2025 Nepal Super League

The 2025 Nepal Super League (also known as Ncell Nepal Super League 2025 for sponsorship reasons) is the third season of the Nepal Super League, the top flight franchise club football league of Nepal.^[1][2]

Nepal Super League

Season	2025
Dates	29 March – 26 April 2025
Champions	Lalitpur City (2nd title)
Runners-up	Pokhara Thunders
Matches played	25
Goals scored	54 (2.16 per match)
Best Player	Ayush Ghalan
Top goalscorer	Ahmad Hijazi (5 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Yves Priso (5 Clean sheets)
Biggest win	Butwal 1–4 Dhangadhi (1 April 2025)
Highest scoring	Butwal 1–4 Dhangadhi (1 April 2025) Lalitpur 1–4 Pokhara (2 April 2025)
Longest winning run	Lalitpur City (8 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Lalitpur City (8 matches)
Longest winless run	Jhapa Butwal (6 matches)
Longest losing run	Jhapa Butwal (6 matches)
← 2023 2026 →

Sporting Ilam and Birgunj United, both entering the NSL last season, have opted out of participation.^[3]

Venue

All matches were played at the Dasharath Stadium in Kathmandu.^[4][5]

Kathmandu	Kathmandu
Dasharath Stadium
Capacity: 15,000

Teams

Rayzrs

Lalitpur City

│
Chitwan

Thunders

Butwal Lumbini

Dhangadhi

Jhapa

Locations of the NSL teams

Team	City	Province	Stadium	Capacity
Kathmandu Rayzrs	Kathmandu	Bagmati	Dasharath Stadium	18,500
Lalitpur City	Lalitpur		Chyasal Stadium	10,000
FC Chitwan	Bharatpur		Krishnapur Sports Stadium	3,500
Pokhara Thunders	Pokhara	Gandaki	Pokhara Stadium	16,500
Butwal Lumbini	Butwal	Lumbini	ANFA Technical Centre	5,000
Dhangadhi FC	Dhangadhi	Sudurpashchim	Dhangadi Stadium	10,000
Jhapa FC	Jhapa	Koshi	Domalal Rajbanshi Ground	5,000

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Head coach	Captain	Marquee player [clarification needed]	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Kathmandu Rayzrs	Patrick De Wilde	Kuldip Karki	Rohan Karki	Hummel	Yamaha
Lalitpur City	Simon Grayson	Ananta Tamang	Ananta Tamang	T10 Sports	Prabhu Bank
FC Chitwan	Nabin Neaupane	Anjan Bista	Anjan Bista	Ather	IME Group
Pokhara Thunders	Suman Shrestha	Nawayug Shrestha	Samir Tamang	G-Sports	Shikhar Insurance
Butwal Lumbini	Puspalal Sharma	Arik Bista	Manish Dangi	In-house	CURRENT
Dhangadhi FC	Juan Manuel Saez	Devendra Tamang	Kritish Ratna Chhunju	T10 Sports	My Second Teacher
Jhapa FC	Prabesh Katuwal	Laken Limbu	Laken Limbu	G-Sports	Himalayan Bank

Foreign players

Each team can recruit six foreign players and field five at a time.^[6]

Team	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6
Butwal Lumbini	Ezekiel Tamara	Nathan Mavila	Frank Ross	Kenta Hara	Adam Mitter	Philip Adjah
FC Chitwan	Nodirbek Mavlonov	Jonathan Campbell	Amal Knight	Victor Mansaray	Malik Yusif	Torric Jebrin
Dhangadhi FC	Afeez Olawale Oladipo	Mohamed El Jaaouani	Walid Birrou	Sérgio Barboza	Jorge Caceido	Ahmad Hijazi
Jhapa FC	Lazar Arsić	Muhammad Isaev	Azamat Abdullaev	Nemanja Lemajić	Alhaji Gero	—
Kathmandu Rayzrs	Mohamed Buya Turay	Vincent Koziello	Bakary Mané	Alijon Alijonov	Cheikh Gueye	Amadou Macky Diop
Lalitpur City	Jeffrey Baltus	Kervens Belfort	Imoh Ezekiel	Jonathan Cantillana	Papé Diakité	Papa Ibou Kébé
Pokhara Thunders	Stephane Binong	Michael Ijezie	Biassi Nyakwe	Saiddoston Djafarov	Yves Priso	Joe Aidoo

