Druk United F.C.
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| Full name | Druk United Football Club |
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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 National League |
| 2014 | 1st |
Druk United is a football club from Bhutan, based at Changlimithang, who play in the Bhutan A-Division, formerly the top level of football in Bhutan, but since replaced by a full national league for which the A-Division acts as a qualifying tournament. They are the current A-Division title holders.
Druk United's first recorded instance of participating in football in the Bhutanese pyramid, was during the 2002 season, when they competed in the B-Division. With four wins and one loss from their five games in the group stage, they topped the group, finishing two points ahead of second place team, Sharks FC. The lost 1–0 to eventual runners-up Yeedzin, but won the third place playoff to finish third overall.
This third-place position was evidently enough to secure promotion to the top division of football in Bhutan for the first time. However, they finished ninth and last in the 2003 season, with only a single point. They lost 6–0 to Transport United, 6–1 to Ranjung United, 5–2 to Dzongric, 7–3 to Rigzung and 2–1 to Druk Star. Additionally they lost to Royal Bhutan Army and gained their only point either against Yeedzin or eventual winners Druk Pol. They were relegated at the end of the season.
It is not known whether they competed again between 2004 and 2012, and there is no record of them competing in any future season of the A-Division for which records exist.
In 2012, they were runners up in the B-Division Championship, losing to Druk Star 5–1 in the final at Changjiji football field. However, they were promoted to the 2013 A-Division, along with Druk Star where they finished fifth out of six, with two wins and six losses from their eight games, including a 10–2 defeat to Yeedzin, their only victories coming from a 3–1 win over Dzongric and a 2–0 defeat of Druk Star. Together with Druk Star they competed in the relegation play offs together with the top two teams from the B-Division for that season: Motithang and BMW. Full results for the play offs are not known, but it is known that Druk United won the first of their matches, defeating Druk Star 4–3.
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