Paro FC
Association football club in Bhutan
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Paro Football Club is a Bhutanese professional football club based in Paro that competes in the Bhutan Premier League, the top level of Bhutanese football.
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| Full name | Paro Football Club | ||
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| Nickname | The Tigers | ||
| Founded | 2018[1] | ||
| Ground | Woochu Sports Arena | ||
| Capacity | 1,000 | ||
| President | Karma Jigme | ||
| Head coach | Puspalal Sharma | ||
| League | Bhutan Premier League | ||
| 2025 | Bhutan Premier League, 1st of 10 (champions) | ||
| Website | parofc | ||
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History
Paro FC competed in the 2018 Bhutan National League after beating Paro United in the qualifying tournament, and finished the season as runners-up behind Transport United. In 2019, the club reached the semi-finals of the first-ever Samtse Championship.[2] During the same season, Paro won its first national league title by winning the 2019 edition of the Bhutan Premier League.[3]
In August 2024, Paro made headlines by signing Japanese international Keisuke Honda, who joined the club on a one-match contract to play in the AFC Challenge League play-off against Nepalese side Church Boys United.[4]
Honours
- Bhutan Premier League
- Jigme Dorji Wangchuk Memorial Gold Cup
- Winners (1): 2019[5]
Continental record
All results list Paro's goal tally first.
| Season | Competition | Round | Opposition | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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| 2020 | AFC Cup | Preliminary round 1 |  Defenders |
2–2 | 3–3 | 5–5 (a) |
| Preliminary round 2 |  Bengaluru |
0–1 | 1–9 | 1–10 | ||
| 2022 | AFC Cup | Preliminary round 1 |  Valencia |
1–2 (a.e.t.) | ||
| 2023–24 | AFC Cup | Preliminary round 1 |  Machhindra |
2–3 | ||
| 2024–25 | AFC Challenge League | Preliminary stage | Church Boys United |
2–1 | ||
| Group stage | East Bengal |
2–2 | 3rd of 4 | |||
 Nejmeh |
1–2 | |||||
 Bashundhara Kings |
2–1 | |||||
| 2025–26 | AFC Challenge League | Preliminary stage |  Abu Muslim |
1–0 | ||
| Group stage |  Al-Shabab |
0–1 | 4th of 4 | |||
 Altyn Asyr |
1–3 | |||||
 Abdysh-Ata |
3–3 | |||||
