Ratnam SC is a

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

n professional football club based in

Colombo Colombo ( ; si, කොළඹ, translit=Koḷam̆ba, ; ta, கொழும்பு, translit=Koḻumpu, ) is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. According to the Brookings Institution, Colombo me ...

, that competes in the

Sri Lanka Champions League The S1 League ( si, එස්1 ලීගය; ta, எஸ்1 லீக்), or simply S1, also known as Sri Lanka Champions League, is the second tier division of the Sri Lankan football league system and was succeeded by the professional Sri Lan ...

, the top flight of Sri Lankan football. The club was founded in 1950. The team includes national player

Kasun Jayasuriya Kasun Nadika Jayasuriya (born 25 March 1980) is a retired Sri Lankan football player who last played for Saunders Sports Club and the Sri Lanka national football team. He is also the all-time top goalscorer for the Sri Lankan national team wit ...

, a member of the Sri Lankan team who finished runners-up in the inaugural

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in 2006 and who had recently become the top-scorer of Sri Lanka's Kit Premier League, having scored 21 goals. Other national team players in the Ratnam side include Chatura Maduranga, Raumy Mohideen, Nadeeka Pushpa Kumara, Fasul Rahman, Dammika Senarath and L. Tharusha. In the second edition of the tournament in

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, Ratnam defeated

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is ma ...

ese outfit

Manang Marshyangdi Club Manang Marshyangdi Club ( ne, मनाङ मर्स्याङ्दी क्लब) is a Nepali professional football club based in Kathmandu, that competes in the Martyr's Memorial A-Division League. The club is record champion of Nepale ...

2–0 before going down 0–3 to

Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn Football Club Dordoi Bishkek ('' ky, Дордой Бишкек Футбол Клубу, Dordoj Bişkek Futbol Klubu'') is a Kyrgyzstan, Kyrgyz professional association football, football club based in Bishkek, that competes in the Kyrgyz Premier ...

(

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) and 1–2 to

Vakhsh Qughonteppa , founded = (renamed FC Khatlon) , ground = Tsentralnyi StadiumBokhtar, Tajikistan , capacity = 10,000 , chairman = , manager = Asliddin Khabibullaev , league = Tajikistan Higher League , season = 2021 , position = 5th , pat ...

(

Tajikistan Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...

). Ratnam retained their Premier League-title from 2006 by winning against Saunders in the Premiership-final in November 2007. This year had been a change in the way of playing the league. The league was divided into two groups and the first and second best team in each group played each other in a playoff.

Achievements

* Sri Lankan Premier League: 5 **Winner: 1998, 2000, 2007, 2008, 2012 *

Sri Lanka FA Cup The Sri Lanka FA Cup is an annual knockout cup competition in Sri Lankan football. It is the oldest association football competition in Sri Lanka. The Sri Lanka FA Cup is organised by the Football Sri Lanka. Previous winners Ceylon FA Cup *19 ...

: 6 **Winner: 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009 * Champion of Champions Trophy: 3 **Winner: 2004

Performance in AFC competitions

Asian Club Championship The AFC Champions League (abbreviated as ACL) is an annual continental club football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation, and contested by Asia's top-division football clubs. It is the most prestigious club competition ...

: 1 appearance ::

1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The Great Hanshin earthquake strike ...

: Preliminary Round *

AFC President's Cup The AFC President's Cup was an annual international association football competition between domestic clubs sides run by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) held between 2005 and 2014. The competition targeted emerging football nations, and wa ...

: 3 appearances :: 2006: Group Stage ::

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto ...

: Semi-Final ::

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing ...

: Group Stage *

Asian Cup Winners Cup The Asian Cup Winners' Cup was an association football competition run by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The competition was started in 1991 as a tournament for all the domestic cup winners from countries affiliated to the AFC. The winne ...

: 1 appearance :: 1995–96: First Round

Managerial history

Pakir Ali Pakir Ali is a Sri Lankan retired professional footballer and football coach, who currently manages Bangladesh Premier League side Bangladesh Police FC. His last success was leading the Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club to the Bangladesh League 2011 ...

(2006–07), (2008), (2010)

References

Ratnam SC page on www.the-afc.comSri Lanka football federation

External links

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