FC Sorkh Poshan

Football club
Sorkh Poshan
Full nameFootball Club Sorkh Poshan
Founded2014; 10 years ago (2014)
GroundVarious
LeagueAfghanistan Champions League

Football Club Sorkh Poshan (Dari: باشگاه سرخ پوشان, romanized: Bâšgâh-e Sorkh-Poshan, lit.'Red Army or Red Shirts'[1]), also known as Sorkh Poshan Khafi,[2] or Sorkh Poshan Herat, is an Afghan professional football club from Herat that currently plays in the Afghanistan Champions League.

History

The club was established in 2014. In 2021, theu participated in the revamped Afghanistan Champions League.[3][4][5] The league consisted of 12 clubs that were runners up or winners of their provincial leagues, and the matches were held in Kabul, Herat and Balkh provinces.[6] In the inaugural season, the club secured the title.[4]

In the 2022 season,[7] the club came seventh after securing three wins, three draws and four losses out of 11 matches.[1]

Honours

National

  • Afghanistan Champions League
    • Champions: 2021

References

  1. ^ a b "Afghanistan 2022". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
  2. ^ "FC Sorkh Poshan Khafi - Soccer - Team Profile - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
  3. ^ "Afghanistan - List of Champions". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 2024-02-02.
  4. ^ a b "Afghanistan 2021". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
  5. ^ "Football: Helmand's Esmat Laghmani vs. Herat's Sorkh Poshan". TOLOnews. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
  6. ^ "Football: Afghanistan Champions League Kicks Off in Kabul". TOLOnews. Retrieved 2024-02-02.
  7. ^ "Kabul beats Laghman in Afghanistan football champions league". 2021-03-28. Retrieved 2024-02-08.

External links

  • FC Sorkh Poshan on Facebook
  • FC Sorkh Poshan on Instagram
  • FC Sorkh Poshan at Global Sports Archive