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Full name | Sikkim Aakraman Sporting Club | |||
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Nickname(s) | The Orange Brigade | |||
Short name | SAFC | |||
Founded | 2010 | |||
Ground | Paljor Stadium [1] | |||
Capacity | 30,000 | |||
Head coach | Ashish Chettri | |||
League | SFA "A" Division S-League Sikkim Premier League | |||
Sikkim Aakraman Sporting Club is an Indian professional football club based in Gangtok, Sikkim. The club currently competes in the SFA "A" Division S-League, the top local division, and the Sikkim Premier League, the franchise league in Sikkim. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] It is part of the same-named multi-sports. Founded in 2010, [7] [8] The club won the inaugural edition of the Sikkim Premier League in 2023.
Sikkim Aakraman qualified for the Sikkim Premier Division League in 2016 and lifted the champion's trophy in same year. It finished as runners-up in 2017 and 2018. The club has also played semi-finals of the prestigious All India Governor's Gold Cup in 2016 and 2017, and was three-time finalist of the Independence Cup Football Tournament. [9]
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