Assam Rifles (football team) explained

Clubname:Assam Rifles
Fullname:Assam Rifles football team
Nickname:The Riflemen
Ground:Various
Owner:Assam Rifles
Mgrtitle:Head coach
Manager:Ningombam Jiten Singh
League:Various
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Assam Rifles football team is a football section which represents the Assam Rifles, one of the paramilitary forces of India. The team often participates in the Durand Cup, Bordoloi Trophy, Independence Day Cup and various other regional football tournaments.[1] [2]

Honours

League

Champions (3): 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11[3]

Runners-up (1): 2011–12

Champions (2): 1999, 2000[4]

Cup

Winners (1): 1964[5]

Runners-up (5): 1960, 1961, 1982, 1987, 2012

Winners (4): 1981, 2010, 2013, 2017[6]

Runners-up (2): 2012, 2022

Winners (3): 1966, 2007, 2008[7]

Winners (1)[8]

Winners (4): 1994, 2000, 2007, 2008[9]

Winners (9): 1950, 1952, 1954, 1957, 1959, 1968, 1969, 1979, 2008

Runners-up (1): 1960

Winners (2): 2014, 2015[12]

Runners-up (2): 1999, 2001

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 130th Durand Cup To Begin On Sept 5, Assam Rifles Football Team To Participate. sentinelassam.com. 28 August 2021. 28 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210828041747/https://www.sentinelassam.com/sports-news/130th-durand-cup-to-begin-on-sept-5-assam-rifles-football-team-to-participate-552175.
  2. Web site: India's football past gasping for survival . 25 March 2018 . hindustantimes.com . . Sarkar . Dhiman . Kolkata . 16 April 2023 . 6 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220106201153/https://www.hindustantimes.com/football/india-s-football-past-gasping-for-survival/story-8cGyA03MIB3ay2LCflkcWJ.html .
  3. Web site: Assam Rifles clinched Assam State Premier League. assamtimes.org. 11 April 2023. 11 April 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230411165324/https://assamtimes.org/node/4542. live.
  4. Web site: List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Assam Club Football Championship:. https://web.archive.org/web/20201026052624/http://www.indianfootball.de/data/afl.html . 2020-10-26 . indianfootball.de. 28 August 2021.
  5. Web site: List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Bordoloi Trophy. https://web.archive.org/web/20201022051613/http://www.indianfootball.de/data/bordoloitrophy.html . 2020-10-22 . 3 December 2016 . indianfootball.de.
  6. Web site: Riflemen lift ID Cup. assamtribune.com. 25 September 2022. 25 September 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220925042525/https://assamtribune.com/riflemen-lift-id-cup. live.
  7. Web site: List of Winners/Runners-Up of the ATPA Shield. https://web.archive.org/web/20201023065152/http://www.indianfootball.de/data/atpashield.html . 2020-10-23 . 3 December 2016 . indianfootball.de.
  8. Web site: Assam Rifles win Bodousa Cup. 27 September 2022. assamtribune.com. 27 September 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220927030301/https://assamtribune.com/assam-rifles-win-bodousa-cup. live.
  9. Web site: List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Amba Medhi Cup:. https://web.archive.org/web/20201023092151/http://www.indianfootball.de/data/ambamedhicup.html . 2020-10-23 . 5 September 2022 . indianfootball.de.
  10. Web site: Roll of Honour at Sir Churachand Singh, KCSI, CBE Memorial Football Tournament — From 1950. e-pao.net. E-Pao News Manipur. 20 December 2015. 29 November 2022. 9 July 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220709223424/http://e-pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=leisure.Sports.61st_CC_Meet_Football_Tournament_2018.Roll_of_Honour_at_Sir_Churachand_Singh_Memorial_Football_Tournament_from_1950.
  11. Web site: Arunava. Chaudhuri. List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Sohanlal Dugar Shield. indianfootball.de. Indian Football Network. 29 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20191202055544/http://www.indianfootball.de/data/shohanlaldugarshield.html. 2 December 2019. dead.
  12. Web site: Assam Rifles win. telegraphindia.com. The Telegraph. Pranab Kumar. Das. 29 September 2015. 6 February 2023. 6 February 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230206203127/https://www.telegraphindia.com/north-east/assam-rifles-win/cid/1396268. live.