Druk Athletic F.C.
| Full name | Druk Athletic Football Club |
|---|---|
| Ground |
Changlimithang Thimpu, Bhutan |
| Capacity | 25,000 |
| Coordinates | 27°28′17.1″N 89°38′27.8″E / 27.471417°N 89.641056°ECoordinates: 27°28′17.1″N 89°38′27.8″E / 27.471417°N 89.641056°E |
| League | Bhutan A-Division |
| 2011 | 6th |
Druk Athletic (also known as Veterans) was a football club from Thimphu, Bhutan, that competed in the A-Division, the highest level of football in Bhutan. They originally competed in the second tier of football, but eventually won promotion to the A-Division, there they remained for a number of seasons, although they almost perennially struggled against relegation, before finally succumbing in 2011.
The first recorded mention of Druk Athletic competing in any level of football in Bhutan was in 2002, when they competed in the B-Division. In the single round-robin group stage they performed disappointingly, winning only one of their games, a 6–0 victory over eventual last place finishers, RC Cables, and did not progress to the knock out stage. The following season was more successful, though sources are confusing. The team lost to RIHS in the knock-out final of the B-Division, but apparently were declared champions and were promoted to the A-Division for the first time.
Insufficient details is present in the surviving records for the 2004 season to show how Druk Athletic performed, though it is known they did not compete the following year, but again, a lack of detail on that season's B-Division means it is not possible to say whether they were relegated in 2004 or simply did not compete. All that can be said is that if they did play in the 2005 B-Division, they did not finish in the top two, as the final was contested by Choden and Rookies.
The next record of the club competing is in 2007. They finished in the top two of the B-Division and entered the promotion / relegation play-offs together with Wolfland from the B-Division and the bottom two teams in that year's A-Division, RIHS and Rigzung. Veterans won all three of their matches and were promoted to the A-Division for the second time in their history.
For their second period in the A-Division, they changed their name from Veterans to Druk Athletic. the team struggled in 2008. Although their final position is not known, they were in second last position at the halfway stage of the season with only two wins from their seven games to that point. Results are incomplete in the records for the remainder of the season, but it is recorded that they suffered heavy defeats, 11–1 against Transport United and 12–0 versus Yeedzin.
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