Border Security Force Sporting Club
{{Short description|Indian association football club}}
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| ground = Guru Gobind Singh Stadium
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| owner = Border Security Force
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Border Security Force Sporting Club is an Indian multi-sports club best known for its football team. The club is based in Jalandhar, Punjab, and currently competing in the Punjab State Super Football League.{{cite web|title=28th JCT Punjab State Super Football League starts today |url=http://www.msrsportsnews.com/viewnews?newsId=3035 |website=MSR Sports News |access-date=31 October 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141101033931/http://www.msrsportsnews.com/viewnews?newsId=3035 |archive-date=1 November 2014 |df=dmy }}{{cite tweet|number=1046003829039353856|user=minervapunjabfc|title=A quick look at the latest #PunjabFootballLeague table π #chakdephatte|date=29 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203043137/https://twitter.com/minervapunjabfc/status/1046003829039353856|archive-date=3 December 2021|access-date=3 December 2021}}{{cite web|title=28th Punjab State Super Football League β Legend Inder Singh to kick-off|url=http://www.kolkatafootball.com/punjab_football_league_2014-15/#horizontalTab2|website=kolkatafootball.com|publisher=Kolkata Football|date=23 August 2014|access-date=31 October 2014|archive-date=1 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141101022001/http://www.kolkatafootball.com/punjab_football_league_2014-15/#horizontalTab2}} They are one of the dominating teams in Durand Cup and Independence Day Cup of Assam.{{Cite web |title=India's football past gasping for survival |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/football/india-s-football-past-gasping-for-survival/story-8cGyA03MIB3ay2LCflkcWJ.html |date=25 March 2018 |website=hindustantimes.com |publisher=Hindustan Times |last=Sarkar |first=Dhiman |location=Kolkata |access-date=16 April 2023 |archive-date=6 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220106201153/https://www.hindustantimes.com/football/india-s-football-past-gasping-for-survival/story-8cGyA03MIB3ay2LCflkcWJ.html }}
BSF's corporate team competed in All India Public Sector tournament.{{cite web|title=Departments' League β A solution to many problems|url=https://englisharchives.mathrubhumi.com/sports/features/english-news-1.916067|website=englisharchives.mathrubhumi.com|publisher=Mathrubhumi|location=Kochi|date=8 March 2016|first=M. M. Jafar|last=Khan|access-date=28 November 2022|archive-date=4 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230804042211/https://englisharchives.mathrubhumi.com/sports/features/english-news-1.916067}}
History
The team is well known for winning the prestigious Durand Cup on seven occasions during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s.{{cite web|title=Durand Cup|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/indiadurandcuphist.html|website=RSSSF|access-date=2 November 2014|archive-date=29 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140729142839/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/indiadurandcuphist.html|url-status=live}} Legendary player Sukhwinder Singh represented the club from 1974 to 1978.{{cite web|url=http://www.jctfootball.com/team/playersProfile.aspx?ProfileCategoryID=11&ProfileID=6&FirstName=Sukhvinder&DateOfBirth=07-06-1949&OrderNumber=11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919070148/http://www.jctfootball.com/team/playersProfile.aspx?ProfileCategoryID=11&ProfileID=6&FirstName=Sukhvinder&DateOfBirth=07-06-1949&OrderNumber=11|title=Squad Management: Sukhwinder Singh|website=JCT Official Website|access-date=28 October 2022|archive-date=19 September 2020}} In June 1970, the All Nepal Football Association organized a tournament to celebrate the 50th birth anniversary of King Mahendra, where the team ultimately lost 2β0 to the East Pakistan football team in the title-deciding game, which was held in a round-robin league format. They later tied the second-place game with Mahabir Club, finishing as joint runners-up.{{Cite web |title=Pakistan Observer, 1970.06.21 β South Asian Newspapers |url=https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/san/newspapers/paob19700621-01.1.10 |access-date=2025-03-31|website=gpa.eastview.com|archive-date=2025-03-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250331102427/https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/san/?a=d&d=paob19700621-01.1.10|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |title=Pakistan Observer, 1970.06.23 β South Asian Newspapers |url=https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/san/newspapers/paob19700623-01.1.8|access-date=2025-03-31|website=gpa.eastview.com|archive-date=2025-03-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250331102918/https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/san/?a=d&d=paob19700623-01.1.8|url-status=live}}{{Cite book |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Pakistan_Year_Book/aX4KAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22Maula+Bux+scored+a+hat+-+trick%22&dq=%22Maula+Bux+scored+a+hat+-+trick%22&printsec=frontcover |title=Pakistan Year Book |date=1971 |pages=79 |language=en}}
