Ratnam Sports Club
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Ratnam SC is a Sri Lankan football club, founded in 1950, and based in Colombo
, Sri Lanka
.
They have won the Sri Lankan FA Cup in 2000 and 2004, and the Champion of Champions Cup in 2004.
The team includes national player Kasun Jayasuriya
, a member of the Sri Lankan team who finished runners-up in the inaugural AFC Challenge Cup
in Bangladesh
in 2006 and who had recently become the top-scorer of Sri Lanka's Kit Premier League, having scored 21 goals. Other national team players in the Ratnam side include Chatura Maduranga, Raumy Mohideen, Nadeeka Pushpa Kumara, Fasul Rahman, Dammika Senarath and L. Tharusha.
In the second edition of the tournament in Malaysia, Ratnam defeated Nepal
ese outfit Manang Marshyangdi Club 2-0 before going down 0-3 to Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn
(Kyrgyzstan
) and 1-2 to Vakhsh Qughonteppa
(Tajikistan
).
Ratnam retained their Premier League-title from 2006 by winning against Saunders in the Premiership-final in November 2007. This year had been a change in the way of playing the league. The league was divided into two groups and the first and second best team in each group played each other in a playoff.
Colombo
Colombo is the largest city of Sri Lanka. It is located on the west coast of the island and adjacent to Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte, the capital of Sri Lanka. Colombo is often referred to as the capital of the country, since Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte is a satellite city of Colombo...
, Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
.
They have won the Sri Lankan FA Cup in 2000 and 2004, and the Champion of Champions Cup in 2004.
The team includes national player Kasun Jayasuriya
Kasun Jayasuriya
Kasun Nadika Jayasuriya is a Sri Lankan football player who plays for Renown Sports Club and the Sri Lanka national football team....
, a member of the Sri Lankan team who finished runners-up in the inaugural AFC Challenge Cup
AFC Challenge Cup
The AFC Challenge Cup is an international football competition for emerging nations that are members of the Asian Football Confederation. The first tournament was hosted by Bangladesh in 2006...
in Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...
in 2006 and who had recently become the top-scorer of Sri Lanka's Kit Premier League, having scored 21 goals. Other national team players in the Ratnam side include Chatura Maduranga, Raumy Mohideen, Nadeeka Pushpa Kumara, Fasul Rahman, Dammika Senarath and L. Tharusha.
In the second edition of the tournament in Malaysia, Ratnam defeated Nepal
Nepal
Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked sovereign state located in South Asia. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India...
ese outfit Manang Marshyangdi Club 2-0 before going down 0-3 to Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn
Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn
FC Dordoi is a Kyrgyz football club based in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. The club was founded in 1998.The club is owned by Dordoi Association, the group of companies which also owns Dordoy Bazaar in Bishkek.-History:*1997: Founded as FC Dordoi Naryn....
(Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan , officially the Kyrgyz Republic is one of the world's six independent Turkic states . Located in Central Asia, landlocked and mountainous, Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the southwest and China to the east...
) and 1-2 to Vakhsh Qughonteppa
Vakhsh Qughonteppa
FC Vakhsh is a football club based in Qurghonteppa, Tajikistan. They currently play in the top division of the country.-History:FC Vakhsh was founded in 1960. In Soviet times was the farm club of the core team of the Tajik SSR - Dushanbe based CSKA Pomir Dushanbe. From 1966 to 1984 the team played...
(Tajikistan
Tajikistan
Tajikistan , officially the Republic of Tajikistan , is a mountainous landlocked country in Central Asia. Afghanistan borders it to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and China to the east....
).
Ratnam retained their Premier League-title from 2006 by winning against Saunders in the Premiership-final in November 2007. This year had been a change in the way of playing the league. The league was divided into two groups and the first and second best team in each group played each other in a playoff.
Achievements
- Sri Lankan Premier LeagueKit Premier LeagueKit Premier League is the top division of the Football Federation of Sri Lanka.-League Structure:*Segment A consists of the top-10 teams of 2005/06...
: 6- Winner: 1998, 2000, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010
- Sri Lanka FA CupSri Lanka FA CupThe Sri Lanka FA Cup is Sri Lanka's premier knockout tournament in men's football .-Ceylon FA Cup:*1948 : Sunrise SC 2-1 Police SC *1949 : Saunders SC bt Police SC...
: 6- Winner: 2000, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010
- Champion of Champions Trophy: 3
- Winner: 2004, 2006 , 2010
Performance in AFC competitions
- Asian Club Championship: 1 appearance
-
- 1995: Preliminary Round
- AFC President's CupAFC President's CupThe AFC President's Cup is an annual international association football competition between domestic clubs sides run by the Asian Football Confederation .-Competition format:...
: 3 appearances
- AFC President's Cup
- 2006AFC President's Cup 2006The 2006 AFC President's Cup was the 2nd season of the AFC President's Cup, a competition for football clubs in countries categorized as "emerging nations" by the Asian Football Confederation. The eight teams that compete are split up into two groups and play each other team in their group once...
: Group Stage - 2007AFC President's Cup 2007The 2007 AFC President's Cup was the third edition of the AFC President's Cup, a competition for football clubs in countries categorized as "emerging nations" by the Asian Football Confederation. The eight teams that competed were split up into two groups and play each other team in their group once...
: Semi-Final - 2008AFC President's Cup 2008The 2008 AFC President's Cup was the fourth edition of the AFC President's Cup, a competition for football clubs in countries categorized as "emerging nations" by the Asian Football Confederation. For this edition, the tournament was extended from eight to eleven teams, with three groups in place...
: Group Stage- Asian Cup Winners CupAsian Cup Winners CupThe Asian Cup Winners' Cup was an association football competition run by the Asian Football Confederation . The competition was started in 1991 as a tournament for all the domestic cup winners from countries affiliated to the AFC...
: 1 appearance
- Asian Cup Winners Cup
- 1995/96: First Round
- 1995: Preliminary Round