2021 Nepal Super League

Nepal Super League
Season	2021
Dates	24 April – 15 May 2021
Champions	Kathmandu Rayzrs
Matches played	25
Goals scored	58 (2.32 per match)
Best Player	Goalkeeper: Kiran Chemjong (Dhangadhi FC); Defender: Dinesh Rajbanshi (Dhangadhi FC); Midfielder: Messouke Oloumou (Kathmandu Rayzrs); Forward: Anjan Bista (Lalitpur City);
Top goalscorer	Messouke Oloumou(8 goals)
Highest scoring	Kathmandu Rayzrs 5–4 Biratnagar City ; (6 May 2021)
Longest winning run	4 games; Kathmandu Rayzrs
Longest unbeaten run	6 games; Lalitpur City
Longest winless run	6 games; FC Chitwan
Longest losing run	4 games; FC Chitwan
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Last updated December 03, 2023

The 2021 Nepal Super League was the first season of the Nepal Super League, the first professional franchise based club football league of Nepal. A total of seven franchises participated in the tournament played at the Dasharath Rangasala from 24 April to 15 May 2021.^[2]^[3] Kathmandu Rayzrs won the title after beating Dhangadhi FC in the final on 15 May 2021.^[4]^[5]

Venue

All matches were held at the Dasarath Rangasala in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Kathmandu	Kathmandu
Dasarath Rangasala
Capacity: 15,000

Teams

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Head Coach^[6]	Captain^[6]	Marquee Player	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Biratnagar City FC	Yan Law	Ranjit Dhimal	Ranjit Dhimal	SIX5SIX	Janaki Water Tank
Kathmandu Rayzrs FC	Bal Gopal Maharjan	Bikesh Kuthu	Bikesh Kuthu	Adidas	Yamaha RayZR 125FI
Lalitpur City FC	Raju Tamang	Anjan Bista	Anjan Bista	Umbro	Chivas Regal
FC Chitwan	Meghraj K.C.	Bharat Khawas	Bharat Khawas	Li-Ning	IME Group
Pokhara Thunders	Nabin Neupane	Anil Gurung	Nawayug Shrestha	Attsh	Hyundai
Butwal Lumbini F.C.	Sanoj Shrestha	https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishal_Shrestha	Bishal Shrestha	KTM CTY	eHub
Dhangadhi FC	Yugal Kishor Rai	Kiran Chemjong	Bishal Rai	T10 Sports	Kia Nepal ^[7]

Personnel changes

Team	Outgoing coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming coach	Date of appointment
Lalitpur City FC	Pradip Humagain	Mutual consent	2 May 2021	6th	Raju Tamang (interim)	2 May 2021^[8]

Foreign players

One team can recruit three overseas players and field two at a time.^[9]

Team	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3
Biratnagar City FC	Pedro Manzi ^[10]	Oluwaunmi Somide ^[10]	Ulrich Siewe^[10]
Kathmandu Rayzrs FC	Messouke Oloumou	Stephane Samir	Koara Larba Florent
Lalitpur City FC	Vilim Posinković ^[11]	Nurlan Novruzov ^[12]	Peter Segun^[13]
FC Chitwan	El Sayed Shaaban	Ruddy Mbakop	Ahmed Bogy
Pokhara Thunders	Moussa Abagana	Ketcha Yannick	Bidias Rim Raphael
Butwal Lumbini F.C.	William Opoku ^[14]	Armand Beadum^[14]
Dhangadhi FC	Afeez Oladipo ^[15]	Ernest Tampi	Franklin Kuete Talla

Regular season

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kathmandu Rayzrs (C)	6	4	1	1	9	8	+1	13	Advance to Playoffs
2	Dhangadhi	6	3	1	2	8	5	+3	10
3	Lalitpur City	6	2	3	1	7	3	+4	9
4	Butwal Lumbini	6	2	2	2	7	6	+1	8
5	Pokhara Thunders	6	2	2	2	3	4	−1	8
6	Biratnagar City	6	2	1	3	11	12	−1	7
7	Chitwan	6	0	2	4	5	12	−7	2

