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Colombo Football Club (Colombo FC) is a professional football club based in Colombo, that competes in the Sri Lanka Super League, the top flight of Sri Lankan football.. They are 3-time winners of the prestigious Dialog Champions League and also have won the 2015 FA Cup championship, [1] defeating Blue Star SC 1–0 in the final on July 4 at the Sugathadasa Stadium.
Football in Sri Lanka is mainly played at a semi-professional and recreational level. Despite not being as well-regarded as the country's cricket team, football is the third biggest sport in Sri Lanka (after cricket and rugby union). The Sri Lanka national football team uses the 25,000-capacity Sugathadasa Stadium for their home games.
Sugathadasa Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It is currently used for football , rugby union, and athletics . The stadium holds 25,000 people and has an on-site hotel.
Football is one of the most famous games in Sri Lanka just behind cricket. Most football clubs are based in main cities like Colombo, Kandy, Negambo and Kalutara. [citation needed] There are five football competitions in Sri Lanka. They are Sri Lanka Football Premier League, Division I, Division II, Division III, Sri Lanka FA Cup and Dialog ...
Ceylonese Rugby & Football Club, also known as CR & FC, is a Division-A rugby union team based in Colombo, Sri Lanka which plays in the Dialog Rugby League. Established in 1922, the club has won the Clifford Cup Knockout Tournament fifteen times, most recently in 2023. [1] Their nickname is the Red Shirts. [2]
Ceylonese Rugby & Football Club Grounds (also known as Longdon Place) commonly known as CR & FC is a multi-purpose stadium complex located in Colombo, Sri Lanka. [ 1 ] It is the home ground of Division 'A' rugby union team, Ceylonese Rugby & Football Club , and on occasion hosts concerts and musical performances.
Ratnam Sports Club is a Sri Lankan professional football club based in Colombo, that competes in the Sri Lanka Super League, the top division of Sri Lankan football.The club was founded in 1950.
Renown SC was founded in 1981. [5] The club emerged champions in the Sri Lanka Champions League four times in 1990, 1993, 1994 and 2009. [6] They became the first Sri Lankan club to sign numerous Indian players for a single season, signing Shaji Varghese, Shibu Stellas and Shyam Simon (all from Kerala) in 2004.