Mahabir Club is a Nepalese professional

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club from

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. They play at the 25,000-spectator capacity

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. The club is a three-time

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 ...

champion, having won the title of the premier season in 1955, as well as in 1967 and 1970. In June 1970, the

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organized a tournament to celebrate the 50th birth anniversary of

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, with the club participating as domestic champions. They failed to secure a single victory, losing the opening game 0–3 to eventual champions,

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, before tying the second-place decider with India's

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to finish joint runners-up.

League finishes

The season-by-season performance of Mahabir Club since 2004:

Honours

National

: ** Champions: 1954–55, 1966–67, 1969–70

References

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