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Kerala football team

Summary

The Kerala football team (Malayalam: കേരള കാൽപന്തുകളി ഗണം), also earlier the Travancore-Cochin football team, is an Indian state level football team representing Kerala in Indian state football competitions including the Santosh Trophy.[1][2]

Kerala
കേരള
Full nameKerala football team
Founded1948; 76 years ago (1948)
GroundJawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Capacity80,000
OwnerKerala Football Association
Head coachSatheevan Balan
LeagueSantosh Trophy
2023–24Quarter-finals
Current season

History edit

The team appeared in the Santosh Trophy finals 15 times, and have won the trophy 7 times. Kerala last won the Santhosh Trophy in 2022 by defeating Bengal in the final on 2 May at the Payyanadu Stadium in Malappuram. The Kerala team was captained by Jijo Joseph under head coach Bino George, being unbeaten during the tournament.

Players edit

Current squad edit

As of 14 February 2024:[3]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
23 1GK Muhammed Azhar   Kerala Police FC
24 1GK Sidharth Rajeevan   Kerala United FC
25 1GK Muhammed Nishad (2000-01-20) 20 January 2000 (age 24)   East Bengal II
4 2DF Belgin Bolster   KSEB
12 2DF Muhammed Salim (2000-11-02) 2 November 2000 (age 23)   KSEB
13 2DF Akhil Chandran (2005-03-22) 22 March 2005 (age 19)   Gokulam Kerala B
16 2DF Shinu R   Kovalam Football Club
18 2DF Sarath Prasanth   Kerala Varma College
19 2DF Sujith VR   Kerala Varma College
21 2DF Nithin Madhu (2002-08-17) 17 August 2002 (age 21)   Kerala United FC
30 2DF Sanju G   Kerala Police FC
3 3MF Jithin Gopalakrishnan   Black Horse FC
5 3MF Abdu Raheem   Kerala United FC
7 3MF Nijo Gilbert (1999-10-16) 16 October 1999 (age 24)   KSEB
8 3MF Akbar Sidhique   Wayanad United
9 3MF Gifty Gracious (1999-08-16) 16 August 1999 (age 24)   KSEB
27 3MF Mohammed Safneed   Real Malabar
29 3MF Arjun V   KSEB
11 4FW Naresh Bagyanathan (2003-08-03) 3 August 2003 (age 20)   Muthoot FA
15 4FW Sajeesh E (1997-01-29) 29 January 1997 (age 27)   Kerala Police FC
17 4FW Muhammed Ashique   Gokulam Kerala B
28 4FW Riswan Ali (1996-12-19) 19 December 1996 (age 27)   Kerala United FC

Current technical staff edit

As of 14 February 2024

Position Name
Head coach   Satheevan Balan
Assistant coach   Assis PK
Goalkeeping coach   Harshal Kumar
Physio   Rodregues Nellissery
Manager   DR Sudhir Kumar

