FC Punjab Police
FC Punjab Police (commonly known as its nickname, The Policemen), is an Indian institutional football club based in Jalandhar,[3] Punjab (India) and affiliated with the Punjab Football Association, that competes in the Punjab State Super Football League.[4]
| Full name | Punjab Police Football Club[1] |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | The Policemen |
| Founded | 1950[2] |
| Ground | Guru Gobind Singh Stadium, Jalandhar |
| Capacity | 12,000 |
| Head coach | Paramjit Singh |
| League | Punjab State Super Football League |
| 2020-21 | Champions |
HistoryEdit
FC Punjab Police, governed by the Punjab Police, have an extremely proud past record of enjoying high status in sports and have produced talented players that have played in the National Team as well as the Indian football league.[5]
They have won lot of regional and state tournaments. Their first win was the Sait Nagjee Football Tournament in 1962 and most recent win was the Delhi Lt. Governor's Cup in 2006. However, the club’s most cherishable win was the 1994/95 Punjab State Super Football League. In 2003 and 2005, they emerged as runners-up of the Guru Gobind Singh Trophy.[6]
In 2021, Punjab Police participated in prestigious Birat Gold Cup of Nepal and emerged as the runners-up after losing 1–0 to Nepal A.P.F. Club in final.[7]
RivalriesEdit
FC Punjab Police shares a rivalry with local side JCT Mills FC, which have emerged as the champions of the first ever National Football League (India). Both the clubs have witnessed the rivalry in the regional association football tournaments of Punjab.[8][9]
Punjab Police had also enjoyed rivalries with two of other local sides Leaders Club (Jalandhar) and Border Security Force (football team).[10]
StadiumEdit
FC Punjab Police have used Guru Gobind Singh Stadium in Jalandhar for their seasonal home matches of the National Football League and Punjab State Super Football League.[11][12]
HonoursEdit
InternationalEdit
- Birat Gold Cup
- Runners-up (1): 2021
DomesticEdit
- National Football League II
- Runners-up (1): 2000–01[13]
- Punjab State Super Football League
- Champions (1): 1994–95
- Gurdarshan Memorial Cup
- Champions (8): 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1989, 2004[14]
- Hot Weather Championship
- Champions (4): 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003[15]
- DCM Trophy
- Champions (2): 1966, 1976[16]
- Sikkim Governor's Gold Cup
- Delhi Lt. Governor's Cup
- Champions (2): 2004, 2006
- Shaheed-e-Azam Sardar Bhagat Singh Memorial Trophy
- Champions (2): 2001, 2004
- Sait Nagjee Football Tournament
- Champions (1): 1962[19]
- Bordoloi Trophy
- Champions (1): 1994[20]
- BN Mullick Police Cup
- Champions (1): 1998
- Manjit Memorial Football Tournament
- Champions (1): 2000
- Jarnail Singh Memorial Football Trophy
- Champions (1): 2003
- Rajiv Gandhi Memorial Trophy
- Champions (1): 2003
- Kohima Royal Gold Cup
- Champions (1): 2001[21]
- Guru Gobind Singh Trophy
- Runners-up (2): 2003, 2005[22]
Performance in AFC competitionsEdit
- Asian Club Championship: 1 appearance
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ Punjab Police Football Club (India): profile, summary and archive Soccerway.com. Retrieved 19 April 2021
- ↑ India - List of Foundation Dates RSSSF. Retrieved 17 August 2021
- ↑ "Minerva Punjab FC Beat Punjab Police to Win 2nd Straight Punjab Super League Title". news18. 21 October 2019.
- ↑ "Super League History". Kolkata Football. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
- ↑ FC Punjab Police team profile globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 19 April 2021
- ↑ "List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Sri Guru Gobind Singh Trophy". indianfootball.de. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
- ↑ nepal90, nepal90 com. "Birat Gold Cup Football Tournament (2021)". www.nepal90.com. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
- ↑ Football in Punjab punjab.football/about.php. Retrieved 16 August 2021
- ↑ All you need to know about the football league structure in Punjab Goal.com. Retrieved 16 August 2021
- ↑ "28th JCT Punjab State Super Football League starts today". MSR Sports News. Archived from the original on 1 November 2014. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
- ↑ guru-gobind-singh-stadium-jalandhar, home of JCT indiafooty.com. Retrieved 15 March 2021
- ↑ Guru Gobind Singh Stadium of JCF Football Club Asian Football Feast. Retrieved 15 March 2021
- ↑ "National Football League Second Division". indianfootball.de.
- ↑ List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Gurdarshan Memorial Football Tournament: Punjab indianfootbal.de. Retrieved 16 August 2021
- ↑ List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Hot Weather Football Championship: Himachal Pradesh indianfootball.de. Retrieved 16 August 2021
- ↑ List of winners and runners-ups of the DCM Trophy RSSSF.com. Retrieved 20 April 2021
- ↑ "India – List of All India Governor's Gold Cup Winners (Sikkim)". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
- ↑ "List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Sikkim Governor's Gold Cup:". Indianfootball.de. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
- ↑ "List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Sait Nagjee Trophy:". Indianfootball.de. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
- ↑ List of Bordoloi Trophy winners Indianfootball.de. Retrieved 19 April 2021
- ↑ List of winners and runners-up of the Kohima Royal Gold Cup indianfootball.de. Retrieved 29 July 2021
- ↑ "List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Sri Guru Gobind Singh Trophy". indianfootball.de. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
- ↑ Asian Club Competitions 1971 RSSSF.com. Retrieved 19 April 2021