Three Star Club

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Ruslan Three Star

Full name	Three Star Club
Nickname(s)	The Patanites, The Stars
Founded	1974; 47 years ago (1974)
Ground	Dasarath Rangasala Stadium
Capacity	15,000
Manager	Urjan Shrestha
League	Qatar Airways Martyr's Memorial A-Division League
2019-20	4th
Home colours

The Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, where the club plays its home matches

Three Star Club is a Nepali professional football club based in Patan, Lalitpur, that competes in the Qatar Airways Martyr's Memorial A-Division League, the top flight of Nepalese football.^{[citation needed]}

The club was previously known as the Laxmi Bank Three Star Club for sponsorship reasons, which was terminated by 2014, and is now sponsored by Ruslan Vodka. Historically they have fierce rivalry with Manang Marshyangdi Club known as the Patan-Kathmandu derby.^{[citation needed]}

History[]

Three Star Club is one of the well-established and successful clubs in Nepal. The club had a modest beginning in 2031 B.S. A group of enthusiastic young people of Patan Durbar Square, Mangal Bazar established the club for sports development, social service, personality development and brotherhood. The club has been organizing many activities since then, but it is more recognizable as one of the leading football teams in the country. The number of members is increasing rapidly. Currently, Three Star Club has 380 life members and 129 general members.^{[citation needed]}

Three Star Club’s football journey started from D-Division league. The club managed to reach A-Division league in 2039 B.S. Since then, Three Star Club has produced steady stream of qualitative performance in national and international tournaments. Four times national league champion, the club has an avid fan following in the country and boasts of many national players. They have their own official fan group named "We Are Stars". They last won the National League in 2015. In the recent 2018 season they finished third below Manang Marshyangdi club and Sankata Club.^{[citation needed]}

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors[]

Current squad[]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 GK    NEP 30 GK  CMR 04 DF    NEP Ananta Tamang 24 DF    NEP 03 DF    NEP 26 DF    NEP 02 DF    NEP 23 DF    NEP 12 MF    NEP Bikram Lama 13 MF    NEP Rupesh KC 17 DF    NEP 06 DF    NEP 16 FW    NEP

No. Pos. Nation Player 07 MF    NEP 11 MF    NEP 14 MF    NEP 29 MF    NEP 19 MF    NEP 10 FW    NEP 09 FW    NEP 25 FW    NEP 20 DF    NEP 22 DF    NEP

Honours[]

National[]

• Martyr's Memorial A- Division League, Kathmandu: 4 (1997, 1998, 2004, 2013)

International[]

• AFC President Cup: Semi-Finalist (2005)

Regional[]

• Dipendra Gold Cup, Kathmandu: 1 (1981)
• Mani Mukunda Gold Cup, Palpa: 1 (1984)
• Mahendra Gold Cup, Birgunj: 1 (1995)
• North Bengal Gold Cup, India: 2 (1997, 2001)
• Jana Andolan-2 Smriti Gold Cup, Heatuda: 1 (2007)
• 30th All India Governor's Gold Cup, India: 1 (2008)
• Red Bull National League 2015, Kathmandu: 1 (2015)
• Aaha Gold Cup, Pokhara: 4 (2007, 2011, 2013, 2015)
• Budha Subba Gold Cup, Dharan: 5 (2005, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2018)
• British Gurkha Cup, Kathmandu: 2 (2010, 2011)
• Bordoloi Trophy, India: 1 (2016)^[1]
• Tilotama Gold Cup, Butwal: 1 (2018)
• Madan Bhandari Memorial Ithari Gold Cup: 1 (2019)
• Birat Gold Cup , Biratnagar: 1 (2018)
• His Majesty's Birthday Cup, Kathmandu: Runner-up (1984, 2005)
• Santosh Trophy, Bara: Runner-up (1984)
• Earthquake Victim Gold Cup, Ilam: Runner-up (1997)
• Bijaya Memorial Gold Cup, India: Runner-up (1997)
• 29th All India Governor's Gold Cup: Runner-up (2007)

2016–17 controversy[]

The champions of 2015 Nepal National League, Three Star Club was eligible to play in the 2017 AFC Cup qualifying round taking place in Ulaanbaatar.^[2] The club topped its group winning one and drawing the other match, for which they were qualified to play in the 2017 AFC Cup. However, the All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) failed to register Three Star Club for the cup by the competition deadline, so they were not able to continue competing in the 2017 AFC Cup.^[3] In December 2016, the club therefore demanded a compensation payment of NPR 60 Million.^[4] On 10 October 2017, the ANFA and Three Star Club agreed on a settlement payment of NPR 15 million in three installments. The club would then return to competitive football, in which it had not participated since the scandal began. ANFA pledged to arrange three international competitions in which Three Star club would be able to participate.^[5]

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Position
2017	AFC Cup	Qualifying Round	Erchim	2–0	1st
			Nagaworld	1–1

League finishes[]

The season-by-season performance of TSC since the first title in 1997:

References[]

External links[]

• Official website