Ulaanbaatar City FC

Ulaanbaatar City F.C.
Full name Ulaanbaatar City Football Club
Founded 19 March 2016[1]
Ground G-Mobile Arena
Capacity 3,000
Owner MT Group, GMobile Co.,LTD
President Dashnyam Ganzorig
Manager Steve Nicholls
League Mongolian Premier League
2017 2nd

Ulaanbaatar City is a football club from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. They currently play in the Mongolian Premier League, the highest level of football in Mongolia and made their debut appearance in the 2016 season. Since January 2017 the team has been coached by Spaniard Manuel Retamero Fraile.[2]

History

The club was founded on 19 March 2016 with club owner, the IT Group, purchasing the Mongolia Premier League license of Khangarid FC which was subsequently dissolved.[1] The IT Group paid 15 million MNT for the license.[3]

Stadium

Through the 2017 season, Ulaanbaatar City FC shared the MFF Football Centre as a home ground. Ground was broken for the construction of the team's own G-Mobile Arena in late summer of 2017 with the anticipated completion being in the third quarter of 2018. The stadium will be the fifth venue in the league along with the MFF Centre, Erdenet Stadium, the National Sports Stadium, and Erchim Stadium.[4]

Domestic history

Key

  Champion   Runners-up   3rd Place

Season League Domestic Cup Notes
Div. Pos. Pl. W D L P
2016
1st
 8th 18 6 3 9 21 Semifinals
2017
2nd
 18 12 2 4 38
Champions
2018 0 0 0 0 0 Super Cup

Head coach history

Name Nat. Tenure Ref.
Rodrigo Hernando  Spain July 2016–October 2016 [5]
Manuel Retamero Fraile  Spain July 2017–June 2018 [2][6]
Steve Nicholls  England June 2018–

References

  1. 1 2 "Г.Дашням: Хөрөнгө, менежмент дээр л тулгуурлаж хөгжсөний хүчинд хөлбөмбөг дэлхийн хаан спорт болсон биш гэж үү?" (in Mongolian). ekhsurvalj.mn. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  2. 1 2 Lahuerta-Efe, Juan Jose. "Manuel Retamero, el pucelano errante" (in Spanish). elnortedecastilla.es. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  3. ↑ "Г.Дашням: Би хөлбөмбөгийн багийн эзэн болохыг багаасаа мөрөөдсөн" (in Mongolian). Ikon.mn. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  4. ↑ Grimm, Justin. "Ulaanbaatar City FC's New G-Mobile Arena Under Construction". Mongolian Football Central. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  5. ↑ "Welcome to Mongolia". Ulaanbaatar City FC. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  6. ↑ "I-League: Manuel Retamero returns to India as head coach of NEROCA FC". Goal. Retrieved 7 June 2018.


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