Border Security Force (football team)

Indian association football club

Football club

Border Security Force

Full name| Border Security Force Sporting Club
Ground| Guru Gobind Singh Stadium
Capacity| 22,000
Owner| Border Security Force
League| Punjab State Super Football League[1]

Home colours

Away colours

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Border Security Force Sporting Club is an Indian multi-sports club best known for its football team. The club is based in Jalandhar, Punjab, and currently competing in the Punjab State Super Football League.[2][3][4] They are one of the dominating teams in Durand Cup and Independence Day Cup of Assam.[5]

BSF's corporate team competed in All India Public Sector tournament.[6]

## History

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The team is well known for winning the prestigious Durand Cup on seven occasions during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s.[7] Legendary player Sukhwinder Singh represented the club from 1974 to 1978.[8]

BSF players (in red) during the Durand Cup at the Ambedkar Stadium in 2008.

The team also spent one season in the old National Football League during the 1999–2000 season. They were relegated after finishing in 11th place.[9]

## Rivalries

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As one of the renowned clubs from the state of Punjab, Border Security Force nurtured rivalries with numerous local sides including Leaders Club, Punjab Police, JCT Mills, in the state leagues.[10][11][12][13]

## Ownership

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Main article: Border Security Force

## Honours

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BSF players (in red) in action against ONGC FC in 2008 Durand Cup at Ambedkar Stadium in New Delhi.

### League

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* National Football League II
* Champions (1): 1998–99[14]
* Punjab State Super Football League[15]
* Champions (5): 1985–86, 1988, 2000–01, 2008, 2021–22
* Runners-up (6): 1990–91, 1994–95, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006

### Cup

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* Durand Cup[16][17]
* Champions (7): 1968–69, 1971–72, 1973–74, 1975–76, 1976, 1981, 1988
* Federation Cup[18]
* Champions (1): 1979–80
* Runners-up (1): 1988–89
* Punjab State Senior Championship[19]
* Champions (2): 1978–79, 1983–84
* Runners-up (4): 1977, 1981, 1982, 1989
* Sait Nagjee Football Tournament
* Champions (1): 1970[20][21]
* All Airlines Gold Cup
* Champions (3): 1994, 1997, 1998–99[22]
* Sikkim Governor's Gold Cup
* Champions (3): 2002, 2005, 2012[23][24]
* All India Independence Day Cup
* Champions (6): 1993, 1998, 1999, 2006, 2008–09, 2018
* Runners-up (3): 2007, 2016, 2019[25]
* Gurdarshan Memorial Cup
* Champions (4): 1986, 1994, 1998, 1981, 2005[26]
* B. N. Mullick Police Cup[27]
* Champions (5): 2001, 2002, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2008
* Runners-up (1): 1998
* Mammen Mappillai Trophy
* Champions (1): 1976 (co-winners)[28]
* Churachand Singh Trophy
* Champions (1): 1985[29]
* Darjeeling Gold Cup
* Champions (1): 1980[30]
* Mohan Kumar Mangalam Football Tournament[31]
* Champions (6): 1993, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2004
* Runners-up (1): 1999
* Shaheed-e-Azam Sardar Bhagat Singh Memorial Trophy
* Champions (3): 2003, 2004, 2005[32]
* Runners-up (1): 2001
* Guru Gobind Singh Trophy
* Champions (1): 2005[33]
* Bandodkar Gold Trophy
* Runners-up (1): 1986[34]
* Delhi Lt. Governor's Cup
* Runners-up (1): 2004[35]
* Steel Express Cup
* Runners-up (1): 2018[36]

## Other departments

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### Field hockey

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Border Security Force has a field hockey team[37] that participated in Beighton Cup, one of the oldest field hockey tournaments in the world.[38][39] They also appeared in Bombay Gold Cup.[40]

Honours

* Beighton Cup[41][42]
* Champions (5): 1971, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2005
* Runners-up (4): 1997, 2001, 2006, 2007
* Bombay Gold Cup[43]
* Champions (8): 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1980, 1981, 1992
* Guru Tegh Bahadur Gold Cup[43]
* Champions (1): 2000
* Surjit Memorial Hockey Tournament[44]
* Champions (2): 1998, 1999
* Runners-up (4): 1986, 1988, 1989, 2003
* Senior Nehru Hockey Tournament[45][46][47]
* Champions (7): 1975, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1987, 1996, 1996
* Runners-up (6): 1979, 1984, 1992, 1993, 1999, 2004
* All India Police Hockey Championship
* Runners-up (1): 2024[48][49]

### Basketball

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BSF has been operating both men's and women's basketball teams, and competing in Punjab State Annual Basketball League.[50]

Honours

* Punjab State Annual Basketball League
* Runners-up (1): 2005[50]

## See also

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Portals:

* India
* Association football
* Hockey

* List of football clubs in India
* Central Reserve Police Force SC
* Punjab Police FC

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## Further reading

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* Majumdar, Boria; Bandyopadhyay, Kausik (2006). A Social History Of Indian Football: Striving To Score. Routledge. ISBN 9780415348355. Archived from the original on 29 June 2021.
* Basu, Jaydeep (2003). Stories from Indian Football. UBS Publishers' Distributors. ISBN 9788174764546. Archived from the original on 11 October 2022.
* Chatterjee, Siraj (10 December 2020). "Punjabi Football on a Roar!". footballindia.co.in. Football India. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
* "India 2018/19 — Punjab State Super Football League". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 23 May 2023. Retrieved 26 January 2023.

