Rewa F.C.

Rewa Football Club is a Fijian semi-professional football club based in Nausori, playing in the National Football League. Rewa's home ground is Vodafone Ratu Cakobau Park

Rewa FC
Full nameRewa Football Club
Nickname(s)Delta Tigers
Founded1928
GroundVodafone Ratu Cakobau Park
Nausori, Fiji
Capacity12,000
ChairmanNazeel Buksh
Manager Marika Rodu
LeagueNational Football League (Fiji)
20186th

Rewa is a pretty successful club in Fiji. They have won many tournaments throughout their history but have never won the national league.

History

A league competition was organised in Rewa for the first time in 1928, although football was known to be played in the area since 1916. In 1928, two teams from Rewa, Dilkusha Excelsior Football Club and Rewa Football Club took part in competition organised by the Suva based Indian Reform League for the Vriddhi Cup. The other two teams were from Suva. Dilkusha won the trophy and repeated its success in 1929 and 1930. Having won the trophy three times in a row, Dilkusha was allowed to permanently keep the trophy and the competition came to end. From 1931 to 1936, Rewa United Football Club took part in the Fletcher Challenge Cup organised by the Indian Reform League of Suva. In 1937, the Rewa Indian Football Association was formed. The Rewa Association was one of the founding members of the Fiji Indian Football Association in 1938, which in 1961 became the Fiji Football Association.

Rewa won the first Inter-district competition (IDC) held in Suva in 1938, defeating Ba by 3 goals to 2 in the final. In June 1939, Rewa, as the IDC champions played against a team from the naval ship, H.M.S. Leath at the C.S.R. grounds in Nausori. Rewa won the game by a lone goal, watched by a thousand fans.

Rewa Football Association currently consists of more than 42 clubs. The football club has done well in recent times, winning the Battle of Giants tournament in 2003 and 2004. Above all win or loss, Rewa has the strongest support from their fans and they are very vocal.

Rewa qualified for the first time to 2017 OFC Champions League.

Current squad

Squad for the 2018 Inter-District Championship

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  FIJ Benito Waqavou
2 DF  FIJ Peniame Drova
3 MF  SOL Charlie Otainao
4 DF  FIJ Josateki Tamudu
5  FIJ Ratu Roseru
6 MF  FIJ Mohammed Ramzan Khan
7 DF  FIJ Anish Khem
8 FW  FIJ Setareki Hughes
9 FW  FIJ Iosefo Verevou
10 FW  VAN Tony Kaltack
11 FW  FIJ Josaia Sela
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 MF  FIJ Rusiate Qio
13 MF  FIJ Epeli Valevou
14 FW  FIJ Epeli Saukuru
15 MF  FIJ Akash Sharma
16 DF  FIJ Amani Makoe
17 DF  FIJ Paulo Posiano
18 FW  FIJ Martin Navosa
19 MF  FIJ Mitieli Namuka
20  SOL Keloby Benty
21 GK  FIJ Apete Ravudolo
22 GK  FIJ Epeli Loaniceva

Youth Squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
DF  FIJ Savenaca Baledrokadroka
FW  FIJ Simeli Batiratu
FW  FIJ Navau Tikoruku

Personnel

Current technical staff

Position Staff
Head coach Lorima Dau
Assistant manager Marika Rodu
Youth team coach

Source:

Achievements

1938, 1939, 1943, 1944, 1947, 1955, 1972, 2001, 2010.
1994, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2020
Winner - 2011, 2017, 2018
Runner-up - 2003, 2015
2010.
  • Fiji Games: 1
1994 (Gold Medalist).

See also

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

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