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Full name | Machhindra Football Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | The White Lions | ||
Short name | MFC | ||
Founded | 1973 | ||
Ground | Dasarath Rangasala Stadium | ||
Capacity | 15,000 | ||
President | Prabhod Bir Singh Kansakar | ||
Head coach | Kishor Kumar KC [1] | ||
League | Martyr's Memorial A-Division League | ||
2023 | Martyr's Memorial A-Division League, 2nd of 14 | ||
Website | machhindrafc | ||
Machhindra FC (formally known as Machhindra Bahal Club) [2] is a Nepali professional football club based in the central Kathmandu neighborhood of Keltole, playing in the Martyr's Memorial A-Division League. [3] [4]
Machhindra FC was established in 1973. [5] For sponsorship reasons, it was named Machhindra Bahal Club in 2004, [6] and Machhindra Energizer FC in 2006. [7] The club was promoted to Nepal's top football division in 2004. They appointed Swede Johan Kalin in 2013, claiming to be the highest qualified coach in Nepalese football history. [8] He led the team to a second-place finish in the league, and was praised for his tactics. [9]
The beginning of the 2020s represented the club's most successful time with two consecutive league championships. On 5 April Machhindra appeared in the 2022 AFC Cup qualifying play-off match against Blue Star of Sri Lanka, [10] at the Dasharath Rangasala Stadium but bowed out of the tournament by losing 2–1. [11]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Promoted | Relegated |
Season | League | Position | AFC Cup |
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2003–04 [6] | B-Division | 3rd | — |
2004 [12] | B-Division | 2nd | |
2005–06 [7] | A-Division | 13th | |
2006–07 [13] | A-Division | 6th | |
2010 | A-Division | 6th | |
2011–12 | National League | DNP | |
2012–13 | A-Division | 6th | |
2013–14 | A-Division | 2nd | |
2015 | National League | Banned [14] | |
2018–19 | A-Division | 13th | |
2019–20 | A-Division | 1st | |
2021–22 [15] | A-Division | 1st | Round 1 |
2023 | A-Division | 2nd | — |
Performance in ANFA Youth League | ||
Year | Tournament | Final Position |
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2024 | U-18 ANFA Youth League | 5th |
Performance in ANFA Youth League | ||
Year | Tournament | Final Position |
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2024 | U-16 ANFA Youth League | Champions |
2025 | 6th |