## External links

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* Border Security Force on Facebook
* Border Security Force at the-aiff.com

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Punjab State Super Football League

2022–23 clubs|

* Punjab Police
* Border Security Force
* Central Reserve Police Force
* Dalbir FC
* Jagat Singh Palahi FA
* Punjab FC Reserves
* Sant Baba Bhag Singh FA
* SGHS FA
* Khalsa Warriors FC
* Principal Harbhajan FC
* Sikh Regiment Center FC

Seasons|

* 2016
* 2019
* 2020–21
* 2021–22
* 2022–23
* 2023–24

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Durand Cup winners

1888–1900|

* Royal Scots Fusiliers (1888)
* Highland Light Infantry (1889)
* Highland Light Infantry (1890)
* King's Own Scottish Borderers (1891)
* King's Own Scottish Borderers (1892)
* Highland Light Infantry (1893)
* Highland Light Infantry (1894)
* Highland Light Infantry (1895)
* Somerset Light Infantry (1896)
* Black Watch (1897)
* Black Watch (1898)
* Black Watch (1899)
* South Wales Borderers (1900)

1901–1920|

* South Wales Borderers (1901)
* Hampshire Regiment (1902)
* Royal Irish Rifles (1903)
* North Staffordshire Regiment (1904)
* Royal Dragoons (1905)
* Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (1906)
* Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (1907)
* Lancashire Fusiliers (1908)
* Lancashire Fusiliers (1909)
* Royal Scots (1910)
* Black Watch (1911)
* Royal Scots (1912)
* Lancashire Fusiliers (1913)
* Not held (1914)
* Not held (1915)
* Not held (1916)
* Not held (1917)
* Not held (1918)
* Not held (1919)
* Black Watch (1920)

1921–1940|

* Worcestershire Regiment (1921)
* Lancashire Fusiliers (1922)
* Cheshire Regiment (1923)
* Worcestershire Regiment (1924)
* Sherwood Foresters (1925)
* Durham Light Infantry (1926)
* York & Lancaster Regiment (1927)
* Sherwood Foresters (1928)
* York & Lancaster Regiment (1929)
* York & Lancaster Regiment (1930)
* Devonshire Regiment (1931)
* King's Shropshire Light Infantry (1932)
* King's Shropshire Light Infantry (1933)
* Royal Signals (1934)
* Border Regiment (1935)
* Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (1936)
* Border Regiment (1937)
* South Wales Borderers (1938)
* Not held (1939)
* Mohammedan (1940)

1941–1960|

* Not held (1941)
* Not held (1942)
* Not held (1943)
* Not held (1944)
* Not held (1945)
* Not held (1946)
* Not held (1947)
* Not held (1948)
* Not held (1949)
* Hyderabad City Police (1950)
* East Bengal (1951)
* East Bengal (1952)
* Mohun Bagan (1953)
* Hyderabad City Police (1954)
* Madras Regimental Centre (1955)
* East Bengal (1956)
* Hyderabad City Police (1957)
* Madras Regimental Centre (1958)
* Mohun Bagan (1959)
* Mohun Bagan and East Bengal (1960)

1961–1980|

* Andhra Pradesh Police (1961)
* Not held (1962)
* Mohun Bagan (1963)
* Mohun Bagan (1964)
* Mohun Bagan (1965)
* Gorkha Brigade (1966)
* East Bengal (1967)
* Border Security Force (1968)
* Gorkha Brigade (1969)
* East Bengal (1970)
* Border Security Force (1971)
* East Bengal (1972)
* Border Security Force (1973)
* Mohun Bagan (1974)
* Border Security Force (1975)
* Border Security Force and JCT Mills (1976)
* Mohun Bagan (1977)
* East Bengal (1978)
* Mohun Bagan (1979)
* Mohun Bagan (1980)

1981–2000|

* Border Security Force (1981)
* Mohun Bagan and East Bengal (1982)
* JCT Mills (1983)
* Mohun Bagan (1984)
* Mohun Bagan (1985)
* Mohun Bagan (1986)
* JCT Mills (1987)
* Border Security Force (1988)
* East Bengal (1989)
* East Bengal (1990)
* East Bengal (1991)
* JCT Mills (1992)
* East Bengal (1993)
* Mohun Bagan (1994)
* East Bengal (1995)
* JCT Mills (1996)
* Kochin (1997)
* Mahindra & Mahindra (1998)
* Salgaocar (1999)
* Mohun Bagan (2000)

2001–2020|

* Mahindra United (2001-02)
* East Bengal (2002-03)
* Salgaocar (2003-04)
* East Bengal (2004-05)
* Army XI (2005)
* Dempo (2006)
* Churchill Brothers (2007)
* Mahindra United (2008)
* Churchill Brothers (2009)
* Prayag United (2010)
* Churchill Brothers (2011)
* Air India (2012)
* Mohammedan (2013)
* Salgaocar (2014)
* Army Green (2016)
* Gokulam Kerala (2019)

2021–present|

* Goa (2021)
* Bengaluru (2022)
* Mohun Bagan (2023)
* NorthEast United (2024)

Notes: The tournament was not held from 1914-19 (due to WWI), in 1939 (due to WWII), from 1941-49 (due to WWII and Partition), in 1962 (due to 1962 War) and in 2015 and 2017-2018 (due to unknown reasons)
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