Sankata Football Club, commonly known as Sankata FC, is a Nepalese professional football club based in Kathmandu, that competes in the Martyr's Memorial A-Division League. Named after Sankata Temple at Te Bahal, the club has won the national championship three times, most recently in 1985.
History Sankata was a successful club in the 1980s, winning the national championship in 1980, 1983 and 1985. After a string of poor performances and winning just five games out of 22 in the A-Division League 2010, the club was relegated to the Martyr's Memorial B-Division League after 37 years. However, they won the 2011 Martyr's Memorial B-Division League and has since been playing in Nepal's highest league. The club was runner-up in the 2018–19 Martyr's Memorial A-Division League, making it the best season since the 1980s, in what The Kathmandu Post called a "stunning" performance.
Honours Martyr's Memorial A-Division League Winners: 1980, 1983, 1985 Martyr's Memorial B-Division League Winners: 1958, 2011 Tribhuvan Challenge Shield Winners: 1979 Simara Gold Cup Winners: 2073, 2078 Rhino Gold Cup Winners: 2074 Budha Subba Gold Cup Runners-up: 2017 Aaha! Gold Cup Winners: 2077, 2079 Birat Gold Cup Winners: 2021 ANFA Cup Runners-up: 2014 CEM Gold Cup Runners-up (1): 2014
League finishes ChampionsRunners-upThird placePromotedRelegated SeasonLeaguePosition2000A-Division9th2003-046th20048th2005–20068th2006–20079th201012th2011B-Division1st2012National League B-Division3rd2012–13A-Division11th2013–145th2015National LeagueDNP2018–19A-Division2nd2019–207th2021–227th20239th
Under-18 Performance record Performance of Sankata BSC U-18 in ANFA Youth LeaguesYearTournamentFinal Position2024U-18 ANFA Youth League3rd Under-16 Performance record Performance of Sankata BSC U-16 in ANFA Youth LeaguesYearTournamentFinal Position2023U-16 ANFA Youth League3rd20254th
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