Deren FC

Deren FC is a professional football club based in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. The club was founded in 2008 and currently plays in the Mongolian Premier League, making their debut appearance in the 2015 season.^[1]

Deren FC

Full name	Deren Football Club
Founded	2008; 17 years ago (2008)
Ground	MFF Football Centre, Ulaanbaatar
Capacity	5,000
Chairman	Munkhchuluun Garam
Manager	vacant
League	Mongolian Premier League
2023–24	Mongolian Premier League, 3rd of 10
Website	www.fcderen.com
Home colours Away colours

The club was originally established as a youth academy. The decision to participate in the professional competition of the higher leagues was made to provide the youth players with the opportunity to play at the highest national level as seniors and to have a chance to represent the Mongolian national team.

This local focus has been maintained to this day and has earned the club the reputation of being "The Nationals' Team" ("Монголын баг").

In this regard, Deren FC stands in contrast to most other Mongolian teams, which primarily rely on foreign players as their foundation and supplement them with local talent.^[2]

History

Domestic history

As of match played 10 September 2015

Season	League									Domestic Cup	Top goalscorer		Managers
	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P		Name	League
2015	1st	7th	16	2	3	11	24	56	9	-			Vojislav Bralušić
2016	1st	5th	18	8	1	9	28	27	25	RU			Vojislav Bralušić
2017	1st	4th	18	9	2	7	18	15	29	SF			Vojislav Bralušić
2018	1st	5th	18	8	7	3	41	15	31	R16			Vojislav Bralušić
2019	1st	5th	22	10	5	7	41	28	35	QF			Paulo Jorge Silva
2020	1st	6th	18	10	3	5	40	21	33	Cancelled			Paulo Jorge Silva
2021	1st	2nd	18	11	2	5	32	19	35	Cancelled			Paulo Jorge Silva
2021-2022	1st	4th	18	10	2	6	42	26	32	Cancelled			Munkhbat Purevdorj (Jun 21 - Nov 21) / Marek Fabula (Feb 22)
2022-23	1st	2nd	24	15	3	6	76	29	48	SF			Marek Fabula (Feb 22 - Dec 22) / Munkhbat Chimedorj (Dec 22)
2023-24	1st	3rd	27	15	6	6	80	32	51	SF			Munkhbat Chimedorj (Dec 22 - Dec 23 / Pedro Portela Pinto de Miranda (Jan 24)

Stadium

The club currently plays its home matches at the MFF Football Centre in Ulaanbaatar. The stadium, which opened in 2006, was renovated in 2013 by Deren FC's parent company, Deren Naran LLC, in collaboration with a Dutch partner, and now has a capacity of 5,000 spectators.^[3]

Special Features

Deren FC is the only football club in Mongolia that owns its own football infrastructure and, thanks to its club-owned Airdome, can independently conduct both summer and winter training.

Additionally, the club is currently building a sports hotel with training facilities next to the full-size Airdome (114 x 82 x 29 meters) funded by FIFA and managed by the Mongolian Football Federation in Aimag Töv, about 40 kilometers outside of Ulaanbaatar.^[4] This makes Deren FC the only club in Mongolia that can independently offer and organize accommodation and training camps for foreign football teams. The new sports facility is expected to be completed in the spring of 2025.

Honours

• Mongolian National Premier League: Runner-up 2021, 2022–23
• Mongolian Super Cup: 2022^[5]

Current squad

As of 22 October 2024

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  MNG Sereekhuu Batmagnai 2 FW  MNG Tuvshinjargal Dulguun 3 DF  MAR Alouche Diyanis 6 DF  MNG Ganbat Dulguun 8 MF  MNG Baljinnyam Batmunkh 9 FW  MNG Munkhsaikhan Munkhkhuslen 10 MF  MNG Tuvshinjargal David 11 MF  JPN Funami Yutaro 12 DF  MNG Mönkh-Orgil Orkhon 15 MF  MNG Gan-Erdene Erdenebat

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 FW  MNG Altanchimeg Purevsuren 19 FW  MNG Tseveensuren Dalaitseren 20 FW  MNG Usukh-Ireedui Baatar 22 GK  MNG Jargalsaikhan Saikhanjargal 23 DF  MNG Enkhbold Erkhembayar 24 MF  MNG Naranbat Anand 33 DF  MNG Naranbaatar Khashchuluun 37 DF  KOR Hwi-han Kim 77 MF  MNG Enkhbayar Molor