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Lalitpur City (C)	6	3	3	0	10	8	+2	12	Advance to Playoffs
2	Dhangadhi FC (3rd)	6	3	2	1	9	5	+4	11
3	FC Chitwan (4th)	6	3	1	2	8	6	+2	10
4	Pokhara Thunders (Ru)	6	2	2	2	7	6	+1	8
5	Kathmandu Rayzrs	6	2	2	2	6	7	−1	8
6	Jhapa FC	6	0	5	1	3	4	−1	5
7	Butwal Lumbini	6	0	1	5	1	10	−9	1

Source:
NSL
HamroKhelkud
Sofa Score
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head goal difference; 3) head-to-head points; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) play-off match

Results by games

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6
Butwal Lumbini	D	L	L	L	L	L
FC Chitwan	W	W	D	L	L	W
Dhangadhi FC	W	D	D	W	W	L
Jhapa FC	D	D	D	D	L	D
Kathmandu Rayzrs	D	D	L	W	L	W
Lalitpur City	D	W	D	W	W	D
Pokhara Thunders	L	L	W	D	D	W

Source:
NSL
HamroKhelkud
Sofa Score
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Head-to-head scores

Home \ Away	Lalitpur	Dhangadhi	Chitwan	Jhapa	Kathmandu	Butwal	Pokhara
Lalitpur City		0–0	2–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	3–2
Dhangadhi FC	0–0		1–3	1–0	3–1	4–1	0–0
FC Chitwan	1–2	3–1		1–1	0–2	1–0	2–0
Jhapa FC	1–1	0–1	1–1		0–0	0–0	1–1
Kathmandu Rayzrs	2–2	1–3	2–0	0–0		1–0	0–2
Butwal Lumbini	0–2	1–4	0–1	0–0	0–1		0–2
Pokhara Thunders	2–3	0–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	2–0

Source:
NSL
HamroKhelkud^[7]
Sofa Score
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

League stage matches

Results summary

Matchday 1

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Lalitpur City	2–2	Kathmandu Rayzrs
Butwal Lumbini	0–0	Jhapa FC
FC Chitwan	2–0	Pokhara Thunders

Matchday 2

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Butwal Lumbini	1–4	Dhangadhi FC
Lalitpur City	3–2	Pokhara Thunders
Jhapa FC	0–0	Kathmandu Rayzrs

Matchday 3

Team 1	Score	Team 2
FC Chitwan	1–0	Butwal Lumbini
Pokhara Thunders	2–0	Kathmandu Rayzrs
Dhangadhi FC	0–0	Lalitpur City

Matchday 4

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Jhapa FC	1–1	FC Chitwan
Kathmandu Rayzrs	1–0	Butwal Lumbini
Pokhara Thunders	0–0	Dhangadhi FC

Matchday 5

Team 1	Score	Team 2
FC Chitwan	1–2	Lalitpur City
Kathmandu Rayzrs	1–3	Dhangadhi FC
Jhapa FC	1–1	Pokhara Thunders

Matchday 6

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Butwal Lumbini	0–2	Lalitpur City
Kathmandu Rayzrs	2–0	FC Chitwan
Dhangadhi FC	1–0	Jhapa FC

Matchday 7

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Pokhara Thunders	2–0	Butwal Lumbini
Lalitpur City	1–1	Jhapa FC
Dhangadhi FC	1–3	FC Chitwan

