About Us
Transport United Football Club (TUFC) is a Bhutanese professional football club based in Thimphu, the capital city of Bhutan and competes in the Bhutan Premier League. The club was founded in 2001 and plays at the Changlimithang Stadium.
Transport United Football Club was established by the Road Safety and Transport Authority (RSTA) and volunteers from the private transporters in 2001. RSTA and the volunteers backed the club until the club got relegated to the second division in 2007. The present Club General Secretary, Technical Director and the treasurer continued with the club and fought for promotion until 2016.
In 2017, The newly promoted TUFC finished second at the season opener THIMPHU LEAGUE and ultimately went on to lift the National Champions title undefeated at the 2017 edition of BoB Bhutan Premier League thus qualifying for the AFC Cup for the very first time.
2018 was a year to remember for the club as we won both the Thimphu League and the BoB Bhutan Premier League. We also qualified for the AFC Cup for the second time.
2019 TUFC finished second on the table and fourth in 2020 as the club struggled financially to sustain. The current executives took over the club in the beginning of 2020 with the sole purpose of improving the quality of football in the country and also to keep the youth of Bhutan meaningfully engaged and away from the streets. This big move has also been attributed to the love for the game of football by the executives as all of them are still playing football to keep themselves fit. TUFC finished third in 2021 and 2023.
Transport United since then has won six national championships, and is a dominant force in Bhutanese football till date.
Currently, TUFC is boosted by 30 senior men squad, 30 senior women squad and about 400 Academy players in the grassroots, U-8, U-14, U-16 age group.
TUFC is a licensed club affiliated to the Bhutan Football Federation, Asian Football Confederation and Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)
MISSION
- To promote football as the ultimate sports activity for the competitive and social needs of the people of Bhutan.
- Give equal opportunity to everyone to develop and thrive in this beautiful game.
- Play football with a competitive spirit and good sportsmanship
VISION
TUFC is devoted to fostering and providing a high quality soccer environment in order to give all the players, coaches, referees and managers every opportunity to enjoy the game of soccer and to help them achieve their maximum potential as participants in this sport, while at all times promoting a sense of fair play.
VALUES
- We inspire excellence in football and the love for the game.
- We teach our players to have a winning attitude and to be modest in victory and gracious in defeat.
- We treat each other with respect and work and act as a team.
- We continuously strive and are committed to excellence in whatever we do.
- We put TUFC’s interests and our player’s development above all else.
- We are UNITED in our goals, objectives and the pursuit of football leadership in Bhutan.