{{Short description|Association football club in Mongolia}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = Brera Ilch | image = Brera_Ilch_FC_logo.png | image_size = 200px | fullname = Brera Ilch Football Club | short name = BIFC | nickname = | founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2020}} | ground = MFF Football Centre,<br>Ulaanbaatar | capacity = 5,000 | owner = Brera Holdings | chrtitle = President | chairman = | mgrtitle = Manager | manager = Toshiaki Imai | league = Mongolian First League | season = 2024–25 | position = Mongolian Premier League, 10th (relegated) | current = | pattern_la1 = | pattern_b1 = | pattern_ra1 = | pattern_sh1 = | pattern_so1 = | leftarm1 = | body1 = | rightarm1 = | shorts1 = | socks1 = | pattern_la2 = | pattern_b2 = | pattern_ra2 = | pattern_sh2 = | pattern_so2 = | leftarm2 = | body2 = | rightarm2 = | shorts2 = | socks2 = | website = https://www.breraholdings.com/ }}
'''Brera Ilch Football Club''' is a Mongolian professional football club that currently competes in the Mongolian First League. Its women's team competes in the Women's National Football League.
==History== The club was founded in 2020 as Ilch FC. That year it finished second in the National Amateur Cup behind Khad FC and earned promotion to the Second League. For the 2021 season the club won its second consecutive promotion and the right to compete in the First League in 2022.<ref name="2021 2nd League">{{cite web |title=2021 2nd League Exciting to the End |date=16 October 2021 |url=https://www.mongolianfootball.com/single-post/2021-2nd-league-exciting-to-the-end |publisher=Mongolian Football Central |access-date=17 October 2021}}</ref><ref name="FIRST NATIONAL LEAGUE">{{cite web |last1=Ganbold |first1=Suhk-Erdene |title="ILCH" AND "ERCHIM-B" TEAMS RECEIVED THE RIGHT TO PROMOTE IN THE FIRST NATIONAL LEAGUE |url=https://the--mff-mn.translate.goog/%d0%b8%d0%bb%d1%87-%d1%8d%d1%80%d1%87%d0%b8%d0%bc-%d0%b1-%d0%b1%d0%b0%d0%b3%d1%83%d1%83%d0%b4-%d2%af%d0%bd%d0%b4%d1%8d%d1%81%d0%bd%d0%b8%d0%b9-%d0%bd%d1%8d%d0%b3/?_x_tr_sl=mn&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=nui |publisher=Mongolian Football Federation |access-date=17 October 2021 |language=Mongolian}}</ref> The club won the First League championship in the 2022/2023 season and earned the right to compete in the Mongolian Premier League for the first time for the 2023/24 season. The club's midfielder Sündorj Janchiv won the league golden boot that season with over 35 goals.<ref name="Promotion to MPL">{{cite web |last1=Grimm |first1=Justin |title=Erdenes Ilch FC Earns Promotion to MPL |date=3 July 2023 |url=https://www.mongolianfootball.com/single-post/erdenes-ilch-fc-earns-promotion-to-mpl |publisher=Mongolian Football Central |access-date=3 July 2023}}</ref> Entering its first season in the Premier League, the club once again changed its name, this time from Erdenes Ilch FC to Bayanzürkh Sporting Ilch FC.<ref name="Mongolia 2023/24">{{cite web |last1=Grimm |first1=Justin |last2=Stokkermans |first2=Karel |title=Mongolia 2023/24 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/mong2024.html |publisher=RSSSF |access-date=16 August 2023}}</ref>
In August 2023, it was announced that the club had signed a letter of intent to be purchased by Brera Holdings and join the Brera family of clubs, which included Brera Calcio of Italy, Brera Strumica of North Macedonia, and Mozambique's Brera Tchumene FC. The deal was expected to be finalized by March 2024 following the 2023–24 season's winter break. Ilch FC would become the group's first club in Asia.<ref name="Brera Holdings">{{cite web |title=Brera Holdings PLC (BREA) to Acquire and Rebrand Bayanzurkh Sporting Ilch FC |url=https://www.streetinsider.com/Corporate+News/Brera+Holdings+PLC+%28BREA%29+to+Acquire+and+Rebrand+Bayanzurkh+Sporting+Ilch+FC/22112793.html |publisher=Street Insider |access-date=12 January 2024}}</ref> The deal was finalized in October 2023 with the club immediately rebranding to Brera Ilch FC.<ref name="Control Transaction and Re-Branding">{{cite press release |title=Brera Holdings Announces Control Transaction and Re-Branding Of Mongolian Premier League Team As Brera Ilch FC |date=3 October 2023 |url=https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2023/10/03/2753672/0/en/Brera-Holdings-Announces-Control-Transaction-and-Re-Branding-Of-Mongolian-Premier-League-Team-As-Brera-Ilch-FC.html |publisher=Global News Wire |access-date=12 January 2024}}</ref><ref name="Six-Month Financial Results">{{cite web |title=Brera Holdings PLC Announces Six-Month Financial Results, Active Search for Italian Serie B Football Club Target | date=8 January 2024 |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/brera-holdings-plc-announces-six-134500953.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAACPOVIFgwMA9UynuxClQt9hmn62DBfowWuvs4-70ccboUz0sSXqyN9C1T1lyxJiQRUzWtRCvjknOU3MUgrFl7Z9mn5KRHHATQcvO6Hk7D5Lg1LFkmYAzdQDXudFfbGRi7eZil9b-dk1EUahaa6fejdgytIOhJR4cuIGpfu67LUH9 |publisher=Yahoo! Finance |access-date=12 January 2024}}</ref><ref name="Brera Umbrella">{{cite web |last1=Grimm |first1=Justin |title=Ilch FC Now Under Brera Umbrella, Rebrands |date=14 February 2024 |url=https://www.mongolianfootball.com/single-post/ilch-fc-now-under-brera-umbrella-rebrands |publisher=Mongolian Football Central |access-date=9 July 2024}}</ref>
