The 2021 Nepal Super League was the first season of the Nepal Super League, the first professional franchise based club football league of Nepal. Seven franchises participated in the tournament played at the Dasharath Rangasala from 24 April to 15 May 2021. Kathmandu Rayzrs won the title after beating Dhangadhi FC in the final on 15 May 2021.
Venue All matches were played at the Dasarath Rangasala in Kathmandu.
Kathmandu Dasarath Rangasala Capacity: 15,000
Teams
Personnel and sponsorship TeamHead CoachCaptainMarquee PlayerKit manufacturerShirt sponsorBiratnagar City FC Yan Law Ranjit Dhimal Ranjit DhimalSIX5SIXJanaki Water TankKathmandu Rayzrs FC Bal Gopal Maharjan Bikesh Kuthu Bikesh KuthuAdidasYamaha RayZR 125FILalitpur City FC Raju Tamang Anjan Bista Anjan BistaUmbroChivas RegalFC Chitwan Meghraj K.C. Bharat Khawas Bharat KhawasLi-NingIME GroupPokhara Thunders Nabin Neupane Anil Gurung Nawayug ShresthaAttshHyundaiButwal Lumbini F.C. Sanoj Shrestha Bishal Shrestha Bishal ShresthaKTM CTYeHubDhangadhi FC Yugal Kishor Rai Kiran Chemjong Bishal RaiT10 SportsKia Nepal
Personnel changes TeamOutgoing coachManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming coachDate of appointmentLalitpur City FC Pradip HumagainMutual consent2 May 20216th Raju Tamang (interim)2 May 2021
Foreign players
Each team can recruit three overseas players and field up to two in a match at a time.Nepal Super League franchises unveiled. kathmandupost.com TeamPlayer 1Player 2Player 3 Biratnagar City FC Pedro Manzi Oluwaunmi Somide Ulrich SieweKathmandu Rayzrs FC Messouke Oloumou Stephane Samir Koara Larba Florent Lalitpur City FC Vilim Posinković Nurlan Novruzov Peter SegunFC Chitwan El Sayed Shaaban Ruddy Mbakop Ahmed BogyPokhara Thunders Moussa Abagana Ketcha Yannick Bidias Rim RaphaelButwal Lumbini F.C. William Opoku Armand BeadumDhangadhi FC Afeez Oladipo Ernest Tampi Franklin Kuete Talla
Regular season
League Table
Results
Round robin
Playoffs
Bracket
Preliminary
Final
Season statistics
Scoring
Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Messouke OloumouKathmandu Rayzrs82 Pedro ManziBiratnagar City4 Afeez OladipoDhangadhi3 Stéphane BinongKathmandu Rayzrs3 Santosh TamangBiratnagar City Anjan BistaLalitpur City4 Oluwaunmi SomideBiratnagar City 2 Laxman RuchalButwal Lumbini F.C. Nawayug ShresthaPokhara Thunders Nurlan NovruzovLalitpur City
Hat-tricks PlayerForAgainstResultDate Messouke OloumouKathmandu RayzrsBiratnagar City5–46 May 2021
Clean sheets RankPlayerClubCleansheets1 Bikesh KuthuKathmandu Rayzrs52 Arpan KarkiLalitpur City43 Deep KarkiPokhara Thunders3 Kiran ChemjongDhangadhi 4 Kishor GiriBiratnagar City 2 Bishal ShresthaButwal Lumbini F.C.
Awards
End-of-season awards AwardWinnerClubGoalkeeper Kiran ChemjongDhangadhi F.C.Defender Dinesh RajbanshiDhangadhi F.C.Midfielder Messouke OloumouKathmandu RayzrsForward Anjan BistaLalitpur CityHead coach Bal Gopal MaharjanKathmandu RayzrsEmerging Player Biswash ShresthaKathmandu RayzrsFair PlayButwal Lumbini F.C.
References
External links Nepal Super League 2021