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Downtown Heroes Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in Srinagar, 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.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
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".[8] The club is named after the downtown area of Srinagar, where the founders started holding practices and scouting. The club participated in the 2023 and 2024 editions of the Durand Cup, where they finished at the group stage.[9]
References
- ↑ Durand Cup 2024: Mohun Bagan Super Giant beats Downtown Heroes FC in the opening match. Sportstar(27 July 2024). Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ↑ Downtown Heroes earn historic first IndianOil Durand Cup win. Durand Cup(2 August 2024). Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ↑ JKFA Professional League. The Away End(12 July 2021). Retrieved 17 July 2021.
- ↑ Downtown Heroes. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
- ↑ Downtown Heroes FC and AG's XI ends with draw, SMSala. Rising Kashmir. Retrieved 2023-01-14.Template:Dead link
- ↑ Downtown Heroes FC management meets AIFF top brass, Desk, K. R.. Kashmir Reader(2022-12-28). Retrieved 2023-01-14.
- ↑ Downtown Heroes FC unveils kit for new season, Excelsior, Daily. Jammu Kashmir Latest News | Tourism | Breaking News J&K(2022-06-07). Retrieved 2023-01-14.
- ↑ Downtown Srinagar to Durand: Story of how football became antidote to drugs. The Indian Express(19 July 2023). Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ↑ India: This football club is changing the image of Srinagar's downtown. Here's how. WION(21 September 2023). Retrieved 4 August 2024.