FC Ulaanbaatar

Association football club in Mongolia

Not to be confused with Ulaanbaatar City FC.

Football club

Ulaanbaatar

Full name| Football Club Ulaanbaatar
Nickname(s)| The Red Knights
Short name| FCUB
Founded| 2010; 15 years ago (2010)
Ground| MFF Football Centre
Capacity| 5,000
Manager| Andreas Spier
League| Mongolian Premier League
2023–24| 4th of 10

Home colours

Away colours

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Current season

FC Ulaanbaatar (Mongolian: ФС Улаанбаатар) is a professional football club based in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. The club currently competes in the Mongolian Premier League. It is a two-time champion of the league since its founding in 2010.

## History

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FC Ulaanbaatar was founded in 2010. They participated in the Mongolia Premier League for the first time the following season. That year, the club defeated Ulaanbaatar DS 1–0 in the championship final to win the title. Over the next decade, the club finished as runners-up in 2015, 2018, 2020 and 2021–22 before capturing their second title after twelve years in 2022–23 under head coach Vojislav Bralušić.[1] That year, the club also won the MFF Cup for the first time to complete the double.[2]

### AFC Cup debut

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By virtue of their league championship in 2022–23, FC Ulaanbaatar earned the right to participate in continental competition for the first time. The team entered the 2023–24 AFC Cup and were placed into Group I with Macau's Chao Pak Kei and Taiwan Steel and Taichung Futuro of Taiwan.[3] FC Ulaanbaatar won its first match in the competition, a 3 –1 victory over Taiwan Steel on 21 September 2023.[4] With the win, FC Ulaanbaatar became the first Mongolian club to win a match in the final round of the AFC Cup.[5] Ultimately, the club would fail to advance to the next round, being edged out by Taichung Futuro on goal-difference with both clubs sitting at twelve points.[6]

## Domestic history

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Key

Champion   Runners-up   3rd Place

Season  | League  | Federation Cup

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Div.  | Pos.  | Pl.  | W  | D  | L  | GS  | GA  | P
2011[7] | 1st | 1 | 14  | 6  | 3  | 5  | 35  | 24  | 21 |
2012[8] | 1st | 6 | 12  | 4  | 0  | 8  | 17  | 32  | 12 | Semi-final
2013[9] | 1st | 3 | 12  | 5  | 2  | 5  | 21  | 23  | 17 |
2014[10] | 1st | 5 | 12  | 4  | 1  | 7  | 25  | 22  | 13 |
2015[11] | 1st | 2 | 16  | 11  | 0  | 5  | 40  | 24  | 33 | Runners-up
2016[12] | 1st | 6 | 18  | 6  | 5  | 7  | 33  | 41  | 23 | Round of 16
2017[13] | 1st | 8 | 18  | 5  | 2  | 11  | 26  | 31  | 17 | Runners-up
2018[14] | 1st | 2 | 18  | 10  | 7  | 1  | 41  | 17  | 37 | Round of 16
2019[15] | 1st | 7 | 22  | 8  | 5  | 9  | 47  | 37  | 29 | Round of 16
2020[16] | 1st | 2 | 18  | 12  | 2  | 4  | 56  | 22  | 38 |
2021[17] | 1st | 4 | 18  | 9  | 6  | 3  | 34  | 16  | 33 |
2021–22[18] | 1st | 2 | 18  | 13  | 2  | 3  | 56  | 18  | 38 |
2022–23[19] | 1st | 1 | 24  | 21  | 2  | 1  | 93  | 108  | 62 | Winner
2023–24[20] | 1st | 4 | 27  | 15  | 1  | 11  | 70  | 40  | 46  | Semi-final
2024–25[21] | 1st |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

## Continental record

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Scores list FC Ulaanbaatar’s goal tally first.

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

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2023 | AFC Cup | Group I
Taiwan Steel | 3–1[22] | 0–3[23] | 3–4
Chao Pak Kei | 1–0[24] | 1–0[25] | 2–0
Taichung Futuro | 0–2[26] | 2–1[6] | 2–3
Continental Totals
Played  | Win  | Draw  | Loss  | GF  | GA  | GD
6  | 4  | 0  | 2  | 7  | 7  | 0

## Players

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### Current squad

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As of 1 September 2023

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

| No. | Pos. | Nation  | Player

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1  | GK |  MNG | Mönkh-Erdene Enkhtaivan
3  | DF |  MNG | Turbat Daginaa
4  | DF |  MNG | Bat-Orgil Gerelt-Od
5  | MF |  MNG | Ganduulga Ganbaatar
6  | DF |  MNG | Amgalanbat Batbaatar
7  | FW |  UZB | Sardorbek Matmuratov
8  | MF |  MNG | Uuganbayar Purevsuren
9  | FW |  MNG | Oyunbaatar Mijiddorj
10  | FW |  MNG | Baljinnyam Batbold
11  | MF |  UZB | Islom Shodmonov
12  | DF |  MNG | Oyunbaatar Otgonbayar
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14  | FW |  SRB | Saša Teofanov
17  | MF |  MNG | Gantogtokh Gantuya
18  | DF |  MNG | Munkh-Erdene Lkhagvasuren
19  | DF |  MNG | Tsogt-Ochir Jargaltuya
22  | MF |  SRB | Nemanja Krusevac
23  | MF |  MNG | Dulguun Amaraa
24  | MF |  MNG | Unur-Erdene Erdenechimeg
26  | MF |  MNG | Temuujin Altansukh
28  | DF |  SRB | Dušan Cirković
29  | GK |  MNG | Munkhsuld Battseren
30  | GK |  MNG | Chuluunbor Sengetsamba

## Managerial history

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Name  | Nat.  | Tenure  | Ref.

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Battulga Nasan-Ulzii |  Mongolia  | 2011–2013  |
Jun Fukuda |  Japan  | 2014–2017  | [27]
Marco Ragini |  San Marino  | 2018–2019  | [28]
Ganbat Bekhbat |  Mongolia  | 2019–2020  |
Vojislav Bralušić |  Serbia  | 2022 – April 2024  | [29][30]
Andreas Spier |  Germany  | August 2024 – present  | [30]

## Honours

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* Mongolian Premier League[31]
* Winners (2): 2011, 2023
* Runners-up (4): 2015, 2018, 2020, 2022
* MFF Super Cup
* Winners (2): 2020, 2023
* Runners-up (3): 2011, 2015, 2022
* MFF Cup
* Winners (1): 2023
* Runners-up (2): 2015, 2017[32]

## References

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## External links

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* MFF profile

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