championship (for Districts):

Winner: 4 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007

Runner-up: 3 2002, 2005, 2008

• Inter-District Championship:

Winner: 4 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007

Runner-up: 1 1951

• Battle of the Giants:

Winner: 0

Runner-up: 0

• Fiji Football Association Cup Tournament:

Winner: 0

Runner-up: 0

See also

• Fiji Football Association