Downtown Heroes FC

Downtown Heroes
Full name	Downtown Heroes Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Heroes
Short name	DHFC
Founded	2020;4 years ago
Ground	TRC Turf Ground
Capacity	11,000
Chairman	Irfan Shahmiri
Head coach	Hilal Rasool Parray
League	JKFA Professional League
Website	https://downtownheroesfc.com/

Last updated December 03, 2024

Downtown Heroes Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. It currently competes in the JKFA Professional League. It has also competed in the I-League 2, the I-League 3 and the Durand Cup.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

History

The club was founded in 2020 by a group of young professionals with the aim of promoting sports culture and steering the youth away from drug addiction. The club's philosophy is to nurture football talent at the grassroots level and provide high quality training facilities and coaching to develop world-class players. Their motto is "Players are bred, not born".^[8]

The club is named after the downtown area of Srinagar where the founders first started holding practices and scouting for talented young players. The club participated in the 2023 and 2024 editions of Durand Cup where they finished at the group stage.^[9]

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References

↑ Sharma, Amitabha Das (27 July 2024). "Durand Cup 2024: Mohun Bagan Super Giant beats Downtown Heroes FC in the opening match". Sportstar. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
↑ "Downtown Heroes earn historic first IndianOil Durand Cup win". Durand Cup. 2 August 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
↑ "JKFA Professional League". The Away End. 12 July 2021. Archived from the original on 11 July 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
↑ Downtown Heroes. "Downtown Heroes". Archived from the original on 30 November 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
↑ SMSala. "Downtown Heroes FC and AG's XI ends with draw". Rising Kashmir. Retrieved 14 January 2023.^{[ permanent dead link ‍]}
↑ Desk, K. R. (28 December 2022). "Downtown Heroes FC management meets AIFF top brass". Kashmir Reader. Archived from the original on 14 January 2023. Retrieved 14 January 2023.{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
↑ Excelsior, Daily (7 June 2022). "Downtown Heroes FC unveils kit for new season". Jammu Kashmir Latest News | Tourism | Breaking News J&K. Archived from the original on 14 January 2023. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
↑ "Downtown Srinagar to Durand: Story of how football became antidote to drugs". The Indian Express. 19 July 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
↑ "India: This football club is changing the image of Srinagar's downtown. Here's how". WION. 21 September 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2024.

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[1] Sharma, Amitabha Das (27 July 2024). "Durand Cup 2024: Mohun Bagan Super Giant beats Downtown Heroes FC in the opening match". Sportstar. Retrieved 4 August 2024.

[2] "Downtown Heroes earn historic first IndianOil Durand Cup win". Durand Cup. 2 August 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.

[3] "JKFA Professional League". The Away End. 12 July 2021. Archived from the original on 11 July 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2021.

[4] Downtown Heroes. "Downtown Heroes". Archived from the original on 30 November 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2023.

[5] SMSala. "Downtown Heroes FC and AG's XI ends with draw". Rising Kashmir. Retrieved 14 January 2023.^{[ permanent dead link ‍]}

[6] Desk, K. R. (28 December 2022). "Downtown Heroes FC management meets AIFF top brass". Kashmir Reader. Archived from the original on 14 January 2023. Retrieved 14 January 2023.{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)

[7] Excelsior, Daily (7 June 2022). "Downtown Heroes FC unveils kit for new season". Jammu Kashmir Latest News | Tourism | Breaking News J&K. Archived from the original on 14 January 2023. Retrieved 14 January 2023.

[8] "Downtown Srinagar to Durand: Story of how football became antidote to drugs". The Indian Express. 19 July 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2024.

[9] "India: This football club is changing the image of Srinagar's downtown. Here's how". WION. 21 September 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2024.

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