2025 Nepal Super League

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Nepal Super League
2025 Nepal Super League logo.jpg
Season 2025
Dates29 March – 26 April 2025
Champions Lalitpur City (2nd title)
Runners-up Pokhara Thunders
Matches played25
Goals scored54 (2.16 per match)
Best Player Flag of Nepal.svg Ayush Ghalan
Top goalscorer Flag of Lebanon.svg Ahmad Hijazi
(5 goals)
Best goalkeeper Flag of Cameroon.svg Yves Priso
(5 Clean sheets)
Biggest win Butwal 1–4 Dhangadhi
(1 April 2025)
Highest scoring Butwal 1–4 Dhangadhi
(1 April 2025)
Lalitpur 1–4 Pokhara
(2 April 2025)
Longest winning run Lalitpur City
(8 matches)
Longest unbeaten runLalitpur City
(8 matches)
Longest winless run Jhapa
Butwal
(6 matches)
Longest losing runJhapa
Butwal
(6 matches)
2023
2026

The 2025 Nepal Super League (also known as Ncell Nepal Super League 2025 for sponsorship reasons) is the third season of the Nepal Super League, the top flight franchise club football league of Nepal. [1] [2]

Contents

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

Venue

All matches were played at the Dasharath Stadium in Kathmandu. [4] [5]

Kathmandu
Dasharath Stadium
Capacity: 15,000
Dasarath Rangasala Stadium.jpg

Teams

TeamCity Province StadiumCapacity
Kathmandu Rayzrs Kathmandu Bagmati Dasharath Stadium 18,500
Lalitpur City Lalitpur Chyasal Stadium 10,000
FC Chitwan Bharatpur Krishnapur Sports Stadium 3,500
Pokhara Thunders Pokhara Gandaki Pokhara Stadium 16,500
Butwal Lumbini Butwal Lumbini ANFA Technical Centre5,000
Dhangadhi FC Dhangadhi Sudurpashchim Dhangadi Stadium 10,000
Jhapa FC Jhapa Koshi Domalal Rajbanshi Ground 5,000

Personnel and sponsorship

TeamHead coachCaptainMarquee player
[ clarification needed ]
Kit manufacturerShirt sponsor
Kathmandu Rayzrs Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Patrick De Wilde Flag of Nepal.svg Kuldip Karki Flag of Nepal.svg Rohan Karki Flag of Germany.svg Hummel Yamaha
Lalitpur City Flag of England.svg Simon Grayson Flag of Nepal.svg Ananta Tamang Flag of Nepal.svg Ananta Tamang Flag of India.svg T10 Sports Prabhu Bank
FC Chitwan Flag of Nepal.svg Nabin Neaupane Flag of Nepal.svg Anjan Bista Flag of Nepal.svg Anjan Bista Ather IME Group
Pokhara Thunders Flag of Nepal.svg Suman Shrestha Flag of Nepal.svg Nawayug Shrestha Flag of Nepal.svg Samir Tamang Flag of Nepal.svg G-Sports Shikhar Insurance
Butwal Lumbini Flag of Bhutan.svg Puspalal Sharma Flag of Nepal.svg Arik Bista Flag of Nepal.svg Manish Dangi In-house CURRENT
Dhangadhi FC Flag of Spain.svg Juan Manuel Saez Flag of Nepal.svg Devendra Tamang Flag of Nepal.svg Kritish Ratna Chhunju Flag of India.svg T10 Sports My Second Teacher
Jhapa FC Flag of Nepal.svg Prabesh Katuwal Flag of Nepal.svg Laken Limbu Flag of Nepal.svg Laken Limbu Flag of Nepal.svg G-Sports Himalayan Bank

Foreign players

Each team can recruit six foreign players and field five at a time. [6]

TeamPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4Player 5Player 6
Butwal Lumbini Flag of Nigeria.svg Ezekiel Tamara Flag of England.svg Nathan Mavila Flag of Scotland.svg Frank Ross Flag of Japan.svg Kenta Hara Flag of England.svg Adam Mitter Flag of Ghana.svg Philip Adjah
FC Chitwan Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Nodirbek Mavlonov Flag of the United States.svg Jonathan Campbell Flag of Jamaica.svg Amal Knight Flag of the United States.svg Victor Mansaray Flag of Nigeria.svg Malik Yusif Flag of Ghana.svg Torric Jebrin
Dhangadhi FC Flag of Nigeria.svg Afeez Olawale Oladipo Flag of Morocco.svg Mohamed El Jaaouani Flag of Spain.svg Walid Birrou Flag of Brazil.svg Sérgio Barboza Flag of Colombia.svg Jorge Caceido Flag of Lebanon.svg Ahmad Hijazi
Jhapa FC Flag of Serbia.svg Lazar Arsić Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Muhammad Isaev Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Azamat Abdullaev Flag of Montenegro.svg Nemanja Lemajić Flag of Nigeria.svg Alhaji Gero
Kathmandu Rayzrs Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Mohamed Buya Turay Flag of France.svg Vincent Koziello Flag of Senegal.svg Bakary Mané Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Alijon Alijonov Flag of Senegal.svg Cheikh Gueye Flag of Senegal.svg Amadou Macky Diop
Lalitpur City Flag of France.svg Jeffrey Baltus Flag of Haiti.svg Kervens Belfort Flag of Nigeria.svg Imoh Ezekiel Flag of Palestine.svg Jonathan Cantillana Flag of Senegal.svg Papé Diakité Flag of France.svg Papa Ibou Kébé
Pokhara Thunders Flag of Cameroon.svg Stephane Binong Flag of Nigeria.svg Michael Ijezie Flag of Cameroon.svg Biassi Nyakwe Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Saiddoston Djafarov Flag of Cameroon.svg Yves Priso Flag of Ghana.svg Joe Aidoo

Regular season

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Lalitpur City (C)6330108+212Advance to Playoffs
2 Dhangadhi FC (3rd)632195+411
3 FC Chitwan (4th)631286+210
4 Pokhara Thunders (Ru)622276+18
5 Kathmandu Rayzrs 62226718
6 Jhapa FC 60513415
7 Butwal Lumbini 601511091
Source:
NSL
HamroKhelkud
Sofa Score
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 ╲ Round123456
Butwal Lumbini DLLLLL
FC Chitwan WWDLLW
Dhangadhi FC WDDWWL
Jhapa FC DDDDLD
Kathmandu Rayzrs DDLWLW
Lalitpur City DWDWWD
Pokhara Thunders LLWDDW
Source:
NSL
HamroKhelkud
Sofa Score
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Head-to-head scores

Home \ Away Lalitpur Dhangadhi Chitwan Jhapa Kathmandu Butwal Pokhara
Lalitpur City 0–02–11–12–22–03–2
Dhangadhi FC 0–01–31–03–14–10–0
FC Chitwan 1–23–11–10–21–02–0
Jhapa FC 1–10–11–10–00–01–1
Kathmandu Rayzrs 2–21–32–00–01–00–2
Butwal Lumbini 0–21–40–10–00–10–2
Pokhara Thunders 2–30–00–21–12–02–0
Source:
NSL
HamroKhelkud [7]
Sofa Score
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

