Assam Police FC
Football club
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Assam Police Football Club or simply Assam Police Football Team (formerly known as Assam Police Blues and Assam Police AC), is an Indian institutional football club based in Guwahati, Assam. The club currently competes in the Assam State Premier League and Guwahati Premier Football League. It has won the Assam State Premier League title in 2013–14 season.[1]
| Full name | Assam Police Football Club | ||
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| Nickname | The Policemen | ||
| Ground | Nehru Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 15,000 | ||
| Owner | Assam Police | ||
| Head coach | Jewel Bey | ||
| League | Guwahati Premier Football League Assam State Premier League | ||
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History
The Assam Police football team has very rich and memorable history. The club was formed as Assam Police AC and based in Dergaon at the Assam Police Reserve. In 1971, the team defeated the Calcutta giant Mohammedan SC in the final of the Bordoloi Trophy. In 1981, they shocked Goa's Dempo SC in that premier tournament's final.[2] It has produced some brilliant footballers like Gilbertson Sangma, Kalimuddin Ahmed, Subir Choudhury, Jewel Bey etc.[3] In 2001, the club shifted its base from Dergaon to Guwahati and rechristened its name to Assam Police Blues.[4] The club has also appeared in the two seasons of National Football League II (NFL 2nd Division), then second tier of Indian football league system in 1998-99 and 2006-07.[5] It won the 2013-14 season of the top division Assam State Premier League. In 2023, the club dropped the word Blues from its name and returned to the original name. The club also regularly competes in Bordoloi Trophy, ATPA Shield and other state-level club tournaments.
Current squad
- As of 20 December 2023[6]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Honours
League
Champions (1): 2013–14
Runners-up (1): 2009–10
- Assam Club Championship
- Champions (2) 1998, 2005-06[7]
- GSA Super Division Football League
- Champions (3) 2004, 2005, 2006[8]
Cup
Winners (5):[9] 1960, 1971, 1981, 1995, 1997
Runners-up (1): 1988
- Winners (3)[10] 1971, 1982, 1983
- Runners-up (3): 1990, 2002, 2017
- Runners-up (1): 2006
- Runners-up (1): 2005
- Runners-up (1): 2016
- Amba Medhi Football Tournament
- Winners (4): 1988, 1996, 1999, 2003[11]
- Sohanlal Dugar Shield[12]
- Runners-up (1): 2003
