Paro FC
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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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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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | AFC Cup | Preliminary round 1 |  Defenders
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2–2 | 3–3 | 5–5 (a) |
| Preliminary round 2 |  Bengaluru
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0–1 | 1–9 | 1–10 | ||
| 2022 | AFC Cup | Preliminary round 1 |  Valencia
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1–2 (a.e.t.) | ||
| 2023–24 | AFC Cup | Preliminary round 1 |  Machhindra
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2–3 | ||
| 2024–25 | AFC Challenge League | Preliminary stage | Church Boys United
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2–1 | ||
| Group stage | East Bengal
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2–2 | ||||
 Nejmeh
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1–2 | |||||
 Bashundhara Kings
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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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