The first round fixtures of the 2009 National Soccer League have been announced by the Fiji Football Association’s National League Board.
The NEWWORLD sponsored League will kick off at the end of this month with six exciting matches lined up for the first weekend.
Suva and Labasa will play two matches each in the opening round with both teams clashing against each other on Friday 27th and then Labasa playing Nasinu on Sunday 1st March and Suva taking on Lautoka at the National Stadium also on Sunday.
In other matches, Rewa will host Nadi, Navua will accommodate Nadroga at Thompson Park while Ba will play neighbors Tavua at Govind Park where the competition will be officially launched before the kickoff of the match.
The full fixtures are as follows:
Week 1- 27th February and 1st March
Suva vs Labasa, Ba vs Tavua, Rewa vs Nadi, Suva vs Lautoka, Nasinu vs Labasa and Navua vs Nadroga.
Week 2- 7th and 8th March
Navua vs Nadi, Nadroga vs Ba, Nasinu vs Tavua and Rewa vs Lautoka
Week 3- 14th and 15th March
Labasa vs Rewa, Suva vs Nadroga, Ba vs Nadi, Navua vs Nasinu and Tavua vs Lautoka
Week 4- 21st and 22nd March
Ba vs Suva, Tavua vs Nadi, Labasa vs Lautoka, Navua vs Rewa and Nasinu vs Nadroga
Week 5- 27th and 29th March
Nadroga vs Labasa, Suva vs Nadi, Rewa vs Nasinu, Tavua vs Labasa and Lautoka vs Navua
Week 6- 4th and 5th April
Rewa vs Ba, Nadroga vs Nadi, Nasinu vs Lautoka, Suva vs Tavua and Labasa vs Navua
Week 7-18th and 19th April
Navua vs Suva, Ba vs Lautoka, Nasinu vs Nadi and Nadroga vs Tavua
Week 8-25th and 26th April
Labasa vs Nadi, Suva vs Rewa, Nasinu vs Ba and Lautoka vs Nadroga
Week 9-2nd and 3rd May
Ba vs Navua, Nadi vs Lautoka and Rewa vs Tavua
Week 10- 9th and 10th May
Labasa vs Ba, Suva vs Nasinu, Nadroga vs Rewa and Navua vs Tavua.
Story courtesy www.fijilive.com