Erchim FC

Erchim (Mongolian: Эрчим) is a football club from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia who have been playing in the Mongolian Premier League, which they have won ten times,[2] since its inaugural year in 1996.[1] The team plays the away games in the National Sports Stadium (Mongolia). They play their home matches in front of power plant 4 on their small stadium. The Mongolian Football Federation applied to enter the 2012 AFC President's Cup,[3] and was approved by the AFC in November 2011,[4] and made their debut in the competition.[5] As winners of the 2012 Super Cup, Erchim were awarded the place in the competition.[4] Erchim won again the Mongolian championship of 2015 showing a well organized way of playing and a good way of training. In 2017 the club qualified for the AFC Cup for the first time, becoming the first Mongolian club to do so.[6]

Erchim
Full nameThermal Power Plant No.4 Erchim
Nickname(s)The Lightnings
Founded1994 (1994)[1]
GroundErchim Stadium
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Capacity2,000
ChairmanAmarbayasgalan M.
CoachZorigtyn Battulga
LeagueMongolian National Premier League
20192nd
WebsiteClub website

While all other Ulaanbaatar clubs share the MFF Football Centre as a home stadium, Erchim has its own stadium.[7]

Domestic record
As of match played 10 September 2016
Season League Domestic Cup Top goalscorer Managers
Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Name League
2011 1st 5th 14 6 3 5 23 20 21 -
2012 1st 1st 12 8 3 1 35 11 27 -
2013 1st 1st 12 8 2 2 31 11 26 -
2014 1st 2nd 12 8 4 0 34 10 28 -
2015 1st 1st 16 12 1 3 62 15 37 - Batbilguun G. 12
2016 1st 1st 18 17 0 1 70 12 51 1st Round Battulga Zorigt
2017 1st 1st 18 13 3 2 47 15 42
2018 1st 1st 18 12 5 1 52 17 41

Continental record
Season[4] Competition Round Club Home Away Position
2012 AFC President's Cup Group stage KRL 0–0 3rd
Taipower FC 0–1
2013 AFC President's Cup Group stage Taipower FC 0–0 2nd
Three Star Club 0–2
Abahani Limited Dhaka 1–0
Final stage Three Star Club 1–1 2nd
Balkan 0–4
2014 AFC President's Cup Group stage Svay Rieng 3–1 2nd
MMC 0–0
Final stage Sheikh Russel 0–1 3rd
Rimyongsu 0–5
2017 AFC Cup Qualifying Round Nagaworld FC 1–0 2nd
Three Star Club 0–2
Group Stage April 25 0–5 0–6 3rd
Kigwancha 0–3 0–7
2018 AFC Cup Qualifying Play-off Round Hwaebul 0–4 0–3 0–7
2019 AFC Cup Qualifying Preliminary Round Ryomyong 0–3 0–3 0–6

Players

Current squad
As of 21 February 2019

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

No. Position Player
1 GK Ariunbold Batsaikhan
3 DF Temuujin Volodya
4 MF Milos Perisic
5 DF Munkhbaatar Tersaikhan
6 MF Anar Batchuluun
7 FW Enkhtur Tsagaantsooj
8 DF Enkhjargal Tserenjav
10 MF Mönkh-Erdengiin Tögöldör
11 MF Batbilguun Ganbaatar
13 MF Ankhbayar Gantumur
14 MF Chinbaatar Enkhbayar
15 FW Gal-Erdenegiin Soyol-Erdene
16 MF Sundorj Javchiv
No. Position Player
17 MF Natsuki Maru
18 MF Shuta Ishino
19 FW Munkhbayasakh Tugsmandakh
20 DF Bilguun Ganbold
22 GK Turbold Tulga
23 GK Delgerdalai Gantumur
24 DF Dulguun Tumurbaatar
27 DF Tuguldur Galt
DF Davaajav Battur
29 FW Nikola Djuricic
99 FW Nursultan Andakulov (Load in FC AGMK)
MF Tsubasa Mitani

Honours
  • Mongolia Premier League: (12)[2]
    • Winner: 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
    • Runner-up: 1997, 1999, 2009, 2014, 2019
  • Mongolia Cup: (9)[1]
    • Winner: 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019
    • Runner-up: 2001, 2002, 2014
  • Mongolia Super Cup: (7)[8]
    • Winner: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017

References
  1. Erchim club data Archived 2012-05-28 at the Wayback Machine at Official Mongolian Football Federation website
  2. Mongolia – List of Champions at RSSSF
  3. "Mongolia eyes Pres Cup 2012". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 29 July 2011. Archived from the original on 12 September 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
  4. "Decision by Competitions Committee & Executive Committee for AFC Club Competitions". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
  5. "President's Cup place for Mongolia". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 1 December 2011. Archived from the original on 12 September 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
  6. "Erchim FC Breaking New Ground for Ambitious Mongolia". The AFC. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  7. "Erchim FC: Mongolia's Football Powerhouse". HITC Sport. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  8. Mongolia 2012 at RSSSF
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