New Mongol Bayangol Football Club is a

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

club based in

Ulaanbaatar Ulaanbaatar (; mn, Улаанбаатар, , "Red Hero"), previously anglicized as Ulan Bator, is the capital and most populous city of Mongolia. It is the coldest capital city in the world, on average. The municipality is located in north ce ...

Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south. It covers an area of , with a population of just 3.3 million, ...

. They played in the

Mongolian Premier League The Mongolian National Premier League ( Mongolian: ''Монголын Үндэсний Дээд Лиг''), also known as the Hisense Premier League for sponsorship reasons, is the top-tier professional football league of Mongolia. It is contested ...

, the highest level of football in Mongolia, making their debut in the 2016 season.

History

Bayangol FC were founded in July 2013, when

Paul Watson Paul Franklin Watson (born December 2, 1950) is a Canadian-American conservation and environmental movement, environmental activist, who founded the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, an anti-poaching and direct action group focused on marine c ...

was contacted by Ulaanbaatar local Enkhjin Batsumber, asking if Watson would be interested in helping to start a new football team in the capital. In the Summer of 2014,

Coventry University , mottoeng = By Art and Industry , established = , type = Public , endowment = £28 million (2015) , budget = £787.5 million , chancellor = Margaret Casely-Hayford , vice_chancellor = John Latham , students = () , undergr ...

student Jack Brazil was appointed as the club's manager. In May 2016, Bayangol appointed British coach

Shadab Iftikhar Shadab Iftikhar is an English football manager who is currently a first team coach at Wigan Athletic, having previously held the role as the head coach of the Pakistan under-20 football team. He currently holds an UEFA "A" license. In additi ...

as their manager for their inaugural Premier League season. In July 2016, Bayangol signed a MoU with

League of Ireland The League of Ireland ( ga, Sraith na hÉireann), together with the Football Association of Ireland, is one of the two main governing bodies responsible for organising association football in the Republic of Ireland. The term was originally us ...

side

Limerick Limerick ( ; ga, Luimneach ) is a western city in Ireland situated within County Limerick. It is in the province of Munster and is located in the Mid-West which comprises part of the Southern Region. With a population of 94,192 at the 2016 ...

. On 24 August 2016 it was announced the club's name was changed to New Mongol Bayangol FC to reflect a youth development partnership with the New Mongol Academy.

Domestic history

Squad

As of July 2016

Honours

, 1. Champions of the 2015 amateur league, , 2. Bronze medal (3rd place) of the 2015 1st league (2nd division), , 3. Bronze medal (3rd place) of the 2015-2016 Futsal Cup,

Managers

''Information correct as of match played 10 September 2016. Only competitive matches are counted.'' *Notes:

Affiliated clubs

(2016–present)

References

{{reflist

External links

Official FacebookOfficial Website
2013 establishments in Mongolia Association football clubs established in 2013 Football clubs in Ulaanbaatar