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.

History

Early years

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 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

• Abdul Aman

Achievements

• League Championship (for Districts): 4

  1. 1996, 1997, 2014, 2020.

  Inter-District Championship : 13

  1. 1940, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1960, 1981, 1983, 2012, 2014.

  2. Runners-up: 2018, 2019.

  Battle of the Giants: 3

  1. 1982, 1988, 1995.

  Fiji Football Association Cup Tournament: 4

  1. 1995, 2012, 2020, 2022.

  Champion versus Champion Series: 0

Ranking

World

OFC

National

See also

• Fiji Football Association

Bibliography

• M. Prasad, Sixty Years of Soccer in Fiji 1938–1998: The Official History of the Fiji Football Association, Fiji Football Association, Suva, 1998.

References