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{{Short description|Indian association football club}}
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'''Border Security Force Sporting Club''' is an Indian [[sports club|multi-sports club]], best known for its [[association football|football]] section. The club is based in [[Jalandhar]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], and currently competing in the [[Punjab State Super Football League]].<ref name=MSR>{{cite web|title=28th JCT Punjab State Super Football League starts today |url=http://www.msrsportsnews.com/viewnews?newsId=3035 |website=MSR Sports News |access-date=31 October 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141101033931/http://www.msrsportsnews.com/viewnews?newsId=3035 |archive-date=1 November 2014 |df=dmy }}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|number=1046003829039353856|user=minervapunjabfc|title=A quick look at the latest #PunjabFootballLeague table 📈 #chakdephatte|date=29 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203043137/https://twitter.com/minervapunjabfc/status/1046003829039353856|archive-date=3 December 2021|access-date=3 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=28th Punjab State Super Football League — Legend Inder Singh to kick-off|url=http://www.kolkatafootball.com/punjab_football_league_2014-15/#horizontalTab2|website=kolkatafootball.com|publisher=Kolkata Football|date=23 August 2014|access-date=31 October 2014|archive-date=1 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141101022001/http://www.kolkatafootball.com/punjab_football_league_2014-15/#horizontalTab2}}</ref> They are one of the dominating teams in [[Durand Cup]] and [[Independence Day Cup]] of [[Assam]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=India's football past gasping for survival |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/football/india-s-football-past-gasping-for-survival/story-8cGyA03MIB3ay2LCflkcWJ.html |date=25 March 2018 |website=hindustantimes.com |publisher=[[Hindustan Times]] |last=Sarkar |first=Dhiman |location=Kolkata |access-date=16 April 2023 |archive-date=6 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220106201153/https://www.hindustantimes.com/football/india-s-football-past-gasping-for-survival/story-8cGyA03MIB3ay2LCflkcWJ.html }}</ref>

BSF's corporate team competed in All India Public Sector tournament.<ref>{{cite web|title=Departments' League — A solution to many problems|url=https://englisharchives.mathrubhumi.com/sports/features/english-news-1.916067|website=englisharchives.mathrubhumi.com|publisher=Mathrubhumi|location=Kochi|date=8 March 2016|first=M. M. Jafar|last=Khan|access-date=28 November 2022|archive-date=4 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230804042211/https://englisharchives.mathrubhumi.com/sports/features/english-news-1.916067}}</ref>

==History==
The team is well known for winning the prestigious [[Durand Cup]] on seven occasions during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s.<ref>{{cite web|title=Durand Cup|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/indiadurandcuphist.html|website=RSSSF|access-date=2 November 2014|archive-date=29 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140729142839/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/indiadurandcuphist.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Legendary player [[Sukhwinder Singh (football manager)|Sukhwinder Singh]] represented the club from 1974 to 1978.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jctfootball.com/team/playersProfile.aspx?ProfileCategoryID=11&ProfileID=6&FirstName=Sukhvinder&DateOfBirth=07-06-1949&OrderNumber=11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919070148/http://www.jctfootball.com/team/playersProfile.aspx?ProfileCategoryID=11&ProfileID=6&FirstName=Sukhvinder&DateOfBirth=07-06-1949&OrderNumber=11|title=Squad Management: Sukhwinder Singh|website=JCT Official Website|access-date=28 October 2022|archive-date=19 September 2020}}</ref> In June 1970, the [[All Nepal Football Association]] organized a tournament to celebrate the 50th birth anniversary of [[Mahendra of Nepal|King Mahendra]], where the team ultimately lost 2–0 to the [[East Pakistan football team]] in the title-deciding game, which was held in a round-robin league format. They later tied the second-place game with Mahabir Club, finishing as joint runners-up.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pakistan Observer, 1970.06.21 — South Asian Newspapers |url=https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/san/newspapers/paob19700621-01.1.10 |access-date=2025-03-31|website=gpa.eastview.com|archive-date=2025-03-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250331102427/https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/san/?a=d&d=paob19700621-01.1.10|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Pakistan Observer, 1970.06.23 — South Asian Newspapers |url=https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/san/newspapers/paob19700623-01.1.8|access-date=2025-03-31|website=gpa.eastview.com|archive-date=2025-03-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250331102918/https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/san/?a=d&d=paob19700623-01.1.8|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Pakistan_Year_Book/aX4KAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22Maula+Bux+scored+a+hat+-+trick%22&dq=%22Maula+Bux+scored+a+hat+-+trick%22&printsec=frontcover |title=Pakistan Year Book |date=1971 |pages=79 |language=en}}</ref>

