| Clubname | Paro |
|---|---|
| Fullname | Paro Football Club |
| Founded | 2018 (age 8)[1] |
| Ground | Woochu Sports Arena |
| Capacity | 1,000 |
| Chrtitle | President |
| Chairman | Karma Jigme |
| Mgrtitle | Head coach |
| Manager | Puspalal Sharma |
| League | Bhutan Premier League |
| Season | 2025 |
| Position | Bhutan Premier League, 1st of 10 (champions) |
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| Body 1 | FF0000 |
| Rightarm 1 | FF0000 |
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| Socks 1 | FF0000 |
| Leftarm 2 | FFDD00 |
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| Website | parofc.com |
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]
Current squad
Honours
- Bhutan Premier League
- Jigme Dorji Wangchuk Memorial Gold Cup
- Winners (1): 2019[6]
Continental record
All results list Paro's goal tally first.
| Season | Competition | Round | Opposition | Home | Away | Aggregate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | AFC Cup | Preliminary round 1 | Defenders | 2–2 | 3–3 | 5–5 (a) |
| Preliminary round 2 | Bengaluru | 0–1 | 1–9 | 1–10 | ||
| 2022 | AFC Cup | Preliminary round 1 | Valencia | 1–2 | ||
| 2023–24 | AFC Cup | Preliminary round 1 | Machhindra | 2–3 | ||
| 2024–25 | AFC Challenge League | Preliminary stage | Church Boys United | 2–1 | ||
| Group stage | East Bengal | 2–2 | 3rd of 4 | |||
| Nejmeh | 1–2 | |||||
| Bashundhara Kings | 2–1 | |||||
| 2025–26 | AFC Challenge League | Preliminary stage | Abu Muslim | 1–0 | ||
| Group stage | Al-Shabab | 0–1 | 4th of 4 | |||
| Altyn Asyr | 1–3 | |||||
| Abdysh-Ata | 3–3 | |||||
References
- ^ Dorji, Passang (7 November 2019). "2-year-old Paro FC are the champions of the Bhutan Premier League 2019". bbs.bt. Bhutan Broadcasting Service. Archived 23 November 2019 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
- ^ "Ugyen Academy and Transport Utd. in Samtse Championship Final". KuenselOnline. 25 January 2019. Archived 22 July 2019 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
- ^ "Paro FC crowned BOB Premier League 2019 champions". bhutanfootball.org. Bhutan Football Federation. 3 November 2019. Archived 7 November 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
- ^ "本田圭佑が１試合限定の異例の契約で選手としてピッチに戻る 10カ国目となるブータンの強豪（日刊スポーツ）" [Keisuke Honda returns to the pitch as a player on an unusual one-game contract in Bhutan, his 10th country] (in Japanese). Yahoo!ニュース. 29 July 2024. Archived from the original on 31 July 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
- ^ "Players – The Squads – Men's". parofc.com. Paro FC. Retrieved 28 May 2026.
- ^ "Paro FC lifts the Gold Cup". KuenselOnline. 23 February 2019. Archived 5 September 2019 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 22 July 2019.