Deren FC is a professional football club based in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. The club was founded in 2008 and currently plays in the Mongolian Premier League, making their debut appearance in the 2015 season.Stokkermans, Karel (2021): Mongolia 2015. Under participation of Justin Grimm & Martin Arenlind. In: Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation, last updated 16.06.2021. Online under https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/mong2015.html, last checked on 23.10.2024.
The club was originally established as a youth academy. The decision to participate in the professional competition was made to provide the youth players with the opportunity to represent the Mongolian national team.
This local focus has been maintained to this day and has earned the club the reputation of being "The Nationals' Team" ("Монголын баг").Munkhbaatar, Iveel (15.09.2024): Walter Leonhardt: If you come, we're sure to win. In: The UB Post, 15.09.2024. Online under Walter Leonhardt: If you come, we're sure to win, last checked on 22.10.2024. Their women's team plays in the Women's National Football League.
Deren FC is often organizing the DEREN CUP two times a year, where are participating many young teams from many different parts of the world: China, Russia and Europe. The tournament is considered very important especially for teams under 7, under 8, under 9 , under 10, under 11 and under 12.
Deren FC is considered one of the best teams in terms of coaching for young players and english is spoken too.
The team is giving the backbone to the Mongolian National Team.
Deren FC ha s recently opened the DEREN ACADEMY that is situated at 65km from Ulan Bator, where the young players can study and can play and training football in the afternoon.
History Domestic history
Season League Domestic Cup Top goalscorer Managers Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Name League20151st7th16231124569-Vojislav Bralušić20161st5th18819282725RUVojislav Bralušić20171st4th18927181529SFVojislav Bralušić20181st5th188 73411531R16Vojislav Bralušić20191st5th2210 57412835QFPaulo Jorge Silva20201st6th1810 35402133CancelledPaulo Jorge Silva20211st2nd1811 25321935CancelledPaulo Jorge Silva2021–221st4th1810 26422632CancelledMunkhbat Purevdorj (Jun 21 - Nov 21) / Marek Fabula (Feb 22)2022–231st2nd2415 36762948SFMarek Fabula (Feb 22 - Dec 22) / Munkhbat Chimedorj (Dec 22)2023–241st3rd2715 66803251SFMunkhbat Chimedorj (Dec 22 - Dec 23 / Pedro Portela Pinto de Miranda (Jan 24)2024–251st4th2715 578330502025–261st3rd2314 36682545
Stadium The club currently plays its home matches at the MFF Football Centre in Ulaanbaatar. The stadium, which opened in 2006, was renovated in 2013 by Deren FC's parent company, Deren Naran LLC, in collaboration with a Dutch partner, and now has a capacity of 5,000 spectators.Myadagbadam, J. (2013): Хөлбөмбөгийн шинэ цэнгэлдэх хүрээлэн нээлтээ хийнэ. In: Mongolian National Broadcaster (MNB), 10.10.2013. Online under Archivierte Seite auf mnb.mn, last checked on 22.10.2024.
Honours Mongolian Premier League: Runner-up 2021, 2022–23 Mongolian Super Cup: 2022Grimm, Justin (2022): Deren FC Wins Super Cup 2022. In: Mongolian Football Central, 11.03.2022. Online under https://www.mongolianfootball.com/single-post/deren-fc-wins-super-cup-2022, last checked on 23.10.2024.
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