[[File:The Indian Army Chief, Gen. Deepak Kapur with the football team players of Salgaocar SC and BSF, at the inauguration of 121st OSIAN’S Durand Football Tournament-2008, in New Delhi on August 21, 2008.jpg|thumb|240px|BSF players (''in red'') during the [[Durand Cup]] at the [[Ambedkar Stadium]] in 2008.|left]]
The team also spent one season in the old [[National Football League (India)|National Football League]] during the [[1999–2000 Indian National Football League|1999–2000]] season. They were relegated after finishing in 11th place.<ref>{{cite web|title=NFL 1999–2000|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/india00.html|website=RSSSF|access-date=2 November 2014|archive-date=22 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022023658/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/india00.html#nfl1|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Rivalries==
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 FC|Punjab Police]], [[JCT FC|JCT Mills]], in [[Punjab State Super Football League|the state leagues]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.punjab.football/about.php|title=Football in Punjab|website=punjab.football/about.php|publisher=Punjab Football Association|access-date=16 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822202300/http://www.punjab.football/about.php|archive-date=22 August 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Manashi Pathak|date=22 June 2018|url=https://www.goal.com/en-in/news/punjab-football-league-structure-india/2ynwa3eqpmiz19u1zz0f8zm83|title=All you need to know about the football league structure in Punjab|website=Goal.com|access-date=16 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705105202/https://www.goal.com/en-in/news/punjab-football-league-structure-india/2ynwa3eqpmiz19u1zz0f8zm83|archive-date=5 July 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=J. S.|last=Gandam|url=http://www.jctfootball.com/news/newsFeatures.aspx|title=The game hooks Phagwara youth, JCT a Mecca for players|website=www.jctfootball.com|publisher=JCT Mills FC|access-date=7 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211116082734/http://www.jctfootball.com/news/newsFeatures.aspx|archive-date=16 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=28th JCT Punjab State Super Football League starts today|url=http://www.msrsportsnews.com/viewnews?newsId=3035|website=mrssportsnews.com|publisher=MSR Sports News|date=25 August 2014|access-date=31 October 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141101033931/http://www.msrsportsnews.com/viewnews?newsId=3035|archive-date=1 November 2014|df=dmy}}</ref>

==Ownership==
{{Main|Border Security Force}}

==Honours==

[[File:The Goal keeper Rajat Ghoshdastidar of ONGC fisting the ball against the attack of BSF during the 121st OSIAN’S Durand Football Tournament-2008, at Ambedkar Stadium in New Delhi on August 25, 2008.jpg|thumb|BSF players (in red) in action against [[ONGC FC]] in [[Durand Cup|2008 Durand Cup]] at [[Ambedkar Stadium]] in New Delhi.]]

