[4][5] From 1939 until the merger of Andhra, and Hyderabad Football Associations, the club shaped the sporting culture in the province.
[6][7][8][9] Hyderabad City Police had enjoyed a series of endless achievements in the pre-Independence era, the first non-Kolkata club to do so.
In 1951, Syed Abdul Rahim took over Hyderabad City Police club as a coach and served until his death in 1963.
They continued to play as Andhra Pradesh Police Football Club and won tournaments like Rovers Cup in 1960 and DCM Trophy in 1965.
[21][22] Hyderabad City Police was one of power houses of Indian football, praised for producing some of country's legendary players like Sayed Khwaja Aziz-ud-Din,[23][24] Muhammad Noor,[25] Syed Nayeemuddin,[26][27][28] Anthony Patrick,[29][30] Yusuf Khan,[31] and Syed Shahid Hakim.