FC Ulaanbaatar
Association football club in Mongolia
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FC Ulaanbaatar (Mongolian: ФС Улаанбаатар) is a professional football club based in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. The club currently competes in the Mongolian Premier League. It is a two-time champion of the league since its founding in 2010.
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| Full name | Football Club Ulaanbaatar | ||
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| Nickname | The Red Knights | ||
| Short name | FCUB | ||
| Founded | 2010 | ||
| Ground | MFF Football Centre | ||
| Capacity | 5,000 | ||
| Manager | Bekhbatyn Ganbat[1] | ||
| League | Mongolian Premier League | ||
| 2025–26 | 1st of 9 | ||
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History
FC Ulaanbaatar was founded in 2010. They participated in the Mongolia Premier League for the first time the following season. That year, the club defeated Ulaanbaatar DS 1–0 in the championship final to win the title. Over the next decade, the club finished as runners-up in 2015, 2018, 2020 and 2021–22 before capturing their second title after twelve years in 2022–23 under head coach Vojislav Bralušić.[2] That year, the club also won the MFF Cup for the first time to complete the double.[3]
AFC Cup debut
By virtue of their league championship in 2022–23, FC Ulaanbaatar earned the right to participate in continental competition for the first time. The team entered the 2023–24 AFC Cup and were placed into Group I with Macau's Chao Pak Kei and Taiwan Steel and Taichung Futuro of Taiwan.[4] FC Ulaanbaatar won its first match in the competition, a 3 –1 victory over Taiwan Steel on 21 September 2023.[5] With the win, FC Ulaanbaatar became the first Mongolian club to win a match in the final round of the AFC Cup.[6] Ultimately, the club would fail to advance to the next round, being edged out by Taichung Futuro on goal-difference with both clubs sitting at twelve points.[7]
Domestic history
- Key
Champion Runners-up 3rd Place
| Season | League | Federation Cup | ||||||||
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| Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | ||
| 2011[8] | 1st | 1 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 35 | 24 | 21 | |
| 2012[9] | 1st | 6 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 17 | 32 | 12 | Semi-final |
| 2013[10] | 1st | 3 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 23 | 17 | |
| 2014[11] | 1st | 5 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 25 | 22 | 13 | |
| 2015[12] | 1st | 2 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 40 | 24 | 33 | Runners-up |
| 2016[13] | 1st | 6 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 33 | 41 | 23 | Round of 16 |
| 2017[14] | 1st | 8 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 26 | 31 | 17 | Runners-up |
| 2018[15] | 1st | 2 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 41 | 17 | 37 | Round of 16 |
| 2019[16] | 1st | 7 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 47 | 37 | 29 | Round of 16 |
| 2020[17] | 1st | 2 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 56 | 22 | 38 | |
| 2021[18] | 1st | 4 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 34 | 16 | 33 | |
| 2021–22[19] | 1st | 2 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 56 | 18 | 38 | |
| 2022–23[20] | 1st | 1 | 24 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 93 | 108 | 62 | Winner |
| 2023–24[21] | 1st | 4 | 27 | 15 | 1 | 11 | 70 | 40 | 46 | Semi-final |
| 2024–25[22] | 1st | 3 | 27 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 65 | 40 | 51 | |
| 2025–26[23] | 1st | 1 | 23 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 82 | 20 | 54 | |
Continental record
Scores list FC Ulaanbaatar’s goal tally first.
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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| 2023 | AFC Cup | Group I | ||||
 Taiwan Steel |
3–1[24] | 0–3[25] | 3–4 | |||
 Chao Pak Kei |
1–0[26] | 1–0[27] | 2–0 | |||
| Taichung Futuro |
0–2[28] | 2–1[7] | 2–3 | |||
| 2026–27 | AFC Challenge League | Preliminary Stage | Hang Yuan |
1–2 | ||
Players
Current squad
- As of 1 September 2023
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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Managerial history
| Name | Nat. | Tenure | Ref. |
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| Battulga Nasan-Ulzii |  Mongolia |
2011–2013 | |
| Jun Fukuda |  Japan |
2014–2017 | [29] |
| Marco Ragini |  San Marino |
2018–2019 | [30] |
| Bekhbatyn Ganbat | Mongolia |
2019–2020 | |
| Vojislav Bralušić |  Serbia |
2022 – April 2024 | [31][32] |
| Andreas Spier |  Germany |
August 2024 – June 2025 | [32] |
| Bekhbatyn Ganbat | Mongolia |
June 2025 – Present | [1] |
Honours
- Mongolian Premier League[33]
- Winners (3): 2011, 2023, 2026
- Runners-up (4): 2015, 2018, 2020, 2022
- MFF Super Cup
- Winners (2): 2020, 2023
- Runners-up (3): 2011, 2015, 2022
- MFF Cup
- Winners (1): 2023
- Runners-up (2): 2015, 2017[34]