League stage matches

Results summary

Matchday 1
Team 1ScoreTeam 2
Lalitpur City 2–2 Kathmandu Rayzrs
Butwal Lumbini 0–0 Jhapa FC
FC Chitwan 2–0 Pokhara Thunders
Matchday 2
Team 1ScoreTeam 2
Butwal Lumbini 1–4 Dhangadhi FC
Lalitpur City 3–2 Pokhara Thunders
Jhapa FC 0–0 Kathmandu Rayzrs
Matchday 3
Team 1ScoreTeam 2
FC Chitwan 1–0 Butwal Lumbini
Pokhara Thunders 2–0 Kathmandu Rayzrs
Dhangadhi FC 0–0 Lalitpur City
Matchday 4
Team 1ScoreTeam 2
Jhapa FC 1–1 FC Chitwan
Kathmandu Rayzrs 1–0 Butwal Lumbini
Pokhara Thunders 0–0 Dhangadhi FC
Matchday 5
Team 1ScoreTeam 2
FC Chitwan 1–2 Lalitpur City
Kathmandu Rayzrs 1–3 Dhangadhi FC
Jhapa FC 1–1 Pokhara Thunders
Matchday 6
Team 1ScoreTeam 2
Butwal Lumbini 0–2 Lalitpur City
Kathmandu Rayzrs 2–0 FC Chitwan
Dhangadhi FC 1–0 Jhapa FC
Matchday 7
Team 1ScoreTeam 2
Pokhara Thunders 2–0 Butwal Lumbini
Lalitpur City 1–1 Jhapa FC
Dhangadhi FC 1–3 FC Chitwan

Matches

League stage matches

Matchday 1

29 March 2025Match 1 Lalitpur City 2–2 Kathmandu Rayzrs Kathmandu
18:15 NST
  • Kamal Soccerball shade.svg5' (o.g.)
  • Aditya Shakya Soccerball shade.svg15'
Hamro Khelkud
NSL
Stadium: Dasharath Stadium
Referee:
Umesh Bidari
Man of the Match: Vincent Koziello
(Kathmandu Rayzrs)
30 March 2025Match 2 Butwal Lumbini 0–0 Jhapa Kathmandu
18:15 NST Hamro Khelkud
NSL
Stadium: Dasharath Stadium
Attendance:
1,400
Referee:
Nabindra Maharjan
Man of the Match: Deep Karki
(Butwal Lumbini)
31 March 2025Match 3 Chitwan 2–0 Pokhara Thunders Kathmandu
18:15 NST
Hamro Khelkud
NSL
Stadium: Dasharath Stadium
Attendance:
2,710
Referee:
Shyam Danuwar
Man of the Match: Nodirbek Mavlonov
(Chitwan)

Matchday 2

1 April 2025Match 4 Butwal Lumbini 1–4 Dhangadhi Kathmandu
18:15 NST
  • Kenta Hara Soccerball shade.svg32'
Hamro Khelkud
NSL
Stadium: Dasharath Stadium
Attendance:
2,800
Referee:
Prajwol Chhetri
Man of the Match: Ahmad Hijazi
(Dhangadhi)
2 April 2025Match 5 Lalitpur City 3–2 Pokhara Thunders Kathmandu
18:15 NST
Hamro Khelkud
NSL
Stadium: Dasharath Stadium
Referee:
Nabindra Maharjan
Man of the Match: Jonathan Cantillana
(Lalitpur City)
3 April 2025Match 6 Jhapa 0–0 Kathmandu Rayzrs Kathmandu
18:15 NST Hamro Khelkud
NSL
Stadium: Dasharath Stadium
Referee:
Prajwol Chhetri
Man of the Match: Abishek Baral
(Kathmandu Rayzrs)

Matchday 3

4 April 2025Match 7 Chitwan 1–0 Butwal Lumbini Kathmandu
18:15 NST
Hamro Khelkud
NSL
Stadium: Dasharath Stadium
Referee:
Umesh Bidari
Man of the Match: Torric Jebrin
(Chitwan)
5 April 2025Match 8 Pokhara Thunders 2–0 Kathmandu Rayzrs Kathmandu
14:45 NST
Hamro Khelkud
NSL
Stadium: Dasharath Stadium
Attendance:
3,850
Referee:
Shyam Danuwar
Man of the Match: Stephane Binong
(Pokhara Thunders)
5 April 2025Match 9 Dhangadhi 0–0 Lalitpur City Kathmandu
18:15 NST Hamro Khelkud
NSL
Stadium: Dasharath Stadium
Referee:
Prajwol Chhetri
Man of the Match: Sanish Shrestha
(Lalitpur City)