File:The Indian Army Chief, Gen. Deepak Kapur with the football team players of Salgaocar SC and BSF, at the inauguration of 121st OSIANβS Durand Football Tournament-2008, in New Delhi on August 21, 2008.jpg at the Ambedkar Stadium in 2008.|left]]
The team also spent one season in the old National Football League during the 1999β2000 season. They were relegated after finishing in 11th place.{{cite web|title=NFL 1999β2000|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/india00.html|website=RSSSF|access-date=2 November 2014|archive-date=22 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022023658/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/india00.html#nfl1|url-status=live}}
Rivalries
As one of the renowned clubs from the state of Punjab, Border Security Force nurtured rivalries with numerous local sides including Leaders Club, Punjab Police, JCT Mills, in the state leagues.{{cite web|url=http://www.punjab.football/about.php|title=Football in Punjab|website=punjab.football/about.php|publisher=Punjab Football Association|access-date=16 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822202300/http://www.punjab.football/about.php|archive-date=22 August 2017|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|author=Manashi Pathak|date=22 June 2018|url=https://www.goal.com/en-in/news/punjab-football-league-structure-india/2ynwa3eqpmiz19u1zz0f8zm83|title=All you need to know about the football league structure in Punjab|website=Goal.com|access-date=16 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705105202/https://www.goal.com/en-in/news/punjab-football-league-structure-india/2ynwa3eqpmiz19u1zz0f8zm83|archive-date=5 July 2018|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|first=J. S.|last=Gandam|url=http://www.jctfootball.com/news/newsFeatures.aspx|title=The game hooks Phagwara youth, JCT a Mecca for players|website=www.jctfootball.com|publisher=JCT Mills FC|access-date=7 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211116082734/http://www.jctfootball.com/news/newsFeatures.aspx|archive-date=16 November 2021}}{{cite web|title=28th JCT Punjab State Super Football League starts today|url=http://www.msrsportsnews.com/viewnews?newsId=3035|website=mrssportsnews.com|publisher=MSR Sports News|date=25 August 2014|access-date=31 October 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141101033931/http://www.msrsportsnews.com/viewnews?newsId=3035|archive-date=1 November 2014|df=dmy}}
Ownership
{{Main|Border Security Force}}
Honours
=League=
- National Football League II
- Champions (1): 1998β99{{cite web |title=National Football League Second Division |author=Arunava Choudhary |url=http://www.indianfootball.de/data/nfl2.html |website=indianfootball.de |access-date=16 July 2021 |archive-date=26 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026081440/http://www.indianfootball.de/data/nfl2.html |url-status=dead }}
- Punjab State Super Football League{{Cite web|last=Chaudhuri|first=Arunava|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/data/pfl.html|title=List of Champions of the Punjab Football League|website=indianfootball.de|publisher=Indian Football Network|date=2008|access-date=2 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180503074229/http://www.indianfootball.de/data/pfl.html|archive-date=3 May 2018|url-status=dead}}
- Champions (5): 1985β86, 1988, 2000β01, 2008, 2021β22
- Runners-up (6): 1990β91, 1994β95, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006
=Cup=
- Durand Cup{{Cite web|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/data/durandcup.html|title=List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Durand Cup|access-date=22 February 2021|first=Arunava|last=Chaudhuri|website=Indianfootball.de|archive-date=27 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200627235237/http://www.indianfootball.de/data/durandcup.html|url-status=dead}}[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/indiadurandcuphist.html List of Durand Cup tournament winners and runner-ups] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140729142839/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/indiadurandcuphist.html |date=29 July 2014}}. rsssf.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
