FC Khumaltar

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FC Khumaltar
Full nameFootball Club Khumaltar
Founded2004;20 years ago (2004)
Ground Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu
Capacity15,000
ChairmanMartin Raj
ManagerYam Gurung
League Martyr's Memorial B-Division League
2023 14th of 14 (Relegated)


FC Khumaltar, known until 2023 as Khumaltar Youth Club, [1] is a Nepali professional football club from the Khumaltar neighborhood of Lalitpur, Nepal. [2] They play in the Nepalese first division, the Martyr's Memorial A-Division League. The club placed last in the 2023 edition of the League, and was relegated.

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History

The club was founded as Khumaltar Youth Club in 2004. [3] They were first promoted to the Martyr's Memorial C-Division League in 2007 and to Martyr's Memorial B-Division League in 2014. [4] Upon promotion to the top division Martyr's Memorial A-Division League, the club renamed itself FC Khumaltar and introduced a new logo. [5] Dasarath Rangasala stadium is the club's home venue.

Current 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 Dev Limbu
GK Flag of Nepal.svg    NEP Chang Thebe
DF Flag of Nepal.svg    NEP Abhishek Chamlagain
DF Flag of Nepal.svg    NEP Anzal Gurung
DF Flag of Nepal.svg    NEP Padam Bhattarai
DF Flag of India.svg  IND Abhishek Verma
MF Flag of Nepal.svg    NEP Shishir Lekhi
MF Flag of Nepal.svg    NEP Bishal Basnet
MF Flag of Nepal.svg    NEP Rohit Subba
No.Pos.NationPlayer
MF Flag of Ghana.svg  GHA Theophilus Apoh
MF Flag of Nepal.svg    NEP Jaya Gurung
MF Flag of Nepal.svg    NEP Nitin Thapa
FW Flag of Cameroon.svg  CMR Stephan Binong
FW Flag of Nepal.svg    NEP Rajiv Lopchan
FW Flag of Nepal.svg    NEP Manish Thapa
FW Flag of Nepal.svg    NEP Shyam Murmur
FW Flag of Cameroon.svg  CMR Messouke Oloumou
FW Flag of Nepal.svg    NEP Rejin Subba

League finishes

The season-by-season performance of JYC since 2000:

SeasonLeaguePosition
2007-2008 [6] Martyr's Memorial C-Division League Qualifier2nd
2011 Martyr's Memorial C-Division League 3rd
20122nd [7]
20141st
2015League not held due to aftermath of the 2015 Nepal earthquake
2016 [8] Martyr's Memorial B-Division League 7th
2017–18No league held
2019 Martyr's Memorial B-Division League 5th (Group B)
2020-21 2nd
2022 2nd
2023 Martyr's Memorial A-Division League

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