Border Security Force (football team)

Border Security Force Sporting Club is an Indian multi-sports club best known for its football team. The club is based in Jalandhar, Punjab, and currently competing in the Punjab State Super Football League. They are one of the dominating teams in Independence Day Cup of Assam.

BSF's corporate team competed in All India Public Sector tournament.

History

The team is well known for winning the prestigious Durand Cup on seven occasions during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. Legendary player Sukhwinder Singh represented the club from 1974 to 1978.

The team also spent one season in the old National Football League during the 1999–2000 season. They were relegated after finishing in 11th place.

Rivalries

As one of the renowned clubs from the state of Punjab, Border Security Force nurtured rivalries with numerous local sides including Leaders Club, Punjab Police, JCT Mills, in the state leagues.

Ownership

Honours

League

• National Football League II
  • Champions (1): 1998–99
• Punjab State Super Football League
  • Champions (5): 1985–86, 1988, 2000–01, 2008, 2021–22
  • Runners-up (6): 1990–91, 1994–95, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006

Cup

• Durand Cup
  • Champions (7): 1968–69, 1971–72, 1973–74, 1975–76, 1976, 1981, 1988
• Federation Cup
  • Champions (1): 1979–80
  • Runners-up (1): 1988–89
• Punjab State Senior Championship
  • Champions (2): 1978–79, 1983–84
  • Runners-up (4): 1977, 1981, 1982, 1989
• Sait Nagjee Football Tournament
  • Champions (1): 1970
• All Airlines Gold Cup
  • Champions (3): 1994, 1997, 1998–99
• Sikkim Governor's Gold Cup
  • Champions (3): 2002, 2005, 2012
• Independence Day Cup
  • Champions (6): 1993, 1998, 1999, 2006, 2008–09, 2018
  • Runners-up (3): 2007, 2016, 2019
• Gurdarshan Memorial Cup
  • Champions (4): 1986, 1994, 1998, 1981, 2005
• B. N. Mullick Police Cup
  • Champions (5): 2001, 2002, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2008
  • Runners-up (1): 1998
• Mammen Mappillai Trophy
  • Champions (1): 1976 (co-winners)
• Churachand Singh Trophy
  • Champions (1): 1985
• Darjeeling Gold Cup
  • Champions (1): 1980
• Mohan Kumar Mangalam Football Tournament
  • Champions (6): 1993, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2004
  • Runners-up (1): 1999
• Shaheed-e-Azam Sardar Bhagat Singh Memorial Trophy
  • Champions (3): 2003, 2004, 2005
  • Runners-up (1): 2001
• Guru Gobind Singh Trophy
  • Champions (1): 2005
• Bandodkar Gold Trophy
  • Runners-up (1): 1986
• Delhi Lt. Governor's Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 2004
• Steel Express Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 2018

Other departments

Field hockey

Border Security Force has a field hockey team that participated in Beighton Cup, one of the oldest field hockey tournaments in the world. They also appeared in Bombay Gold Cup.

Honours

• Beighton Cup
  • Champions (5): 1971, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2005
  • Runners-up (4): 1997, 2001, 2006, 2007
• Bombay Gold Cup
  • Champions (8): 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1980, 1981, 1992
• Guru Tegh Bahadur Gold Cup
  • Champions (1): 2000
• Surjit Memorial Hockey Tournament
  • Champions (2): 1998, 1999
  • Runners-up (4): 1986, 1988, 1989, 2003
• Senior Nehru Hockey Tournament
  • Champions (7): 1975, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1987, 1996, 1996
  • Runners-up (6): 1979, 1984, 1992, 1993, 1999, 2004

Basketball

BSF has been operating both men's and women's basketball teams, and competing in Punjab State Annual Basketball League.

Honours

• Punjab State Annual Basketball League
  • Runners-up (1): 2005

See also

• List of football clubs in India
• Central Reserve Police Force SC
• Punjab Police FC

References

Further reading

• Majumdar, Boria; Bandyopadhyay, Kausik (2006). A Social History Of Indian Football: Striving To Score. Routledge. ISBN 9780415348355. Archived from the original on 29 June 2021.
• Basu, Jaydeep (2003). Stories from Indian Football. UBS Publishers' Distributors. ISBN 9788174764546. Archived from the original on 11 October 2022.
• Chatterjee, Siraj (10 December 2020). "Punjabi Football on a Roar!". footballindia.co.in. Football India. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 12 December 2021.

External links

• Border Security Force on Facebook
• Border Security Force at the-aiff.com