Blue Star SC
Sri Lankan football club
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Blue Star Sports Club is a Sri Lankan professional football club based in Kalutara.[1] The club competes in the Sri Lanka Super League, the top flight of Sri Lankan football league system.
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| Full name | Blue Star Sports Club | ||
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| Nickname | Blue Army | ||
| Founded | 1978 | ||
| Ground | Kalutara Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 15,000 | ||
| Chairman | Mohamed Mohideen Mohamed Rizwan | ||
| Manager | Banda Samarakoon | ||
| League | Sri Lanka Super League | ||
| 2022–23 | Champions | ||
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History
Blue Star SC was founded in 1978. On 5 April 2022, Blue Star appeared in the 2022 AFC Cup qualifying play-off match against Machhindra of Nepal,[2] at the Dasharath Rangasala Stadium and clinched a victory of 2–1.[3]
Achievements
- Bristol League Division III
- Champions: 1996–97
- Champions: 1998–99
- Sri Lankan Premier League: 2
- Champions: 2004, 2021
- Runners-up: 2007
- Semi-finals: 2008
- AFC President's Cup
- Semi-finalist 3rd Place: 2005
- Dialog Champion of Champions Trophy
- Runners-up: 2003–04
- Champions: 2004–2005
- Runners-up: 2007
- Quarter-finals: 2013
- Cargills FA Cup
- Runners-up: 2013
- Runners-up: 2014
- Semi-finals: 2015
- Third place: 2018
Players
- As of 02 June 2024
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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Team management
| Position | Name |
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| Head Coach | Mohammed Hamza |
