Khaan Khuns-Erchim FC

{{short description|Association football club in Mongolia}}

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|fullname = Khaan Khuns-Erchim Football Club

|nickname = The Lightnings
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|founded = {{Start date and age|1994}}[http://www.the-mff.mn/clubs.html?club=3 Erchim club data] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120528060736/http://www.the-mff.mn/clubs.html?club=3 |date=2012-05-28 }} at Official Mongolian Football Federation website

|chairman = Amarbayasgalan Meeren

|manager = Francesc Bonet

|ground = Erchim Stadium

|capacity = 2,000

|league = Mongolian Premier League

|season = 2023–24

|position = 7th of 10

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Khaan Khuns-Erchim Football Club ({{langx|mn|"Хаан Хүнс-Эрчим" Хөлбөмбөгийн Клуб}}) is a professional football club from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia who have been playing in the Mongolian Premier League, which they have won ten times,[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/mongchamp.html Mongolia – List of Champions] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324193657/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/mongchamp.html |date=2023-03-24 }} at RSSSF since its inaugural year in 1996. The Mongolian Football Federation applied to enter the 2012 AFC President's Cup,{{cite web|url=http://www.the-afc.com/en/news-centre/inside-afc/676-afc-news/35878-mongolia-eyes-pres-cup-2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120912080543/http://www.the-afc.com/en/news-centre/inside-afc/676-afc-news/35878-mongolia-eyes-pres-cup-2012 |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 September 2012 |title=Mongolia eyes Pres Cup 2012 |work=The-AFC.com |publisher=Asian Football Confederation |date=29 July 2011 |access-date=3 August 2011 }} and was approved by the AFC in November 2011.{{cite web|url=http://www.the-afc.com/en/component/content/article/937-presidents-cup-2012/37347-presidents-cup-place-for-mongolia |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120912180949/http://www.the-afc.com/en/component/content/article/937-presidents-cup-2012/37347-presidents-cup-place-for-mongolia |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 September 2012 |title=President's Cup place for Mongolia |work=The-AFC.com |publisher=Asian Football Confederation |date=1 December 2011 |access-date=1 December 2011 }} As winners of the 2012 Super Cup, Erchim were awarded the place in the competition.{{cite web |title=Decision by Competitions Committee & Executive Committee for AFC Club Competitions |url=http://www.the-afc.com/en/resources/regulations-a-guidelines/competition-regulations/2012/336-decision-by-competitions-committee-a-executive-committee-for-afc-club-competitions/download |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180717012947/http://www.the-afc.com/en/resources/regulations-a-guidelines/competition-regulations/2012/336-decision-by-competitions-committee-a-executive-committee-for-afc-club-competitions/download |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 July 2018 |work=The-AFC.com |publisher=Asian Football Confederation |format=PDF |access-date=25 January 2012 }}

In 2017, Erchim qualified for the AFC Cup, becoming the first Mongolian club to do so.{{cite web|title=Erchim FC Breaking New Ground for Ambitious Mongolia|url=http://www.the-afc.com/afc-cup-2017/erchim-fc-breaking-new-ground-for-ambitious-mongolia|publisher=The AFC|access-date=29 March 2017|archive-date=29 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170329140925/http://www.the-afc.com/afc-cup-2017/erchim-fc-breaking-new-ground-for-ambitious-mongolia|url-status=live}} 2,850 people attended their AFC Cup match against Kigwancha Sports Club on 4 April 2017. The game took place at the 5,000-capacity MFF Football Centre.

While most of other Ulaanbaatar clubs share the MFF Football Centre, Erchim was the first one to have its own stadium.{{cite web|title=Erchim FC: Mongolia's Football Powerhouse|url=http://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2016/07/25/erchim-fc-mongolias-football-powerhouse/|publisher=HITC Sport|access-date=11 August 2016|archive-date=16 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180716224244/http://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2016/07/25/erchim-fc-mongolias-football-powerhouse/|url-status=live}} In 2020 the club merged with Khaan Khuns Titem, to establish Khaan Khuns - Erchim FC.{{Cite web |url=https://the-mff.mn/mff/%D1%8D%D1%80%D1%87%D0%B8%D0%BC-%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B0%D0%BD-%D1%85%D2%AF%D0%BD%D1%81-%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%8D%D0%BC/ |title=Khaan Khuns Erchim |access-date=2020-07-20 |archive-date=2020-07-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200720165604/https://the-mff.mn/mff/%D1%8D%D1%80%D1%87%D0%B8%D0%BC-%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B0%D0%BD-%D1%85%D2%AF%D0%BD%D1%81-%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%8D%D0%BC/ |url-status=live }}