Real Kashmir FC

Real Kashmir
Full nameReal Kashmir Football Club
Nickname(s)Sheeni Seh (Snow leopards)
Short nameRKFC
Founded2016; 8 years ago (2016)[1]
GroundTRC Turf Ground
Capacity10,000
Head coachIshfaq Ahmed
LeagueI-League
J&K Premier Football League
2023–24I-League, 5th of 13
Websiterealkashmirfc.in
Current season
Departments of Real Kashmir FC
Football (Men's) Futsal (Men's)[2] Football (Women's) Football
(Reserves & Youths)

Real Kashmir Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir.[3][4] Incorporated in 2016, the club predominantly competes in I-League, the second tier of Indian football league system.[5][6][7] Real Kashmir with its reserves side also participates in Jammu & Kashmir Premier Football League regionally.

Nicknamed "Sheeni Seh" (transl. Snow Leopards),[8][9] Real Kashmir is the first ever club from Jammu and Kashmir to earn promotion to compete in any top flight football league of the country.[10][11][12][13][14] They also lifted prestigious IFA Shield title in 2022.[15] Club's futsal section has been competing in the state league, as well as AIFF Futsal Club Championship, the highest division of futsal club competition in the country.

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