Defenders FC
{{short description|Sri Lankan football club}}
{{Infobox football club
| clubname = Defenders
| fullname = Defenders Football Club
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| image = Defenders FC.jpg
| image_size = 100px
| founded =
| ground = Homagama Ground
Homagama, Sri Lanka
| capacity = 5,000
| chairman =
| manager = Shanmugam Pathmanathan
| league = Sri Lanka Super League
| season = 2022
| position = 6th
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Defenders Football Club is a professional football club based in Homagama, Sri Lanka. In 2018, Sri Lanka Army SC was renamed to Defenders FC.{{Cite web|url=https://globalsportsarchive.com/team/soccer/defenders-fc/14235/|title=Defenders FC - Soccer - Team Profile - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics - Global Sports Archive}} The team is under the patronage of the Sri Lanka Army.
Honours
- Sri Lanka Champions League: 2
- Winners: 2008–09, 2018–19
- Sri Lanka FA Cup: 7
- Winners: 1961, 1968, 2011, 2013–14, 2016, 2017, 2018
Performance in AFC competitions
- AFC President's Cup: 2 appearances
::2009: Group Stage
::2013: Group Stage
- AFC Cup: 1 appearance
::2020: Preliminary round 1
Continental record
| class="wikitable" |
| Season
! Competition ! Round ! Club ! Home ! Away ! Aggregate |
|---|
| rowspan="2"|2009
|rowspan="2"|AFC President's Cup |rowspan="2"|Group stage |{{flagicon|Bangladesh}} Abahani Ltd | bgcolor="#ffdddd" colspan="2"; style="text-align:center;"|1–2 | bgcolor="#ffdddd" rowspan="2" align="center"|3rd |
| {{flagicon|Turkmenistan}} FC Asgabat
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" colspan="2"; style="text-align:center;"|5–1 |
| rowspan="3"|2013
|rowspan="3"|AFC President's Cup |rowspan="3"|Group stage |{{flagicon|Cambodia}} Boeung Ket Angkor | bgcolor="#ffdddd" colspan="2"; style="text-align:center;"|6–0 | bgcolor="#ffdddd" rowspan="3" align="center"|4th |
| {{flagicon|Palestine}} Hilal Al-Quds
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" colspan="2"; style="text-align:center;"|0–10 |
| {{flagicon|Turkmenistan}} Balkan
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" colspan="2"; style="text-align:center;"|0–5 |
| rowspan="2"|2020
|rowspan="2"|AFC Cup |rowspan="2"|Preliminary round 1 |{{flagicon|Bhutan}} Paro | style="background:#ffd;"|3–3 | style="background:#ffd;"|2–2 | style="background:#fdd;"|5–5 (a) |
Current squad
{{Updated|2 February 2020}}{{cite news|title=Play-off, 1st leg: Defenders FC 2-2 Paro|url=https://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-cup/latest/news/preliminary-stage-1-2nd-leg-paro-fc-2-2-defenders-fc|accessdate=2 February 2020|agency=the-afc|date=29 January 2020}}
{{football squad start}}
{{football squad player|no= 1|nat=SRI|pos=GK|name=Mohamed Luthfi}}
{{football squad player|no= 2|nat=SRI|pos=FW|name=Nishan Jeevantha}}
{{football squad player|no= 3|nat=SRI|pos=DF|name=Priyashan de Silva}}
{{football squad player|no= 4|nat=NGR|pos=DF|name=Olumide Agbeti}}
{{football squad player|no= 5|nat=SRI|pos=MF|name=Bernard Ramaiyajesu}}
{{football squad player|no= 6|nat=SRI|pos=FW|name=Mohamed Izzadeen}}
{{football squad player|no= 7|nat=NGR|pos=MF|name=Ismaila Abumere Ogudugu}}
{{football squad player|no=8|nat=SRI|pos=MF|name=Sanka Danushka}}
{{football squad player|no=9|nat=GHA|pos=FW|name=Evans Asante}}
{{football squad player|no=10|nat=SRI|pos=MF|name=Sajith Kumara}}
{{football squad player|no=11|nat=SRI|pos=FW|name=Madushan de Silva}}
{{football squad player|no=12|nat=SRI|pos=DF|name=Roshan Appuhamy}}
{{football squad player|no=13|nat=SRI|pos=FW|name=Eranga Priyasantha}}
{{football squad mid}}
{{football squad player|no=14|nat=SRI|pos=DF|name=Lakshitha Jayathunga}}
{{football squad player|no=17|nat=SRI|pos=DF|name=Vigneswararasa Kajanathan}}
{{football squad player|no=18|nat=SRI|pos=DF|name=Subashana Fernando}}
{{football squad player|no=19|nat=CMR|pos=MF|name=Kevin Pierre Obangana}}
{{football squad player|no=21|nat=SRI|pos=GK|name=Mohamed Ijas}}
{{football squad player|no=22|nat=SRI|pos=DF|name=Sudesh Rangana}}
{{football squad player|no=23|nat=BRA|pos=FW|name=Sergio Almeida}}
{{football squad player|no=24|nat=SRI|pos=MF|name=Asikur Rahuman}}
{{football squad player|no=26|nat=SRI|pos=MF|name=Ajith Kumara}}
{{football squad player|no=27|nat=SRI|pos=DF|name=Mohamed Waseeth}}
{{football squad player|no=29|nat=SRI|pos=DF|name=Sampath Kumara}}
{{football squad player|no=30|nat=SRI|pos=FW|name=Nadeeshan Perera}}
{{football squad player|no=35|nat=SRI|pos=GK|name=Arunoda Thenuwara}}
{{football squad player|no=95|nat=Lesotho|pos=MF|name=Atsu Mukhi}}
{{football squad end}}
References
External links
{{Football in Sri Lanka}}
Category:Football clubs in Sri Lanka
Category:Military association football clubs
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