Full name | Transport United Football Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | The Grizzly Bears | ||
Short name | TUFC | ||
Founded | 2001 | ||
Ground | Changlimithang Stadium | ||
Capacity | 15,000 | ||
President | Jigme Tshewang | ||
Head coach | Pema Dorji | ||
League | Bhutan Premier League | ||
2024 | Bhutan Premier League, 2nd of 10 | ||
Website | transportunitedfc | ||
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Transport United Football Club is a Bhutanese professional football club based in Thimphu that competes in the Bhutan Premier League, the top level of Bhutanese football.[1] The club was founded in 2001 and plays at the Changlimithang Stadium.[2] Transport United has won five national championships,[3] and was a dominant force in Bhutanese football throughout much of the first decade of the 21st century.
In the 2017 season, the club won the title after completing an entire season undefeated, and hence qualified for the AFC Cup for the first time.