Ulaanbaatar City FC
Association football club in Mongolia
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Ulaanbaatar City Football Club was a professional football club from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. They played in the Mongolian Premier League, the highest level of football in Mongolia.
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| Full name | Ulaanbaatar City Football Club | ||
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| Founded | 2016[1] | ||
| Dissolved | 2023 | ||
| Ground | G-Mobile Arena | ||
| Capacity | 5,300 | ||
| Owner(s) | MT Group, G-Mobile Co. LTD | ||
| President | Dashnyam Ganzorig | ||
| League | Mongolian Premier League | ||
| 2022–23 | withdrew | ||
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History
The club was founded on 19 March 2016 with club owner, the IT Group, purchasing the Mongolian Premier League license of Khangarid City FC which was subsequently dissolved.[1] The IT Group paid 15 million MNT for the license.[2]
Ulaanbaatar City won the Premier League championship for the first time in 2019, making them eligible to enter the AFC Cup for the first time for the 2020 edition. The team snapped Erchim FC's four-year championship streak in the process.[3][4] However, the continental tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic before Ulaanbaatar City played its first match.[5]
Stadium
Through the 2019 season, Ulaanbaatar City FC shared the MFF Football Centre as a home ground. Ground was broken for the construction of the team's own G-Mobile Arena in late summer of 2017 with an original anticipated completion being in the third quarter of 2018. The stadium will be the fifth venue in the league along with the MFF Centre, Erdenet Stadium, the National Sports Stadium, and Erchim Stadium.[6]
Domestic history
- Key
Champion Runners-up 3rd Place
| Season | League | Domestic Cup | Notes | ||||||
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| Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | Pts. | |||
| 2016[7] | 8th | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 21 | Semifinals | ||
| 2017[8] | 2nd |
18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 38 | Champions |
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| 2018[9] | 6th | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 26 | Runners-up |
Super Cup | |
| 2019[10] | 1st |
22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 48 | Quarter-finals | ||
| 2020[11] | 7th |
18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 24 | Not held | ||
| 2021[12] | 6th |
18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 29 | Not held | ||
| 2021–22[13] | 3rd |
18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 33 | Not held | ||
International competition
- Scores and results list Ulaanbaatar City's goal tally first.
| Year | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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| 2020 | AFC Cup | Preliminary Round 2 |  Taipower |
Cancelled[5] | ||
Managerial history
| Name | Nat. | Tenure | Ref. |
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| Rodrigo Hernando |  Spain |
July–October 2016 | [14] |
| Manuel Retamero Fraile | Spain |
July 2017 – June 2018 | [15][16] |
| Steve Nicholls |  England |
June–October 2018 | [17] |
| Donorovyn Lümbengarav |  Mongolia |
April 2019 – January 2020 | [18][19] |
| Vojislav Bralušić |  Serbia |
January–October 2020 | [19] |