Blue Star SC
Sri Lankan football club
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Full name | Blue Star Sports Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | Blue Army | ||
Founded | 1978; 46 years ago (1978) | ||
Ground | Kalutara Stadium | ||
Capacity | 15,000 | ||
Chairman | Mohamed Mohideen Mohamed Rizwan | ||
Manager | Banda Samarakoon | ||
League | Sri Lanka Super League | ||
2022–23 | Champions | ||
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Blue Star Sports Club is a Sri Lankan professional football club based in Kalutara.[1] The club competes in the Sri Lanka Super League, the top flight of Sri Lankan football league system.
History
Blue Star SC was founded in 1978. On 5 April 2022, Blue Star appeared in the 2022 AFC Cup qualifying play-off match against Machhindra of Nepal,[2] at the Dasharath Rangasala Stadium and clinched a victory of 2–1.[3]
Achievements
- Bristol League Division III
- Champions: 1996–97
- Champions: 1998–99
- Sri Lankan Premier League: 2
- Champions: 2004, 2021
- Runners-up: 2007
- Semi-finals: 2008
- AFC President's Cup
- Semi-finalist 3rd Place: 2005
- Dialog Champion of Champions Trophy
- Runners-up: 2003–04
- Champions: 2004–2005
- Runners-up: 2007
- Quarter-finals: 2013
- Cargills FA Cup
- Runners-up: 2013
- Runners-up: 2014
- Semi-finals: 2015
- Third place: 2018
Players
- As of 02 June 2024
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Team management
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Notable former players
- Nafais
- Fawzan
- Farzeen
- Rizvi
- Jazeel
- Rameez
- Raheem
- Mohammed Hamza
References
- ^ "Machhindra Club to host Sri Lanka's Blue Star". kathmandupost.com. The Kathmandu Post. 18 January 2022. Archived from the original on 13 February 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ^ "Machhindra Club to host Sri Lanka's Blue Star". kathmandupost.com. The Kathmandu Post. 18 January 2022. Archived from the original on 13 February 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ^ Himalayan News Service, 12:13PM (6 April 2022). "Machhindra crash out of Qualifiers". thehimalayantimes.com. The Himalayan Times. Archived from the original on 6 April 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
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External links
- Blue Star SC page on www.the-afc.com
- Blue Star SC Facebook Page
External links
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