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Machhindra FC
Full nameMachhindra Football Club
Founded1973; 51 years ago (1973)
GroundDasarath Rangasala Stadium
Capacity15,000
Head coachKishor Kumar KC[1]
LeagueMartyr's Memorial A-Division League
20232nd of 14

Machhindra FC (formally known as Machhindra Bahal Club)[2] is a Nepali professional football club from the central Kathmandu, neighborhood of Keltole, playing in the Martyr's Memorial A-Division League.[3][4]

History

Machhindra FC was established in 1973.[5] For sponsorship reasons, it was named Machhindra Bahal Club in 2004,[6] and Machhindra Energizer FC in 2006.[7] The club was promoted to Nepal's top football division in 2004. The team was one of the first teams in Nepal to appoint a foreign coach, Johan Kalin, in 2013, claiming that he was the highest qualified coach in Nepalese football history.[8] He led the team to a second-place finish in the league, and was praised for his tactics.[9]

The beginning of the 2020s started the clubs most successful time with two consecutive league championships.

On 5 April, Machhindra appeared in the 2022 AFC Cup qualifying play-off match against Blue Star of Sri Lanka,[10] at the Dasharath Rangasala Stadium but bowed out of the tournament losing 2–1.[11]

Current squad

As of 28 October 2023

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
5 DF Nepal   NEP Diwakar Chaudary
6 MF Nepal   NEP Utsav Rai
7 MF Nepal   NEP Dipesh Ghale
9 FW Nepal   NEP Shilen Rajiv Bhandari
10 FW Nepal   NEP Bimal Gharti Magar
12 MF Nepal   NEP Abhishek Gurung
13 MF Nepal   NEP Prashant Awasthi
14 DF Nepal   NEP Nisen Subba
15 MF Nepal   NEP Pujan Uperkoti
16 DF Nepal   NEP Ashish Shrestha
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 DF Nepal   NEP Saurav Limbu
19 DF Nepal   NEP Devendra Tamang
20 GK Nepal   NEP Bishal Shrestha
23 DF Nepal   NEP Ranjit Dhimal
24 DF Nepal   NEP Tshering Gurung
25 DF Nepal   NEP Sagar Thapa
26 GK Nepal   NEP Nabin Silwal
30 MF Nepal   NEP Sanjay Sindhu
31 GK Nepal   NEP Pradip Bhandari
33 FW Nepal   NEP Bijya Bhujel
88 MF Nepal   NEP Anuj Sandeep Singh
— FW Nepal   NEP Ayush Ghalan

Record by season

Champions Runners-up Third place Promoted Relegated
Season League Position AFC Cup
2003–04[6] B-Division 3rd —
2004[12] B-Division 2nd
2005–06[7] A-Division 13th
2006–07[13] A-Division 6th
2010 A-Division 6th
2011–12 National League DNP
2012–13 A-Division 6th
2013–14 A-Division 2nd
2015 National League Banned[14]
2018–19 A-Division 13th
2019–20 A-Division 1st
2021–22[15] A-Division 1st Round 1
2023 A-Division 2nd —

Honours

National

References

  1. ^ "Machhindra, NRT finally win". The Kathmandu Post. Archived from the original on 2022-10-11. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Nepal 2003". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  3. ^ "Machindra selected in AFC Cup". himalsanchar.com. Himal Sanchar. 18 December 2021. Archived from the original on 10 January 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  4. ^ Kafle, Santosh (12 April 2021). "Punjab beat Machhindra, enter semis". thehimalayantimes.com. Biratnagar: The Himalayan Times. Archived from the original on 12 April 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  5. ^ "Team info: Machhindra Football Club (Nepal)". globalsportsarchive.com. Global Sports Archive. Archived from the original on 5 April 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Nepal 2003". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  7. ^ a b "Nepal 2005/06". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 4 August 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  8. ^ "Machhindra FC appoints Swedish coach Johan Kalin as head coach for initial contract of 4 months". Image Khabar. Retrieved 1 May 2019.[permanent dead link]
  9. ^ "I'm here to develop standard of Nepali football: Head coach Kalin". República. 2019-02-25. Archived from the original on 2019-05-14. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
  10. ^ "Machhindra Club to host Sri Lanka's Blue Star". kathmandupost.com. The Kathmandu Post. 18 January 2022. Archived from the original on 13 February 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  11. ^ "Machhindra crash out of Qualifiers". thehimalayantimes.com. The Himalayan Times. Himalayan News Service. 6 April 2022. Archived from the original on 6 April 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  12. ^ "Nepal 2004". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 7 April 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  13. ^ "Nepal 2006/07". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 8 April 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  14. ^ "ANFA Releases First Installment Of Rs 5 Lakhs To All Nine National League Participating Teams". GoalNepal.com. 16 January 2015. Archived from the original on 17 January 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  15. ^ "Martyrs Memorial A Division League 2021/22 – 2078 Martyr's Memorial A-Division League". www.hamrokhelkud.com. Hamaro Khel Kud. Archived from the original on 6 January 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  16. ^ "Machhindra become champion for second consecutive time after defeating Satdobato". the-anfa.com. All Nepal Football Association. 16 February 2022. Archived from the original on 16 February 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  17. ^ "A Division League Transfer: White Lions Sign Dayananda". Goal Nepal. 14 February 2023. Archived from the original on 17 February 2023. Retrieved 17 February 2023.

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