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Machhindra FC (formally known as Machhindra Bahal Club)[2] is a Nepali professional football club based in the central Kathmandu neighborhood of Keltole, playing in the Martyr's Memorial A-Division League.[3][4]
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Full name | Machhindra Football Club | ||
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Founded | 1973 | ||
Ground | Dasarath Rangasala Stadium | ||
Capacity | 15,000 | ||
Head coach | Kishor Kumar KC[1] | ||
League | Martyr's Memorial A-Division League | ||
2023 | 2nd of 14 | ||
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Machhindra FC was established in 1973.[5] For sponsorship reasons, it was named Machhindra Bahal Club in 2004,[6] and Machhindra Energizer FC in 2006.[7] The club was promoted to Nepal's top football division in 2004. The team was one of the first teams in Nepal to appoint a foreign coach, the Swede Johan Kalin, in 2013, claiming that he was the highest qualified coach in Nepalese football history.[8] He led the team to a second-place finish in the league, and was praised for his tactics.[9]
The beginning of the 2020s represented the club's most successful time with two consecutive league championships.
On 5 April, Machhindra appeared in the 2022 AFC Cup qualifying play-off match against Blue Star of Sri Lanka,[10] at the Dasharath Rangasala Stadium but bowed out of the tournament losing 2–1.[11]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Promoted | Relegated |
Season | League | Position | AFC Cup |
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2003–04[6] | B-Division | 3rd | — |
2004[12] | B-Division | 2nd | |
2005–06[7] | A-Division | 13th | |
2006–07[13] | A-Division | 6th | |
2010 | A-Division | 6th | |
2011–12 | National League | DNP | |
2012–13 | A-Division | 6th | |
2013–14 | A-Division | 2nd | |
2015 | National League | Banned[14] | |
2018–19 | A-Division | 13th | |
2019–20 | A-Division | 1st | |
2021–22[15] | A-Division | 1st | Round 1 |
2023 | A-Division | 2nd | — |
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