- Champions (7): 1968β69, 1971β72, 1973β74, 1975β76, 1976, 1981, 1988
- Federation Cup{{cite web|title=List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Federation Cup|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/data/fedcup.html|access-date=24 March 2017|publisher=IndianFootball.de|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315003131/http://www.indianfootball.de/data/fedcup.html|archive-date=15 March 2016|url-status=live}}
- Champions (1): 1979β80
- Runners-up (1): 1988β89
- Punjab State Senior Championship{{Cite web|last=Chaudhuri|first=Arunava|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/data/psdc.html|title=List of Champions of the Punjab State Senior Football Championships|website=indianfootball.de|publisher=Indian Football Network|date=2008|access-date=2 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180903180239/http://www.indianfootball.de/data/psdc.html|archive-date=3 September 2018|url-status=dead}}
- Champions (2): 1978β79, 1983β84
- Runners-up (4): 1977, 1981, 1982, 1989
- Sait Nagjee Football Tournament
- Champions (1): 1970{{cite web|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/data/saitnagjeetrophy.html|title=List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Sait Nagjee Trophy|first=Arunava|last=Chaudhuri|website=www.indianfootball.de|access-date=7 September 2015|archive-date=28 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928211306/http://www.indianfootball.de/data/saitnagjeetrophy.html|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|title=Sait Nagjee Trophy|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nagjee.html|access-date=2021-12-16|website=RSSSF|archive-date=16 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220416054535/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesn/nagjee.html}}
- King Mahendra Cup
- Runners-up (1): 1970
- All Airlines Gold Cup
- Champions (3): 1994, 1997, 1998β99{{Cite web|author=Arunava Chaudhary|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/data/airlinesgoldcup.html|title=List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Airlines Gold Cup|website=Indianfootball.de|publisher=Indian Football Network|access-date=2 March 2021|archive-date=24 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024223328/http://www.indianfootball.de/data/airlinesgoldcup.html|url-status=live}}
- Sikkim Governor's Gold Cup
- Champions (3): 2002, 2005, 2012{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/india-sikkimgoldcuphist.html|title=India β List of All India Governor's Gold Cup Winners (Sikkim)|website=Rsssf.com|access-date=13 March 2021|archive-date=7 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507053015/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/india-sikkimgoldcuphist.html}}{{cite web|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/data/sikkimgoldcup.html|title=List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Sikkim Governor's Gold Cup|website=indianfootball.de|publisher=Indian Football Network|access-date=16 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006211012/http://www.indianfootball.de/data/sikkimgoldcup.html|archive-date=6 October 2021|url-status=dead|author=Arunava Chaudhuri}}
- All India Independence Day Cup
- Champions (6): 1993, 1998, 1999, 2006, 2008β09, 2018
- Runners-up (3): 2007, 2016, 2019{{cite web|title=Gokulam Kerala lift 71st Independence Day Cup|url=http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=oct2419/sports052|website=assamtribune.com|publisher=Assam Tribune|access-date=23 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191024125019/https://assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=oct2419/sports052|archive-date=24 October 2019}}
- Gurdarshan Memorial Cup
- Champions (4): 1986, 1994, 1998, 1981, 2005{{cite web|author=Arunava Chaudhuri|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/data/gurdarshancup.html|title=List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Gurdarshan Memorial Football Tournament: Punjab|website=indianfootbal.de|publisher=Indian Football Network|access-date=16 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023054252/http://www.indianfootball.de/data/gurdarshancup.html|archive-date=23 October 2020|url-status=dead}}
- B. N. Mullick Police Cup{{Cite web|last=Chaudhuri|first=Arunava|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/data/policecup.html|title=List of Winners/Runners-Up of the B. N. Mullick Police Cup|website=indianfootball.de|publisher=Indian Football Network|date=2008|access-date=2 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180503074539/http://www.indianfootball.de/data/policecup.html|archive-date=3 May 2018|url-status=dead}}
