2021 Pokhara Thunders F.C. season
# 2021 Pokhara Thunders F.C. season

The 2021 season is Pokhara Thunders's 1st Nepal Super League season.

## Season overview

On 19 March, Pokhara Thunders announced the signing of Nepal national football team striker Nawayug Shrestha as its marquee player.

On the auction of Nepal Super League, Pokhara Thunders acquired various players such as Nepal national football team captain Sujal Shrestha, Goalkeeper Arpan Karki, Nitin Thapa, etc.

Pokhara Thunders announced the signing of three overseas player, Ketcha Yannick, Bidias Rim Raphael and Moussa Abagana. All of these players are Cameroonian citizen.

## Competition

### Nepal Super League

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 | Lalitpur City | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 9 | Advance to Playoffs |
| 4 | Butwal Lumbini | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 8 | Advance to Playoffs |
| 5 | Pokhara Thunders | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 8 | |
| 6 | Biratnagar City | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 7 | |
| 7 | Chitwan | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 2 | |

## Statistics

    As of 18 May 2021

| No. | Player | Pos. | Nepal Super League | Nepal Super League | Nepal Super League |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Player | Pos. | Apps(Sub) | | |
| 1 | Ajit Prajapati | GK | | | |
| 2 | Gautam Shrestha | DF | 4 | | 1 |
| 3 | Ajit Bhandari | DF | 4(2) | | 1 |
| 4 | Kamal Thapa | MF | 0(2) | | |
| 5 | Suraj Gurung | DF | 0(1) | | |
| 6 | Bidias Rim Raphael | MF | 6 | 1 | |
| 7 | Sujit Budhathoki | MF | 0(3) | | |
| 8 | Nitin Thapa | MF | | | |
| 9 | Rajesh Pariyar | FW | 1(3) | | |
| 10 | Anil Gurung | FW | 0(4) | | |
| 11 | Sujal Shrestha | MF | 6 | | |
| 12 | Ravi Paswan | FW | 6 | | |
| 13 | Padam Kumar Tamang | MF | 5(1) | | |
| 15 | Prabin Kumar Syangten | FW | 0(2) | | |
| 17 | Ketcha Yannick | DF | 5 | | 3 |
| 18 | Nawayug Shrestha | FW | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| 19 | Ayush Ghalan | MF | 5(1) | | |
| 22 | Deep Karki | MF | 6 | | |
| 23 | Man Bahadur Tamang | DF | 4 | | |
| 27 | Moussa Abagana | FW | 6 | | 1 |
| 32 | Dipak Gurung | DF | 2 | | |
| | Sujal Shrestha | MF | | | |
| | Sushil Rai | MF | | | |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Player | Nepal Super League |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 18 | FW | Nawayug Shrestha | 2 |
| 2 | 6 | MF | Bidias Rim Raphael | 1 |
