Thimphu City F.C.

















































Thimphu City FC
Thimphu City FC 2016 Logo.png
Full name Thimphu City FC
Founded 2012; 6 years ago (2012) (as Zimdra F.C.)[1]
Ground
Changlimithang
Thimphu, Bhutan
Capacity 40,000
President Hishey Tshering[1]
Head Coach
Passang Tshering[1]
League Bhutan National League
2018 3rd
Website Club website

















Home colours














Away colours




Thimphu City FC is a football club from Thimphu, Bhutan, founded in 2012,[1] who currently play in the A Division, the top level of football in Bhutan, and have finished as runner's up in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014. In 2012 they qualified for the inaugural Bhutan National League. Formerly known as Zimdra FC, in the 2012 season they changed their name to Thimphu City and again qualified for the 2013 Bhutan National League, finishing second behind eventual winners Yeedzin. They finally won the Thimphu League title and National League title in 2016, together with futsal championship.[2]




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Current squad


  • 3 Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors


  • 4 Achievements


    • 4.1 Performance in AFC competitions




  • 5 References





History


Founded in 2012 as Zimdra,[1] Thimphu City are one of the newer teams competing in the A-Division. Their first recorded involvement in top flight football in Bhutan was in 2011, when they finished as runners-up to eventual winners Yeedzin in a truncated season consisting of a single round-robin set of matches in anticipation of the commencement of a new National League, which was eventually delayed for another season.[3]


The following season was also reasonably successful. Zimdra again finished as runner's up in the A-Division, this time being beaten to the title by Druk Pol, despite beating Druk Pol in the final game of the season.[4] During that campaign, they went through the whole competition unbeated, dropping points only in a draw with Druk Pol and two draws with Yeedzin.[4] In finishing second in the A-Division, they qualified for the inaugural National League, though did not fare quite so well in this competition, finishing fifth out of six competing teams, winning five and drawing one of their ten games.[4]


For a third season in a row, Thimphu City, as Zimdra had now been renamed,[5] finished as runners-up in the A-Division, winning five and drawing one of their eight games, but finishing five points behind champions Yeedzin.[5] they performed better than the previous season in the National League finishing in third place, comfortably ahead of Druk Pol, with five wins and three draws from their eight games, but three points behind champions Ugyen Academy.[5] Prior to 2013, Thimphu City had been in a difficult financial situation.[6] Owner Hishey Tshering was spending a lot of his own money at the time, paying salaries and covering school fees for younger players in a football league where there is no money generated from gate receipts and sponsorship is thin on the ground.[6] A friend of Tshering's and some other private sponsors contribute money so that the club is able to pay between 20 and 40 thousand Ngultrum to its players.[6]


At the halfway point of the 2014 season, it looked like Thimphu might finally be able to go that step further and claim a first A-Division title, as they led by three points from Druk Pol with five wins and a draw from six matches, dropping points only against Druk Star.[7] However, they slipped up in the penultimate round of matches, losing 5–1 to Druk United.[7] Thimphu had played all their matches and led the league by a point. However, that loss to Druk United meant they were now only a point behind with a game still to play. Druk United thumped Druk Star 8–3 in this final game to take the A-Division title and consign Thimphu to a fourth straight second place, though they could take consolation in the fact that they had again qualified for the National League.[7]


Thimphu City enjoyed a strong start to the National League season, leading the league at the halfway point, having dropped points only in an opening day 4–0 defeat to eventual winners Druk United.[7] The second half of the season was less successful. Although they achieved a season high victory 16–0 against bottom placed Bhutan Clearing, they only won one other game and slipped to a final position of third, behind Druk United and Ugyen Academy.[7]



Current squad


As of 2017:[8]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
















































































No.

Position
Player
1

Bhutan

GK

Ngawang Jamphel
4

Bhutan

DF

Jigme Tshering Dorji
5

Bhutan

DF

Kinley Tenzin
6

Australia

DF

Lindsay David Henderson
7

Bhutan

DF

Man Bahadur Gurung
8

Bhutan

MF

Karma Shedrup Tshering
9

Bhutan

FW

Sampa Tshering
10

Bhutan

FW

Diwash Subba
11

Bhutan

MF

Orgyen Wangchuk Tshering
14

Bhutan

MF

Sonam Wangyal
16

Bhutan

MF

Tshering Dorji (captain)


















































































No.

Position
Player
17

Bhutan

DF

Biren Basnet
18

Bhutan

FW

Karma Sonam
19

Bhutan

DF

Ajit Bhujel
23

Bhutan

DF

Sonam Tenzin
25

Bhutan

DF

Chencho Nio
27

Bhutan

MF

Dorji Khando
30

Bhutan

GK

Migma Dorji
32

Bhutan

GK

Karma Sonam Tenzin
77

Bhutan

DF

Tenzin Norbu
87

Brazil

FW

Alberto Dos Santos Martins
88

Bhutan

MF

Chimi Dorji
99

Bhutan

DF

Mipham Chophel Jigme



Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors























Period
Kit manufacturer
Shirt sponsor
2017-

Nivia
Jebba
2017
SPICER
Dew Fresh
2016
-
Dew Fresh


Achievements




  • Thimphu League:

    • winners: 2016 and 2017

    • runners-up: 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014[7][3][4][5]




  • Bhutan National League:

    • winners: 2016

    • runners-up: 2017

    • third-place: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018





Performance in AFC competitions



  • AFC Cup: 1 Appearances

    2017:



References





  1. ^ abcde "Bhutan Club Directory". bhutanfootball.com. Bhutan Football Federation. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2014..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ "Changlingmethang Artifical [sic] Turf". www.bhutanolympiccommittee.org. Bhutan Olympic Committee. Retrieved 6 April 2015.


  3. ^ ab Stokkermans, Karel; Jigmi, Sonam (19 Sep 2013). "Bhutan 2011". www.rsssf.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 27 June 2014.


  4. ^ abcd Schöggl, Hans; Stokkermans, Karel; Jigmi, Sonam (28 Feb 2013). "Bhutan 2012". www.rsssf.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 27 June 2014.


  5. ^ abcd Schöggl, Hans; Stokkermans, Karel; Jigmi, Sonam (20 Feb 2014). "Bhutan 2013". www.rsssf.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 27 June 2014.


  6. ^ abc Dorji, Tshering (23 November 2013). "Local clubs face uphill task to stay afloat". www.kuenselonline.com. Kuensel Online. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2014.


  7. ^ abcdef Stokkermans, Karel; Jigmi, Sonam (22 May 2014). "Bhutan 2014". www.rsssf.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 27 June 2014.


  8. ^ "Thimphu City FC". www.facebook.com.











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