Delhi United FC (formerly Delhi United Soccer Club) is an Indian professional

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club based in

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, that competes in the FD A-Division. They play most of their home games at

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. The club also operate a youth football academy, headquartered in Dwarka.

History

Delhi United Football Club, earlier named as ''Gorkha Heroes'', was founded in 1995 by Lal Bahadur Basnet. The club is affiliated with

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(also known as ''Delhi Soccer Association''). Gorkha Heroes were playing in lower division of DSA League till 2007, until B. S. Mehra took over the club management. In 2007, Gorkha Heroes became champions of B Division without losing a single match, and got promoted to A Division. Their superb form continued as they were crowned overall champions in 2008–09, keeping unbeaten record intact. In 2009, the name was changed to Delhi United FC. In Senior Division 2009–10 season, they defeated City FC with a score of 13–0 in a match which is still the highest scoring game in Delhi's top flight. In 2010–11, the club focused its attention to

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and strengthened their squad by signing some top Delhi players. Their hard work finally paid off and they became champions of the Senior Division by defeating Shahdara FC in final with a score of 3–2. Delhi United gave the best performance in

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, qualifying for quarterfinals by defeating

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and

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in qualifying rounds. Winning the Senior Division finally confirmed their participation in I-League 2nd Division for the 2012–13 campaign. They performed well in the I-League's second tier and were the best team from North India. Delhi United again participated in I-League 2nd Division in 2016–17 season, and secured third spot in the final round. Ahead of the

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season, they roped in Portuguese manager Hugo Martins. Their campaign ended in the Group stages after finishing fourth with 9 points. In 2018, the club took part in J&K Invitational Cup in Srinagar.

I-League

On 21 September 2018, it was revealed that both Mumbai FC and Delhi United FC had submitted documents for direct-entry into the I-League. On 27 January 2020, a Delhi based fan club of former

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outfit

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, ''Dynamos Ultras'' were handed over operational activities of the club. Aditya Raghav was appointed as the new team manager, and Ayush Bhuttan was appointed as the new head coach. Under the new management, club played 3 matches, before season was put on hold due to

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outbreak.

Stadium

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used to be the clubs' home ground for the

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. It has also hosted

matches for the club. It has a capacity of 30,000 spectators.

Players

First team squad

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Current staff

Managerial record

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Honours

**Third place (1): 2016–17 *Gyalyum Chenmo Memorial Gold Cup **Runners-up (1): 2007{{cite web, url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablest/tibetcuphist.html, title=Tibet — GCMGC Gold Cup Winners, website=rsssf.com, first=Hans, last=Schöggl, publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation, date=11 June 2023, access-date=30 October 2022, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208000312/https://www.rsssf.org/tablest/tibetcuphist.html, archive-date=8 December 2022

References

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External links

* {{Official website {{I-League 2nd Division Football in Delhi Association football clubs established in 1995 1995 establishments in Delhi Football clubs in New Delhi I-League 2 clubs