# Friends Club > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Friends_Club > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Friends_Club.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friends_Club > Source revision: 1341137670 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Infobox football club | clubname = Friends Club | fullname = Friends Club{{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}} | founded = {{start date and age|1972|May|16|df=yes}}[https://the-anfa.com/club/3 Team profile: NIBL FRIENDS CLUB (Estd 1972 AD)]. ''the-anfa.com''. Retrieved 16 November 2021. | nickname = | image = Friends_Club_logo.png | ground = [Pulchowk Campus](/source/Pulchowk_Campus),{{cn|date=January 2020}}
[Lalitpur](/source/Lalitpur%2C_Nepal), [Nepal](/source/Nepal) | capacity = 10,000 | chairman = Bishwas Bikram Shah | mgrtitle = Head coach | manager = Urjan Shrestha | league = [Martyr's Memorial A-Division League](/source/Martyr's_Memorial_A-Division_League)
[Nepal National League](/source/Nepal_National_League) (sometimes){{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}} | season = [2023](/source/2023_Martyr's_Memorial_A-Division_League) | 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 [Nepal](/source/Nepal)i professional [football](/source/football_(soccer)) club from the [Kopundole](/source/Kopundole) neighborhood of [Lalitpur](/source/Lalitpur%2C_Nepal). 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](/source/Raju_Tamang), [Bharat Khawas](/source/Bharat_Khawas), [Sagar Thapa](/source/Sagar_Thapa), [Nirajan Khadka](/source/Nirajan_Khadka) or [Deepak Bhusal](/source/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](/source/Bangladesh) and took part in [Bangabandhu Cup](/source/Bangabandhu_Cup).{{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}} ==Achievements== * [Tribhuvan Challenge Shield](/source/Tribhuvan_Challenge_Shield) (2): 1985, 1986 * [Birthday Cup](/source/Birthday_Cup) runner up (1): 2042 ([BS](/source/Vikram_Samvat)) ==Head coaching record== updated on 14 May 2020 {| 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" |Champions | bgcolor="silver" |Runners-up | bgcolor="ff6600" |Third place | bgcolor="palegreen" |[Promoted](/source/Promotion_and_relegation) | bgcolor="pink" |[Relegated](/source/Promotion_and_relegation) |} {|class="wikitable float-right" !Season !League !Position |- |2000 |[A-Division](/source/Martyr's_Memorial_A-Division_League) |11th |- |2001–2002 |colspan="2" |League not held |- |2003-04 |rowspan="4" |[A-Division](/source/Martyr's_Memorial_A-Division_League) |5th |- |2004 |5th |- |2005–2006 |12th |- |2006–2007 |7th |- |2008–2009 |colspan="2" |''League not held due to conflicts between [ANFA](/source/All_Nepal_Football_Association) and the clubs'' |- |2010 |rowspan="2" |[A-Division](/source/Martyr's_Memorial_A-Division_League) |8th |- |2011 |6th |- |[2011–12](/source/2011%E2%80%9312_Nepal_National_League) |[National](/source/Nepal_National_League) |7th |- |[2012–13](/source/2012%E2%80%9313_Martyr's_Memorial_A-Division_League) |rowspan="2" |[A-Division](/source/Martyr's_Memorial_A-Division_League) |4th |- |[2013–14](/source/2013-14_Martyr's_Memorial_A-Division_League) |8th |- |[2015](/source/2015_Nepal_National_League) |[National](/source/Nepal_National_League) |banned by [ANFA](/source/All_Nepal_Football_Association){{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}} |- |2017–2018 |colspan="2" |No league held |- |[2018–19](/source/2019_Martyr's_Memorial_B-Division_League) | rowspan="5" |[A-Division](/source/Martyr's_Memorial_A-Division_League) |11th |- |[2019–20](/source/2019%E2%80%9320_Martyr's_Memorial_A-Division_League) |11th |- |2020-21 |Not held due to COVID-19 |- |[2021–22](/source/2021%E2%80%9322_Martyr's_Memorial_A-Division_League) |12th |- |[2023](/source/2023_Martyr's_Memorial_A-Division_League) |11th |} ==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 --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Friends Club](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friends_Club) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friends_Club?action=history)). 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