Defenders Football Club

Sri Lankan football club

Football club

Defenders FC

Full name| Defenders Football Club
Ground| Homagama Ground
Homagama, Sri Lanka
Capacity| 5,000
Manager| Shanmugam Pathmanathan
League| Sri Lanka Super League
2022| 6th

Home colours

Away colours

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Defenders Football Club is a professional football club based in Homagama, Sri Lanka. In 2018, Sri Lanka Army SC was renamed to Defenders FC.[1] The team is under the patronage of the Sri Lanka Army.

## Honours[edit]

* Sri Lanka Champions League: 2
* Winners: 2008–09, 2018–19
* Sri Lanka FA Cup: 7
* Winners: 1961, 1968, 2011, 2013–14, 2016, 2017, 2018

## Performance in AFC competitions[edit]

* AFC President's Cup: 2 appearances

2009: Group Stage
2013: Group Stage

* AFC Cup: 1 appearance

2020: Preliminary round 1

## Continental record[edit]

Season  | Competition  | Round  | Club  | Home  | Away  | Aggregate

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2009 | AFC President's Cup | Group stage |  Abahani Ltd | 1–2  | 3rd
FC Asgabat | 5–1
2013 | AFC President's Cup | Group stage |  Boeung Ket Angkor | 6–0  | 4th
Hilal Al-Quds | 0–10
Balkan | 0–5
2020 | AFC Cup | Preliminary round 1 |  Paro | 3–3  | 2–2  | 5–5 (a)

## Current squad[edit]

As of 2 February 2020[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

| No. | Pos. | Nation  | Player

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1  | GK |  SRI | Mohamed Luthfi
2  | FW |  SRI | Nishan Jeevantha
3  | DF |  SRI | Priyashan de Silva
4  | DF |  NGA | Olumide Agbeti
5  | MF |  SRI | Bernard Ramaiyajesu
6  | FW |  SRI | Mohamed Izzadeen
7  | MF |  NGA | Ismaila Abumere Ogudugu
8  | MF |  SRI | Sanka Danushka
9  | FW |  GHA | Evans Asante
10  | MF |  SRI | Sajith Kumara
11  | FW |  SRI | Madushan de Silva
12  | DF |  SRI | Roshan Appuhamy
13  | FW |  SRI | Eranga Priyasantha
| No. | Pos. | Nation  | Player

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14  | DF |  SRI | Lakshitha Jayathunga
17  | DF |  SRI | Vigneswararasa Kajanathan
18  | DF |  SRI | Subashana Fernando
19  | MF |  CMR | Kevin Pierre Obangana
21  | GK |  SRI | Mohamed Ijas
22  | DF |  SRI | Sudesh Rangana
23  | FW |  BRA | Sergio Almeida
24  | MF |  SRI | Asikur Rahuman
26  | MF |  SRI | Ajith Kumara
27  | DF |  SRI | Mohamed Waseeth
29  | DF |  SRI | Sampath Kumara
30  | FW |  SRI | Nadeeshan Perera
35  | GK |  SRI | Arunoda Thenuwara
95  | MF |  LES | Atsu Mukhi

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Defenders FC - Soccer - Team Profile - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics - Global Sports Archive".
2. ^ "Play-off, 1st leg: Defenders FC 2-2 Paro". the-afc. 29 January 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2020.

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