Paro FC

Paro Football Club is a Bhutanese professional football club based in Paro that competes in the Bhutan Premier League, the top level of Bhutanese football.

Paro

Full name	Paro Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Tigers
Founded	2018; 7 years ago (2018)[1]
Ground	Woochu Sports Arena
Capacity	1,000
President	Karma Jigme
Head coach	Oriol Mohedano
League	Bhutan Premier League
2024	Bhutan Premier League, 1st of 10 (champions)
Website	parofc.com
Home colours Away colours

History

Paro FC competed in the 2018 Bhutan National League after beating Paro United in the qualifying tournament, and finished the season as runners-up behind Transport United. In 2019, the club reached the semi-finals of the first-ever Samtse Championship.^[2] During the same season, Paro won its first national league title by winning the 2019 edition of the Bhutan Premier League.^[3]

In August 2024, Paro made headlines by signing Japanese international Keisuke Honda, who joined the club on a one-match contract to play in the AFC Challenge League play-off against Nepalese side Church Boys United.^[4]

Honours

• Bhutan Premier League
  • Winners (5): 2019,^[1] 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
  • Runners-up (1): 2018
• Jigme Dorji Wangchuk Memorial Gold Cup
  • Winners (1): 2019^[5]

Continental record

All results list Paro's goal tally first.

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2020	AFC Cup	Preliminary round 1	Defenders	2–2	3–3	5–5 (a)
		Preliminary round 2	Bengaluru	0–1	1–9	1–10
2022	AFC Cup	Preliminary round 1	Valencia	1–2 (a.e.t.)
2023–24	AFC Cup	Preliminary round 1	Machhindra	2–3
2024–25	AFC Challenge League	Preliminary stage	Church Boys United	2–1
		Group stage	East Bengal	2–2
			Nejmeh	1–2
			Bashundhara Kings	2–1