===League===
*'''[[National Football League Second Division (India)|National Football League II]]'''
**'''Champions (1):''' 1998–99<ref>{{cite web |title=National Football League Second Division |author=Arunava Choudhary |url=http://www.indianfootball.de/data/nfl2.html |website=indianfootball.de |access-date=16 July 2021 |archive-date=26 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026081440/http://www.indianfootball.de/data/nfl2.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*'''[[Punjab State Super Football League]]'''<ref>{{Cite web|last=Chaudhuri|first=Arunava|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/data/pfl.html|title=List of Champions of the Punjab Football League|website=indianfootball.de|publisher=Indian Football Network|date=2008|access-date=2 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180503074229/http://www.indianfootball.de/data/pfl.html|archive-date=3 May 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
**'''Champions (5):''' 1985–86, 1988, 2000–01, 2008, [[2021–22 Punjab State Super Football League|2021–22]]
**Runners-up (6): 1990–91, 1994–95, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006

===Cup===
*'''[[Durand Cup]]'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/data/durandcup.html|title=List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Durand Cup|access-date=22 February 2021|first=Arunava|last=Chaudhuri|website=Indianfootball.de|archive-date=27 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200627235237/http://www.indianfootball.de/data/durandcup.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/indiadurandcuphist.html List of Durand Cup tournament winners and runner-ups] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140729142839/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/indiadurandcuphist.html |date=29 July 2014}}. ''rsssf.com''. [[RSSSF|Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation]]. Retrieved 7 May 2021.</ref>
**'''Champions (7):''' 1968–69, 1971–72, 1973–74, 1975–76, 1976, 1981, 1988
*'''[[Federation Cup (India)|Federation Cup]]'''<ref>{{cite web|title=List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Federation Cup|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/data/fedcup.html|access-date=24 March 2017|publisher=IndianFootball.de|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315003131/http://www.indianfootball.de/data/fedcup.html|archive-date=15 March 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
**'''Champions (1):''' 1979–80
**Runners-up (1): 1988–89
*'''Punjab State Senior Championship'''<ref>{{Cite web|last=Chaudhuri|first=Arunava|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/data/psdc.html|title=List of Champions of the Punjab State Senior Football Championships|website=indianfootball.de|publisher=Indian Football Network|date=2008|access-date=2 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180903180239/http://www.indianfootball.de/data/psdc.html|archive-date=3 September 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
**Champions (2): 1978–79, 1983–84
**Runners-up (4): 1977, 1981, 1982, 1989
*'''[[Sait Nagjee Football Tournament]]'''
**'''Champions (1):''' 1970<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/data/saitnagjeetrophy.html|title=List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Sait Nagjee Trophy|first=Arunava|last=Chaudhuri|website=www.indianfootball.de|access-date=7 September 2015|archive-date=28 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928211306/http://www.indianfootball.de/data/saitnagjeetrophy.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Sait Nagjee Trophy|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nagjee.html|access-date=2021-12-16|website=[[RSSSF]]|archive-date=16 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220416054535/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesn/nagjee.html}}</ref>
*'''King Mahendra Cup'''
** Runners-up (1): 1970
*'''[[All Airlines Gold Cup]]'''
**'''Champions (3):''' 1994, 1997, 1998–99<ref>{{Cite web|author=Arunava Chaudhary|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/data/airlinesgoldcup.html|title=List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Airlines Gold Cup|website=Indianfootball.de|publisher=Indian Football Network|access-date=2 March 2021|archive-date=24 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024223328/http://www.indianfootball.de/data/airlinesgoldcup.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*'''[[Sikkim Gold Cup|Sikkim Governor's Gold Cup]]'''
**'''Champions (3):''' 2002, 2005, 2012<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/india-sikkimgoldcuphist.html|title=India – List of All India Governor's Gold Cup Winners (Sikkim)|website=Rsssf.com|access-date=13 March 2021|archive-date=7 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507053015/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/india-sikkimgoldcuphist.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/data/sikkimgoldcup.html|title=List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Sikkim Governor's Gold Cup|website=indianfootball.de|publisher=Indian Football Network|access-date=16 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006211012/http://www.indianfootball.de/data/sikkimgoldcup.html|archive-date=6 October 2021|url-status=dead|author=Arunava Chaudhuri}}</ref>
*'''[[All India Independence Day Cup]]'''
**'''Champions (6):''' 1993, 1998, 1999, 2006, 2008–09, 2018
**Runners-up (3): 2007, 2016, 2019<ref>{{cite web|title=Gokulam Kerala lift 71st Independence Day Cup|url=http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=oct2419/sports052|website=assamtribune.com|publisher=Assam Tribune|access-date=23 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191024125019/https://assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=oct2419/sports052|archive-date=24 October 2019}}</ref>
*'''Gurdarshan Memorial Cup'''
