Guru Nanak Gurdwara Football Club is a football club based in

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, England. They are currently members of the and play at Riverside.

History

GNG were formed in 1969 by a group of

Sikh Sikhs (singular Sikh: or ; , ) are an ethnoreligious group who adhere to Sikhism, a religion that originated in the late 15th century in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, based on the revelation of Guru Nanak. The term ''Si ...

teenagers, naming the club after the Guru Nanak

Gurdwara A gurdwara or gurudwara () is a place of assembly and place of worship, worship in Sikhism, but its normal meaning is "place of guru" or "home of guru". Sikhism, Sikhs also refer to gurdwaras as ''Gurdwara Sahib''. People from all faiths and rel ...

. GNG's first game was a 4–3 win over Melbourne Hall in the

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area of the city. GNG's early history was spent in the Leicester City League, before moving up to the

Leicestershire Senior League The Leicestershire Senior League (currently sponsored by Everards Brewery) is a association football, football competition based in Leicestershire, England. History The league was formed in 1896, had a two-year hiatus between 1901 and 1903, and ...

. In 2015, GNG won Asian Football Club of the Year at the Asian Football Awards at

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. GNG entered the

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for the first time in 2019–20.

Ground

The club moved into Riverside in 2014.

Records

*Best

performance: First qualifying round, 2019–20

References

External links

Official website
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