Ba Football Club is a Fijian football club based in Ba that competes in the Fiji Premier League, the top flight of professional Fijian football. The club was founded in 1935. The club's home ground is the Govind Park.

Ba FA
Full nameBa Football Association
Nickname(s)Men In Black
Founded1935; 89 years ago (1935)
GroundGovind Park
Ba
Capacity13,500
ChairmanAzam Ali
ManagerDaniel Krishneel
LeagueNational Football League
20235th

Ba Football Club have won more trophies than any other club in Fijian football, with a record 21 league and 8 cup titles and is the only club in OFC to have won a Quintuple (5 trophies) in a single season, achieving the feat in 2006.[citation needed]

History

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Ba Football Club was formed in 1935 as a street football club by local Fijians. This was due to the efforts support from the Colonial Sugar Refining Company which owned a large Sugar Mill. In 1977, Ba Football Club became a professional club and became affiliated with the Fiji Football Association. In 1977, Ba participated in the 1977 Fiji National League which was the top tier of Fiji football. Ba were the winners of the first ever Fiji National League. In 1979, Ba won their second Fiji National League title and have since then won 21 league titles with their latest being in the 2018/19 season.

Current squad

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

No.Pos. NationPlayer
1GK  FIJTevita Koroi
2DF  FIJRyan Naresh
3DF  FIJRahul Naresh
4DF  FIJMalakai Rere
5MF  FIJKalaveti Sivoi
6FW  FIJRatu Dau
7FW  SOLDarold Kakasi
8MF  FIJSailasa Ratu
9FW  FIJRaj Pillay
11FW  FIJGulam Razool
No.Pos. NationPlayer
12DF  FIJPeceli Sukabula
13MF  FIJPenisoni Tirau
14MF  SOLRuel Grayven
15DF  FIJSuliano Tawanakoro
16MF  FIJEtonia Dogalau
17DF  FIJMohammed Raheem
18DF  FIJSamuel Navoce
19DF  FIJMitieli Naiviro
20GK  FIJMisiwani Nairube
22GK  FIJAtunaisa Naucukidi

Squad for the 2019 OFC Champions League

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

No.Pos. NationPlayer
1GK  FIJMisiwane Nairube
2MF  FIJAvinesh Waran Suwamy
3FW  FIJMohammed Shazil
4DF  FIJManasa Nawakula
5MF  FIJSitiveni Cavuilagi
6DF  FIJSimione Nabenu
7FW  FIJRatu Dau
8FW  SOLDarold Kakasi
9FW  FIJAbbu Zahid Shaheed
10MF  FIJRatu Nakalevu
11DF  FIJIlimotama Jese
12DF  FIJKishan Sami
13MF  FIJMalakai Rakula
14DF  FIJSakaraia Naisua
No.Pos. NationPlayer
15FW  FIJSaula Waqa
16MF  FIJMalakai Tiwa
17MF  FIJNarendra Rao
18FW  FIJSanaila Waqanicakau
19MF  FIJKalaveti Sivoi
20FW  FIJAmena Bolaitamana
21GK  FIJAtunaisa Naucukidi
22GK  FIJJosaia Ratu
23MF  FIJKini Madigi
24DF  FIJSuliano Tawanakoro
25DF  FIJJosaia Tuwai
26MF  FIJWilliam Valentine
27MF  FIJShivneel Singh

Youth squad

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

No.Pos. NationPlayer
GK  FIJIsikeli Savenaia
DF  FIJJone Sukulu
DF  FIJMohammed Jamil
DF  FIJRahul Naresh
DF  FIJPeceli Sukabula
No.Pos. NationPlayer
DF  FIJSamuel Navoce
MF  FIJShaneel Narayan
MF  FIJMohammed Nabeel
FW  FIJJovilisi Muloca

Former players

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  • Laniana Qereqeretabua[1]

Honours

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1977, 1979, 1986, 1987, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2019.
1961, 1963, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1986, 1991, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2013, 2015.
1979, 1981, 1984, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2018.
1991, 1997 (shared by Labasa), 1998, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010.
1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2018.

Note: No football tournaments were held in 1987

Performance in OFC competitions

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Best: Finalist in 2007
1987: Third place
2005: Preliminary round
2007: Finalist
2008: 3° in Group B
2009: 3° in Group B
2012: 3° in Group A
2013: Semi Final
2014: Semi Final

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Switching Schools For Football". fijisun.com.fj. Archived from the original on 9 August 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2022.

Bibliography

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