**'''Champions (4):''' 1986, 1994, 1998, 1981, 2005<ref>{{cite web|author=Arunava Chaudhuri|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/data/gurdarshancup.html|title=List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Gurdarshan Memorial Football Tournament: Punjab|website=indianfootbal.de|publisher=Indian Football Network|access-date=16 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023054252/http://www.indianfootball.de/data/gurdarshancup.html|archive-date=23 October 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*'''B. N. Mullick Police Cup'''<ref>{{Cite web|last=Chaudhuri|first=Arunava|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/data/policecup.html|title=List of Winners/Runners-Up of the B. N. Mullick Police Cup|website=indianfootball.de|publisher=Indian Football Network|date=2008|access-date=2 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180503074539/http://www.indianfootball.de/data/policecup.html|archive-date=3 May 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
**Champions (5): 2001, 2002, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2008
**Runners-up (1): 1998
*'''Mammen Mappillai Trophy'''
**'''Champions (1):''' 1976 {{small|(co-winners)}}<ref>{{cite web|first=Arunava|last=Chaudhuri|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/data/mammenmappillaitrophy.html|title=List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Mammen Mappillai Trophy: Kottayam, Kerala|website=indianfootball.de|access-date=29 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022073024/http://www.indianfootball.de/data/mammenmappillaitrophy.html|archive-date=22 October 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* '''[[Churachand Singh Trophy]]'''
** '''Champions (1):''' 1985<ref>{{cite web|title=Roll of Honour at Sir Churachand Singh, KCSI, CBE Memorial Football Tournament — From 1950|url=https://e-pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=leisure.Sports.61st_CC_Meet_Football_Tournament_2018.Roll_of_Honour_at_Sir_Churachand_Singh_Memorial_Football_Tournament_from_1950|website=e-pao.net|publisher=E-Pao News Manipur|date=20 December 2015|access-date=29 November 2022|archive-date=9 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709223424/http://e-pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=leisure.Sports.61st_CC_Meet_Football_Tournament_2018.Roll_of_Honour_at_Sir_Churachand_Singh_Memorial_Football_Tournament_from_1950}}</ref>
* '''[[Darjeeling Gold Cup]]'''
** '''Champions (1):''' 1980<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kolkatafootball.com/darjeeling_gold_cup2014/index.html|title=14th All India Darjeeling Gold Cup: PREVIOUS WINNERS|website=kolkatafootball.com|publisher=Kolkata Football|access-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210713084014/https://www.kolkatafootball.com/darjeeling_gold_cup2014/index.html|archive-date=13 July 2021}}</ref>
* '''[[Mohan Kumar Mangalam Football Tournament]]'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://udaipurtimes.com/sports/DFA-Udaipur-team-in-final-of-MKM-Football-2023/cid9845573.htm|title=DFA Udaipur enter finals of the MKM National Football Tournament for the first time in 43 years|date=29 January 2023|access-date=28 February 2023|website=udaipurtimes.com|publisher=Udaipur Times|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129144906/https://udaipurtimes.com/sports/DFA-Udaipur-team-in-final-of-MKM-Football-2023/cid9845573.htm|archive-date=29 January 2023}}</ref>
** '''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<ref>{{cite web|date=2008|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/data/seasbsinghtrophy.html|title=List of Shaheed-e-Azam Sardar Bhagat Singh Memorial Trophy winners and Runner-ups|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802071549/http://www.indianfootball.de/data/seasbsinghtrophy.html|archive-date=2 August 2020|website=IndianFootball.de|publisher=Indian Football Network|access-date=11 May 2021|first=Arunava|last=Chaudhuri}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|first=Arunava|last=Chaudhuri|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/seasons/2005-06s.html|title=2005/06 Season in Indian Football:|website=indianfootball.de|access-date=2 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109192919/http://www.indianfootball.de/seasons/2005-06s.html|archive-date=9 January 2021|publisher=Indian Football Network|url-status=dead}}</ref>
**Runners-up (1): 2001
* '''Guru Gobind Singh Trophy'''
** '''Champions (1):''' 2005<ref>{{Cite web|first=Arunava|last=Chaudhuri|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/data/ggsinghtrophy.html|title=List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Sri Guru Gobind Singh Trophy|website=indianfootball.de|access-date=23 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023211800/http://www.indianfootball.de/data/ggsinghtrophy.html|archive-date=23 October 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* '''[[Bandodkar Gold Trophy]]'''
** Runners-up (1): 1986<ref>{{cite web|first=Arunava|last=Chaudhuri|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/data/bandodkartrophy.html|title=List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Bandodkar Gold Trophy: Goa|website=indianfootball.de|publisher=Indian Football Network|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023211801/http://www.indianfootball.de/data/bandodkartrophy.html|access-date=23 July 2021|archive-date=23 October 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*'''Delhi Lt. Governor's Cup'''
**Runners-up (1): 2004<ref>{{Cite web|last=Chaudhuri|first=Arunava|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/data/ltgovernorscup.html|title=List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Delhi Lt. Governor's Cup|website=indianfootball.de|publisher=Indian Football Network|date=2008|access-date=2 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180903180048/http://www.indianfootball.de/data/ltgovernorscup.html|archive-date=3 September 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*'''Steel Express Cup'''
**Runners-up (1): 2018<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.arunfoot.com/mohammedan-sporting-win-steel-express-cup-crown/|title=Mohammedan Sporting win Steel Express Cup crown!|date=28 February 2018|website=arunfoot.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240102172906/https://www.arunfoot.com/mohammedan-sporting-win-steel-express-cup-crown/|archive-date=2 January 2024|access-date=30 December 2023}}</ref>

