Defenders Football Club is a professional football club based in Homagama, Sri Lanka. In 2018, Sri Lanka Army SC was renamed to Defenders FC.[1] The team is under the patronage of the Sri Lanka Army.

Defenders
Full nameDefenders Football Club
GroundHomagama Ground
Homagama, Sri Lanka
Capacity5,000
ManagerShanmugam Pathmanathan
LeagueSri Lanka Super League
20226th

Honours

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Performance in AFC competitions

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2009: Group Stage
2013: Group Stage
2020: Preliminary round 1

Continental record

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Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2009 AFC President's Cup Group stage   Abahani Ltd 1–2 3rd
  FC Asgabat 5–1
2013 AFC President's Cup Group stage   Boeung Ket Angkor 6–0 4th
  Hilal Al-Quds 0–10
  Balkan 0–5
2020 AFC Cup Preliminary round 1   Paro 3–3 2–2 5–5 (a)

Current squad

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As of 2 February 2020[2]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   SRI Mohamed Luthfi
2 FW   SRI Nishan Jeevantha
3 DF   SRI Priyashan de Silva
4 DF   NGA Olumide Agbeti
5 MF   SRI Bernard Ramaiyajesu
6 FW   SRI Mohamed Izzadeen
7 MF   NGA Ismaila Abumere Ogudugu
8 MF   SRI Sanka Danushka
9 FW   GHA Evans Asante
10 MF   SRI Sajith Kumara
11 FW   SRI Madushan de Silva
12 DF   SRI Roshan Appuhamy
13 FW   SRI Eranga Priyasantha
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 DF   SRI Lakshitha Jayathunga
17 DF   SRI Vigneswararasa Kajanathan
18 DF   SRI Subashana Fernando
19 MF   CMR Kevin Pierre Obangana
21 GK   SRI Mohamed Ijas
22 DF   SRI Sudesh Rangana
23 FW   BRA Sergio Almeida
24 MF   SRI Asikur Rahuman
26 MF   SRI Ajith Kumara
27 DF   SRI Mohamed Waseeth
29 DF   SRI Sampath Kumara
30 FW   SRI Nadeeshan Perera
35 GK   SRI Arunoda Thenuwara
95 MF   LES Atsu Mukhi

References

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  1. ^ "Defenders FC - Soccer - Team Profile - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics - Global Sports Archive".
  2. ^ "Play-off, 1st leg: Defenders FC 2-2 Paro". the-afc. 29 January 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
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