Rewa Football Club is a

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an semi-professional

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club based in Nausori, playing in the National Football League. Rewa's home ground is

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Rewa is a pretty successful club in Fiji. They have won many tournaments throughout their history and finally won their first ever national league title in 2022.

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 Suva () is the capital and largest city of Fiji. It is the home of the country's largest metropolitan area and serves as its major port. The city is located on the southeast coast of the island of Viti Levu, in Rewa Province, Central Divi ...

based

Indian Reform League The Indian Reform League was formed in Fiji in 1924, following the refusal of the Suva Y.M.C.A. to admit Indians. Its founder was A.W. McMillan of the New Zealand Y.M.C.A and educated Indians and Government clerks and interpreters such as M. S. ...

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

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Current squad

''As of 5 August 2022.''

Personnel

Achievements

* League Championship (for Districts): 1 *

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 ...

: 9 :: 1938, 1939, 1943, 1944, 1947, 1955, 1972, 2001, 2010. * Battle of the Giants: 9 :: 1994, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2020. *

Fiji Football Association Cup Tournament Fiji Football Cup more commonly known as the FIji Fact is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic Fijian football. It is organized by the Fiji Football Association The Fiji Football Association is the governing body of footb ...

: 3 :: 2011, 2017, 2018. *

Champion versus Champion Champion versus Champion (CVC) is a football tournament organised in Fiji by the Fiji Football Association. This pair of home-and-away games are played as a season opener. In the old format the National Football League winner played the Inter-dist ...

: 1 :: 2010. * Fiji Games: 1 :: 1994 (Gold Medalist).

Bibliography

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

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