Sankata Boys Sports Club, commonly known as Sankata Fotball Club, is a

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ese professional

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club based in

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, 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 ...

. Named after Sankata Temple at

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, Kathmandu, the club has won the national championship three times, most recently in 1985.

History

Sankata was a successful club in the 1980s, winning the

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in 1980, 1983 and 1985. After a string of poor performances and winning just five games out of 22 in A-Division League 2010, the club was relegated to

Martyr's Memorial B-Division League Martyr's Memorial B-Division League ( Nepali: शहीद स्मारक बी डिभिजन लीग) is the second tier of the association football league of Nepal football league system after the Martyr's Memorial A-Division League. ...

after 38 years. However, the team won the 2011 Martyr's Memorial B-Division League and has since been playing in Nepal's highest league. In 2019, the team was runners-up in the 2018–19 league, making it the best season of the club since the 1980s, in what

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called a "stunning" performance.

Honours

**Winners: 1980, 1983, 1985 *

**Winners: 1958, 2011 *

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**Winners: 1979 *

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**Winners: 2073, 2078 *Rhino Gold Cup **Winners: 2074 *

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**Runners-up:

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**Winners: 2077, 2079 *

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**Winners: 2021 *

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**Runners-up:

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*CEM Gold Cup **Runners-up (1): 2014

League finishes

Under-18

Performance record

Under-16

Performance record

References

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