Paro FC
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| Full name | Paro Football Club | ||
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| Nickname | The Tigers | ||
| Founded | 2018[1] | ||
| Ground | Woochu Sports Arena | ||
| Capacity | 1,000 | ||
| President | Karma Jigme | ||
| Head coach | Oriol Mohedano | ||
| League | Bhutan Premier League | ||
| 2024 | Bhutan Premier League, 1st of 10 (champions) | ||
| Website | parofc | ||
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Paro Football Club is a Bhutanese professional football club based in Paro that competes in the Bhutan Premier League, the top level of Bhutanese football.
History
Paro FC competed in the 2018 Bhutan National League after beating Paro United in the qualifying tournament, and finished the season as runners-up behind Transport United. In 2019, the club reached the semi-finals of the first-ever Samtse Championship.[2] During the same season, Paro won its first national league title by winning the 2019 edition of the Bhutan Premier League.[3]
In August 2024, Paro made headlines by signing Japanese international Keisuke Honda, who joined the club on a one-match contract to play in the AFC Challenge League play-off against Nepalese side Church Boys United.[4]
Honours
- Bhutan Premier League
- Jigme Dorji Wangchuk Memorial Gold Cup
- Winners (1): 2019[5]
Continental record
All results list Paro's goal tally first.
| Season | Competition | Round | Opposition | Home | Away | Aggregate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | AFC Cup | Preliminary round 1 | Sri Lanka Defenders | 2–2 | 3–3 | 5–5 (a) |
| Preliminary round 2 | India Bengaluru | 0–1 | 1–9 | 1–10 | ||
| 2022 | AFC Cup | Preliminary round 1 | Maldives Valencia | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | ||
| 2023–24 | AFC Cup | Preliminary round 1 | Nepal Machhindra | 2–3 | ||
| 2024–25 | AFC Challenge League | Preliminary stage | Nepal Church Boys United | 2–1 | ||
| Group stage | India East Bengal | 2–2 | 3rd of 4 | |||
| Lebanon Nejmeh | 1–2 | |||||
| Bangladesh Bashundhara Kings | 2–1 | |||||
| 2025–26 | AFC Challenge League | Preliminary stage | Afghanistan Abu Muslim | 1–0 | ||
| Group stage | Oman Al-Shabab | 0–1 | ||||
| Turkmenistan Altyn Asyr | 1–3 | |||||
| Kyrgyzstan Abdysh-Ata | ||||||
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