==Other departments==
===Field hockey===
Border Security Force has a [[field hockey]] team<ref>{{cite web|title=Big-Time Domestic Hockey Returns with Surjit Hockey Tourney|url=https://hockeypassion.in/indian-domestic-hockey-buzz/big-time-domestic-hockey-returns-with-surjit-hockey-tourney/|location=Kolkata|website=hockeypassion.in|date=20 October 2021 |publisher=Hockey Passion|access-date=17 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221019035718/https://hockeypassion.in/indian-domestic-hockey-buzz/big-time-domestic-hockey-returns-with-surjit-hockey-tourney/|archive-date=19 October 2022}}</ref> that participated in [[Beighton Cup]], one of the oldest field hockey tournaments in the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/psb-lifts-beighton-cup/article18427660.ece|title=PSB lifts Beighton Cup|access-date=2007-04-13|work=The Hindu|date=11 April 2006|archive-date=1 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221001161902/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/psb-lifts-beighton-cup/article18427660.ece}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
|url = http://www.hindu.com/2007/04/11/stories/2007041103051900.htm
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071001032007/http://www.hindu.com/2007/04/11/stories/2007041103051900.htm
|url-status = dead
|archive-date = 2007-10-01
|title = Indian Airlines lift Beighton Cup
|access-date = 2007-04-13
|location=Chennai, India
|work = [[The Hindu]]
|date=2007-04-11
}}</ref> They also appeared in [[Bombay Gold Cup]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Indian hockey: The curious case of the Bombay Gold Cup |url=https://www.livemint.com/Sundayapp/Z5A20XtmrZ2hnAprgJocvI/Indian-hockey-The-curious-case-of-the-Bombay-Gold-Cup.html |date=19 December 2015 |last=D'Souza |first=Dilip |publisher=LiveMint |access-date=17 October 2022 |archive-date=25 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925142556/https://www.livemint.com/Sundayapp/Z5A20XtmrZ2hnAprgJocvI/Indian-hockey-The-curious-case-of-the-Bombay-Gold-Cup.html }}</ref>

