Biratnagar City F.C.

Biratnagar City FC is a Nepali professional franchise football club based at Biratnagar. Biratnagar city club competes in the Nepal Super League, the top flight football league in Nepal.[1][2][3]

"Biratnagar City" redirects here. For the city itself, see Biratnagar.

Biratnagar City FC
Full nameBiratnagar City Football Club
Founded2021 (2021)
GroundSahid Rangsala
Capacity15,000
OwnerBiratnagar City FC Pvt. Ltd
CEOSubhashish Koirala
LeagueNepal Super League
2021Nepal Super League, 6th of 7
WebsiteClub website

History

The club was formed in March 2021 after the establishment of Nepal Super League, the first ever franchise football league in Nepal, under the supervision of All Nepal Football Association (ANFA). The club played their first match on 25 April 2021 against Dhangadhi. However even with a promising start they failed to keep consistent and they came 6th failing to reach the second part of the tournament.

Honours

2021 squad
As of 16 April 2021

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
33 GK Nepal   NEP Kishor Giri
22 GK Nepal   NEP Surya Adhikari
3 DF Nepal   NEP Diwakar Chaudhary
5 DF Nepal   NEP Manoj Rai
6 DF Nepal   NEP Bikram Dhimal
11 DF Nepal   NEP Saroj Dahal
15 DF Cameroon CMR Ulrich Siewe
18 DF Nepal   NEP Bijay Dhimal
23 DF Nepal   NEP Ranjit Dhimal
8 MF Nepal   NEP Sushil Lama
No. Pos. Nation Player
9 MF Nepal   NEP Sunil Bal
13 MF Nepal   NEP Hem Tamang
14 MF Nepal   NEP Santosh Tamang
20 MF Nepal   NEP Suraj Jeu Thakuri
25 MF Nepal   NEP Ashok Thapa
7 FW Nepal   NEP Manish Dangi
10 FW Nepal   NEP Nir Kumar Rai
21 FW Nepal   NEP Sunil Khadka
29 FW Nigeria NGA Oluwaunmi Somide

2022 squad
As of 14 July 2022

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Nepal   NEP Deep Karki
— GK Nepal   NEP Rohit Karki
— DF Nepal   NEP Ashok Khawas
— DF Nepal   NEP Nir Kumar Rai
— DF Nepal   NEP Anjan Rai
— DF Nepal   NEP Saroj Tamang
— DF Cameroon CMR Ulrich Siewe
No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF Nepal   NEP Bijay Dhimal
23 DF Nepal   NEP Ranjit Dhimal
— MF Nepal   NEP Pradip Lama
— MF Nepal   NEP Prakash Budhathoki
— MF Nepal   NEP Awas Lamichhane
7 FW Nepal   NEP Manish Dangi
10 FW Nepal   NEP Milan Rai

Technical staff
As of 16 April 2021
Role Name
Head coachNepal Bishnu Gurung
Assistant coachNepal Nishan Shrestha
Team managerNepal Mukund Agarwal
Director of footballNepal Sonam Ghale
Performance analystIndia Aalok Yadav
PhysioNepal Anish Budhathoki
Kit managerNepal Bibek Rai

Head coaching record
As of 8 May 2021
Coach From To P W D L GS GA %W
India Yan Law 20 March 2021 31 May 2021 6 2 1 3 11 12 033.33

P – Total of played matches W – Won matches D – Drawn matches L – Lost matches GS – Goals scored GA – Goals against
%W – Percentage of matches won

Sponsors
Period Kit Manufacturer Shirt Sponsor Sponsor Hospitality partner Fitness Partner
2021– SIX5SIX Janaki Water Tank Kantipur Valley College
Zenith International College
Shree Medical and Technical College		 Royal Singi Hotel TC1 EMS Nepal

References
  1. "'Nepal Super League' to be held from April 24". Daily Khabarhub English. 10 March 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  2. "NSL auction sees eight major singings". The Kathmandu Post. 7 April 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  3. "ANFA Teams names, logos and owner for Nepal Super League unveiled". ANFA. 24 March 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  4. "६ दशकपछि विराटनगरलाई घरेलु मैदानमा उपाधि" [After 6 decades, Biratnagar won the title at home]. hamrokhelkud.com (in Nepali). Biratnagar: Hamro Khelkud. 30 March 2023. Archived from the original on 31 March 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2023.


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