{{Infobox football club | clubname = Friends Club | fullname = Friends Club<ref>{{cite web|url=https://the-anfa.com/news-detail/1343|title=Friends draw with Satdobato as A Division League begins|website=All Nepal Football Association (ANFA)|date=19 November 2021|access-date=20 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211120124709/https://the-anfa.com/news-detail/1343|archive-date=20 November 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> | founded = {{start date and age|1972|May|16|df=yes}}<ref>[https://the-anfa.com/club/3 Team profile: NIBL FRIENDS CLUB (Estd 1972 AD)]. ''the-anfa.com''. Retrieved 16 November 2021.</ref> | nickname = | image = Friends_Club_logo.png | ground = Pulchowk Campus,{{cn|date=January 2020}} <br/>Lalitpur, Nepal | capacity = 10,000 | chairman = Bishwas Bikram Shah | mgrtitle = Head coach | manager = Urjan Shrestha | league = Martyr's Memorial A-Division League <br/> Nepal National League (sometimes)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Paudel |first1=Nayak |title=Nepal’s domestic football resurrects with National League kicking off today https://kathmandupost.com/sports/2026/01/14/nepal-s-domestic-football-resurrects-with-national-league-kicking-off-today |url=https://kathmandupost.com/sports/2026/01/14/nepal-s-domestic-football-resurrects-with-national-league-kicking-off-today |access-date=5 February 2026 |work=The Kathmandu Post |date=14 January 2026}}</ref> | season = 2023 | position = Martyr's Memorial A-Division League, 11th of 14 | 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 = }}
'''Friends Club''' is a Nepali professional football club from the Kopundole neighborhood of Lalitpur. The club is known for nurturing young talent of Nepalese football. Friends Club has produced more than 200 national football players to date.{{Citation needed|reason=Reliable source needed for the whole sentence|date=October 2022}}
Since the late 1980s, the club has implemented different training activities for women and children. The team practices on the grounds of Pulchok Campus. National players like Raju Tamang, Bharat Khawas, Sagar Thapa, Nirajan Khadka or Deepak Bhusal are products of Friends Club.{{cn|date=January 2020}}
==History== Friends Club was established in 1972 as a children's club with a reading-room facility in Kopundol. After a couple of years of its establishment, the club diversified its social activities with a motto of "better health through sports among the people of Kopundol". Eventually, Friends Club established itself as a well-reputed local sports club. It was since late eighties that the club started implementing various training activities for women and children. It also started a health clinic and pathology laboratory which eventually became very popular among the people of Kopundol and surrounding community.{{cn|date=January 2020}} In 1996, the club toured to Bangladesh and took part in Bangabandhu Cup.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/bangabandhu97.html|title=Bangabandhu Cup 1996/97|first1=Hans|last1=Schöggl|work=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|access-date=3 December 2020|archive-date=21 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221161704/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesb/bangabandhu97.html|date=12 May 2016}}</ref>
==Achievements== * Tribhuvan Challenge Shield (2): 1985, 1986 * Birthday Cup runner up (1): 2042 (BS)
==Head coaching record== <small>updated on 14 May 2020 </small> {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center" !Name!!Nationality!!From!!class="unsortable"|To!!P!!W!!D!!L!!GF!!GA!!Win% |- |scope=row style=text-align:left|Ramesh Maharjan |align=left|{{NEP}} |align=left|2018 |align=left|2019 {{WDL|13|3|3|7|for=13|against=25}} |- |scope=row style=text-align:left|Marcos Filipe |align=left|{{BRA}} |align=left|2019 |align=left|2020 {{WDL|13|4|2|7|for=12|against=19}} |}
== League finishes == The season-by-season performance of FC since 2000: {| class="wikitable" | bgcolor="gold" |<small>Champions</small> | bgcolor="silver" |<small>Runners-up</small> | bgcolor="ff6600" |<small>Third place</small> | bgcolor="palegreen" |<small>Promoted</small> | bgcolor="pink" |<small>Relegated</small> |} {|class="wikitable float-right" !Season !League !Position |- |2000 |A-Division |11th |- |2001–2002 |colspan="2" |League not held |- |2003-04 |rowspan="4" |A-Division |5th |- |2004 |5th |- |2005–2006 |12th |- |2006–2007 |7th |- |2008–2009 |colspan="2" |''League not held due to conflicts between ANFA and the clubs'' |- |2010 |rowspan="2" |A-Division |8th |- |2011 |6th |- |2011–12 |National |7th |- |2012–13 |rowspan="2" |A-Division |4th |- |2013–14 |8th |- |2015 |National |banned by ANFA<ref name="5 Lakhs">{{cite web|date=16 January 2015|title=ANFA Releases First Installment Of Rs 5 Lakhs To All Nine National League Participating Teams|url=http://www.goalnepal.com/news.php?id=23032|access-date=19 January 2015|work=GoalNepal.com|archive-date=17 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150117010159/http://www.goalnepal.com/news.php?id=23032|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- |2017–2018 |colspan="2" |No league held |- |2018–19 | rowspan="5" |A-Division |11th |- |2019–20 |11th |- |2020-21 |Not held due to COVID-19 |- |2021–22 |12th |- |2023 |11th |}
==References== <references />
==External links== * {{official website|http://www.friendsclub.org.np/}}
{{Football in Nepal}} {{Martyr's Memorial A-Division League}}
Category:Football clubs in Nepal Category:1972 establishments in Nepal