Paro FC

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|ground = Woochu Sports Arena

|capacity = 1,000

|chrtitle = President

|chairman = Karma Jigme

|mgrtitle = Head coach

|manager = Oriol Mohedano

|league = Bhutan Premier League

|season = 2024

|position = Bhutan Premier League, 1st of 10 (champions)

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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.{{cite web |title=Ugyen Academy and Transport Utd. in Samtse Championship Final |url=http://www.kuenselonline.com/ugyen-academy-and-transport-utd-in-samtse-championship-final/ |website=KuenselOnline |access-date=22 July 2019 |date=25 January 2019 |archive-date=22 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190722170254/http://www.kuenselonline.com/ugyen-academy-and-transport-utd-in-samtse-championship-final/ |url-status=live }} During the same season, Paro won its first national league title by winning the 2019 edition of the Bhutan Premier League.{{cite web |title=Paro FC crowned BOB Premier League 2019 champions |url=http://www.bhutanfootball.org/paro-fc-crowned-bob-premier-league-2019-champions/ |website=bhutanfootball.org |publisher=Bhutan Football Federation |access-date=8 November 2019 |date=3 November 2019 |archive-date=7 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107215035/http://www.bhutanfootball.org/paro-fc-crowned-bob-premier-league-2019-champions/ |url-status=live }}

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.{{Cite news |date=29 July 2024 |title=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） |url=https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/6f12fab90abf9549b2071c7548d8a78abb370ae9 |access-date=15 August 2024 |website=Yahoo!ニュース |language=ja |trans-title=Keisuke Honda returns to the pitch as a player on an unusual one-game contract in Bhutan, his 10th country}}

Honours

Bhutan Premier League
Winners (5): 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Runners-up (1): 2018
Jigme Dorji Wangchuk Memorial Gold Cup
Winners (1): 2019{{cite web|title=Paro FC lifts the Gold Cup|url=http://www.kuenselonline.com/paro-fc-lifts-the-gold-cup/|website=KuenselOnline|access-date=22 July 2019|date=23 February 2019|archive-date=5 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190905141507/http://www.kuenselonline.com/paro-fc-lifts-the-gold-cup/|url-status=live}}

Continental record

All results list Paro's goal tally first.

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Season ! Competition ! Round ! Club ! Home ! Away ! Aggregate
rowspan=2\|2020 \|rowspan=2\|AFC Cup \|Preliminary round 1 \| style="text-align:left" \| {{flagicon\|Sri Lanka}} Defenders \| style="background:#ffd;"\|2–2 \| style="background:#ffd;"\|3–3 \| style="background:#dfd;"\|5–5 (a)
Preliminary round 2 \| style="text-align:left" \| {{flagicon\|IND}} Bengaluru \| style="background:#fdd;"\|0–1 \| style="background:#fdd;"\|1–9 \| style="background:#fdd;"\|1–10
2022 \|AFC Cup \|Preliminary round 1 \| style="text-align:left" \| {{flagicon\|Maldives}} Valencia \|colspan="3" style="background:#fdd;"\|1–2 {{aet}}
2023–24 \|AFC Cup \|Preliminary round 1 \| style="text-align:left" \| {{flagicon\|Nepal}} Machhindra \|colspan=3 style="background:#fdd;"\|2–3
rowspan=4\|2024–25 \|rowspan=4\|AFC Challenge League \| style="text-align:left" \| Preliminary stage \| style="text-align:left" \| {{flagicon\|Nepal}} Church Boys United \|colspan=3 style="background:#dfd;"\|2–1
style="text-align:left" rowspan=3\| Group stage \| style="text-align:left" \| {{flagicon\|India}} East Bengal \|colspan=3 style="background:#ffd;"\|2–2
style="text-align:left" \| {{flagicon\|Lebanon}} Nejmeh \|colspan=3 style="background:#fdd;"\|1–2
style="text-align:left" \| {{flagicon\|Bangladesh}} Bashundhara Kings \|colspan=3 style="background:#dfd;"\|2–1
2025–26 \|AFC Challenge League \| style="text-align:left" \| Preliminary stage \| style="text-align:left" \| {{flagicon\|BAN}} Abahani Dhaka \|colspan=3 style="background:#;"\|

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Season

! Competition

! Round

! Club

! Home

! Away

! Aggregate

rowspan=2|2020

|rowspan=2|AFC Cup

|Preliminary round 1

| style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|Sri Lanka}} Defenders