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| Full name | Defenders Football Club | ||
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| Short name | DFC | ||
| Founded | 1963 | ||
| Ground | Homagama Ground Homagama, Sri Lanka | ||
| Capacity | 5,000 | ||
| Owner | Sri Lanka Army | ||
| Head coach | C. P. Wanigasooriya | ||
| League | Sri Lanka Super League | ||
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Defenders Football Club is a professional football club based in Homagama, Sri Lanka. Formed in 1963 as Sri Lanka Army SC, it was renamed to Defenders FC in 2018.[1][2] The team is under the patronage of the Sri Lanka Army.
Honours
[edit]Performance in AFC competitions
[edit]- AFC President's Cup: 2 appearances
- AFC Cup: 1 appearance
- 2020: Preliminary round 1
Continental record
[edit]| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | AFC President's Cup | Group stage |  Abahani Ltd |
1–2 | 3rd | |
 FC Asgabat |
5–1 | |||||
| 2013 | AFC President's Cup | Group stage |  Boeung Ket Angkor |
6–0 | 4th | |
 Hilal Al-Quds |
0–10 | |||||
| Balkan |
0–5 | |||||
| 2020 | AFC Cup | Preliminary round 1 |  Paro |
3–3 | 2–2 | 5–5 (a) |
References
[edit]- ↑ "Defenders FC - Soccer - Team Profile - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics - Global Sports Archive".
- ↑ "Sri Lanka - List of Foundation Dates". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 2026-05-03.
External links
[edit]| National teams | |
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| League competitions | |
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| 2021 Super League teams | |
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