Nepal Army Club

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Nepal Army Club
Sport Cricket
Football
Founded1951;73 years ago (1951)
League PM Cup(Cricket),
Martyr's Memorial A-Division(Football)
Based in Kathmandu
Stadium Dasarath Rangasala Stadium (Football)
Owner Nepalese Army
President COAS Prabhu Ram Sharma
Head coachArun Aryal (Cricket)
Nabin Neupane (Football)
2023 7th of 14
National League Cricket wins1 (2015) (One Day)
1 (2013) (Twenty20)
Website www.nepalarmy.mil.np

Nepal Army Club, also known as Tribhuwan Army Club, is the departmental army sporting club of Nepal and is based in Kathmandu. [1] In cricket they play the top domestic National League Cricket and in the Prime Minister One Day Cup, whereas in football they currently play in the top division of the country, Martyr's Memorial A-Division League. [2]

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History

The departmental army team under the name of Army XI had won the fourth A-division league in 1957/58. It has placed between second to fifth position in the league in recent years. Nepal Army Club have first time received AFC Club license in the Nepali football history on 2020.

Cricket

Record

Season One-Day Twenty20
TeamsPositionTeamsPosition
2013Not held10Winner [3]
201510Winner [4] Not held
2017 8Winner
2018 10Runner-up
2019 10Runner-up
2021 10Winner [5] TBDTBD

Squad [6]

NameAgeBatting styleBowling style
Captain and Batsman
Binod Bhandari 34Right-handed
Batsman
Rajesh Pulami Magar 31Right-handed Legbreak googly
Bhim Sharki22Right-handed Right-arm off break
Rohit Kumar Paudel 21Right-handed Right-arm medium
Wicket-keeper
Raju Rijal 27Right-handed
All-rounder
Sompal Kami 28Right-handed Right-arm fast medium
Karan KC 32Right-handed Right-arm fast medium
Hari Bahadur Chauhan23Right-handed Right-arm off break
Gopal Dhakal25Left-handed Left-arm orthodox spin
Kushal Malla 19Left-handed Left-arm orthodox spin
Bowler
Jitendra Mukhiya 31Right-handed Right-arm fast medium
Sushan Bhari 28Left-handed Left-arm orthodox spin
Shahab AlamLeft-handed Left-arm orthodox spin
Hari Krishna JhaRight-handed
Lokendra ChandRight-handed

Football

Record

SeasonDivisionTeamsPosition AFC Cup
2004 [7] A-Division134th—
2005–06 [8] A-Division153rd
2006–07 [9] A-Division142nd
2010 A-Division124th
2011 A-Division188th
2011–12 National League105th
2012–13 A-Division163rd
2013–14 A-Division1310th
2015 National League92nd
2018–19 A-Division144th
2019–20 A-Division142nd
2021–22 A-Division142ndRound 2

Squad

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 Nepal.svg    NEP Bikesh Kuthu
41 GK Flag of Nepal.svg    NEP Biwas Chaudhary
4 DF Flag of Nepal.svg    NEP Bikash Tamang
17 DF Flag of Nepal.svg    NEP Suman Aryal
19 DF Flag of Nepal.svg    NEP Jitendra Karki
29 DF Flag of Nepal.svg    NEP Bimal Pandey
32 DF Flag of Nepal.svg    NEP Dipak Gurung
33 DF Flag of Nepal.svg    NEP Bikash Khawas
6 DF Flag of Nepal.svg    NEP Suroj Basnet
8 MF Flag of Nepal.svg    NEP Tanka Bahadur Basnet
— MF Flag of Nepal.svg    NEP Jagjit Shrestha
No.Pos.NationPlayer
22 MF Flag of Nepal.svg    NEP Tek Bahadur Budhathoki
23 MF Flag of Nepal.svg    NEP Sesehang Angdembe
14 MF Flag of Nepal.svg    NEP Santosh Tamang
28 FW Flag of Nepal.svg    NEP Sudil Rai
16 FW Flag of Nepal.svg    NEP Deep Kumar Lama
9 FW Flag of Nepal.svg    NEP Rajeev Gurung (player)
21 FW Flag of Nepal.svg    NEP Bharat Khawas (captain)
10 FW Flag of Nepal.svg    NEP George Prince Karki
18 FW Flag of Nepal.svg    NEP Nawayug Shrestha

AFC Cup performance

Continental record

SeasonCompetitionRoundOpponentHomeAwayAggregate
2021 AFC Cup Preliminary round 1 Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka Police
5–1
Preliminary round 2 Flag of India.svg Bengaluru
5–0

Volleyball

Players

Trophies

See also

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