'''Honours'''
* '''[[Beighton Cup]]'''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Teams with Most Wins in Prestigious Beighton Cup|url=https://hockeypassion.in/hockey-perspectives/teams-with-most-wins-in-prestigious-beighton-cup/|date=2 November 2022|access-date=3 November 2022|publisher=Hockey Passion|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221102200248/https://hockeypassion.in/hockey-perspectives/teams-with-most-wins-in-prestigious-beighton-cup/|archive-date=2 November 2022|website=hockeypassion.in}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=BEIGHTON CUP WINNERS AND RUNNERS-UP (1895—2019)|url=https://www.hockeybengal.org/winners-and-runner-up-details|location=Kolkata|website=www.hockeybengal.org|publisher=Hockey Bengal|access-date=5 July 2022|archive-date=23 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220423035958/https://www.hockeybengal.org/winners-and-runner-up-details}}</ref>
**Champions (5): 1971, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2005
**Runners-up (4): 1997, 2001, 2006, 2007
*'''[[Bombay Gold Cup]]'''<ref name="bgc">{{cite web|title=Bombay Gold Cup: BOMBAY GOLD CUP HOCKEY TOURNAMENT {{!}} GURU TEGH BAHADUR GOLD CUP HOCKEY TOURNAMENT|url=http://www.mumbaihockey.org/bombay-gold-cup.html#:~:text=Morarji%20Desai%20who%20was%20the,will%20be%20played%20under%20floodlight..|access-date=18 October 2022|website=www.mumbaihockey.org|publisher=The Mumbai Hockey Association|archive-date=11 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411223120/http://mumbaihockey.org/bombay-gold-cup.html#:~:text=Morarji%20Desai%20who%20was%20the,will%20be%20played%20under%20floodlight..}}</ref>
**Champions (8): 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1980, 1981, 1992
*'''Guru Tegh Bahadur Gold Cup'''<ref name="bgc"/>
**Champions (1): 2000
*'''[[Surjit Memorial Hockey Tournament]]'''<ref>{{cite web|title=Surjit Hockey Tournament: Year Winners — Runners-ups|url=https://hockeypassion.in/analysis/surjit-hockey-tournament-winners/|location=Kolkata|website=hockeypassion.in|date=21 October 2021 |publisher=Hockey Passion|access-date=17 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221021100116/https://hockeypassion.in/analysis/surjit-hockey-tournament-winners/|archive-date=21 October 2022}}</ref>
**Champions (2): 1998, 1999
**Runners-up (4): 1986, 1988, 1989, 2003
*'''[[Senior Nehru Hockey Tournament]]'''<ref>{{cite web |title=Roll of Honour — Senior Nehru Hockey Tournament |url=https://gnsht.in/roll-of-honour-senior-nehru-hockey-tournament/ |website=gnsht.in |publisher=Gooncha Group |date=2022 |access-date=23 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221022230236/https://gnsht.in/roll-of-honour-senior-nehru-hockey-tournament/ |archive-date=22 October 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Roll of Honour — SENIOR NEHRU HOCKEY TOURNAMENT |url=http://nehruhockey.com/tournament_roll_of_honour.htm |publisher=nehruhockey.com |location=New Delhi |access-date=23 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221022230235/http://nehruhockey.com/tournament_roll_of_honour.htm |archive-date=22 October 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Senior Nehru Hockey Tournament — All Winners|url=https://hockeypassion.in/indian-domestic-hockey-buzz/senior-nehru-hockey-tournament-all-winners/|website=hockeypassion.in|date=19 November 2021 |publisher=Hockey Passion|access-date=23 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221022230235/https://hockeypassion.in/indian-domestic-hockey-buzz/senior-nehru-hockey-tournament-all-winners/|archive-date=22 October 2022}}</ref>
**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<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/punjab-lifts-72nd-all-india-police-hockey-title/|title=Punjab lifts 72nd All India Police Hockey title|date=9 February 2024|access-date=22 July 2024|publisher=All India Football Federation|location=Jammu|archive-date=22 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240722132606/https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/punjab-lifts-72nd-all-india-police-hockey-title/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://statetimes.in/punjab-retains-all-india-police-hockey-trophy/|title=Punjab Retains All India Police Hockey Trophy|date=9 February 2024|access-date=22 July 2024|website=statetimes.in|publisher=The State Times News|location=Jammu|archive-date=12 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240412160250/https://statetimes.in/punjab-retains-all-india-police-hockey-trophy/}}</ref>

