Druk Pol FC
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| Full name | Druk Pol Football Club |
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| Founded | 1986 (as Royal Bhutan Police) 1996 (as Druk Pol) |
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Changlimithang Thimphu, 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 |
| President | Kipchu Namgay |
| Head Coach | Tshering Chophel |
| League | Bhutan National League |
| 2014 | 4th |
Druk Pol FC is a football club from Thimphu, Bhutan. Until 1996 it was called Royal Bhutan Police FC. Druk Pol FC plays in the A Division and has won more national championships than any other team in Bhutan. The team plays in the Changlimithang Stadium.
Druk Pol took part in the first recorded season of league football in Bhutan in 1986, playing under the name Royal Bhutan Police. The league was played on a single round-robin basis and Druk Pol finished fourth with four wins and two draws from their nine games.
There are no recorded results for any form of competition in Bhutan between 1987 and 1995, so it is not known whether Druk Pol competed at all during that period. However, records indicate that they won the national championship in 1996, though no results exist to provide any further detail, and their championship win should not be confused with the victory by Bhutan Telecom Company IECH FC, who won the 8th Thimphu Championship in the same year.
Druk Pol won the next three titles, becoming the first team recorded in Bhutan to have won three and four titles in a row, and the only team to date to win five titles in a row, although no further details exist regarding these seasons.
2001 marked the formal start of the A-Division. Druk Pol competed in the Thimphu National League, a competition consisting of teams from both Thimphu and Phuentsholing. No details exist relating to this competition, but it is known that it was a qualifying tournament for the A-Division and that Druk Pol, along with Thimphu and Paro qualified. Druk Pol competed in Group A, and qualified for the semi-final stage by beating Paro and drawing with Thimphu. However, in the semi final, they lost 0–1 to Druk Star, with Dorji scroring in the 21st minute. They then lost in the third place match to Thimphu 0–4, with goals from Sonam Jamtsho, Ugyen Dorji, Deo Kumar and Kinlay Dorji.Druk Star won the championship.
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