Ulaanbaatar City FC

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Ulaanbaatar City
Ulaanbaatar City FC Logo.png
Full nameUlaanbaatar City Football Club
Founded2016;8 years ago (2016) [1]
Dissolved2023
Ground G-Mobile Arena
Capacity5,300
OwnerMT Group,
G-Mobile Co. LTD
PresidentDashnyam Ganzorig
League Mongolian National Premier League
2022-23 withdrew

Ulaanbaatar City Football Club was a professional football club from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. They played in the Mongolian National Premier League, the highest level of football in Mongolia.

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History

The club was founded on 19 March 2016 with club owner, the IT Group, purchasing the Mongolia Premier League license of Khangarid City FC which was subsequently dissolved. [1] The IT Group paid 15 million MNT for the license. [2]

Ulaanbaatar City won the Premier League championship for the first time in 2019, making them eligible to enter the AFC Cup for the first time for the 2020 edition. The team snapped Erchim FC's four-year championship streak in the process. [3] [4] However, the continental tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic before Ulaanbaatar City played its first match. [5]

Stadium

Through the 2019 season, Ulaanbaatar City FC shared the MFF Football Centre as a home ground. Ground was broken for the construction of the team's own G-Mobile Arena in late summer of 2017 with an original anticipated completion being in the third quarter of 2018. The stadium will be the fifth venue in the league along with the MFF Centre, Erdenet Stadium, the National Sports Stadium, and Erchim Stadium. [6]

Domestic history

Key

  Champion  Runners-up  3rd Place

SeasonLeagueDomestic CupNotes
Div.Pos.Pl.WDLPts.
2016 [7]
1st
8th1863921Semifinals
2017 [8]
2nd
18122438
Champions
2018 [9] 6th1875626
Runners-up
 Super Cup
2019 [10]
1st
22153448Quarter-finals
2020 [11]
7th
1873824Not held
2021 [12]
6th
1892729Not held
2021–22 [13]
3rd
18103533Not held

International competition

Scores and results list Ulaanbaatar City's goal tally first.
YearCompetitionRoundClubHomeAwayAggregate
2020 AFC Cup Preliminary Round 2 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Taipower Cancelled [5]

Managerial history

NameNat.TenureRef.
Rodrigo Hernando Flag of Spain.svg SpainJuly–October 2016 [14]
Manuel Retamero Fraile Flag of Spain.svg SpainJuly 2017 – June 2018 [15] [16]
Steve Nicholls Flag of England.svg EnglandJune–October 2018 [17]
Donorovyn Lümbengarav Flag of Mongolia.svg MongoliaApril 2019 – January 2020 [18] [19]
Vojislav Bralušić Flag of Serbia.svg SerbiaJanuary–October 2020 [19]

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