Punjab Police FC

Punjab Police Football Club (formerly Punjab Police Club; nicknamed "The Policemen") is an Indian institutional multi-sports club based in Jalandhar, Punjab.^[2][3][4][5] Affiliated with the Punjab Football Association,^[6] club's football section competes in the Punjab State Super Football League.^{[7][8][9][10]}

Punjab Police

Full name	Punjab Police Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Policemen
Short name	PPFC
Founded	1960; 64 years ago (1960)[1]
Ground	Guru Gobind Singh Stadium
Capacity	22,000
Owner	Punjab Police
Head coach	Paramjit Singh
League	Punjab State Super Football League
Home colours Away colours

Punjab Police previously participated in National Football League, which was then highest division of Indian football league system.^[11][12][13]

History

Punjab Police FC, governed by the Punjab Police, have an extremely proud past record of enjoying high status in sports and have produced talented players who represented India national football team.^[14] The club in 1965, reached final of India's oldest football tournament, Durand Cup, but went down 2–0 to Jarnail Singh led Mohun Bagan.^[15][16]

They have won lot of regional and state tournaments. Their first win was the Sait Nagjee Football Tournament in 1962 and most recent win was the Delhi Lt. Governor's Cup in 2006. However, the club's most cherishable win was the 1994–95 Punjab State Super Football League. Legendary footballer Gurdev Singh managed the club briefly from 1985 to 1995.^[17] In 2001–02 NFL season, the club finished in twelfth place and relegated to the NFL II.^[18][19] In 2003 and 2005, they emerged as runners-up of the Guru Gobind Singh Trophy.^[20] At the 56th Principal Harbhajan Singh Memorial All-India Cup in Mohali, in 2018, Punjab Police reached semi-finals.^[21] In 2019 Punjab State Super League, the club faced Minerva Punjab in final, but lost the match 2(5)–2(4) in penalty-shootout.^[22]

In 2021, Punjab Police participated in prestigious Birat Gold Cup of Nepal and entered into semifinals after 2–0 win against Machhindra.^[23] Later, they defeated Sankata Boys 1–0 in semi-final.^[24] In final on 17 April, the club suffered a 1–0 defeat to Nepal A.P.F. Club.^[24][25] The club lifted Punjab State Super Football League title in 2020–21 season.^[26] The club was featured in the 40th edition of the Sikkim Gold Cup in November 2024.^[27][28][29]

Rivalries

FC Punjab Police shared a rivalry with local side JCT Mills FC,^[30] which have emerged as the champions of the first ever National Football League. Both the clubs have witnessed the rivalry in regional tournaments of Punjab.^[31][32]

Punjab Police also enjoyed rivalries with two other local sides, Leaders Club Jalandhar and Border Security Force.^[33] In the 1960s nd 70s, the club shared fierce rivalry with Mohammedan Sporting of Kolkata.^[34]

Stadium

Guru Gobind Singh Stadium is used for home matches of FC Punjab Police

Punjab Police have used Guru Gobind Singh Stadium in Jalandhar for their seasonal home matches of the National Football League and Punjab State Super Football League.^[35][36][37]

Ownership

Main article: Punjab Police (India)

Honours

International

• Birat Gold Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 2021^[25]

Domestic

League

• Punjab State Super League^[38][39]
  • Champions (3): 1994–95, 2018–19, 2020–21
  • Runners-up (7): 1989, 1991, 1995, 1998, 2000–01, 2019,^[40] 2022–23^[41]
• National Football League II
  • Runners-up (1): 2000–01^[42]

Cup

• Durand Cup
  • Runners-up (2): 1965, 1979^[43][44]
• IFA Shield
  • Runners-up (1): 1987^[45]
• Punjab State Senior Championship^[46]
  • Champions (1): 1985
  • Runners-up (3): 1978–79, 1979–80, 1983–84
• Gurdarshan Memorial Cup
  • Champions (8): 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1989, 2004^[47]
• Hot Weather Football Championship
  • Champions (4): 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003^[48]
  • Runners-up (2): 1997, 2019^[49]
• DCM Trophy
  • Champions (2): 1966, 1976^[50][51]
• Sikkim Governor's Gold Cup
  • Champions (3): 1982, 1983, 1995^[52][53]
• Delhi Lt. Governor's Cup
  • Champions (2): 2004, 2006^[54][55]
• Shaheed-e-Azam Sardar Bhagat Singh Memorial Trophy
  • Champions (3): 1999, 2001, 2004^[55][56]
  • Runners-up (2): 2000, 2003
• Sait Nagjee Football Tournament
  • Champions (1): 1962^[57][58]
• Bordoloi Trophy
  • Champions (1): 1994^[59]
• B. N. Mullick Police Cup
  • Champions (1): 1998^[55]
  • Runners-up (4): 2002, 2003–04, 2004–05,^[60] 2012^[61]
• Manjit Memorial Football Tournament
  • Champions (1): 2000^[55]
• Jarnail Singh Memorial Football Trophy
  • Champions (1): 2003^[55]
• Rajiv Gandhi Memorial Trophy
  • Champions (1): 2003^[55]
• Kohima Royal Gold Cup
  • Champions (1): 2001^[62]
  • Runners-up (1): 2002
• Harbhajan Singh Memorial Trophy
  • Champions (1): 2004^[63]
• Guru Gobind Singh Trophy
  • Runners-up (2): 2003, 2005^[64]
• Independence Day Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 1988^[65]
• Mohan Kumar Mangalam Football Tournament
  • Champions (3): 1991, 1998, 1999^[66]
  • Runners-up (2): 1993, 1997
• Nehru Club Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 1985^[67]

