2025 Nepal Super League

Nepal Super League

Season	2025
Dates	29 March –
Matches played	40
← 2023 2026 → All statistics correct as of 15 February 2025.

The 2025 Nepal Super League will be the third season of the Nepal Super League, the top flight franchise based club football league of Nepal. ^{[1] [2]}

Sporting Ilam and Birgunj United, both of whom entered the NSL last season, have opted out of participation. ^[3]

Teams

Kathmandu Rayzrs

Lalitpur City

Chitwan

Pokhara Thunders

Butwal Lumbini

Dhangadhi

Jhapa

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Locations of the NSL clubs

Team	Location
Kathmandu Rayzrs F.C.	Kathmandu, Bagmati Province
Lalitpur City F.C.	Lalitpur, Bagmati Province
F.C. Chitwan	Bharatpur, Bagmati Province
Pokhara Thunders	Pokhara, Gandaki Province
Butwal Lumbini F.C.	Butwal, Lumbini Province
Dhangadhi F.C.	Dhangadhi, Sudurpashchim Province
Jhapa FC	Jhapa, Koshi Province

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Head Coach	Captain	Marquee Player	Iconic Player	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Kathmandu Rayzrs FC	Patrick De Wilde		Rohan Karki
Lalitpur City FC	Simon Grayson		Ananta Tamang
FC Chitwan	Nabin Neaupane		Anjan Bista
Pokhara Thunders	Suman Shrestha	Ayush Ghalan	Samir Tamang
Butwal Lumbini F.C.	Puspalal Sharma		Manish Dangi
Dhangadhi FC	Juan Manuel Martínez		Kritish Ratna Chhunju
Jhapa FC	Prabesh Katuwal		Laken Limbu

Foreign players

One team can recruit six overseas players and field five at a time. ^[4]

Team	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6
Kathmandu Rayzrs FC
Lalitpur City FC	Jeffrey Baltus	Kervens Belfort	Chencho Gyeltshen
FC Chitwan
Pokhara Thunders
Butwal Lumbini F.C.
Dhangadhi FC
Jhapa FC

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Butwal Lumbini FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to Playoffs
2	Dhangadhi F.C.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	F.C. Chitwan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Jhapa FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Kathmandu Rayzrs F.C.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Lalitpur City F.C.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Pokhara Thunders	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Updated to match(es) played on 23 December 2023. Source: Hamrokhelkud
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head goal difference; 3) head-to-head points; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) play-off match

Results by games

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Butwal Lumbini FC
FC Chitwan
Dhangadhi FC
Jhapa FC
Kathmandu Rayzrs FC
Lalitpur City FC
Pokhara Thunders

Updated to match(es) played on 23 December 2023. Source: ANFA
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Head-to-head scores

Home \ Away	BLFC	FCC	DFC	KRFC	LCFC	PTFC	JFC
Butwal Lumbini	—
Chitwan		—
Dhangadhi			—
Kathmandu Rayzrs				—
Lalitpur City					—
Pokhara Thunders						—
Jhapa FC							—

Updated to match(es) played on 23 December 2023. Source: HamroKhelkud ^[5]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Attendances

#	Football club	Average attendance [6]
1	Dhangadhi FC
2	Kathmandu RayZRs
3	Lalitpur City
4	Pokhara Thunders
5	Jhapa FC
6	FC Chitwan
7	Butwal Lumbini

References

1. "Nepal Super League 2022 Auctions Concluded!". goalnepal.com. Goal Nepal. 4 March 2022. Archived from the original on 18 March 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
2. "Nepal Super League Returns for Its Thrilling Third Season" . Retrieved 16 February 2025.
3. "Nepal Super League auction on February 22" . Retrieved 15 February 2025.
4. Nepal Super League franchises unveiled Archived 12 April 2021 at the Wayback Machine . kathmandupost.com
5. "Nepal Super league 2023 Standings". Hamrokhelkud. Archived from the original on 1 December 2023. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
6. https://www.hamrokhelkud.net/competition/nepal-super-league-2023/