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| Full name | Aizawl Football Club | |||
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| Nickname(s) | The People's Club | |||
| Short name | AFC | |||
| Founded | June 14, 1984 | |||
| Ground | Rajiv Gandhi Stadium | |||
| Capacity | 20,000 | |||
| Owner | Robert Romawia Royte | |||
| Head coach | Bobi Stojkoski | |||
| League | I-League | |||
| 2023–24 | I-League, 9th of 13 | |||
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Aizawl Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in Aizawl, Mizoram.[1][2][3] The club competes in the I-League, the second tier of Indian football league system.[4][5][6] Founded in 1984, Aizawl earned entry in I-League in 2015–16 season, after winning the 2015 I-League 2.[7]
Nicknamed "the people's club",[8][9] it became first club from the Northeast to win a top flight Indian football league.[10][11] They also participate in Mizoram Premier League.[12][13] Aizawl also went on to compete in continental stages, while the club appeared in 2017 edition of AFC Cup.[14]
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- ^ Caless, Kit (19 February 2017). "クリケットの街から眺めるインドサッカー界の未来" [The future of Indian football seen from the city of cricket]. vice.com (in Japanese). Vice Japan. Archived from the original on 28 January 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
- ^ "East Bengal vs Aizwal FC (1–1) Feb 25 2019 Live updates and Scorecard". www.footballcritic.com. 25 February 2020. Archived from the original on 20 July 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
- ^ "Malsawmzuala, Lalrammawia strikes hand Aizawl FC 2-0 win over Gokulam Kerala FC". The Times of India. 20 January 2021. Archived from the original on 20 January 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
- ^ Jitendran, Nikhil (7 May 2015). "Aizawl FC become Mizoram's inaugural representatives in the I-League". goal.com. Goal. Archived from the original on 22 September 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
- ^ Muralidharan, Ashwin (30 November 2018). "The curious case of Aizawl FC's champions from 2016-17 season". www.goal.com. Goal. Archived from the original on 20 July 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- ^ Tarafdar, Veronica (30 March 2023). "In the last matchday of the I-League season, teams compete for improved Super Cup qualifying ranking". footballexpress.in. Football Express India. Archived from the original on 7 April 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ^ "Shillong Lajong v Aizawl Match Report, 30/04/2017, I-League". www.goal.com. Archived from the original on 6 May 2017. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
- ^ "AFC Cup: Bengaluru FC's group stage tie against I-League champions Aizawl FC postponed". Firstpost. 5 March 2018. Archived from the original on 15 January 2021. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
- ^ Dipta Dey, Sayak (17 November 2017). "I-League 2017/18 : What does the season have in store?". sportskeeda.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
- ^ Chaudhuri, Arunava (1 February 2013). "Mizoram Premier League: Mizoram Police, Dinthar FC and Aizawl FC win". www.sportskeeda.com. SportsKeeda. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
- ^ "Sunil's Record-Breaking Strike Denies Aizawl A Win". i-league.org. Aizawl: Hero I-League. 15 February 2017. Archived from the original on 16 February 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2017.