Chhinga Veng Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in

Aizawl Aizawl (; Mizo: ) is the capital of the state of Mizoram in India. Aizawl was officially established on 25 February 1890. With a population of 293,416, it is the largest city in the state. It is also the centre of administration containing all ...

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. The club competes in the

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. The club made its

I-League 2nd Division I-League 2, previously known as I-League 2nd Division and officially known as or Hero I-League 2 (for sponsorship ties with Hero MotoCorp), is an Indian men's professional football league. It is the 3rd tier of Indian football, behind India ...

debut in the 2018–19 season, and finished as runners-up.

History

Chhinga Veng FC was established in 1985. Chhinga Veng won the Independence Day tournament, the oldest football cup tournament in

in 2017. They followed it by winning MFA Super cup in the same year. Chhinga Veng won the

, the first division of Mizoram football in

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, by beating then national champion

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, to make it a treble. In the next season they started where they left off in the previous, by winning Independence Day tournament. and MFA Super cup 2018. Chhinga Veng finished runners–up in

2018–19 Mizoram Premier League The 2018–19 Mizoram Premier League is the seventh season of the Mizoram Premier League, the top division football league in the Indian state of Mizoram. The league kicked off from 6 September 2018 with eight teams competing. Aizawl FC won ...

by losing to

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side Aizawl FC on

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in the final. Chhinga Veng entered the national league in 2019 by competing in

2018–19 I-League 2nd Division The 2019 I-League 2nd Division (known as Hero 2018–19 I-League 2nd Division for sponsorship reasons), was the 12th season of the I-League 2nd Division, the second division Indian football league, since its establishment in 2008. The league wa ...

Rivalry

Chhinga Veng has a rivalry with local side Chanmari FC, which also competes in

. In the regional championships, the club also nurture the rivalry with

giants

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Stadium

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, located in Salem Veng,

, is used as the home ground of Chhinga Veng for the home matches of

2019 squad

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Current technical staff

Team records

National/International record

;Key *DNQ = did not qualify *DNP = Did not play *TBD = To be decided *TBA = To be added

Season

Head coach's record

updated on 13 September 2019

Honours

Domestic

League

**Runners-up (1): 2018–19 *

**Winners (1): 2017–18 **Runners-up (1): 2018–19

Cup

*MFA Super Cup **Winners (2): 2017, 2018 *Independence Day Cup **Winners (2): 2017, 2018Mizoram Independence Cup: Chhinga Veng FC beat Aizawl FC to lift title!
''Arunava about Football''. Retrieved 19 September 2021

References

External links

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at Soccerway
Chhinga Veng FC
at Global Sports Archive. {{Football in Mizoram Association football clubs established in 1985 I-League 2 clubs 1985 establishments in Mizoram Football clubs in Mizoram Chhinga Veng FC