Birgunj United FC

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Birgunj United
Birgunj United FC logo.png
Full nameBirgunj United FC
Founded4 March 2022;22 months ago (2022-03-04)
Ground Narayani Stadium
Capacity15,000
OwnerArbindra Amatya
Arbind Baral
Head coachSanoj Shrestha
League Nepal Super League

Birgunj United FC is a Nepali professional franchise football club based Parsa District. The club currently competes in the Nepal Super League, the top flight of football in Nepal. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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History

They were announced as one of the new franchises in the second edition in 2022. Birgunj United FC has been one of the popular football clubs coming from the Madhesh region in Nepal. Birgunj selected Deep Karki as their Marquee Player for their maiden NSL campaign.

Players

2023 squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
— GK Flag of Nepal.svg    NEP Deep Karki
— GK Flag of Nepal.svg    NEP Shatrugan Chaudary
— DF Flag of Nepal.svg    NEP Simanta Thapa
— DF Flag of Nepal.svg    NEP Suraj Gurung
— DF Flag of Ghana.svg  GHA Aikins Kyei Baffour
— DF Flag of Nepal.svg    NEP Dipenk Raj Singh
— DF Flag of Nepal.svg    NEP Diwakar Chaudhary
— MF Flag of Nepal.svg    NEP Suvash Gurung
— MF Flag of Ghana.svg  GHA William Opoku
No.Pos.NationPlayer
— MF Flag of Nepal.svg    NEP Tej Tamang
— MF Flag of Nepal.svg    NEP Sunil Khadka
— DF Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  COD Gustavo Tshamala Djadje
— MF Flag of Nepal.svg    NEP Bhison Gurung
— MF Flag of Nepal.svg    NEP Sudip Gurung
— MF Flag of Nepal.svg    NEP Jaya Gurung
— FW Flag of Ghana.svg  GHA Obed Yeboah
— FW Flag of Nepal.svg    NEP Yubraj Khadka
— FW Flag of Ghana.svg  GHA Hans Kwofie

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