Three Star Club

Three Star Club
Nickname(s)	The Patanites ; The Stars[citation needed]
Founded	1974; 50 years ago
Ground	Chyasal Stadium
Capacity	10,000
Chairman	Arun Man Joshi
Manager	Meghraj K.C.
League	Qatar Airways Martyr's Memorial A-Division League
2023	A-Division League, 9th of 14
Home colours	Away colours

Three Star Club is a Nepali professional football club based in Lalitpur. The club was formed in 2031 BS (1974). Dinker Govinda Amatya, Lt. Krishna Charan Mishra, Lt. Kedar Lal Khosin, Rajkaji Lakhey, Motikaji Bajracharya and Lt. Mehbooh Khan are the founding members. The club has been recognizable as one of the leading football teams in the country.

History

Three Star Club's football journey started in the D-Division League. The club managed to reach the Martyr's Memorial A-Division League in 2039 BS. Since then, Three Star Club has produced a steady stream of qualitative performance in national and international tournaments. Three Star Club has won Martyr's Memorial A-Division League thrice and the National League once. It is the first Nepali club to participate in the AFC President's Cup in 2005.

2016–17 controversy

Being the champions of 2015 Nepal National League, Three Star Club was eligible to play in the 2017 AFC Cup qualifying round taking place in Ulaanbaatar.^[1] The club topped its group for which they were qualified to play in the 2017 AFC Cup. However, the All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) failed to register Three Star Club by the competition deadline, so they were not able to continue competing.^[2] In December 2016, the club therefore demanded a compensation payment of NPR 60 million.^[3] On 10 October 2017, the ANFA and Three Star Club agreed on a settlement payment of NPR 15 million in three installments. The club would then return to competitive football, in which it had not participated since the scandal began. ANFA also pledged to arrange three international competitions in which Three Star Club would be able to participate.^[4]

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Position
2017	AFC Cup	Qualifying Round	Erchim	2–0	1st
2017	AFC Cup	Qualifying Round	Nagaworld	1–1	1st

Current 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
16	GK	NEP	Roshan Gurung
22	GK	NEP	Arun Blon
3	DF	NEP	Ashok Khawas
6	DF	NEP	Nishan Khadka
18	DF	NEP	Ashwin Bhattarai
20	DF	NEP	Bijay Shrestha
23	DF	NEP	Min Bahadur Dhimal
24	DF	NEP	Jeevan Gurung
27	DF	NEP	Nirajan Maharjan
25	MF	IND	Lalrammawia Rammawia
10	MF	NEP	Dona Thapa


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
5	DF	NEP	Yogesh Gurung
12	MF	NEP	Bikram Lama (captain)
14	MF	NEP	Mikchhen Tamang
17	MF	NEP	Ritik Khadka
19	MF	NEP	Aayush Ghalan
7	MF	NEP	Hemant Thapa Magar
30	MF	NEP	Managya Nakarmi
8	FW	NEP	Susaan Shrestha
9	FW	NEP	Bijaya Bhujel
11	FW	NEP	Sanjok Rai
25	FW	NEP	Sushan Shrestha
29	FW	LBR	Ansumana Kromah

Honours

National

Martyr's Memorial A-Division League
- Champions (4): 1997, 1998, 2004, 2012–13
Nepal National League
- Champions (1): 2015
Satashi Gold Cup
- Winners (1): 2020^[5]

Invitational

Bordoloi Trophy
- Champions (1): 2016^[6]^[7]
- Runners-up (1): 2010
Kalinga Cup
- Runners-up (1): 2010^[8]

Continental

AFC President's Cup: Semi-Finalist (2005)

Regional

Dipendra Gold Cup, Kathmandu: 1 (1981)
Mani Mukunda Gold Cup, Palpa: 1 (1984)
Mahendra Gold Cup, Birgunj: 1 (1995)
North Bengal Gold Cup, India: 2 (1997, 2001)
Jana Andolan-2 Smriti Gold Cup, Heatuda: 1 (2007)
30th All India Governor's Gold Cup, India: 1 (2008)
Aaha Gold Cup, Pokhara: 4 (2007, 2011, 2013, 2015)
Budha Subba Gold Cup, Dharan: 5 (2005, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2018)
British Gurkha Cup, Kathmandu: 2 (2010, 2011)
Tilotama Gold Cup, Butwal: 1 (2018)
Madan Bhandari Memorial Ithari Gold Cup: 1 (2019)
Birat Gold Cup, Biratnagar: 1 (2018)
His Majesty's Birthday Cup, Kathmandu: Runner-up (1984, 2005)
Santosh Trophy, Bara: Runner-up (1984)
Earthquake Victim Gold Cup, Ilam: Runner-up (1997)
Bijaya Memorial Gold Cup, India: Runner-up (1997)
29th All India Governor's Gold Cup: Runner-up (2007)^[9]