Matches

League stage matches

Times listed are UTC+5:45. Matchday 1 Lalitpur City v Kathmandu Rayzrs 29 March 2025 Match 1 Lalitpur City 2–2 Kathmandu Rayzrs Kathmandu 18:15 NST Kamal 5' (o.g.) Aditya Shakya 15' Hamro Khelkud NSL Amadou 75' Koziello 90+5' (pen.) Stadium: Dasharath Stadium Referee: Umesh Bidari Man of the Match: Vincent Koziello (Kathmandu Rayzrs) Butwal Lumbini v Jhapa 30 March 2025 Match 2 Butwal Lumbini 0–0 Jhapa Kathmandu 18:15 NST Hamro Khelkud NSL Stadium: Dasharath Stadium Attendance: 1,400 Referee: Nabindra Maharjan Man of the Match: Deep Karki (Butwal Lumbini) Chitwan v Pokhara Thunders 31 March 2025 Match 3 Chitwan 2–0 Pokhara Thunders Kathmandu 18:15 NST Nodirbek 15' Niraj Chaudhary 90+5' Hamro Khelkud NSL Stadium: Dasharath Stadium Attendance: 2,710 Referee: Shyam Danuwar Man of the Match: Nodirbek Mavlonov (Chitwan) Matchday 2 Butwal Lumbini v Dhangadhi 1 April 2025 Match 4 Butwal Lumbini 1–4 Dhangadhi Kathmandu 18:15 NST Kenta Hara 32' Hamro Khelkud NSL Hijazi 6', 90+5' Krittish Chhunju 75' Barboza 90+9' Stadium: Dasharath Stadium Attendance: 2,800 Referee: Prajwol Chhetri Man of the Match: Ahmad Hijazi (Dhangadhi) Lalitpur City v Pokhara Thunders 2 April 2025 Match 5 Lalitpur City 3–2 Pokhara Thunders Kathmandu 18:15 NST Cantillana 11', 75' Ezekiel 45+2' Hamro Khelkud NSL Samir 42' Aidoo 90+11' Stadium: Dasharath Stadium Referee: Nabindra Maharjan Man of the Match: Jonathan Cantillana (Lalitpur City) Jhapa v Kathmandu Rayzrs 3 April 2025 Match 6 Jhapa 0–0 Kathmandu Rayzrs Kathmandu 18:15 NST Hamro Khelkud NSL Stadium: Dasharath Stadium Referee: Prajwol Chhetri Man of the Match: Abishek Baral (Kathmandu Rayzrs) Matchday 3 Chitwan v Butwal Lumbini 4 April 2025 Match 7 Chitwan 1–0 Butwal Lumbini Kathmandu 18:15 NST Jebrin 90+2' Hamro Khelkud NSL Stadium: Dasharath Stadium Referee: Umesh Bidari Man of the Match: Torric Jebrin (Chitwan) Pokhara Thunders v Kathmandu Rayzrs 5 April 2025 Match 8 Pokhara Thunders 2–0 Kathmandu Rayzrs Kathmandu 14:45 NST Binong 25' Sudil Rai 58' Hamro Khelkud NSL Stadium: Dasharath Stadium Attendance: 3,850 Referee: Shyam Danuwar Man of the Match: Stephane Binong (Pokhara Thunders) Dhangadhi v Lalitpur City 5 April 2025 Match 9 Dhangadhi 0–0 Lalitpur City Kathmandu 18:15 NST Hamro Khelkud NSL Stadium: Dasharath Stadium Referee: Prajwol Chhetri Man of the Match: Sanish Shrestha (Lalitpur City) Matchday 4 Jhapa v Chitwan 6 April 2025 Match 10 Jhapa 1–1 Chitwan Kathmandu 18:15 NST Gero 90+4' (pen.) Hamro Khelkud NSL Jebrin 28' Stadium: Dasharath Stadium Attendance: 3,787 Referee: Kabin Byanjankar Man of the Match: Torric Jebrin (Chitwan) Kathmandu Rayzrs v Butwal Lumbini 8 April 2025 Match 11 Kathmandu Rayzrs 1–0 Butwal Lumbini Kathmandu 18:15 NST Amadou 88' Hamro Khelkud NSL Stadium: Dasharath Stadium Attendance: 3,174 Referee: Prajwol Chhetri Man of the Match: Amadou Macky Diop (Kathmandu Rayzrs) Pokhara Thunders v Dhangadhi 9 April 2025 Match 12 Pokhara Thunders 0–0 Dhangadhi Kathmandu 18:15 NST Hamro Khelkud NSL Stadium: Dasharath Stadium Attendance: 3,730 Referee: Umesh Bidari Man of the Match: Sérgio Barboza (Dhangadhi) Matchday 5 Chitwan v Lalitpur City 10 April 2025 Match 13 Chitwan 1–2 Lalitpur City Kathmandu 18:15 NST Mansaray 75' Hamro Khelkud NSL Ezekiel 3' Mani 80' Stadium: Dasharath Stadium Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Shyam Danuwar Man of the Match: Mani Kumar Lama (Lalitpur City) Kathmandu Rayzrs v Dhangadhi 11 April 2025 Match 14 Kathmandu Rayzrs 1–3 Dhangadhi Kathmandu 16:15 NST Amadou 21' Hamro Khelkud NSL Hijazi 35', 41', 45+2' Stadium: Dasharath Stadium Attendance: 2,975 Referee: Prajwol Chhetri Man of the Match: Ahmad Hijazi (Dhangadhi) Jhapa v Pokhara Thunders 12 April 2025 Match 15 Jhapa 1–1 Pokhara Thunders Kathmandu 14:45 NST Arsić 65' Hamro Khelkud NSL Binong 52' Stadium: Dasharath Stadium Attendance: 4,299 Referee: Umesh Bidari Man of the Match: Stephane Binong (Pokhara Thunders) Matchday 6 Butwal Lumbini v Lalitpur City 12 April 2025 Match 16 Butwal Lumbini 0–2 Lalitpur City Kathmandu 18:15 NST Hamro Khelkud NSL Ananta 23' Santosh Khatri 88' Stadium: Dasharath Stadium Attendance: 4,378 Referee: Shyam Danuwar Man of the Match: Ananta Tamang (Lalitpur City) Kathmandu Rayzrs v Chitwan 14 April 2025 Match 17 Kathmandu Rayzrs 2–0 Chitwan Kathmandu 14:45 NST Bakary 31' Amadou 71' Hamro Khelkud NSL Stadium: Dasharath Stadium Attendance: 4,100 Referee: Prajwol Chhetri Man of the Match: Bakary Mané (Kathmandu Rayzrs) Dhangadhi v Jhapa 14 April 2025 Match 18 Dhangadhi 1–0 Jhapa Kathmandu 18:15 NST Dipesh Dhimal 61' (o.g.) Hamro Khelkud NSL Stadium: Dasharath Stadium Attendance: 6,545 Referee: Nabindra Maharjan Man of the Match: Walid Birrou (Dhangadhi) Matchday 7 Pokhara Thunders v Butwal Lumbini 15 April 2025 Match 19 Pokhara Thunders 2–0 Butwal Lumbini Kathmandu 18:15 NST Ayush 10' Biassi 59' Hamro Khelkud NSL Stadium: Dasharath Stadium Attendance: 2,350 Referee: Shyam Danuwar Man of the Match: Ayush Ghalan Pokhara Thunders Lalitpur City v Jhapa 16 April 2025 Match 20 Lalitpur City 1–1 Jhapa Kathmandu 18:15 NST Nabin Lama 54' Hamro Khelkud NSL Limbu 65' Stadium: Dasharath Stadium Referee: Umesh Bidari Man of the Match: Laken Limbu (Jhapa) Dhangadhi v Chitwan 17 April 2025 Match 21 Dhangadhi 1–3 Chitwan Kathmandu 18:15 NST G.P. Karki 6' Hamro Khelkud NSL Nodirbek 14' (pen.) Jaya Gurung 45+2' Amrit Shrestha 50' (o.g.) Stadium: Dasharath Stadium Attendance: 5,725 Referee: Prajwol Chhetri Man of the Match: Nodirbek Mavlonov (Chitwan)

