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| Full name | Druk Stars Football Club | ||
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| Founded | 1998 (as Druk Star FC)[1] | ||
| Dissolved | 2020 | ||
| Ground | Changlimithang Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 15,000 | ||
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Druk Stars Football Club, sometimes referred to as Druk Star, was a Bhutanese football club from Thimphu. The team have won the national championship twice and competed in the A-Division from 2002, when they won their first title, through to 2010, having won a second title in 2009. They were absent from the A-Division in 2011, but played and won the 2012 B-Division. Returning to the top flight, they qualified for the National League for the first time in 2014. In addition to their two A-Division and one B-Division title, they have also represented Bhutan in the AFC President's Cup in 2010.
After the 2020 season, the club was dissolved following the decision of the Bhutan Football Federation to impose a lifetime ban on the club owner for match fixing during the 2020 season.[2]
- ^ Gyeltshen, Tshering (27 July 2001). "Club makes a bid to revive football". kuenselonline.com. Kuensel Online. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
- ^ "Druk Stars coach involved in match-fixing, banned for life". kuenselonline.com. Kuensel Online. 23 October 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2021.