Football team representing Kerala State
Football club
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]
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]
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 ] Statistics and records [ edit ] Season-by-season [ edit ] As of 15 February 2024 Champions Runners-up Third place
Season Santosh Trophy Qualifiers Top Scorer 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 6 2 3 1 7 5 Quarter Finalist 4 3 0 1 12 2 Nijo Gilbert
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 Santosh Trophy Winners (7): 1973–74 , 1991–92 , 1992–93 ,[7] 2001–02 ,[8] 2004–05 , 2017–18 , 2021–2022 Runners-up (8): 1987–88 , 1988–89 , 1989–90 , 1990–91 , 1993–94 , 1999–2000 , 2002–03 , 2012–13 National Games Gold medal (2): 1987, 1997 Silver medal (2): 1994, 2022 [9] [10] Bronze medal (1): 2023 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 Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy Winners (2): 1981–82, 1983–84 M. Dutta Ray Trophy References [ edit ]
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