Source: Goal Nepal
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) play-off match
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	BCFC	BLFC	DFC	FCC	KRFC	LCFC	PTFC
Biratnagar City	—	—	3–0	—	—	0–4	0–1
Butwal Lumbini	2–2	—	1–0	—	0–1	—	—
Dhangadhi	—	—	—	3–0	3–0	—	1–0
Chitwan	0–2	2–2	—	—	1–2	—	—
Kathmandu Rayzrs	5–4	—	—	—	—	1–0	0–0
Lalitpur City	—	1–0	1–1	1–1	—	—	—
Pokhara Thunders	—	0–2	—	2–1	—	0–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 9 May 2021. Source: Goal Nepal
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Round robin

24 April 20211

Kathmandu Rayzrs FC

1–0

Lalitpur City FC

Kathmandu

17:30 NST

Stéphane Binong

30'

Koara Larba Florest 49'

M. Olaoumu 66'

Report

Saroj Lama

18'

Niroj Basnet 22'

Ranjan Bista

81'

Stadium: Dasharath Rangasala
Man of the Match: Sanjog Rai (footballer) (Kathmandu Rayzrs FC)

25 April 20212	Biratnagar City FC	3–0	Dhangadhi FC	Kathmandu
14:30 NST	B. Dhimal 15' Oluwawunmi 57' S. Tamang 69'	Report		Stadium: Dasharath Rangasala Man of the Match: S. Tamang (Biratnagar City FC)

25 April 20213	Pokhara Thunders	0–2	Butwal Lumbini F.C.	Kathmandu
17:30 NST		Report	Beadum 42' A. Bhandari 77' (o.g.)	Stadium: Dasharath Rangasala Man of the Match: Beadum (Butwal Lumbini F.C.)

26 April 20214	Lalitpur City FC	1–1	FC Chitwan	Kathmandu
17:30 NST	Bikash Khawas 42' K. Shrestha 49' Rup Bahadur Lama 80'	Report	Arpan Karki 60' N. Novruzov 88' A. Tamang 91' (o.g.)	Stadium: Dasharath Rangasala Man of the Match: Bishal Sunar (FC Chitwan)

27 April 20215	Dhangadhi FC	3–0	Kathmandu Rayzrs FC	Kathmandu
17:30 NST	T. Basnet 19' Afeez Oladipo 23', 45+5' R. Dangal 62' 68'	Report		Stadium: Dasharath Rangasala Man of the Match: Afeez Oladipo (Dhangadhi FC)

28 April 20216	FC Chitwan	2–2	Butwal Lumbini F.C.	Kathmandu
14:30 NST	G.P. Karki 15' T. B. Budhathoki 19'	Report	A. Lama 32' L. Ruchal 65'	Stadium: Dasharath Rangasala Man of the Match: G.P. Karki (FC Chitwan)

28 April 20217	Biratnagar City FC	0–1	Pokhara Thunders	Kathmandu
17:30 NST		Report	N. Shrestha 83'	Stadium: Dasharath Rangasala Man of the Match: N. Shrestha (Pokhara Thunders)

29 April 20218	Lalitpur City FC	1–1	Dhangadhi FC	Kathmandu
17:30 NST	B. Rana 4' Prabesh Kunwar Danuwar 60' Niroj Basnet 69' R. Bista 78'	Report	Pujan Uparkoti 28' Rupesh KC 36' Kiran Chemjong 43' Afeez Oladipo 72'	Stadium: Dasharath Rangasala Man of the Match: Dinesh Rajbanshi (Dhangadhi FC)

30 April 20219	Kathmandu Rayzrs FC	0–0	Pokhara Thunders	Kathmandu
17:30 NST		Report		Stadium: Dasharath Rangasala Man of the Match: Padam Moktan (Pokhara Thunders)

1 May 202110	Dhangadhi FC	3–0	FC Chitwan	Kathmandu
14:30 NST	N. Limbu 64' Afeez Oladipo 69' B. Tamang 80'	Report		Stadium: Dasharath Rangasala Man of the Match: N. Limbu (Dhangadhi FC)

