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Ranipokhari Corner Team is a Nepalese football club from Kathmandu. It is the first-most successful team in the history of the Martyr's Memorial A-Division League, having won the title six times. [3] In 2013–14, facing serious financial problems, [4] the team was relegated from the Nepalese top division, the Nepal A- Division League. [5] [2]
The 1999 ANFA National League Cup was a domestic cup association football competition organised by the All Nepal Football Association.It was held on 20 November to 30 November 1999, and was called the 1999 ANFA Coca-Cola National League Cup for sponsorship reasons.
Although Nepal had been playing football with the teams of various neighboring countries and friendly countries but the necessity to invite countries for competitive matches in Nepal was realized only in 1979 and hence ANFA cup football match was introduced. In the first match of ANFA cup Kathmandu-11 team was the winner which was held in Chaitra.
Among the earliest references to Rani Pokhari is an account by Italian Jesuit Ippolito Desideri who visited Kathmandu in 1721 when Nepal was ruled by the Malla kings. He was travelling from Tibet to India , and has mentioned in his travelogue seeing a large pond outside the main city gate with flights of steps and banks sloping down to the water.
After Nepal entered an 18-man squad, ANFA flew the players to Dhaka, East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) to play their first match. Nepal faced Western Railway, a Pakistani team in the Bangabandhu National Stadium. However, Nepal lost the match 0–7. Two days later, Nepal played the Dhaka Wanderers, a local East Pakistani team. This match was also ...
Football (also known as soccer) is the most popular sport in Nepal. [5] The All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) is the governing body of Nepalese football that organizes the men's and women's national teams. Football was introduced to Nepal during the Rana regime in the 1921. [6]
It is the only venue in Nepal beside Dasarath Rangasala Stadium to host international football matches. The stadium has hosted several international friendly matches of the Nepal national football team. [5] [6] [7] The other facilities near the stadium are used to host volleyball, basketball, cricket, wrestling, [8] [9] boxing and badminton.
The 2024 SAFF U-16 Women's Championship was 6th edition of SAFF U-16 Women's Championship, an international football competition for women's under-17 national teams, organized by SAFF. The tournament were played in Nepal from 1–10 March 2024.