Nepal Police Club

Nepal Police Club

Full name	Nepal Police Club
Nickname(s)	The Cops
Founded	1952
Ground	Nepal Police Club Stadium (Capacity: 8,000)
Chairman	IGPRabindra Pratap Shah
Manager	Birat Krishna Shrestha
League	Martyr's Memorial A-Division League
Home colours Away colours

Nepal Police Club formerly known as Mahendra Police Club is departmental police football club of Nepal. They currently play in the top division of the country.

History

Established five decades ago and named after King Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev, Mahendra Police Club has been part of the new Nepal League since its inception in 2003.The club finished runners-up in the 2004-05 season and were third last year.

Year 2007

The year 2007 has been the most successful year for Mahendra Police Club.They started well in the 2006-07 season with a perfect blend of experienced and amateur players and clinched the Martyr's Memorial A-Division League title. MPC, who have won all Nepalese knock-out tournaments till date, have solid a backline led by experienced national defender Rakesh Shrestha with young but experienced Ritesh Thapa under the bar. Another national team veteran Hari Khadka, former national midfielder Ananta Thapa, Jumanu Rai and Ramesh Budhathoki hold the key to their fortunes in the AFC President’s Cup. Another achievement of MPC was to be the runners-up in the AFC President's Cup 2007 after creating an upset in the semi-finals by beating Regar Tursunzoda. MPC won US $ 25,000 being the runners-up.

Achievements

Player of Nepal Police Club (Red Jersey),While playing against Three Star Club(Blue Jersey)

• AFC President's Cup
  • Runners-up: 2007

• Martyr's Memorial A-Division League: 3
  • Winner: 2006-07, 2010, 2011
  • Runners-up: 2004-05

• Nepal National League Cup: 2
  • Winner: 1998, 1999

• Tribhuvan Challenge Shield: 4
  • Winner: 1978, 1979, 1981, 1983

• Aaha Gold Cup: 5
  • Winner: 2002(Then Caravan Gold Cup), 2003, 2008, 2009, 2010

• Budha Subba Gold Cup: 3
  • Winner: 2000, 2001, 2003

• Khukuri Gold Cup: 1
  • Winner: 2004

• Mahendra Gold Cup: 1
  • Winner: 2004

Performance in AFC competitions

• Asian Club Championship: 1 appearance

1998: First Round

• AFC President's Cup: 4 appearances

2007: Finalist

2008: Semi Finalist

2009: in Group Stage

2011: 4° in Group Stage

• Asian Cup Winners Cup: 1 appearance

1998/99: First Round

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Ritesh Thapa 2 DF Tika Karki 3 DF Rakesh Shrestha 4 DF Suraj B.K. 5 DF Dipendra Paudel 6 DF Rabin Shrestha 7 MF Parbat Pandey 8 MF Dipendra Shrestha 9 MF Roshan Karki 10 FW Bharat Khawas 11 FW Ju Manu Rai 12 FW Pradip Baniya

No. Position Player 14 MF Yogesh Shrestha 15 MF Ananta Raj Thapa 16 MF Dipak Paudel 17 MF Bhola Silwal 18 FW Pankaj Shahi 19 DF Jitendra Simha Bista 20 DF Suman Subedi 21 FW Yogesh Gurung 29 GK Sushil Shrestha