Kerala football team
Football team representing Kerala State
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Full name | Kerala football team | ||
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Founded | 1948 ; 75 years ago ( 1948 ) | ||
Ground | Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium | ||
Capacity | 80,000 | ||
Owner | Kerala Football Association | ||
Head coach | P. B. Ramesh | ||
League | Santosh Trophy | ||
2022–23 | Final Round | ||
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Football club
The Kerala football team ( Malayalam : കേരള കാൽപന്തുകളി ഗണം) is an Indian state level football team representing Kerala in Indian state football competitions including the Santosh Trophy . [1] [2]
History
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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
Current squad
As of 03 February 2023: [3]
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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23 | 1 GK | Midhun V | ( 1994-06-13 ) 13 June 1994 (age 29) |
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32 | 1 GK | Ajmal P. A. | ( 1995-11-12 ) 12 November 1995 (age 27) |
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33 | 1 GK | Alkesh Raj | ( 2000-02-15 ) 15 February 2000 (age 23) |
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2 | 2 DF | Akhil Chandran | ( 1997-01-24 ) 24 January 1997 (age 26) |
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3 | 2 DF | Sanju G |
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4 | 2 DF | Sachu Siby | ( 2000-05-31 ) 31 May 2000 (age 23) |
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5 | 2 DF | Shinu R |
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22 | 2 DF | Muhammed Salim | ( 2000-11-02 ) 2 November 2000 (age 22) |
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24 | 2 DF | Ameen K |
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29 | 2 DF | Belgin Bolster |
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30 | 2 DF | Manoj M | ( 1996-08-21 ) 21 August 1996 (age 26) |
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7 | 3 MF | Nijo Gilbert | ( 1999-10-16 ) 16 October 1999 (age 23) |
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11 | 3 MF | Abdu Raheem |
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13 | 3 MF | Hrishidath | ( 2000-02-05 ) 5 February 2000 (age 23) |
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14 | 3 MF | Arjun V |
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17 | 3 MF | Vishak Mohanan |
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18 | 3 MF | M Rashid |
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25 | 3 MF | Gifty Gracious | ( 1999-08-16 ) 16 August 1999 (age 23) |
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9 | 4 FW | Riswan Ali | ( 1996-12-19 ) 19 December 1996 (age 26) |
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16 | 4 FW | George Ns | ( 2000-06-14 ) 14 June 2000 (age 23) |
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19 | 4 FW | John Paul |
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26 | 4 FW | Naresh Bagyanathan |
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Current technical staff
As of 03 February 2023
Position | Name |
Head coach |
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Assistant coach |
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Goalkeeping coach |
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Physio |
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Manager |
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Results and Fixtures
Rajasthan
v
Kerala
26 December 2022 Santosh Trophy Qualification | Rajasthan | 0–7 | Kerala | Kozhikode |
15:30 | Report |
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Stadium: EMS Stadium |
Bihar
v
Kerala
29 December 2022 Santosh Trophy Qualification | Bihar | 1–4 | Kerala | Kozhikode |
15:30 |
Munna Mandi
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Report |
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Stadium: EMS Stadium |
Kerala
v
Andhra Pradesh
1 January 2023 Santosh Trophy Qualification | Kerala | 5–0 | Andhra Pradesh | Kozhikode |
15:30 |
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Report | Stadium: EMS Stadium |
Kerala
v
Jammu & Kashmir
5 January 2023 Santosh Trophy Qualification | Kerala | 3–0 | Jammu & Kashmir | Kozhikode |
15:30 |
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Report |
Stadium:
EMS Stadium
Referee: Deepraj Damodar Sangelkar |
Mizoram
v
Kerala
8 January 2023 Santosh Trophy Qualification | Mizoram | 1–5 | Kerala | Kozhikode |
15:30 |
Malsawmfela
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Report |
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Stadium:
EMS Stadium
Referee: Mohammed Junaid Saijad Tanji |
Goa
v
Kerala
10 February 2023 2022–23 Santosh Trophy | Goa | 2–3 | Kerala | Bhubaneswar |
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Stadium: Capital Football Arena |
Kerala
v
Karnataka
12 February 2023 2022–23 Santosh Trophy | Kerala | 0–1 | Karnataka | Odisha |
Kerala
v
Maharashtra
14 February 2023 2022–23 Santosh Trophy | Kerala | 4–4 | Maharashtra | Bhubaneswar |
Odisha
v
Kerala
17 February 2023 2022–23 Santosh Trophy | Odisha | 0–1 | Kerala | Bhubaneswar |
Kerala
v
Punjab
19 February 2023 2022–23 Santosh Trophy | Kerala | 1–1 | Punjab | Bhubaneswar |
Statistics and records
Season-by-season
- As of 19 February 2023
Champions Runners-up Third place
Season | Santosh Trophy | Qualifiers | Top Scorer | ||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Player | Goals | |
1973–74 | Champions | Automatically in the group stage Proper | |||||||||||||
1987–88 | Runners Up | Automatically in the group stage Proper | |||||||||||||
1988–89 | Runners Up | Automatically in the group stage Proper | |||||||||||||
1989–90 | Runners Up | Automatically in the group stage Proper | |||||||||||||
1990–91 | 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 | 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
Honours
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State
- Santosh Trophy
- National Games
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B.C. Roy Trophy
- Winners (3): 1968–69, 1971–72, 1972–73
- Runners-up (5): 1973–74, 1974–75, 1979–80, 1981–82, 1985–86
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Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy
- Winners (2): 1981–82, 1983–84
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M. Dutta Ray Trophy
- Winners (1): 1995
Others
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Sait Nagjee Football Tournament
- Runners-up (1): 1986
References
- ↑ "Kerala Football Association" .
- ↑ "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 .
- ↑ "Goalkeeper Midhun to lead Kerala in Santosh Trophy" .
- ↑ Bobrowsky, Josef; King, Ian (6 December 2006). "India 1993 – Santosh Trophy" . RSSSF . Archived from the original on 7 October 2022 . Retrieved 4 November 2022 .
- ↑ Chaudhuri, Arunava. "2001/02 Season in Indian Football" . indianfootball.de . Indian Football Network. Archived from the original on 28 June 2002 . Retrieved 2 March 2021 .
- ↑ "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 .
- ↑ 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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