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| clubname = Downtown Heroes
| image = Downtown Heroes FC.svg
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| fullname = Downtown Heroes Football Club
| nickname = The Heroes
| short name = DHFC
| founded = {{Start date and age|2020}}
| ground = [[TRC Turf Ground]]
| capacity = 11,000
| chrtitle = Chairman
| chairman = Mushtaq Bashir<ref>https://www.the-aiff.com/club/14305</ref>
| mgrtitle = Head coach
| manager = Hilal Rasool Parray
| league = [[JKFA Professional League]]
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'''Downtown Heroes Football Club''' is an Indian professional [[association football|football]] club based in [[Srinagar]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]. It currently competes in the [[JKFA Professional League]]. It has also competed in the [[I-League 2]], the [[I-League 3]] and the [[Durand Cup]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sharma |first1=Amitabha Das |title=Durand Cup 2024: Mohun Bagan Super Giant beats Downtown Heroes FC in the opening match |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/indian-football/mohun-bagan-vs-downtown-heroes-fc-highlights-durand-cup-2024-match-report-mbsg-v-dhfc-goals-result/article68453820.ece |website=Sportstar |access-date=4 August 2024 |language=en |date=27 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Downtown Heroes earn historic first IndianOil Durand Cup win |url=https://durandcup.in/downtown-heroes-earn-historic-first-indianoil-durand-cup-win/ |website=Durand Cup |access-date=4 August 2024 |date=2 August 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=12 July 2021 |title=JKFA Professional League |url=https://theawayend.co/jkfa-professional-league/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210711213046/https://theawayend.co/jkfa-professional-league/ |archive-date=11 July 2021 |access-date=17 July 2021 |website=The Away End}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Downtown Heroes |title=Downtown Heroes |url=https://downtownheroesfc.com/ |access-date=14 January 2023 |archive-date=30 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221130162537/https://downtownheroesfc.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=SMSala |title=Downtown Heroes FC and AG's XI ends with draw |url=http://risingkashmir.com/-00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 |access-date=2023-01-14 |website=Rising Kashmir }}{{Dead link|date=February 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Desk |first=K. R. |date=2022-12-28 |title=Downtown Heroes FC management meets AIFF top brass |url=https://kashmirreader.com/2022/12/29/downtown-heroes-fc-management-meets-aiff-top-brass-2/ |access-date=2023-01-14 |website=Kashmir Reader |archive-date=14 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230114080329/https://kashmirreader.com/2022/12/29/downtown-heroes-fc-management-meets-aiff-top-brass-2/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Excelsior |first=Daily |date=2022-06-07 |title=Downtown Heroes FC unveils kit for new season |url=https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/downtown-heroes-fc-unveils-kit-for-new-season/ |access-date=2023-01-14 |website=Jammu Kashmir Latest News {{!}} Tourism {{!}} Breaking News J&K |language=en-US |archive-date=14 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230114080330/https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/downtown-heroes-fc-unveils-kit-for-new-season/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==History==
The club was founded in 2020 by a group of young professionals with the aim of promoting sports culture and steering the youth away from [[drug]] [[addiction]]. The club's philosophy is to nurture football talent at the [[grassroots]] level, provide high quality training facilities and coaching. Their motto is "Players are bred, not born".<ref>{{cite web |title=Downtown Srinagar to Durand: Story of how football became antidote to drugs |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/football/downtown-srinagar-to-durand-story-of-how-football-became-antidote-to-drugs-8847221/ |website=The Indian Express |access-date=4 August 2024 |language=en |date=19 July 2023}}</ref> The club is named after the downtown area of Srinagar, where the founders started holding practices and scouting. The club participated in the [[2023 Durand Cup|2023]] and [[2024 Durand Cup|2024]] editions of the Durand Cup, where they finished at the group stage.<ref>{{cite web |title=India: This football club is changing the image of Srinagar's downtown. Here's how |url=https://www.wionews.com/sports/india-this-football-club-is-changing-the-image-of-srinagars-downtown-heres-how-638281 |website=WION |access-date=4 August 2024 |language=en-us |date=21 September 2023}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Football clubs in Jammu and Kashmir]]
[[Category:Sport in Srinagar]]
[[Category:I-League 2 clubs]]
[[Category:Association football clubs established in 2020]]
[[Category:2020 establishments in Jammu and Kashmir]]

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