Guru Nanak Gurdwara Football Club is a football club based in Leicester,

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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 ( or ; pa, ਸਿੱਖ, ' ) are people who adhere to Sikhism (Sikhi), a monotheistic 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 ' ...

teenagers, naming the club after the Guru Nanak

Gurdwara A gurdwara (sometimes written as gurudwara) ( Gurmukhi: ਗੁਰਦੁਆਰਾ ''guradu'ārā'', meaning "Door to the Guru") is a place of assembly and worship for Sikhs. Sikhs also refer to gurdwaras as ''Gurdwara Sahib''. People from all fait ...

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

Evington Evington is an Electoral ward and administrative division of the city of Leicester, England. It used to be a small village centred on Main Street and the Anglican church of St Denys but was close enough to Leicester to become one of the oute ...

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 football competition based in Leicestershire, England. History The league was formed in 1896, had a two-year hiatus between 1901 and 1903, and has run continuous ...

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

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. GNG entered the

FA Vase The Football Association Challenge Vase, usually referred to as the FA Vase, is an annual football competition for teams playing in Steps 5 and 6 of the English National League System (or equivalently, tier 9 or 10 of the overall English footb ...

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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