Ba Football Club is a Fijian

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club based in Ba that competes in the

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, the top flight of professional Fijian football. The club was founded in 1935. The club's home ground is the

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. Ba Football Club have won more trophies than any other club in Fijian football, with a record 21

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and 8 cup titles.

History

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

''Squad for the 2019 OFC Champions League''

Youth squad

Former players

* Laniana Qereqeretabua

Honours

: 21 :: 1977, 1979, 1986, 1987, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016,

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. *

Inter-District Championship The Inter-District Championship (IDC) is the amateur Fijian football cup. Only five teams ( Suva, Rewa, Ba, Levuka and Lautoka) first took part in the first IDC held in Suva in 1938. From 1938 to 1975, the competition was initially held on a knock ...

: 24 :: 1961, 1963, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1986, 1991, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2013, 2015. * Battle of the Giants: 17 :: 1979, 1981, 1984, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2018. *

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: 8 :: 1991, 1997 (''shared by

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''), 1998, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010. * Champion versus Champion Series: 20 :: 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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: 8 appearances ::Best: ''Finalist'' in

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: Third place ::

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: Preliminary round ::

: ''Finalist'' ::

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: 3° in Group B ::

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: 3° in Group B ::

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: 3° in Group A ::

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: Semi Final ::

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: Semi Final

References

Bibliography

* M. Prasad, ''Sixty Years of Soccer in Fiji 1938–1998: The Official History of the Fiji Football Association'', Fiji Football Association, Suva, 1998. {{Football in Fiji Football clubs in Fiji 1935 establishments in Fiji Association football clubs established in 1935