Matchday 4

6 April 2025Match 10 Jhapa 1–1 Chitwan Kathmandu
18:15 NST
Hamro Khelkud
NSL
Stadium: Dasharath Stadium
Attendance:
3,787
Referee:
Kabin Byanjankar
Man of the Match: Torric Jebrin
(Chitwan)
8 April 2025Match 11 Kathmandu Rayzrs 1–0 Butwal Lumbini Kathmandu
18:15 NST
Hamro Khelkud
NSL
Stadium: Dasharath Stadium
Attendance:
3,174
Referee:
Prajwol Chhetri
Man of the Match: Amadou Macky Diop
(Kathmandu Rayzrs)
9 April 2025Match 12 Pokhara Thunders 0–0 Dhangadhi Kathmandu
18:15 NST Hamro Khelkud
NSL
Stadium: Dasharath Stadium
Attendance:
3,730
Referee:
Umesh Bidari
Man of the Match: Sérgio Barboza
(Dhangadhi)

Matchday 5

10 April 2025Match 13 Chitwan 1–2 Lalitpur City Kathmandu
18:15 NST Hamro Khelkud
NSL
Stadium: Dasharath Stadium
Attendance:
4,200
Referee:
Shyam Danuwar
Man of the Match: Mani Kumar Lama
(Lalitpur City)
11 April 2025Match 14 Kathmandu Rayzrs 1–3 Dhangadhi Kathmandu
16:15 NST
Hamro Khelkud
NSL
Stadium: Dasharath Stadium
Attendance:
2,975
Referee:
Prajwol Chhetri
Man of the Match: Ahmad Hijazi
(Dhangadhi)
12 April 2025Match 15 Jhapa 1–1 Pokhara Thunders Kathmandu
14:45 NST
Hamro Khelkud
NSL
Stadium: Dasharath Stadium
Attendance:
4,299
Referee:
Umesh Bidari
Man of the Match: Stephane Binong
(Pokhara Thunders)

Matchday 6

12 April 2025Match 16 Butwal Lumbini 0–2 Lalitpur City Kathmandu
18:15 NST Hamro Khelkud
NSL
Stadium: Dasharath Stadium
Attendance:
4,378
Referee:
Shyam Danuwar
Man of the Match: Ananta Tamang
(Lalitpur City)
14 April 2025Match 17 Kathmandu Rayzrs 2–0 Chitwan Kathmandu
14:45 NST
Hamro Khelkud
NSL
Stadium: Dasharath Stadium
Attendance:
4,100
Referee:
Prajwol Chhetri
Man of the Match: Bakary Mané
(Kathmandu Rayzrs)
14 April 2025Match 18 Dhangadhi 1–0 Jhapa Kathmandu
18:15 NST
  • Dipesh Dhimal Soccerball shade.svg61' (o.g.)
Hamro Khelkud
NSL
Stadium: Dasharath Stadium
Attendance:
6,545
Referee:
Nabindra Maharjan
Man of the Match: Walid Birrou
(Dhangadhi)

Matchday 7

15 April 2025Match 19 Pokhara Thunders 2–0 Butwal Lumbini Kathmandu
18:15 NST
Hamro Khelkud
NSL
Stadium: Dasharath Stadium
Attendance:
2,350
Referee:
Shyam Danuwar
Man of the Match: Ayush Ghalan
Pokhara Thunders
16 April 2025Match 20 Lalitpur City 1–1 Jhapa Kathmandu
18:15 NST
  • Nabin Lama Soccerball shade.svg54'
Hamro Khelkud
NSL
Stadium: Dasharath Stadium
Referee:
Umesh Bidari
Man of the Match: Laken Limbu
(Jhapa)
17 April 2025Match 21 Dhangadhi 1–3 Chitwan Kathmandu
18:15 NST Hamro Khelkud
NSL
Stadium: Dasharath Stadium
Attendance:
5,725
Referee:
Prajwol Chhetri
Man of the Match: Nodirbek Mavlonov
(Chitwan)

