Nepal Police Club

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Nepal Police Club
NicknameThe Cops
Sport Cricket
Football
Founded1952;72 years ago (1952)
League PM Cup(Cricket),
Martyr's Memorial A-Division(Football)
Based in Kathmandu
StadiumNepal Police Academy, Maharjgunj, Kathmandu
Owner Nepal Police
Manager Chetan Ghimire
2023 3nd of 14
National League Cricket wins1 (2015) (One Day)
1 (2013) (Twenty20)
Website www.nepalpolice.gov.np

Nepal Police Club (formerly known as Mahendra Police Club) is a sports club owned and managed by the Nepal Police. The club is best known for its football section which competes in the Martyr's Memorial A-Division League, the top flight of Nepali club football.

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History

Established in 1952 and named after King Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev, Mahendra Police Club has been part of the new Nepal League since its inception in 2003. The club finished runners-up in the 2004-05 season and were third the following year.

Year 2007

The year 2007 has been the most successful year for Mahendra Police Club. They started well in the 2006-07 season with a perfect blend of experienced and amateur players and clinched the Martyr's Memorial A-Division League title. MPC, who have won all Nepalese knock-out tournaments till date, have solid a backline led by experienced national defender Rakesh Shrestha with young but experienced Ritesh Thapa under the bar. Another national team veteran\, former national midfielder Ananta Thapa, Jumanu Rai and Ramesh Budhathoki hold the key to their fortunes in the AFC President’s Cup.

Another achievement of MPC was to be the runners-up in the AFC President's Cup 2007 after creating an upset in the semi-finals by beating Regar Tursunzoda. MPC won being the runners-up.

Football

Nepal Police Club currently plays in the Martyr's Memorial A-Division League. The team has won three A-Division titles and one National League title.

Record

ChampionsRunners-upThird place Promoted Relegated
SeasonDivisionTeamsPosition AFC President's Cup
2003 [1] A-Division122nd—
2004 [2] A-Division132nd
2005–06 [3] A-Division154th
2006–07 [4] A-Division141st
2007No league heldRunners-up
2008Semi-finals
2009Group stage
2010 A-Division121st—
2011 A-Division181stGroup stage
2011–12 National League101st
2012–13 A-Division167thGroup stage
2013–14 A-Division134th—
2015 National League97thCompetition disbanded
2018–19 A-Division146th
2019–20 A-Division145th
2019–20 A-Division1411th

Squad

As of 28 October 2021

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
21 GK Flag of Nepal.svg    NEP Roshan Khadka
22 GK Flag of Nepal.svg    NEP Sanjeet Shrestha
2 DF Flag of Nepal.svg    NEP Kapil Dhakal
4 DF Flag of Nepal.svg    NEP Santosh Hemrun
20 DF Flag of Nepal.svg    NEP Suman Subedi
17 MF Flag of Nepal.svg    NEP Bhola Silwal
No.Pos.NationPlayer
77 MF Flag of Nepal.svg    NEP Hemant Shrestha
— MF Flag of Nepal.svg    NEP Ravi Paswan
8 FW Flag of Nepal.svg    NEP Tirtha Bor Rana
10 FW Flag of Nepal.svg    NEP Bharat Shah
25 FW Flag of Nepal.svg    NEP Anup Limbu
11 FW Flag of Nepal.svg    NEP Ju Manu Rai

Cricket

Nepal Police is one of the three departmental teams to play in National League Cricket. Other eight regional teams compete with Nepal Police in the league. Manoj Katuwal is the coach of the team. They participated in 2011 National One Day tournament but finished as a runners-up after losing to APF Club in the final. But they defeated departmental rival APF Club to lift the title of 2011 Pepsi Standard Chartered T20 National Cricket Tournament. [5]

Record

Season One-Day Twenty20
TeamsPositionTeamsPosition
201110Runners-up [6] 10Winner [7]
2017 8WinnerNot held
2018 10Semi-Finals
2019 10Winner
2021 10Semi-FinalsTBDTBD

Squad [8]

NameAgeBatting styleBowling style
Captain and Batsman
Manjeet Shrestha 39Right-handed Right-arm medium
Batsmen
Aarif Sheikh 26Right-handed Right-arm medium
Amit Shrestha30Right-handed
Kushal Bhurtel 27Right-handed Right-arm medium
Sunil Dhamala 39Right-handed Right-arm off break
Wicket-keepers
Dilip Nath 26Lef-handed
Anil Sah 25Right-handed Right-arm off break
All-rounders
Dipendra Singh Airee 24Right-handed Right-arm medium
Prem Tamang27Right-handed Right-arm off break
Yogendra Singh Karki26Right-handed
Pawan Sarraf 23Right-handed Right-arm off break
Bowlers
Lalit Rajbanshi 24Right-handed Left-arm orthodox spin
Sagar Dhakal22Right-handed Left-arm orthodox spin
Rashid Khan23Right-handed Right-arm fast medium

Achievements

Players of Nepal Police Club (in red jersey) lining up for a match against Three Star Club (in blue jersey) NPC Player.jpg
Players of Nepal Police Club (in red jersey) lining up for a match against Three Star Club (in blue jersey)

Football

Cricket

Performance in AFC competitions

See also

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