Playoffs

• Times listed are UTC+5:45.

Bracket

	Qualifier 1					Qualifier 2					Final
	19 April 2025 – Kathmandu										26 April 2025 – Kathmandu
	1	Lalitpur City	2								1	Lalitpur City	2
	2	Dhangadhi	1			23 April 2025 – Kathmandu					4	Pokhara Thunders	1
						2	Dhangadhi	0
	Eliminator					4	Pokhara Thunders	1
	20 April 2025 – Kathmandu
	3	Chitwan	0
	4	Pokhara Thunders	3

Preliminary

Lalitpur City v Dhangadhi

19 April 2025 Qualifier 1 (Match 22)	Lalitpur City	2–1	Dhangadhi	Kathmandu
18:15 NST	Belfort 56' Ibou 79'	Hamro Khelkud NSL	G.P. Karki 61'	Stadium: Dasharath Stadium Attendance: 6,850 Referee: Umesh Bidari Man of the Match: Kervens Belfort (Lalitpur City)

Chitwan v Pokhara Thunders

20 April 2025 Eliminator (Match 23)	Chitwan	0–3	Pokhara Thunders	Kathmandu
18:15 NST		Hamro Khelkud NSL	Abhishek Limbu 63' (o.g.) Aidoo 72', 75'	Stadium: Dasharath Stadium Referee: Prajwol Chhetri Man of the Match: Joe Aidoo Pokhara Thunders