- Champions (5): 2001, 2002, 2003β04, 2004β05, 2008
- Runners-up (1): 1998
- Mammen Mappillai Trophy
- Champions (1): 1976 {{small|(co-winners)}}{{cite web|first=Arunava|last=Chaudhuri|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/data/mammenmappillaitrophy.html|title=List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Mammen Mappillai Trophy: Kottayam, Kerala|website=indianfootball.de|access-date=29 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022073024/http://www.indianfootball.de/data/mammenmappillaitrophy.html|archive-date=22 October 2020|url-status=dead}}
- Churachand Singh Trophy
- Champions (1): 1985{{cite web|title=Roll of Honour at Sir Churachand Singh, KCSI, CBE Memorial Football Tournament β From 1950|url=https://e-pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=leisure.Sports.61st_CC_Meet_Football_Tournament_2018.Roll_of_Honour_at_Sir_Churachand_Singh_Memorial_Football_Tournament_from_1950|website=e-pao.net|publisher=E-Pao News Manipur|date=20 December 2015|access-date=29 November 2022|archive-date=9 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709223424/http://e-pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=leisure.Sports.61st_CC_Meet_Football_Tournament_2018.Roll_of_Honour_at_Sir_Churachand_Singh_Memorial_Football_Tournament_from_1950}}
- Darjeeling Gold Cup
- Champions (1): 1980{{cite web|url=https://www.kolkatafootball.com/darjeeling_gold_cup2014/index.html|title=14th All India Darjeeling Gold Cup: PREVIOUS WINNERS|website=kolkatafootball.com|publisher=Kolkata Football|access-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210713084014/https://www.kolkatafootball.com/darjeeling_gold_cup2014/index.html|archive-date=13 July 2021}}
- Mohan Kumar Mangalam Football Tournament{{cite web|url=https://udaipurtimes.com/sports/DFA-Udaipur-team-in-final-of-MKM-Football-2023/cid9845573.htm|title=DFA Udaipur enter finals of the MKM National Football Tournament for the first time in 43 years|date=29 January 2023|access-date=28 February 2023|website=udaipurtimes.com|publisher=Udaipur Times|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129144906/https://udaipurtimes.com/sports/DFA-Udaipur-team-in-final-of-MKM-Football-2023/cid9845573.htm|archive-date=29 January 2023}}
- Champions (6): 1993, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2004
- Runners-up (1): 1999
- Shaheed-e-Azam Sardar Bhagat Singh Memorial Trophy
- Champions (3): 2003, 2004, 2005{{cite web|date=2008|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/data/seasbsinghtrophy.html|title=List of Shaheed-e-Azam Sardar Bhagat Singh Memorial Trophy winners and Runner-ups|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802071549/http://www.indianfootball.de/data/seasbsinghtrophy.html|archive-date=2 August 2020|website=IndianFootball.de|publisher=Indian Football Network|access-date=11 May 2021|first=Arunava|last=Chaudhuri}}{{Cite web|first=Arunava|last=Chaudhuri|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/seasons/2005-06s.html|title=2005/06 Season in Indian Football:|website=indianfootball.de|access-date=2 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109192919/http://www.indianfootball.de/seasons/2005-06s.html|archive-date=9 January 2021|publisher=Indian Football Network|url-status=dead}}
- Runners-up (1): 2001
- Guru Gobind Singh Trophy
- Champions (1): 2005{{Cite web|first=Arunava|last=Chaudhuri|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/data/ggsinghtrophy.html|title=List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Sri Guru Gobind Singh Trophy|website=indianfootball.de|access-date=23 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023211800/http://www.indianfootball.de/data/ggsinghtrophy.html|archive-date=23 October 2020|url-status=dead}}
- Bandodkar Gold Trophy
- Runners-up (1): 1986{{cite web|first=Arunava|last=Chaudhuri|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/data/bandodkartrophy.html|title=List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Bandodkar Gold Trophy: Goa|website=indianfootball.de|publisher=Indian Football Network|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023211801/http://www.indianfootball.de/data/bandodkartrophy.html|access-date=23 July 2021|archive-date=23 October 2020|url-status=dead}}
- Delhi Lt. Governor's Cup
- Runners-up (1): 2004{{Cite web|last=Chaudhuri|first=Arunava|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/data/ltgovernorscup.html|title=List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Delhi Lt. Governor's Cup|website=indianfootball.de|publisher=Indian Football Network|date=2008|access-date=2 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180903180048/http://www.indianfootball.de/data/ltgovernorscup.html|archive-date=3 September 2018|url-status=dead}}
