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{{Short description|Association football club in Bhutan}}
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|fullname = Paro Football Club
|nickname = The Tigers
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|founded = {{start date and age|2018}}<ref name="bbs">{{cite web |title=2-year-old Paro FC are the champions of the Bhutan Premier League 2019 |url=http://www.bbs.bt/news/?p=123661 |website=bbs.bt|access-date=31 January 2020 |date=7 November 2019 |first=Passang |last=Dorji |archive-date=23 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191123195317/http://www.bbs.bt/news/?p=123661 |url-status=live|publisher=Bhutan Broadcasting Service}}</ref>
|ground = Woochu Sports Arena
|capacity = 1,000
|chrtitle = President
|chairman = Karma Jigme
|mgrtitle = Head coach
|manager = [[Puspalal Sharma]]
|league = [[Bhutan Premier League]]
|season = [[2024 Bhutan Premier League|2024]]
|position = Bhutan Premier League, 1st of 10 (champions)
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'''Paro Football Club''' is a [[Bhutan]]ese professional [[association football|football]] club based in [[Paro, Bhutan|Paro]] that competes in the [[Bhutan Premier League]], the top level of [[football in Bhutan|Bhutanese football]].
== History ==
Paro FC competed in the [[2018 Bhutan National League]] after beating [[Paro United FC|Paro United]] in the qualifying tournament, and finished the season as the runners-up behind [[Transport United FC|Transport United]]. In 2019, Paro FC reached the semi-finals of the first-ever Samtse Championship.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> During the same season, Paro FC won its first national league title by winning the [[2019 Bhutan Premier League#Premier League|2019]] edition of the [[Bhutan Premier League]].<ref>{{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 }}</ref>
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]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>
== Honours ==
*'''[[Bhutan Premier League]]'''
**'''Winners (5):''' [[2019 Bhutan Premier League#Premier League|2019]],<ref name="bbs"/> [[2021 Bhutan Premier League|2021]], [[2022 Bhutan Premier League|2022]], 2023, [[2024 Bhutan Premier League|2024]]
**Runners-up (1): [[2018 Bhutan National League#National League|2018]]
*'''[[Jigme Dorji Wangchuk Memorial Gold Cup]]'''
**'''Winners (1):''' 2019<ref>{{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}}</ref>
== Continental record ==
All results list Paro's goal tally first.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Season
! Competition
! Round
! Club
! Home
! Away
! Aggregate
|-
|rowspan=2|[[2020 AFC Cup|2020]]
|rowspan=2|[[AFC Cup]]
|[[2020 AFC Cup#Preliminary round 1|Preliminary round 1]]
| style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|Sri Lanka}} [[Sri Lanka Army SC (football)|Defenders]]
| style="background:#ffd;"|2–2
| style="background:#ffd;"|3–3
| style="background:#dfd;"|5–5 ([[Away goals rule|a]])
|-
|[[2020 AFC Cup#Preliminary round 2|Preliminary round 2]]
| style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|IND}} [[Bengaluru FC|Bengaluru]]
| style="background:#fdd;"|0–1
| style="background:#fdd;"|1–9
| style="background:#fdd;"|1–10
|-
|[[2022 AFC Cup|2022]]
|AFC Cup
|[[2022 AFC Cup#Preliminary round 1|Preliminary round 1]]
| style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|Maldives}} [[Club Valencia (Maldives)|Valencia]]
|colspan="3" style="background:#fdd;"|1–2 {{aet}}
|-
|[[2023–24 AFC Cup|2023–24]]
|AFC Cup
|[[2023–24 AFC Cup#Preliminary round 1|Preliminary round 1]]
| style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|Nepal}} [[Machhindra F.C.|Machhindra]]
|colspan=3 style="background:#fdd;"|2–3
|-
|rowspan=4|[[2024–25 AFC Challenge League|2024–25]]
|rowspan=4|[[AFC Challenge League]]
| style="text-align:left" | [[2024–25 AFC Challenge League#Preliminary stage|Preliminary stage]]
| style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|Nepal}} [[Church Boys United]]
|colspan=3 style="background:#dfd;"|2–1
|-
| style="text-align:left" rowspan=3| [[2024–25 AFC Challenge League#Group stage|Group stage]]
| style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|India}} [[East Bengal FC|East Bengal]]
|colspan=3 style="background:#ffd;"|2–2
|-
| style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|Lebanon}} [[Nejmeh SC|Nejmeh]]
|colspan=3 style="background:#fdd;"|1–2
|-
| style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|Bangladesh}} [[Bashundhara Kings]]
|colspan=3 style="background:#dfd;"|2–1
|-
|}
== References ==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
*[https://parofc.com/ Official website]
{{Bhutan Premier League}}
{{Bhutan Super League}}
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[[Category:Football clubs in Bhutan]]
[[Category:Association football clubs established in 2018]]
[[Category:2018 establishments in Bhutan]]
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