Shirsh Bihar United FC

Shirsh Bihar United Football Club is an Indian professional football club from Muzaffarpur, Bihar.[1] It currently participates in Bihar State Soccer League.[2]

Shirsh Bihar United
Full nameShirsh Bihar United Football Club
Short nameSBUFC
Founded2017; 7 years ago (2017)
GroundKhudiram Bose Stadium
Capacity3,000
LeagueBihar State Soccer League

History edit

Shirsh Bihar United FC was first nominated for I-League 2nd division in 2018, but did not participate in the league because they had not completed one year.[3]

On 20 October 2019, Bihar United played their last league match of District football league Motihari and became champions of A division.[4]

Shirsh Bihar also participated in International tournaments such as Dana Cup in Denmark and Barcelona Summer Cup in Spain.[citation needed]

Bihar United women's team won the first edition of Bihar State Women's League and qualified for the Indian Women's League.[5] which was held in Muzaffarpur[6]

Shirsh Bihar was nominated for the 2021-22 I-League 2nd Division.[7]

Stadium edit

Shirsh Bihar United play their home matches at the Khudiram Bose Stadium in Muzaffarpur.

For women's league matches, SBU uses Moin-ul-Haq Stadium.

Players edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF   IND Vivek Kumar Singh
3 DF   IND Saurabh Kumar
4 DF   IND Salauddin Middya
5 DF   IND Jiran Ali Ansari
6 MF   IND Ankit Kumar
7 MF   IND Shubhankar Dey
8 FW   IND Raphael Soren
9 FW   IND Roushan Kumar
FW   IND MD Sarfaraz
No. Pos. Nation Player
11 FW   IND Arif Khan
12 DF   IND MD Musharraf Perwez
14 MF   IND Abuzar Mohamed
15 MF   IND Guman Shrestha
MF   IND Avinash Paswan
  IND Guddu Kumar
  IND Rajan Kumar
  IND Jawed Ali Khan
  IND Raj Gupta
  IND Nuneshwar Murmu

Personnel edit

Current technical staff (as of 5 August 2021)
Position Name
Owner   Alapana Sinha
CEO   Sunil Kumar Verma
Team manager   Amit Sinha
Head coach Vacant
Scouting director   Anand Pal

Honours edit

Leagues edit

  • Bihar Soccer League
    • Champion(1): 2021[8]
  • East Champaran district league

Women's team edit

Cups edit

  • Chaturbhuj Cup
    • Runner-up (1): 2018
  • Monsoon Football Cup
    • Champions (1): 2021[9]

Affiliated clubs edit

The following club is currently affiliated with Shirsh Bihar United:

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Shirsh, Bihar United. "Shirsh Bihar United FC: To Add Bihar In Football Map". IFTWC. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  2. ^ "All you need to know about the football league structure in Bihar | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  3. ^ Scroll Staff. "Football: State associations nominate 23 teams for second division of I-League". Scroll.in. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  4. ^ "सुपर डिवीजन में गोल एवरेज से नवयुवक क्लब ए और ए डिवीजन में बिहार यूनाइटेड बना चैंपियन". Dainik Bhaskar (in Hindi). 21 October 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Shirsh United Bihar FC". www.the-aiff.com. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  6. ^ "मुजफ्फरपुर प्रथम बिहार महिला फुटबॉल क्लब लीग की मेजबानी को तैयार". Dainik Jagran (in Hindi). Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  7. ^ Sevens Football [@sevensftbl] (19 April 2021). "✅️ Shirsh Bihar United FC from Muzaffarpur will take part in second division of upcoming I-League season. 🇮🇳💙 @ShirshBiharFC 👏 https://t.co/xeub35bZ4H" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 6 August 2021. Retrieved 30 October 2021 – via Twitter.
  8. ^ "बिहार में शुरू होने जा र हा फुटबॉल का महासंग्राम, ISL की तर्ज पर BSL की तैयारी -". Kheldhaba - Sports News Portal | Khel ki khabar. 17 February 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  9. ^ "शीर्ष बिहार बनी मानसून फुटबॉल कप की विजेता". Hindustan (in Hindi). Retrieved 21 December 2021.