Full name | Sankata Boys Sports Club | ||
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Founded | 1950[ citation needed ] | (originally)||
Ground | Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu | ||
Capacity | 15,000 | ||
Chairman | Indraman Tuladhar | ||
Manager | Rajesh Tuladhar | ||
Coach | Salyan Khadgi | ||
League | Martyr's Memorial A-Division League | ||
2023 | 10th of 14 | ||
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]
Sankata was a successful club in the 1980s, winning the national championship in 1980, 1983 and 1985. [4] After a poor performance and 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 has since been playing in Nepal's highest league. In 2019, the team was 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]
Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Promoted | Relegated |
Season | League | Position |
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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 |
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