Sankata Boys S.C.

Sankata Club

Full name	Sankata Boys Sports Club
Founded	1950;73 years ago (1950) (originally) [ citation needed ]
Ground	Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu
Capacity	15,000
Chairman	Indraman Tuladhar
Manager	Rajesh Tuladhar
Coach	Salyan Khadgi
League	Martyr's Memorial A-Division League
Home colours Away colours

Sankata Boys Sports Club, commonly known as Sankata Club, is a Nepalese professional football club based in Kathmandu, ^[1] that competes in the Martyr's Memorial A-Division League. ^[2] Named after Sankata Temple, the club has won the national championship three times, most recently in 1985. ^{[3] [4]}

History

Being a successful club in the 1980s, Sankata won the title of the national championship in 1980, 1983 and 1985. ^[4] Due to poor performance just winning five games out of 22 in A-Division league 2010 the club was relegated to Martyr's Memorial B-Division League after 38 years.^{[ citation needed ]} However, the team won the 2011 Martyr's Memorial B-Division League and since is playing in Nepal's highest league. In 2019, the team became runners-up in the 2018–19 league, making it the best season of the club since the 1980s, ^[5] in what The Kathmandu Post called a "stunning" performance. ^[6]

Honours

• Martyr's Memorial A-Division League
  • Winners: 1980, 1983, 1985

• Martyr's Memorial B-Division League
  • Winners: 1958, 2011

• Tribhuvan Challenge Shield
  • Winners: 1979

• Simara Gold Cup
  • Winners: 2073, 2078

• Rhino Gold Cup
  • Winners: 2074

• Budha Subba Gold Cup
  • Runners-up: 2017

• Aaha! Gold Cup
  • Winners: 2077, 2079

• Birat Gold Cup
  • Winners: 2069

• ANFA Cup
  • Runners-up: 2014 ^[7]

Squads

Current squad

As of 31 October 2021

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK     NEP Tikendra Thapa — GK     NEP Bishnu KC — GK     NEP Nishan Rana — DF     NEP Gautam Shrestha — DF     NEP Nishan Khadka — DF     NEP Kuldip Karki — DF     NEP Saroj Dahal — DF     NEP Ravi Silwal

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF     NEP Dipendra BK — DF   CMR Andre Thiery Biyik — MF     NEP Suraj Jeu Thakuri — MF     NEP Ayush Ghalan — MF     NEP Roshan Pahari — FW     NEP Sunil Bal — FW     NEP Manish Dangi — FW     NEP Ganesh Hamal

League finishes

Champions

Runners-up

Third place

Promoted

Relegated

Season	League	Position
2000	A-Division	9th
2003-04	A-Division	6th
2004	A-Division	8th
2005–2006	A-Division	8th
2006–2007	A-Division	9th
2010	A-Division	12th
2011	B-Division	1st
2012	National League B-Division	3rd [8]
2012–13	A-Division	11th
2013–14	A-Division	5th
2015	National League	DNP [9]
2018–19	A-Division	2nd
2019–20	A-Division	7th
2021–22	A-Division	7th

References

1. बस्नेत, चुमन. "सर्वाधिक राशिको विराट गोल्डकप". Nagarik News (in Nepali). Archived from the original on 29 April 2021. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
2. Sigdel, Sandesh (12 November 2021). "Sankata Club Announces Squad For Upcoming League Season". goalnepal.com. Kathmandu: Goal Nepal. Archived from the original on 12 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
3. "Sankata Club". Goal Nepal. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
4. "Nepal - List of Champions and Cup Winners". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
5. "Martyrs' League: Meet the coach who guided minnows Sankata to second place finish". Online Khabar. 7 January 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
6. "'A' Division League: Underperforming stars, controversies, poor management mar top-tier league". The Kathmandu Post. 11 January 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
7. "ANFA Cup Final". All Nepal Football Association . Retrieved 14 September 2014.
8. "Red Bull B Division National League 2012". Goal Nepal. Archived from the original on 8 August 2016.
9. "FLASH NEWS: Makwanpur DFA Decides Not To Take Part In National League!". GoalNepal.com. 4 January 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2015.