Machhindra Football Club (formerly known as Machhindra Bahal Club) is a Nepali professional football club based in the central Kathmandu neighborhood of Keltole, playing in the Martyr's Memorial A-Division League.
History Machhindra FC was established in 1973. For sponsorship reasons, it was named Machhindra Bahal Club in 2004, and Machhindra Energizer FC in 2006. The club was promoted to Nepal's top football division in 2004. They appointed Swede Johan Kalin in 2013, claiming to be the highest qualified coach in Nepalese football history. He led the team to a second-place finish in the league, and was praised for his tactics.
The beginning of the 2020s represented the club's most successful time with two consecutive league championships. On 5 April Machhindra appeared in the 2022 AFC Cup qualifying play-off match against Blue Star of Sri Lanka, at the Dasharath Rangasala Stadium but bowed out of the tournament by losing 2–1.
Record by season ChampionsRunners-upThird placePromotedRelegated Season League PositionAFC Cup 2003–04 B-Division 3rd— 2004B-Division 2nd 2005–06 A-Division 13th 2006–07A-Division 6th 2010A-Division 6th2011–12 National League DNP 2012–13 A-Division 6th 2013–14A-Division 2nd2015National LeagueBanned 2018–19 A-Division13th 2019–20A-Division1st 2021–22 A-Division1stRound 1 2023 A-Division2nd—
Honours National Martyr's Memorial A-Division League Champions (2): 2019–20, 2021–22 KP Oli Cup Champions (3): 2023, 2024, 2025 Itahari Gold Cup Champions (1): 2025 Bagmati Gold Cup Champions (1): 2024 Birat Gold Cup Champions (1): 2024 Kapilvastu Tilaurakot Gold Cup Champions (1): 2025
Under-18 Performance record Performance in ANFA Youth LeagueYearTournamentFinal Position2024U-18 ANFA Youth League5th
Under-16 Performance record Performance in ANFA Youth LeagueYearTournamentFinal Position2024U-16 ANFA Youth LeagueChampions20256th
References
External links
Goal Nepal page