Shirsh Bihar United FC

Shirsh Bihar United is a professional football club from Bihar, based in Muzaffarpur.[1] It plays in Bihar state football championship or also known as the Moin-ul-Haq Cup which is usually held between the months of November and December.[2]

Shirsh Bihar United FC
Full nameShirsh Bihar United Football Club
Short nameSBUFC
Founded2017 (2017)
GroundKhudiram Bose Stadium
Capacity3,000
LeagueBihar State Soccer League
I-League 2nd Division

History

Shirsh Bihar United FC was first nominated for I-League 2nd division in 2018, but did not participate in the league because they had not completed one year.[3]

On October 20, 2019, Bihar United played their last league match of District football league Motihari and became champions of A division.[4]

Shirsh Bihar also participated in International tournaments such as Dana Cup in Denmark and Barcelona Summer Cup in Spain.

Bihar United women's team won the first edition of Bihar State Women's League and Qualified for the Indian Women's League.[5] which was held in Muzaffarpur[6]

Shirsh Bihar will take part in the 2021-22 I-League 2nd Division.[7]

Stadium

Shirsh Bihar United play their home matches at the Khudiram Bose Stadium in Muzaffarpur.

For upcoming Indian Women's League matches, SBU will use Moin-ul-Haq Stadium.

Players

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF  IND Vivek Kumar Singh
3 DF  IND Saurabh Kumar
4 DF  IND Salauddin Middya
5 DF  IND Jiran Ali Ansari
6 MF  IND Ankit Kumar
7 MF  IND Shubhankar Dey
8 FW  IND Raphael Soren
9 FW  IND Roushan Kumar
— FW  IND MD Sarfaraz
9 FW  NGA Waheed Adekunle
18 FW  NGA Richard Agwu Somtochukwu
25 FW  NGA Eze Stanley Ifeanyi
No. Pos. Nation Player
11 FW  IND Arif Khan
12 DF  IND MD Musharraf Perwez
14 MF  IND Abuzar Mohamed
15 MF  IND Guman Shrestha
— MF  IND Avinash Paswan
—  IND Guddu Kumar
—  IND Rajan Kumar
—  IND Jawed Ali Khan
—  IND Raj Gupta
—  IND Nuneshwar Murmu

Personnel
Current technical staff (as of 5 August 2021)
Position Name
Owner Alapana Sinha
President Sunil Kumar Verma
Manager Amit Sinha
Head of operations Anand Pal
Scouting director Anand Pal

Sponsors
Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
2019-20 Kaizen Sports None
2020–present Horse Balsam

Honours

Leagues

*Bihar Soccer League: (1) Champion: (2021)[8]

*Bihar State Women's League: (1) Champions: (2021)

*East Champaran district league (3): Champions: (2018), (2019), (2020)

Cups

Chaturbhuj Cup: Runner-up: (2018)

Affiliated clubs

The following club is currently affiliated with Shirsh Bihar United:

See also

References
  1. Shirsh, Bihar United. "Shirsh Bihar United FC: To Add Bihar In Football Map". IFTWC. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
  2. "All you need to know about the football league structure in Bihar | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
  3. Scroll Staff. "Football: State associations nominate 23 teams for second division of I-League". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
  4. "सुपर डिवीजन में गोल एवरेज से नवयुवक क्लब ए और ए डिवीजन में बिहार यूनाइटेड बना चैंपियन". Dainik Bhaskar (in Hindi). 2019-10-21. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
  5. "Shirsh United Bihar FC". www.the-aiff.com. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
  6. "मुजफ्फरपुर प्रथम बिहार महिला फुटबॉल क्लब लीग की मेजबानी को तैयार". Dainik Jagran (in Hindi). Retrieved 2021-07-28.
  7. Sevens Football [@sevensftbl] (2021-04-19). "✅️ Shirsh Bihar United FC from Muzaffarpur will take part in second division of upcoming I-League season. 🇮🇳💙 @ShirshBiharFC 👏 t.co/xeub35bZ4H" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 2021-08-06. Retrieved 2021-10-30 – via Twitter.
  8. "बिहार में शुरू होने जा र हा फुटबॉल का महासंग्राम, ISL की तर्ज पर BSL की तैयारी -". Kheldhaba - Sports News Portal | Khel ki khabar. 2021-02-17. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
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