The club was originally established as a youth academy. The decision to participate in the professional competition was made to provide the youth players with the opportunity to represent the Mongolian national team.
This local focus has been maintained to this day and has earned the club the reputation of being "The Nationals' Team" ("Монголын баг").[2] Their women's team plays in the Women's National Football League.
The club currently plays its home matches at the MFF Football Centre in Ulaanbaatar. The stadium, which opened in 2006, was renovated in 2013 by Deren FC's parent company, Deren Naran LLC, in collaboration with a Dutch partner, and now has a capacity of 5,000 spectators.[3]
Special Features
Deren FC is the only football club in Mongolia that owns its own football infrastructure and, thanks to its club-owned Airdome, can independently conduct both summer and winter training.
Additionally, the club is currently building a sports hotel with training facilities next to the full-size Airdome (114 x 82 x 29 meters) funded by FIFA and managed by the Mongolian Football Federation in AimagTöv, about 40 kilometers outside of Ulaanbaatar.[4] This makes Deren FC the only club in Mongolia that can independently offer and organize accommodation and training camps for foreign football teams. The new sports facility is expected to be completed in the spring of 2025.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
↑ Stokkermans, Karel (2021): Mongolia 2015. Under participation of Justin Grimm & Martin Arenlind. In: Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation, last updated 16.06.2021. Online under https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/mong2015.html, last checked on 23.10.2024.
↑ Munkhbaatar, Iveel (15.09.2024): Walter Leonhardt: If you come, we're sure to win. In: The UB Post, 15.09.2024. Online under Walter Leonhardt: If you come, we're sure to win, last checked on 22.10.2024.
↑ Myadagbadam, J. (2013): Хөлбөмбөгийн шинэ цэнгэлдэх хүрээлэн нээлтээ хийнэ. In: Mongolian National Broadcaster (MNB), 10.10.2013. Online under Archivierte Seite auf mnb.mn, last checked on 22.10.2024.
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