Dhangadhi v Pokhara Thunders

23 April 2025 Qualifier 2 (Match 24)	Dhangadhi	0–1	Pokhara Thunders	Kathmandu
18:15 NST		Hamro Khelkud NSL	Binong 90+3'	Stadium: Dasharath Stadium Referee: Prajwol Chhetri Man of the Match: Stephane Binong Pokhara Thunders

Final

Lalitpur City v Pokhara Thunders

26 April 2025 Final (Match 25)	Lalitpur City	2–1	Pokhara Thunders	Kathmandu
18:15 NST	Ezekiel 41' Ibou 73'	Hamro Khelkud NSL	Sudil Rai 62'	Stadium: Dasharath Stadium Referee: K Ramdasan Man of the Match: Imoh Ezekiel (Lalitpur City)

Awards

Award	Winner	Team	Prize
Emerging Player	Santosh Khatri	Lalitpur City	रु 1,00,000 + Trophy
Energetic Player	Mani Kumar Lama	Lalitpur City	रु 1,00,000
Best goalkeeper	Yves Priso	Pokhara Thunders	रु 1,50,000 + Trophy
Top scorer	Ahmad Hijazi	Dhangadhi	रु 1,50,000 + Trophy
Player of the tournament	Ayush Ghalan	Pokhara Thunder	रु 2,50,000 + Trophy
Fairplay Award	Jhapa FC		Trophy
Runners-up	Pokhara Thunders		रु 30,00,000
Champions	Lalitpur City		रु 80,00,000 + Trophy

Season statistics

Goalscorers

There have been 54 goals scored in 25 matches, for an average of 2.16 goals per match.

5 goals

• Ahmad Hijazi (Dhangadhi)

4 goals

• Amadou Macky Diop (Kathmandu Rayzrs)

3 goals

• Stephane Binong (Pokhara Thunders)
• Imoh Ezekiel (Lalitpur City)

2 goals

• Jonathan Cantillana (Lalitpur City)
• Papa Ibou Kébé (Lalitpur City)
• George Prince Karki (Dhangadhi)
• Torric Jebrin (Chitwan)
• Nodirbek Mavlonov (Chitwan)
• Joe Aidoo (Pokhara Thunders)
• Sudil Rai (Pokhara Thunders)

1 goal

• Kenta Hara (Butwal Lumbini)
• Alhaji Gero (Jhapa)
• Lazar Arsić (Jhapa)
• Laken Limbu (Jhapa)
• Vincent Koziello (Kathmandu Rayzrs)
• Bakary Mané (Kathmandu Rayzrs)
• Aditya Shakya (Lalitpur City)
• Mani Kumar Lama (Lalitpur City)
• Ananta Tamang (Lalitpur City)
• Santosh Khatri (Lalitpur City)
• Nabin Lama (Lalitpur City)
• Kervens Belfort (Lalitpur City)
• Victor Mansaray (Chitwan)
• Niraj Chaudhary (Chitwan)
• Jaya Gurung (Chitwan)
• Sérgio Barboza (Dhangadhi)
• Krittish Chhunju (Dhangadhi)
• Biassi Nyakwe (Pokhara Thunders)
• Ayush Ghalan (Pokhara Thunders)
• Samir Tamang (Pokhara Thunders)

1 own goal

• Kamal Shrestha (Lalitpur City, against Kathmandu Rayzrs)
• Dipesh Dhimal (Jhapa, against Dhangadhi)
• Amrit Shrestha (Dhangadhi, against Chitwan)
• Abhishek Limbu (Chitwan, against Pokhara Thunders)

Source: Hamro Khelkud

Hat-tricks

Player	Club	Against	Result	Date
Ahmad Hijazi	Dhangadhi	Kathmandu Rayzrs	1–3	11 April 2025

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Yves Priso	Pokhara Thunders	5
2	Walid Birrou	Dhangadhi	3
3	Abishek Baral	Kathmandu Rayzrs	2
4	Nemanja Lemajić	Jhapa	2
5	Amal Knight	Chitwan	2
6	Deep Karki	Butwal Lumbini	1
7	Samit Shrestha	Lalitpur City	1
8	Jeffrey Baltus	Lalitpur City	1