Paro Football Club is a Bhutanese professional football club based in Paro that competes in the Bhutan Premier League, the top level of Bhutanese football.
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| Full name | Paro Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Tigers | ||
| Founded | 2018[1] | ||
| Ground | Woochu Sports Arena | ||
| Capacity | 1,000 | ||
| President | Karma Jigme | ||
| Head coach | Puspalal Sharma | ||
| League | Bhutan Premier League | ||
| 2024 | Bhutan Premier League, 1st of 10 (champions) | ||
| Website | https://parofc.com/ | ||
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History
Paro FC competed in the 2018 Bhutan National League after beating Paro United in the qualifying tournament, and finished the season as the runners-up behind Transport United. In 2019, Paro FC reached the semi-finals of the first-ever Samtse Championship.[2] During the same season, Paro FC won its first national league title by winning the 2019 edition of the Bhutan Premier League.[3]
In August 2024, Paro made headlines by signing Japanese international Keisuke Honda, who joined the club on a one-match contract to play in the AFC Challenge League play-off against Nepalese side Church Boys United.[4]
Honours
- Bhutan Premier League
- Jigme Dorji Wangchuk Memorial Gold Cup
- Winners (1): 2019[5]
Continental record
All results list Paro's goal tally first.
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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| 2020 | AFC Cup | Preliminary round 1 | Defenders | 2–2 | 3–3 | 5–5 (a) |
| Preliminary round 2 | Bengaluru | 0–1 | 1–9 | 1–10 | ||
| 2022 | AFC Cup | Preliminary round 1 | Valencia | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | ||
| 2023–24 | AFC Cup | Preliminary round 1 | Machhindra | 2–3 | ||
| 2024–25 | AFC Challenge League | Preliminary stage | Church Boys United | 2–1 | ||
| Group stage | East Bengal | 2–2 | ||||
| Nejmeh | 1–2 | |||||
| Bashundhara Kings | 2–1 | |||||
References
- ^ a b Dorji, Passang (7 November 2019). "2-year-old Paro FC are the champions of the Bhutan Premier League 2019". bbs.bt. Bhutan Broadcasting Service. Archived from the original on 23 November 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
- ^ "Ugyen Academy and Transport Utd. in Samtse Championship Final". KuenselOnline. 25 January 2019. Archived from the original on 22 July 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
- ^ "Paro FC crowned BOB Premier League 2019 champions". bhutanfootball.org. Bhutan Football Federation. 3 November 2019. Archived from the original on 7 November 2020. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
- ^ "本田圭佑が１試合限定の異例の契約で選手としてピッチに戻る 10カ国目となるブータンの強豪（日刊スポーツ）" [Keisuke Honda returns to the pitch as a player on an unusual one-game contract in Bhutan, his 10th country]. Yahoo!ニュース (in Japanese). 29 July 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
- ^ "Paro FC lifts the Gold Cup". KuenselOnline. 23 February 2019. Archived from the original on 5 September 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
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