Clubname: | Samtse |
Fullname: | Samtse Football Club |
Founded: | 2023 (refounded) |
Ground: | Samtse Dzongkhag Ground |
Capacity: | 2,000 |
Mgrtitle: | Head coach |
Manager: | Raj Kumar Gurung |
League: | Samtse District League Bhutan Premier League Qualifiers |
Samtse Football Club is a professional football club from Samtse, Bhutan,[1] based at the Samtse Dzongkhag Ground. They finished last in the inaugural season of Bhutan National League.[2]
A team named Samtse competed in the 2001 season of the A-Division, where they finished in second place, qualifying from their group stage section, but losing 3–0 to Druk Star in the final.[3] It is unclear whether this is the same team however, as the Bhutan Football Federation website states that the club were founded in 2012.[4] There is no record of a team from Samtse competing in the A-Division again, so presumably the two teams are separate and are merely representative teams from Samtse.[5]
The team competed in the inaugural season of the Bhutan National League, representing Samtse District.[6] Their first season of competition was not a successful one, as they lost all ten of their games, and finished bottom of the league, with a −31 goal difference. Even though there was no relegation from the National League, they did not return to competition the following season.[7]