Nepal Police Club

Nepal Police Club, formerly known as Mahendra Police Club is a sports club owned and managed by Nepal Police.

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
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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.

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
3 DF    NEP Anjan Rai
4 MF    NEP Santosh Hemrun
5 DF    NEP Man Bahadur Parihar
6 DF    NEP Rabin Shrestha
7 MF    NEP Tej Tamang
8 MF    NEP Tirtha Bahadur Rana
9 FW    NEP Suman Lama
10 MF    NEP Bhola Silwal
11 FW    NEP Jumanu Rai
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 MF    NEP Ravi Shankar Paswan
13 MF    NEP Hem Tamang
14 DF    NEP Nir Kumar Rai
16 MF    NEP Soujan Rai
20 DF    NEP Suman Subedi
30 MF    NEP Prabesh Kunwar
32 FW    NEP Ajit Bhandari

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.[1]

Squad[2]
Name Age Batting style Bowling style
Captain and Batsman
Manjeet Shrestha 35 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Batsmen
Aarif Sheikh 22 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Amit Shrestha 26 Right-handed
Kushal Bhurtel 23 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Sunil Dhamala 35 Right-handed Right-arm off break
Wicket-keepers
Dilip Nath 22 Lef-handed
Anil Sah 21 Right-handed Right-arm off break
All-rounders
Dipendra Singh Airee 20 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Prem Tamang 23 Right-handed Right-arm off break
Yogendra Singh Karki 23 Right-handed
Pawan Sarraf 19 Right-handed Right-arm off break
Bowlers
Lalit Rajbanshi 21 Right-handed Left-arm orthodox spin
Sagar Dhakal 18 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
  • Asian Club Championship: 1 appearance
    • 1998: First Round
  • AFC President's Cup: 4 appearances
    • 2007: Finalist
    • 2008: Semi-Finalist
    • 2009: in Group Stage
    • 2011: 4th in Group Stage
  • Asian Cup Winners Cup: 1 appearance
    • 1998/99: First Round
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See also

References
  1. "NPC avenges APF, lifts T20 title". Cricnepal.com. 2011-05-22. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
  2. "मन्जित श्रेष्ठको कप्तानिमा एमएम कपको लागि नेपाल पुलिस क्लबको टिम घोषणा | Cricket Himalaya |". Cricket Himalaya. 2019-12-30. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
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