Renown Sports Club is a

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n professional

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club based in

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. Founded in 1981 by the Peeris Brothers, the club currently competes in the

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History

Renown SC was founded in 1981. The club emerged champions in the

four times in 1990, 1993, 1994 and 2009. They became the first Sri Lankan club to sign numerous Indian players for a single season, signing Shaji Varghese, Shibu Stellas and Shyam Simon (all from

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) in 2004. In 2004, Renown participated in the 110th

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in 2004, in

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. They appeared in the 2010 edition of

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, but could not proceeded to the knockout stages.

Home ground

Renown uses

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, as its home ground. The stadium has a capacity of nearly 25,000 spectators.

Achievements

;Domestic tournaments 1982, 1987 : Silver Cup Champions.
1983 : Colombo League "C" Champions.
1983 : Y.A Sugathadasa Memorial Cup Champions.
1989, 1991 : Abdul Rahuman Gold Cup Champions.
1989 : Mayor's Cup Champions.
1989 : M.H. Mohamed Gold Cup Champions.
1989, 1991 : Jayantha Mallimarachchi Memorial Cup Champion
1989 : Vincent Peeris Memorial Cup Champion. (Renown SC Founder)
1991 : Police Invitation Cup Champion.
1992 : Sri Lanka School Invitation Cup Champions.
1993 : Lawrence Fernando Memorial Cup Champions. (Ratnam SC Founder)
1993 : Mahinda Aluvihara Memorial Cup Champions.
1994 : Ratnam Invitation Cup (Renown Vs Malaysia FA Champions).
1998 : Viven Gunawardana Memorial Trophy Champions.
2009 : Futsal Champions. 2009 : Dialog Champion League Champion.
2012 : Dialog Champion League. Runners up.
2015 : Dialog Champion League. Runners up.
2016 : Dialog Champion League. Runners up.
2017 : Dialog Champion League. Runners up.
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Sri Lanka Football Premier League The S1 League ( si, එස්1 ලීගය; ta, எஸ்1 லீக்), or simply S1, also known as Sri Lanka Champions League, is the second tier division of the Sri Lankan football league system and was succeeded by the professional Sri Lan ...

: 4 **Winners: 1990, 1993, 1994, 2009 *

Sri Lanka FA Cup The Sri Lanka FA Cup is an annual knockout cup competition in Sri Lankan football. It is the oldest association football competition in Sri Lanka. The Sri Lanka FA Cup is organised by the Football Sri Lanka. Previous winners Ceylon FA Cup *19 ...

: 6 **Winners: 1986–87, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1993–94, 1994–95, 2002–03 **Runners-up: 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1995–96, 1998–99, 2003–04 *Colombo League Gold Cup Champions: 3 **Winners: 1989, 1990, 2003. *

POMIS Cup The POMIS Cup (known fully as President of Maldives Invitational Soccer Cup) is an international club football tournament kicked off in 1987 to promote the standards of local football in Maldives. This is the only international soccer club tourna ...

: 1 **Winners: 1987

Honours and records

International

(

Maldives Maldives (, ; dv, ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ, translit=Dhivehi Raajje, ), officially the Republic of Maldives ( dv, ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ ޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާ, translit=Dhivehi Raajjeyge Jumhooriyyaa, label=none, ), is an archipelag ...

): 4 appearances ::''Champions'' 1987, 1988, 1990, 1999

Continental

: 1 appearance ::

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: 4th (Group Stage)

Domestic

*Ratnam Invitation Cup ::''Champions'' 1994

Records

*AIFF Vittal Trophy (

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): 1 appearance *

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): 1 appearance

References

External links

Football Federation of Sri LankaOfficial websiteOfficial Facebook profile
{{Football in Sri Lanka Football clubs in Sri Lanka 1981 establishments in Sri Lanka