Border Security Force Sporting Club
Indian association football club
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Border Security Force Sporting Club is an Indian multi-sports club, best known for its football section. The club is based in Jalandhar, Punjab, and currently competing in the Punjab State Super Football League.[2][3][4] They have been regular competitors in the Durand Cup and Independence Day Cup of Assam.[5]
| Full name | Border Security Force Sporting Club | ||
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| Ground | Guru Gobind Singh Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 22,000 | ||
| Owner | Border Security Force | ||
| League | Punjab State Super Football League[1] | ||
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BSF's corporate team competed in All India Public Sector tournament.[6]
History
The team won the Durand Cup on seven occasions during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s.[7] Sukhwinder Singh represented the club from 1974 to 1978.[8] In June 1970, the All Nepal Football Association organized a tournament to celebrate the 50th birth anniversary of King Mahendra, where the team ultimately lost 2–0 to the East Pakistan football team in the title-deciding game, which was held in a round-robin league format. They later tied the second-place game with Mahabir Club, finishing as joint runners-up.[9][10][11]
The team also spent one season in the old National Football League during the 1999–2000 season. They were relegated after finishing in 11th place.[12]
Rivalries
As a club from the state of Punjab, Border Security Force nurtured rivalries with numerous local sides including Leaders Club, Punjab Police, JCT Mills, in the state leagues.[13][14][15][16]
Ownership
Honours
League
- National Football League II
- Champions (1): 1998–99[17]
- Punjab State Super Football League[18]
- Champions (5): 1985–86, 1988, 2000–01, 2008, 2021–22
- Runners-up (6): 1990–91, 1994–95, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006
Cup
- Durand Cup[19][20]
- Champions (7): 1968–69, 1971–72, 1973–74, 1975–76, 1976, 1981, 1988
- Federation Cup[21]
- Champions (1): 1979–80
- Runners-up (1): 1988–89
- Punjab State Senior Championship[22]
- Champions (2): 1978–79, 1983–84
- Runners-up (4): 1977, 1981, 1982, 1989
- Sait Nagjee Football Tournament
- King Mahendra Cup
- Runners-up (1): 1970
- All Airlines Gold Cup
- Champions (3): 1994, 1997, 1998–99[25]
- Sikkim Governor's Gold Cup
- All India Independence Day Cup
- Champions (6): 1993, 1998, 1999, 2006, 2008–09, 2018
- Runners-up (3): 2007, 2016, 2019[28]
- Gurdarshan Memorial Cup
- Champions (4): 1986, 1994, 1998, 1981, 2005[29]
- B. N. Mullick Police Cup[30]
- Champions (5): 2001, 2002, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2008
- Runners-up (1): 1998
- Mammen Mappillai Trophy
- Champions (1): 1976 (co-winners)[31]
- Churachand Singh Trophy
- Champions (1): 1985[32]
- Darjeeling Gold Cup
- Champions (1): 1980[33]
- Mohan Kumar Mangalam Football Tournament[34]
- Champions (6): 1993, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2004
- Runners-up (1): 1999
- Shaheed-e-Azam Sardar Bhagat Singh Memorial Trophy
- Guru Gobind Singh Trophy
- Champions (1): 2005[37]
- Bandodkar Gold Trophy
- Runners-up (1): 1986[38]
- Delhi Lt. Governor's Cup
- Runners-up (1): 2004[39]
- Steel Express Cup
- Runners-up (1): 2018[40]
Other departments
Field hockey
Border Security Force has a field hockey team[41] that participated in Beighton Cup, one of the oldest field hockey tournaments in the world.[42][43] They also appeared in Bombay Gold Cup.[44]
Honours
- Beighton Cup[45][46]
- Champions (5): 1971, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2005
- Runners-up (4): 1997, 2001, 2006, 2007
- Bombay Gold Cup[47]
- Champions (8): 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1980, 1981, 1992
- Guru Tegh Bahadur Gold Cup[47]
- Champions (1): 2000
- Surjit Memorial Hockey Tournament[48]
- Champions (2): 1998, 1999
- Runners-up (4): 1986, 1988, 1989, 2003
- Senior Nehru Hockey Tournament[49][50][51]
- Champions (7): 1975, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1987, 1996, 1996
- Runners-up (6): 1979, 1984, 1992, 1993, 1999, 2004
- All India Police Hockey Championship
Basketball
BSF has been operating both men's and women's basketball teams, and competing in Punjab State Annual Basketball League.[54]
Honours
- Punjab State Annual Basketball League
- Runners-up (1): 2005[54]
