Deren FC is a professional football club based in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. The club was founded in 2008 and currently plays in the Mongolian Premier League, making their debut appearance in the 2015 season.[1]

Deren
Full nameDeren Football Club
Founded2008; 18 years ago (2008)
GroundMFF Football Centre, Ulaanbaatar
Capacity5,000
ChairmanMunkhchuluun Garam
LeagueMongolian Premier League
2024–25Mongolian Premier League, 4th of 10
Websitewww.fcderen.com

The club was originally established as a youth academy. The decision to participate in the professional competition was made to provide the youth players with the opportunity to represent the Mongolian national team.

This local focus has been maintained to this day and has earned the club the reputation of being "The Nationals' Team" ("Монголын баг").[2] Their women's team plays in the Women's National Football League.

History

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Domestic history

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As of match played 10 September 2015
Season League Domestic Cup Top goalscorer Managers
Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Name League
2015 1st 7th 16 2 3 11 24 56 9 - Vojislav Bralušić
2016 1st 5th 18 8 1 9 28 27 25 RU Vojislav Bralušić
2017 1st 4th 18 9 2 7 18 15 29 SF Vojislav Bralušić
2018 1st 5th 18 8 7 3 41 15 31 R16 Vojislav Bralušić
2019 1st 5th 22 10 5 7 41 28 35 QF Paulo Jorge Silva
2020 1st 6th 18 10 3 5 40 21 33 Cancelled Paulo Jorge Silva
2021 1st 2nd 18 11 2 5 32 19 35 Cancelled Paulo Jorge Silva
2021–22 1st 4th 18 10 2 6 42 26 32 Cancelled Munkhbat Purevdorj (Jun 21 - Nov 21) / Marek Fabula (Feb 22)
2022–23 1st 2nd 24 15 3 6 76 29 48 SF Marek Fabula (Feb 22 - Dec 22) / Munkhbat Chimedorj (Dec 22)
2023–24 1st 3rd 27 15 6 6 80 32 51 SF Munkhbat Chimedorj (Dec 22 - Dec 23 / Pedro Portela Pinto de Miranda (Jan 24)
2024–25 1st 4th
2025–26 1st

Stadium

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The club currently plays its home matches at the MFF Football Centre in Ulaanbaatar. The stadium, which opened in 2006, was renovated in 2013 by Deren FC's parent company, Deren Naran LLC, in collaboration with a Dutch partner, and now has a capacity of 5,000 spectators.[3]

Honours

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References

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  1. Stokkermans, Karel (2021): Mongolia 2015. Under participation of Justin Grimm & Martin Arenlind. In: Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation, last updated 16.06.2021. Online under https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/mong2015.html, last checked on 23.10.2024.
  2. Munkhbaatar, Iveel (15.09.2024): Walter Leonhardt: If you come, we're sure to win. In: The UB Post, 15.09.2024. Online under Walter Leonhardt: If you come, we're sure to win, last checked on 22.10.2024.
  3. Myadagbadam, J. (2013): Хөлбөмбөгийн шинэ цэнгэлдэх хүрээлэн нээлтээ хийнэ. In: Mongolian National Broadcaster (MNB), 10.10.2013. Online under Archivierte Seite auf mnb.mn, last checked on 22.10.2024.
  4. Grimm, Justin (2022): Deren FC Wins Super Cup 2022. In: Mongolian Football Central, 11.03.2022. Online under https://www.mongolianfootball.com/single-post/deren-fc-wins-super-cup-2022, last checked on 23.10.2024.
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