Other departments

Field hockey

Punjab Police has its hockey team,^[68] that participated in Beighton Cup, one of the oldest field hockey tournaments in the world.^[69][70] They also participated in Bombay Gold Cup.^[71] One of club's notable players is Baljit Singh Dhillon, who represented India at the numerous editions of the Summer Olympics.^[72][73]

Honours

• Beighton Cup^[74][75]
  • Champions (4): 1966, 1997, 2002, 2008
  • Runners-up (1): 1961
• Bombay Gold Cup^[76]
  • Champions (5): 1959, 1963, 1979, 1988, 1999
  • Runners-up (2): 1962, 1978
• Guru Tegh Bahadur Gold Cup^[76]
  • Runners-up (1): 1984
• Surjit Memorial Hockey Tournament^[77]
  • Champions (6): 1985, 1986, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2017
  • Runners-up (4): 1993, 1996, 2001, 2004
• Senior Nehru Hockey Tournament^[78][79][80]
  • Champions (7): 1976, 1980, 1982, 1994, 2002, 2003, 2004
  • Runners-up (6): 1975, 1978, 1985, 1986, 1996, 2019
• Aga Khan Gold Cup^[81]
  • Champions (2): 1955, 1960
  • Runners-up (1): 1951
• All India Police Hockey Championship^[82][83]
  • Champions (1): 2023, 2024

Basketball

Punjab Police operates both men's and women's basketball teams, which clinched Punjab State Annual Basketball League titles in multiple occasions.^[84][85]

Honours

• Federation Cup Basketball Championship
  • Champions (1): 2019^[86][87]
• Punjab State Annual Basketball League
  • Champions (2): 2004, 2005^[84]
• All India Police Games – Basketball Cluster
  • Champions (1): 2022^[88]
• All-India Balkar Singh Cheema Memorial Basketball Championship
  • Champions (1): 2022–23^[89]

Volleyball

Punjab Police operates a men's volleyball team, that competes in All India Federation Cup Volleyball Championship.^[90]

Honours

• Chand Agarwala Memorial National Volleyball Championship
  • Champions (1): 2003^[91]
• All-India Invitational Volleyball Championship
  • Champions (1): 2018^[92]
• All India National Volleyball Championship
  • Champions (1): 2019^[93]
• Mansoorpur National Volleyball Tournament
  • Champions (1): 2021^[94]

Futsal

Punjab Police has a men's futsal section, with having teams competing in regional tournaments including Punjab Futsal Club Championship.^[95]

Honours

• Punjab Futsal Club Championship
  • Runners-up (2): 2023, 2024^[96]

Performance in AFC competitions

Further information: Indian football clubs in Asian competitions

• Asian Club Championship: 1 appearance

1971: Group stage^[97][98]

Tournament record

All results list Punjab Police's goal tally first.

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Result	Position	Scorers
1971	Asian Club Championship	Group B[nb 1]	Bangkok Bank	0–2	4th	Surjeet Singh (2 goals); Sukhwinder Singh (1 goal)
			Maccabi Tel Aviv	1–4
			Aliyat Al-Shorta	1–6

See also

• List of football clubs in India
• Indian football clubs in Asian competitions
• Central Reserve Police Force SC
• Border Security Force (football team)

Footnotes

1. ^
   In preliminary round (group allocation matches), Punjab Police (selected by the All India Football Federation) played against 1969–70 Kuwaiti Premier League champions Al-Arabi on 22 March 1971, lost 1–8, and was included in Group B.

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External links

• Punjab Police FC at Sofascore (archived 14 January 2023)
• Indian Football – Punjab Police (archived 6 July 2002)
• Season ending transfers 2006 (NFL India) (archived 18 October 2006)
• Official website of the Punjab Police (archived 18 August 2000)