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Machhindra FC

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Machhindra
Full nameMachhindra Football Club
NicknameThe White Lions
Short nameMFC
Founded1973; 53 years ago (1973)
GroundDasarath Rangasala Stadium
Capacity15,000
ChairmanAnil Shrestha
Head coachPrabesh Katuwal[1]
LeagueMartyr's Memorial A-Division League
Nepal National League (sometimes)[2]
2023Martyr's Memorial A-Division League, 2nd of 14

Machhindra Football Club (formerly known as Machhindra Bahal Club)[3] is a Nepali professional football club based in the central Kathmandu neighborhood of Keltole, playing in the Martyr's Memorial A-Division League.[4][5]

History

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Machhindra FC was established in 1973.[6] For sponsorship reasons, it was named Machhindra Bahal Club in 2004,[7] and Machhindra Energizer FC in 2006.[8] The club was promoted to Nepal's top football division in 2004. They appointed Swede Johan Kalin in 2013, claiming to be the highest qualified coach in Nepalese football history.[9] He led the team to a second-place finish in the league, and was praised for his tactics.[10]

The beginning of the 2020s represented the club's 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,[11] at the Dasharath Rangasala Stadium but bowed out of the tournament by losing 2–1.[12]

Record by season

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Champions Runners-up Third place Promoted Relegated
Season League Position AFC Cup
2003–04[7] B-Division 3rd —
2004[13] B-Division 2nd
2005–06[8] A-Division 13th
2006–07[14] 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[15]
2018–19 A-Division 13th
2019–20 A-Division 1st
2021–22[16] A-Division 1st Round 1
2023 A-Division 2nd —

Honours

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National

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Under-18

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Performance record

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Performance in ANFA Youth League
Year Tournament Final Position
2024U-18 ANFA Youth League5th

Under-16

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Performance record

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Performance in ANFA Youth League
Year Tournament Final Position
2024U-16 ANFA Youth LeagueChampions
2025 6th

References

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  1. ↑ "Machhindra, NRT finally win". The Kathmandu Post. Archived from the original on 2022-10-11. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  2. ↑ Paudel, Nayak (14 January 2026). "Nepal's domestic football resurrects with National League kicking off today". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 5 February 2026.
  3. ↑ "Nepal 2003". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  4. ↑ Admin (18 December 2021). "Machindra selected in AFC Cup". himalsanchar.com. Himal Sanchar. Archived from the original on 10 January 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ "Team info: Machhindra Football Club (Nepal)". globalsportsarchive.com. Global Sports Archive. Archived from the original on 5 April 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  7. 1 2 "Nepal 2003". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  8. 1 2 "Nepal 2005/06". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 4 August 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  9. ↑ "Machhindra FC appoints Swedish coach Johan Kalin as head coach for initial contract of 4 months". Image Khabar. Archived from the original on May 14, 2019. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  10. ↑ "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.
  11. ↑ "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.
  12. ↑ "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.
  13. ↑ "Nepal 2004". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 7 April 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  14. ↑ "Nepal 2006/07". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 8 April 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  15. ↑ "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.
  16. ↑ "Martyrs Memorial A Division League 2021/22 – 2078 Martyr's Memorial A-Division League". www.hamrokhelkud.com. Hamaro Khel Kud. 19 December 2021. Archived from the original on 6 January 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  17. ↑ "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.
  18. ↑ "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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