Assam Rifles (football team)

Assam Rifles football team is a football section which represents the Assam Rifles, one of the paramilitary forces of India. The team often participates in the Durand Cup, Bordoloi Trophy, Independence Day Cup and various other regional football tournaments.^[1][2]

Assam Rifles

Full name	Assam Rifles football team
Nickname(s)	The Riflemen
Ground	Various
Owner	Assam Rifles
Head coach	Ningombam Jiten Singh
League	Various
Home colours Away colours

Honours

League

• Assam State Premier League

Champions (3): 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11^[3]

Runners-up (1): 2011–12

• Assam Club Championship

Champions (2): 1999, 2000^[4]

Cup

• Bordoloi Trophy

Winners (1): 1964^[5]

Runners-up (5): 1960, 1961, 1982, 1987, 2012

• Independence Day Cup

Winners (4): 1981, 2010, 2013, 2017^[6]

Runners-up (2): 2012, 2022

• ATPA Shield

Winners (3): 1966, 2007, 2008^[7]

• Bodousa Cup

Winners (1)^[8]

• Amba Medhi Football Tournament

Winners (4): 1994, 2000, 2007, 2008^[9]

• Churachand Singh Trophy^[10]

Winners (9): 1950, 1952, 1954, 1957, 1959, 1968, 1969, 1979, 2008

Runners-up (1): 1960

• Sohanlal Dugar Shield^[11]

Winners (2): 2014, 2015^[12]

Runners-up (2): 1999, 2001

See also

• Army Red
• Army Green
• Indian Air Force
• Indian Navy
• Services football team
• Railways football team
• Central Reserve Police Force SC

References

1. "130th Durand Cup To Begin On Sept 5, Assam Rifles Football Team To Participate". sentinelassam.com. Archived from the original on 28 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
2. Sarkar, Dhiman (25 March 2018). "India's football past gasping for survival". hindustantimes.com. Kolkata: Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 6 January 2022. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
3. "Assam Rifles clinched Assam State Premier League". assamtimes.org. Archived from the original on 11 April 2023. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
4. "List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Assam Club Football Championship:". indianfootball.de. Archived from the original on 2020-10-26. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
5. "List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Bordoloi Trophy". indianfootball.de. Archived from the original on 2020-10-22. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
6. "Riflemen lift ID Cup". assamtribune.com. Archived from the original on 25 September 2022. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
7. "List of Winners/Runners-Up of the ATPA Shield". indianfootball.de. Archived from the original on 2020-10-23. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
8. "Assam Rifles win Bodousa Cup". assamtribune.com. Archived from the original on 27 September 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
9. "List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Amba Medhi Cup:". indianfootball.de. Archived from the original on 2020-10-23. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
10. "Roll of Honour at Sir Churachand Singh, KCSI, CBE Memorial Football Tournament — From 1950". e-pao.net. E-Pao News Manipur. 20 December 2015. Archived from the original on 9 July 2022. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
11. Chaudhuri, Arunava. "List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Sohanlal Dugar Shield". indianfootball.de. Indian Football Network. Archived from the original on 2 December 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
12. Das, Pranab Kumar (29 September 2015). "Assam Rifles win". telegraphindia.com. The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 6 February 2023. Retrieved 6 February 2023.