BCH Lions

BCH Lions (Mongolian: БИ СИ ЭЙЧ ЛИОНС) is a Mongolian association football club that currently plays in the Mongolian Premier League. The current manager is Badarch Chin-Orgil.[1]

BCH Lions
БИ СИ ЭЙЧ ЛИОНС
Full nameFootball Club BCH Lions
Founded2018 (2018)
GroundMFF Football Centre
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Capacity5,000
ManagerBadarch Chin-Orgil[1]
LeagueMongolian Premier League
20201st League, 1st of 10 (promoted)

History

BCH Lions was founded in 2018 as it broke away from Premier League club Selenge Press FC under the guidance of former Selenge Press coach Badarch Chin-Orgil. That year, the team won the National Amateur Cup.[2][3]

As a result of its Amateur Cup title, the team competed in the inaugural season of the Mongolia 2nd League in 2019. The season ended with the club earning the championship and promotion to the Mongolia 1st League in 2020.[4] At the end of the season, BCH Lions players were named the league's best defender (Sasaki Mizuho), goalkeeper (Nakane Hiroki), and midfielder (B. Itgel).[1]

During its first season in the second division, the club earned a third-straight championship and promotion.[2] Lions striker Batkhüyag Munkh-Erdene won the Golden Boot that season with 32 goals and his bicycle kick goal against Khoromkhon earned international attention from Portugal's Desporto ao Minuto.[5]

The club will compete in the Mongolian Premier League for the first time in 2021.[2][6]

Current roster

Where a player has not declared an international allegiance, nation is determined by place of birth. Squad correct as of 11 November 2020.

No. Position Player Nation
5 Midfielder Bayasgalan Garidmagnai  Mongolia
9 Forward Batkhüyag Munkh-Erdene  Mongolia

Domestic history
Key

  Champion   Runners-up   3rd Place

Season League Domestic Cup Notes
Div. Pos. Pl. W D L P
2018[3] 4th
1st
 - - - - - - Promoted to Mongolia 2nd League
2019[7] 3rd
1st
 8 6 1 1 19 Quarterfinals Promoted to Mongolia 1st League
2020[8] 2nd
1st
 18 13 3 2 42 Not held Promoted to Mongolian Premier League
2021 1st

References
  1. ""Би Си Эйч Лионс" болон "Хараацай" клуб нэгдүгээр лигт хүч үзэх эрх авлаа" (in Mongolian). MNB. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  2. Grimm, Justin. "BCH Lions Win First League, Earn Promotion (Again)". Mongolian Football Central. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  3. Grimm, Justin. "Club Spotlight: BCH Lions". Mongolian Football Central. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  4. Grimm, Justin. "BCH Lions Win 2019 2nd League, Earn Inaugural Title". Mongolian Football Central. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  5. "Da Mongólia chega-nos um pontapé de bicicleta... à Cristiano Ronaldo" (in Portuguese). Desporto ao Minuto. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  6. "BCH Lions FC advances to Major League". The Ulaanbaatar Post. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  7. Stokkermans, Karel. "Mongolia 2019". RSSSF. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  8. Stokkermans, Karel. "Mongolia 2020". RSSSF. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
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