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Punjab Police FC
Full namePunjab Police Football Club[1]
Nickname(s)The Policemen
Founded1960; 64 years ago (1960)[2]
GroundGuru Gobind Singh Stadium
Capacity12,000
Head coachParamjit Singh
LeaguePunjab State Super Football League
2020–21Champions

Punjab Police Football Club (commonly known by its nickname "The Policemen"),[3] is an Indian institutional football club based in Jalandhar,[4] Punjab, and affiliated with the Punjab Football Association,[5] that competes in the Punjab State Super Football League.[6][7][8][9]

History

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.[10] The club in 1965, reached the final of India's oldest football tournament Durand Cup, but went down 2–0 to Jarnail Singh led Mohun Bagan.[11]

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.[12]

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.[13]

Rivalries

FC Punjab Police shares a rivalry with local side JCT Mills FC,[14] 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.[15][16]

Punjab Police had also enjoyed rivalries with two of other local sides Leaders Club (Jalandhar) and Border Security Force (football team).[17]

Stadium

Guru Gobind Singh Stadium used for home matches of FC Punjab Police

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.[18][19]

Honours

International

Domestic

Other department

Field hockey

Punjab Police has its hockey team,[37] that participated in Beighton Cup, one of the oldest field hockey tournaments in the world.[38][39] They also participated in Bombay Gold Cup.[40]

Honours

  • Guru Tegh Bahadur Gold Cup[42]
    • Runners-up (1): 1984

Performance in AFC competitions

Further information: Indian football clubs in Asian competitions
1971: Group Stage[47][48]

See also

References

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