Bodoland Football Club is an

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Kokrajhar Kokrajhar () is a town in the Bodoland Territorial Region, an Autonomous administrative divisions of India, autonomous territory in Assam, one of the Northeast India, North Eastern states of India. History Under the Kingdom of Bhutan From the ...

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. Founded in 2022, it is the first professional club from Bodoland to participate in the

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History

Bodoland FC was established in 2022 to uplift the standard of football in

Bodoland Territorial Region The Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR) is an Autonomous administrative divisions of India, autonomous division in Assam, India, and a Proposed states and union territories of India#Assam, proposed state in Northeast India. It is made up of five ...

(BTR). Represented the BTR in the 1st Inter Sixth Schedule Council Premier Football League tournament (ISPL) in 2022, the team won the championship by defeating Lai Autonomous District Council of Mizoram. In that year it also participated in the

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. On 5 August 2023, the club has entered into national football map of the country through its participation in the

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Players

First-team squad

Stadium

Bodoland FC play their home matches in SAI Stadium,

References

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