Real Kakamora F.C.
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| Full name | Real Kakamora Football Club |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Paul Francis |
| Founded | 27 January 1998; 26 years ago |
| Ground | Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara |
| Capacity | 22,000 |
| League | Telekom S-League |
| 2024 | Telekom S-League, 3rd of 12 |
Real Kakamora Football Club is a Solomon Islands football club based in Honiara. The club competes in the Telekom S-League, the top flight of football in the Solomon Islands. The club is best known for its unique online presence, most notably their account on the Instagram. The account, notable for its rather “unfiltered and contrarian” style of content, has been instrumental in reversing the club’s fortunes from the “worst club on Earth” during an ignominious 2023 season in which the club did not gain a single point to a 3rd-placed finish the very next season.
History
Originally founded in January of 1998[1] as an amateur team, the club has alternated between a dark blue and white kit since its inception. They remained relatively unknown until 2011, when they joined the Telekom S-League as last-minute replacements for Makuru FC, who had refused to play in the league on religious grounds.[2] Since joining, they played the majority of their home matches at the 22,000-capacity Lawson Tama Stadium in Honiara, which has served as the de facto home venue of the entire league as a whole, restricting the club to play both their home and away matches at the stadium.[3]
In domestic football, Real Kakamora enjoyed somewhat limited success in its first few seasons as a professional club, with two 4th-place finishes in the 2011-12[4] and 2014-15[5][6] editions of the league. Since their last 4th-place finish, the team has served as a perennial bottom-feeder in Solomon football, finishing in the bottom four places of the table each season; the lone exception being a 5th-place finish in 2021.[7]
Real Kakamora finished 0-0-22 in the 2023 season, conceding an average of 5.27 goals per match[3] and with a goal difference of -102 despite playing in only 22 matches. Their season ended with a 14-0 loss to Solomon Warriors, with striker Tigi Molea tallying 10 goals in the match to clinch the league title for Warriors, the 2nd-highest total in league history.[8][9]
In 2024, Real Kakamora got their first victory in 2 years against Marist FC, the players who scored were Paul Francis, Kieran Israel, V. Luiga and Michael Lalo. But the next Match, They won 2 - 0 against Kossa FC, starting a 2 Match winstreak, The First one since 2021.
References
- ^ "Solomon Islands - List of Foundation Dates". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
- ^ Solomon Islands 2011 – RSSSF
- ^ a b "Solomon Islands - Real Kakamora FC - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
- ^ "Solomon Warriors win TSL league". Solomon Football. 2012-04-24. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
- ^ "Our Telekom S-League 2014/2015 - Results, fixtures, tables and stats - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
- ^ "Positive start for Kakamora and Hana". Oceania Football Confederation. 2014-09-08. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
- ^ "Telekom S-League 2021 :: Solomon Islands :: Edition profile :: playmakerstats.com". www.playmakerstats.com. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
- ^ "Telekom S-League table, schedule & stats | Sofascore". www.sofascore.com. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
- ^ "Real Kakamora FC 0-14 Solomon Warriors | Solomon Islands S-League | 01 Oct 2023". FIFA. Retrieved 2024-02-19.