Samtse FC
{{Short description|Bhutanese football club}}
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|founded = {{start date and age|2012}}
2023 (refounded)
|ground = Samtse Dzongkhag Ground
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|chairman =
|mgrtitle = Head coach
|manager = Raj Kumar Gurung
|league = Bhutan Premier League
|season = 2024
|position = Bhutan Premier League, 5th of 10
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Samtse Football Club is a professional football club from Samtse, Bhutan,[https://int.soccerway.com/teams/bhutan/samtse-fc/23663/ Samtse FC] at Soccerway based at the Samtse Dzongkhag Ground. They finished last in the inaugural season of the Bhutan National League.[https://int.soccerway.com/national/bhutan/national-league/2013/regular-season/ Bhutan National League 2012–13] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130225034555/http://int.soccerway.com/national/bhutan/national-league/2013/regular-season/ |date=2013-02-25 }} at Soccerway
History
A team named Samtse competed in the 2001 season of the A-Division, where they finished in second place, qualifying from their group stage section, but losing 3–0 to Druk Star in the final.{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/bhutan01.html|title=Bhutan 2001|last=Schöggl|first=Hans|last2=King|first2=Ian|date=31 Jul 2003|website=RSSSF|publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|accessdate=27 June 2014|archive-date=10 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810021526/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/bhutan01.html|url-status=live}} It is unclear whether this is the same team however, as the Bhutan Football Federation website states that the club were founded in 2012.{{cite web|url=http://bhutanfootball.com/Pages.php?PageType=1&Id=8|title=Bhutan Club Directory|website=bhutanfootball.com|publisher=Bhutan Football Federation|accessdate=27 June 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714134330/http://bhutanfootball.com/Pages.php?PageType=1&Id=8|archivedate=14 July 2014}} There is no record of a team from Samtse competing in the A-Division again, so presumably the two teams are separate and are merely representative teams from Samtse.{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/bhutanchamp.html|title=Bhutan – List of Champions|last=Schöggl|first=Hans|last2=Abbink|first2=Dinant|date=28 May 2014|website=RSSSF|publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|accessdate=27 June 2014|archive-date=17 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140717020149/http://rsssf.com/tablesb/bhutanchamp.html|url-status=live}}
The team competed in the inaugural season of the Bhutan National League, representing Samtse District.{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/bhutan2012.html|title=Bhutan 2012|last=Schöggl|first=Hans|last2=Stokkermans|first2=Karel|last3=Jigmi|first3=Sonam|date=28 Feb 2013|website=RSSSF|publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|accessdate=27 June 2014|archive-date=22 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131222040605/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesb/bhutan2012.html|url-status=live}} Their first season of competition was not a successful one, as they lost all ten of their games, and finished bottom of the league, with a −31 goal difference. Even though there was no relegation from the National League, they did not return to competition the following season.{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/bhutan2013.html|title=Bhutan 2013|last=Schöggl|first=Hans|last2=Stokkermans|first2=Karel|last3=Jigmi|first3=Sonam|date=20 Feb 2014|website=RSSSF|publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|accessdate=27 June 2014|archive-date=13 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190513205142/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesb/bhutan2013.html|url-status=live}}
References
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{{Bhutan Super League}}
Category:Football clubs in Bhutan
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