BCH Lions

BCH Lions (Mongolian: БИ СИ ЭЙЧ ЛИОНС) is a Mongolian professional association football club that competes in the Mongolian Premier League. The current manager is Badarch Chin-Orgil.[1]

BCH Lions
БИ СИ ЭЙЧ ЛИОНС
Full nameBCH Lions Football Club
Nickname(s)the lions
Founded2018; 6 years ago (2018)
GroundMFF Football Centre
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Capacity5,000
ManagerBadarch Chin-Orgil[1]
LeagueMongolian National Premier League
2022–2310th of 10
WebsiteClub website

History

BCH Lions was founded in 2018 as it broke away from Premier League club Selenge Press FC under the guidance of former Selenge Press coach Badarch Chin-Orgil. The following year, the team won the National Amateur Cup.[2][3]

As a result of its Amateur Cup title, the team competed in the inaugural season of the Mongolia 2nd League later in 2019. The season ended with the club earning the championship and promotion to the Mongolia 1st League in 2020.[4] At the end of the season, BCH Lions players were named the league's best defender (Sasaki Mizuho), goalkeeper (Nakane Hiroki), and midfielder (B. Itgel).[1]

During its first season in the second division, the club earned a third-straight championship and promotion.[2] Lions striker Batkhüyag Munkh-Erdene won the Golden Boot that season with 32 goals and his bicycle kick goal against Khoromkhon earned international attention from Portugal's Desporto ao Minuto.[5]

The club competed in the Mongolian Premier League for the first time in 2021.[2][6] They avoided relegation in their first season, finishing in 8th position.[7] First-year BCH striker Tetsuaki Misawa won the league Golden Boot award as top goal scorer that season with seventeen goals and five assists in sixteen appearances.[8]

Domestic history

Key

  Champion  Runners-up  3rd Place

SeasonLeagueDomestic CupNotes
Div.Pos.Pl.WDLP
2019[3]4th
1st
761019Promoted to Mongolia 2nd League
2019[9]3rd
1st
861119QuarterfinalsPromoted to Mongolia 1st League
2020[10]2nd
1st
18133242Not heldPromoted to Mongolian Premier League
2021[7]1st8th18521117Not held
2021/22[11]10th18241211Not held
2022/23[12]9th24212173rd RoundRelegated to Mongolia 1st League
2023/242nd

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