Results and Fixtures edit

26 December 2022 Santosh Trophy Qualification Rajasthan 0–7 Kerala Kozhikode
15:30 Report
  • Nijo Gilbert   6'
  • Viknesh M   12', 20'
  • Naresh Bhagyanathan   23', 36'
  • Riswanali Edakkavil   55', 81'
 Stadium: EMS Stadium
29 December 2022 Santosh Trophy Qualification Bihar 1–4 Kerala Kozhikode
15:30 Munna Mandi   70' Report
  • Nijo Gilbert   24', 28'
  • Vishak Mohanan   81'
  • Abdu Raheem K.   85'
 Stadium: EMS Stadium
1 January 2023 Santosh Trophy Qualification Kerala 5–0 Andhra Pradesh Kozhikode
15:30
  • Nijo Gilbert   16'
  • Mohamed Salim   19'
  • Abdu Raheem K   45+4'
  • Vishak Mohanan   53'
  • Viknesh M   62'
 Report Stadium: EMS Stadium
5 January 2023 Santosh Trophy Qualification Kerala 3–0 Jammu & Kashmir Kozhikode
15:30
  • Viknesh M   51'
  • Riswanali Edakkavil   76'
  • Nijo Gilbert   90+3'
 Report Stadium: EMS Stadium
Referee: Deepraj Damodar Sangelkar
8 January 2023 Santosh Trophy Qualification Mizoram 1–5 Kerala Kozhikode
15:30 Malsawmfela   80' Report
  • Naresh Bhagyanathan   30', 65'
  • Nijo Gilbert   47'
  • Gifty C. Gracious   77'
  • Vishak Mohanan   85'
 Stadium: EMS Stadium
Referee: Mohammed Junaid Saijad Tanji
10 February 2023 2022–23 Santosh Trophy Goa 2–3 Kerala Bhubaneswar
09:00
  • Mahammed Faheez   60', 73'
 Report
  • Nijo Gilbert   27'
  • Riswanali Edakkavil   57'
  • Asif O M   90+1'
 Stadium: Capital Football Arena
12 February 2023 2022–23 Santosh Trophy Kerala 0–1 Karnataka Odisha
14 February 2023 2022–23 Santosh Trophy Kerala 4–4 Maharashtra Bhubaneswar
17 February 2023 2022–23 Santosh Trophy Odisha 0–1 Kerala Bhubaneswar
19 February 2023 2022–23 Santosh Trophy Kerala 1–1 Punjab Bhubaneswar
11 October 2023 2023–24 Santosh Trophy Gujarat 0-3 Kerala Benaulim
09:00
  • Akbar   12', 33'
  • Nijo Gilbert   36'
 Stadium: SAG Benaulim Ground
13 October 2023 2023–24 Santosh Trophy Kerala 6-1 Jammu and Kashmir Benaulim
09:00
  • Jithin   8', 54'
  • Sajeesh   13'
  • Ashiq   45+1'
  • Abdhu Raheem   66'
  • Riswan Ali   75'
 Stadium: SAG Benaulim Ground
15 October 2023 2023–24 Santosh Trophy Chhattisgarh 0-3 Kerala Benaulim
09:00
  • Sajeesh   6'
  • Junain   56'
  • Nijo Gilbert   68'
 Stadium: SAG Benaulim Ground
17 October 2023 2023–24 Santosh Trophy Kerala 0-1 Goa Benaulim
16:00 Stadium: SAG Benaulim Ground
21 February 2024 2023–24 Santosh Trophy Assam 1-3 Kerala Yupia
14:30 Dipu Mirdha   77' Report Abdu Raheem K   19'

Sajeesh E   67'

Nijo Gilbert   90+5'		 Stadium: Golden Jubilee Stadium
23 February 2024 2023–24 Santosh Trophy Goa v Kerala Yupia
19:00 Stadium: Golden Jubilee Stadium
25 February 2024 2023–24 Santosh Trophy Kerala v Meghalaya Yupia
14:30 Stadium: Golden Jubilee Stadium
28 February 2024 2023–24 Santosh Trophy Kerala v Arunachal Pradesh Yupia
14:30 Stadium: Golden Jubilee Stadium
01 March 2024 2023–24 Santosh Trophy Services v Kerala Yupia
10:00 Stadium: Golden Jubilee Stadium

