GANGTOK,: Red Panda FC has lifted the S-League B Division 2024-25 in an undefeated fashion and secured a berth in the next season’s Sikkim Premier League organised by Sikkim Football Association (SFA).
In the final league match played on Thursday at Paljor Stadium here, Red Panda scored a 5-1 victory over Denzong Boyz FC with a hattrick from Kunzaman Thapa and a brace from Ram Kazi Chettri.
With this victory, Red Panda FC amassed 25 points to top the points tally and become the league champions. Northerners FC came second with 18 points, also securing promotion to next year’s Sikkim Premier League.
Gangtok MLA Delay Namgyal Barfungpa was the special guest for today’s match which was also attended by Sikkim Olympic Association president Kuber Bhandari and Sports additional director RB Biswakarma.
A cash prize of Rs. 1 lakh along with a trophy was presented to the winners.
Red Panda FC also took home the individual honours with goalkeeper Inchen Dorjee Tamang receiving the ‘Golden Glove Award’ and Kunjaman Thapa taking the ‘Golden Boot’ award with 13 goals, informs the SFA.