- Steel Express Cup
- Runners-up (1): 2018{{cite web|url=https://www.arunfoot.com/mohammedan-sporting-win-steel-express-cup-crown/|title=Mohammedan Sporting win Steel Express Cup crown!|date=28 February 2018|website=arunfoot.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240102172906/https://www.arunfoot.com/mohammedan-sporting-win-steel-express-cup-crown/|archive-date=2 January 2024|access-date=30 December 2023}}
Other departments
=Field hockey=
Border Security Force has a field hockey team{{cite web|title=Big-Time Domestic Hockey Returns with Surjit Hockey Tourney|url=https://hockeypassion.in/indian-domestic-hockey-buzz/big-time-domestic-hockey-returns-with-surjit-hockey-tourney/|location=Kolkata|website=hockeypassion.in|date=20 October 2021 |publisher=Hockey Passion|access-date=17 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221019035718/https://hockeypassion.in/indian-domestic-hockey-buzz/big-time-domestic-hockey-returns-with-surjit-hockey-tourney/|archive-date=19 October 2022}} that participated in Beighton Cup, one of the oldest field hockey tournaments in the world.{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/psb-lifts-beighton-cup/article18427660.ece|title=PSB lifts Beighton Cup|access-date=2007-04-13|work=The Hindu|date=11 April 2006|archive-date=1 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221001161902/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/psb-lifts-beighton-cup/article18427660.ece}}{{cite news
|url = http://www.hindu.com/2007/04/11/stories/2007041103051900.htm
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|url-status = dead
|archive-date = 2007-10-01
|title = Indian Airlines lift Beighton Cup
|access-date = 2007-04-13
|location=Chennai, India
|work = The Hindu
|date=2007-04-11
}} They also appeared in Bombay Gold Cup.{{cite web |title=Indian hockey: The curious case of the Bombay Gold Cup |url=https://www.livemint.com/Sundayapp/Z5A20XtmrZ2hnAprgJocvI/Indian-hockey-The-curious-case-of-the-Bombay-Gold-Cup.html |date=19 December 2015 |last=D'Souza |first=Dilip |publisher=LiveMint |access-date=17 October 2022 |archive-date=25 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925142556/https://www.livemint.com/Sundayapp/Z5A20XtmrZ2hnAprgJocvI/Indian-hockey-The-curious-case-of-the-Bombay-Gold-Cup.html }}
Honours
- Beighton Cup{{Cite web|title=Teams with Most Wins in Prestigious Beighton Cup|url=https://hockeypassion.in/hockey-perspectives/teams-with-most-wins-in-prestigious-beighton-cup/|date=2 November 2022|access-date=3 November 2022|publisher=Hockey Passion|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221102200248/https://hockeypassion.in/hockey-perspectives/teams-with-most-wins-in-prestigious-beighton-cup/|archive-date=2 November 2022|website=hockeypassion.in}}{{cite web|title=BEIGHTON CUP WINNERS AND RUNNERS-UP (1895β2019)|url=https://www.hockeybengal.org/winners-and-runner-up-details|location=Kolkata|website=www.hockeybengal.org|publisher=Hockey Bengal|access-date=5 July 2022|archive-date=23 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220423035958/https://www.hockeybengal.org/winners-and-runner-up-details}}
- Champions (5): 1971, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2005
- Runners-up (4): 1997, 2001, 2006, 2007
- Bombay Gold Cup{{cite web|title=Bombay Gold Cup: BOMBAY GOLD CUP HOCKEY TOURNAMENT {{!}} GURU TEGH BAHADUR GOLD CUP HOCKEY TOURNAMENT|url=http://www.mumbaihockey.org/bombay-gold-cup.html#:~:text=Morarji%20Desai%20who%20was%20the,will%20be%20played%20under%20floodlight..|access-date=18 October 2022|website=www.mumbaihockey.org|publisher=The Mumbai Hockey Association|archive-date=11 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411223120/http://mumbaihockey.org/bombay-gold-cup.html#:~:text=Morarji%20Desai%20who%20was%20the,will%20be%20played%20under%20floodlight..}}
- Champions (8): 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1980, 1981, 1992
- Guru Tegh Bahadur Gold Cup
- Champions (1): 2000
- Surjit Memorial Hockey Tournament{{cite web|title=Surjit Hockey Tournament: Year Winners β Runners-ups|url=https://hockeypassion.in/analysis/surjit-hockey-tournament-winners/|location=Kolkata|website=hockeypassion.in|date=21 October 2021 |publisher=Hockey Passion|access-date=17 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221021100116/https://hockeypassion.in/analysis/surjit-hockey-tournament-winners/|archive-date=21 October 2022}}
- Champions (2): 1998, 1999
- Runners-up (4): 1986, 1988, 1989, 2003
