Paro FC

Paro
Full name	Paro Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Tigers
Founded	2018; 7 years ago
Ground	Woochu Sports Arena
Capacity	1,000
President	Karma Jigme
Head coach	Oriol Mohedano
League	Bhutan Premier League
2024	Bhutan Premier League, 1st of 10 (champions)
Website	parofc.com
Home colours	Away colours

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.

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
- Winners (5): 2019,^[1] 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
- Runners-up (1): 2018
Jigme Dorji Wangchuk Memorial Gold Cup
- Winners (1): 2019^[5]

Continental record

All results list Paro's goal tally first.

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2020	AFC Cup	Preliminary round 1	Defenders	2–2	3–3	5–5 (a)
2020	AFC Cup	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
			Nejmeh	1–2
			Bashundhara Kings	2–1
2025–26	AFC Challenge League	Preliminary stage	Abu Muslim	1–0

References

^ ^a ^b Dorji, Passang (7 November 2019). "2-year-old Paro FC are the champions of the Bhutan Premier League 2019". bbs.bt. Bhutan Broadcasting Service. Archived from the original on 23 November 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
^ "Ugyen Academy and Transport Utd. in Samtse Championship Final". KuenselOnline. 25 January 2019. Archived from the original on 22 July 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
^ "Paro FC crowned BOB Premier League 2019 champions". bhutanfootball.org. Bhutan Football Federation. 3 November 2019. Archived from the original on 7 November 2020. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
^ "本田圭佑が１試合限定の異例の契約で選手としてピッチに戻る 10カ国目となるブータンの強豪（日刊スポーツ）" [Keisuke Honda returns to the pitch as a player on an unusual one-game contract in Bhutan, his 10th country]. Yahoo!ニュース (in Japanese). 29 July 2024. Archived from the original on 31 July 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
^ "Paro FC lifts the Gold Cup". KuenselOnline. 23 February 2019. Archived from the original on 5 September 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.

External links

Official website

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[bbs-1] Dorji, Passang (7 November 2019). "2-year-old Paro FC are the champions of the Bhutan Premier League 2019". bbs.bt. Bhutan Broadcasting Service. Archived from the original on 23 November 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2020.

[2] "Ugyen Academy and Transport Utd. in Samtse Championship Final". KuenselOnline. 25 January 2019. Archived from the original on 22 July 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.

[3] "Paro FC crowned BOB Premier League 2019 champions". bhutanfootball.org. Bhutan Football Federation. 3 November 2019. Archived from the original on 7 November 2020. Retrieved 8 November 2019.

[4] "本田圭佑が１試合限定の異例の契約で選手としてピッチに戻る 10カ国目となるブータンの強豪（日刊スポーツ）" [Keisuke Honda returns to the pitch as a player on an unusual one-game contract in Bhutan, his 10th country]. Yahoo!ニュース (in Japanese). 29 July 2024. Archived from the original on 31 July 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2024.

[5] "Paro FC lifts the Gold Cup". KuenselOnline. 23 February 2019. Archived from the original on 5 September 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.

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