Lakena United is a

Tuvalu Tuvalu ( or ; formerly known as the Ellice Islands) is an island country and microstate in the Polynesian subregion of Oceania in the Pacific Ocean. Its islands are situated about midway between Hawaii and Australia. They lie east-nor ...

football club from

Nanumea Nanumea is the northwesternmost atoll in the Polynesian nation of Tuvalu, a group of nine coral atolls and islands spread over about of the Pacific Ocean just south of the equator and west of the International Date Line. Nanumea is with a pop ...

, playing in the Tuvalu A-Division. The team's home ground is the Tuvalu Sports Ground, the only football field in

. Lakena United plays on an amateur level, as do all the teams in Tuvalu. They also have a reserve squad and a women's team.

History

Lakena United is formed in 1980. Lakena United won in the Independence Cup five times in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004 and 2007. And in 2004, and 2006, they won the Tuvalu A-Division. In 2011, they won the first time the Christmas Cup.

Current squad

:''As of 5 July 2012.''

Lakena United B

Honours

League

* Tuvalu A-Division **Winners (2): 2004, 2006

Cup

*Independence Cup **Winners (5): 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007 **Runners-up (2): 2005, 2010 *Tuvalu Games **Runners-up (1): 2008 * Christmas Cup: (1) **Winners (1): 2011 **Runners-up (1): 2010

External links

vriendenvantuvalu.nl

tnfa.tv
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