Ba FA explained

Clubname:Ba FA
Fullname:Ba Football Association
Nickname:Men In Black
Ground:Govind Park
Ba
Capacity:500
Chairman:Azam Ali
Manager:Daniel Krishneel
League:National Football League
Season:2023
Position:20th

Ba Football Association (Ba FA for short) is a Fijian football club based in Ba that competes in the Fiji Premier League, the top flight of professional Fijian football. The club was founded in 1935. The club's home ground is the Govind Park.

Ba FA have won more trophies than any other club in Fijian football, with a record 0 league and cup titles and is the only club in OFC to have won a Quintuple (0 trophies) in a single season, achieving the feat in 2006.

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

Honours

21

1977, 1979, 1986, 1987, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2019.

1961, 1963, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1986, 1991, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2013, 2015.

17

1979, 1981, 1984, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2018.

8

1991, 1997 (shared by Labasa), 1998, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010.

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

8 appearances

Best: Finalist in 2007

1987

Third place

2005

Preliminary round

2007

Finalist

2008

3° in Group B

2009

3° in Group B

2012

3° in Group A

2013

Semi Final

2014

Semi Final

See also

References

  1. Web site: Switching Schools For Football. fijisun.com.fj. 9 August 2022. 9 August 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220809105915/https://fijisun.com.fj/2018/08/18/switching-schools-for-football/. live.

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