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

Rewa is a successful club in Fiji. The club has won many tournaments throughout its history, having won their first ever Fiji Premier 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 a 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.

The Rewa Football Association consists of more than 42 clubs. The association won the Battle of Giants tournament in 2003 and 2004. The organization receives support from its fans.

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

Squad (2022)

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK FIJ Isikeli Sevanaia 2 DF FIJ Peniame Drova 3 DF FIJ Keni Cagi 4 MF FIJ Mohammed Shaheer 5 DF FIJ Patrick Joseph 6 MF FIJ Monit Vikash Chand 7 FW FIJ Waisake Soga 8 MF FIJ Setareki Hughes (captain) 9 MF FIJ Iosefo Verevou 10 FW FIJ Samuela Nabenia 11 MF FIJ Madhwan GoundarNo. Pos. Nation Player 12 MF FIJ Ratu Waranaivalu 13 MF FIJ Epeli Valevou 14 FW FIJ Josaia Sela 15 MF FIJ Madhwan Goundar 17 DF FIJ Mervin Chand 18 DF FIJ Samuela Kautoga 19 FW FIJ Asivorosi Rabo 20 DF FIJ Iowane Matanisiga 21 GK FIJ Uzayr Buksh 22 GK FIJ Mohammed Alam 23 FW NGA Sanni Issa
1GKFIJIsikeli Sevanaia
2DFFIJPeniame Drova
3DFFIJKeni Cagi
4MFFIJMohammed Shaheer
5DFFIJPatrick Joseph
6MFFIJMonit Vikash Chand
7FWFIJWaisake Soga
8MFFIJSetareki Hughes (captain)
9MFFIJIosefo Verevou
10FWFIJSamuela Nabenia
11MFFIJMadhwan Goundar
No.Pos.NationPlayer
12MFFIJRatu Waranaivalu
13MFFIJEpeli Valevou
14FWFIJJosaia Sela
15MFFIJMadhwan Goundar
17DFFIJMervin Chand
18DFFIJSamuela Kautoga
19FWFIJAsivorosi Rabo
20DFFIJIowane Matanisiga
21GKFIJUzayr Buksh
22GKFIJMohammed Alam
23FWNGASanni Issa

Personnel

Achievements

  • Fiji National Football League: 3

2022, 2024, 2025

1938, 1939, 1943, 1944, 1947, 1955, 1972, 2001, 2010, 2025

1994, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2020.

2011, 2017, 2018.

2010.

  • Fiji Games: 1

1994 (Gold Medalist).

See also

Further reading

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