League finishes

The season-by-season performance of TSC since the first title in 1997:

Season	League	Position
1997	Martyr's Memorial A-Division League	1st^[10]
1998	Martyr's Memorial A-Division League	1st^[11]
1999	League not held
2000	Martyr's Memorial A-Division League	3rd
2001–2002	League not held
2003	Martyr's Memorial A-Division League	3rd
2004		1st
2005–2006		2nd
2006–2007		3rd
2008–2009	League not held due to conflicts between ANFA and the clubs
2010	Martyr's Memorial A-Division League	2nd
2011	Martyr's Memorial A-Division League	4th
2011-12	Nepal National League	6th
2012-13	Martyr's Memorial A-Division League	1st
2013-14	Martyr's Memorial A-Division League	2nd
2015	Nepal National League	1st
2016-18	League not held
2018-19	Martyr's Memorial A-Division League	3rd
2019-20		4th
2021-22		6th

References

^ "Schedule & Results". AFC. Archived from the original on 18 October 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
^ "ANFA negligence deprives Three Star from AFC Asia Cup". myRepublica. 8 December 2016. Archived from the original on 9 December 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
^ "Three Star Club claim Rs 60m in damages". The Kathmandu Post. Archived from the original on 2017-10-18. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
^ "ANFA, Three Star sign agreement". The Himalayan Times. Archived from the original on 18 October 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
^ Rajbanshi, Arjun (23 February 2020). "Machhindra lift Satashi Gold Cup". kathmandupost.com. Birtamode: The Kathmandu Post. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
^ "3 Star Club, Nepal take home Bordoloi Trophy". Assam Tribune. 30 September 2016. Archived from the original on 2 October 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
^ Chaudhuri, Arunava. "List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Bordoloi Trophy". indianfootball.de. Archived from the original on 6 October 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
^ "Army XI beat Nepal team to lift Kalinga Cup". Orisports. 10 July 2010. Archived from the original on 2 October 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
^ Chaudhuri, Arunava. "List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Sikkim Governor's Gold Cup". indianfootball.de. Indian Football Network. Archived from the original on 6 October 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
^ "Nepal 1996/97". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 2016-07-25. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
^ "Nepal 1997/98". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 17 February 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2022.

[1] "Schedule & Results". AFC. Archived from the original on 18 October 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2017.

[2] "ANFA negligence deprives Three Star from AFC Asia Cup". myRepublica. 8 December 2016. Archived from the original on 9 December 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2017.

[3] "Three Star Club claim Rs 60m in damages". The Kathmandu Post. Archived from the original on 2017-10-18. Retrieved 10 October 2017.

[4] "ANFA, Three Star sign agreement". The Himalayan Times. Archived from the original on 18 October 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2017.

[5] Rajbanshi, Arjun (23 February 2020). "Machhindra lift Satashi Gold Cup". kathmandupost.com. Birtamode: The Kathmandu Post. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2021.

[final-6] "3 Star Club, Nepal take home Bordoloi Trophy". Assam Tribune. 30 September 2016. Archived from the original on 2 October 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2016.

[7] Chaudhuri, Arunava. "List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Bordoloi Trophy". indianfootball.de. Archived from the original on 6 October 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2021.

[8] "Army XI beat Nepal team to lift Kalinga Cup". Orisports. 10 July 2010. Archived from the original on 2 October 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2022.

[9] Chaudhuri, Arunava. "List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Sikkim Governor's Gold Cup". indianfootball.de. Indian Football Network. Archived from the original on 6 October 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.

[10] "Nepal 1996/97". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 2016-07-25. Retrieved 2022-03-26.

[11] "Nepal 1997/98". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 17 February 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2022.

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