2021 Fiji Premier League

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The 2021 Fiji Premier League was the 45th season of the Fiji Premier League (Digicel Premier League for sponsorship reasons), the top-tier football league in Fiji organized by the Fiji Football Association since its establishment in 1977. The season began on 7 March 2021.[1] Suva are the defending champions.[2]

2021 Digicel Premier League
Season2021
Dates7 March - 19 December
ChampionsLautoka
RelegatedNadroga
OFC Champions LeagueSuva
Lautoka
Matches played56
Goals scored123 (2.2 per match)
Top goalscorerFiji Sairusi Nalaubu (9 goals)
Biggest home winBa F.C. 6-1 Labasa F.C. (17 December 2021)
Biggest away winNadi F.C. 0-3 Ba F.C.
Rewa F.C. 0-3 Lautoka (7 November 2021)
Nadroga F.C. 0-3 Rewa F.C. (5 December 2021)
Nadroga F.C. 0-3 Lautoka F.C. (12 December 2021)
Highest scoringBa F.C. 6-1 Labasa F.C. (17 December 2021)
← 2020
2022 →

On March 3, 2021, Digicel Fiji signed a 3-year deal to sponsor the league, effectively renaming the competition to the Digicel Premier League.[3]

Team changes[edit]

Stadiums and locations[edit]

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Locations of the 2021 Fiji Premier League teams

A total of 8 teams competed in the league.

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Ba Ba Govind Park[n 1] 13,500
Labasa Labasa Subrail Park

10,000

Lautoka Lautoka Churchill Park 10,000
Nadi Nadi Prince Charles Park 18,000
Nadroga Sigatoka Lawaqa Park 12,000
Navua Navua Thomson Park 1,000
Rewa Nausori Foodcity Ratu Cakobau Park 8,000
Suva Suva HFC Bank Stadium 15,000
  1. ^ No matches were played in Govind Park during the season.

League table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Lautoka (C, Q) 14 9 3 2 22 11 +11 30 Qualification to OFC Champions League Qualifying stage
2 Rewa (Q) 14 7 4 3 20 11 +9 25
3 Ba 14 6 4 4 22 11 +11 22
4 Suva 14 6 3 5 16 11 +5 21
5 Labasa 14 4 7 3 9 12 −3 19
6 Nadi 14 3 6 5 14 24 −10 15
7 Navua 14 2 3 9 10 21 −11 9
8 Nadroga (R) 14 1 6 7 10 22 −12 9 Relegation to Fiji Senior League
Source: Fiji FA
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Results[edit]

Home \ Away BA LAB LAU NAD NAA NAV REW SUV
Ba — 6–1 1–2 4–1 1–1 3–0 0–2 0–0
Labasa 0–0 — 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–0
Lautoka 1–1 2–0 — 3–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–0
Nadi 0–3 0–0 2–0 — 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0
Nadroga 0–1 0–0 0–3 2–2 — 1–2 0–3 1–1
Navua 1–0 0–0 1–2 2–2 1–2 — 1–2 0–2
Rewa 1–0 1–1 0–3 3–1 3–0 2–0 — 1–2
Suva 1–2 0–1 2–1 4–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 19 December 2021. Source: Fiji FA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers[edit]

As of match 19 December 2021
Rank Player Club Goals[4]
1 Fiji Sairusi Nalaubu Lautoka 9
2 Fiji Sakaraia Naisua Nadi 6
3 Fiji Anish Khem Rewa 5
4 Fiji Osea Vakatalesau Nadroga 4
5 Fiji Rusiate Matarerega Nadroga 3
Fiji Samuela Drudru Ba
Fiji Samuela Nabenia Rewa
Fiji Saula Waqa Ba
Fiji Setareki Hughes Rewa
Fiji Shameel Rao Ba
Fiji Waisake Navunigasau Suva

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Digicel Premier League launched in Lautoka". www.fbcnews.com.fj. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Digicel Premier League 2020 Table". Fiji Football Association. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Fiji Football embarks on a new journey with Digicel – FBC News". Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  4. ^ "Diegicel Premier League 2021".

External links[edit]

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