
Lonestar Kashmir FC

Lonestar Kashmir Football Club (LKFC) is an Indian professional football club based in Jammu and Kashmir that competes in the I-League 2nd Division. The club first competed professionally when they were part of the 2015 I-League 2nd Division.
History.
Lonestar Kashmir was founded in 2013 and is affiliated with the Jammu & Kashmir Football Association. The club participates in various state and regional tournaments. In 2013, LoneStar Group became a primary sponsor of the team, and registered it as a private company to fulfil AIFF club licensing criteria. At the end of the 2013 season, "LoneStar" Group registered KFC under the Companies Act as per the AIFF Club licensing criteria.
Popularly known as Kashmir FC, Lonestar Kashmir Football Club is a dream project of "Iftikhar Ahmed Lone", its founder and chairman.
The club, first of its kind in the state, has been floated to promote football amongst the talented youth of the Jammu & Kashmir.
A successful businessman, having established "Lonestar" as a global brand of Kashmiri handicrafts and jewellery in the middle-east and many European countries, Iftikhar returned to the valley. In quest for self-actualization, once a college-level footballer had the idea to introduce a Kashmir-based club in the professional football map of the country, thus Lonestar Kashmir FC came into being.
The club's biggest achievements were emerging as the runners-up of the I-League 2nd Division in 2015 and 2016, though they didn't managed the top spot of the league and never qualified for the I-League, one of India's top-flight football leagues.
The Club announced Kashmir Observer will be their official media partner for I-League 2nd Division 2020-21 season.
Rivalry.
Lonestar Kashmir has a rivalry with their fellow Jammu & Kashmir-based club Real Kashmir FC. The team has also participated in the inaugural 2020–21 Real Kashmir Cup, which was actually hosted by Real Kashmir FC at the TRC Turf Ground.
Home stadium.
Lonestar Kashmir uses the TRC Polo Synthetic Turf Ground in Sri Nagar for their home matches, which has a capacity of nearly 5,000 spectators. Since 2015, the ground is being used in the I-League 2nd Division as the home ground for Lonestar Kashmir and I-League for Real Kashmir.
Players.
Senior Team Squad.
 