Nepal Police Club
Full nameNepal Police Club
NicknameThe Cops
Founded1952 (1952)
LeagueMartyr's Memorial A-Division League (football)
Home groundNepal Police Academy, Maharjgunj, Kathmandu
OwnerNepal Police
ManagerChetan Ghimire
20233nd of 14

Nepal Police Club (formerly known as Mahendra Police Club) is a sports club owned and managed by the Nepal Police. The club is best known for its football section which competes in the Martyr's Memorial A-Division League, the top flight of Nepali club football.

History

Established in 1952 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 next 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\, 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 being the runners-up.

Football

Nepal Police Club currently plays in the Martyr's Memorial A-Division League. The team has won three A-Division titles and one National League title.

Record

Champions Runners-up Third place Promoted Relegated
Season Division Teams Position AFC President's Cup
2003[1] A-Division 12 2nd —
2004[2] A-Division 13 2nd
2005–06[3] A-Division 15 4th
2006–07[4] A-Division 14 1st
2007 No league held Runners-up
2008 Semi-finals
2009 Group stage
2010 A-Division 12 1st —
2011 A-Division 18 1st Group stage
2011–12 National League 10 1st
2012–13 A-Division 16 7th Group stage
2013–14 A-Division 13 4th —
2015 National League 9 7th Competition disbanded
2018–19 A-Division 14 6th
2019–20 A-Division 14 5th
2019–20 A-Division 14 11th

Squad

As of 28 October 2021

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
21 GK Nepal   NEP Roshan Khadka
22 GK Nepal   NEP Sanjeet Shrestha
2 DF Nepal   NEP Kapil Dhakal
4 DF Nepal   NEP Santosh Hemrun
20 DF Nepal   NEP Suman Subedi
17 MF Nepal   NEP Bhola Silwal
No. Pos. Nation Player
77 MF Nepal   NEP Hemant Shrestha
— MF Nepal   NEP Ravi Paswan
8 FW Nepal   NEP Tirtha Bor Rana
10 FW Nepal   NEP Bharat Shah
25 FW Nepal   NEP Anup Limbu
11 FW Nepal   NEP Ju Manu Rai

Cricket

Nepal Police is one of the three departmental teams to play in National League Cricket. Other eight regional teams compete with Nepal Police in the league. Manoj Katuwal is the coach of the team. They participated in 2011 National One Day tournament but finished as a runners-up after losing to APF Club in the final. But they defeated departmental rival APF Club to lift the title of 2011 Pepsi Standard Chartered T20 National Cricket Tournament.[5]

Record

Season One-Day Twenty20
Teams Position Teams Position
2011 10 Runners-up[6] 10 Winner[7]
2017 8 Winner Not held
2018 10 Semi-Finals
2019 10 Winner
2021 10 Semi-Finals TBD TBD

Squad[8]

Name Age Batting style Bowling style
Captain and Batsman
Manjeet Shrestha 39 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Batsmen
Aarif Sheikh 26 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Amit Shrestha 30 Right-handed
Kushal Bhurtel 26 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Sunil Dhamala 39 Right-handed Right-arm off break
Wicket-keepers
Dilip Nath 26 Lef-handed
Anil Sah 25 Right-handed Right-arm off break
All-rounders
Dipendra Singh Airee 23 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Prem Tamang 27 Right-handed Right-arm off break
Yogendra Singh Karki 26 Right-handed
Pawan Sarraf 23 Right-handed Right-arm off break
Bowlers
Lalit Rajbanshi 24 Right-handed Left-arm orthodox spin
Sagar Dhakal 22 Right-handed Left-arm orthodox spin
Rashid Khan 22 Right-handed Right-arm fast medium

Achievements

Players of Nepal Police Club (in red jersey) lining up for a match against Three Star Club (in blue jersey)

Football

Cricket

Performance in AFC competitions

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Nepal 2003/04". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  2. ↑ "Nepal 2004". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 7 April 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  3. ↑ "Nepal 2005/06". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 4 August 2011. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  4. ↑ "Nepal 2006/07". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 8 April 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  5. ↑ "NPC avenges APF, lifts T20 title". Cricnepal.com. 22 May 2011. Archived from the original on 2 January 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  6. ↑ "APF national cricket champions". Cricnepal.com. 15 May 2011. Archived from the original on 18 October 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  7. ↑ "NPC avenges APF, lifts T20 title". Cricnepal.com. 22 May 2011. Archived from the original on 2 January 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  8. ↑ "मन्जित श्रेष्ठको कप्तानिमा एमएम कपको लागि नेपाल पुलिस क्लबको टिम घोषणा". Cricket Himalaya (in Nepali). 30 December 2019. Archived from the original on 6 April 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  9. ↑ "Dordoi-Dynamo retain AFC President's Cup after defeating Mahendra 2–1". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 5 October 2007. Archived from the original on 3 February 2013. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
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