==Domestic history== ;Key {{legend2|#FFD700|Champion|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} {{legend2|#C0C0C0|Runners-up|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} {{legend2|#CD853F|3rd Place|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} {|class="wikitable" |- style="background:#d92121;" ! rowspan="2" ! style="background:#EBB027; color:#367C17; border:2px solid #000000;" scope="col"| Season ! colspan="7" ! style="background:#EBB027; color:#367C17; border:2px solid #000000;" scope="col"| League ! rowspan="2" ! style="background:#EBB027; color:#367C17; border:2px solid #000000;" scope="col"| Domestic cup ! rowspan="2" ! style="background:#EBB027; color:#367C17; border:2px solid #000000;" scope="col"| Notes |- ! style="background:#EBB027; color:#367C17; border:2px solid #000000;" scope="col"|Div. ! style="background:#EBB027; color:#367C17; border:2px solid #000000;" scope="col"|Pos. ! style="background:#EBB027; color:#367C17; border:2px solid #000000;" scope="col"|Pl. ! style="background:#EBB027; color:#367C17; border:2px solid #000000;" scope="col"|W ! style="background:#EBB027; color:#367C17; border:2px solid #000000;" scope="col"|D ! style="background:#EBB027; color:#367C17; border:2px solid #000000;" scope="col"|L ! style="background:#EBB027; color:#367C17; border:2px solid #000000;" scope="col"|P |- |align=center|2020<ref name="2021 2nd League"/> |align=center|4th |bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|{{center|'''2nd'''}} |align=center|- |align=center|- |align=center|- |align=center|- |align=center|- |align=center| |''Promoted to 2nd League'' |- |align=center|2021<ref name="2021 2nd League"/> |align=center|3rd |bgcolor="#FFD700"|{{center|'''1st'''}} |align=center|12 |align=center|11 |align=center|1 |align=center|0 |align=center|34 |align=center| |''Promoted to 1st League'' |- |align=center|2021/22<ref name="Mongolia 2021/22">{{cite web |last1=Grimm |first1=Justin |last2=Stokkermans |first2=Karel |title=Mongolia 2021/22 |website=RSSSF |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/mong2022.html#1l |access-date=16 October 2022}}</ref> |align=center; rowspan=2|2nd |align=center|'''7th''' |align=center|18 |align=center|6 |align=center|3 |align=center|9 |align=center|21 |align=center| |align=center| |- |align=center|2022/23<ref name="Mongolia 2022/23">{{cite web |last1=Stokkermans |first1=Karel |title=Mongolia 2022/23 |website=RSSSF |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/mong2023.html |access-date=16 October 2022}}</ref> |bgcolor="#FFD700"|{{center|'''1st'''}} |align=center|18 |align=center|17 |align=center|0 |align=center|1 |align=center|51 |align=center| |''Promoted to Premier League'' |- |align=center|2023/24<ref name="Mongolia 2023/24"/> |rowspan=2; align=center|1st |'''{{center|8th}}''' |align=center|27 |align=center|8 |align=center|0 |align=center|19 |align=center|24 |align=center| |align=center| |- |align=center|2024/25<ref name="Mongolia 2024/25">{{cite web |last1=Grimm |first1=Justin |last2=Stokkermans |first2=Karel |title=Mongolia 2024/25 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/mong2025.html |publisher=RSSSF |access-date=26 July 2025}}</ref> |'''{{center|10th}}''' |align=center|27 |align=center|4 |align=center|4 |align=center|19 |align=center|16 |align=center| |''Relegated to 1st League'' |- |align=center|2025/26<ref name="Mongolia 2025/26">{{cite web |last1=Grimm |first1=Justin |last2=Stokkermans |first2=Karel |title=Mongolia 2025/26 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/mong2026.html |publisher=RSSSF |access-date=29 September 2025}}</ref> |2nd |{{center|}} |align=center| |align=center| |align=center| |align=center| |align=center| |align=center| |align=center| |- |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[https://www.breraholdings.com/ Official website]
Category:2020 establishments in Mongolia Category:Association football clubs established in 2020 Category:Football clubs in Ulaanbaatar