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| Full name | Rangdajied United Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | RUFC | ||
| Founded | 2012 | ||
| Ground | Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 30,000 | ||
| Chairman | Karsing Kurbah | ||
| Manager | Herring Shangpliang | ||
| League | I-League | ||
| 2013–14 | I-League, 11th | ||
Rangdajied United FC is an Indian football club based in Mawngap-Mawphlang approximately 20 km south-west of Shillong, East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya which is a state of India. The club was founded in 1987. They were the winners of the I-League 2nd Division and played in the top tier league football competition in the country, I-league during 2013-14 season. They were formerly known as Ar-Hima which literally means "The Two Kingdoms" but on 2012-2013 season changed it to Rangdajied United F.C. "Rangdajied" in the Khasi language is an expression which signifies a brave, courageous, patriotic man at the prime of his youth.
India, also known as the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh largest country by area and with more than 1.3 billion people, it is the second most populous country as well as the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the northeast; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives, while its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia.
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played with a spherical ball between two teams of eleven players. It is played by 250 million players in over 200 countries and dependencies, making it the world's most popular sport. The game is played on a rectangular field called a pitch with a goal at each end. The object of the game is to score by moving the ball beyond the goal line into the opposing goal.
Shillong is a hill station in the northeastern part of India and the capital of Meghalaya, which means "The Abode of Clouds" and is one of the smallest states in India. It is the headquarters of the East Khasi Hills district and is situated at an average altitude of 4,908 feet above sea level, with the highest point being Shillong Peak at 6,449 feet. Shillong is the 330th most populous city in India with a population of 143,229 according to the 2011 census. It is said that the rolling hills around the town reminded the European settlers of Scotland. Hence, they would also refer to it as the "Scotland of the East".
