Assam Police Blues (formerly known as both Assam Police football team and Assam Police AC) is an Indian institutional

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club based in

Guwahati Guwahati (, ; formerly rendered Gauhati, ) is the biggest city of the Indian state of Assam and also the largest metropolis in northeastern India. Dispur, the capital of Assam, is in the circuit city region located within Guwahati and is the ...

Assam Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur ...

. The club competes in the GSA Super Division Football League,

Bordoloi Trophy The Bordoloi Trophy, also known as the Bharat Ratna Lokopriya Gopinath Bordoloi Trophy, is a premier annual Indian football tournament held in Guwahati and organized by Guwahati Sports Association (GSA). The tournament was first started in 1952 ...

ATPA Shield The Assam Tea Planters' Association Shield, commonly known as the A.T.P.A. Shield, is an annual Indian association football tournament held in Jorhat, Assam and organised by Jorhat District Sports Association (JDSA). It is one of the esteemed an ...

and other major state club tournaments. It previously participated in the

Assam State Premier League Assam State Premier League (ASPL) is the state-level top division football league in the Indian state of Assam, organised by the Assam Football Association and the Guwahati Sports Association. The inaugural edition of the league started in 2008 ...

and won the title in 2013–14 season.

History

The Assam Police football team has very rich and memorable history. The club was formed as ''Assam Police AC'' and based in

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at the Assam Police Reserve. In 1971, the team defeated the Calcutta giant Mohammedan SC in the final of the

. In 1981, they shocked Goa's

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in that premier tournament's final. It has produced some brilliant footballers like

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, Kalimuddin Ahmed, Subir Choudhury, Jewel Bey etc. In 2001, the club shifted its base from Dergaon to Guwahati and rechristened its name to Assam Police Blues. The club has also appeared in the two seasons of National Football League II (NFL 2nd Division), then second tier of

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in 1998-99 and 2006-07.It also competed in the top division

Honours

League

: Champions (1): 2013–14 : Runners-up (1): 2009–10 *Assam Club Championship : Champions (2) 1998, 2005-06 *GSA Super Division Football League : Champions (3) 2004, 2005, 2006

Cup

Winners (5): 1960, 1971, 1981, 1995, 1997 : Runners-up (1): 1988 *

Winners (3) 1971, 1982, 1983 : Runners-up (3): 1990, 2002, 2017 *

Independence Day Cup The Independence Day Cup is an Indian football tournament held in Nagaon, Assam Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The ...

: Runners-up (1): 2006 *

Bodoland Martyrs Gold Cup Bodoland Martyrs Gold Cup is a association football, football league cup in the Bodoland Territorial Region, Assam, India, organised by Kokrajhar District Sports Association (KDSA) in memory of Bodoland martyrs, who sacrificed their lives for ...

: Runners-up (1): 2016 *Amba Medhi Football Tournament : Simple cup icon

Winners (4): 1988, 1996, 1999, 2003 *Sohanlal Dugar Shield : Runners-up (1): 2003

References

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History

Honours

League

Cup

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