Defenders Football Club

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Defenders FC
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Full nameDefenders Football Club
Ground Homagama Ground
Homagama, Sri Lanka
Capacity5,000
ManagerShanmugam Pathmanathan
League Sri Lanka Super League
20226th

Defenders Football Club is a professional football club based in Homagama, Sri Lanka. In 2018, Sri Lanka Army SC was renamed to Defenders FC. [1] The team is under the patronage of the Sri Lanka Army.

Contents

Honours

Performance in AFC competitions

2009: Group Stage
2013: Group Stage
2020: Preliminary round 1

Continental record

SeasonCompetitionRoundClubHomeAwayAggregate
2009 AFC President's Cup Group stage Flag of Bangladesh.svg Abahani Ltd 1–23rd
Flag of Turkmenistan.svg FC Asgabat 5–1
2013 AFC President's Cup Group stage Flag of Cambodia.svg Boeung Ket Angkor 6–04th
Flag of Palestine.svg Hilal Al-Quds 0–10
Flag of Turkmenistan.svg Balkan 0–5
2020 AFC Cup Preliminary round 1 Flag of Bhutan.svg Paro 3–32–25–5 (a)

Current squad

As of 2 February 2020 [2]

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  SRI Mohamed Luthfi
2 FW Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  SRI Nishan Jeevantha
3 DF Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  SRI Priyashan de Silva
4 DF Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Olumide Agbeti
5 MF Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  SRI Bernard Ramaiyajesu
6 FW Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  SRI Mohamed Izzadeen
7 MF Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Ismaila Abumere Ogudugu
8 MF Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  SRI Sanka Danushka
9 FW Flag of Ghana.svg  GHA Evans Asante
10 MF Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  SRI Sajith Kumara
11 FW Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  SRI Madushan de Silva
12 DF Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  SRI Roshan Appuhamy
13 FW Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  SRI Eranga Priyasantha
No.Pos.NationPlayer
14 DF Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  SRI Lakshitha Jayathunga
17 DF Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  SRI Vigneswararasa Kajanathan
18 DF Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  SRI Subashana Fernando
19 MF Flag of Cameroon.svg  CMR Kevin Pierre Obangana
21 GK Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  SRI Mohamed Ijas
22 DF Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  SRI Sudesh Rangana
23 FW Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Sergio Almeida
24 MF Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  SRI Asikur Rahuman
26 MF Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  SRI Ajith Kumara
27 DF Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  SRI Mohamed Waseeth
29 DF Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  SRI Sampath Kumara
30 FW Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  SRI Nadeeshan Perera
35 GK Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  SRI Arunoda Thenuwara
95 MF Flag of Lesotho.svg  LES Atsu Mukhi

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References

  1. "Defenders FC - Soccer - Team Profile - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics - Global Sports Archive".
  2. "Play-off, 1st leg: Defenders FC 2-2 Paro". the-afc. 29 January 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2020.