1 May 202111	Butwal Lumbini F.C.	2–2	Biratnagar City FC	Kathmandu
17:30 NST	K. Omolaja 6' L. Ruchal 68'	Report	P. Manzi 42' S. Tamang 90+2'	Stadium: Dasharath Rangasala Man of the Match: P. Manzi (Biratnagar City FC)

2 May 202112	Pokhara Thunders	0–0	Lalitpur City FC	Kathmandu
17:30 NST	Ketcha Wannick 87'	Report		Stadium: Dasharath Rangasala Man of the Match: Prabesh Kunwar Danuwar (Lalitpur City FC)

3 May 202113	FC Chitwan	0–2	Biratnagar City FC	Kathmandu
17:30 NST		Report	P. Manzi 73' S. Tamang 89'	Stadium: Dasharath Rangasala Man of the Match: Rajeen Dhimal (Biratnagar City FC)

4 May 202114	Butwal Lumbini F.C.	0–1	Kathmandu Rayzrs FC	Kathmandu
17:30 NST		Report	Stéphane Binong 5'	Stadium: Dasharath Rangasala Man of the Match: Bikesh Kuthu (Kathmandu Rayzrs FC)

5 May 202115	Dhangadhi FC	1–0	Pokhara Thunders	Kathmandu
17:30 NST	D. Gurung 68'	Report		Stadium: Dasharath Rangasala Man of the Match: Kiran Chemjong (Dhangadhi FC)

6 May 202116	Lalitpur City FC	1–0	Butwal Lumbini F.C.	Kathmandu
14:30 NST	N. Novruzov 5' Vilim Posinkovic 23' Kamal Shrestha 31' Anjan Bista 50' Ranjan Bista 90+2'	Report	William Opoku Asiedu 24' Abhishek Rijal 40' Sesehang Angdembe Limbu 43' Man Bahadur Pariyar 68' Jaya Gurung 74'	Stadium: Dasharath Rangasala Man of the Match: Anjan Bista (Lalitpur City FC)

6 May 202117	Kathmandu Rayzrs FC	5–4	Biratnagar City FC	Kathmandu
17:30 NST	Olaoumu 35',36',68' S. Sameer 41' T. Gurung 82'	Report	Oluwawunmi 5' P. Manzi 33',90+4' R. Dhimal 79'	Stadium: Dasharath Rangasala Man of the Match: Olaoumu (Kathmandu Rayzrs FC)

7 May 202118	Pokhara Thunders	2–1	FC Chitwan	Kathmandu
17 :30 NST	N. Shrestha 86' B. Raphael 90+5'	Report	S. Lekhi 72'	Stadium: Dasharath Rangasala Man of the Match: Ravi Paswan (Pokhara Thunders)

8 May 202119	Biratnagar City FC	0–4	Lalitpur City FC	Kathmandu
14:30 NST	Suraj Jeu Thakuri 34' Sunil Bal 48' Bikram Dhimal 80' Bijay Dhimal 84' 85'	Report	Niroj Basnet 34' A. Bista 36',81' Arik Bista 52' B. Rana 64' N. Novruzov 90+6'	Stadium: Dasharath Rangasala Man of the Match: Anjan Bista (Lalitpur City FC)

8 May 202120	Butwal Lumbini F.C.	1–0	Dhangadhi FC	Kathmandu
17:30 NST	S. Lama 80'	Report		Stadium: Dasharath Rangasala Man of the Match: William Opoku (Butwal Lumbini F.C.)