Playoffs

Bracket

Qualifier 1 Qualifier 2 Final
19 April 2025 – Kathmandu 26 April 2025 – Kathmandu
1 Lalitpur City 21 Lalitpur City 2
2 Dhangadhi 123 April 2025 – Kathmandu 4 Pokhara Thunders 1
2 Dhangadhi 0
Eliminator 4 Pokhara Thunders 1
20 April 2025 – Kathmandu
3 Chitwan 0
4 Pokhara Thunders 3

Preliminary

19 April 2025Qualifier 1
(Match 22)
Lalitpur City 2–1 Dhangadhi Kathmandu
18:15 NST
Hamro Khelkud
NSL
Stadium: Dasharath Stadium
Attendance:
6,850
Referee:
Umesh Bidari
Man of the Match: Kervens Belfort
(Lalitpur City)
20 April 2025Eliminator
(Match 23)
Chitwan 0–3 Pokhara Thunders Kathmandu
18:15 NST Hamro Khelkud
NSL
Stadium: Dasharath Stadium
Referee:
Prajwol Chhetri
Man of the Match: Joe Aidoo
Pokhara Thunders
23 April 2025Qualifier 2
(Match 24)
Dhangadhi 0–1 Pokhara Thunders Kathmandu
18:15 NST Hamro Khelkud
NSL
Stadium: Dasharath Stadium
Referee:
Prajwol Chhetri
Man of the Match: Stephane Binong
Pokhara Thunders

Final

26 April 2025Final
(Match 25)
Lalitpur City 2–1 Pokhara Thunders Kathmandu
18:15 NST
Hamro Khelkud
NSL
  • Sudil Rai Soccerball shade.svg62'
Stadium: Dasharath Stadium
Referee:
K Ramdasan
Man of the Match: Imoh Ezekiel
(Lalitpur City)

Awards

AwardWinnerTeamPrize
Emerging Player Flag of Nepal.svg Santosh Khatri Lalitpur City रु 1,00,000 + Trophy
Energetic Player Flag of Nepal.svg Mani Kumar Lama Lalitpur City रु 1,00,000
Best goalkeeper Flag of Cameroon.svg Yves Priso Pokhara Thunders रु 1,50,000 + Trophy
Top scorer Flag of Lebanon.svg Ahmad Hijazi Dhangadhi रु 1,50,000 + Trophy
Player of the tournament Flag of Nepal.svg Ayush Ghalan Pokhara Thunder रु 2,50,000 + Trophy
Fairplay Award Jhapa FC Trophy
Runners-upPokhara Thunders रु 30,00,000
ChampionsLalitpur City रु 80,00,000 + Trophy

Season statistics

Goalscorers

There have been 54 goals scored in 25 matches, for an average of 2.16 goals per match.

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

  • Flag of Nepal.svg Kamal Shrestha (Lalitpur City, against Kathmandu Rayzrs)
  • Flag of Nepal.svg Dipesh Dhimal (Jhapa, against Dhangadhi)
  • Flag of Nepal.svg Amrit Shrestha (Dhangadhi, against Chitwan)
  • Flag of Nepal.svg Abhishek Limbu (Chitwan, against Pokhara Thunders)

Source: Hamro Khelkud

Hat-tricks

PlayerClubAgainstResultDate
Flag of Lebanon.svg Ahmad Hijazi DhangadhiKathmandu Rayzrs1–311 April 2025

Clean sheets

RankPlayerClubClean sheets
1 Flag of Cameroon.svg Yves Priso Pokhara Thunders5
2 Flag of Spain.svg Walid Birrou Dhangadhi3
3 Flag of Nepal.svg Abishek BaralKathmandu Rayzrs2
4 Flag of Montenegro.svg Nemanja Lemajić Jhapa2
5 Flag of Jamaica.svg Amal Knight Chitwan2
6 Flag of Nepal.svg Deep Karki Butwal Lumbini1
7 Flag of Nepal.svg Samit ShresthaLalitpur City1
8 Flag of France.svg Jeffrey Baltus Lalitpur City1

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