Nepal A.P.F. Club

Nepal A.P.F. Club (Nepali: नेपाल ऐपिएफ क्लब), commonly known as APF Club, is a professional sports club based in Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal. The club is the sports-wing of the Armed Police Force.

Nepal A.P.F. Club
Full nameNepal Armed Police Force Club
NicknamesAPF
SportCricket
Football
Founded24 October 2001 (24 October 2001)
LeagueNational League Cricket
Martyr's Memorial A-Division
Based inKathmandu
StadiumHalchowk Stadium
OwnerArmed Police Force
National League Cricket wins2 (2011, 2012) (One Day)
1 (2012) (Twenty20)
Websitewww.apf.gov.np

History

The APF Club was established on 24 October 2001, following the tradition of forming a sports club within an official group, as the Police and army had already done. Initially, the club was named Gyanendra APF Club, in tribute to the King at the time.

Later, the government made the decision to remove all references to royalty from the names of government clubs, so the team changed their name to APF Club.

Cricket

APF is one of the three departmental teams to play in National League Cricket and in Prime Minister One Day Cup. Other nine regional teams along with Nepal Army Club compete with APF in the league. APF formed a cricket team in September 2010. APF initially signed national team captain Paras Khadka and 15 other players while former national team player Raju Basnyat was appointed as the coach.[1] APF is two times champion in one-day format of the league as in 2011 and 2012. In 2012 tournament the APF Cricket Team defended its title defeating Region-4 Bhairawa by six wicket in Final match held on 21 December 2012.[2] In 2012, APF won the Twenty20 format of the league for the first time.[3]

Record
Season One-Day Twenty20
Teams Position Teams Position
2011 10 Winner[4] 10 Runners-up[5]
2012 9 Winner[6] 9 Winner[7]
2013 Not held 10 Runners-up[8]
2014 9 Runners-up[9] Not held
2015 10 Runners-up[10]
2017 8 Semi-Finals
2018 10 Winner
2019 10 Semi-Finals
2021 10 Runners-up TBD TBD

Squad
Name Age Batting style Bowling style
Captain and Bowler
Basanta Regmi 37 Left-handed Left-arm orthodox spin
Batsman
Prithu Baskota 31 Right-handed Right-arm off break
Sharad Vesawkar 35 Right-handed Right-arm off break
Shankar Rana 26 Right-handed
Sumit Maharjan Right-handed
Sundeep Jora 22 Right-handed
Wicket-keeper
Aasif Sheikh 22 Right-handed
Pradeep Airee 31 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Bowler
Bhuvan Karki 29 Left-handed Left-arm orthodox spin
Amar Singh Routela 30 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Kamal Airee 22 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Avinash Bohara 26 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Yagyaman Kumal 29 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Dipendra Rawat Right-handed

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Football

At its first appearance in the Martyr's Memorial A-Division League of season 2005–06, the club finished the season in fifth position, behind MMC, Three Star, Tribhuvan Army Club and the Nepal Police Club.[12]

The club remained in fifth position in the 2006–07 season.

At the end of the 2009–10 season, the APF Club barely escaped relegation, staying in the league only by defeating Machchindra Club by 8–0 in the last match of the league. At the end of all 22 matches, APF is now in 10th position.[13][14]

Record by season
Champions Runners-up Third place Promoted Relegated
Season Division Teams Position
2005–06[15] A-Division 15 5th
2006–07[16] A-Division 14 5th
2010 A-Division 12 10th
2011 A-Division 18 12th
2012–13 A-Division 16 12th
2013–14 A-Division 13 6th
2015 National League 9 5th
2018–19 A-Division 14 5th
2019–20 A-Division 14 12th
2021–22 A-Division 14 8th

Current squad

Last updated 28 October 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
1 GK Nepal   NEP Amrit Chaudhary
30 GK Nepal   NEP Raju Yogi
13 GK Nepal   NEP Roman Rasaili
2 DF Nepal   NEP Bishwas Udas
7 DF Nepal   NEP Top Bahadur Bista (captain)
4 DF Nepal   NEP Sudip Shikrakar
24 DF Nepal   NEP Rohit Thapa
12 DF Nepal   NEP Milan Rai
44 DF Nepal   NEP Birendra Prakash Yadav
5 DF Nepal   NEP Ramesh Dangal
19 DF Nepal   NEP Santosh K. Katuwal
15 DF Nepal   NEP Rajan Gurung
No. Pos. Nation Player
6 MF Nepal   NEP Budhhi Man Rai
10 MF Nepal   NEP Yubaraj Khadka
11 MF Nepal   NEP Nabin Lama
14 MF Nepal   NEP Shyam Nepali
18 MF Nepal   NEP Rabi Thing
22 MF Nepal   NEP Prakash Pun
25 MF Nepal   NEP Amit Lama
28 MF Nepal   NEP Akash Budha Magar
77 MF Nepal   NEP Pradip Lama
23 FW Nepal   NEP Aashish Lama
16 FW Nepal   NEP Hari Karki
9 FW Nepal   NEP Prabin Syangtan

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