Khaan Khuns-Erchim Football Club (Mongolian: "Хаан Хүнс-Эрчим" Хөлбөмбөгийн Клуб) is a professional 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 Mongolian Football Federation applied to enter the 2012 AFC President's Cup,[3] and was approved by the AFC in November 2011.[4][5] As winners of the 2012 Super Cup, Erchim were awarded the place in the competition.[4] In 2017 the club qualified for the AFC Cup, becoming the first Mongolian club to do so.[6]
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| Full name | Khaan Khuns-Erchim Football Club | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | The Lightnings | ||
| Founded | 1994[1] | ||
| Ground | Erchim Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 2,000 | ||
| Chairman | Amarbayasgalan Meeren | ||
| Manager | Batnasan Dovdon | ||
| League | Mongolian National Premier League | ||
| 2022–23 | 7th of 10 | ||
While most of other Ulaanbaatar clubs share the MFF Football Centre, Erchim was the first one to have its own stadium.[7] In 2020 the club merged with Khaan Khuns Titem, to establish Khaan Khuns - Erchim FC.[8]
History
editDomestic
edit| 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 | Semi-finals | |||
| 2018 | 1st | 1st | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 52 | 17 | 41 | Semi-finals | |||
| 2019 | 1st | 2nd | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 65 | 28 | 48 | Winners | |||
| 2020 | 1st | 4th | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 64 | 20 | 35 | ||||
| 2021 | 1st | 5th | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 33 | 19 | 30 | ||||
| 2022 | 1st | 6th | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 63 | 15 | 44 | ||||
Continental
edit| 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 |
Honours
edit- Mongolia Premier League: (13)[2]
- Mongolia Cup: (9)[1]
- Winner: 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019
- Runner-up: 2001, 2002, 2014
- Mongolia Super Cup: (9)[9]
- Winner: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2022