Himalayan Sherpa Club is a

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i professional

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club based in

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(originally from Hattigauda), that competes in the

Martyr's Memorial A-Division League Martyr's Memorial A-Division League ( Nepali: शहीद स्मारक ए- डिभिजन लिग; formerly known as the Kathmandu League Championship) also known as the Qatar Airways Martyr's Memorial A-Division League for sponso ...

, the top flight of Nepali football. They play their home games at the

Dasarath Rangasala Stadium Dasharath Rangasala ( ; ) is a multi-purpose stadium in Tripureshwar, Kathmandu. It is named after Dasharath Chand, one of the four great martyrs of Nepal. The stadium is used mostly for football matches and cultural programmes. The stadium h ...

History

The club was founded on 25 September 2006 and played their first tournament at the 2007 edition of the

Aaha! Gold Cup Aaha! Gold Cup ( Nepali: आहा ! गोल्ड कप ''āhā gōlḍ kap'') is an annual international football tournament held in Pokhara, Nepal, and organized by the Sahara Club. It was formerly known as the Caravan Gold Cup. It is consi ...

. According to

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, the club was "promoted from 4th to 2nd level within 2 months". The club were promoted to the ANFA 'A' Division League one year later. Due to financial disagreements between the League Association ANFA and the Nepal Football Association, the 2007/08 season was canceled before the start of the season. In the following three years, the league paused, the game operations only started again with the

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

season. Himalayan Sherpa was fifth in its first season in the top Nepalese league of 18 clubs. The club managed to sign the Ugandan international

Samuel Mubiru Samuel is a figure who, in the narratives of the Hebrew Bible, plays a key role in the transition from the biblical judges to the United Kingdom of Israel under Saul, and again in the monarchy's transition from Saul to David. He is venerated a ...

on loan from

Uganda Revenue Authority SC Uganda Revenue Authority Football Club (abbreviated as URA FC) is a Ugandan football team based in the national capital Kampala. The club plays in the Ugandan Premier League and was founded in 1997. They have won the Ugandan Premier League fou ...

in 2011/12, Tanzania's Castory Mumbala and two former Nigerian youth players Hope Rally and Segun Akinade. Mubiru became the top assist-giver of the league and was therefore ordered back to Uganda Revenue Authority SC after the expiry of his loan agreement. The club celebrated the greatest success in club history in its second season in the top division, when it took second place and thus won the runner-up title of the National League.

Sponsorship

Since 2011,

Yeti Airlines Yeti Airlines Pvt. Ltd. () is an airline based in Kathmandu, Nepal. The airline was established in May 1998 and received its air operator's certificate on 17 August 1998. Since 2019, Yeti Airlines is the first Carbon neutrality, carbon neutra ...

is sponsoring Himalayan Sherpa Club with Nrs 20 lakh per year for which the club's official name is ''Yeti Himalayan Sherpa Club''.

Record by seasons

Honours

National

* Martyr's Memorial B-Division League ** Champions (1): 2007–08 * Simara Gold Cup ** Champions (1): 2011 **Runners-up (1): 2023

Under-16

Performance record

References

External links

Himalayan Sherpa Club
at ''Global Sports Archive'' {{Martyr's Memorial A-Division League Football clubs in Nepal 2006 establishments in Nepal