Real Kakamora F.C.

Real Kakamora F.C.

Leagues Played
Islas Salomón - S-League 46
Links
Wikipedia

Wikipedia - Real Kakamora F.C.

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.

History

Former club logo

Originally founded in January of 1998 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. 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.

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 and 2014-15 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.

Real Kakamora finished 0-0-22 in the 2023 season, conceding an average of 5.27 goals per match 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.

El Real Kakamora F.C. es un club de fútbol salomónico de la ciudad de Honiara. Fue fundado en 1971 y actualmente juega en la S-League, la liga de fútbol más importante del país.

El nombre del club proviene del kakamora, una criatura mitológica de las Islas Salomón que se dice que es un niño pequeño y travieso que vive en el bosque. El kakamora es a menudo representado con una piel oscura, un cabello largo y suelto, y una gran sonrisa.

El Real Kakamora es uno de los clubes más exitosos de las Islas Salomón, habiendo ganado la S-League en cuatro ocasiones: en 1982, 1983, 1984 y 1994. También ha ganado la Copa de las Islas Salomón en tres ocasiones: en 1983, 1991 y 1994.

El club ha representado a las Islas Salomón en varias competiciones internacionales, como la Liga de Campeones de la OFC y la Copa Mundial de Clubes de la FIFA. En 2013, el Real Kakamora se convirtió en el primer club salomónico en llegar a la final de la Liga de Campeones de la OFC, pero perdió ante el Auckland City FC de Nueva Zelanda.

El Real Kakamora es un club muy popular en las Islas Salomón y tiene una gran base de seguidores. El club es conocido por su estilo de juego atractivo y su compromiso con el desarrollo de los jóvenes jugadores.