Renown SC

Sri Lankan football club

Football club

Renown SC

Full name	Renown Sports Club
Founded	1981; 43 years ago (1981)^[1]
Ground	Sugathadasa Stadium
Capacity	25,000
Chairman	Canute Peeris
Manager	L. M. S. Rajendran
League	Sri Lanka Super League
2022	4th

Renown Sports Club is a Sri Lankan professional football club based in Kotahena, Colombo.^[2] Founded in 1981 by the Peeris Brothers, the club currently competes in the Sri Lanka Champions League.^[3]^[4]

History

Renown SC was founded in 1981.^[5] The club emerged champions in the Sri Lanka Champions League four times in 1990, 1993, 1994 and 2009.^[6] They became the first Sri Lankan club to sign numerous Indian players for a single season, signing Shaji Varghese, Shibu Stellas and Shyam Simon (all from Kerala) in 2004.^[7]^[2] In 2004, Renown participated in the 110th IFA Shield in 2004, in Kolkata.

They appeared in the 2010 edition of AFC President's Cup,^[8] but could not proceeded to the knockout stages.

Home ground

Renown uses Sugathadasa Stadium in Colombo, as its home ground. The stadium has a capacity of nearly 25,000 spectators.^[9]^[10]

Achievements

Domestic tournaments^[11]

1982, 1987 : Silver Cup Champions.
1983 : Colombo League "C" Champions.
1983 : Y.A Sugathadasa Memorial Cup Champions.
1989, 1991 : Abdul Rahuman Gold Cup Champions.
1989 : Mayor's Cup Champions.
1989 : M.H. Mohamed Gold Cup Champions.
1989, 1991 : Jayantha Mallimarachchi Memorial Cup Champion
1989 : Vincent Peeris Memorial Cup Champion. (Renown SC Founder)
1991 : Police Invitation Cup Champion.
1992 : Sri Lanka School Invitation Cup Champions.
1993 : Lawrence Fernando Memorial Cup Champions. (Ratnam SC Founder)
1993 : Mahinda Aluvihara Memorial Cup Champions.
1994 : Ratnam Invitation Cup (Renown Vs Malaysia FA Champions).
1998 : Viven Gunawardana Memorial Trophy Champions.
2009 : Futsal Champions. 2009 : Dialog Champion League Champion.
2012 : Dialog Champion League. Runners up.
2015 : Dialog Champion League. Runners up.
2016 : Dialog Champion League. Runners up.
2017 : Dialog Champion League. Runners up.

Sri Lanka Football Premier League: 4
- Winners: 1990, 1993, 1994, 2009

Sri Lanka FA Cup: 6
- Winners: 1986–87, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1993–94, 1994–95, 2002–03
- Runners-up: 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1995–96, 1998–99, 2003–04

Colombo League Gold Cup Champions: 3
- Winners: 1989, 1990, 2003.

POMIS Cup: 1
- Winners: 1987^[12]

Honours and records

International

POMIS Cup (Maldives): 4 appearances^[13]

Champions 1987, 1988, 1990, 1999

Continental

AFC President's Cup: 1 appearance

2010: 4th (group stage)

Domestic

Ratnam Invitation Cup

Champions 1994

Records

AIFF Vittal Trophy (India): 1 appearance
IFA Shield (India): 1 appearance

References

^ Renown SC team archive and statistics Soccerway.com. Retrieved 10 September 2021
^ ^a ^b Rajan, Adwaidh (23 June 2014). "Kerala Footballers Score Big in Sri Lanka". www.newindianexpress.com. Thiruvananthapuram: New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 10 September 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
^ "Colombo FC wins Dialog Champions League". 6 December 2015. Archived from the original on 1 September 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
^ Renown SC team profile and fixtures Archived 2023-02-27 at the Wayback Machine elevensports.com. Retrieved 10 September 2021
^ Renown SC team profile Archived 2023-02-27 at the Wayback Machine globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 10 September 2021
^ "Sri Lanka – List of Champions". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 16 November 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
^ "Kerala Footballers Score Big in Sri Lanka". New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 10 September 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
^ Myanmar to host AFC President's Cup Finals the-afc.com. Retrieved 10 September 2021
^ "SUGATHADASA NATIONAL SPORTS COMPLEX AUTHORITY". www.sportsmin.gov.lk. Archived from the original on 2015-10-23. Retrieved 2015-10-10.
^ Colombo FC vs Renown SC match footballsrilanka.tv. Retrieved 10 September 2021
^ Sri Lanka - List of Cup Winners Archived 2019-01-15 at the Wayback Machine RSSSF. Retrieved 10 September 2021
^ Hoodh Ali; Mikael Jönsson; Hans Schöggl (1997). "Maldives - List of Cup Winners: POMIS Cup (President of Maldives Invitational Soccer Cup)". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 25 June 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
^ "Local teams struggle while foreign teams confirm participation in POMIS Cup". Haveeru Daily. 21 September 2003. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.