Statistics and records edit

Season-by-season edit

As of 15 February 2024

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place

Season Santosh Trophy Qualifiers Top Scorer
Pld W D L GF GA Pos Pld W D L GF GA Player Goals
1973–74[4] Champions Automatically in the group stage Proper TKS Mani 7
1987–88 6 4 2 0 10 1 Runners Up Automatically in the group stage Proper C. V. Pappachan 5
1988–89[5] Runners up Automatically in the group stage Proper
1989–90 6 3 1 2 11 9 Runners Up Automatically in the group stage Proper I. M. Vijayan, Santosh 3
1990–91[6] Runners Up Automatically in the group stage Proper
1991–92 4 3 0 1 12 0 Champions Automatically in the group stage Proper PS Asheem, Harshan, Rajeev 3
1992–93 6 4 0 1 8 3 Champions Automatically in the group stage Proper I. M. Vijayan 3
1993–94 2 1 0 1 6 1 Runners Up Automatically in the group stage Proper Jo Paul Ancheri 3
1996–97 4 2 1 1 6 1 Semi Finalist Automatically in the group stage Proper VP Shaji 3
1997–98 3 0 2 1 0 3 Group Stage Automatically in the group stage Proper
1998–99 1 0 0 1 1 3 Semi Finalist 2 2 0 0 5 1 Asif Saheer 3
1999–00 5 3 1 1 10 5 Runners up Automatically in the group stage Proper Asif Saheer 4
2001–02 4 4 0 0 16 8 Champions Automatically in the group stage Proper Abdul Hakim 7
2002–03 4 3 0 1 10 7 Runners Up Automatically in the group stage Proper Sylvester Ignatius 3
2004–05 4 3 1 0 9 4 Champions Automatically in the group stage Proper Abdul Naushad 2
2005–06 3 2 0 1 4 1 Semi Finalist Automatically in the group stage Proper Abdul Hakkim 2
2006–07 4 2 2 0 5 1 Semi Finalist Automatically in the group stage Proper Pradeep 3
2007–08 3 1 2 0 3 9 Group Stage Automatically in the group stage Proper Asif Saheer
Abdul Naushad
Javed OK 		1
2008–09 1 0 0 1 0 1 Pre Quarter 2 2 0 0 8 0 Zubair KP 3
2009–10 1 0 0 1 0 1 Pre Quarter 3 3 0 0 18 3 Javed OK 4
2010–11 1 0 1 0 0 0 Pre Quarter 3 2 1 0 8 1 NA NA
2011–12 5 3 2 0 8 4 Semi Finalist Automatically in the group stage Proper Kannan 2
2012–13 5 3 2 0 8 4 Runners Up Automatically in the group stage Proper Kannan 4
2013–14 4 2 0 2 6 4 Group Stage 4 3 0 1 23 4 NA NA
2014–15 5 3 1 1 4 4 Semi Finalist 2 2 0 0 10 0 V P Suhair 3
2015–16 did not qualify 2 1 1 0 3 1 Firos
Seesan
Askhar 		1
2016–17 5 2 1 2 11 9 Semi Finalist 3 2 1 0 6 2 Jobby Justin 5
2017–18 6 5 1 0 18 3 Champions 2 1 1 0 7 0 Rahul KP
Afdal VK
Jithin MS 		5
2018–19 did not qualify 3 0 2 1 0 1
2019–20 Not held due to covid 2 2 0 0 11 0 Emil Benny 3
2021–22 6 4 2 0 19 7 Champions 3 3 0 0 18 1 Jesin TK 12
2022–23 5 2 2 1 9 8 Final Round 5 5 0 0 24 2 Nijo Gilbert 8
2023–24 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD 4 3 0 1 12 2

Honours edit

 
Santosh Trophy winning Kerala team with the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi, November 2, 2004.
 
Players of Kerala football team a Santosh Trophy match in Payynad Stadium in 2022

State edit

Others edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Kerala Football Association".
  2. ^ "West Bengal, Kerala & Punjab drawn together in tantalizing group in 75th edition of Hero Santosh Trophy". the-aiff.com. All India Football Federation. 6 January 2022. Archived from the original on 6 January 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Goalkeeper Midhun to lead Kerala in Santosh Trophy".
  4. ^ "India - List of Santosh Trophy Finals". Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  5. ^ "23rd Santosh Trophy". Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  6. ^ "India - List of Santosh Trophy Finals". Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  7. ^ Bobrowsky, Josef; King, Ian (6 December 2006). "India 1993 – Santosh Trophy". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 7 October 2022. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  8. ^ Chaudhuri, Arunava. "2001/02 Season in Indian Football". indianfootball.de. Indian Football Network. Archived from the original on 28 June 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  9. ^ "National Games: W Bengal hammer Kerala 5–0 to clinch gold in men's football". wap.business-standard.com. Ahmedabad: Business Standard India. IANS. 12 October 2022. Archived from the original on 12 October 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  10. ^ Sarangi, Y. B. (11 October 2022). "National Games: West Bengal routs Kerala 5–0, wins men's football gold medal after 11 years". sportstar.thehindu.com. Ahmedabad: Sportstar. The Hindu. Archived from the original on 12 October 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2022.

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