Punjab Police Football Club (commonly known by its nickname "The Policemen"), is an Indian institutional football club based in

Jalandhar Jalandhar is the third most-populous city in the Indian state of Punjab and the largest city in Doaba region. Jalandhar lies alongside the Grand Trunk Road and is a well-connected rail and road junction. Jalandhar is northwest of the state ...

Punjab Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising ...

, and affiliated with the

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, that competes in the

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History

FC Punjab Police, governed by the Punjab Police, have an extremely proud past record of enjoying high status in sports and have produced talented players that have played in the National Team as well as the Indian football league. The club in 1965, reached the final of India's oldest football tournament

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, but went down 2–0 to Jarnail Singh led

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. They have won lot of regional and state tournaments. Their first win was the

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in 1962 and most recent win was the Delhi Lt. Governor's Cup in 2006. However, the club's most cherishable win was the 1994–95

. In 2003 and 2005, they emerged as runners-up of the Guru Gobind Singh Trophy. In 2021, Punjab Police participated in prestigious Birat Gold Cup of Nepal and emerged as the runners-up after losing 1–0 to Nepal A.P.F. Club in final.

Rivalries

FC Punjab Police shares a rivalry with local side

JCT Mills FC Jagatjit Cotton & Textile Football Club (formerly known as JCT Mills FC; abbreviated as both JCT FC, or simply JCT) was an Indian professional football club based in Phagwara, Punjab. Founded in 1971, the club was sponsored by Jagatjit Cotton ...

, which have emerged as the champions of the first ever

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. Both the clubs have witnessed the rivalry in the regional

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tournaments of

. Punjab Police had also enjoyed rivalries with two of other local sides ''Leaders Club (Jalandhar)'' and

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Stadium

FC Punjab Police have used

Guru Gobind Singh Stadium Guru Gobind Singh Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Jalandhar, India India, officially the Republic of India ( Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and ...

for their seasonal home matches of the National Football League and

Honours

International

* Birat Gold Cup **Runners-up (1): 2021

Domestic

**Runners-up (2): 1965, 1979 * National Football League II **Runners-up (1): 2000–01 *

IFA Shield The IFA Shield is an annual football competition organized by the Indian Football Association. The IFA is the governing body of football in the state of West Bengal, came into existence in 1893. Named after the association, the IFA Shield t ...

**Runners-up (1): 1987 *

**Champions (2): 1994–95,

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**Runners-up (1): 2022–23 *Gurdarshan Memorial Cup **Champions (8): 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1989, 2004 *

Hot Weather Football Championship Hot Weather Football Championship, also known as the All India Hot Weather Football Championship, is an annual Indian football tournament held in Mandi, Himachal Pradesh Mandi ( formerly known as Mandav Nagar, also known as Sahor) is a maj ...

**Champions (4): 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003 **Runners-up (2): 1997, 2019 *

DCM Trophy The Delhi Cloth Mills Trophy, known simply as D.C.M. Trophy, was an invitational football tournament in India. It was held annually in New Delhi and was organised by the local Delhi Football Association. It was India's first football tournamen ...

**Champions (2): 1966, 1976 * Sikkim Governor's Gold Cup **Champions (3): 1982, 1983, 1995 *Delhi Lt. Governor's Cup **Champions (2): 2004, 2006 *Shaheed-e-Azam Sardar Bhagat Singh Memorial Trophy **Champions (2): 2001, 2004 *

**Champions (1): 1962 *

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 ...

**Champions (1): 1994 *BN Mullick Police Cup **Champions (1): 1998 *Manjit Memorial Football Tournament **Champions (1): 2000 *Jarnail Singh Memorial Football Trophy **Champions (1): 2003 *Rajiv Gandhi Memorial Trophy **Champions (1): 2003 *Kohima Royal Gold Cup **Champions (1): 2001 **Runners-up (1): 2002 *Harbhajan Singh Memorial Trophy **Champions (1): 2004 *Guru Gobind Singh Trophy **Runners-up (2): 2003, 2005 *

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**Runners-up (1): 1988 *

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**Champions (3): 1991, 1998, 1999 **Runners-up (2): 1993, 1997

Other department

Field hockey

Punjab Police has its hockey team, that participated in

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, one of the oldest

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tournaments in the world. They also participated in

Bombay Gold Cup Bombay Gold Cup is a field hockey tournament organized by the Mumbai Hockey Association (MHA). It was instituted in 1955 by Naval Tata Naval Hormusji Tata (30 August 1904 – 5 May 1989) was an adopted son of Sir Ratanji Tata and a no ...

Honours

**Champions (4): 1966, 1997, 2002, 2008 **Runners-up (1): 1961 *

**Champions (5): 1959, 1963, 1979, 1988, 1999 **Runners-up (2): 1962, 1978 *Guru Tegh Bahadur Gold Cup **Runners-up (1): 1984 * Surjit Memorial Hockey Tournament **Champions (6): 1985, 1986, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2017 **Runners-up (4): 1993, 1996, 2001, 2004 *

Senior Nehru Hockey Tournament Senior Nehru Hockey Tournament is a field hockey tournament organized by the Jawaharlal Nehru Hockey Tournament Society (JNHTS). Instituted in 1964 by the Society, the All India Hockey Tournament is held as an annual feature at New Delhi. Histor ...

**Champions (7): 1976, 1980, 1982, 1994, 2002, 2003, 2004 **Runners-up (6): 1975, 1978, 1985, 1986, 1996, 2019

Performance in AFC competitions

Asian Club Championship The AFC Champions League (abbreviated as ACL) is an annual continental club football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation, and contested by Asia's top-division football clubs. It is the most prestigious club competition ...

: 1 appearance :

1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...

: Group Stage

References

External links

Indian Football – Punjab Police

NFL 2006/2007 2nd Division League Table

Official Website of Punjab Police
{{DEFAULTSORT:Punjab Police Football clubs in Punjab Sport in Jalandhar Police association football clubs in India Association football clubs established in 1960 1960 establishments in East Punjab

History

Rivalries

Stadium

Honours

International

Domestic

Other department

Field hockey

Honours

Performance in AFC competitions

See also

References

Further reading

External links