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Ba F.C.
Fijian football club
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.
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Full name | Ba Football Association |
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Nickname(s) | Men In Black |
Founded | 1935; 89 years ago (1935) |
Ground | Govind Park Ba |
Capacity | 13,500 |
Chairman | Azam Ali |
Manager | Daniel Krishneel |
League | National Football League |
2023 | 5th |
Ba Football Club have won more trophies than any other club in Fijian football, with a record 21 league and 8 cup titles.[citation needed]
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.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Squad for the 2019 OFC Champions League
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Youth squad
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- Laniana Qereqeretabua[1]
- 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
- OFC Champions League: 8 appearances
- "Switching Schools For Football". fijisun.com.fj. Archived from the original on 9 August 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
- M. Prasad, Sixty Years of Soccer in Fiji 1938–1998: The Official History of the Fiji Football Association, Fiji Football Association, Suva, 1998.