BCH Lions explained

Clubname:BCH Lions
БИ СИ ЭЙЧ ЛИОНС
Fullname:BCH Lions Football Club
Nickname:the lions
Capacity:5,000
Manager:Badarch Chin-Orgil[1]
League:Mongolian National Premier League
Season:2022–23
Position:10th of 10
Website:https://www.bchlions.com/?

BCH Lions (Mongolian: БИ СИ ЭЙЧ ЛИОНС) is a Mongolian professional association football club that competes in the Mongolian Premier League. The current manager is Badarch Chin-Orgil.[1]

History

BCH Lions was founded in 2018 as it broke away from Premier League club Selenge Press FC under the guidance of former Selenge Press coach Badarch Chin-Orgil. The following year, the team won the National Amateur Cup.[2] [3]

As a result of its Amateur Cup title, the team competed in the inaugural season of the Mongolia 2nd League later in 2019. The season ended with the club earning the championship and promotion to the Mongolia 1st League in 2020.[4] At the end of the season, BCH Lions players were named the league's best defender (Sasaki Mizuho), goalkeeper (Nakane Hiroki), and midfielder (B. Itgel).[1]

During its first season in the second division, the club earned a third-straight championship and promotion.[2] Lions striker Batkhüyag Munkh-Erdene won the Golden Boot that season with 32 goals and his bicycle kick goal against Khoromkhon earned international attention from Portugal's Desporto ao Minuto.[5]

The club competed in the Mongolian Premier League for the first time in 2021.[2] [6] They avoided relegation in their first season, finishing in 8th position.[7] First-year BCH striker Tetsuaki Misawa won the league Golden Boot award as top goal scorer that season with seventeen goals and five assists in sixteen appearances.[8]

Domestic history

Key
SeasonLeagueDomestic CupNotes
Div.Pos.Pl.WDLP
20194th761019Promoted to Mongolia 2nd League
2019[9] 3rd861119QuarterfinalsPromoted to Mongolia 1st League
2020[10] 2nd18133242Not held
20211st8th18521117Not held
2021/22[11] 10th18241211Not held
2022/23[12] 9th24212173rd Round Relegated to Mongolia 1st League
2023/242nd

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: "Би Си Эйч Лионс" болон "Хараацай" клуб нэгдүгээр лигт хүч үзэх эрх авлаа . MNB . 22 October 2020 . Mongolian . 26 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201026031635/http://www.mnb.mn/i/181781 . live .
  2. Web site: Grimm . Justin . BCH Lions Win First League, Earn Promotion (Again) . 22 October 2020 . Mongolian Football Central . 22 October 2020 . 1 November 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201101010415/https://www.mongolianfootball.com/single-post/bch-lions-win-first-league-earn-promotion-again . live .
  3. Web site: Grimm . Justin . Club Spotlight: BCH Lions . 24 October 2020 . Mongolian Football Central . 24 October 2020 . 27 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201027233500/https://www.mongolianfootball.com/single-post/club-spotlight-bch-lions . live .
  4. Web site: Grimm . Justin . BCH Lions Win 2019 2nd League, Earn Inaugural Title . 4 August 2019 . Mongolian Football Central . 22 October 2020 . 30 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201030154919/https://www.mongolianfootball.com/single-post/2019/08/04/bch-lions-win-2019-2nd-league . live .
  5. Web site: Da Mongólia chega-nos um pontapé de bicicleta... à Cristiano Ronaldo . 16 August 2020 . Desporto ao Minuto . 22 October 2020 . Portuguese . 16 August 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200816085210/https://www.noticiasaominuto.com/desporto/1565288/da-mongolia-chega-nos-um-pontape-de-bicicleta-a-cristiano-ronaldo . live .
  6. Web site: BCH Lions FC advances to Major League . The Ulaanbaatar Post . 23 October 2020 . 18 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230918162335/https://www.pressreader.com/mongolia/the-ub-post/20201021/281659667518478 . live .
  7. Web site: Stokkermans . Karel . Mongolia 2021 . . 13 October 2021 . 10 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220710161502/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/mong2021.html . live .
  8. Web site: Tetsuaki Misawa: Who is 2021's Surprise Scoring Champion? . 10 October 2021 . Mongolian Football Central . 13 October 2021 . 1 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221201182753/https://www.mongolianfootball.com/single-post/tetsuaki-misawa-who-is-2021-s-surprise-scoring-champion . live .
  9. Web site: Stokkermans. Karel. Mongolia 2019. RSSSF. 28 November 2017. 24 July 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220724103423/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/mong2019.html. live.
  10. Web site: Stokkermans . Karel . Mongolia 2020 . . 7 April 2019 . 15 February 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230215212906/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/mong2020.html . live .
  11. Web site: Grimm . Justin . Stokkermans . Karel . Mongolia 2021/22 . . 11 July 2022 . 10 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220710161500/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/mong2022.html . live .
  12. Web site: Stokkermans . Karel . Mongolia 2022/23 . . 16 October 2022 . 16 October 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221016195607/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/mong2023.html . live .