Nepal Police Club

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

Nepal Police Club
Full nameNepal Police Club
Nickname(s)The Cops
Founded1952 (1952)
GroundNepal Police Academy, Maharjgunj, Kathmandu
OwnerNepal Police
LeagueMartyr's Memorial A-Division League
2018-196th

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 Hari Khadka, 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 top division of Nepalese football. The team has won three A-Division titles and one National League title.

Record
Season Division Teams Position
2003[1] A-Division 12 2
2004[2] A-Division 13 2
2005-06[3] A-Division 15 4
2006-07[4] A-Division 14 1
2010 A-Division 12 1
2011 A-Division 18 1
2011-12 National League 10 1
2012-13 A-Division 16 7
2013-14 A-Division 13 4
2015 National League 9 7
2018-19 A-Division 14 6
2019-20 A-Division 14 5

Squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK    NEP Shatrudhan Kumar Chaudhary
2 DF    NEP Kapil Dhakal
3 DF    NEP Anjan Rai
4 MF    NEP Santosh Hemrun
5 DF    NEP Man Bahadur Pariyar
6 DF    NEP Rabin Shrestha
7 MF    NEP Tej Tamang
8 FW    NEP Tirtha Bahadur Rana
9 FW    NEP Suman Lama
10 MF    NEP Bharat Shah
11 FW    NEP Jumanu Rai
12 MF    NEP Ravi Shankar Paswan
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 MF    NEP Hem Tamang
14 FW    NEP Nir Kumar Rai
16 MF    NEP Soujan Rai
17 MF    NEP Bhola Silwal (captain)
19 DF    NEP Budhha Tamang
20 DF    NEP Suman Subedi
21 GK    NEP Roshan Khadka
23 DF    NEP Bishal Basnet
25 FW    NEP Anup Limbu
30 DF    NEP Prabesh Kunwar
32 DF    NEP Ajit Bhandari
99 MF    NEP Buddha Bal Tamang

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 36 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Batsmen
Aarif Sheikh 23 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Amit Shrestha 27 Right-handed
Kushal Bhurtel 24 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Sunil Dhamala 36 Right-handed Right-arm off break
Wicket-keepers
Dilip Nath 23 Lef-handed
Anil Sah 22 Right-handed Right-arm off break
All-rounders
Dipendra Singh Airee 21 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Prem Tamang 24 Right-handed Right-arm off break
Yogendra Singh Karki 23 Right-handed
Pawan Sarraf 20 Right-handed Right-arm off break
Bowlers
Lalit Rajbanshi 21 Right-handed Left-arm orthodox spin
Sagar Dhakal 19 Right-handed Left-arm orthodox spin
Rashid Khan 19 Right-handed Right-arm fast medium

Achievements
Player of Nepal Police Club (Red Jersey), while playing against Three Star Club(Blue Jersey)

Football

Cricket

Performance in AFC competitions

See also

References
  1. "Nepal 2003/04". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  2. "Nepal 2004". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  3. "Nepal 2005/06". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  4. "Nepal 2006/07". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  5. "NPC avenges APF, lifts T20 title". Cricnepal.com. 22 May 2011. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  6. "APF national cricket champions". Cricnepal.com. 15 May 2011. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  7. "NPC avenges APF, lifts T20 title". Cricnepal.com. 22 May 2011. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  8. "मन्जित श्रेष्ठको कप्तानिमा एमएम कपको लागि नेपाल पुलिस क्लबको टिम घोषणा | Cricket Himalaya |". Cricket Himalaya. 30 December 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
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