Loading AI tools
Sankata Boys Sports Club, commonly known as Sankata Fotball Club, is a Nepalese professional football club based in Kathmandu,[1] that competes in the Martyr's Memorial A-Division League.[2] Named after Sankata Temple at Te Bahal, Kathmandu, the club has won the national championship three times, most recently in 1985.[3][4]
| Full name | Sankata FC | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Founded | 1950 (originally) [citation needed] | ||
| Ground | Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu | ||
| Capacity | 15,000 | ||
| Chairman | Indraman Tuladhar | ||
| Manager | Birendra Maharjan | ||
| Coach | Rabindra Shilakar | ||
| League | Martyr's Memorial A-Division League | ||
| 2023 | 10th of 14 | ||
|
| |||
Sankata was a successful club in the 1980s, winning the national championship in 1980, 1983 and 1985.[4] After a string of poor performances and winning just five games out of 22 in A-Division League 2010, the club was relegated to Martyr's Memorial B-Division League after 38 years.[citation needed] However, the team won the 2011 Martyr's Memorial B-Division League and has since been playing in Nepal's highest league. In 2019, the team was runners-up in the 2018–19 league, making it the best season of the club since the 1980s,[5] in what The Kathmandu Post called a "stunning" performance.[6]
- Martyr's Memorial A-Division League
- Winners: 1980, 1983, 1985
- Martyr's Memorial B-Division League
- Winners: 1958, 2011
- Tribhuvan Challenge Shield
- Winners: 1979
- Simara Gold Cup
- Winners: 2073, 2078
- Rhino Gold Cup
- Winners: 2074
- Budha Subba Gold Cup
- Runners-up: 2017
- Aaha! Gold Cup
- Winners: 2077, 2079
- Birat Gold Cup
- Winners: 2069
- ANFA Cup
| Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Promoted | Relegated |
| Season | League | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | A-Division | 9th |
| 2003-04 | A-Division | 6th |
| 2004 | A-Division | 8th |
| 2005–2006 | A-Division | 8th |
| 2006–2007 | A-Division | 9th |
| 2010 | A-Division | 12th |
| 2011 | B-Division | 1st |
| 2012 | National League B-Division | 3rd[8] |
| 2012–13 | A-Division | 11th |
| 2013–14 | A-Division | 5th |
| 2015 | National League | DNP[9] |
| 2018–19 | A-Division | 2nd |
| 2019–20 | A-Division | 7th |
| 2021–22 | A-Division | 7th |
Wikiwand in your browser!
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.