===Basketball===
BSF has been operating both men's and women's basketball teams, and competing in Punjab State Annual Basketball League.<ref name="Basketball">{{cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050920/sports.htm#9|title=Punjab Police men, Jalandhar eves win titles|agency=Tribune News Service|website=tribuneindia.com|publisher=The Tribune India|date=19 September 2005|access-date=26 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230926113757/https://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050920/sports.htm#9|archive-date=26 September 2023}}</ref>

'''Honours'''
*'''Punjab State Annual Basketball League'''
**Runners-up (1): 2005<ref name="Basketball"/>

==See also==
{{Portal bar|India|Association football|Hockey}}
* [[List of football clubs in India]]
* [[Army Red football team|Army Red]]
* [[Army Green football team|Army Green]]
* [[Indian Air Force football team|Indian Air Force]]
* [[Indian Navy Sports Club|Indian Navy]]
* [[Services football team]]
* [[Railways football team]]
* [[Assam Rifles football team|Assam Rifles]]
* [[Central Reserve Police Force Sporting Club|Central Reserve Police Force]]
* [[Punjab Police FC]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite book|first1=Boria|last1=Majumdar|first2=Kausik|last2=Bandyopadhyay|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V-sMYjZkpigC&pg=PA69|title=A Social History Of Indian Football: Striving To Score|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629140637/https://books.google.com/books?id=V-sMYjZkpigC&pg=PA69|archive-date=29 June 2021|publisher=[[Routledge]]|date=2006|isbn=9780415348355}}
*{{cite book|first1=Jaydeep|last1=Basu|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QeovtKLi-1sC|title=Stories from Indian Football|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221011131939/https://books.google.co.in/books/about/Stories_from_Indian_Football.html?id=QeovtKLi-1sC&source=kp_book_description&redir_esc=y|archive-date=11 October 2022|publisher=UBS Publishers' Distributors|date=2003|isbn=9788174764546}}
*{{cite web|first=Siraj|last=Chatterjee|date=10 December 2020|url=https://footballindia.co.in/punjabi-football-on-a-roar/|title=Punjabi Football on a Roar!|website=footballindia.co.in|publisher=Football India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417210646/https://footballindia.co.in/punjabi-football-on-a-roar/|archive-date=17 April 2021|access-date=12 December 2021|url-status=dead}}
*{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/india2019.html#punj|title=India 2018/19 — Punjab State Super Football League|access-date=26 January 2023|archive-date=23 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230523233120/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/india2019.html#punj|work=[[RSSSF]]}}

==External links==
*{{Facebook|100063944340946}}
*[https://www.the-aiff.com/club/9474 Border Security Force] at [[All India Football Federation|the-aiff.com]]

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[[Category:Sport in Jalandhar]]
[[Category:Police football clubs in India]]
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