BCH Lions
БИ СИ ЭЙЧ ЛИОНС
Full nameBCH Lions Football Club
Nickname(s)the lions
Founded2018; 6 years ago (2018)
GroundMFF Football Centre
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Capacity5,000
ManagerBadarch Chin-Orgil[1]
LeagueMongolian National Premier League
2022–2310th of 10
WebsiteClub website

BCH Lions (Mongolian: БИ СИ ЭЙЧ ЛИОНС) is a Mongolian professional association football club that competes in the Mongolian Premier League. The current manager is Badarch Chin-Orgil.[1]

History

BCH Lions was founded in 2018 as it broke away from Premier League club Selenge Press FC under the guidance of former Selenge Press coach Badarch Chin-Orgil. The following year, the team won the National Amateur Cup.[2][3]

As a result of its Amateur Cup title, the team competed in the inaugural season of the Mongolia 2nd League later in 2019. The season ended with the club earning the championship and promotion to the Mongolia 1st League in 2020.[4] At the end of the season, BCH Lions players were named the league's best defender (Sasaki Mizuho), goalkeeper (Nakane Hiroki), and midfielder (B. Itgel).[1]

During its first season in the second division, the club earned a third-straight championship and promotion.[2] Lions striker Batkhüyag Munkh-Erdene won the Golden Boot that season with 32 goals and his bicycle kick goal against Khoromkhon earned international attention from Portugal's Desporto ao Minuto.[5]

The club competed in the Mongolian Premier League for the first time in 2021.[2][6] They avoided relegation in their first season, finishing in 8th position.[7] First-year BCH striker Tetsuaki Misawa won the league Golden Boot award as top goal scorer that season with seventeen goals and five assists in sixteen appearances.[8]

Domestic history

Key

  Champion   Runners-up   3rd Place

Season League Domestic Cup Notes
Div. Pos. Pl. W D L P
2019[3] 4th
1st
 7 6 1 0 19 Promoted to Mongolia 2nd League
2019[9] 3rd
1st
 8 6 1 1 19 Quarterfinals Promoted to Mongolia 1st League
2020[10] 2nd
1st
 18 13 3 2 42 Not held Promoted to Mongolian Premier League
2021[7] 1st 8th 18 5 2 11 17 Not held
2021/22[11] 10th 18 2 4 12 11 Not held
2022/23[12] 9th 24 2 1 21 7 3rd Round Relegated to Mongolia 1st League
2023/24 2nd

References

  1. ^ a b c ""Би Си Эйч Лионс" болон "Хараацай" клуб нэгдүгээр лигт хүч үзэх эрх авлаа" (in Mongolian). MNB. Archived from the original on 26 October 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  2. ^ a b c Grimm, Justin (22 October 2020). "BCH Lions Win First League, Earn Promotion (Again)". Mongolian Football Central. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  3. ^ a b Grimm, Justin (24 October 2020). "Club Spotlight: BCH Lions". Mongolian Football Central. Archived from the original on 27 October 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  4. ^ Grimm, Justin (4 August 2019). "BCH Lions Win 2019 2nd League, Earn Inaugural Title". Mongolian Football Central. Archived from the original on 30 October 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  5. ^ "Da Mongólia chega-nos um pontapé de bicicleta... à Cristiano Ronaldo" (in Portuguese). Desporto ao Minuto. 16 August 2020. Archived from the original on 16 August 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  6. ^ "BCH Lions FC advances to Major League". The Ulaanbaatar Post. Archived from the original on 18 September 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  7. ^ a b Stokkermans, Karel. "Mongolia 2021". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 10 July 2022. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  8. ^ "Tetsuaki Misawa: Who is 2021's Surprise Scoring Champion?". Mongolian Football Central. Archived from the original on 1 December 2022. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  9. ^ Stokkermans, Karel. "Mongolia 2019". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 24 July 2022. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  10. ^ Stokkermans, Karel. "Mongolia 2020". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 15 February 2023. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  11. ^ Grimm, Justin; Stokkermans, Karel. "Mongolia 2021/22". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 10 July 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  12. ^ Stokkermans, Karel. "Mongolia 2022/23". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 16 October 2022. Retrieved 16 October 2022.

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