Border Security Force (football team)

Border Security Force Sporting Club is an Indian institutional football club based in Jalandhar, Punjab, which currently competes in the Punjab State Super Football League.[2][3] The team is more known for winning the Durand Cup on seven occasions during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s.[4]

BSF players (in red) during the Durand Cup at the Ambedkar Stadium in 2008.

Border Security Force SC
Full nameBorder Security Force Sporting Club
OwnerBorder Security Force
LeaguePunjab State Super Football League[1]

The team also spent one season in the old National Football League during the 1999–2000 season. They were relegated after finishing in 11th place.[5]

Honours

League

Cup

References
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  2. "28th JCT Punjab State Super Football League starts today". MSR Sports News. Archived from the original on 1 November 2014. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
  3. https://www.twitter.com/minervapunjabfc/status/1046003829039353856
  4. "Durand Cup". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  5. "NFL 1999–2000". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  6. Arunava Choudhary. "National Football League Second Division". indianfootball.de. Archived from the original on 26 October 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  7. "List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Sait Nagjee Trophy". Indianfootball.de. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  8. Arunava Chaudhary. "List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Airlines Gold Cup:". Indianfootball.de. Indian Football Network. Archived from the original on 24 October 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  9. "India – List of All India Governor's Gold Cup Winners (Sikkim)". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
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  11. Arunava Chaudhuri. "List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Gurdarshan Memorial Football Tournament: Punjab". indianfootbal.de. Indian Football Network. Archived from the original on 23 October 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2021.


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