India Regional Cup 08/13 08:30 - Sikkim Himalayan SC v Sikkim Police L 0-2
Inde - Sikkim S-League 07/23 08:30 - Sikkim Himalayan SC v Sikkim Police D 1-1
Inde - Sikkim S-League 07/19 08:30 - Sikkim Himalayan SC v Sikkim Unicorn FC W 3-0
Inde - Sikkim S-League 07/16 08:30 - Sikkim Himalayan SC v Sikkim Aakraman FC W 1-0
Inde - Sikkim S-League 07/12 08:30 - Sikkim Himalayan SC v Sai Namchi W 2-0
Inde - Sikkim S-League 07/05 08:30 - Sikkim Himalayan SC v United Sikkim W 4-0
Inde - Sikkim S-League 06/30 08:30 - Sikkim Himalayan SC v Boys Club W 6-1
India Regional Cup 11/12 08:36 - Sikkim Himalayan SC v Mohammedan SC L 1-2
India Regional Cup 11/09 11:43 - Royals FC v Sikkim Himalayan SC W 1-3
India Regional Cup 11/07 08:32 - Sikkim Himalayan SC v Gokulam Kerala FC W 3-2
India Regional Cup 11/03 08:30 - Sikkim Himalayan SC v Eastern Railway SC W 2-1
Inde - Sikkim S-League 09/11 08:22 - Sikkim Himalayan SC v Kumar Sporting FC W 2-1
Inde - Sikkim S-League 08/23 08:42 - Sikkim Himalayan SC v Sikkim Boys Club D 0-0
Inde - Sikkim S-League 09/19 08:30 - Gangtok Himalayan SC v Dzongri FC W 2-1
Durand Cup 09/07 10:24 - Gangtok Himalayan SC v Army Green L 0-1
Durand Cup 09/05 13:09 - Gangtok Himalayan SC v Indian Navy W 2-1
Durand Cup 09/03 13:20 - Sporting Clube de Goa v Gangtok Himalayan SC L 5-1
Durand Cup 08/31 10:29 - DSK Shivajians v Gangtok Himalayan SC L 2-1
Durand Cup 08/30 13:27 - Punjab v Gangtok Himalayan SC W 0-2

Wikipedia - Gangtok Himalayan SC

Sikkim Himalayan Sporting Club (sometimes known as Gangtok Himalayan SC) is an Indian professional football club based in Gangtok, Sikkim. The club usually participated in the I-League 2nd Division, then second tier of Indian football league system, and the Sikkim Premier Division League.

The club is also a frequent participant of the Sikkim Gold Cup, a premier club tournament in the state.

History

Formation and journey

Gangtok Himalayan FC (originally known as Sikkim Himalayan SC) was founded in 2012 in Gangtok, the capital city of the Indian state Sikkim, and affiliated with Sikkim Football Association (SFA). Since then, they have been participating in various domestic and amateur tournaments regionally. The club was founded by Tenzing Lamtha. In October 2014, Gangtok Himalayan participated in Sikkim Governor's Gold Cup and reached to the semi-finals, but their journey ended with a 2–1 defeat to ONGC FC. In September 2015, former India international Arjunan Shanta Kumar was appointed as manager of the club.

In January 2016, they were officially certified by the All India Football Federation to participate in the I-League 2nd Division, the second tier of football in India, after finishing 2nd in the Sikkim Premier Division League. This move began a new chapter for Gangtok-based side as they became one of first professional football clubs from the North East India. 2016 was the most successful season for Gangtok Himalayan, in which they participated in the I-League 2nd Division, Durand Cup, Sikkim Gold Cup and Sikkim Premier Division League. After finishing 2nd in the group A of the 2015–16 I-League 2nd Division, Gangtok Himalayan qualified for the 2015–16 I-League 2nd Division final round. There they finished as 5th and failed to qualify for the I-League.

Gangtok Himalayan players in training at the Paljor Stadium, Gangtok, in 2017.

In 2016 Durand Cup, the Himalayans finished 5th, behind Indian Navy in the group A with 6 points. In 2019, they reached to the final of 39th edition of the Sikkim Governor's Gold Cup final defeating Royal FC Siliguri 3–1, but lost the title winning match to Mohammedan Sporting by 2–1 margin. In that year, Gangtok Himalayan lifted Independence Day Football Tournament trophy defeating Sikkim Aacraman FC via penalty shoot-out.

I-League fate

The All India Football Federation were all set to invite bids for vacant spots in the I-League and Gangtok-based Sikkim Himalayan was one of the front-runners to join, but it was not materialized.

2020–present

In 2020, Gangtok Himalayan went to Nepal for participating in the 18th Aaha! Rara Gold Cup, but their journey ended after a 3–0 defeat to Three Star Club in quarter-finals.