9 May 202121	FC Chitwan	1–2	Kathmandu Rayzrs FC	Kathmandu
17:30 NST	R. Lopchan 40'	Report	M. Olaoumu 19' S. Rai 34'	Stadium: Dasharath Rangasala Man of the Match: Tej Tamang (Kathmandu Rayzrs FC)

Playoffs

Bracket


Preliminary			Preliminary			Final



1	Kathmandu Rayzrs	1				Q1W	Dhangadhi	0

2	Dhangadhi (a.e.t.)	2				Q2W	Kathmandu Rayzers	1

			Q1L	Kathmandu Rayzrs	3

			EW	Lalitpur City	0

3	Lalitpur City	1

4	Butwal Lumbini	0

Preliminary

11 May 2021Qualifier 1	Kathmandu Rayzrs FC	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Dhangadhi FC	Kathmandu
17:30 NST	Tej Tamang 75'		Afeez Olawale Oladipo 33' Darshan Gurung 44' Pujan Uparkoti 78' Bishal Rai 108'	Stadium: Dasharath Rangasala

12 May 2021Eliminator	Lalitpur City FC	1–0	Butwal Lumbini F.C.	Kathmandu
17:30 NST	Vilim Posinkovic 23' Kamal Shrestha 31' Anjan Bista 50', 61' Ranjan Bista 90+2'		William Opoku Asiedu 24' Abhishek Rijal 40' Sesehang Angdembe Limbu 56' Man Bahadur Pariyar 68' Jaya Gurung 74'	Stadium: Dasharath Rangasala Referee: Prajwol Chhetri Man of the Match: Arpan Karki (Lalitpur City FC)

13 May 2021Qualifier 2	Kathmandu Rayzrs FC	3–0	Lalitpur City FC	Kathmandu
17:30 NST	M. Olaoumu 14' (pen.), 22' Stephen Binong 60' Bishwash Shrestha 65' Bikesh Kuthu 77'		Gaurab Budathoki 56'	Stadium: Dasharath Rangasala Referee: Prajwol Chhetri Man of the Match: M. Olaoumu (Kathmandu Rayzrs FC)

Final

15 May 2021Final	Dhangadhi FC	0–1	Kathmandu Rayzrs FC	Kathmandu
17:30 NST	Bishal Rai 71'		M. Olaoumu 21'	Stadium: Dasharath Rangasala Referee: Nabin Maharjan Man of the Match: Florent Koara (Kathmandu Rayzrs FC)

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

There have been 58 goals scored in 25 matches, for an average of 2.32 goals per match (as of 15 May 2021).

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Messouke Oloumou	Kathmandu Rayzrs	8
2	Pedro Manzi	Biratnagar City	4
2	Afeez Oladipo	Dhangadhi	4
3	Stéphane Binong	Kathmandu Rayzrs	3
	Santosh Tamang	Biratnagar City
	Anjan Bista	Lalitpur City
4	Oluwaunmi Somide	Biratnagar City	2
	Laxman Ruchal	Butwal Lumbini F.C.
	Nawayug Shrestha	Pokhara Thunders
	Nurlan Novruzov	Lalitpur City

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Messouke Oloumou	Kathmandu Rayzrs	Biratnagar City	5–4^[16]	6 May 2021

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Bikesh Kuthu	Kathmandu Rayzrs	5
2	Arpan Karki	Lalitpur City	4
3	Deep Karki	Pokhara Thunders	3
3	Kiran Chemjong	Dhangadhi i	3
4	Kishor Giri	Biratnagar City	2
4	Bishal Shrestha	Butwal Lumbini F.C.	2

Awards

End-of-season awards

Award	Winner^[5]	Club
Goalkeeper	Kiran Chemjong	Dhangadhi F.C.
Defender	Dinesh Rajbanshi	Dhangadhi F.C.
Midfielder	Messouke Oloumou	Kathmandu Rayzrs
Forward	Anjan Bista	Lalitpur City
Head coach	Bal Gopal Maharjan	Kathmandu Rayzrs
Emerging Player	Biswash Shrestha	Kathmandu Rayzrs
Fair Play	Butwal Lumbini F.C.

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2021 teams	Biratnagar City ^(season) Butwal Lumbini ^(season) Chitwan ^(season) Dhangadhi ^(season) Kathmandu Rayzrs ^(season) Lalitpur City ^(season) Pokhara Thunders ^(season)
Foreign players