Ngele'ia FC
| League | Tonga Major League |
|---|---|
| 2009 | 4th |
Ngele'ia FC is an Tonga football club located in Kolofou, Tonga. It played in the Lion Shield, the top level of football competition in Tonga, from at least 1971 until 2009, (although fragmentary records do not indicate whether they played every season between these dates) winning four outright titles and one shared title in the seventies and eighties. They are the second most successful team in Tonga in terms of top-flight league titles after Lotoha'apai SC and also the most successful team in the Tonga Cup, the premier knockout competition in Tongan football, winning nine of the twelve known competitions.
Ngele'la's first recorded appearance in Tongan football was in the 1971-72 Lion Shield, the premier football tournament in Tonga, now known as the Tonga Major League. They shared the league title that season with Kolofo'ou No.1 and Veitongo when all three teams finished on 18 points after eleven games.
Results of competition are not known for the next nine years, but it is known that Ngele'la dominated Tongan football in the first half of the 1980s winning four straight titles in 1982, 1983, 1984 and 1985. Details for the 1982 and 1983 seasons are not known, but it is known that they finished top of the league, then known as the Tongatapu Inter Club Championship, unbeaten, winning all thirteen of their matches and finishing six points clear of runners-up Navutoka., The following season was even more successful for the club. Again they finished the season unbeaten, winning all thirteen games in a row again, and were now unbeaten in 26 matches, again finishing in first place ahead of Navutoka, but this time by only three points. In addition to another unbeaten season, they also won the Tonga Cup, beating Houmakelikao. In addition to their league success, they also won the Tonga Cup every year between 1981 and 1988 inclusive bar 1984 which was won by Veitongo.
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