- Senior Nehru Hockey Tournament{{cite web |title=Roll of Honour β Senior Nehru Hockey Tournament |url=https://gnsht.in/roll-of-honour-senior-nehru-hockey-tournament/ |website=gnsht.in |publisher=Gooncha Group |date=2022 |access-date=23 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221022230236/https://gnsht.in/roll-of-honour-senior-nehru-hockey-tournament/ |archive-date=22 October 2022 }}{{cite web |title=Roll of Honour β SENIOR NEHRU HOCKEY TOURNAMENT |url=http://nehruhockey.com/tournament_roll_of_honour.htm |publisher=nehruhockey.com |location=New Delhi |access-date=23 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221022230235/http://nehruhockey.com/tournament_roll_of_honour.htm |archive-date=22 October 2022 }}{{cite web|title=Senior Nehru Hockey Tournament β All Winners|url=https://hockeypassion.in/indian-domestic-hockey-buzz/senior-nehru-hockey-tournament-all-winners/|website=hockeypassion.in|date=19 November 2021 |publisher=Hockey Passion|access-date=23 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221022230235/https://hockeypassion.in/indian-domestic-hockey-buzz/senior-nehru-hockey-tournament-all-winners/|archive-date=22 October 2022}}
- Champions (7): 1975, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1987, 1996, 1996
- Runners-up (6): 1979, 1984, 1992, 1993, 1999, 2004
- All India Police Hockey Championship
- Runners-up (1): 2024{{cite web|url=https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/punjab-lifts-72nd-all-india-police-hockey-title/|title=Punjab lifts 72nd All India Police Hockey title|date=9 February 2024|access-date=22 July 2024|publisher=All India Football Federation|location=Jammu|archive-date=22 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240722132606/https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/punjab-lifts-72nd-all-india-police-hockey-title/}}{{cite web|url=https://statetimes.in/punjab-retains-all-india-police-hockey-trophy/|title=Punjab Retains All India Police Hockey Trophy|date=9 February 2024|access-date=22 July 2024|website=statetimes.in|publisher=The State Times News|location=Jammu|archive-date=12 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240412160250/https://statetimes.in/punjab-retains-all-india-police-hockey-trophy/}}
=Basketball=
BSF has been operating both men's and women's basketball teams, and competing in Punjab State Annual Basketball League.{{cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050920/sports.htm#9|title=Punjab Police men, Jalandhar eves win titles|agency=Tribune News Service|website=tribuneindia.com|publisher=The Tribune India|date=19 September 2005|access-date=26 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230926113757/https://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050920/sports.htm#9|archive-date=26 September 2023}}
Honours
See also
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References
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Further reading
- {{cite book|first1=Boria|last1=Majumdar|first2=Kausik|last2=Bandyopadhyay|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V-sMYjZkpigC&pg=PA69|title=A Social History Of Indian Football: Striving To Score|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629140637/https://books.google.com/books?id=V-sMYjZkpigC&pg=PA69|archive-date=29 June 2021|publisher=Routledge|date=2006|isbn=9780415348355}}
- {{cite book|first1=Jaydeep|last1=Basu|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QeovtKLi-1sC|title=Stories from Indian Football|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221011131939/https://books.google.co.in/books/about/Stories_from_Indian_Football.html?id=QeovtKLi-1sC&source=kp_book_description&redir_esc=y|archive-date=11 October 2022|publisher=UBS Publishers' Distributors|date=2003|isbn=9788174764546}}
- {{cite web|first=Siraj|last=Chatterjee|date=10 December 2020|url=https://footballindia.co.in/punjabi-football-on-a-roar/|title=Punjabi Football on a Roar!|website=footballindia.co.in|publisher=Football India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417210646/https://footballindia.co.in/punjabi-football-on-a-roar/|archive-date=17 April 2021|access-date=12 December 2021|url-status=dead}}
- {{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/india2019.html#punj|title=India 2018/19 β Punjab State Super Football League|access-date=26 January 2023|archive-date=23 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230523233120/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/india2019.html#punj|work=RSSSF}}
External links
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- [https://www.the-aiff.com/club/9474 Border Security Force] at the-aiff.com
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